The Top 164 (166) Movies of the 21st Century. On to the TOP 10!! (11 Viewers)

[Ilov80s]

#14: DUNKIRK - 131PTS

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#37 on Ilov80s' list and #34 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.

I wonder if this is the movie we were closest on in ranking. This is one of the movies that got me back into seeing movies after a lull in the 2010s when I spent more of my free time reading and watching TV. I saw Dunkirk twice I thought it was so damn good. Some people don't care for the 3 timelines but I thought doing 3 timelines at different places representing the speed differences between land, water and air and thus allowing all of the key elements to come together at the end was extremely effective. This one got to me and teared me up a few times. And for you action heads out there, nobody does it bigger than Nolan.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

#17: THE ZONE OF INTEREST - 119PTS

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#8 on @Ilov80s ' list and #75 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.

This is the cliche description at this point but it gets it right, this is about the banality of evil. I truly thought WW2 and Holocaust media had done everything it could and there was no new ground to explore, until The Zone of Interest. It's a Holocaust movie with no Holocaust. It's about the almost idyllic family life of the commandant who runs Auschwitz. He's facing typical career pressures, the family doesn't want to relocate. They love their home, garden, servants,etc. If The Florida Project is about people scraping by at the bottom of society just outside "the happiest place on Earth" than The Zone Of Interest is sort of the reverse. The happy lives of people living just outside the most hellish place on Earth.

This is an excellent write up for this film.

The sound design on it is incredible. Pretty sure it won the Oscar for that over a bunch of louder, flashier films. All the real horror lies in the background. A beautiful August day in the garden, tending to the herbs and watching the sunflowers bath in the morning light. In the far distance, almost completely muffled by the sound of the wind passing through the leaves of an English Oak and the low hum of the bugs, you hear a train coming to a stop. A train that we know is bringing in hundreds more people for the slaughter.

Or the random gun shot (or two) while the children wade in the garden pool. And they don’t bat an eye.

 

[Ilov80s]

#17: THE ZONE OF INTEREST - 119PTS

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#8 on @Ilov80s ' list and #75 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.

This is the cliche description at this point but it gets it right, this is about the banality of evil. I truly thought WW2 and Holocaust media had done everything it could and there was no new ground to explore, until The Zone of Interest. It's a Holocaust movie with no Holocaust. It's about the almost idyllic family life of the commandant who runs Auschwitz. He's facing typical career pressures, the family doesn't want to relocate. They love their home, garden, servants,etc. If The Florida Project is about people scraping by at the bottom of society just outside "the happiest place on Earth" than The Zone Of Interest is sort of the reverse. The happy lives of people living just outside the most hellish place on Earth.

This is an excellent write up for this film.

The sound design on it is incredible. Pretty sure it won the Oscar for that over a bunch of louder, flashier films. All the real horror lies in the background. A beautiful August day in the garden, tending to the herbs and watching the sunflowers bath in the morning light. In the far distance, almost completely muffled by the sound of the wind passing through the leaves of an English Oak and the low hum of the bugs, you hear a train coming to a stop. A train that we know is bringing in hundreds more people for the slaughter.

Or the random gun shot (or two) while the children wade in the garden pool. And they don’t bat an eye.

Yep, definitely a movie you have to put the phone away for and really pay attention. If you kind of half watvch it like you might do for the new Netflix movie of the week, you will absolutely think it was dull and pointless.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#14: DUNKIRK - 131PTS

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#37 on Ilov80s' list and #34 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.

I wonder if this is the movie we were closest on in ranking. This is one of the movies that got me back into seeing movies after a lull in the 2010s when I spent more of my free time reading and watching TV. I saw Dunkirk twice I thought it was so damn good. Some people don't care for the 3 timelines but I thought doing 3 timelines at different places representing the speed differences between land, water and air and thus allowing all of the key elements to come together at the end was extremely effective. This one got to me and teared me up a few times. And for you action heads out there, nobody does it bigger than Nolan.

So far it has been this and Elf (41/39). Otherwise we have just 3 titles more where we are 4pts or less difference in rankings. Most of the time it is one of us having a movie in our top 10 and the other having it in the 20s-50s.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#17: THE ZONE OF INTEREST - 119PTS

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#8 on @Ilov80s ' list and #75 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.

This is the cliche description at this point but it gets it right, this is about the banality of evil. I truly thought WW2 and Holocaust media had done everything it could and there was no new ground to explore, until The Zone of Interest. It's a Holocaust movie with no Holocaust. It's about the almost idyllic family life of the commandant who runs Auschwitz. He's facing typical career pressures, the family doesn't want to relocate. They love their home, garden, servants,etc. If The Florida Project is about people scraping by at the bottom of society just outside "the happiest place on Earth" than The Zone Of Interest is sort of the reverse. The happy lives of people living just outside the most hellish place on Earth.

