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The Top 164 (166) Movies of the 21st Century. Knock before entering (11 Viewers)

Dan Lambskin said:
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Andy Dufresne said:
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Ilov80s said:
Andy Dufresne said:
Uruk-Hai said:
Ilov80s said:
I do think it's funny I hear people complain about 3 hours being too long to sit and watch a movie and then they tell me they binged 6 episodes of some new Netflix show in one sitting.
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I can't do that anymore, either :lol:
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I've tried watching Solaris for the last three nights. I'm an hour into it.

Something about hearing German spoken backwards puts me to sleep I guess.
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It's the only Tarkovsky movie I've seen and well let's just say I've been in no rush see to another.
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I liked Stalker a little more, but they are slow meditative movies.
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Since I have watched Stalker, this comment doesn't have me racing to finish Solaris.
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We probably won't sit down together and watch my Bergman box set together, either.
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The Seventh Seal would have been a good choice for my overrated list

Might be the most boring movie ive ever seen. More boring than The Power or the Dog or that one Terrance Malick movie

Maybe Boyhood. That was a snoozer
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Seventh Seal isn't my favorite of his either. It's just one of his more iconic movies.
 
Since we are getting some horror, but we don't have any PG-13 horror movies on the countdown, it's mini-list time!!

My favorite PG-13/starter horror movies from the 21st century:
  • The Ring - still the only American remake worth a watch, this one creeped my wife and me out in the theater.
  • Drag Me to Hell - Sam Raimi back to form. Good humor and a couple good jump scares here
  • The Others - creepy ghost story with Nicole Kidman
  • The Final Girls - not the best, but a fun movie about a girl getting pulled into her mother's famous slasher movie.
  • Troll Hunter - Norwegian found footage at it's finest
  • Krampus - fun Christmas horror movie
  • The Visit - M.Night returned to form with this found footage movie about a couple kids visiting their grandparents they've never met.

Nothing else there are some fun options if people are going to be around some younger kids that want to dip their toes into some horror movies. A few different tones and scare levels on the list.
 
Ilov80s said:
BLOCKED_PUNT said:
Ilov80s said:
BLOCKED_PUNT said:
You both need to do better.
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I tend to dislike swords and dragons and magic and all that so the fact I like LOTR as much as I do is a pretty surprising to even me
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What makes you like it then?
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It’s just so well made. It has another thing going against it too, I can’t stand Elijah Wood. I find him so annoying. But the movies are just so big and such incredible productions- kind of undeniable.
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I can't stand that it's 12+ hours of movie watching to have a deus ex machina ending. And Elijah Wood.
 
KarmaPolice said:
  • The Ring - still the only American remake worth a watch, this one creeped my wife and me out in the theater.
  • Drag Me to Hell - Sam Raimi back to form. Good humor and a couple good jump scares here
  • The Others - creepy ghost story with Nicole Kidman
  • The Final Girls - not the best, but a fun movie about a girl getting pulled into her mother's famous slasher movie.
  • Troll Hunter - Norwegian found footage at it's finest
  • Krampus - fun Christmas horror movie
  • The Visit - M.Night returned to form with this found footage movie about a couple kids visiting their grandparents they've never met.
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other than the visit and drag me to hell which I haven't seen, I like all these. The Ring is legit good.
 
BLOCKED_PUNT said:
KarmaPolice said:
  • The Ring - still the only American remake worth a watch, this one creeped my wife and me out in the theater.
  • Drag Me to Hell - Sam Raimi back to form. Good humor and a couple good jump scares here
  • The Others - creepy ghost story with Nicole Kidman
  • The Final Girls - not the best, but a fun movie about a girl getting pulled into her mother's famous slasher movie.
  • Troll Hunter - Norwegian found footage at it's finest
  • Krampus - fun Christmas horror movie
  • The Visit - M.Night returned to form with this found footage movie about a couple kids visiting their grandparents they've never met.
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other than the visit and drag me to hell which I haven't seen, I like all these. The Ring is legit good.
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The Visit scared both my wife and me. There are creepy scenes in that one. Drag Me To Hell is more Raimi getting back to the Evil Dead days.
 
