NYT's Top 20 Movies of the 21st Century

New in June 2025, The New York Times has compiled a list of the 100 best films of the 21st Century. How many of the top 20 can you name?

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Place	Stars	Year	Director	Answer
20	Leonardo DiCaprio	2013	Martin Scorsese	The Wolf of Wall Street
19	Jake Gyllenhaal	2007	David Fincher	Zodiac
18	Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal	2002	Alfonso Cuarón	Ytu Mama Tambien
17	Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal	2005	Ang Lee	Brokeback Mountain
16	Michelle Yeoh	2000	Ang Lee	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
15	Alexandre Rodrigues	2003	Fernando Meirelles	City of God
14	Brad Pitt, Christopher Waltz	2009	Quentin Tarantino	Inglourious Basterds
13	Clive Owen, Clare-Hope Ashitey	2006	Alfonso Cuarón	Children of Men
12	Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller	2023	Jonathan Glazer	The Zone of Interest
11	Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron	2015	George Miller	Mad Max: Fury Road
10	Jesse Eisenberg	2010	David Fincher	The Social Network
9	(animation)	2002	Hayao Miyazaki	Spirited Away
8	Daniel Kaluuya	2017	Jordan Peele	Get Out
7	Kate Winslet, Jim Carrey	2004	Michel Gondry	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6	Javier Bardem	2007	Ethan and Joel Coen	No Country for Old Men
5	Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes	2016	Barry Jenkins	Moonlight
4	Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung	2001	Wong Kar-Wai	In the Mood for Love
3	Daniel Day-Lewis	2007	Paul Thomas Anderson	There Will Be Blood
2	Naomi Watts	2001	David Lynch	Mulholland Drive
1	Choi Woo-shik and others	2019	Bong Joon Ho	Parasite

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