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

On June 23, 2025, The New York Times dropped its list of the 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century, curated from the votes of more than 500 Hollywood insiders. The lineup of contributors was wide-ranging—everyone from directors like Guillermo del Toro and Edgar Wright, to producers Jason Blum and Amy Pascal, and even Hot Ones host Sean Evans. A few participants shared their personal lists, which made the process even more interesting.

The final results are a mix of Oscar winners, widely celebrated classics, overlooked gems, and newer favorites that are already making waves. Since I’m a physical media fan, I also looked into the most recent Blu-ray and 4K releases for these films. Surprisingly, a lot of them still haven’t gotten the full 4K upgrade treatment.

It made me wonder—if you were putting this list together, what would make the cut for you?

Superbad (2007)

Directed by Greg Mottola

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

Studio: Sony/Columbia
Theatrical Release: August 17, 2007
Written by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg
Cast: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Seth Rogen, Bill Hader, & Emma Stone

Voted on by:
⬩Mike Birbiglia (American comedian/director/actor)
⬩Sean Evans (YouTube Host)
⬩Julianne Moore (American actress)
⬩Eric Roth (American screenwriter)
⬩Samara Weaving (Australian actress)
⬩Shea Whigham (American actor)
⬩Joe Wright (English filmmaker)

Memories of Murder (2005)

Directed by Bong Joon Ho

In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.

Studio: CJ Entertainment
Theatrical Release: May 2, 2003
Written by Bong Joon Ho & Shim Sung-bo
Cast: Song Kang-ho & Kim Sang-kyung

Voted on by:
⬩Cary Joji Fukunaga (American filmmaker)
⬩Richard Gadd (Scottish comedian/actor)
⬩Charles Melton (American actor)
⬩Stephen Merchant (British actor/comedian)
⬩Michael Philippou (Australian filmmaker)
⬩Corneliu Porumboiu (Romanian filmmaker)
⬩Josh Safdie (American filmmaker)
⬩Edgar Wright (English filmmaker)

Grizzly Man (2005)

Directed by Werner Herzog

A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.

Studio: Lionsgate
Theatrical Release: August 12, 2005
Written by Werner Herzog
Cast: Timothy Treadwell & Amie Huguenard

Voted on by:
⬩Ramin Bahrani (American filmmaker)
⬩Kate Berlant (American comedian/actress)

Gravity (2013)

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón

✪ 7-Time Academy Award Winner (10 nominations) ✪

Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Theatrical Release: October 4, 2013
Written by Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón
Cast: Sandra Bullock & George Clooney

Voted on by:
⬩Edgar Wright (English filmmaker)

Black Panther (2018)

Directed by Ryan Coogler

✪ 3-Time Academy Award Winner (7 nominations) ✪

T’Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country’s past.

Studio: Marvel Studios/Walt Disney Pictures
Theatrical Release: February 16, 2018
Written by Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole
Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Sterling K. Brown, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, & Andy Serkis

Voted on by:
⬩Uzo Aduba (American actress)
⬩Bill Mechanic (American producer)
⬩Gina Prince-Bythewood (American filmmaker)
⬩Jodie Turner-Smith (British actress)

The Worst Person in the World (2021)

Directed by Joachim Trier

✪ 2-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.

Studio: Neon
Theatrical Release: February 4, 2022
Written by Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier
Cast: Renate Reinsve

Voted on by:
⬩Lena Dunham (American actress/writer/director)
⬩Alden Ehrenreich (American actor)
⬩Edgar Wright (English filmmaker)

Minority Report (2002)

Directed by Steven Spielberg

✪ Academy Award Nominee ✪

John works with the PreCrime police which stop crimes before they take place, with the help of three ‘PreCogs’ who can foresee crimes. Events ensue when John finds himself framed for a future murder.

Studio: 20th Century Fox/DreamWorks Pictures
Theatrical Release: June 21, 2002
Written by Scott Frank & Jon Cohen
Cast: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, & Max von Sydow

Voted on by:
⬩none listed

Michael Clayton (2007)

Directed by Tony Gilroy

✪ Academy Award Winner (7 nominations) ✪

A law firm brings in its “fixer” to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Theatrical Release: October 5, 2007
Written by Tony Gilroy
Cast: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, & Sydney Pollack

Voted on by:
⬩Dave Karger (American author/journalist)
⬩Arian Moayed (Iranian-American actor)

Gladiator (2000)

Directed by Ridley Scott

✪ 5-Time Academy Award Winner (12 nominations) ✪

A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.

Studio: Paramount Pictures
Theatrical Release: May 5, 2000
Written by David Franzoni, John Logan, & William Nicholson
Cast: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, & Richard Harris

Voted on by:
⬩Sean Evans (YouTube Host)
⬩Bill Mechanic (American producer)
⬩Nicholas Sparks (American author)

Fish Tank (2010)

Directed by Andrea Arnold

Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.

Studio: IFC Films
Theatrical Release: January 15, 2010
Written by Andrea Arnold
Cast: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, & Kierston Wareing

Voted on by:
⬩Kate Berlant (American comedian/actress)
⬩Gia Coppola (American filmmaker)
⬩Lena Dunham (American actress/writer/director)
⬩Brit Marling (American actress)
⬩Julianne Nicholson (American actress)

Frances Ha (2013)

Directed by Noah Baumbach

A New York woman apprentices for a dance company and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as the possibility of realizing them dwindles.

Studio: IFC Films
Theatrical Release: May 17, 2013
Written by Noah Baumbach & Greta Gerwig
Cast: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver, & Grace Gummer

Voted on by:
⬩Mike Birbiglia (American comedian/director/actor)
⬩Gia Coppola (American filmmaker)

Interstellar (2014)

Directed by Christopher Nolan

✪ Academy Award Winner (5 nominations) ✪

When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.

Studio: Paramount Pictures
Theatrical Release: November 5, 2014
Written by Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, & Michael Caine

Voted on by:
⬩Simu Liu (Canadian actor)
⬩Arian Moayed (Iranian-American actor)
⬩Michael Philippou (Australian filmmaker)
⬩Curtis Sittenfeld (American author)

The Gleaners & I (2001)

Directed by Agnès Varda

Varda films and interviews gleaners in France in all forms, from those picking fields after the harvest to those scouring the dumpsters of Paris.

Studio: Ciné-tamaris
Theatrical Release: July 7, 2000
Written by Agnès Varda
Cast: François Wertheimer, Agnès Varda, Jean La Planche, & Bodan Litnanski

Voted on by:
⬩Ramin Bahrani (American filmmaker)
⬩Eugene Hernandez (American journalist)
⬩Alex Winter (American actor)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Directed by Peter Jackson

✪ 4-Time Academy Award Winner (13 nominations) ✪

A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

Studio: New Line Cinema
Theatrical Release: December 13, 2001
Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, & Peter Jackson
Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, & Andy Serkis

Voted on by:
⬩Tony Hale (American actor)
⬩Bill Mechanic (American producer)

Past Lives (2023)

Directed by Celine Song

✪ 2-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.

Studio: A24
Theatrical Release: June 2, 2023
Written by Celine Song
Cast: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, & John Magaro

Voted on by:
⬩Naomie Harris (English actress)
⬩Simu Liu (Canadian actor)
⬩Curtis Sittenfeld (American author)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

Directed by Adam McKay

In the 1970s, an anchorman’s stint as San Diego’s top-rated newsreader is challenged when an ambitious newswoman becomes his co-anchor.

Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
Theatrical Release: July 9, 2004
Written by Will Ferrell & Adam McKay
Cast: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Fred Willard, Chris Parnell, Kathryn Hahn, Fred Armisen, Seth Rogen, & Danny Trejo

Voted on by:
⬩David Krumholtz (American actor)

Melancholia (2011)

Directed by Lars von Trier

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Theatrical Release: November 11, 2011
Written by Lars von Trier
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Alexander Skarsgård, Brady Corbet, Cameron Spurr, Charlotte Rampling, Jesper Christensen, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgård, & Udo Kier

Voted on by:
⬩Toni Collette (American actress)
⬩Corneliu Porumboiu (Romanian filmmaker)

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Directed by Ethan Coen & Joel Coen

✪ 2-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.

Studio: CBS Films
Theatrical Release: December 6, 2013
Written by Joel and Ethan Coen
Cast: Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, F. Murray Abraham, Justin Timberlake, & Adam Driver

Voted on by:
⬩Casey Affleck (American actor)
⬩Lee Chang-dong (South Korean filmmaker)
⬩Lesley Manville (English actress)
⬩Rachel Zegler (American actress)

The Act of Killing (2013)

Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer and Anonymous

✪ Academy Award Nominee ✪

A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.

Studio: Drafthouse Films
Theatrical Release: July 19, 2013
Cast: Anwar Congo & Herman Koto

Voted on by:
⬩Kate Berlant (American comedian/actress)
⬩Chiwetel Ejiofor (British actor)
⬩Arian Moayed (Iranian-American actor)
⬩Mohammad Rasoulof (Iranian filmmaker)
⬩Eric Roth (American screenwriter)
⬩Celine Song (Canadian filmmaker)
⬩Matthew Weiner (American television writer/director)

Black Swan (2010)

Directed by Darren Aronofsky

✪ Academy Award Winner (5 nominations) ✪

Nina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina’s grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.

Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Theatrical Release: December 17, 2010
Written by Mark Heyman, John McLaughlin, & Andres Heinz
Cast: Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, & Winona Ryder

Voted on by:
⬩Julianne Moore (American actress)

Volver (2006)

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

✪ Academy Award Nominee ✪

After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn’t resolve during her life.

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Theatrical Release: November 3, 2006
Written by Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, & Chus Lampreave

Voted on by:
⬩Pamela Anderson (American actress)
⬩Brit Marling (American actress)

The Tree of Life (2011)

Directed by Terrence Malick

✪ 3-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents’ conflicting teachings.

Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Theatrical Release: May 27, 2011
Written by Terrence Malick
Cast: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Jessica Chastain, & Tye Sheridan

Voted on by:
⬩Ramin Bahrani (American filmmaker)
⬩Jomo Fray (American cinematographer)
⬩David Krumholtz (American actor)
⬩Joachim Trier (Norwegian filmmaker)
⬩Alex Winter (American actor)

Aftersun (2022)

Directed by Charlotte Wells

✪ 3-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.

Studio: A24
Theatrical Release: October 21, 2022
Written by Charlotte Wells
Cast: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, & Celia Rowlson-Hall

Voted on by:
⬩Carter Burwell (American composer)
⬩Sofia Coppola (American filmmaker)
⬩Vicky Krieps (Luxembourgish-German actress)
⬩Dolly de Leon (Filipino actress)
⬩Stephen Merchant (British actor/comedian)
⬩Joachim Trier (Norwegian filmmaker)

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Directed by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert

✪ 7-Time Academy Award Winner (11 nominations) ✪
including Best Motion Picture of the Year

A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led.

Studio: A24
Theatrical Release: April 8, 2022
Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, & Jamie Lee Curtis

Voted on by:
⬩Joel Kim Booster (American comedian/actor)
⬩Justice Smith (American actor)

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Directed by Ethan & Joel Coen

✪ 2-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Studio: Touchstone Pictures
Theatrical Release: December 22, 2000
Written by Ethan & Joel Coen
Cast: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, & Holly Hunter

Voted on by:
⬩Stephen King (American author)
⬩Benny Safdie (American filmmaker)

Amour (2012)

Directed by Michael Haneke

✪ Academy Award Winner (5 nominations) ✪

Georges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple’s bond of love is severely tested.

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Theatrical Release: December 19, 2012
Written by Michael Haneke
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, & Isabelle Huppert

Voted on by:
⬩Pedro Almodóvar (Spanish filmmaker)
⬩Carter Burwell (American composer)
⬩Vicky Krieps (Luxembourgish-German actress)
⬩Lesley Manville (English actress)
⬩Erik Messerschmidt (American cinematographer)
⬩Julianne Moore (American actress)
⬩June Squibb (American actress)

The Florida Project (2017)

Directed by Sean Baker

✪ Academy Award Nominee ✪

A single mother and the manager of a roadside motel do their utmost to maintain the innocence of a six-year-old girl’s life.

Studio: A24
Theatrical Release: October 6, 2017
Written by Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch
Cast: Brooklynn Prince, Willem Dafoe, Valeria Cotto, Christopher Rivera, & Caleb Landry Jones

Voted on by:
⬩Brett Goldstein (English actor/producer)
⬩Bryce Dallas Howard (American actress/director)
⬩Mikey Madison (American actress)
⬩Justin Peck (American choreographer)

Ratatouille (2007)

Directed by Brad Bird

✪ Academy Award Winner (5 nominations) ✪

A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Paris restaurant.

Studio: Pixar Animation + Walt Disney Pictures
Theatrical Release: October 6, 2017
Written by Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch
Cast: Brooklynn Prince, Willem Dafoe, Valeria Cotto, Christopher Rivera, & Caleb Landry Jones

Voted on by:
⬩Brett Goldstein (English actor/producer)
⬩Bryce Dallas Howard (American actress/director)
⬩Mikey Madison (American actress)
⬩Justin Peck (American choreographer)

Carol (2015)

Directed by Todd Haynes

✪ 6-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.

Studio: The Weinstein Company
Theatrical Release: November 20, 2015
Written by Phyllis Nagy
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, & Kyle Chandler

Voted on by:
⬩none listed

Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

Directed by Steven Soderbergh

Danny Ocean, a gangster, rounds up a gang of associates to stage a sophisticated and elaborate casino heist which involves robbing three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously during a popular boxing event.

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Theatrical Release: December 7, 2001
Written by Ted Griffin
Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy García, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Casey Affleck, Don Cheadle, Scott Caan, Elliott Gould, Bernie Mac, & Carl Reiner

Voted on by:
⬩Joel Kim Booster (American comedian/actor)

Let the Right One In (2008)

Directed by Tomas Alfredson

A bullied boy forms a unique friendship with his new neighbor, who is a vampire.

Studio: Canal+
Theatrical Release: October 24, 2008
Written by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Cast: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, & Per Ragnar

Voted on by:
⬩Judy Becker (American production designer)
⬩Jemaine Clement (New Zealand actor)
⬩Lena Dunham (American actress/writer/director)
⬩Cary Joji Fukunaga (American filmmaker)
⬩Joe Hill (American author)
⬩Michael Philippou (Australian filmmaker)
⬩Simon Rich (American author/screenwriter)

Under the Skin (2014)

Directed by Jonathan Glazer

A mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.