KarmaPolice said:
Ilov80s said:
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that seems kind of low
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KP gets the credit for Before Midnight but he also gets the heat for his lack of LOTR ranking.
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Dude, you aren't supposed to draw attention to that. This is what @Don Quixote was predicting!!
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I had a feeling. I don’t mind where it is ranked here though. I watched them when they first came out, but also don’t feel the need to revisit.

Separately, the “Before” trilogy is great. I had not seen them until recently, but I bought the Criterion set around when you both did the Linklater Director of the Month. Really enjoyed them. More “talking” than I usually like in movies, but it did not bother me given the chemistry between the two.
 
Don Quixote said:
KarmaPolice said:
Ilov80s said:
BLOCKED_PUNT said:
that seems kind of low
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KP gets the credit for Before Midnight but he also gets the heat for his lack of LOTR ranking.
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Dude, you aren't supposed to draw attention to that. This is what @Don Quixote was predicting!!
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I had a feeling. I don’t mind where it is ranked here though. I watched them when they first came out, but also don’t feel the need to revisit.

Separately, the “Before” trilogy is great. I had not seen them until recently, but I bought the Criterion set around when you both did the Linklater Director of the Month. Really enjoyed them. More “talking” than I usually like in movies, but it did not bother me given the chemistry between the two.
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They just aren't my thing - 3hr long CGI fests in the fantasy realm are going to be a tough watch for me. I get the impression that this doesn't have the love Raiders did so I might take less heat for this one. That said, I think as we get closer to the top 30-40 and people start realizing what else is being left off in the action realm, the grumbles might come back.
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Glad you liked the Before movies - what were your thoughts on Midnight?
 
KarmaPolice said:
Since we are getting some horror, but we don't have any PG-13 horror movies on the countdown, it's mini-list time!!

My favorite PG-13/starter horror movies from the 21st century:
  • The Ring - still the only American remake worth a watch, this one creeped my wife and me out in the theater.
  • Drag Me to Hell - Sam Raimi back to form. Good humor and a couple good jump scares here
  • The Others - creepy ghost story with Nicole Kidman
  • The Final Girls - not the best, but a fun movie about a girl getting pulled into her mother's famous slasher movie.
  • Troll Hunter - Norwegian found footage at it's finest
  • Krampus - fun Christmas horror movie
  • The Visit - M.Night returned to form with this found footage movie about a couple kids visiting their grandparents they've never met.

Nothing else there are some fun options if people are going to be around some younger kids that want to dip their toes into some horror movies. A few different tones and scare levels on the list.
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My favorite horror movie of the 21st century is not on here and I thought it was PG-13. Glad I checked. It's R, so there's still a chance we see it.
 
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Glad you liked the Before movies - what were your thoughts on Midnight?
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One of the rare trilogies where I did not mind them going back a third time. I will probably re-watch the first two more and it has a different vibe than them. But it’s in line with what would expect. Ten years after the initial/renewed sparks and now dealing with the usual relationship bumps balancing work and family. Interesting to go back to the characters now that they are at that point in their relationship.
 
Andy Dufresne said:
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#79: BARBARIAN - 58PTS

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Liking this movie is easily more egregious than not liking LOTR.
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Im not overly concerned about the thumper rule in here. Hell, there are movies on our countdown that the participants dont like. I forget - why do you hate this movie so much? You don't strike me as someone who likes horror movies in general, but i know you like some like The Orphanage.
 
Not to call Andy out, as i realize we take playful shots at each other, but usually what ruffles feathers in these threads are comments more about how wrong a ranking is vs why the movie or album was a big whiff for that person. I realize my taste in movies is odd sometimes, but i like hearing from people who have seen the movies about their experiences with them.
 
