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

[Ilov80s]

What are some of the big movies that people expect won't make our list? I count 5 or 6 that I think we could get some grief over.

I know its chic to be down on superhero movies these days, but there were more than a few that were actually good.

KP just has bad taste

Or i'm not 14 years old.

I'm 56 and re-watch the MCU timeline once a year - I get why some people might not like them, but they hit the right amount of nostalgia (despite not having read a comic book in 40 years) and escapism for me. They also have great humor and the some of the storylines are much deeper than normal action movie fare.

I know a Marvel movie will likely never get the respect it deserves but the Avengers: Infinity War/Avengers: End Game combination which completed the storyline of the 10 years of movies before it was an incredible achievement.

I think that's part of the disconnect for me, I never got into comics as a kid at all. I know most action movies work this way but there was always something a little uninteresting or low stakes about superheroes because they have super powers and can't die (I know they do sometimes die but the next comic or movie can always bring them back with some new timeline or alternate universe or whatever). Which is why I think I like Batman. He's really a normal guy- plus it leans a little darker.

As for the bolded, sure they didn't win Best Picture but Marvel got a lot of respect and credit. They took over the entire entertainment industry, made all the money, pushed out a lot of other kinds of movies and basically became one of the biggest cultural tentpoles of a 10-15 year period. Those movies got great RT scores and made all the money. Every big star got recruited to be in them from ScarJo to RDJ to Harrison Ford to Robert Redford to Sam Jackson to Natalie Portman. The comic book fans won.

I meant more in an artistic way than in a mass consumption way - but get your point.

And I get that people that don’t like them, are pushed to dislike them more by them flooding the market.

I do get what you mean. It just makes me think of this a bit.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

at least that ****ty Zoolander didn't make it but I wouldn't put it past KP

You shut your whore mouth!

at least that ****ty Zoolander didn't make it but I wouldn't put it past KP

Never seen it

It’s hilarious.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Dang Deuce Bigalow was 99. That’s an underrated comedy

 

[KarmaPolice]

at least that ****ty Zoolander didn't make it but I wouldn't put it past KP

You shut your whore mouth!

at least that ****ty Zoolander didn't make it but I wouldn't put it past KP

Never seen it

It’s hilarious.

Stiller is to me what Ferrell seems to be for others - I can handle him in small doses.

 

[KarmaPolice]

All the guesses were wrong, but @Ilov80s was also being a bit cheeky with that clue...

 

[Dan Lambskin]

at least that ****ty Zoolander didn't make it but I wouldn't put it past KP

You shut your whore mouth!

at least that ****ty Zoolander didn't make it but I wouldn't put it past KP

Never seen it

It’s hilarious.

Stiller is to me what Ferrell seems to be for others - I can handle him in small doses.

It’s his signature role, or at least his best

 

[KarmaPolice]

#18: BEST IN SHOW - 115PTS

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#33 on 80s' list and #54 on KP's list. ETA: also on @The Dreaded Marco 's list

 

[KarmaPolice]

at least that ****ty Zoolander didn't make it but I wouldn't put it past KP

You shut your whore mouth!

at least that ****ty Zoolander didn't make it but I wouldn't put it past KP

Never seen it

It’s hilarious.

Stiller is to me what Ferrell seems to be for others - I can handle him in small doses.

It’s his signature role, or at least his best

Yes, that's what I have been avoiding.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

at least that ****ty Zoolander didn't make it but I wouldn't put it past KP

You shut your whore mouth!

at least that ****ty Zoolander didn't make it but I wouldn't put it past KP

Never seen it

It’s hilarious.

Stiller is to me what Ferrell seems to be for others - I can handle him in small doses.

It’s his signature role, or at least his best

“Something About Mary” would be his signature role. “Best” is up to the individual.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

at least that ****ty Zoolander didn't make it but I wouldn't put it past KP

You shut your whore mouth!

at least that ****ty Zoolander didn't make it but I wouldn't put it past KP

Never seen it

It’s hilarious.

Stiller is to me what Ferrell seems to be for others - I can handle him in small doses.

It’s his signature role, or at least his best

there's something about mary? dodgeball? the night of the museum franchise?