Studio: A24
Theatrical Release: April 4, 2014
Written by Walter Campbell & Jonathan Glazer
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay, & Adam Pearson

Voted on by:
⬩Judy Becker (American production designer)
⬩Chiwetel Ejiofor (British actor)
⬩Karyn Kusama (American filmmaker)
⬩Julianne Nicholson (American actress)
⬩Taylor Russell (Canadian actress)

The Hurt Locker (2009)

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

✪ 6-Time Academy Award Winner (9 nominations) ✪
including Best Motion Picture of the Year

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

Studio: Summit Entertainment
Theatrical Release: June 26, 2009
Written by Mark Boal
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, & Guy Pearce

Voted on by:
⬩Min Jin Lee (Korean-American author)
⬩Dennis Lehane (American author)
⬩Gina Prince-Bythewood (American filmmaker)
⬩June Squibb (American actress)
⬩Samara Weaving (Australian actress)

TÁR (2022)

Directed by Todd Field

✪ 6-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

Set in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and the very first female director of a major German orchestra.

Studio: Focus Features
Theatrical Release: October 7, 2022
Written by Todd Field
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, Noémie Merlant, Sophie Kauer, Julian Glover, Allan Corduner, & Mark Strong

Voted on by:
⬩none listed

Spotlight (2015)

Directed by Tom McCarthy

✪ 2-Time Academy Award Winner (6 nominations) ✪
including Best Motion Picture of the Year

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Studio: Open Road Films
Theatrical Release: November 6, 2015
Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Brian d’Arcy James, Liev Schreiber, & Billy Crudup

Voted on by:
⬩Uzo Aduba (American actress)
⬩ Mike Birbiglia (American comedian/director/actor)
⬩ Jason Blum (American producer)
⬩Rob Marshall (American filmmaker)

Oppenheimer (2023)

Directed by Christopher Nolan

✪ 7-Time Academy Award Winner (13 nominations) ✪
including Best Motion Picture of the Year

A dramatization of the life story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who had a large hand in the development of the atomic bombs that brought an end to World War II.

Studio: Universal Pictures
Theatrical Release: July 21, 2023
Written by Christopher Nolan
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, & Kenneth Branagh

Voted on by:
⬩Noah Hawley (American writer/director)
⬩Darius Khondji (Iranian-French cinematographer)
⬩Stephen King (American author)
⬩David Krumholtz (American actor)
⬩Bill Mechanic (American producer)
⬩Michael Moses (American marketing officer)

Gone Girl (2014)

Directed by David Fincher

✪ Academy Award Nominee ✪

The husband of a missing woman becomes the chief suspect in her disappearance.

Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release: October 3, 2014
Written by Gillian Flynn
Cast: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, & Carrie Coon

Voted on by:
⬩none listed

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Directed by Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris

✪ 2-Time Academy Award Winner (4 nominations) ✪

A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Theatrical Release: July 26, 2006
Written by Michael Arndt
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, & Alan Arkin

Voted on by:
⬩Dolly de Leon (Filipino actress)
⬩Paula Poundstone (American comedian)

Memento (2001)

Directed by Christopher Nolan

✪ 2-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

A former insurance investigator who now suffers from anterograde amnesia uses notes and tattoos to hunt down his wife’s murderer.

Studio: Newmarket Film Group
Theatrical Release: March 16, 2001
Written by Christopher Nolan
Cast: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior, Stephen Tobolowsky, & Thomas Lennon

Voted on by:
⬩Uzo Aduba (American actress)

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Directed by Quentin Tarantino

After waking from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.

Studio: Miramax Films
Theatrical Release: October 10, 2003
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Lucy Liu, & Vivica A. Fox

Voted on by:
⬩Arian Moayed (Iranian-American actor)
⬩Phoebe Robinson (American comedian/author)

Whiplash (2014)

Directed by Damien Chazelle

✪ 3-Time Academy Award Winner (5 nominations) ✪

A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student’s potential.

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Theatrical Release: October 10, 2014
Written by Damien Chazelle
Cast: Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, & Melissa Benoist

Voted on by:
⬩Tom Bernard (American film distributor)
⬩Jason Blum (American producer)
⬩Danielle Brooks (American actress)
⬩Tramell Tillman (American actor)

Toni Erdmann (2016)

Directed by Maren Ade

✪ Academy Award Nominee ✪

A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO’s life coach.

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Theatrical Release: December 25, 2016
Written by Maren Ade
Cast: Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek, Michael Wittenborn, & Thomas Loibl

Voted on by:
⬩Pedro Almodóvar (Spanish filmmaker)
⬩Michael Barker (American film distributor)
⬩Darius Khondji (Iranian-French cinematographer)
⬩John Turturro (American actress)
⬩Lulu Wang (American filmmaker)
⬩Lana Wilson (American filmmaker)

Uncut Gems (2019)

Directed by Benny & Josh Safdie

With his debts mounting and angry collectors closing in, a fast-talking New York City jeweler risks everything in hope of staying afloat and alive.

Studio: A24
Theatrical Release: December 13, 2019
Written by Josh and Benny Safdie, Ronald Bronstein
Cast: Adam Sandler, LaKeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, & Eric Bogosian

Voted on by:
⬩William Jackson Harper (American actor)
⬩Darius Khondji (Iranian-French cinematographer)

Best In Show (2000)

Directed by Christopher Guest

A behind-the-scenes look into the highly competitive and cut-throat world of dog shows through the eyes of a group of ruthless dog owners.

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Theatrical Release: September 29, 2000
Written by Christopher Guest & Eugene Levy
Cast: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Jennifer Coolidge, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O’Hara, & Parker Posey

Voted on by:
⬩Tony Hale (American actor)
⬩Julianne Nicholson (American actress)
⬩Tramell Tillman (American actor)

Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Socially frustrated Barry Egan calls a phone-sex line to curb his loneliness. Little does he know it will land him in deep trouble and will jeopardize his burgeoning romance with the mysterious Lena.

Studio: Sony + Columbia Pictures
Theatrical Release: November 1, 2002
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, & Luis Guzmán

Voted on by:
⬩Michael Barker (American film distributor)
⬩Tony Hale (American actor)
⬩Sally Hawkins (English actress)
⬩Amy Heckerling (American filmmaker)
⬩Barry Jenkins (American filmmaker)
⬩Lesley Manville (English actress)
⬩Benny Safdie (American filmmaker)

Inception (2010)

Directed by Christopher Nolan

✪ 4-Time Academy Award Winner (8 nominations) ✪

A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Theatrical Release: July 16, 2010
Written by Christopher Nolan
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Dileep Rao, & Michael Caine

Voted on by:
⬩Uzo Aduba (American actress)
⬩Nicholas Sparks (American author)

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

Directed by Guillermo del Toro

✪ 3-Time Academy Award Winner (12 nominations) ✪

In 1944 Spain, a girl is sent to live with her ruthless stepfather. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun. He tells her she’s a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks.

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Theatrical Release: December 29, 2006
Written by Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, & Doug Jones

Voted on by:
⬩Jemaine Clement (New Zealand actor)
⬩Brett Goldstein (English actor/producer)
⬩Dennis Lehane (American author)
⬩Michael Philippou (Australian filmmaker)

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

Directed by Larry Charles

✪ Academy Award Nominee ✪

Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world.

Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release: November 3, 2006
Written by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, & Dan Mazer
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, & Pamela Anderson

Voted on by:
⬩Kate Berlant (American comedian/actress)
⬩Amy Heckerling (American filmmaker)
⬩Patton Oswalt (American comedian/actor)
⬩Amy Pascal (American producer)

The Favourite (2018)

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

✪ Academy Award Winner (10 nominations) ✪

In early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.

Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Theatrical Release: December 14, 2018
Written by Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara
Cast: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, & Nicholas Hoult

Voted on by:
⬩William Jackson Harper (American actor)
⬩Naomie Harris (English actress)

12 Years A Slave (2013)

Directed by Steve McQueen

✪ 3-Time Academy Award Winner (9 nominations) ✪
including Best Motion Picture of the Year

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Theatrical Release: November 8, 2013
Written by John Ridley
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Giamatti, Scoot McNairy, Lupita Nyong’o, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, s, & Alfre Woodard

Voted on by:
⬩Chiwetel Ejiofor (British actor)
⬩Malcolm D. Lee (American filmmaker)
⬩Gina Prince-Bythewood (American filmmaker)

Up (2009)

Directed by Pete Docter

✪ 2-Time Academy Award Winner (5 nominations) ✪

78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to South America in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.

Studio: Pixar Animation + Walt Disney Pictures
Theatrical Release: May 29, 2009
Written by Bob Peterson & Pete Docter
Cast: Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai & Bob Peterson

Voted on by:
⬩Mike Birbiglia (American comedian/director/actor)
⬩Erik Messerschmidt (American cinematographer)
⬩Paula Poundstone (American comedian)

Before Sunset (2004)

Directed by Richard Linklater

✪ Academy Award Nominee ✪

Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse’s book tour.

Studio: Warner Independent
Theatrical Release: February 10, 2004
Written by Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, & Julie Delpy
Cast: Ethan Hawke, & Julie Delpy

Voted on by:
⬩Joel Kim Booster (American comedian/actor)
⬩Mikey Madison (American actress)
⬩Lulu Wang (American filmmaker)

The Lives Of Others (2007)

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

✪ Academy Award Winner ✪

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Theatrical Release: February 9, 2007
Written by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Cast: Ulrich Mühe, Ulrich Tukur, Sebastian Koch, & Martina Gedeck

Voted on by:
⬩Michael Barker (American film distributor)
⬩Carter Burwell (American composer)
⬩Brian Cox (Scottish actor)
⬩Julie Dash (American filmmaker)
⬩Matthew Weiner (American television writer/director)

Almost Famous (2000)

Directed by Cameron Crowe

✪ Academy Award Winner (4 nominations) ✪

A high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.

Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
Theatrical Release: September 15, 2000
Written by Cameron Crowe
Cast: Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand, Jason Lee, Zooey Deschanel, Michael Angarano, Anna Paquin, Fairuza Balk, Noah Taylor, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jimmy Fallon, & Bijou Phillips

Voted on by:
⬩Mikey Madison (American actress)
⬩Cailee Spaeny (American actress)

Roma (2018)

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón

✪ 3-Time Academy Award Winner (15 nominations) ✪

A year in the life of a upper-middle-class family’s maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s.

Studio: Netflix
Theatrical Release: November 21, 2018
Written by Alfonso Cuarón
Cast: Yalitza Aparicio & Marina de Tavira

Voted on by:
⬩Pedro Almodóvar (Spanish filmmaker)
⬩Toni Collette (American actress)
⬩Eugene Hernandez (American journalist)
⬩Dave Karger (American author/journalist)
⬩John Lithgow (American actor)
⬩Lesley Manville (English actress)
⬩Justin Peck (American choreographer)
⬩Geoffrey Rush (Australian actor)
⬩Joe Wright (English filmmaker)

Moneyball (2011)

Directed by Bennett Miller

✪ 6-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.

Studio: Sony + Columbia Pictures
Theatrical Release: September 23, 2011
Written by Steven Zaillian & Aaron Sorkin
Cast: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, & Chris Pratt

Voted on by:
⬩Casey Affleck (American actor)
⬩Tom Bernard (American film distributor)
⬩Jason Blum (American producer)
⬩Reinaldo Marcus Green (American filmmaker)
⬩Karyn Kusama (American filmmaker)

Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (2019)

Directed by Quentin Tarantino

✪ 2-Time Academy Award Winner (10 nominations) ✪

As Hollywood’s Golden Age is winding down during the summer of 1969, television actor Rick Dalton and his stunt double Cliff Booth endeavor to achieve lasting success in Hollywood while meeting several colorful characters along the way.

Studio: Sony + Columbia Pictures
Theatrical Release: August 14, 2019
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant, Austin Butler, Dakota Fanning, Bruce Dern, Luke Perry, Damian Lewis, Al Pacino, Sydney Sweeney, Mikey Madison, Harley Quinn Smith, Scoot McNairy, Clifton Collins Jr.

Voted on by:
⬩Amy Heckerling (American filmmaker)
⬩Simon Rich (American author/screenwriter)
⬩June Squibb (American actress)
⬩Edgar Wright (English filmmaker)
⬩Joe Wright (English filmmaker)

Oldboy (2005)

Directed by Park Chan-wook

After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.

Studio: Tartan Films
Theatrical Release: March 25, 2005
Written by Hwang Jo-yun, Lim Jun-hyung, & Park Chan-wook
Cast: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, & Kim Byeong-Ok

Voted on by:
⬩Sean Baker (American filmmaker)
⬩Richard Gadd (Scottish comedian/actor)
⬩Charles Melton (American actor)
⬩Tom Quinn (American CEO/producer)
⬩Justice Smith (American actor)
⬩John Turturro (American actress)
⬩Alex Winter (American actor)
⬩Edgar Wright (English filmmaker)

The Master (2012)

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

✪ 3-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future – until he is tantalized by a cult and its charismatic leader.

Studio: The Weinstein Company
Theatrical Release: September 14, 2012
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons

Voted on by:
⬩Cary Joji Fukunaga (American filmmaker)
⬩Karyn Kusama (American filmmaker)
⬩Lee Chang-dong (South Korean filmmaker)
⬩Will Sharpe (English actor)

Amélie (2001)

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

✪ 5-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

Despite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love.

Studio: Miramax Films
Theatrical Release: November 2, 2001
Written by Guillaume Laurant
Cast: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin, Jamel Debbouze, Claire Maurier, Clotilde Mollet, Isabelle Nanty, Dominique Pinon, Artus de Penguern, Yolande Moreau, Urbain Cancelier, & Maurice Bénichou

Voted on by:
⬩none listed

Yi Yi (2000)

Directed by Edward Yang

Each member of a middle-class Taipei family seeks to reconcile past and present relationships within their daily lives.

Studio: Winstar Cinema
Theatrical Release: May 14, 2000
Written by Edward Yang
Cast: Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, & Issei Ogata

Voted on by:
⬩Ramin Bahrani (American filmmaker)
⬩Joanna Hogg (British filmmaker)
⬩Lee Chang-dong (South Korean filmmaker)
⬩Brit Marling (American actress)
⬩Lana Wilson (American filmmaker)

Lady Bird (2017)

Directed by Greta Gerwig

✪ 5-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

A fiercely independent teenager tries to make her own way in the world while wanting to get out of her hometown of Sacramento, California, and to get away from her complicated mother and recently-unemployed father.

