NYT 100 Best of the 21st Century
The New York Times' 2025 poll of 500+ filmmakers and critics on the best movies of the 21st century. Top 40 published.
40 movies
#1
89
Parasite
2019
#2
81
Mulholland Drive
2001
#3
85
There Will Be Blood
2007
#4
81
In the Mood for Love
2000
#5
83
Moonlight
2016
#6
85
No Country for Old Men
2007
#7
85
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
#8
82
Get Out
2017
#9
89
Spirited Away
2001
#10
84
The Social Network
2010
#11
85
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015
#12
80
The Zone of Interest
2023
#13
81
Children of Men
2006
#14
80
Inglourious Basterds
2009
#15
84
City of God
2002
#16
84
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
#17
80
Brokeback Mountain
2005
#18
80
Y Tu Mamá También
2001
#19
79
Zodiac
2007
#20
79
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
#21
76
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
#22
84
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
#23
86
Boyhood
2014
AD
#24
84
Her
2013
#25
79
Phantom Thread
2017
#26
80
Anatomy of a Fall
2023
#27
78
Adaptation.
2002
#28
90
The Dark Knight
2008
#29
81
Arrival
2016
#30
82
Lost in Translation
2003
#31
85
The Departed
2006
#32
73
Bridesmaids
2011
#33
86
A Separation
2011
#34
88
WALL·E
2008
#35
81
A Prophet
2009
#36
69
A Serious Man
2009
#37
83
Call Me by Your Name
2017
#38
83
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2019
#39
82
Lady Bird
2017
#40
78
Yi Yi
2000