Top 100 Greatest Movies of the Modern Era (The Ultimate List)
The movies made in the *last 20 years* on this list are ranked according to their success (awards & nominations), their popularity, and their cinematic greatness from a directing/writing perspective. To me, accuracy when making a Top 10/Top 100 all time list is extremely important. My lists are not based on my own personal favorites; they are based on the true greatness and/or success of the person, place or thing being ranked. In other words, a films' commercial success (Oscars & BAFTA Awards), and greatness in direction, screenwriting and production, is how I ranked the films on this list. If you guys would like to view my other Top 10/Top 100 lists, feel free to check out my YouTube page and/or my IMDb page at *ChrisWalczyk55*.
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- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHeath LedgerAaron EckhartWhen a menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman, James Gordon and Harvey Dent must work together to put an end to the madness.Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 9
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 1 - DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 1
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. JacksonThe lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 7
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 8
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 6 - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksRobin WrightGary SiniseThe history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.Oscars: 6
Oscar Nominations: 13
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 7
Golden Globes: 3
Golden Globe Nominations: 7 - DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodViggo MortensenIan McKellenGandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.Oscars: 11
Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 4
BAFTA Nominations: 10
Golden Globes: 4
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom SizemoreFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 11
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 8
Golden Globes: 2
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 - DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob GuntonA banker convicted of uxoricide forms a friendship over a quarter century with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence and trying to remain hopeful through simple compassion.Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 7
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 2 - DirectorRidley ScottStarsRussell CroweJoaquin PhoenixConnie NielsenA former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 12
BAFTA Awards: 4
BAFTA Nominations: 12
Golden Globes: 2
Golden Globe Nominations: 5 - DirectorGus Van SantStarsRobin WilliamsMatt DamonBen AffleckWill Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 9
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 0
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 - DirectorMel GibsonStarsMel GibsonSophie MarceauPatrick McGoohanScottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.Oscars: 5
Oscar Nominations: 10
BAFTA Awards: 3
BAFTA Nominations: 5
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 - DirectorBryan SingerStarsKevin SpaceyGabriel ByrneChazz PalminteriThe sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 2
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 3
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 1 - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.*****
Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 3
BAFTA Nominations: 9
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 4 - DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsDaniel Day-LewisPaul DanoCiarán HindsA story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 7
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 2 - DirectorsEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsTommy Lee JonesJavier BardemJosh BrolinViolence 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.Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 8
BAFTA Awards: 3
BAFTA Nominations: 9
Golden Globes: 2
Golden Globe Nominations: 3 - DirectorDavid FincherStarsMorgan FreemanBrad PittKevin SpaceyTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.*****
Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 1
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 - DirectorTom HooperStarsColin FirthGeoffrey RushHelena Bonham CarterThe story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 12
BAFTA Awards: 5
BAFTA Nominations: 11
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 7 - DirectorJames CameronStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletBilly ZaneA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.*****
Oscars: 11
Oscar Nominations: 14
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 8
Golden Globes: 4
Golden Globe Nominations: 8 - DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodIan McKellenViggo MortensenWhile Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 6
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 8
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 2 - DirectorsLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Nominations: 5
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsMatthew McConaugheyAnne HathawayJessica ChastainWhen Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 5
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 4
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 1 - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleTom HardyAnne HathawayBane, an imposing terrorist, attacks Gotham City and disrupts its eight-year-long period of peace. This forces Bruce Wayne to come out of hiding and don the cape and cowl of Batman again.Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 0
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 1
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 0 - DirectorsFernando MeirellesKátia LundStarsAlexandre RodriguesLeandro FirminoMatheus NachtergaeleIn the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 4
BAFTA Awards: 1
BAFTA Nominations: 2
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 1 - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioMatt DamonJack NicholsonAn undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.Oscars: 4
Oscar Nominations: 5
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 5
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 6 - DirectorRidley ScottStarsDenzel WashingtonRussell CroweChiwetel EjioforAn outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.Oscars: 0
Oscar Nominations: 2
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 5
Golden Globes: 0
Golden Globe Nominations: 3 - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJamie FoxxChristoph WaltzLeonardo DiCaprioWith the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.Oscars: 2
Oscar Nominations: 5
BAFTA Awards: 2
BAFTA Award Nominations: 4
Golden Globes: 2
Golden Globe Nominations: 5