Studio: A24
Theatrical Release: November 3, 2017
Written by Greta Gerwig
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Stephen McKinley Henderson, & Lois Smith

Voted on by:
⬩Toni Collette (American actress)
⬩Amy Pascal (American producer)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

Directed by Céline Sciamma

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

Studio: Neon
Theatrical Release: December 6, 2019
Written by Céline Sciamma
Cast: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, & Valeria Golino

Voted on by:
⬩Lena Dunham (American actress/writer/director)
⬩Bryce Dallas Howard (American actress/director)
⬩Dave Karger (American author/journalist)
⬩Mikey Madison (American actress)
⬩Brit Marling (American actress)
⬩Tom Quinn (American CEO/producer)
⬩Matthew Weiner (American television writer/director)

Call Me by Your Name (2017)

Directed by Luca Guadagnino

✪ Academy Award Winner (4 nominations) ✪

In the summer of 1983, 17-year-old Elio is spending the days with his family at their villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets 24-year-old Oliver, an intern working for Elio’s father. They discover the heady beauty of awakening desire.

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Theatrical Release: November 24, 2017
Written by James Ivory
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, & Victoire Du Bois

Voted on by:
⬩Pedro Almodóvar (Spanish filmmaker)
⬩Naomie Harris (English actress)
⬩Molly Ringwald (American actress)

A Serious Man (2009)

Directed by Ethan & Joel Coen

✪ 2-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Despite seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.

Studio: Focus Features
Theatrical Release: October 2, 2009
Written by Ethan & Joel Coen
Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff, & Amy Landecker

Voted on by:
⬩Alden Ehrenreich (American actor)
⬩Cristian Mungiu (Romanian filmmaker)
⬩Patton Oswalt (American comedian/actor)
⬩Simon Rich (American author/screenwriter)
⬩Josh Safdie (American filmmaker)

A Prophet (2010)

Directed by Jacques Audiard

✪ Academy Award Nominee ✪

A delinquent Muslim man struggles to get by in prison until he is taken under the wing of a powerful mob boss, but his gradual rise through the organization’s ranks brings him in conflict with his mentor.

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Theatrical Release: February 26, 2010
Written by Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri, & Nicolas Peufaillit
Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, & Reda Kateb

Voted on by:
⬩Michael Barker (American film distributor)
⬩Daniel Brühl (German-Spanish actor)
⬩Karyn Kusama (American filmmaker)
⬩John Lithgow (American actor)
⬩Christian Petzold (German filmmaker)
⬩Benny Safdie (American filmmaker)

Wall-E (2008)

Directed by Andrew Stanton

✪ Academy Award Winner (6 nominations) ✪

A robot who is responsible for cleaning a waste-covered Earth meets another robot and falls in love with her. Together, they set out on a journey that will alter the fate of mankind.

Studio: Pixar Animation + Walt Disney Pictures
Theatrical Release: June 27, 2008
Written by Jim Reardon & Andrew Stanton
Cast: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, Sigourney Weaver, & Fred Willard

Voted on by:
⬩Alden Ehrenreich (American actor)
⬩David Krumholtz (American actor)
⬩Nathan Lane (American actor)
⬩Paula Poundstone (American comedian)
⬩Phoebe Robinson (American comedian/author)

A Separation (2011)

Directed by Asghar Farhadi

✪ Academy Award Winner (2 nominations) ✪

A married couple are faced with a difficult decision – to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer’s disease.

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Theatrical Release: December 30, 2011
Written by Asghar Farhadi
Cast: Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, & Sarina Farhadi

Voted on by:
⬩Alden Ehrenreich (American actor)
⬩Reinaldo Marcus Green (American filmmaker)
⬩Rob Marshall (American filmmaker)
⬩Arian Moayed (Iranian-American actor)
⬩Cristian Mungiu (Romanian filmmaker)
⬩John Turturro (American actress)

Bridesmaids (2011)

Directed by Paul Feig

✪ 2-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride’s best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.

Studio: Universal Pictures
Theatrical Release: May 13, 2011
Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
Cast: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, & Chris O’Dowd

Voted on by:
⬩Joel Kim Booster (American comedian/actor)
⬩Brett Goldstein (English actor/producer)
⬩Tony Hale (American actor)
⬩Nathan Lane (American actor)
⬩Michael Moses (American marketing officer)
⬩Paula Poundstone (American comedian)
⬩Gina Prince-Bythewood (American filmmaker)
⬩Phoebe Robinson (American comedian/author)

The Departed (2006)

Directed by Martin Scorsese

✪ 4-Time Academy Award Winner (5 nominations) ✪

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Theatrical Release: October 6, 2006
Written by William Monahan
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin, Anthony Anderson, & James Badge Dale

Voted on by:
⬩Uzo Aduba (American actress)
⬩Elizabeth Banks (American actress/director/producer)
⬩Stephen King (American author)
⬩Bill Mechanic (American producer)
⬩Josh Safdie (American filmmaker)

Lost In Translation (2003)

Directed by Sofia Coppola

✪ Academy Award Winner (4 nominations) ✪

A fading movie star falls for a lonely young woman in Tokyo.

Studio: Focus Features
Theatrical Release: October 3, 2003
Written by Sofia Coppola
Cast: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, & Anna Faris

Voted on by:
⬩Pamela Anderson (American actress)
⬩Dave Karger (American author/journalist)
⬩Lesley Manville (English actress)
⬩Julianne Moore (American actress)
⬩Michael Moses (American marketing officer)
⬩Justin Peck (American choreographer)
⬩Halina Reijn (Dutch actress/filmmaker)
⬩Molly Ringwald (American actress)
⬩Phoebe Robinson (American comedian/author)
⬩Cailee Spaeny (American actress)
⬩June Squibb (American actress)

Arrival (2016)

Directed by Denis Villeneuve

✪ Academy Award Winner (8 nominations) ✪

Linguist Louise Banks leads a team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors.

Studio: Paramount Pictures
Theatrical Release: November 11, 2016
Written by Eric Heisserer
Cast: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, & Mark O’Brien

Voted on by:
⬩Noah Hawley (American writer/director)
⬩Karyn Kusama (American filmmaker)
⬩Min Jin Lee (Korean-American author)

The Dark Knight (2008)

Directed by Christopher Nolan

✪ 2-Time Academy Award Winner (8 nominations) ✪

When a menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman, James Gordon and Harvey Dent must work together to put an end to the madness.

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Theatrical Release: July 18, 2008
Written by Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, & Morgan Freeman

Voted on by:
⬩Naomi Ackie (British actress)
⬩Joel Kim Booster (American comedian/actor)
⬩Sean Evans (YouTube Host)
⬩Bill Mechanic (American producer)
⬩Amy Pascal (American producer)
⬩Paula Poundstone (American comedian)
⬩Phoebe Robinson (American comedian/author)
⬩Nicholas Sparks (American author)

Adaptation (2002)

Directed by Spike Jonze

✪ Academy Award Winner (4 nominations) ✪

A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt ‘The Orchid Thief’ by Susan Orlean for the screen.

Studio: Sony + Columbia Pictures
Theatrical Release: December 6, 2002
Written by Charlie Kaufman
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Tilda Swinton, Ron Livingston, & Maggie Gyllenhaal

Voted on by:
⬩Kate Berlant (American comedian/actress)

Anatomy Of A Fall (2023)

Directed by Justine Triet

✪ Academy Award Winner (5 nominations) ✪

A woman is suspected of murder after her husband’s death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.

Studio: Neon
Theatrical Release: October 13, 2023
Written by Justine Triet & Arthur Harari
Cast: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz, Samuel Theis, Jehnny Beth, Saadia Bentaïeb, Camille Rutherford, Anne Rotger, & Sophie Fillières

Voted on by:
⬩Uzo Aduba (American actress)
⬩Dave Karger (American author/journalist)
⬩Will Sharpe (English actor)
⬩Cailee Spaeny (American actress)
⬩Tramell Tillman (American actor)

Phantom Thread (2017)

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

✪ Academy Award Winner (6 nominations) ✪

Set in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.