I can see the merits of both sides. I guess the difference would be if someone is presenting a list of opinions/personal favorites vs. if someone is compiling a "Top XX" list which is implies some objective standing.
 
If we could still have signature lines mine would say something like "Unless expressly indicated otherwise, none of my posts should be taken seriously." My daughter, who is very much like me, has a shirt that reads, "I don't try to be snarky. It just comes naturally.'

Anyway, regarding Barbarian...I get the horror trope of "making bad decisions under the duress of fear". That actually makes sense. But making an obviously bad decision just to set things in motion - like the main character does by not simply saying " Nnnnope!" - just doesn't work for me. And the last 1/3 of the movie goes off in a direction that radically breaks the internal logic that has been established. It felt tacked on just so the ending could be more exciting.

I like many horror movies. Not really the slasher types but suspenseful tension with violent and/or murderous intent can be great. But when things make little sense, the dots don't connect, or is gratuitous...I'm out. That's how I felt about Barbarian.
 
Don Quixote said:
KarmaPolice said:
Glad you liked the Before movies - what were your thoughts on Midnight?
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One of the rare trilogies where I did not mind them going back a third time. I will probably re-watch the first two more and it has a different vibe than them. But it’s in line with what would expect. Ten years after the initial/renewed sparks and now dealing with the usual relationship bumps balancing work and family. Interesting to go back to the characters now that they are at that point in their relationship.
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A couple things really elevate the trilogy as a whole for me. The 2nd and 3rd put Hawke and Delpy in the driver's seat of their characters and they were a main part of the writing process. There is a lot of biographical touches that enter those two movies and make for some really touching and sometimes painful scenes. The other main thing is they do a great job of presenting this idealized meet up we saw in the first installment with real world application and consequences. Part 2 asks the question is it possible to idealize a day like that too much? Part 3 again extends those consequences as you grapple with what they had to give up in their other lives if they are still together 9 years later. This trilogy is a big reason I was meh on Boyhood - Linklater was already playing with time and following a couple characters over years in the movie. I was sad to see another 9 years come and go without a 4th, but I still think this is one of the best movie trilogies made in any genre.
 
Andy Dufresne said:
If we could still have signature lines mine would say something like "Unless expressly indicated otherwise, none of my posts should be taken seriously." My daughter, who is very much like me, has a shirt that reads, "I don't try to be snarky. It just comes naturally.'

Anyway, regarding Barbarian...I get the horror trope of "making bad decisions under the duress of fear". That actually makes sense. But making an obviously bad decision just to set things in motion - like the main character does by not simply saying " Nnnnope!" - just doesn't work for me. And the last 1/3 of the movie goes off in a direction that radically breaks the internal logic that has been established. It felt tacked on just so the ending could be more exciting.

I like many horror movies. Not really the slasher types but suspenseful tension with violent and/or murderous intent can be great. But when things make little sense, the dots don't connect, or is gratuitous...I'm out. That's how I felt about Barbarian.
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Again, we have rapport, so I felt comfortable using your post as an example. I took your post in the tone it was intended. I will post more about my reason for loving Barbarian so much, and even I can acknowledge the final 1/4 of the movie or so.
 
My simple reason for my love of Barbarian is that it was a movie that scared me and gave me the hardest laugh of any horror movie from this time. Is it the best? No - I probably have about 7-8 more horror movies above it still to come. and I fully acknowledge that it goes off the rails a bit at the end. The movie is uneven throughout it's runtime for a reason - Cregger had the idea of the first 1/3 after reading the book The Gift Of Fear about trusting your gut and getting out of creepy situations. A lot of the situations and dialogue at the start of the movie are taking out of that book, but he wanted it to be mostly alarms for no reason. In an interview he said he got to the end of the first act and that was the end of that idea and got stuck in a way of how to continue the story. Then he wanted to introduce another character to the situation who should be listening to the alarm bells but is up their own *** and worried about maximizing profits. :lol: Then 3rd act gets a bit crazy, but still I like that it subverts expecations and the real dangers aren't coming from where you'd expect. A part in the first 1/3 made me jump and I dropped the remote. In the 2nd act, I was laughing so hard I was crying and I had to pause and restart. The last 1/3 still had me guessing and saying WTF a lot. That's why I rated it so high - after watching 1000s of horror movies, for one to still get me to react like this is one I want to revisit and have in my collection.

