Top 10 Best Movies of the 21st century (so far)

[dicaprio_travolta_man]

So what are the 10 best movies releaced so far this century? My picks are:

1. Black Hawk Down
2. A Beautiful Mind
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4. All The Pretty Horses
5. Ocean's Eleven
6. Traffic
7. Gladiator
8. Almost Famous
9. Cast Away
10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

RUNNER-UP: Pearl Harbor

- Your turn! Tell me what you think the 10 best movies of century are so far!!



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[Trinity]

Well, if you count 2000 as 21th century (and you obiusly do) then:
1. Moulin Rouge
2. Mulhollnad Drive
3. CTHD
4. Memento
5. Erin Brokovich
6. Nurse Betty
7. Dancer in the Dark
8. The Others
9. Bridget Jones's Diary
10. Cast Away

[Nate6]

1. Almost Famous
2. Apocalypse Now Redux
3. Black Hawk Down
4. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
5. Traffic
6. Memento
7. Cast Away
8. A Beautiful Mind
9. Moulin Rouge!
10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

[thompsoncory]

1. SHREK
2. PEARL HARBOR
3. MOULIN ROUGE
4. A BEAUTIFUL MIND
5. ERIN BROCKOVICH
6. GLADIATOR
7. WHAT WOMEN WANT
8. BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY
9. HARRY POTTER
10. LORD OF THE RINGS

[ColinM]

1) Memento (10/10)
2) Moulin Rouge (10/10)
3) Almost Famous (10/10)
4) Cast Away (9/10)
5) A Beautiful Mind (9/10)
6) Shrek (9/10)
7) Black Hawk Down (9/10)
8) Ocean's Eleven (9/10)
9) Gladiator (9/10)
10) Erin Brockovich (9/10)

This was easy, since 2000 was such a shitty movie year. In it's defense, though, there are lots of 2000 movies I am yet to see.

[idealdiscountdude]

Ideal's Top Ten of the 21st Century:

1.Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone
2.Traffic
3.Requiem For A Dream
4.Erin Brockovich
5.Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
6.Lord Of The Rings
7.Oceans 11
8.Almost Famousand Gosford Park
9.In The Bedroom
10.Bounce and The Cell


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[Puck Bond]

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2. Gladiator
3. A Beautiful Mind
4. Almost Famous
5. The Man Who Wasn't There
6. Black Hawk Down
7. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
8. The Majestic
9. Traffic
10. Pearl Harbor

[dicaprio_travolta_man]

I am really happy to see that two people have included Ocean's Eleven and Pearl Harbor on the list. Now, I absolutely loved Ocean's Eleven, I gave it a 10/10. But, even though I loved it I still consider it to be more of a favorite for me rather then one of the best, yes, I have gaven lower grades to some of the films I listed in my Top 10, but, to me those were not only one of my favorites but also one of the best. I try to seperate Best and Favorite as much as I can.

[bskutle]

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (#8 on my all-time greatest films list)
2. Memento (#16 on my all-time greatest films list)
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4. Almost Famous
5. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
6. Waking Life
7. Black Hawk Down
8. Mulholland Drive
9. Nurse Betty
10. Croupier

Honorable Mention to Fantasia/2000, which sits alongside the 1940 masterpiece at #6 on my all-time greatest list for the animation, but wouldn't make my Top 10 due to the mostly corny introductory segments.

[rupert_pupkin]

1.Magnolia
2.Battle Royale
3.Audition
4.The Insider
5.Harry Potter
6.Gosford Park
7.Brother
8.Almost Famous
9.Happiness
10.Memento

[QUENTIN]

Almost Famous
High Fidelity
Traffic & Requiem For A Dream (tie)
Wonder Boys
Ghost World
Mulholland Drive
In The Bedroom
The Big Kahuna
Vanilla Sky
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

[EBastard]

1.Memento
2.Snatch
3.Traffic
4.Black Hawk Down
5.Gladiator
6.Hannibal
7.The Others
8.15 Minutes
9.Erin Brockovich
10.Requiem For A Dream

[SteveSzyk]

01.) 2000: Requiem for a Dream (10/10)
02.) 2001: LOTR: FOTR (10/10)
03.) 2001: Memento (10/10)
04.) 2001: The Others (10/10)
05.) 2000: The Cell (10/10)
06.) 2001: Mulholland Drive (9.5/10)
07.) 2001: From Hell (9.5/10)
08.) 2000: Best in Show (9/10)
09.) 2001: A Beautiful Mind (9/10)
10.) 2001: Moulin Rouge (9/10)

[Benny]

1. Memento (2001)
2. Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
4. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
5. Shrek (2001)
6. Best in Show (2000)
7. The Others (2001)
8. Chicken Run (2000)
9. Ocean's 11 (2001)
10. Zoolander (2001)

This list was based on my personal favorites, not the best movies made in the past two years.