Studio: Focus Features
Theatrical Release: December 25, 2017
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Vicky Krieps, Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Julie Vollono, & Gina McKee

Voted on by:
⬩Pedro Almodóvar (Spanish filmmaker)
⬩Vicky Krieps (Luxembourgish-German actress)
⬩David Krumholtz (American actor)
⬩Brit Marling (American actress)
⬩Julianne Moore (American actress)
⬩Joseph Patel (American producer)
⬩Cailee Spaeny (American actress)
⬩Joachim Trier (Norwegian filmmaker)

Her (2013)

Directed by Spike Jonze

✪ Academy Award Winner (5 nominations) ✪

In the near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Theatrical Release: December 18, 2013
Written by Spike Jonze
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara, Chris Pratt, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, & Olivia Wilde

Voted on by:
⬩Naomi Ackie (British actress)
⬩Reinaldo Marcus Green (American filmmaker)
⬩Tony Hale (American actor)
⬩Bryce Dallas Howard (American actress/director)
⬩Malcolm D. Lee (American filmmaker)
⬩James Murphy (American musician)
⬩Justin Peck (American choreographer)
⬩Halina Reijn (Dutch actress/filmmaker)
⬩Joe Wright (English filmmaker)

Boyhood (2014)

Directed by Richard Linklater

✪ Academy Award Winner (6 nominations) ✪

The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.

Studio: IFC Films
Theatrical Release: July 11, 2014
Written by Richard Linklater
Cast: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Elijah Smith, & Lorelei Linklater

Voted on by:
⬩Jason Blum (American producer)
⬩Daniel Brühl (German-Spanish actor)
⬩Alden Ehrenreich (American actor)
⬩Lee Chang-dong (South Korean filmmaker)
⬩Min Jin Lee (Korean-American author)
⬩Lesley Manville (English actress)
⬩Justin Peck (American choreographer)
⬩John Turturro (American actress)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Directed by Wes Anderson

✪ 4-Time Academy Award Winner (9 nominations) ✪

A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel’s glorious years under an exceptional concierge.

Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Theatrical Release: March 7, 2014
Written by Wes Anderson
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, & Owen Wilson

Voted on by:
⬩Pamela Anderson (American actress)
⬩Mel Brooks (American comedian/filmmaker)
⬩Brian Cox (Scottish actor)
⬩Tony Hale (American actor)
⬩Noah Hawley (American writer/director)
⬩Bryce Dallas Howard (American actress/director)
⬩Nathan Lane (American actor)
⬩Dennis Lehane (American author)
⬩Paula Poundstone (American comedian)
⬩June Squibb (American actress)

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

Directed by Wes Anderson

✪ Academy Award Nominee ✪

The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.

Studio: Touchstone Pictures
Theatrical Release: December 14, 2001
Written by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson
Cast: Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, & Owen Wilson

Voted on by:
⬩Jemaine Clement (New Zealand actor)
⬩Julie Dash (American filmmaker)
⬩Alden Ehrenreich (American actor)
⬩Nathan Lane (American actor)
⬩James Murphy (American musician)
⬩Benny Safdie (American filmmaker)
⬩Joachim Trier (Norwegian filmmaker)

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Directed by Martin Scorsese

✪ 5-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.

Studio: Paramount Pictures
Theatrical Release: December 25, 2013
Written by Terence Winter
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jon Bernthal, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin, Cristin Milioti, Christine Ebersole, Shea Whigham, & Kenneth Choi

Voted on by:
⬩Jason Blum (American producer)
⬩Sean Evans (YouTube Host)
⬩Richard Gadd (Scottish comedian/actor)
⬩Amy Heckerling (American filmmaker)
⬩John Lithgow (American actor)
⬩Stephen Merchant (British actor/comedian)
⬩Eric Roth (American screenwriter)
⬩Benny Safdie (American filmmaker)
⬩Joe Wright (English filmmaker)

Zodiac (2007)

Directed by David Fincher

Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.

Studio: Paramount Pictures
Theatrical Release: March 2, 2007
Written by James Vanderbilt
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch, Chloë Sevigny, Philip Baker Hall, & Dermot Mulroney

Voted on by:
⬩Bong Joon Ho (South Korean filmmaker)
⬩Joe Hill (American author)
⬩Barry Jenkins (American filmmaker)
⬩Darius Khondji (Iranian-French cinematographer)
⬩Erik Messerschmidt (American cinematographer)
⬩Michael Moses (American marketing officer)
⬩Shea Whigham (American actor)

Y tu mamá también (2002)

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón

✪ Academy Award Nominee ✪

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.

Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release: June 8, 2001
Written by Alfonso Cuarón & Carlos Cuarón
Cast: Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Daniel Giménez Cacho, & Diego Luna

Voted on by:
⬩Cary Joji Fukunaga (American filmmaker)
⬩Eugene Hernandez (American journalist)
⬩Kevin Kwan (American author)
⬩Lulu Wang (American filmmaker)

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Directed by Ang Lee

✪ 3-Time Academy Award Winner (8 nominations) ✪

Two shepherds fall for each other, but their relationship becomes complicated when they both get married to their respective girlfriends.

Studio: Focus Features
Theatrical Release: January 13, 2006
Written by Diana Ossana & Larry McMurtry
Cast: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, & Michelle Williams

Voted on by:
⬩Kate Berlant (American comedian/actress)
⬩Ava DuVernay (American filmmaker)
⬩Joe Hill (American author)
⬩Stephen King (American author)
⬩Charles Melton (American actor)
⬩Amy Pascal (American producer)
⬩Molly Ringwald (American actress)
⬩Phoebe Robinson (American comedian/author)
⬩Curtis Sittenfeld (American author)
⬩Shea Whigham (American actor)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

Directed by Ang Lee

✪ 4-Time Academy Award Winner (10 nominations) ✪

A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Theatrical Release: December 22, 2000
Written by Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, &
Tsai Kuo-jung
Cast: Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, & Chang Chen

Voted on by:
⬩Pedro Almodóvar (Spanish filmmaker)
⬩Michael Barker (American film distributor)
⬩Tom Bernard (American film distributor)
⬩Julie Dash (American filmmaker)
⬩Malcolm D. Lee (American filmmaker)
⬩Bill Mechanic (American producer)
⬩Amy Pascal (American producer)
⬩June Squibb (American actress)

City Of God (2003)

Directed by Fernando Meirelles

✪ 4-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

In the slums of Rio, two kids’ paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.

Studio: Miramax Films
Theatrical Release: January 17, 2003
Written by Bráulio Mantovani & Paulo Lins
Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, & Alice Braga

Voted on by:
⬩Casey Affleck (American actor)
⬩Judy Becker (American production designer)
⬩Toni Collette (American actress)
⬩Julie Dash (American filmmaker)
⬩Chiwetel Ejiofor (British actor)
⬩Cary Joji Fukunaga (American filmmaker)
⬩Richard Gadd (Scottish comedian/actor)
⬩William Jackson Harper (American actor)
⬩David Krumholtz (American actor)
⬩Malcolm D. Lee (American filmmaker)
⬩Stephen Merchant (British actor/comedian)
⬩Patton Oswalt (American comedian/actor)
⬩Joseph Patel (American producer)
⬩Eric Roth (American screenwriter)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Directed by Quentin Tarantino

✪ Academy Award Winner (8 nominations) ✪

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner’s vengeful plans for the same.

