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Total: 315  
Seen: 95 (30.2%)
See Again: 7 (2.2%)
Unseen: 213 (67.6%)

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The 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films according to They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? (February 2020; 13th edition)

1-50

 
1. In the Mood For Love (2000)
2. Mulholland Drive (2001)
3. Yi Yi (2000)
4. There Will Be Blood (2007)
5. The Tree of Life (2011)
6. Spirited Away (2001)
7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
8. Cache (2005)
9. Tropical Malady (2004)
10. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
11. A Separation (2011)
12. Lost In Translation (2003)
13. Holy Motors (2012)
14. The Turin Horse (2011)
15. City of God (2002)
16. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
17. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
18. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
19. Boyhood (2014)
20. WALL*E (2008)
21. The Social Network (2010)
22. Talk To Her (2002)
23. Dogville (2003)
24. Melancholia (2011)
25. Under the Skin (2013)
26. Amour (2012)
27. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks - Part 1: Rust (2003)
28. Moonlight (2016)
29. Russian Ark (2002)
30. The White Ribbon (2009)
31. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
32. No Country For Old Men (2007)
33. Platform (2000)
34. Punch Drunk Love (2002)
35. The Act of Killing (2012)
36. Toni Erdmann (2016)
37. Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
38. The Gleaners & I (2000)
39. Elephant (2003)
40. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
41. Grizzly Man (2005)
42. Before Sunset (2004)
43. Inland Empire (2006)
44. A History of Violence (2005)
45. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (2007)
46. Zodiac (2007)
47. The Hurt Locker (2009)
48. The Master (2012)
49. The Lives of Others (2006)
50. Artificial Intelligence: A.I. (2001)

51-100

 
51. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
52. Still Life (2006)
53. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
54. Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001)
55. Colossal Youth (2006)
56. Silent Light (2007)
57. Sideways (2004)
58. Children of Men (2006)
59. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
60. Oldboy (2003)
61. Zama (2017)
62. Syndromes and a Century (2006)
63. Memento (2000)
64. Amelie (2001)
65. Tabu (2011)
66. Carol (2015)
67. Songs From the Second Floor (2000)
68. The Headless Woman (2008)
69. Parasite (2019)
70. Let the Right One In (2008)
71. Nostalgia For the Light (2010)
72. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
73. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
74. The Son (2002)
75. Far From Heaven (2002)
76. Dancer In the Dark (2000)
77. The Dark Knight (2008)
78. Get Out (2017)
79. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
80. Goodbye To Language (2014)
81. A Prophet (2009)
82. Certified Copy (2010)
83. Leviathan (2012)
84. Roma (2018)
85. The Swamp (2001)
86. Phantom Thread (2017)
87. Distant (2002)
88. In Vanda's Room (2000)
89. Hunger (2008)
90. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
91. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
92. Blissfully Yours (2002)
93. The Piano Teacher (2001)
94. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
95. Toy Story 3 (2010)
96. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
97. Requiem For a Dream (2000)
98. 2046 (2004)
99. Margaret (2011)
100. The New World (2005)

101-150

 
101. The Host (2006)
102. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
103. The Assassin (2015)
104. Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
105. Irreversible (2002)
106. Up (2009)
107. The World (2004)
108. Her (2013)
109. Amores Perros (2000)
110. Mystic River (2003)
111. The Incredibles (2004)
112. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
113. Stories We Tell (2012)
114. Avatar (2009)
115. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
116. Beoning (2018)
117. Borat (2006)
118. Ida (2013)
119. Finding Nemo (2003)
120. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
121. Winter's Bone (2010)
122. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
123. Waltz With Bashir (2008)
124. Donnie Darko (2001)
125. The Irishman (2019)
126. Stranger By the Lake (2013)
127. The Fast Runner (2002)
128. 35 Shots of Rum (2009)
129. Inception (2010)
130. This Is Not a Film (2011)
131. Gravity (2013)
132. Once Upon a Time In Hollywood (2019)
133. Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
134. Adaptation (2002)
135. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
136. My Winnipeg (2007)
137. Horse Money (2014)
138. La La Land (2016)
139. Moolaade (2004)
140. Lady Bird (2017)
141. Memories of Murder (2003)
142. L'Enfant (2005)
143. The Departed (2006)
144. The Intruder (2004)
145. Ten (2002)
146. Cafe Lumiere (2003)
147. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
148. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
149. The Holy Girl (2004)
150. Saraband (2003)

