The well-known film magazine “Little White Lies” voted on the 50 best films of the 21st century by film critics. The selection object is original films, namely non-sequels, remakes, IP adaptations and derivative films. “In the Mood for Love” ranked first, Wong Works by Kar-wai, Ming-liang Tsai, Edward Yang, and Hsiao-hsien Hou are all listed.
Full list:
- “In the Mood for Love” Wong Kar-wai (2000)
- “Mulholland Dr.” David Lynch (2001)
- “Gisaengchung” Bong Joon Ho (2019)
- “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” by Michel Gondry (2004)
- “First Reformed” Paul Schrader (2017)
- “Phantom Thread” Paul Thomas Anderson (2017)
- “Get Out” Jordan Peele (2017)
- “The Tree of Life” Terrence Malick (2011)
- “Portrait de la jeune fille en feu” by Céline Sciamma (2019)
- “Syndromes and a Century” Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2006)
- “Before Sunset” Richard Linklater (2004)
- “Eden” Mia Hansen-Løve (2014)
- “Goodbye Dragon Inn” Ming-liang Tsai (2003)
- “Yi Yi: A One and a Two” Edward Yang (2000)
- “Melancholia” by Lars von Trier (2011)
- “The Royal Tenenbaums” Wes Anderson (2001)
- “The Master” Paul Thomas Anderson (2012)
- “Manchester by the Sea” Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
- “Dogville” by Lars von Trier (2003)
- “Cameraperson” Kirsten Johnson (2016)
- “Bacurau” Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho (2019)
- “Ida” by Pawel Pawlikowski (2013)
- “Berberian Sound Studio” Peter Strickland (2012)
- “Frances Ha” Noah Baumbach (2012)
- “Margaret” Kenneth Lonergan (2011)
- “Millennium Mambo” Hsiao-hsien Hou (2001)
- “A Serious Man” by Coen Brothers (2009)
- “Petite maman” by Céline Sciamma (2021)
- “Stray Dogs” Ming-liang Tsai (2013)
- “Le quattro volte” Michelangelo Frammartino (2010)
- “Grave” Julia Ducournau (2016)
- “Donnie Darko” Richard Kelly (2001)
- “It’s Such a Beautiful Day” Don Hertzfeldt (2012)
- “Happy Hour” Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (2015)
- “Ginger Snaps” by John Fawcett (2000)
- “Knight of Cups” Terrence Malick (2015)
- “La mujer sin cabeza” Lucrecia Martel (2008)
- “35 rhums” by Claire Denis (2008)
- “Inside Llewyn Davis” by Coen Brothers (2013)
- “Lost in Translation” Sofia Coppola (2003)
- “Blissfully Yours” Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2002)
- “Spirited Away” Hayao Miyazaki (2001)
- “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring” Ki-duk Kim (2003)
- “Inside Out” Pete Docter (2015)
- “Tabu” Miguel Gomes (2012)
- ”Whiplash” Damien Chazelle (2014)
- “Superbad” Greg Mottola (2007)
- “Synecdoche, New York” Charlie Kaufman (2008)
- “Caché” Michael Haneke (2005)
- “The Duke of Burgundy” Peter Strickland (2014)