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100 Best Movies of the 21st Century According to Hollywood

Can you name the 100 best movies of the 21st century according to the New York Times' survey of 500 notable names in Hollywood?
Source: The New York Times
Keep in mind that the NYT article was published on 23 June 2025
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Director
Released
Answer
1
Bong Joon Ho
2019
Parasite
2
David Lynch
2001
Mulholland Drive
3
Paul Thomas Anderson
2007
There Will Be Blood
4
Wong Kar-Wai
2001
In the Mood for Love
5
Barry Jenkins
2016
Moonlight
6
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
2007
No Country for Old Men
7
Michel Gondry
2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8
Jordan Peele
2017
Get Out
9
Hayao Miyazaki
2002
Spirited Away
10
David Fincher
2010
The Social Network
11
George Miller
2015
Mad Max: Fury Road
12
Jonathan Glazer
2023
The Zone of Interest
13
Alfonso Cuarón
2006
Children of Men
14
Quentin Tarantino
2009
Inglorious Basterds
15
Fernando Meirelles
2003
City of God
16
Ang Lee
2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
17
Ang Lee
2005
Brokeback Mountain
18
Alfonso Cuarón
2002
Y tu mamá también
19
David Fincher
2007
Zodiac
20
Martin Scorsese
2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
21
Wes Anderson
2001
The Royal Tenenbaums
22
Wes Anderson
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
23
Richard Linklater
2014
Boyhood
24
Spike Jonze
2013
Her
25
Paul Thomas Anderson
2017
Phantom Thread
26
Justine Triet
2023
Anatomy of a Fall
27
Spike Jonze
2002
Adaptation
28
Christopher Nolan
2008
The Dark Knight
29
Denis Villeneuve
2016
Arrival
30
Sofia Coppola
2003
Lost in Translation
31
Martin Scorsese
2006
The Departed
32
Paul Feig
2011
Bridesmaids
33
Asghar Farhadi
2011
A Separation
34
Andrew Stanton
2008
WALL-E
35
Jacques Audiard
2010
A Prophet
36
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
2009
A Serious Man
37
Luca Guadagnino
2017
Call Me By Your Name
38
Céline Sciamma
2019
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
39
Greta Gerwig
2017
Lady Bird
40
Edward Yang
2000
Yi Yi
41
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
2001
Amélie
42
Paul Thomas Anderson
2012
The Master
43
Park Chan-Wook
2005
Oldboy
44
Quentin Tarantino
2019
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
45
Bennett Miller
2011
Moneyball
46
Alfonso Cuarón
2018
Roma
47
Cameron Crowe
2000
Almost Famous
48
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
2007
The Lives of Others
49
Richard Linklater
2004
Before Sunset
50
Pete Docter
2009
Up
51
Steve McQueen
2013
12 Years a Slave
52
Yorgos Lanthimos
2018
The Favourite
53
Larry Charles
2006
Borat
54
Guillermo del Toro
2006
Pan's Labyrinth
55
Christopher Nolan
2010
Inception
56
Paul Thomas Anderson
2002
Punch-Drunk Love
57
Christopher Guest
2000
Best in Show
58
Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie
2019
Uncut Gems
59
Maren Ade
2016
Toni Erdmann
60
Damien Chazelle
2014
Whiplash
61
Quentin Tarantino
2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
62
Christopher Nolan
2001
Memento
63
Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
2006
Little Miss Sunshine
64
David Fincher
2014
Gone Girl
65
Christopher Nolan
2023
Oppenheimer
66
Tom McCarthy
2015
Spotlight
67
Todd Field
2022
Tár
68
Kathryn Bigelow
2009
The Hurt Locker
69
Jonathan Glazer
2014
Under the Skin
70
Tomas Alfredson
2008
Let the Right One In
71
Steven Soderbergh
2001
Ocean's Eleven
72
Todd Haynes
2015
Carol
73
Brad Bird
2007
Ratatouille
74
Sean Baker
2017
The Florida Project
75
Michael Haneke
2012
Amour
76
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
77
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once
78
Charlotte Wells
2022
Aftersun
79
Terrence Malick
2011
The Tree of Life
80
Pedro Almodóvar
2006
Volver
81
Darren Aronofsky
2010
Black Swan
82
Joshua Oppenheimer & Anonymous
2013
The Act of Killing
83
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
2013
Inside Llewyn Davis
84
Lars von Trier
2011
Melancholia
85
Adam McKay
2004
Anchorman
86
Celine Song
2023
Past Lives
87
Peter Jackson
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
88
Agnès Varda
2001
The Gleaners & I
89
Christopher Nolan
2014
Interstellar
90
Noah Baumbach
2013
Frances Ha
91
Andrea Arnold
2010
Fish Tank
92
Ridley Scott
2000
Gladiator
93
Tony Gilroy
2007
Michael Clayton
94
Steven Spielberg
2002
Minority Report
95
Joachim Trier
2021
The Worst Person in the World
96
Ryan Coogler
2018
Black Panther
97
Alfonso Cuarón
2013
Gravity
98
Werner Herzog
2005
Grizzly Man
99
Bong Joon Ho
2005
Memories of Murder
100
Greg Mottola
2007
Superbad
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