151-200

 
151. Call Me By Your Name (2017)
152. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
153. Fish Tank (2009)
154. Code Inconnu: Recit Incomplet De Divers Voyages (2000)
155. Inside Out (2015)
156. The Pianist (2002)
157. Manchester By the Sea (2016)
158. Wendy and Lucy (2008)
159. White Material (2009)
160. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)
161. Man On Wire (2008)
162. Volver (2006)
163. Poetry (2010)
164. Ghost World (2001)
165. Waking Life (2001)
166. In Praise of Love (2001)
167. In the City of Sylvia (2007)
168. Fat Girl (2001)
169. The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
170. Hero (2002)
171. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
172. Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
173. Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
174. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
175. Son of Saul (2015)
176. The Great Beauty (2013)
177. Black Swan (2010)
178. Weekend (2011)
179. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
180. A Serious Man (2009)
181. I'm Not There (2007)
182. Head-On (2004)
183. The Man Without a Past (2002)
184. Persepolis (2007)
185. The Fog of War (2003)
186. The Babadook (2014)
187. Morvern Callar (2002)
188. Gladiator (2000)
189. Before Midnight (2013)
190. We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011)
191. Meek's Cutoff (2011)
192. The Return (2003)
193. Portrait of a Lady On Fire (2019)
194. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
195. No Home Movie (2015)
196. Le Havre (2011)
197. American Splendor (2003)
198. A Christmas Tale (2008)
199. The Arbor (2010)
200. The Kids Are All Right (2010)

201-250

 
201. Socialism (2010)
202. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring (2003)
203. First Reformed (2017)
204. Frances Ha (2012)
205. Elle (2016)
206. Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
207. Inherent Vice (2014)
208. United 93 (2006)
209. 25th Hour (2002)
210. Dogtooth (2009)
211. Two Lovers (2008)
212. Certain Women (2016)
213. Faces Places (2017)
214. Leviathan (2014)
215. The Souvenir (2019)
216. The Circle (2000)
217. The Squid and the Whale (2005)
218. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
219. Timbuktu (2014)
220. What Time Is It There? (2001)
221. The Queen (2006)
222. Regular Lovers (2005)
223. Hugo (2011)
224. Carlos (2010)
225. To Be and To Have (2002)
226. Three Times (2005)
227. Ah-ga-ssi (2016)
228. The House of Mirth (2000)
229. Secret Sunshine (2007)
230. Cameraperson (2016)
231. Paterson (2016)
232. You Can Count On Me (2000)
233. Upstream Color (2013)
234. Bowling For Columbine (2002)
235. Together (2000)
236. You Were Never Really Here (2017)
237. Love In Khon Kaen (2015)
238. Dunkirk (2017)
239. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
240. It Follows (2014)
241. Birdman (2014)
242. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
243. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
244. Almost Famous (2000)
245. Drive (2011)
246. Tangerine (2015)
247. Pulse (2001)
248. Summer Hours (2008)
249. George Washington (2000)
250. The Artist (2011)

Beyond

 
Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)
Waiting For Happiness (2002)
Millennium Mambo (2001)
Kings & Queen (2004)
Time Out (2001)
House of Flying Daggers (2004)
About Schmidt (2002)
Sexy Beast (2000)
Unknown Pleasures (2002)
In the Bedroom (2001)
Lincoln (2012)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
Munich (2005)
Argo (2012)
Gosford Park (2001)
Divine Intervention (2002)
Vera Drake (2004)
Shrek (2001)
Paranoid Park (2007)
Traffic (2000)
The King's Speech (2010)
The Aviator (2004)
The Sun (2005)
The Descendants (2011)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
The Hours (2002)
The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Together (2000)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
Gerry (2002)
Before Midnight (2013)
Bad Education (2004)
Notre Musique (2004)
The Best of Youth (2003)
Police, Adjective (2009)
Black Book (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Half Nelson (2006)
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
Battle In Heaven (2005)
The Wrestler (2008)
Minority Report (2002)
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Oasis (2002)
Once (2007)
Offside (2006)
La libertad (2001)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Crimson Gold (2003)
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Capote (2005)
Take Shelter (2011)
Django Unchained (2012)
Tarnation (2003)
Spellbound (2002)
Bamako (2006)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Another Year (2010)
Moneyball (2011)
Zoolander (2001)
Gangs of New York (2002)
I'm Going Home (2001)
Eastern Promises (2007)