Studio: The Weinstein Company
Theatrical Release: August 21, 2009
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger, B.J. Novak, Denis Ménochet, & Mike Myers

Children of Men (2006)

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón

✪ 3-Time Academy Award Nominee ✪

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.

Studio: Universal Pictures
Theatrical Release: December 25, 2006
Written by Alfonso Cuarón, David Arata, Timothy J. Sexton, Hawk Ostby, & Mark Fergus
Cast: Julianne Moore, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Pam Ferris, Charlie Hunnam, & Michael Caine

Voted on by:
⬩Mike Birbiglia (American comedian/director/actor)
⬩Joel Kim Booster (American comedian/actor)
⬩Ava DuVernay (American filmmaker)
⬩Ziwe Fumudoh (American comedian)
⬩Bryce Dallas Howard (American actress/director)
⬩Stephen King (American author)
⬩Malcolm D. Lee (American filmmaker)
⬩Dennis Lehane (American author)
⬩Dolly de Leon (Filipino actress)
⬩Erik Messerschmidt (American cinematographer)
⬩Arian Moayed (Iranian-American actor)
⬩Patton Oswalt (American comedian/actor)
⬩Joseph Patel (American producer)
⬩Phoebe Robinson (American comedian/author)
⬩Celine Song (Canadian filmmaker)

The Zone of Interest (2023)

Directed by Jonathan Glazer

✪ 2-Time Academy Award Winner (5 nominations) ✪

Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.

Studio: A24
Theatrical Release: December 15, 2023
Written by Jonathan Glazer
Cast: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus, & Luis Noah Witte

Voted on by:
⬩Kate Berlant (American comedian/actress)
⬩Judy Becker (American production designer)
⬩Daniel Brühl (German-Spanish actor)
⬩Sofia Coppola (American filmmaker)
⬩Jomo Fray (American cinematographer)
⬩Ziwe Fumudoh (American comedian)
⬩Naomie Harris (English actress)
⬩Darius Khondji (Iranian-French cinematographer)
⬩Halina Reijn (Dutch actress/filmmaker)
⬩Molly Ringwald (American actress)
⬩Matthew Weiner (American television writer/director)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Directed by George Miller

✪ 6-Time Academy Award Winner (10 nominations) ✪

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper and a drifter named Max.

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Theatrical Release: May 15, 2015
Written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, &
Nico Lathouris
Cast: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz, Abbey Lee, & Courtney Eaton

The Social Network (2010)

Directed by David Fincher

✪ 3-Time Academy Award Winner (8 nominations) ✪

As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.

Studio: Sony + Columbia Picures
Theatrical Release: October 1, 2010
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara

Voted on by:
⬩Casey Affleck (American actor)
⬩Bong Joon Ho (South Korean filmmaker)
⬩Gia Coppola (American filmmaker)
⬩Reinaldo Marcus Green (American filmmaker)
⬩Noah Hawley (American writer/director)
⬩Joe Hill (American author)
⬩Cord Jefferson (American filmmaker)
⬩Karyn Kusama (American filmmaker)
⬩Nathan Lane (American actor)
⬩Simu Liu (Canadian actor)
⬩Charles Melton (American actor)
⬩Amy Pascal (American producer)
⬩Eric Roth (American screenwriter)
⬩Samara Weaving (Australian actress)
⬩Joe Wright (English filmmaker)

Spirited Away (2002)

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

✪ Academy Award Winner ✪

During her family’s move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

Studio: Studio Ghibli + Toho
Theatrical Release: July 20, 2001
Written by Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naito, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Tsunehiko Kamijō, Takehiko Ono, and Bunta Sugawara

Voted on by:
⬩Carter Burwell (American composer)
⬩Jemaine Clement (New Zealand actor)
⬩Gia Coppola (American filmmaker)
⬩Sofia Coppola (American filmmaker)
⬩Reinaldo Marcus Green (American filmmaker)
⬩Sally Hawkins (English actress)
⬩Bryce Dallas Howard (American actress/director)
⬩Molly Ringwald (American actress)
⬩Geoffrey Rush (Australian actor)
⬩Will Sharpe (English actor)
⬩Justice Smith (American actor)
⬩Cailee Spaeny (American actress)
⬩Joachim Trier (Norwegian filmmaker)
⬩Jodie Turner-Smith (British actress)
⬩John Turturro (American actress)
⬩Matthew Weiner (American television writer/director)

Get Out (2017)

Directed by Jordan Peele

✪ Academy Award Winner (4 nominations) ✪

A young African-American visits his white girlfriend’s parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.

Studio: Universal Pictures
Theatrical Release: February 24, 2017
Written by Jordan Peele
Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Lil Rel Howery, LaKeith Stanfield, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root, Catherine Keener and Betty Gabriel

Voted on by:
⬩Jason Blum (American producer)
⬩Danielle Brooks (American actress)
⬩Sofia Coppola (American filmmaker)
⬩Ziwe Fumudoh (American comedian)
⬩Tony Hale (American actor)
⬩Naomie Harris (English actress)
⬩Bryce Dallas Howard (American actress/director)
⬩Cord Jefferson (American filmmaker)
⬩Malcolm D. Lee (American filmmaker)
⬩Simu Liu (Canadian actor)
⬩Michael Moses (American marketing officer)
⬩James Murphy (American musician)
⬩Amy Pascal (American producer)
⬩Justin Peck (American choreographer)
⬩Gina Prince-Bythewood (American filmmaker)
⬩Molly Ringwald (American actress)
⬩Phoebe Robinson (American comedian/author)
⬩Jodie Turner-Smith (British actress)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Directed by Michel Gondry

✪ Academy Award Winner (2 nominations) ✪

When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.

Studio: Focus Features
Theatrical Release: March 19, 2004
Written by Charlie Kaufman
Cast: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood and Tom Wilkinson

Voted on by:
⬩Naomi Ackie (British actress)
⬩Carter Burwell (American composer)
⬩Toni Collette (American actress)
⬩Brian Cox (Scottish actor)
⬩Robert Eggers (American filmmaker)
⬩Reinaldo Marcus Green (American filmmaker)
⬩Sally Hawkins (English actress)
⬩Bryce Dallas Howard (American actress/director)
⬩Dennis Lehane (American author)
⬩Dolly de Leon (Filipino actress)
⬩Simu Liu (Canadian actor)
⬩Stephen Merchant (British actor/comedian)
⬩Curtis Sittenfeld (American author)
⬩Rachel Zegler (American actress)

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Directed by Ethan & Joel Coen

✪ 4-Time Academy Award Winner (8 nominations) ✪

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.

Studio: Miramax Films
Theatrical Release: November 9, 2007
Written by Ethan & Joel Coen
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Stephen Root

Voted on by:
⬩Casey Affleck (American actor)
⬩Elizabeth Banks (American actress/director/producer)
⬩Bong Joon Ho (South Korean filmmaker)
⬩Daniel Brühl (German-Spanish actor)
⬩Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkish filmmaker)
⬩Brian Cox (Scottish actor)
⬩Sean Evans (YouTube Host)
⬩Cary Joji Fukunaga (American filmmaker)
⬩Richard Gadd (Scottish comedian/actor)
⬩Noah Hawley (American writer/director)
⬩Amy Heckerling (American filmmaker)
⬩Darius Khondji (Iranian-French cinematographer)
⬩Stephen King (American author)
⬩Bill Mechanic (American producer)
⬩Erik Messerschmidt (American cinematographer)
⬩Arian Moayed (Iranian-American actor)
⬩Corneliu Porumboiu (Romanian filmmaker)
⬩Eric Roth (American screenwriter)
⬩June Squibb (American actress)
⬩Samara Weaving (Australian actress)
⬩Shea Whigham (American actor)
⬩Edgar Wright (English filmmaker)

Moonlight (2016)

Directed by Barry Jenkins

✪ 3-Time Academy Award Winner (8 nominations) ✪

A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.

