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

Name the 100 best movies from 2000 through 2025 as listed by The New York Times!
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Rank
Year
Rating
Director
Featured
Answer
1.
2019
R
Bong Joon Ho
Song Kang-ho Lee Sun-kyun
Parasite
2.
2001
R
David Lynch
Naomi Watts Laura Harring
Mulholland Drive
3.
2007
R
Paul Thomas Anderson
Daniel Day-Lewis Paul Dano
There Will Be Blood
4.
2000
PG
Wong Kar-Wai
Maggie Cheung Tony Leung Chiu-wai
In the Mood for Love
5.
2016
R
Barry Jenkins
Mahershala Ali Naomie Haris
Moonlight
6.
2007
R
The Coen Brothers
Tommy Lee Jones Javier Bardem
No Country for Old Men
7.
2004
R
Michel Gondry
Jim Carrey Kate Winslet
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8.
2017
R
Jordan Peele
Daniel Kaluuya Allison Williams
Get Out
9.
2001
PG
Hayao Miyazaki
Daveigh Chase Suzanne Pleshette
Spirited Away
10.
2010
PG-13
David Fincher
Jesse Eisenberg Andrew Garfield
The Social Network
11.
2015
R
George Miller
Tom Hardy Charlize Theron
Mad Max: Fury Road
12.
2023
PG-13
Jonathan Glazer
Christian Friedel Sandra Hüller
The Zone of Interest
13.
2006
R
Alfonso Cuarón
Julianne Moore Clive Owen
Children of Men
14.
2009
R
Quentin Tarantino
Brad Pitt Christoph Waltz
Inglourious Basterds
15.
2002
R
Fernando Meirelles Kátia Lund
Alexandre Rodrigues Leandro Firmino
City of God
16.
2000
PG-13
Ang Lee
Chow Yun-Fat Michelle Yeoh
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
17.
2005
R
Ang Lee
Jake Gyllenhaal Heath Ledger
Brokeback Mountain
18.
2001
NR
Alfonso Cuarón
Maribel Verdú Gael García Bernal
Y tu mamá también
19.
2007
R
David Fincher
Jake Gyllenhaal Robert Downey Jr.
Zodiac
20.
2013
R
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio Jonah Hill
The Wolf of Wall Street
21.
2001
R
Wes Anderson
Gene Hackman Gwyneth Paltrow
The Royal Tenenbaums
22.
2014
R
Wes Anderson
Ralph Fiennes F. Murray Abraham
The Grand Budapest Hotel
23.
2014
R
Richard Linklater
Patricia Arquette Ethan Hawke
Boyhood
24.
2013
R
Spike Jonze
Joaquin Phoenix Amy Adams
Her
25.
2017
R
Paul Thomas Anderson
Vicky Krieps Daniel Day-Lewis
Phantom Thread
26.
2023
R
Justine Triet
Sandra Hüller Swann Arlaud
Anatomy of a Fall
27.
2002
R
Spike Jonze
Nicolas Cage Meryl Streep
Adaptation
28.
2008
PG-13
Christopher Nolan
Christian Bale Heath Ledger
The Dark Knight
29.
2016
PG-13
Denis Villeneuve
Amy Adams Jeremy Renner
Arrival
30.
2003
R
Sofia Coppola
Bill Murray Scarlett Johansson
Lost in Translation
31.
2006
R
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio Matt Damon
The Departed
32.
2011
R
Paul Feig
Kristen Wiig Maya Rudolph
Bridesmaids
33.
2011
PG-13
Asghar Farhadi
Payman Maadi Leila Hatami
A Separation
34.
2008
G
Andrew Stanton
Ben Burtt Elissa Knight
WALL-E
35.
2009
R
Jacques Audiard
Tahar Rahim Niels Arestrup
A Prophet
36.
2009
R
The Coen Brothers
Michael Stuhlbarg Richard Kind
A Serious Man
37.
2017
R
Luca Guadagnino
Timothée Chalamet Armie Hammer
Call Me by Your Name
38.
2019
R
Céline Sciamma
Noémie Merlant Adele Haenel
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
39.
2017
R
Greta Gerwig
Saorise Ronan Laurie Metcalf
Lady Bird
40.
2000
NR
Edward Yang
Nien-Jen Wu Elaine Jin
Yi Yi
41.
2001
R
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Audrey Tautou Mathieu Kassovitz
Amélie
42.
2012
R
Paul Thomas Anderson
Joaquin Phoenix Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Master
43.
2003
R
Park Chan-wook
Choi Min-sik Yoo Ji-tae
Oldboy
44.
2019
R
Quentin Tarantino
Leonardo DiCaprio Brad Pitt
Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
45.
2011
PG-13
Bennett Miller
Brad Pitt Jonah Hill
Moneyball
46.
2018
R
Alfonso Cuarón
Yalitza Aparicio Marina de Tavira
Roma
47.
2000
R
Cameron Crowe
Billy Crudup Patrick Fugit
Almost Famous
48.
2006
R
Floridan Henckel von Donnersmarck
Ulrich Mühe Martina Gedeck
The Lives of Others
49.
2004
R
Richard Linklater
Ethan Hawke Julie Delpy
Before Sunset
50.
