Stats: The New York Times 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century

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Rank	Year	Rating	Director	Featured	Answer	% Correct
1.	2019	R	Bong Joon Ho	Song Kang-hoLee Sun-kyun	Parasite	91%
28.	2008	PG-13	Christopher Nolan	Christian BaleHeath Ledger	The Dark Knight	87%
55.	2010	PG-13	Christopher Nolan	Leonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-Levitt	Inception	78%
65.	2023	R	Christopher Nolan	Cillian MurphyEmily Blunt	Oppenheimer	76%
14.	2009	R	Quentin Tarantino	Brad PittChristoph Waltz	Inglourious Basterds	75%
6.	2007	R	The Coen Brothers	Tommy Lee JonesJavier Bardem	No Country for Old Men	72%
10.	2010	PG-13	David Fincher	Jesse EisenbergAndrew Garfield	The Social Network	71%
20.	2013	R	Martin Scorsese	Leonardo DiCaprioJonah Hill	The Wolf of Wall Street	71%
17.	2005	R	Ang Lee	Jake GyllenhaalHeath Ledger	Brokeback Mountain	70%
61.	2003	R	Quentin Tarantino	Uma ThurmanDavid Carradine	Kill Bill: Vol. 1	68%
44.	2019	R	Quentin Tarantino	Leonardo DiCaprioBrad Pitt	Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood	66%
22.	2014	R	Wes Anderson	Ralph FiennesF. Murray Abraham	The Grand Budapest Hotel	66%
3.	2007	R	Paul Thomas Anderson	Daniel Day-LewisPaul Dano	There Will Be Blood	64%
31.	2006	R	Martin Scorsese	Leonardo DiCaprioMatt Damon	The Departed	63%
8.	2017	R	Jordan Peele	Daniel KaluuyaAllison Williams	Get Out	62%
89.	2014	PG-13	Christopher Nolan	Matthew McConaugheyAnne Hathaway	Interstellar	62%
7.	2004	R	Michel Gondry	Jim CarreyKate Winslet	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	61%
30.	2003	R	Sofia Coppola	Bill MurrayScarlett Johansson	Lost in Translation	61%
11.	2015	R	George Miller	Tom HardyCharlize Theron	Mad Max: Fury Road	60%
2.	2001	R	David Lynch	Naomi WattsLaura Harring	Mulholland Drive	57%
87.	2001	PG-13	Peter Jackson	Elijah WoodIan McKellen	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	57%
71.	2001	PG-13	Steven Soderbergh	George ClooneyBrad Pitt	Ocean's Eleven	55%
9.	2001	PG	Hayao Miyazaki	Daveigh ChaseSuzanne Pleshette	Spirited Away	54%
92.	2000	R	Ridley Scott	Russell CroweJoaquin Phoenix	Gladiator	53%
64.	2014	R	David Fincher	Ben AffleckRosamund Pike	Gone Girl	52%
81.	2010	R	Darren Aronofsky	Natalie PortmanMila Kunis	Black Swan	51%
5.	2016	R	Barry Jenkins	Mahershala AliNaomie Haris	Moonlight	51%
39.	2017	R	Greta Gerwig	Saorise RonanLaurie Metcalf	Lady Bird	50%
62.	2000	R	Christopher Nolan	Guy PearceCarrie-Anne Moss	Memento	50%
24.	2013	R	Spike Jonze	Joaquin PhoenixAmy Adams	Her	49%
32.	2011	R	Paul Feig	Kristen WiigMaya Rudolph	Bridesmaids	48%
45.	2011	PG-13	Bennett Miller	Brad PittJonah Hill	Moneyball	48%
21.	2001	R	Wes Anderson	Gene HackmanGwyneth Paltrow	The Royal Tenenbaums	48%
60.	2014	R	Damien Chazelle	Miles TellerJK Simmons	Whiplash	48%
16.	2000	PG-13	Ang Lee	Chow Yun-FatMichelle Yeoh	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	47%
77.	2022	R	Daniel KwanDaniel Scheinert	Michelle YeohStephanie Hsu	Everything Everywhere All at Once	47%
29.	2016	PG-13	Denis Villeneuve	Amy AdamsJeremy Renner	Arrival	46%
19.	2007	R	David Fincher	Jake GyllenhaalRobert Downey Jr.	Zodiac	46%
51.	2013	R	Steve McQueen	Chiwetel EjioforMichael Fassbender	12 Years a Slave	44%
96.	2018	PG-13	Ryan Coogler	Chadwick BosemanMichael B. Jordan	Black Panther	42%
53.	2006	R	Larry Charles	Sacha Baron CohenKen Davitian	Borat	42%
37.	2017	R	Luca Guadagnino	Timothée ChalametArmie Hammer	Call Me by Your Name	41%
25.	2017	R	Paul Thomas Anderson	Vicky KriepsDaniel Day-Lewis	Phantom Thread	41%
54.	2006	R	Guillermo del Toro	Ivana BaqueroAriadna Gil	Pan's Labyrinth	40%
52.	2018	R	Yorgos Lanthimos	Olivia ColmanEmma Stone	The Favourite	40%
68.	2008	R	Kathryn Bigelow	Jeremy RennerAnthony Mackie	The Hurt Locker	40%
58.	2019	R	Safdie Brothers	Adam SandlerJulia Fox	Uncut Gems	38%
50.	2009	PG	Pete DocterBob Peterson	Ed AsnerJordan Nagai	Up	38%
