＂In the Mood for Love＂ leads the 250 ＂most acclaimed movies in the 21st century＂ in the United States.
American film website TSPDT is an organization specializing in film ranking and selection. "The 21st Century’s Most Acclaimed Films" is the ranking list updated by the website every year, and it has been updated to the seventh edition this year.
This year, TSPDT is still under calculation, sorting out the 250 most acclaimed films from 2000 to 2013 from the list of various excellent films of film critics, film journalists and film scholars around the world (250 films stand out from 3018 competitors). Among them, Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love topped the list, while Yang Dechang’s 11th and Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon were among the top ten.
In addition to the above three films, there are 16 Chinese directors on the list: Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain ranks 27th, and Wong Kar-wai’s 2046 ranks 59th; Jia Zhangke, the director of China mainland, has been shortlisted for four films: Platform (17), The Three Gorges Good Man (64), The World (87) and Ren Xiaoyao (160). It is also a literary fan, and Cai Mingliang, who is based in Taiwan Province, has two pieces on the list: "Don’t come loose" (65) and "What time are you there" (166); Taiwan Province film director Hou Xiaoxian also made the list with four films: Journey of the Red Balloon (117), Millennium Mambo (129), Jiaxuan Time (144) and Best Time (204). China mainland film director Zhang Yimou was shortlisted for Hero (84) and House of Flying Daggers (141) respectively. Wang Bing, an independent film director in China, was shortlisted for the documentary Tiexi District Part I: Factory (55). In Hong Kong, Infernal Affairs (218), co-directed by Liu Weiqiang and Siu Fai Mak, made the list.
Compared with last year, this year’s list has remained basically unchanged, with only nine "new films" on the list, including drama films "Drunk Hometown Folk Songs", "12 Years a Slave", "She", "Love Before Midnight", "Battle of Heaven", "Gravity" and "Frances Ha", as well as documentaries "Killing Deduction" and "Los Angeles Shadow Talk".
"In the Mood for Love" and "One by One" still maintained their high popularity last year, while Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon jumped from 12th place last year to 10th place. Unfortunately, The Story We Tell, american hustle and Adele’s Life, which were all hot before, failed to make the list, but they are likely to be shortlisted in 2015.
In the opinion of TSPDT commentator Bill Georgaris, Taboo, released by Portuguese director miguel gomez in 2012, is the most impressive film he has seen recently. "This film really deserves a place in the’ 21st century’ list."
In addition to the list of "the most acclaimed movies in the 21st century", TSPDT also has a list of "the 1000 greatest movies in film history" which is updated regularly every year. Citizen Kane, which was directed and performed by the late American director orson welles in 1941, continues to sit firmly at the top of the list of the greatest movies this year, while Vertigo, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Tale of Tokyo, Rules of the Game and Eight. Of all the 28 Chinese films on the list, Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love still leads, ranking 58th (according to the website’s February 2014 data).
2014 list of "the most acclaimed movies in the 21st century"
Film title type director country
1. In the Mood for Love
Plot Wang Jiawei Hong Kong
2. Mulholland Dr Mulholland Road.
Suspense david lynch French/American
Three, one one
Plot Yang Dechang Taiwan Province
4. Spirited Away
Animation Miyazaki Hayao Japanese
5. Whale Circus Werckmeister Harmonies
Suspense Bela Tarr Hungarian
6. Tree of Life
Science fiction terrence malick USA
7. There Will Be Blood.
Plot paul thomas anderson USA
8. Russian Ark Russian Ark
Plot alexander sokurov Russian
9, hide the camera Cache
Suspense michael haneke French
10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Plot Ang Lee Taiwan Province
11. Warm and contained light Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Plot michel gondry USA
12, tropical disease Tropical Malady
Plot apichatpong weerasethakul Thailand
13. Tell her Talk to Her
Plot pedro almodovar Spanish
14, private love disorder Punch-Drunk Love
Plot paul thomas anderson USA
15. Bless Blissfully Yours
Plot apichatpong weerasethakul Thailand
16. Death of Mr. Lazarescu without medical reliability
Plot Cristi Puiu French
Platform movie poster.
17. Platform
Plot Jia Zhangke China
18. Robot Story WALL-E
Animation andrew stanton USA
19. Dancer in the Dark
Plot Lars von Trier Danish
20. Les glaneurs et la glaneuse, gleaner
Documentary Agnès Varda French
21. City of God
Plot Kátia Lund/fernando meirelles Brazil
22. Lost in Translation in Tokyo
Plot Sofia Coppola USA
23. Far from Heaven Far from Heaven
Plot Todd Haynes USA
24.dogville, Dogville
Plot Lars von Trier Danish
25. Zodiac
Plot david fincher USA
26. History of Violence
Plot david cronenberg USA
Brokeback Mountain movie poster.