 

[KarmaPolice]

• "We have you down for a queen."
• "What are you suggesting -- my dear man?"

 

[KarmaPolice]

I like more Stiller than I thought judging by the movies being named.

 

[Ilov80s]

• "We have you down for a queen."
• "What are you suggesting -- my dear man?"

She had dozens of boyfriends.
Hundreds.
Hundreds?
[Thinks] ... Yeah, hundreds.

 

[KarmaPolice]

It is quite the tone change to our next one. If I'd guess it's probably the most recent movie in our top 20?

 

[KarmaPolice]

• "We have you down for a queen."
• "What are you suggesting -- my dear man?"

She had dozens of boyfriends.
Hundreds.
Hundreds?
[Thinks] ... Yeah, hundreds.

Every group of dog owners are so funny in their own way. The cut from Coolidge to her husband the first time gets me rolling as does the intro to the Swans.

I don't know why I was so late to the game on these Christopher Guest movies. Most have been pretty recent watches, but I have liked them all. This one and Guffman are my favorites though.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I'd also argue that Equilibrium is totally awesome, who cares if it borrows from a bunch of other sci-fi movies

 

[Ilov80s]

#19: BLACK SWAN - 107PTS

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#67 on Ilov80s' list and #28 on KP's list

I totally missed this one getting posted. It was a recent rewatch for me and still held up beautifully. I can not believe what has happened to Aronfksy's career. He a crime moving coming out with this weekend with big stars and it has no buzz at all.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

• "We have you down for a queen."
• "What are you suggesting -- my dear man?"

She had dozens of boyfriends.
Hundreds.
Hundreds?
[Thinks] ... Yeah, hundreds.

Every group of dog owners are so funny in their own way. The cut from Coolidge to her husband the first time gets me rolling as does the intro to the Swans.

I don't know why I was so late to the game on these Christopher Guest movies. Most have been pretty recent watches, but I have liked them all. This one and Guffman are my favorites though.

I like Waiting For Guffman a little more than Best In Show but obviously this still made my top 100.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

It is quite the tone change to our next one. If I'd guess it's probably the most recent movie in our top 20?

From 2024? If so, I've got a pretty good guess.

 

[Ilov80s]

It is quite the tone change to our next one. If I'd guess it's probably the most recent movie in our top 20?

From 2024? If so, I've got a pretty good guess.

Yep it’s a 2024 movie

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Well Nickel Boys hasn't shown up and they love that

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Best in show is hilarious. Parker posey is great. “Where’s busy bee?”

 

[KarmaPolice]

It is quite the tone change to our next one. If I'd guess it's probably the most recent movie in our top 20?

From 2024? If so, I've got a pretty good guess.

Yep it’s a 2024 movie

Best is Show was probably the oldest in the top 20

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I went to one of those obedience places once... it was all going well until they spilled hot candle wax on my private parts.

 

[landrys hat]

If you get tired, pull over. If you get hungry, eat somethin'.

 

[KarmaPolice]

It is quite the tone change to our next one. If I'd guess it's probably the most recent movie in our top 20?

From 2024? If so, I've got a pretty good guess.

If my notes are correct, it's also within your vicinity of fascination.

 

[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.

 

[Don Quixote]

I think that was 2023. I was scratching my head on what from 2024 might still show after Anora and The Brutalist already revealed.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I think that was 2023. I was scratching my head on what from 2024 might still show after Anora and The Brutalist already revealed.

So we were half right. Still the most recent, but not from 2024.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Next we will have the last tie in points at 122pts.

One is another comedy. This movie stars an actor who is one of the 5 who show up six times on the countdown and directed by somebody better known now for his work in a blockbuster franchise.
One is a modern noir with heavy themes of time and reality that is common in our top 20.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

I think that was 2023. I was scratching my head on what from 2024 might still show after Anora and The Brutalist already revealed.

So we were half right. Still the most recent, but not from 2024.

This is the one I was guessing. I could swear it was 2024



Such a powerful film. Love it. This would be in my top 10, probably even top 5, if I had ranked my 100.

 

[TripItUp]

The Prestige is awesome, and terribly underrated by the masses.

But it has not been underrated by this esteemed thread. Nice job.

