This past week, The New York Times published a list of what their critics consider the 100 best movies of the 21st Century, with Parasite topping the list. At a cursory glance, I’ve seen 97 of the 100 on the list, and probably agree with a number of them. I myself did not participate in the poll (which was open to readers) because (a) I no longer subscribe to The New York Times (they normalized the current occupant of the White House, which I find intolerable), and (b) more to the point, as per usual, I was unable to narrow my list to 10. However, I’m happy to play along, so here are my choices of the top 10 (well, 11) of the 21st century. If Claude and I talked about them, I will include a link to that podcast episode:
(1)Â The Tree of Life (2011) (Terrence Malick) (link to follow)
(2) Children of Men (2006) (Alfonso Cuaron)
(3) Almost Famous (2000) (Cameron Crowe)
(4)Â Zero Dark Thirty (2012) (Kathryn Bigelow)
(5)Â Drive My Car (2021) (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
(6) There Will Be Blood (2007) (Paul Thomas Anderson)
(7) Roma (2018) (Alfonso Cuaron)
(8) (tie)Â Broker (2022) (Hirokazu Kore-eda), Parasite (2018) (Bong Joon-Ho)
(9)Â Brokeback Mountain (2005) (Ang Lee)
(10)Â La La Land (2016) (Damien Chazelle) (to be discussed in an upcoming episode, where we will also be talking about The Independent)