76.	2000	PG-13	Coen Brothers	George ClooneyJohn Turturro	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	36%
49.	2004	R	Richard Linklater	Ethan HawkeJulie Delpy	Before Sunset	35%
23.	2014	R	Richard Linklater	Patricia ArquetteEthan Hawke	Boyhood	35%
13.	2006	R	Alfonso Cuarón	Julianne MooreClive Owen	Children of Men	35%
4.	2000	PG	Wong Kar-Wai	Maggie CheungTony Leung Chiu-wai	In the Mood for Love	34%
41.	2001	R	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	Audrey TautouMathieu Kassovitz	Amélie	33%
97.	2013	PG-13	Alfonso Cuarón	Sandra BullockGeorge Clooney	Gravity	32%
43.	2003	R	Park Chan-wook	Choi Min-sikYoo Ji-tae	Oldboy	32%
42.	2012	R	Paul Thomas Anderson	Joaquin PhoenixPhilip Seymour Hoffman	The Master	32%
15.	2002	R	Fernando MeirellesKátia Lund	Alexandre RodriguesLeandro Firmino	City of God	30%
46.	2018	R	Alfonso Cuarón	Yalitza AparicioMarina de Tavira	Roma	30%
100.	2007	R	Greg Mottola	Michael CeraJonah Hill	Superbad	29%
67.	2022	R	Todd Field	Cate BlanchettNoémie Merlant	Tár	29%
85.	2004	PG-13	Adam McKay	Will FerrellChristina Applegate	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	28%
47.	2000	R	Cameron Crowe	Billy CrudupPatrick Fugit	Almost Famous	27%
26.	2023	R	Justine Triet	Sandra HüllerSwann Arlaud	Anatomy of a Fall	27%
56.	2002	R	Paul Thomas Anderson	Adam SandlerEmily Watson	Punch-Drunk Love	27%
34.	2008	G	Andrew Stanton	Ben BurttElissa Knight	WALL-E	27%
18.	2001	NR	Alfonso Cuarón	Maribel VerdúGael García Bernal	Y tu mamá también	27%
78.	2022	R	Charlotte Wells	Paul MescalFrankie Corio	Aftersun	26%
63.	2006	R	Jonathan DaytonValerie Faris	Steve CarellToni Collette	Little Miss Sunshine	26%
73.	2007	G	Brad BirdJan Pinkava	Brad Garrett Lou Romano	Ratatouille	26%
66.	2015	R	Tom McCarthy	Mark RuffaloRachel McAdams	Spotlight	26%
12.	2023	PG-13	Jonathan Glazer	Christian FriedelSandra Hüller	The Zone of Interest	26%
79.	2011	PG-13	Terrence Malick	Brad PittSean Penn	The Tree of Life	23%
27.	2002	R	Spike Jonze	Nicolas CageMeryl Streep	Adaptation	22%
72.	2015	R	Todd Haynes	Cate BlanchettRooney Mara	Carol	21%
94.	2002	PG-13	Steven Spielberg	Tom CruiseColin Farrell	Minority Report	21%
86.	2023	PG-13	Celine Song	Greta LeeTeo Yoo	Past Lives	21%
74.	2017	R	Sean Baker	Brooklynn PrinceBria Vinaite	The Florida Project	21%
84.	2011	R	Lars von Trier	Kirsten DunstCharlotte Gainsbourg	Melancholia	20%
40.	2000	NR	Edward Yang	Nien-Jen WuElaine Jin	Yi Yi	20%
36.	2009	R	The Coen Brothers	Michael StuhlbargRichard Kind	A Serious Man	18%
83.	2013	R	Coen Brothers	Oscar IsaacCarey Mulligan	Inside Llewyn Davis	18%
38.	2019	R	Céline Sciamma	Noémie MerlantAdele Haenel	Portrait of a Lady on Fire	18%
99.	2003	NR	Bong Joon Ho	Song Kang-hoKim Sang-kyung	Memories of Murder	17%
90.	2012	R	Noah Baumbach	Greta GerwigMickey Sumner	Frances Ha	16%
93.	2007	R	Tony Gilroy	George ClooneyTilda Swinton	Michael Clayton	15%
69.	2013	R	Jonathan Glazer	Scarlett JohanssonJeremy McWilliams	Under the Skin	15%
57.	2000	PG-13	Christopher Guest	Fred WillardEugene Levy	Best in Show	14%
48.	2006	R	Floridan Henckel von Donnersmarck	Ulrich MüheMartina Gedeck	The Lives of Others	14%
75.	2012	PG-13	Michael Haneke	Jean-Louis TrintignantEmmanuelle Riva	Amour	10%
33.	2011	PG-13	Asghar Farhadi	Payman MaadiLeila Hatami	A Separation	10%
80.	2006	R	Pedro Almodóvar	Penélope CruzCarmen Maura	Volver	10%
98.	2005	R	Werner Herzog	Timothy TreadwellAmie Huguenard	Grizzly Man	9%
91.	2009	NR	Andrea Arnold	Katie JarvisMichael Fassbender	Fish Tank	8%
95.	2021	R	Joachim Trier	Renate ReinsveAnders Danielson Lie	The Worst Person in the World	8%
59.	2016	R	Maren Ade	Sandra HüllerPeter Simonischek	Toni Erdmann	6%
35.	2009	R	Jacques Audiard	Tahar RahimNiels Arestrup	A Prophet	5%
70.	2008	R	Tomas Alfredson	Kare HedebrantLina Leandersson	Let the Right One In	5%
88.	2000	NR	Agnes Varda	Francois WertheimerAgnes Varda	The Gleaners & I	5%
82.	2012	NR	Joshua Oppenheimer	Anwar CongoHerman Koto	The Act of Killing	4%

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