 

[KarmaPolice]

 

[Ilov80s]

Best in show is hilarious. Parker posey is great. “Where’s busy bee?”

Her busy bee meltdown is the best

 

[Ilov80s]

It is quite the tone change to our next one. If I'd guess it's probably the most recent movie in our top 20?

I will put an asterisk on that

 

[KarmaPolice]

It is quite the tone change to our next one. If I'd guess it's probably the most recent movie in our top 20?

I will put an asterisk on that

I am an idiot. I see my mistake on the sheet now.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#16: MULHOLLAND DRIVE - 122PTS

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#48 on Ilov80s' list and #32 on KP's list

 

[KarmaPolice]

One of the best things in physical media was the 10 Questions that came with the Mulholland disc so you could maybe begin to understand a little of WTF is going on in this movie.

 

[Frostillicus]

Dammit, now I want to watch Hot Rod.

I just scanned through my master list and there are so many comedies from this era I would gladly watch right now I circled a quick list of 50-60 titles, and that was just straight comedy so excluded rom coms and horror comedies. Where my list got a little inaccurate is there probably not enough straight comedies. I watch a lot of them, but I don't own them if that makes sense. The handful I put on my list are ones I watch over and over. Maybe I could have had a couple more looking at this list. There are a lot of big titles that didn't make our countdown. We can talk about those at the end as others might have their lists of big stuff we didn't have.

How about a mini-list of my deeper dives on the list that I really liked that people might not have seen....

• The To Do List - very raunchy movie like Superbad, but the roles are reversed and Aubrey Plaza stars as the HSer trying to get laid.
• Baby Mama - Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Poehler becomes surrogate mom for uptight Fey
• Fanboys - road trip of a group of friends trying to see Phantom Menace before it's release. Has Kristin Bell and Baruchel
• Bad Words - Jason Bateman as an adult crashing the natioanal Spelling Bee
• The Campaign - Ferrell and Galifianakis battle for a congressional seat.
• 21 Jump Street - people have probably seen this, but it was one of my last cuts. One of the bigger surprises of the era for me.

1. Haven't seen nor heard of, but your description intrigues me.
2. Love it.
3. Fun movie
4. fun Movie
5. haven't seen it. looking at those two on the front exhausts me and I'm usually a fan of both. I should probably watch.
6. Fantastic movie and definitely one of the biggest surprises. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are fantastic together and make this work, but I think the fact that it hits the line between taking itself too seriously and not taking itself seriously enough is what makes it great. They could have called this "High School Cops" and it would have worked just as well - the "remake/reimagining" part is just a bonus.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

One of the best things in physical media was the 10 Questions that came with the Mulholland disc so you could maybe begin to understand a little of WTF is going on in this movie.

Ask ChatGPT this question:
For the movie Mulholland Drive, what psychological archetypes do each of the characters fit into?

Spoiler: A film in two parts

The first 2/3 of the movie exists inside Betty's psyche as an idealized perception of herself.

The last 1/3 is reality and shows the consequences of Betty's actual decisions and actions.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#15: ELF - 122PTS

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

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

#15: ELF - 122PTS

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

I absolutely love the first two thirds of Elf. But the final third drops off a cliff for me thus dropping it out of my top 100. I still watch it every December, though.

 

[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.

#16: MULHOLLAND DRIVE - 122PTS

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#48 on Ilov80s' list and #32 on KP's list

I remember renting this and watching it when it came out, well aware of all the buzz.I hated it and declared it one of the most overrated piles of nonsense I had ever seen. 2 rewatches twently years later and I've come around. It's not quite the best of the century or whatever that many critics have it as but I can see the genius of it. I had a similar arc with Vertigo and see a lot of similiarities between the 2. Also randomly for a movie that isn't scary, it has one of the most shockimg jump scares this side of Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure.

#15: ELF - 122PTS

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What needs to be said about this? Endlessly rewatchable for people of all ages. Sometimes we say there is a role that nobody else could have played and that's just usually not true. I think it is true here. Will Ferrell's ability to be silly, cute, charming and just the right level of annoying is pitch perfect. Buddy is one of the best movie characters we will have on this list. The fact that a sort of silly family comedy also has Zoeey Deschanel, James Caan, Ed Asner, Bob Newhart, Mary Steenburgen and Peter Dinklage is just a blessing.