Studio: A24
Theatrical Release: October 21, 2016
Written by Barry Jenkins
Cast: Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe,Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali

Voted on by:
⬩Naomi Ackie (British actress)
⬩Uzo Aduba (American actress)
⬩Elizabeth Banks (American actress/director/producer)
⬩Danielle Brooks (American actress)
⬩Carter Burwell (American composer)
⬩Alden Ehrenreich (American actor)
⬩Reinaldo Marcus Green (American filmmaker)
⬩Naomie Harris (English actress)
⬩Eugene Hernandez (American journalist)
⬩Malcolm D. Lee (American filmmaker)
⬩John Lithgow (American actor)
⬩Arian Moayed (Iranian-American actor)
⬩Joseph Patel (American producer)
⬩Justin Peck (American choreographer)
⬩Gina Prince-Bythewood (American filmmaker)
⬩Halina Reijn (Dutch actress/filmmaker)
⬩Justice Smith (American actor)
⬩Cailee Spaeny (American actress)
⬩Tramell Tillman (American actor)
⬩Jodie Turner-Smith (British actress)
⬩Rachel Zegler (American actress)

In the Mood for Love (2001)

Directed by Wong Kar-Wai

Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.

Studio: USA Films
Theatrical Release: March 9, 2001
Written by Wong Kar-wai
Cast: Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ping-Lam Siu, Tung Cho ‘Joe’ Cheung, Rebecca Pan

Voted on by:
⬩Ramin Bahrani (American filmmaker)
⬩Daniel Brühl (German-Spanish actor)
⬩Sofia Coppola (American filmmaker)
⬩Julie Dash (American filmmaker)
⬩Ava DuVernay (American filmmaker)
⬩Jomo Fray (American cinematographer)
⬩Luca Guadagnino (Italian filmmaker)
⬩Kevin Kwan (American author)
⬩Lee Chang-dong (South Korean filmmaker)
⬩Dennis Lehane (American author)
⬩Stephen Merchant (British actor/comedian)
⬩Cristian Mungiu (Romanian filmmaker)
⬩Joseph Patel (American producer)
⬩Halina Reijn (Dutch actress/filmmaker)
⬩Molly Ringwald (American actress)
⬩Phoebe Robinson (American comedian/author)
⬩Eric Roth (American screenwriter)
⬩Taylor Russell (Canadian actress)
⬩Matthew Weiner (American television writer/director)

There Will Be Blood (2007)

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

✪ 2-Time Academy Award Winner (8 nominations) ✪

A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

Studio: Paramount Vantage
Theatrical Release: December 26, 2007
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O’Connor, Ciarán Hinds, and Dillon Freasier

Voted on by:
⬩Kate Berlant (American comedian/actress)
⬩Jason Blum (American producer)
⬩Robert Eggers (American filmmaker)
⬩Richard Gadd (Scottish comedian/actor)
⬩Reinaldo Marcus Green (American filmmaker)
⬩Noah Hawley (American writer/director)
⬩Eugene Hernandez (American journalist)
⬩Joanna Hogg (British filmmaker)
⬩Cord Jefferson (American filmmaker)
⬩Darius Khondji (Iranian-French cinematographer)
⬩Dennis Lehane (American author)
⬩John Lithgow (American actor)
⬩Lesley Manville (English actress)
⬩Charles Melton (American actor)
⬩Michael Moses (American marketing officer)
⬩Justin Peck (American choreographer)
⬩Michael Philippou (Australian filmmaker)
⬩Tom Quinn (American CEO/producer)
⬩Geoffrey Rush (Australian actor)
⬩Josh Safdie (American filmmaker)
⬩June Squibb (American actress)
⬩Shea Whigham (American actor)

Mulholland Drive (2001)

Directed by David Lynch

✪ Academy Award Nominee ✪

After a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.

Studio: Universal Focus
Theatrical Release: October 12, 2001
Written by David Lynch
Cast: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Jeanne Bates, Robert Forster, Patrick Fischler

Voted on by:
⬩Ramin Bahrani (American filmmaker)
⬩Carter Burwell (American composer)
⬩Brian Cox (Scottish actor)
⬩Lena Dunham (American actress/writer/director)
⬩Robert Eggers (American filmmaker)
⬩Joanna Hogg (British filmmaker)
⬩Darius Khondji (Iranian-French cinematographer)
⬩Kevin Kwan (American author)
⬩John Lithgow (American actor)
⬩Brit Marling (American actress)
⬩Bill Mechanic (American producer)
⬩Stephen Merchant (British actor/comedian)
⬩Michael Moses (American marketing officer)
⬩Cristian Mungiu (Romanian filmmaker)
⬩James Murphy (American musician)
⬩Christian Petzold (German filmmaker)
⬩Corneliu Porumboiu (Romanian filmmaker)
⬩Tom Quinn (American CEO/producer)
⬩Halina Reijn (Dutch actress/filmmaker)
⬩Geoffrey Rush (Australian actor)
⬩Benny Safdie (American filmmaker)
⬩Josh Safdie (American filmmaker)
⬩Will Sharpe (English actor)
⬩Joachim Trier (Norwegian filmmaker)
⬩Matthew Weiner (American television writer/director)
⬩Alex Winter (American actor)
⬩Edgar Wright (English filmmaker)
⬩Joe Wright (English filmmaker)

Parasite (2019)

Directed by Bong Joon Ho

✪ 4-Time Academy Award Winner (6 nominations) ✪

Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

Studio: NEON
Theatrical Release: November 1, 2019
Written by Bong Joon Ho & Han Jin-won
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin, Park Myung-hoon, and Lee Jung-eun

Voted on by:
⬩Naomi Ackie (British actress)
⬩Elizabeth Banks (American actress/director/producer)
⬩Joel Kim Booster (American comedian/actor)
⬩Danielle Brooks (American actress)
⬩Toni Collette (American actress)
⬩Sofia Coppola (American filmmaker)
⬩Ziwe Fumudoh (American comedian)
⬩Reinaldo Marcus Green (American filmmaker)
⬩Naomie Harris (English actress)
⬩Darius Khondji (Iranian-French cinematographer)
⬩Nathan Lane (American actor)
⬩Min Jin Lee (Korean-American author)
⬩Dennis Lehane (American author)
⬩John Lithgow (American actor)
⬩Erik Messerschmidt (American cinematographer)
⬩Julianne Moore (American actress)
⬩Cristian Mungiu (Romanian filmmaker)
⬩James Murphy (American musician)
⬩Amy Pascal (American producer)
⬩Paula Poundstone (American comedian)
⬩Tom Quinn (American CEO/producer)
⬩Molly Ringwald (American actress)
⬩Justice Smith (American actor)
⬩Cailee Spaeny (American actress)
⬩Tramell Tillman (American actor)
⬩Jodie Turner-Smith (British actress)
⬩John Turturro (American actress)