This is an excellent write up for this film.

The sound design on it is incredible. Pretty sure it won the Oscar for that over a bunch of louder, flashier films. All the real horror lies in the background. A beautiful August day in the garden, tending to the herbs and watching the sunflowers bath in the morning light. In the far distance, almost completely muffled by the sound of the wind passing through the leaves of an English Oak and the low hum of the bugs, you hear a train coming to a stop. A train that we know is bringing in hundreds more people for the slaughter.

Or the random gun shot (or two) while the children wade in the garden pool. And they don’t bat an eye.

Yep, definitely a movie you have to put the phone away for and really pay attention. If you kind of half watvch it like you might do for the new Netflix movie of the week, you will absolutely think it was dull and pointless.

So.... a movie.

Rewatch movie you didn't like the first time and put the phones down, people!!

 

[KarmaPolice]

#14: DUNKIRK - 131PTS

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#37 on Ilov80s' list and #34 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.

I wonder if this is the movie we were closest on in ranking. This is one of the movies that got me back into seeing movies after a lull in the 2010s when I spent more of my free time reading and watching TV. I saw Dunkirk twice I thought it was so damn good. Some people don't care for the 3 timelines but I thought doing 3 timelines at different places representing the speed differences between land, water and air and thus allowing all of the key elements to come together at the end was extremely effective. This one got to me and teared me up a few times. And for you action heads out there, nobody does it bigger than Nolan.

It's only counts as an action movie if a superhero or spy is in it!

 

[KarmaPolice]

When 80s and I were talking at the start of this, we figured a couple spots that would cause grumbles are the Nolan movies left off the countdown.

 

[KarmaPolice]

The next movie is one that becomes more and more like a documentary each time I watch it.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Another reason Mulholland Drive is difficult is that it was intended to be a TV series but executives got cold feet. So there are a few red herrings from the cobbled together scenes.

 

[Ilov80s]

Another reason Mulholland Drive is difficult is that it was intended to be a TV series but executives got cold feet. So there are a few red herrings from the cobbled together scenes.

Great point and it seems like it plays into the strengths of the movie and its dream like quality

 

[KarmaPolice]

#14: DUNKIRK - 131PTS

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#37 on Ilov80s' list and #34 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.

I wonder if this is the movie we were closest on in ranking. This is one of the movies that got me back into seeing movies after a lull in the 2010s when I spent more of my free time reading and watching TV. I saw Dunkirk twice I thought it was so damn good. Some people don't care for the 3 timelines but I thought doing 3 timelines at different places representing the speed differences between land, water and air and thus allowing all of the key elements to come together at the end was extremely effective. This one got to me and teared me up a few times. And for you action heads out there, nobody does it bigger than Nolan.

So far it has been this and Elf (41/39). Otherwise we have just 3 titles more where we are 4pts or less difference in rankings. Most of the time it is one of us having a movie in our top 10 and the other having it in the 20s-50s.

@Ilov80s - our #11 and #12 are an example of this. Both titles in your top 10 and both in the 50s for me as I leaned towards other foreign language movies.

#12 was one of the bigger surprises from 80s' list for me. I am guessing most here haven't seen it, though.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#13: HER - 133PTS

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#57 on Ilov80s' list and #12 on KP's list.

 

[dickey moe]

#28: WHIPLASH - 95PTS

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#71 on ilov80s' list and #36 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list

Just watched this agaIn a few nights ago and I think this may be a Top 3 for me.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

#28: WHIPLASH - 95PTS

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#71 on ilov80s' list and #36 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list

Just watched this agaIn a few nights ago and I think this may be a Top 3 for me.

it was great, probably a better movie than some of the other stuff ahead of it

 

[KarmaPolice]

#28: WHIPLASH - 95PTS

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#71 on ilov80s' list and #36 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list

Just watched this agaIn a few nights ago and I think this may be a Top 3 for me.

My nitpicks came in as i ranked. Love the movie, but some things I find are too much depending on mood- the car crash/performance is a main one.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#28: WHIPLASH - 95PTS

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#71 on ilov80s' list and #36 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list

Just watched this agaIn a few nights ago and I think this may be a Top 3 for me.

it was great, probably a better movie than some of the other stuff ahead of it

Probably

 

[TripItUp]

#15: ELF - 122PTS

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#41 on Ilov80s' list and #39 on KP's list.

Nice to see this get the recognition it deserves.