[max]

In no particular order:

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
MONSTER'S BALL
AMERICAN PSYCHO
HIGH FIDELITY
ALMOST FAMOUS
BILLY ELLIOT
BULLY
BEFORE NIGHT FALLS
CHUCK AND BUCK
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM

[ak]

In no particular order:
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (In my top five list of all-time films).
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
Gladiator.
Requiem For A Dream.
The Insider (Superb film).
Wonder Boys (Brilliance).
Shrek.

.....my list runs out there.

[Muha]

1. LOTR:FOTR
2. Gladiator
3. 13 Days
4. Enemy at the Gates
5. Memento

[Carl]

1. MEMENTO
2. GINGER SNAPS
3. AMERICAN PSYCHO
4. GLADIATOR
5. ERIN BROCKOVICH
6. SWORDFISH
7. HANNIBAL
8. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
9. MONSTERS INC.
10. THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

[Bub]

1. The Fellowship of the Ring
2. Requiem For A Dream
3. Hannibal
4. Black Hawk Down
5. The Others
6. Cast Away
7. The Virgin Suicides

THAT'S ALL!

[KornKidJedi]

1.The Fellowship of The Ring
2.Black Hawk Down
3.Hannibal
4.American Psycho
5.Requiem for a Dream
6.Gladiator
7.Traffic
8.The Exorcist:The Version You've Never Seen
9.Mullholland Drive
10.Memento

[urbanlegend23]

1. Requiem for a Dream
2. Moulin Rouge
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4. Memento
5. Almost Famous
6. Chicken Run
7. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
8. Shrek
9. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
10. Traffic

Runner's up:

Bridget Jones's Diary - Dancer in the Dark - The Emperor's New Groove - Gladiator - Lantana - Ocean's Eleven - The Others - Quills - Vanilla Sky

[nospoon_31]

My favorites:

1. Fellowship of the Ring
2. Memento
3. Gladiator
4. Requiem For a Dream
5. Almost Famous
6. Best in Show
7. The Royal Tenenbaums
8. Meet the Parents
9. Snatch
10. Pitch Black

[arto_j]

1)Memento
2)Traffic
3)Snatch
4)Gladiator
5)Crouching Tiger
6)Lord of the Rings
7)Vanilla Sky
8)Cast Away
9)The Score
10)What Lies Beneath

[Mr. Orange]

I believe he said the 21st century.

Alot of the movies posted are pre 2001.

1. Lord of the Rings
2. The Man Who Wasn't There
3. Memento
4. Royal Tenenbaums
5. Vanilla Sky (so far)

[ColinM]

When he says 21st century, he means the years 2000 and 2001.

[Strider]

10. The Man Who Wasn't There(9.5/10)

9. A Beautiful Mind(10/10)

8. Traffic(10/10)

7. Ghost World(10/10)

6. Memento(10/10)

5. Artificial Intelligence(10/10)

4. Black Hawk Down(10/10)

3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon(10/10)

2. Gladiator(10/10)

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(10/10)

Strider

[youngSL]

Mine are

1.The Counte Of Monte Cisto
2.Pearl Harbor
3.Cast Away
4.Harry Potter
5.Road Trip
6.Black Hawk Down
7.Crouching Tiger,Hidden Dragon
8.Ocean's 11
9.Dr.Sesus How the Grinch Stole Christmas
10.A Beautiful Mind

Honourable Mentions:
Gladiator,x-men,Dude,Where's My Car,The Lord of the Rings,Monsters,Inc,Memento,American Pie 2

[ColinM]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by dicaprio_travolta_man:
So what are the 10 best movies releaced so far this century? My picks are:

1. Black Hawk Down
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. A Beautiful Mind
4. All The Pretty Horses
5. Traffic
6. Gladiator
7. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
8. Almost Famous
9. Cast Away
10. Pearl Harbor

- Your turn! Tell me what you think the 10 best movies of century are so far!!

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Hey DTM, where is Ocean's Eleven? I thought you gave that a 10/10?

And why is Pearl Harbor on there? I thought you gave that only a 7/10?

[dr-movielove]

As of 2-23-02.....
1.Yi Yi
2.Waking Life
3.Amores Perros
4.Wonder Boys
5.The Virgin Suicides
6.Black Hawk Down
7.A Beautiful Mind
8.Traffic
9.The Royal Tenenbaums
10.Mulholland Drive

[dr-movielove]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by rupert_pupkin:
1.Magnolia
4.The Insider
9.Happiness
</font>

Sorry rupert, but none of these are from the 21st century

[ColinM]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by dr-movielove:
Sorry rupert, but none of these are from the 21st century

</font>

Rupert lives in Scotland. They were probably released later there than in the US.