Also, I am pretty sure it was @Ilov80s who prompted me to watch this one, and especially go in cold. Thanks for that! I ended up liking it more than him.
 
I liked Barbarian a lot, horror movies just rarely cross over into be movies I love so I am not sure I ranked any for this list. It's a genre I usually only watch during October and even then I tend to prefer spooky or atmosphere over genuine scares. I thought Barbarian was clever and delivered some real scares too. It genuinely surprised me with where it went. As for realism or wise decision making, I tend to be pretty forgiving with horror because I know 99% of them are going to be supernatural to begin with.
 
Andy Dufresne said:
If we could still have signature lines mine would say something like "Unless expressly indicated otherwise, none of my posts should be taken seriously." My daughter, who is very much like me, has a shirt that reads, "I don't try to be snarky. It just comes naturally.'

Anyway, regarding Barbarian...I get the horror trope of "making bad decisions under the duress of fear". That actually makes sense. But making an obviously bad decision just to set things in motion - like the main character does by not simply saying " Nnnnope!" - just doesn't work for me. And the last 1/3 of the movie goes off in a direction that radically breaks the internal logic that has been established. It felt tacked on just so the ending could be more exciting.

I like many horror movies. Not really the slasher types but suspenseful tension with violent and/or murderous intent can be great. But when things make little sense, the dots don't connect, or is gratuitous...I'm out. That's how I felt about Barbarian.
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I don't mind the snark from you or anyone. I never take it as mean or hateful or anything. I've taught teenagers for 17 years, there is nothing any of you could do that could even remotely phase me.
 
Ilov80s said:
Andy Dufresne said:
If we could still have signature lines mine would say something like "Unless expressly indicated otherwise, none of my posts should be taken seriously." My daughter, who is very much like me, has a shirt that reads, "I don't try to be snarky. It just comes naturally.'

Anyway, regarding Barbarian...I get the horror trope of "making bad decisions under the duress of fear". That actually makes sense. But making an obviously bad decision just to set things in motion - like the main character does by not simply saying " Nnnnope!" - just doesn't work for me. And the last 1/3 of the movie goes off in a direction that radically breaks the internal logic that has been established. It felt tacked on just so the ending could be more exciting.

I like many horror movies. Not really the slasher types but suspenseful tension with violent and/or murderous intent can be great. But when things make little sense, the dots don't connect, or is gratuitous...I'm out. That's how I felt about Barbarian.
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I don't mind the snark from you or anyone. I never take it as mean or hateful or anything. I've taught teenagers for 17 years, there is nothing any of you could do that could even remotely phase me.
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80s is the gristled vet with the 1000yd stare
 
Next we will go overseas for my favorite found footage that still scares me and a horrible lunch date. Then we come back home to something just as frightening to me - Nic Cage in a movie!
:scared: After that we will have two more from American directors but are set overseas. One we head back to WW2 and the other is a famous couple's divorce movie (or at least one of them, they each made one).
 
KarmaPolice said:
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One of my late scratches from my list. I like it a lot but not quite top 100 for me. Such a good watch though and one of my wife's favorites. She is odd. Outside of football, she doesn't care for sports with 2 big exceptions: The Olympics and sports movies. She LOVES those.
 