 

[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.

 

[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.

#16: MULHOLLAND DRIVE - 122PTS

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#48 on Ilov80s' list and #32 on KP's list

I remember renting this and watching it when it came out, well aware of all the buzz.I hated it and declared it one of the most overrated piles of nonsense I had ever seen. 2 rewatches twently years later and I've come around. It's not quite the best of the century or whatever that many critics have it as but I can see the genius of it. I had a similar arc with Vertigo and see a lot of similiarities between the 2. Also randomly for a movie that isn't scary, it has one of the most shockimg jump scares this side of Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure.

#15: ELF - 122PTS

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What needs to be said about this? Endlessly rewatchable for people of all ages. Sometimes we say there is a role that nobody else could have played and that's just usually not true. I think it is true here. Will Ferrell's ability to be silly, cute, charming and just the right level of annoying is pitch perfect. Buddy is one of the best movie characters we will have on this list. The fact that a sort of silly family comedy also has Zoeey Deschanel, James Caan, Ed Asner, Bob Newhart, Mary Steenburgen and Peter Dinklage is just a blessing.

The only reason I had Zone so low is I haven't gotten around to a rewatch. The first watch has stuck with and haunted me so far. Fantastic movie.

Broken record and all, but the bolded is why I rewatch movies, especially if it has been many years and I didn't like something at the time but I see it held in high regard elsewhere. A decent % of my favorite movies started off as being ones I didn't like. Hell, my #1 for this is an example of that. Revisit movies you didn't like sometimes, people!

80s is definitely not a cotten-headed ninny muggins!

 

[KarmaPolice]

#15: ELF - 122PTS

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

I absolutely love the first two thirds of Elf. But the final third drops off a cliff for me thus dropping it out of my top 100. I still watch it every December, though.

I can see that, and mostly agree. It is still a rare Christmas movie I enjoyed watching, so it gets elevated ratings for that from me. Muppet Christmas Carol and Elf are the ones I look forward to watching now. I dig enjoy 8-Bit Christmas a lot, but I need a couple more rewatches of that one.

 

[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.

#16: MULHOLLAND DRIVE - 122PTS

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#48 on Ilov80s' list and #32 on KP's list

I remember renting this and watching it when it came out, well aware of all the buzz.I hated it and declared it one of the most overrated piles of nonsense I had ever seen. 2 rewatches twently years later and I've come around. It's not quite the best of the century or whatever that many critics have it as but I can see the genius of it. I had a similar arc with Vertigo and see a lot of similiarities between the 2. Also randomly for a movie that isn't scary, it has one of the most shockimg jump scares this side of Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure.

#15: ELF - 122PTS

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What needs to be said about this? Endlessly rewatchable for people of all ages. Sometimes we say there is a role that nobody else could have played and that's just usually not true. I think it is true here. Will Ferrell's ability to be silly, cute, charming and just the right level of annoying is pitch perfect. Buddy is one of the best movie characters we will have on this list. The fact that a sort of silly family comedy also has Zoeey Deschanel, James Caan, Ed Asner, Bob Newhart, Mary Steenburgen and Peter Dinklage is just a blessing.

The only reason I had Zone so low is I haven't gotten around to a rewatch. The first watch has stuck with and haunted me so far. Fantastic movie.

Broken record and all, but the bolded is why I rewatch movies, especially if it has been many years and I didn't like something at the time but I see it held in high regard elsewhere. A decent % of my favorite movies started off as being ones I didn't like. Hell, my #1 for this is an example of that. Revisit movies you didn't like sometimes, people!

80s is definitely not a cotten-headed ninny muggins!I

I agree on all fronts here. As for rewatching The Zone of Interest. I haven't but the first watch hit hard and I am not exactly racing back to get hit again. But I will someday because it's a good reminder for us all who are quite privileged and lucky to be living on the sunny side of the street.

 

[KarmaPolice]

This should kick off the day well. Up next we have the last Christopher Nolan movie to land on the countdown....

 

[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.

 

[Ilov80s]

#17: THE ZONE OF INTEREST - 119PTS

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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.