[dicaprio_travolta_man]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ColinM:
Hey DTM, where is Ocean's Eleven? I thought you gave that a 10/10?

And why is Pearl Harbor on there? I thought you gave that only a 7/10?</font>

Yea, you're right. I don't know why I put Pearl Harbor instead Ocean's Eleven. I guess I probably forgot what grades I gave the two movies since it's been like 4 months since I've seen them. Anyway, thanks for pointing that out. I guess I got the grades mixed up and thought I gave PH the 10/10 (why on earth would I think that??) and O's 11 the 7/10. I will switch them around. Thanks Colin!

[ColinM]

No prob.

[dr-movielove]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ColinM:
Rupert lives in Scotland. They were probably released later there than in the US.</font>

Sorry ColinM, You must get a "Magnolia" for "Happiness" for being "The Insider" on release dates

[ben20]

1.Scary Movie
2.American Pie 2
3.Final Destination
4.Jeepers Creepers
5.Scream 3
6.What Lies Beneath
7.Ginger Snaps
8.Heartbreakers
9.Bridget Jones' Diary
10.The Princess Diaries

[SteveSzyk]

01.) 2000: Requiem for a Dream (10/10)
02.) 2001: The Others (10/10)
03.) 2001: Memento (10/10)
04.) 2001: LOTR: FOTR (10/10)
05.) 2000: The Cell (10/10)
06.) 2001: Session 9 (9.5/10)
06.) 2001: Mulholland Drive (9.5/10)
07.) 2001: Moulin Rouge (9/10)
08.) 2000: Best in Show (9/10)
09.) 2001: From Hell (9/10)
10.) 2001: A Beautiful Mind (9/10)

That's better...

[rupert_pupkin]

Dr Movielove and ColinM

Yeah, I think thta Magnolia, Happiness and the Insider just make it because of our late release dates in Scotland.

They must be kinda borderline though.

cheers

[AngelinaJolieLover]

1 - Requiem for a Dream
2 - Mulholland Drive
3 - Magnolia

[ghostworldfan]

1. Ghost World (10/10)
2. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (10/10)
3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (10/10)
4. Star Wars Trilogy (10/10)
5. Forrest Gump (10/10)
6. Braveheart (10/10)
7. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings (9.5/10)
8. The Man Who Wasn't There (9/10)
9. Princess Mononoke (9/10)
10. Donnie Brasco (9/10)

[ghostworldfan]

oh shit. i though that meant all the years of cinema, not only 2000, 2001, and 2002.

[Quebec-Joel]

1- Requiem for a Dream
2- Memento
3- Waking Life (you have to see this, I know not many did)
4- Lord of the Ring
5- Amelie
6- The Others
7- Moulin Rouge
8- In the Mood for Love
9- The Man Who Wasn't There
10- Mulholland Drive

Runner Up are : Snatch (I put it in the top 10 then found other titles I prefer to it), Ghost World, Mulholland Drive, Almost Famous and a bunch I forget.

[TheMoviegoer]

1 - Gladiator
2 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
3 - Memento
4 - Requiem for a Dream
5 - Lord of the Rings
6 - Amores Perros
7 - Deterrence
8 - The Others
9 - With a Friend Like Harry
10 - Human Traffic

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[Banddrag]

You all proboly want to now which was the best film in 2000-2002, well the results are in!

Top 10:

1. LOTR: FOTR (19 votes)
1. Memento (19 votes as well!)
2. Gladiator (12 votes)
3. Almost Famous (11 votes)
3. Traffic (11 votes)
3. Requiem For A Dream (11 votes)
4. A Beautiful Mind (10 votes)
4. Black Hawk Down (10 votes)
5. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (9 votes)
5. Mulholland Drive (9 votes)

Runner-Ups:
Moulin Rouge (8 votes)
The Others (7 votes)
Cast Away (6 votes)
Erin Brokovich (6 votes)
Ocean's Eleven (5 votes)

[athf1980]

1. LOTR
2. There will be blood
3. The Dark Knight
4. Finding Nemo
5. Incredibles
6. Ratollie
7. Pan's Labyrinth
8. Up
9. Inglourous Basterds
10. Spider-man 2
6.

