Mulholland Drive Tops BBC's 100 Best Movies Of The 21st Century List

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The modern movie landscape can make some people feel like the best days of film are behind us. With remakes, reboots and adaptations very abundant, and original movies seemingly not raking it in at the box office, that is an understandable sentiment. But the BBC felt like there are a lot of recent movies worth celebrating, and that is why they set out to make a list of the 100 greatest movies of the 21st century. The list they came up with is nothing if not interesting, and it is definitely a reminder that there are a lot of great movies that have been made in the last 16 years.

BBC published the list on Tuesday morning, after taking months to put it all together. In order to come up with this list, they used nearly 200 critics from both print and online publications, as well as academics and curators. The contributors that were used spanned the globe, with the only continent not having someone contribute being Antarctica, which is more than understandable. The list includes movies made starting in the year 2000 through now, though they note that 2001 would technically be the start of the century, mathematically speaking. So who came out on top?

The top ten is very much a mixed bag of movies that many movie buffs would definitely expect, and some very interesting surprises. Somewhat surprisingly, not so much to be in the top ten but to take the top spot overall, was David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. Perhaps even more surprising was the number two spot, which went to the Chinese drama In The Mood for Love, which was directed by Kar Wai-Wong. While it is a very well-regarded movie, it is not one that is talked about nearly as much as some of the other entries on the list. Rounding out the top five was Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood, Hayao Miyazaki's animated masterpiece Spirited Away and Richard Linklater's incredibly ambitious Boyhood.

Perhaps not surprisingly at all, the list has quite a few divisive movies included from top to bottom. Movies like Holy Motors, The Tree of Life and The Master placed very high, despite the feeling from many outside of the critical community that those movies aren't quite as beloved as something like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which placed very high on the list, landing in the number six spot. Other divisive movies that made the list a little lower down were Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence at number 83, and Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers at number 74.

While many of the movies included on the list were independent movies and the typical Oscar-nominated, award season movies, there were actually quite a few blockbusters among the top 100. Least surprisingly, George Miller's beloved modern day action spectacle Mad Max: Fury Road placed very high, landing at number 19. Christopher Nolan's superhero epic The Dark Knight also did very well, placing at number 33. Nolan also had another one of his blockbusters place reasonably high up, with Inception coming in at 51.

Interestingly enough, there was a three-way tie for the number 100 spot, with Carlos, Requiem for a Dream and Toni Erdmann, all barely sneaking into the list. Are there any movies you felt should have made it? Which is your favorite on the list? You can check out the entire list for yourself below.

100. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)

100. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)

100. Carlos (Olivier Assayas, 2010)

99. The Gleaners and I (Agnès Varda, 2000)

98. Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002)

97. White Material (Claire Denis, 2009)

96. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003)

95. Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)

94. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)

93. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007)

92. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)

91. The Secret in Their Eyes (Juan José Campanella, 2009)

90. The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002)

89. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)

88. Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)

87. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)

86. Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002)

85. A Prophet (Jacques Audiard, 2009)

84. Her (Spike Jonze, 2013)

83. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)

82. A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009)

81. Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)

80. The Return (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2003)

79. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)

78. The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013)

77. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007)

76. Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003)

75. Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014)

74. Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine, 2012)

73. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004)

72. Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, 2013)

71. Tabu (Miguel Gomes, 2012)

70. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)

69. Carol (Todd Haynes, 2015)

68. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)

67. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)

66. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring (Kim Ki-duk, 2003)

65. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

64. The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino, 2013)

63. The Turin Horse (Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, 2011)

62. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)

61. Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013)

60. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)

59. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)

58. Moolaadé (Ousmane Sembène, 2004)

57. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)

56. Werckmeister Harmonies (Béla Tarr, director; Ágnes Hranitzky, co-director, 2000)

55. Ida (Paweł Pawlikowski, 2013)

54. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011)

53. Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)

52. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004)

51. Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)

50. The Assassin (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2015)

49. Goodbye to Language (Jean-Luc Godard, 2014)

48. Brooklyn (John Crowley, 2015)

47. Leviathan (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2014)

46. Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)

45. Blue Is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013)

44. 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013)

43. Melancholia (Lars von Trier, 2011)

42. Amour (Michael Haneke, 2012)

41. Inside Out (Pete Docter, 2015)

40. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)

39. The New World (Terrence Malick, 2005)

38. City of ? (Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, 2002)

37. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010)

36. Timbuktu (Abderrahmane Sissako, 2014)

35. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)

34. Son of Saul (László Nemes, 2015)

33. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)

32. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)

31. Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011)

30. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)

29. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)

28. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, 2002)

27. The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)

26. 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002)

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  • 1CK1S
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    25. ​Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)

    24. The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)

    23. Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)

    22. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)

    21. The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014)

    20. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)

    19. Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)

    18. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009)

    17. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro, 2006)

    16. Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012)

    15. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)

    14. The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012)

    13. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)