Miles Finch is one of my favorite characters of all time.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Interesting trivia considering the movie Elf. Jim Carrey was the original choice for the lead role but by the time the movie was confirmed he had scheduling conflicts and or was no longer interested.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#12: MEMORIES OF MURDER - 135PTS

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#9 on Ilov80s' list and #58 on KP's list

 

[Ilov80s]

#12: MEMORIES OF MURDER - 135PTS

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#9 on Ilov80s' list and #58 on KP's list

You guys like detective thrillers about catching a serial killer?

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

#12: MEMORIES OF MURDER - 135PTS

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#9 on Ilov80s' list and #58 on KP's list

You guys like detective thrillers about catching a serial killer?

I've never heard of this one but just read some about it. Another one added to my list.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#12: MEMORIES OF MURDER - 135PTS

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#9 on Ilov80s' list and #58 on KP's list

You guys like detective thrillers about catching a serial killer?

I've never heard of this one but just read some about it. Another one added to my list.

Bong Joon Ho's sci-fi stuff I don't click with as much, but I really liked Memories of Murder and Mother, both I would recommend and remember liking more than I did Parasite. Memories is harder to track down now besides renting, but Mother is on Prime if you or others have that also. I leaned elsewhere for my foreign language movies at the top of the list, but still really love Memories of Murder and rewatched it recently since I had bought the disc a bit ago.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#11: CITY OF GOD - 141PTS

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#10 on Ilov80s' list and #51 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.

 

[KarmaPolice]

ONLY 10 MOVIES LEFT!! Everything in the top 10 is at least in both of our top 40 movies. 80s has 5 top 10 movies left and I have only 3. Only twice did we have the same movie in our top 10, so it's not a surprise those are our top 2 movies for the countdown.

Here is what we have had for our top 10 movies:

@Ilov80s :

1 ?
2 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
3 Yi Yi
4 ?
5 ?
6 ?
7 ?
8 The Zone of Interest
9 Memories of Murder
10 City of God

KP:

1 ?
2 The Prestige
3 ?
4 Before Sunset
5 Hereditary
6 ?
7 Shaun of the Dead
8 Rogue One
9 The Muppets
10 Amores Perros

 

[KarmaPolice]

The top 10 is a fitting list, I really liked how it turned out. One foreign language movie still, and one that is blockbuster fare, but the rest is the type of movies that are nominated for Oscars like a few of you were dreading. Actually, I think only one of the 10 wasn't nominated for Best Picture, but only one of our list won Best Picture.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

#11: CITY OF GOD - 141PTS

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#10 on Ilov80s' list and #51 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.

Probably #1 on my list if I had ranked all 100.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#11: CITY OF GOD - 141PTS

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#10 on Ilov80s' list and #51 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.

Probably #1 on my list if I had ranked all 100.

If people have Paramount+ or Kanopy this one is on those options.

 

[Ilov80s]

#12: MEMORIES OF MURDER - 135PTS

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#9 on Ilov80s' list and #58 on KP's list

You guys like detective thrillers about catching a serial killer?

I've never heard of this one but just read some about it. Another one added to my list.

Bong Joon Ho's sci-fi stuff I don't click with as much, but I really liked Memories of Murder and Mother, both I would recommend and remember liking more than I did Parasite. Memories is harder to track down now besides renting, but Mother is on Prime if you or others have that also. I leaned elsewhere for my foreign language movies at the top of the list, but still really love Memories of Murder and rewatched it recently since I had bought the disc a bit ago.

I’m the same. I don’t like his sci-fi stuff but his 3 crime thriller type movies are masterpieces. Mother is so damn good as well- like a modern Hitchcock.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#12: MEMORIES OF MURDER - 135PTS

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#9 on Ilov80s' list and #58 on KP's list

You guys like detective thrillers about catching a serial killer?

I've never heard of this one but just read some about it. Another one added to my list.

Bong Joon Ho's sci-fi stuff I don't click with as much, but I really liked Memories of Murder and Mother, both I would recommend and remember liking more than I did Parasite. Memories is harder to track down now besides renting, but Mother is on Prime if you or others have that also. I leaned elsewhere for my foreign language movies at the top of the list, but still really love Memories of Murder and rewatched it recently since I had bought the disc a bit ago.

I’m the same. I don’t like his sci-fi stuff but his 3 crime thriller type movies are masterpieces. Mother is so damn good as well- like a modern Hitchcock.

Of the other stuff, I've always had a soft spot for The Host as well. It's more creature feature vs. something like Snowpiercer, but it has some heart and laughs.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

#11: CITY OF GOD - 141PTS

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#10 on Ilov80s' list and #51 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.

Probably #1 on my list if I had ranked all 100.

It’s really good

 

[Ilov80s]

#11: CITY OF GOD - 141PTS

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#10 on Ilov80s' list and #51 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.

Probably #1 on my list if I had ranked all 100.