[Sheriff Jigsaw]

1.Memento
2.LOTR two towers
3.Dark Knight
4.The prestige
5.Gladiator
6.Requim for a dream
7.Saw
8.Harold & kumar get the munchies
9.LOTR Fellowship of the ring
10.Gran Torino

[JulesLanda]

1. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
2. Children of Men
3. The Royal Tenenbaums
4. Y Tu Mama Tambien
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6. Before Sunset
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. Sideways
9. Pan's Labyrinth
10.Into the Wild

[Avalerion]

Top ten Nr 1 in no order their all number 1

The Shawshank redemption.
Cast Away.
Never Back Down .
Wall-E.
DayBreakers.
Fantasia.
Momento.
A Beautiful mind.
Gladiator.
Donne Darko.
The patriot.
i know its 11 but the patriot is just too good to leave out

[QUENTIN]

1.) Children of Men
2.) High Fidelity
3.) There Will Be Blood
4.) Gomorrah
5.) No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
6.) Che
7.) George Washington
8.) No End in Sight
9.) Le Fils
10.) Waking Life

Ask me again tomorrow and one of these could make it in: Up in The Air, Domestic Violence, Gangs of New York, Lost in Translation, Brick, Before The Devil Knows You're Dead, Almost Famous, Mulholland Drive, Revolutionary Road, When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

[QUENTIN]

Top ten Nr 1 in no order their all number 1

The Shawshank redemption.
Cast Away.
Never Back Down .
Wall-E.
DayBreakers.
Fantasia.
Momento.
A Beautiful mind.
Gladiator.
Donne Darko.
The patriot.
i know its 11 but the patriot is just too good to leave out

The 21st century would be 2000-to-now (or 2001-to-now if you're a douchebag) so Shawshank and Fantasia don't quite fit the bill.

[Silverload]

I change my mind constantly, but right now (in no order):

Pan's Labyrinth
Millennium Actress
Wall-E
The Prestige
No Country for Old Men
Minority Report
Requiem for a Dream
Children of Men
The Fountain
Avatar

[Ballantyne]

I loved Millenium Actress.


No order either.

Milk
The Lives Of Others
City Of God
Let The Right One In
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
Spirited Away
Ghost World
Team America: World Police
Old Boy
Battle Royale

Hon Mentions: Persopolis, Tsotsi, Into the Wild, The Proposition, Funny People, The Departed, 28 Days Later, Little Miss Sunshine, Donnie Darko, Goodbye Lenin & There Will Be Blood.

[SS-Block]

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[ilovemovies]

1. Almost Famous
2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
3. Lost in Translation
4. Wonder Boys
5. Cast Away
6. The Last Samurai
7. The Departed
8. Up
9. Rachel Getting Married
10. Memento

[APzombie]

Narrative, Domestic (in English)
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Elephant
3. There Will Be Blood
4. In the Bedroom
5. All the Real Girls
6. Far From Heaven
7. Children of Men
8. Punch Drunk Love
9. Kill Bill vol. 2
10. Almost Famous

Narrative, Foreign
1. L'Enfant
2. Revanche
3. Talk to Her
4. Let the Right One In
5. The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
6. In the Mood for Love
7. Cache
8. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
9. The Best of Youth
10. Oldboy

Documentary
1. Capturing the Friedmans
2. The Staircase
3. Lake of Fire
4. The Five Obstructions
5. The Fog of War
6. No End in Sight
7. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
8. No Direction Home
9. Grizzly Man
10. Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

[Ballantyne]

Did you not like The Lives of Others? OR Goodbye Lenin?

[DorkisFig]

1. V for Vendetta
2. The Dark Knight
3. Blood Diamond
4. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
5. The Departed
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
7. Inception
8. The Prestige
9. Memento
10. Saw 2

I still have quite a few I need to see (Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind for example) to make sure this is the final list but the top 5 are pretty set in stone for me.

[Lost in Space]

1. Almost Famous
2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
3. Lost in Translation
4. Wonder Boys
5. Cast Away
6. The Last Samurai
7. The Departed
8. Up
9. Rachel Getting Married
10. Memento

If you switch LOTR and lost in translation you've got my list.

[Hucksta G]

Did you not like The Lives of Others? OR Goodbye Lenin?

Not speaking for him but just because they are not in his top ten does not mean he didn't like them...

Mine:

1. Donnie Darko
2. Almost Famous
3. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
4. Gangs of New York
5. There Will Be Blood
6. Vanilla Sky
7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8. The Departed
9. The Fountain
10. Little Children

[Ballantyne]

Not speaking for him but just because they are not in his top ten does not mean he didn't like them...


Ah sorry, that got lost in translation. I was asking for the poster's opinion on them because he was one of the few to mention foreign language film. Where I'm from it's common to ask questions in that way.