Some critics argue that different tops and ratings of films do more harm than good, due to the inevitably prejudiced opinion of their originator( or compilers).On the other hand, movie lists can be an interesting way to "measure" the temperature of modern cinema culture, and also offer the opportunity to learn and discuss films that few people knew before.
Last year, representatives of the BBC interviewed many critics to determine the 100 most popular films produced by the United States. And it turned out that only six films released after 2000 were included in the rating. This year the BBC decided to find the pearls of the "new classics".These are films shot in the last 16 years, which are most likely to stand the test of time.
To make a list of the best films of the 21st century, the editors of BBC Culture conducted a survey of 177 critics from all over the world except Antarctica( perhaps the inhabitants of the South Pole are too cold to worry that Spirited Away is better than WALL-E).It is noteworthy that the top 100 includes films created by Russian and Asian filmmakers, for example, "Leviathan" Andrei Zvyagintsev and "Assassin" Hou Xiaoxian.
100. Tony Erdman( 2016)
100. Requiem for a Dream( 2000)
100. Carlos( 2010)
99. Collectors and Collector( 2000)
98. The Ten Commandments( 2002)
97. White Material( 2009)
96. Searching for Nemo( 2003)
95. Kingdom of the Full Moon( 2012)
94. Let me in( 2008)
93. Ratatouille( 2007).
92. How the Coward Robert Ford killed Jesse James( 2007)
91. The Secret in Their Eyes( 2009)
90. Pianist( 2002).
89. Woman without a head( 2008)
88. In the spotlight( 2015)
87. Amelie( 2001)
86. Far from paradise( 2002)
85. Prophet( 2009)
84. She( 2013)
83Artificial Intelligence( 2001)
82. Serious Man( 2009)
81. Shame( 2011)
80. Return( 2003)
79. Almost Famous( 2000)
78. The Wolf from Wall Street( 2013)
77.The suit and the butterfly( 2007)
76. Dogville( 2003)
75. Congenital malformation( 2014)
74. Free time( 2012)
73. Before sunset( 2004)
72. Survivors only( 2013)
71. Taboo(2012)
70. The stories that we haveSay( 2012)
69. Carol( 2015)
68. The Family of Tenenbaum( 2001)
67. The Lord of the Storm( 2008)
66. Spring, summer, autumn, winter. .. and again spring( 2003)
65. The Aquarium( 2009))
64. Great Beauty( 2013)
63. Turin Horse( 2011)
62. Inglourious Basterds( 2009)
61. Under the skin( 2013)
60. Syndromes and the Century( 2006)
59. Justified Cruelty( 2005)
58. Refuge( 2004)
57. Goal number one( 2012)
56. Harmonies of the Warmmaster( 2000)
55. Ida( 2013)
54. Once in Anatolia( 2011)
53. Moulin Rouge!(2001)
52. Tropical Disease( 2004)
51. Beginning( 2010)
50. Assassin( 2015)
49. Farewell speech( 2014)
48. Brooklyn( 2015)
47. Leviathan( 2014)
46(2010)
45. Life of Adele( 2013)
44. 12 years of slavery( 2013)
43. Melancholy( 2011)
42. Love( 2012)
41. Puzzle( 2015)
40. Brokeback Mountain2005)
39. New World( 2005)
38. City of God( 2002)
37. Uncle Bunmi( 2010)
36. Timbuctoo( 2014)
35. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon( 2000)
34. Son of Saul2015)
33. The Dark Knight( 2008)
32. The Life of Others( 2006)
31. Margaret( 2011)
30. Oldboy( 2003)
29. WALL-IS( 2008)
28. Talk to her( 2002)
27. Social network( 2010)
26. 25th hour( 2002)
25. Remember( 2000)
24. Master( 2012)
23. Concealed( 2005)
22. Translation difficulties( 2003)
21.Grand Budapest Hotel( 2014)
20. New York, New York( 2008)
19. Mad Max: Road of Fury( 2015)
18. White Ribbon( 2009)
17. Labyrinth of the Faun( 2006)
16(2012)
15. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days( 2007)
14. The Murder Act( 2012)
13. The Human Child( 2006)
12. The Zodiac( 2007)
11. InsideLewin Davis( 2013)
10. The old people here do not belong( 2007)
9. Divorce of Nader andSimon( 2011)
8. One and Two( 2000)
7. The Tree of Life( 2011)
6. The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind( 2004)
5. The adolescence( 2014)
4. Spirited Away( 2001)
3. Oil(2007)
2. Mood for Love( 2000)
1. Mulholland Drive( 2001)
Although the list is curious in itself, the statistics about the films that it included are of interest. For example, the largest number of films was released in 2012 and 2013, more than half the pictures speak English, and only 12 films on the list were created by female directors, despite the fact that 31% of critics interviewed by the BBC were women. Some types of genres are more widely represented than others. For example, many dramas and fighters. But comedies and documentaries seem rare, like superhero films, despite the feeling that it was Hollywood that they mostly have been doing in recent years.
It goes without saying that this list, like all similar ones, is subjective. There is no objective and generally accepted method for assessing the quality of a film, and every critic looks at a particular picture through his own complex and very personal set of criteria. Therefore, if you are dissatisfied with the fact that any film has got( or vice versa, did not hit) in this top-100, do not rush to resent. Just mentally cross out one of the tapes( or several) and enter your own.