25 21st-century films missing from that New York Times list

Have you seen that New York Times list of “The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century” that Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott put together? I haven’t seen about half of the films on the list, but there are definitely some good ones on there. (But damn, like, Million Dollar Baby? Really? And I’ll never get why people think Munich is a good film).

Anyway, here’s a list I put together in about five minutes of 25 films missing from their list. I did limit myself to one entry by a director for some silly reason–otherwise I’d end up with a bunch of films by three people on here. I’m sure I missed hundreds of other films. But, hey, it’s all in the name of stupid fun.

1. Mulholland Drive
2. Ponyo
3. Hard to Be a God
4. In the Mood for Love
5. Upstream Color
6. WALL-E
7. The Hateful Eight
8. Holy Motors
9. Drive
10. No Country for Old Men
11. The Master
12. Fantastic Mr. Fox
13. Bright Star
14. Children of Men
15. The Tree of Life
16. Russian Ark
17. Only Lovers Left Alive
18. Dredd
19. Talk to Her
20. Adaptation
21. A History of Violence
22.  Pan’s Labyrinth
23.  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
24. Gomorrah 
25. Synecdoche, New York
    

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