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Guardian 100 Best of 21st C

Guardian 100 Best of 21st C is a ranked list published in 2019 — one of the 31 sources behind the film canon, weighted as critics' canon. 24 of its 98 entries appear in the aggregated canon. Its scope (2000–present) is calibrated against unrestricted lists before scoring.

  1. 1There Will Be Blood (2007)Canon #41
  2. 212 Years a Slave (2013)Canon #157
  3. 3Boyhood (2014)Canon #151
  4. 4Under the Skin (2013)Canon #165
  5. 5In the Mood for Love (2000)Canon #20
  6. 6Hidden (2005)
  7. 7Synecdoche, New York (2008)
  8. 8Moonlight (2016)Canon #89
  9. 9Zama (2017)
  10. 10Team America: World Police (2004)
  11. 11Mulholland Drive (2001)Canon #28
  12. 12Son of Saul (2015)
  13. 13Far From Heaven (2002)
  14. 14White Material (2009)
  15. 15Shoplifters (2018)
  16. 16The Act of Killing (2012)Canon #208
  17. 17The Great Beauty (2013)
  18. 18A Serious Man (2009)
  19. 19Lincoln (2012)
  20. 20Roma (2018)Canon #203
  21. 21The White Ribbon (2009)Canon #244
  22. 22Spirited Away (2001)Canon #55
  23. 23Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
  24. 24Ida (2013)
  25. 25Get Out (2017)Canon #98
  26. 27The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)Canon #159
  27. 28The Tree of Life (2011)Canon #156
  28. 29Nebraska (2013)
  29. 30Leviathan (2014)
  30. 31Anomalisa (2015)
  31. 32Gravity (2013)
  32. 33The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)Canon #230
  33. 3545 Years (2015)
  34. 36A Separation (2011)Canon #116
  35. 37Dogville (2003)
  36. 38Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
  37. 39Meek’s Cutoff (2010)
  38. 40Unrelated (2007)
  39. 41The Handmaiden (2016)
  40. 424 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
  41. 43The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
  42. 44Toni Erdmann (2016)
  43. 4513th (2016)
  44. 46Volver (2006)
  45. 47Margaret (2011)
  46. 48The House of Mirth (2000)
  47. 4924 Hour Party People (2002)
  48. 50Before Sunset (2004)
  49. 51Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)Canon #202
  50. 52Amores Perros (2000)
  51. 53Fire at Sea (2016)
  52. 54The Social Network (2010)Canon #167
  53. 55Russian Ark (2002)
  54. 56Behind the Candelabra (2013)
  55. 57Leave No Trace (2018)
  56. 58Wuthering Heights (2011)
  57. 59Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
  58. 60Ted (2012)
  59. 61The Souvenir (2019)
  60. 62Waiting for Happiness (2002)
  61. 63We Need to Talk about Kevin (2011)
  62. 64The Incredibles (2004)
  63. 65Happy as Lazzaro (2018)
  64. 66Brokeback Mountain (2005)Canon #173
  65. 67Dogtooth (2009)
  66. 68Mr Turner (2014)
  67. 69Paddington 2 (2017)
  68. 70Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
  69. 71Capernaum (2018)
  70. 72Waltz With Bashir (2008)
  71. 73Love & Friendship (2016)
  72. 74A Prophet (2009)
  73. 75Philomena (2013)
  74. 76Ten (2002)
  75. 77Lost in Translation (2003)Canon #138
  76. 78Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
  77. 79Persepolis (2007)
  78. 80Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  79. 81Fish Tank (2009)
  80. 82Stories We Tell (2012)
  81. 83The Son’s Room (2001)
  82. 84Tropical Malady (2005)
  83. 85Burning (2018)
  84. 86No Country for Old Men (2007)Canon #113
  85. 87The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
  86. 88Gomorrah (2008)
  87. 89The Selfish Giant (2013)
  88. 90Eden (2014)
  89. 91Etre et Avoir (2002)
  90. 92The Hurt Locker (2008)Canon #216
  91. 93You, the Living (2007)
  92. 94Gladiator (2000)
  93. 95Call Me By Your Name (2017)
  94. 96Private Life (2018)
  95. 97Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
  96. 98The Dark Knight (2008)Canon #85
  97. 99Bright Star (2009)
  98. 100Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)Canon #233

List compiled and published by its original authors; positions shown as published. View the original at theguardian.com. Canon ranks link to each entry's full evidence page.