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TOP FILMS OF THE 21st CENTURY
(full results)


Rank Film Points L #1
#1 Mullholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001) 59 17 6
#2 In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000) 34 8 4
#3 Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003) 28 7 2
#4 The New World (Terrence Malick, 2005) 24 8 -
#5 Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000) 22 6 2
#6 The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003) 16 4 3
Werckmeister Harmonies (Béla Tarr, 2000) 16 5 2
#8 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Peter Jackson, 2001-03) 15 5 2
#9 AI: Artificial Intellegence (Steven Spielberg, 2001) 13 3 1
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 & 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003/04) 13 4 1
#11 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004) 11 5 -
Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood, 2004) 11 4 -
#13 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2003) 10 3 -
City of God (Fernando Meirelles/Kátia Lund, 2002) 10 3 -
#15 Amores Perros (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2000) 9 2 1
The Best of Youth (Marco Tullio Giordana, 2003) 9 2 1
#17 Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004) 8 3 -
Waking Life (Richard Linklater, 2001) 8 2 1
#19 2046 (Wong Kar-wai, 2004) 7 2 -
Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005) 7 3 1
Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003) 7 3 -
The Man Without A Past (Aki Kaurismaki, 2002) 7 2 -
Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000) 7 2 1
United 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006) 7 2 -
#25 Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000) 6 2 -
Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) 6 2 1
The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006) 6 2 -
Elephant (Gus Van Sant, 2003) 6 4 -
Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000) 6 2 1
Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2002) 6 3 -
#31 La Commune (de Paris, 1871) (Peter Watkins, 2000) 5 1 1
Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001) 5 1 1
Esther Kahn (Arnaud Desplechin, 2000) 5 3 -
Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma, 2002) 5 1 1
Gerry (Gus Van Sant, 2002) 5 1 1
The Gleaners & I (Agnès Varda, 2000) 5 2 -
Goodbye Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-liang, 2003) 5 2 -
A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005) 5 4 -
Irreverible (Gasper Noe, 2002) 5 1 1
The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002) 5 2 -
Moulin Rouge (Baz Luhrmann, 2001) 5 1 1
The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke, 2001) 5 1 1
Saraband (Ingmar Bergman, 2003) 5 2 -
Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, 2002) 5 2 -
Team America (Stone/Parker, 2004) 5 1 1
The Wire (various directors, 2002-2006) 5 1 1
Y tu mamá también (Alfonso Cuarón, 2001) 5 1 1
#48 Cast Away (Robert Zemeckis, 2000) 4 1 -
C.R.A.Z.Y. (Jean-Marc Vallée, 2005) 4 1 -
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000) 4 1 -
Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, 2000) 4 1 -
Fog of War (Errol Morris, 2003) 4 1 -
In the Bedroom (Todd Field, 2001) 4 2 -
Match Point (Woody Allen, 2005) 4 1 -
Sin City (Rodriguez/Miller/Tarantino, 2005) 4 1 -
Sirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001) 4 2 -
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring (Kim Ki-Duk, 2003) 4 1 -
Star Spangled to Death (Ken Jacobs, 2004) 4 1 -
Time Out (Laurent Cantat, 2001) 4 1 -
#60 21 Grams (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2000) 3 1 -
Adaptation (Spike Jonze, 2002) 3 1 -
American Splendor (Shari Springer Berman/Robert Pulcini, 2003) 3 1 -
Disco Pigs (Kristen Sheridan, 2003) 3 1 -
Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese, 2002) 3 1 -
Head-On (Fatih Akin, 2004) 3 1 -
I'm Going Home (Manoel De Oliveira, 2001) 3 1 -
The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004) 3 1 -
L'Intrus (Claire Denis, 2004) 3 1 -
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson, 2004) 3 1 -
The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001) 3 1 -
Munich (Steven Spielberg, 2005) 3 1 -
The Passion of the Christ (Mel Gibson, 2004) 3 1 -
The Return (Andrei Zvyagintsev, 2003) 3 1 -
Shortbus (John Cameron Mitchell, 2006) 3 1 -
Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002) 3 1 -
Together (Lukas Moodysson, 2002) 3 1 -
A Visit to the Louvre (Huillet/Straub, 2004) 3 1 -
Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-soo, 2006) 3 1 -
#79 About Schmidt (Alexander Payne, 2002) 2 1 -
Big Fish (Tim Burton, 2003) 2 1 -
Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore, 2002) 2 1 -
Buffalo Soldiers (Gregor Jordan, 2001) 2 1 -
Code: Unknown (Michael Haneke, 2000) 2 1 -
Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004) 2 1 -
Gosford Park (Robert Altman, 2001) 2 1 -
Histoire de Marie et Julien (Jacques Rivette, 2003) 2 1 -
The House of Mirth (Terence Davies, 2000) 2 1 -
Kung Fu Hustle (Stephen Chow, 2003) 2 1 -
Linda Linda Linda (Nobuhiro Yamashita, 2005) 2 1 -
Punch-Drunk Love (P.T. Anderson, 2002) 2 1 -
The Royal Tanenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001) 2 1 -
Traffic (Steven Soderbergh, 2000) 2 1 -
A Walk to Remember (Adam Shankman, 2002) 2 1 -
#94 Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott, 2001) 1 1 -
The Corporation (Mark Achbar/Jennifer Abbott, 2004) 1 1 -
Greendale (Neil Young, 2003) 1 1 -
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (John Cameron Mitchell, 2001) 1 1 -
Late Marriage (Dover Koshashvili, 2001) 1 1 -
Mean Creek (Jacob Aaron Estes, 2004) 1 1 -
The Secret Lives of Dentists (Alan Rudolph, 2002) 1 1 -
Swing Girls (Shinobu Yaguchi, 2004) 1 1 -
Tarnation (Jonathan Caouette, 2004) 1 1 -
Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004) 1 1 -
The Vertical Ray of the Sun (Anh Hung Tran, 2000) 1 1 -
What Time Is It There? (Tsai Ming-liang, 2001) 1 1 -
L=How many lists each film appears on                   #1=How many number one votes each film recieves

*points are given as follows: for numbered lists, first place recieves 5 points, second place recieves 4, third place 3, fourth place 2 and fifth place gets 1 point; for unumbered lists, each film will recieve 3 points; total points are then tallied up and a comprehensive Top 5 list is created.

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