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bbc 100 best movie sec xxi (critics based) (partial)

by milo-nunziata • Created 8 years ago • Modified 8 years ago
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  • Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive (2001)

    1. Mulholland Drive

    20012h 27mR87Metascore
    7.9 (407K)
    After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsNaomi WattsLaura HarringJustin Theroux
  • Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai in In the Mood for Love (2000)

    2. In the Mood for Love

    20001h 38mPG87Metascore
    8.1 (177K)
    Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.
    DirectorWong Kar-WaiStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiMaggie CheungPing-Lam Siu
  • Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (2007)

    3. There Will Be Blood

    20072h 38mR93Metascore
    8.2 (671K)
    A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
    DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsDaniel Day-LewisPaul DanoCiarán Hinds
  • Spirited Away (2001)

    4. Spirited Away

    20012h 4mPG96Metascore
    8.6 (911K)
    During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
    DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsDaveigh ChaseSuzanne PleshetteMiyu Irino
  • Ellar Coltrane in Boyhood (2014)

    5. Boyhood

    20142h 45mR100Metascore
    7.9 (375K)
    The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
    DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEllar ColtranePatricia ArquetteEthan Hawke
  • Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

    6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    20041h 48mR89Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.
    DirectorMichel GondryStarsJim CarreyKate WinsletTom Wilkinson
  • The Tree of Life (2011)

    7. The Tree of Life

    20112h 19mPG-1385Metascore
    6.8 (188K)
    The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
    DirectorTerrence MalickStarsBrad PittSean PennJessica Chastain
  • Yi Yi (2000)

    8. Yi Yi

    20002h 53mNot Rated94Metascore
    8.1 (31K)
    Each member of a middle-class Taipei family seeks to reconcile past and present relationships within their daily lives.
    DirectorEdward YangStarsNien-Jen WuElaine JinIssei Ogata
  • Leila Hatami and Payman Maadi in A Separation (2011)

    9. A Separation

    20112h 3mPG-1395Metascore
    8.3 (269K)
    A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
    DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh Bayat
  • Oscar Isaac in Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

    10. Inside Llewyn Davis

    20131h 44mR93Metascore
    7.4 (168K)
    A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
    DirectorsEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsOscar IsaacCarey MulliganJohn Goodman
  • Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men (2007)

    11. No Country for Old Men

    20072h 2mR92Metascore
    8.2 (1.1M)
    Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
    DirectorsEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsTommy Lee JonesJavier BardemJosh Brolin
  • Children of Men (2006)

    12. Children of Men

    20061h 49mR84Metascore
    7.9 (548K)
    In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.
    DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsJulianne MooreClive OwenChiwetel Ejiofor
  • Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal, and Mark Ruffalo in Zodiac (2007)

    13. Zodiac

    20072h 37mR79Metascore
    7.7 (636K)
    Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.
    DirectorDavid FincherStarsJake GyllenhaalRobert Downey Jr.Mark Ruffalo
  • The Act of Killing (2012)

    14. The Act of Killing

    20121h 57mNot Rated92Metascore
    8.2 (42K)
    A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
    DirectorsJoshua OppenheimerAnonymousChristine CynnStarsAnwar CongoHerman KotoSyamsul Arifin
  • Anamaria Marinca and Laura Vasiliu in 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)

    15. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

    20071h 53mNot Rated97Metascore
    7.9 (65K)
    A woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania.
    DirectorCristian MungiuStarsAnamaria MarincaLaura VasiliuVlad Ivanov
  • Holy Motors (2012)

    16. Holy Motors

    20121h 55mNot Rated85Metascore
    7.0 (50K)
    A man boards a limousine to be driven to his day's work: nine mysterious "appointments."
    DirectorLeos CaraxStarsDenis LavantEdith ScobEva Mendes
  • Ivana Baquero in Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

    17. Pan's Labyrinth

    20061h 58mR98Metascore
    8.2 (725K)
    In 1944 Spain, a girl is sent to live with her ruthless stepfather. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks.
    DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi López
  • The White Ribbon (2009)

    18. The White Ribbon

    20092h 24mR84Metascore
    7.8 (80K)
    Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?
    DirectorMichael HanekeStarsChristian FriedelErnst JacobiLeonie Benesch
  • Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

    19. Mad Max: Fury Road

    20152hR90Metascore
    8.1 (1.2M)
    In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper and a drifter named Max.
    DirectorGeorge MillerStarsTom HardyCharlize TheronNicholas Hoult
  • Synecdoche, New York (2008)

    20. Synecdoche, New York

    20082h 4mR67Metascore
    7.5 (102K)
    A theater director struggles with his work and the women in his life as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
    DirectorCharlie KaufmanStarsPhilip Seymour HoffmanSamantha MortonMichelle Williams
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

    21. The Grand Budapest Hotel

    20141h 39mR88Metascore
    8.1 (927K)
    A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
    DirectorWes AndersonStarsRalph FiennesF. Murray AbrahamMathieu Amalric
  • Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation (2003)

    22. Lost in Translation

    20031h 42mR91Metascore
    7.7 (511K)
    A fading movie star falls for a lonely young woman in Tokyo.
    DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsBill MurrayScarlett JohanssonGiovanni Ribisi
  • Caché (2005)

    23. Caché

    20051h 57mR87Metascore
    7.3 (88K)
    A married couple is terrorized by a series of surveillance videotapes left on their front porch.
    DirectorMichael HanekeStarsDaniel AuteuilJuliette BinocheMaurice Bénichou
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, and Amy Adams in The Master (2012)

    24. The Master

    20122h 18mR86Metascore
    7.1 (192K)
    A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by a cult and its charismatic leader.
    DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsJoaquin PhoenixPhilip Seymour HoffmanAmy Adams
  • Guy Pearce and Carrie-Anne Moss in Memento (2000)

    25. Memento

    20001h 53mR83Metascore
    8.4 (1.4M)
    A former insurance investigator who now suffers from anterograde amnesia uses notes and tattoos to hunt down his wife's murderer.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsGuy PearceCarrie-Anne MossJoe Pantoliano

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