Saturday, January 17, 2009

Top 250 Films of the 21st Century (Update)

Every January, the website THEY SHOOT PICTURES, DON'T THEY? re-issues their "top films of the 21st century" list to incorporate the films from the previous year. This is the coolest list to look at, particularly in seeing what manages to "stay" on it: the future VERTIGOs and KANEs. The site also notes the full list of 27 that got "knocked off," plus shows the ranking changes of the others, up or down. OLDBOY made the most dramatic jump-- from 245 to 75 (!).

Still reigning at #1 is Wong Kar-wai's IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (photo above).


Here is a list of the 2008 additions (and link to the entire list):

30. FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON
54. A CHRISTMAS TALE
55. WENDY AND LUCY
68. WALL-E
73. STILL LIFE
78. MY WINNIPEG
79. PARANOID PARK
84. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
86. WALTZ WITH BASHIR
116. SILENT LIGHT
117. SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
118. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
123. IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA
127. THE LIVES OF OTHERS
141. RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
144. HUNGER
153. MILK
159. THE WRESTLER
172. HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (2004)
176. THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS
186. THE EDGE OF HEAVEN
196. MAN ON WIRE
197. BALLAST
219. WOMAN ON BEACH
220. REPRISE
223. CHE
231. CHUNHYANG (2000)

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