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Goodnightmoon on 23 August 2016
The Fury said:
Ka-pi96 said:

heh, describing everything wrong with film critics right there.

Who cares about some 'deep message' which chances are was unintentional anyway. Was the film enjoyable to watch? That's what matters...

They didn't love Mad Max Fury Road because it was an exceptional film, they loved it because of how it was made. It won 6 Oscars... all technical. That said, I thought it was great.

In fact that film is one of the very best executed action films ever done, is pure greatness, cinema is more than a story.



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AZWification on 23 August 2016

I haven't watched most of these movies, but I'm pleased by the inclusion of The Dark Knight. I wish it was placed a tad bit higher though!



                
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Jumpin on 23 August 2016

A lot of boring and pretentious movies on this list.

These are not the best 100 movies of the 21st century. While many of them are still good films, the only real thing they have in common is that these 100 movies are the ones hipsters like.



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Vinther1991 on 23 August 2016

Great list! I have seen 77 of them. And while I don't agree with all of them (Not a fan of The Dark Knight, Inglorious Basterds, A History of Violence, The Assassin, Dogville or The Wolf of Wall Street for instance), I think most deserve their spot.

My top 25:
1. The Great Beauty
2. The Dreamers
3. 4 months, 3 Weeks and 2 days
4. Inland Empire
5. Mad Max: Fury Road
6. The Master
7. There Will be Blood
8. Femme Fatale
9. Mulholland Drive
10. The Tree of Life
11. Leviathan
12. The New World
13. A One and a Two
14. A Separation
15. Enter the Void
16. Caché
17. The White Ribbon
18. Winter Sleep
19. The Turin Horse
20. The Return
21. Russian Ark
22. The Past
23. Passion
24. Elena
25. We Need to Talk About Kevin

Honorable mentions:
Lost in Translation
Lady in the Water
A Prophet
The Hurt Locker
Let the Right One In
No Country for Old Men
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Casino Royale
The Skin I Live in
The Lord of the Rings trilogy

I don't get the criticism from some of you. Critics are entertained by movies that have a strong vision and are crafted really well. When you have seen hundreds of superhero movies that are all very similar and generic, it's natural to want something with a bit more creativity and some original ideas.



Vinther1991 on 23 August 2016
Goodnightmoon said:

I have seen 67 of them, is a very respectable list, lots of classics and even underrated movies, but the order of the ranking is really questionable.

My top 30 of the century would be:

30. Wolf of Wall Street
29. Seom 
28. Lost In Translation
27. Where The Wild Things are
26. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
25. Inside Out
24. Mullholland Drive
23. Amelie
22. Requiem For a Dream
21. Enter the Void
20. The Social Network
19. El Secreto de sus ojos (The Secret In Their Eyes)
18. Let The Right One In
17. UP
16. The Dark Knight
15. Gravity
14. Her
13. El Laberinto Del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)
12. Mad Max: Fury Road
11. 24 Hour Party People
10. Hedwig and the angry inch
9. Dancer In the Dark
8. Toy Story 3
7. Oldboy
6. In the Mood For Love
5. La Vie d' Adele (Blue is the warmest color)
4. Dogville
3. Wall-e
2. Spirited Away
1. City Of God

And I'm still leaving out tons of films I loved like There Will be Blood,  Amour, Howl's Moving Castle, The Pianist, Hierro 3, Castaway On The Moon, Scott Pilgrim, Once or Almost Famous

Nice list! And a couple of films I didn't even know about! Thanks a lot!



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Luke888 on 23 August 2016

No Up in a list that ranks Wall-E so high ? I call BS, it might be because the titles always change in Italian so I might not recognize them but the only movies I recognize are out of the top 20...



ktay95 on 23 August 2016

Lol this is how I know I dont watch movies often, highest on the list Ive seen is 19. Mad Max: Fury Road.
Also The Social Network at 27 surprised me, I really liked it but I didnt know others considered it to be that good.



hershel_layton on 23 August 2016

Disappointed that king Kong isn't on the list. The 2005 version was a rare movie which managed to be long but keep my attention.



 

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bonzobanana on 23 August 2016

It went wrong as soon as they said critics choice. Critics don't view films in the same way as people who work the 9-5 and want to relax in the evening. Also box office takings is often the best marketed films. It should be a poll of the general public to get true ratings.

Requiem for a dream was one of the worst films I've ever seen. Might have had some good acting but its a film I'd prefer to have never seen.

Even the trailer is terrible and that's trying to get people to watch the film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzk-lmU4KZ4

A real 100 greatest films would look nothing like that list.



VGPolyglot on 23 August 2016

I only watched 5 of those films: Inception, The Dark Knight, Ratatouille, WALL-E and Amélie.