    12. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)

    11. Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2013)

    10. No Country for Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007)

    9. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)

    8. Yi Yi: A One and a Two (Edward Yang, 2000)

    7. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)

    6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)

    5. Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014)

    4. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)

    3. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)

    2. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)

    1. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)



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  • nawledge_god
    nawledge_god Members Posts: 5,622 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great List But I Don't Agree With The Order...City Of ? Should Be ATLEAST In Top 3..IMO 1
    I'm A Huge Lynch Fan Mulholland Drive Doesn't Deserve The Top Spot...I'm Glad Zodiac Made It Surprised It Made It That High...No Country >>> There Will Be Blood
  • KingFreeman
    KingFreeman Members Posts: 13,731 ✭✭✭✭✭
    People always over think this ? and trash films end up on the list.
    nawledge_? wrote: »
    Great List But I Don't Agree With The Order...City Of ? Should Be ATLEAST In Top 3..IMO 1
    I'm A Huge Lynch Fan Mulholland Drive Doesn't Deserve The Top Spot...I'm Glad Zodiac Made It Surprised It Made It That High...No Country >>> There Will Be Blood

    My ? said city of ? . Making any remaining points you might want to make invalid. Lmao. City of ? . Foh b.
  • texas409
    texas409 Members Posts: 20,854 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Dark Knight should have been top 20 at least
  • atribecalledgabi
    atribecalledgabi Members, Moderators Posts: 14,063 Regulator
    I stopped caring about the order of lists like this...especially ones this long.

    But ? mulholland dr. Seen it a bunch of times and still can't figure it out.
  • not_osirus_jenkins
    not_osirus_jenkins Members, Banned Users Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So no 13 samurai? Voids the whole list.
  • Revolver Ocelot
    Revolver Ocelot Members Posts: 3,393 ✭✭✭✭✭
    People always over think this ? and trash films end up on the list.
    nawledge_? wrote: »
    Great List But I Don't Agree With The Order...City Of ? Should Be ATLEAST In Top 3..IMO 1
    I'm A Huge Lynch Fan Mulholland Drive Doesn't Deserve The Top Spot...I'm Glad Zodiac Made It Surprised It Made It That High...No Country >>> There Will Be Blood

    My ? said city of ? . Making any remaining points you might want to make invalid. Lmao. City of ? . Foh b.


    City Of ? was dope AF. SMH, Canadians.
  • KingFreeman
    KingFreeman Members Posts: 13,731 ✭✭✭✭✭
    People always over think this ? and trash films end up on the list.
    nawledge_? wrote: »
    Great List But I Don't Agree With The Order...City Of ? Should Be ATLEAST In Top 3..IMO 1
    I'm A Huge Lynch Fan Mulholland Drive Doesn't Deserve The Top Spot...I'm Glad Zodiac Made It Surprised It Made It That High...No Country >>> There Will Be Blood

    My ? said city of ? . Making any remaining points you might want to make invalid. Lmao. City of ? . Foh b.


    City Of ? was dope AF. SMH, Canadians.

    Never said it wasn't. But are you saying it's the best movie in the last 16 years or would you like to shut the ? up?
  • Revolver Ocelot
    Revolver Ocelot Members Posts: 3,393 ✭✭✭✭✭
    People always over think this ? and trash films end up on the list.
    nawledge_? wrote: »
    Great List But I Don't Agree With The Order...City Of ? Should Be ATLEAST In Top 3..IMO 1
    I'm A Huge Lynch Fan Mulholland Drive Doesn't Deserve The Top Spot...I'm Glad Zodiac Made It Surprised It Made It That High...No Country >>> There Will Be Blood

    My ? said city of ? . Making any remaining points you might want to make invalid. Lmao. City of ? . Foh b.


    City Of ? was dope AF. SMH, Canadians.

    Never said it wasn't. But are you saying it's the best movie in the last 16 years or would you like to shut the ? up?

    Yup. Top 5 and better than most the movies ahead of it.

  • rip.dilla
    rip.dilla Members Posts: 17,412 ✭✭✭✭✭
    LOL. The BBC went left with that list. Very impressive one at that. Very art house in production both as blockbusters or independently made movies..




    I would place There Will Be Blood over Mulholland Drive though... TWBB is a masterpiece IMO... it gracefully highlights the beginning of the West's craze for petroleum products and the violence sometimes attached to getting it
  • damnkp
    damnkp Members Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Spring breakers?
  • D. Morgan
    D. Morgan Members Posts: 11,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    IMO Mad Max Fury Road was some ? .
  • Broddie
    Broddie Members Posts: 11,750 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 2016
    damnkp wrote: »
    Spring breakers?

    It was good at what it was meant to do.

    Satirical social commentary with a shitload of irreverence.

  • dontdiedontkillanyon
    dontdiedontkillanyon Members Posts: 10,172 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great list. I'm not even going to stress over the order and omissions - these things are always subjective.