Jonathan Rosenbaum's 50 Favorite Films of the 21st Century so far

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"A surprising consequence of my posting “My 25 Favorite Films of the 2000s (so far)” on this site on June 21 was that visits to my site suddenly quadrupled, going from about a thousand per day to well over 4,000. This was encouraging — and for me a good response to Robert Koehler’s charge that such list-making was pointless (because the need for viewing suggestions in a context where there are too many choices strikes me — and apparently many others — as self-evident).

Yet the haste with which I put together my original list also led to some subsequent second thoughts and demurrals. So with this in mind, I’ve come up with a new list of 50 instead of 25, substituting one title in the original list after my friend Janet Bergstrom persuaded me that Chantal Akerman’s From the Other Side was a much worthier example of Akerman’s work than Down There (which I’d listed partially as a provocation, without a sufficient amount of reflection). As with my original list of titles, I’ve stuck to the same rule of including only one film by each filmmaker, and the order is alphabetical. And again, with very few exceptions (e.g., The Clock, Uncle Boonmee), commentaries on these films (of varying lengths) can be found on this site, accessible via the search engine.

Afterthought: The most glaring omission/oversight in my list of fifty titles is Travis Wilkerson’s Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?"

Wilkerson's film has been included at the bottom of the list. The article was published on Rosenbaum's site on October 17, 2019, though it appears to have been compiled earlier (the article is dated 7/11/17)

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    2001, in 11 top lists Check
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    Angels in America

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    Operai, contadini

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    Road to Nowhere

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    The Saddest Music in the World

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    2007 — a.k.a. The Silence Before Bach, in 1 top list Check
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    Saul fia

    2015 — a.k.a. Son of Saul, in 9 top lists Check
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    Zui hao de shi guang

    2005 — a.k.a. Three Times, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

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    A torinói ló

    2011 — a.k.a. The Turin Horse, in 8 top lists Check
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    Loong Boonmee raleuk chat

    2010 — a.k.a. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, in 13 top lists Check
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    2004 — a.k.a. The World, in 7 top lists Check
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    Yes

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    Vous n'avez encore rien vu

    2012 — a.k.a. You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet, in 2 top lists Check
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Last updated on Oct 23, 2019 by RGonzalez; source