2009
PG
Pete Docter Bob Peterson
Ed Asner Jordan Nagai
Up
51.
2013
R
Steve McQueen
Chiwetel Ejiofor Michael Fassbender
12 Years a Slave
52.
2018
R
Yorgos Lanthimos
Olivia Colman Emma Stone
The Favourite
53.
2006
R
Larry Charles
Sacha Baron Cohen Ken Davitian
Borat
54.
2006
R
Guillermo del Toro
Ivana Baquero Ariadna Gil
Pan's Labyrinth
55.
2010
PG-13
Christopher Nolan
Leonardo DiCaprio Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Inception
56.
2002
R
Paul Thomas Anderson
Adam Sandler Emily Watson
Punch-Drunk Love
57.
2000
PG-13
Christopher Guest
Fred Willard Eugene Levy
Best in Show
58.
2019
R
Safdie Brothers
Adam Sandler Julia Fox
Uncut Gems
59.
2016
R
Maren Ade
Sandra Hüller Peter Simonischek
Toni Erdmann
60.
2014
R
Damien Chazelle
Miles Teller JK Simmons
Whiplash
61.
2003
R
Quentin Tarantino
Uma Thurman David Carradine
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
62.
2000
R
Christopher Nolan
Guy Pearce Carrie-Anne Moss
Memento
63.
2006
R
Jonathan Dayton Valerie Faris
Steve Carell Toni Collette
Little Miss Sunshine
64.
2014
R
David Fincher
Ben Affleck Rosamund Pike
Gone Girl
65.
2023
R
Christopher Nolan
Cillian Murphy Emily Blunt
Oppenheimer
66.
2015
R
Tom McCarthy
Mark Ruffalo Rachel McAdams
Spotlight
67.
2022
R
Todd Field
Cate Blanchett Noémie Merlant
Tár
68.
2008
R
Kathryn Bigelow
Jeremy Renner Anthony Mackie
The Hurt Locker
69.
2013
R
Jonathan Glazer
Scarlett Johansson Jeremy McWilliams
Under the Skin
70.
2008
R
Tomas Alfredson
Kare Hedebrant Lina Leandersson
Let the Right One In
71.
2001
PG-13
Steven Soderbergh
George Clooney Brad Pitt
Ocean's Eleven
72.
2015
R
Todd Haynes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara
Carol
73.
2007
G
Brad Bird Jan Pinkava
Brad Garrett Lou Romano
Ratatouille
74.
2017
R
Sean Baker
Brooklynn Prince Bria Vinaite
The Florida Project
75.
2012
PG-13
Michael Haneke
Jean-Louis Trintignant Emmanuelle Riva
Amour
76.
2000
PG-13
Coen Brothers
George Clooney John Turturro
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
77.
2022
R
Daniel Kwan Daniel Scheinert
Michelle Yeoh Stephanie Hsu
Everything Everywhere All at Once
78.
2022
R
Charlotte Wells
Paul Mescal Frankie Corio
Aftersun
79.
2011
PG-13
Terrence Malick
Brad Pitt Sean Penn
The Tree of Life
80.
2006
R
Pedro Almodóvar
Penélope Cruz Carmen Maura
Volver
81.
2010
R
Darren Aronofsky
Natalie Portman Mila Kunis
Black Swan
82.
2012
NR
Joshua Oppenheimer
Anwar Congo Herman Koto
The Act of Killing
83.
2013
R
Coen Brothers
Oscar Isaac Carey Mulligan
Inside Llewyn Davis
84.
2011
R
Lars von Trier
Kirsten Dunst Charlotte Gainsbourg
Melancholia
85.
2004
PG-13
Adam McKay
Will Ferrell Christina Applegate
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
86.
2023
PG-13
Celine Song
Greta Lee Teo Yoo
Past Lives
87.
2001
PG-13
Peter Jackson
Elijah Wood Ian McKellen
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
88.
2000
NR
Agnes Varda
Francois Wertheimer Agnes Varda
The Gleaners & I
89.
2014
PG-13
Christopher Nolan
Matthew McConaughey Anne Hathaway
Interstellar
90.
2012
R
Noah Baumbach
Greta Gerwig Mickey Sumner
Frances Ha
91.
2009
NR
Andrea Arnold
Katie Jarvis Michael Fassbender
Fish Tank
92.
2000
R
Ridley Scott
Russell Crowe Joaquin Phoenix
Gladiator
93.
2007
R
Tony Gilroy
George Clooney Tilda Swinton
Michael Clayton
94.
2002
PG-13
Steven Spielberg
Tom Cruise Colin Farrell
Minority Report
95.
2021
R
Joachim Trier
Renate Reinsve Anders Danielson Lie
The Worst Person in the World
96.
2018
PG-13
Ryan Coogler
Chadwick Boseman Michael B. Jordan
Black Panther
97.
2013
PG-13
Alfonso Cuarón
Sandra Bullock George Clooney
Gravity
98.
2005
R
Werner Herzog
Timothy Treadwell Amie Huguenard
Grizzly Man
99.
2003
NR
Bong Joon Ho
Song Kang-ho Kim Sang-kyung
Memories of Murder
100.
2007
R
Greg Mottola
Michael Cera Jonah Hill
Superbad
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