It’s really good

The Goodfellas of the 2000s

 

[KarmaPolice]

#11: CITY OF GOD - 141PTS

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#10 on Ilov80s' list and #51 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.

Probably #1 on my list if I had ranked all 100.

It’s really good

The Goodfellas of the 2000s

Uh, no. City of God is a good movie.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I will do a few more tonight and close out the countdown tomorrow.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#10: CHILDREN OF MEN - 149PTS

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#26 on Ilov80s' list and #27 on KP's list. This was the one we were the closest in ratings for the countdown.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#9: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN - 150PTS

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#29 on Ilov80s' list and #23 on KP's list also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list

 

[KarmaPolice]

#8: DUNE - 154PTS

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#34 on ilov80s' list for Parts 1&2 and #14 on KP's for just Part 1.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

It could still be there but the lack of Gran Torino is a huge oversight or we just got trolled.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I tell everybody to go in fresh and to stick with One Cut of the Dead.

this is true. The first 40 mins kinda turned me off but I think it comes together in the end. It's a cute little movie but I didn't feel like it was amazing. It's streaming on Plex if anyone else is interested in watching it.

 

[rockaction]

#9: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN - 150PTS

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#29 on Ilov80s' list and #23 on KP's list also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list

I haven't had the privilege of seeing all these fine movies but this feels about eight spots too low.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#9: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN - 150PTS

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#29 on Ilov80s' list and #23 on KP's list also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list

I haven't had the privilege of seeing all these fine movies but this feels about eight spots too low.

It's all about perspective. We each had it in the 20s, so it feels about 15 spots too high here, but the math is the math.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#7: PHANTOM THREAD - 158PTS

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#38 on Ilov80s' list and #6 on KP's list

 

[KarmaPolice]

Phantom Thread and our #5 were the two we "disagreed" on most in the top 20 with one rating it in the top 10 and the other in the 30s.

I was surprised to rate Dune and No Country higher than 80s, but probably the bigger surprise was ranking our next one higher. It is one of the biggest climbers of the list for me and a director I usually don't click with too much.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#6: THE WOLF OF WALL STREET - 159PTS

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#27 on Ilov80s' list and #16 on KP's list

 

[Ilov80s]

Phantom Thread and our #5 were the two we "disagreed" on most in the top 20 with one rating it in the top 10 and the other in the 30s.

I was surprised to rate Dune and No Country higher than 80s, but probably the bigger surprise was ranking our next one higher. It is one of the biggest climbers of the list for me and a director I usually don't click with too much.

I was surprised by where you had the Dune movies. I counted Dune and LOTR as a single entry since they were made all together as a single story. I would count the new Wicked movies the same.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Phantom Thread and our #5 were the two we "disagreed" on most in the top 20 with one rating it in the top 10 and the other in the 30s.

I was surprised to rate Dune and No Country higher than 80s, but probably the bigger surprise was ranking our next one higher. It is one of the biggest climbers of the list for me and a director I usually don't click with too much.

I was surprised by where you had the Dune movies. I counted Dune and LOTR as a single entry since they were made all together as a single story. I would count the new Wicked movies the same.

I only ranked the first one. Not that I disagree with you doing it as a series, but I just didn't like Part 2 as much, so I just included the one on my list. It would be a little silly to rank it separate, so I just did it this way.

I was a little surprised as well. One of my minor movie annoyances is Part1/Part2 stuff, especially if I don't know that going in (like Wicked). But as I was doing the countdown I definitely wanted a big budget epic movie or two in my top 20. I thought it was going to be Rogue One and Top Gun, but I have watched Dune more than Top Gun and think it's a better movie overall, so it got the bump over Top Gun and I found room for both in the top 20. It also got me reading bigger books again. I ended up reading and loving Dune, but did have some nitpicks on how it ends - which is where Part 2 was. So it is not just a movie thing. I have only seen it the once, so that is something I plan to rewatch and think more about - if I underrated Part 2.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#5: THE SOCIAL NETWORK - 161PTS

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#4 on @Ilov80s ' list and #37 on KP's list. Also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Dune, of course, is a great ranking. They're epic.

If mentioned a few times that I like/don't like The Social Network. It's a great work of fiction that has too much reference to the truth for comfort. It feels kinda slanderous - and I don't really care for Mark Z or his devilish creation.

 

[TripItUp]

14 - DUNKIRK
13 - HER
12 - MEMORIES OF MURDER
11 - CITY OF GOD
10 - CHILDREN OF MEN

Although I like them, I find all 4 of these to be overrated.

Do better.

 

[KarmaPolice]

4 is our last foreign language.

Is the top 3 at least fairly predictable? I think 1 might surprise people a little, maybe not.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Hint for the "surprise" one: there are 2 directors who have 2 movies each in our top 10.