KarmaPolice said:
Ilov80s said:
Andy Dufresne said:
If we could still have signature lines mine would say something like "Unless expressly indicated otherwise, none of my posts should be taken seriously." My daughter, who is very much like me, has a shirt that reads, "I don't try to be snarky. It just comes naturally.'

Anyway, regarding Barbarian...I get the horror trope of "making bad decisions under the duress of fear". That actually makes sense. But making an obviously bad decision just to set things in motion - like the main character does by not simply saying " Nnnnope!" - just doesn't work for me. And the last 1/3 of the movie goes off in a direction that radically breaks the internal logic that has been established. It felt tacked on just so the ending could be more exciting.

I like many horror movies. Not really the slasher types but suspenseful tension with violent and/or murderous intent can be great. But when things make little sense, the dots don't connect, or is gratuitous...I'm out. That's how I felt about Barbarian.
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I don't mind the snark from you or anyone. I never take it as mean or hateful or anything. I've taught teenagers for 17 years, there is nothing any of you could do that could even remotely phase me.
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80s is the gristled vet with the 1000yd stare
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I would compare myself more to Bradley Cooper in The Hangover, just don't care enough about what a 15 year old has to say about me to be bothered.
 
Dr. Octopus said:
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Crazy movie - a few things I didn’t like but definitely a unique horror movie.

At one point I thought somehow I leaned on my remote and changed the movie.
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My experience as well. I thought i hit the remote at the end of the 1st act and switched to a different movie.
 
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This was on my list as well and if I had ranked them in order, it would also have been in the upper half. The father-son scene near the end of the film between Stuhlbarg and Chalamet is one of the best I can remember ever seeing.
 
The Dreaded Marco said:
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This was on my list as well and if I had ranked them in order, it would also have been in the upper half. The father-son scene near the end of the film between Stuhlbarg and Chalamet is one of the best I can remember ever seeing.
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Agree and I am a sucker for Sufjan so having him do a few songs for the score didn't hurt
 
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This was on my list as well and if I had ranked them in order, it would also have been in the upper half. The father-son scene near the end of the film between Stuhlbarg and Chalamet is one of the best I can remember ever seeing.
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Yet another on the list i haven't gotten to.
 
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One of my late scratches from my list. I like it a lot but not quite top 100 for me.
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This is the same for me. Almost made my list.
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Weird thing is, I typically dislike sports movies. I didn't expect this to be so high, but i never tire of watching it and i do own it. I decided to not overthink it, and these are the types of movies i needed in my top 50.
 
As we round on 100 movies revealed anybody want to take a guess at the top 5-10? Remember, only movies on BOTH lists are in the top 20. Each of our #2 movies are not on the others' list, and they sit at #21/#22.

Or: the 3 directors with 4 or more movies on the countdown? The most is 5 movies.

Or: 10 actors who show up in 5 or more movies? The most is 6times.
 
[Rec] I have seen multiple time and still fear getting to the last 10-15 mins. It starts slow, and is about a Spanish reporter staying at a firehouse for interviews when **** hits the fan.
I still have 7 more horror movies on my list. I watch a lot of them on my own, so they drifted to the top of my list. It is the last (only) found footage, so i will do a mini-list of those soon too. I am fan of the subgenre, but there are plenty of landmines too. They are the ones most likely to scare me.
 
Ilov80s said:
I liked Barbarian a lot, horror movies just rarely cross over into be movies I love so I am not sure I ranked any for this list. It's a genre I usually only watch during October and even then I tend to prefer spooky or atmosphere over genuine scares. I thought Barbarian was clever and delivered some real scares too. It genuinely surprised me with where it went. As for realism or wise decision making, I tend to be pretty forgiving with horror because I know 99% of them are going to be supernatural to begin with.
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As far as the decision to explore, she was stuck down there a bit. Smart use of the mirror and my scared butt might have even looked after a bit in case it included a way out.

For the 2nd time, Imo if it was the first night, she runs after Pennywise goes quiet, but 2nd night she has connected with him..
 
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