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Seen: 61 (24.5%)
See Again: 2 (0.8%)
Unseen: 186 (74.7%)

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They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? Top 250 of the 21st Century

as voted by 1,000+ critics, reviewers, scholars, filmmakers and other likely film types.

1. Mulholland Drive (2001)
2. In the Mood For Love (2000)
3. Sideways (2004)
4. Far From Heaven (2002)
5. Yi Yi (2000)
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
7. Lost In Translation (2003)
8. A History of Violence (2005)
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
10. Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
11. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
12. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
13. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
14. Before Sunset (2004)
15. Adaptation (2002)
16. Memento (2000)
17. Spirited Away (2001)
18. Talk To Her (2002)
19. Ghost World (2001)
20. American Splendor (2003)
21. The Squid and the Whale (2005)
22. You Can Count On Me (2000)
23. Mystic River (2003)
24. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
25. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
26. In the Bedroom (2001)
27. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
28. Dancer In the Dark (2000)
29. Punch Drunk Love (2002)
30. 2046 (2004)
31. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
32. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
33. The Incredibles (2004)
34. Grizzly Man (2005)
35. Kings & Queen (2004)
36. About Schmidt (2002)
37. The Pianist (2002)
38. Almost Famous (2000)
39. Waking Life (2001)
40. Finding Nemo (2003)
41. Artificial Intelligence: A.I. (2001)
42. Cache (2005)
43. The House of Mirth (2000)
44. The Aviator (2004)
45. Traffic (2000)
46. Requiem For a Dream (2000)
47. Donnie Darko (2001)
48. Vera Drake (2004)
49. Tropical Malady (2004)
50. The Fast Runner (2002)
51. Dogville (2003)
52. Shrek (2001)
53. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
54. The World (2004)
55. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
56. Time Out (2001)
57. Elephant (2003)
58. Munich (2005)
59. Amelie (2001)
60. Gosford Park (2001)
61. Russian Ark (2002)
62. The Fog of War (2003)
63. Capote (2005)
64. Moolaade (2004)
65. The Circle (2000)
66. Eureka (2000)
67. House of Flying Daggers (2004)
68. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
69. Wonder Boys (2000)
70. I'm Going Home (2001)
71. The Piano Teacher (2001)
72. Amores Perros (2000)
73. The Holy Girl (2004)
74. Gangs of New York (2002)
75. Sexy Beast (2000)
76. The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
77. Bad Education (2004)
78. Kinsey (2004)
79. In America (2003)
80. In Praise of Love (2001)
81. The Gleaners & I (2000)
82. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
83. Spellbound (2002)
84. Bloody Sunday (2002)
85. What Time Is It There? (2001)
86. Notre Musique (2004)
87. City of God (2002)
88. Fat Girl (2001)
89. The Hours (2002)
90. The Son (2002)
91. Maria Full of Grace (2004)
92. Last Days (2005)
93. Platform (2000)
94. Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
95. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
96. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
97. Together (2000)
98. The School of Rock (2003)
99. High Fidelity (2000)
100. George Washington (2000)
101. Chicago (2002)
102. Bowling For Columbine (2002)
103. Chicken Run (2000)
104. The Man Without a Past (2002)
105. Erin Brockovich (2000)
106. 21 Grams (2003)
107. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
108. Cafe Lumiere (2003)
109. Demonlover (2002)
110. Hero (2002)
111. Nobody Knows (2004)
112. Tarnation (2003)
113. 24 Hour Party People (2002)
114. Late Marriage (2001)
115. The Deep End (2001)
116. Head-On (2004)
117. About a Boy (2002)
118. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
119. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
120. Before Night Falls (2000)
121. King Kong (2005)
122. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
123. To Be and To Have (2002)
124. Ten (2002)
125. Morvern Callar (2002)
126. Crimson Gold (2003)
127. Under the Sand (2000)
128. Paradise Now (2005)
129. Va Savoir (2001)
130. Spider (2002)
131. Minority Report (2002)
132. Billy Elliot (2000)
133. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
134. Collateral (2004)
135. The Intruder (2004)
136. The Best of Youth (2003)
137. Saraband (2003)
138. Syriana (2005)
139. Faithless (2000)
140. The New World (2005)
141. Unknown Pleasures (2002)
142. Monsoon Wedding (2001)
143. Black Hawk Down (2001)
144. Gladiator (2000)
145. Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
146. Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
147. Shattered Glass (2003)
148. 25th Hour (2002)
149. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)
150. Broken Flowers (2005)
151. Chuck & Buck (2000)
152. Lovely & Amazing (2001)
153. Irreversible (2002)
154. Distant (2002)
155. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
156. I Heart Huckabees (2004)
157. Mysterious Skin (2004)
158. Time of the Wolf (2002)
159. Junebug (2005)
160. Femme Fatale (2002)
161. The Day I Became a Woman (2000)
162. Match Point (2005)
163. A Time For Drunken Horses (2000)
164. The Station Agent (2003)
165. Cold Mountain (2003)
166. Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
167. Keane (2004)
168. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
169. Crash (2005)
170. Land of the Dead (2005)
171. Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
172. The Five Obstructions (2003)
173. Ali (2001)
174. Cowards Bend the Knee (2003)
175. The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
176. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
177. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
178. Look At Me (2004)
179. The Heart of the World (2000)
180. Gerry (2002)
181. Bad Santa (2003)
182. The Quiet American (2002)
183. Ray (2004)
184. The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002)
185. Blissfully Yours (2002)
186. Springtime In a Small Town (2002)
187. Whale Rider (2002)
188. Touching the Void (2003)
189. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
190. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
191. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)
192. Spider-Man (2002)
193. The Others (2001)
194. Bus 174 (2002)
195. State and Main (2000)
196. A Very Long Engagement (2004)
197. Good Morning, Night (2003)
198. The Power of Nightmares (2004)
199. A Mighty Wind (2003)
200. Solaris (2002)
201. Domestic Violence (2001)
202. Startup.Com (2001)
203. The Century of the Self (2002)
204. Lantana (2001)
205. 8 Mile (2002)
206. Intimacy (2000)
207. Bamboozled (2000)
208. Friday Night (2002)
209. Quills (2000)
210. The Saddest Music In the World (2003)
211. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
212. Chunhyang (2000)
213. Dolls (2002)
214. Lilja 4-Ever (2002)
215. American Psycho (2000)
216. The Return (2003)
217. My Summer of Love (2004)
218. Bright Leaves (2003)
219. Oldboy (2003)
220. No Man's Land (2001)
221. Pride & Prejudice (2005)
222. The Tailor of Panama (2001)
223. Timecode (2000)
224. Our Song (2000)
225. Control Room (2004)
226. Darwin's Nightmare (2004)
227. Kippur (2000)
228. The Lady and the Duke (2001)
229. Songs From the Second Floor (2000)
230. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)
231. With a Friend Like Harry (2000)
232. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
233. Igby Goes Down (2002)
234. Since Otar Left (2003)
235. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
236. The Constant Gardener (2005)
237. Memories of Murder (2003)
238. Raising Victor Vargas (2002)
239. Sunshine State (2002)
240. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
241. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
242. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
243. Little Otik (2000)
244. The Taste of Others (2000)
245. Pulse (2001)
246. Stevie (2002)
247. Closer (2004)
248. House of Sand and Fog (2003)
249. War of the Worlds (2005)
250. Angels In America (2003)