27. brokeback mountain
Plot Ang Lee USA
28. So is your mother.
Plot Alfonso Cuarón USA
29. No Country for Old Men in No Country for Old Men
Plot Cohen brothers America
30. Hurt Locker Hurt Locker
Plot kathryn bigelow USA
31. Artificial Intelligence A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Plot Steven Allan Spielberg USA
32. Le fils, the son of others
Plot Luc Dardenne French
33. A Separation
Plot asghar farhadi Iranian
34. Royal Tenenbaums, Genius Family
Plot wes anderson USA
35. Melancholia
Plot Lars von Trier Danish
36. Uncle Boonmei who can recall his past life can be recalled.
Plot apichatpong weerasethakul Thailand
37. Life with a glass of wine Sideways
Plot alexander payne USA
38. Social Network
Plot david fincher USA
39. White Ribbon
Plot michael haneke German
40. Love Before Sunset at sunset
Plot richard linklater USA
41. Requiem for a Dream Requiem for a Dream
Plot darren aronofsky USA
42. Four months, three weeks and two days in April.
Plot chris Tiane Mungi Romanian
43. Memento mori Memento
Plot Christopher Nolan USA
44. Lord of the Rings 1: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Plot Peter Jackson USA
45. Love syndrome Syndromes and a Century
Plot apichatpong weerasethakul Thailand
46. Forward Youth Colossal Youth
Plot pedro costa Portuguese
47. Turin Horse, turin horse
Plot Bela Tarr Hungarian
48. Million Dollar Baby Million Dollar Baby
Plot Clint Eastwood USA
49. Inland Empire inland empire
Plot david lynch USA
50. Angels love beautiful Amelie
Plot Jean-Pierre Genè ne France
51. Distant from afar
Plot nuri bilge ceylan Turkey
52.Elephant elephant
Plot gus van sant USA
53. Pan’s Labyrinth, the labyrinth of Pan God
Plot guillermo del toro Mexican
54. Piano Teacher Piano Teacher
Plot michael haneke German
Tiexi District Part I: Factory Movie Posters.
55. Tiexi District Part I: Factory
Documentary Wang Bing China
56. Songs from the Second Floor.
Plot roy andersson Sweden
57. Paris ukiyo-e Code Unknown
Plot michael haneke German
58. Wanda’s room
Plot pedro costa Portuguese
2046 movie poster.
59. 2046
Plot Wang Jiawei Hong Kong
60. Moulin Rouge!
Song and Dance baz luhrmann USA
61. eavesdropping storm Lives of Others
Plot Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck German
62. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Plot Peter Jackson USA
63. Silent Light
Plot carlos reygadas Mexican
Three Gorges Good Man Movie Poster.
Plot Jia Zhangke China
Stick to the movie poster.
65. Do not leave.
Plot Cai Mingliang Taiwan Province
66. Hunting bin Laden Zero Dark Thirty
Plot kathryn bigelow USA
67. swamp Cienaga, La
Plot lucrecia martel Argentine
68. Headless Woman headless woman
Plot lucrecia martel Argentine
69. Love is a bitch Amores perros
Plot Alessandro Gonzalez Inarido Mexican
70. Donnie Darko manages Donnie Darko.
Plot Chad Kelly USA
71. Synecdoche, New York synecdoche
Plot Charlie Kaufman USA
72. Inglourious Basterds, Inglourious Basterds
Plot quentin tarantino USA
73. Finding Nemo
Animation andrew stanton/lee unkrich USA
74. Grizzly bear Grizzly Man
Documentary werner herzog
75. Children of Men, Son of Man
Plot Alfonso Cuarón Mexican
76. Adaptation of the script
Plot Spike Jonze USA
77. love Amour
Plot michael haneke German
78. the rhythm of Ten periods of life ten
Plot Abbas Chiaro Stamey Iranian
79. superman story Incredibles
Animation Brad Bird USA
80. Infernal Affairs Departed
Plot martin scorsese USA
81. Toy Story 3 Toy Story 3
Animation lee unkrich USA
82. Winter’s Bone.
Plot Debra Granik USA
83. old boys Oldboy
Plot Park Chan-wook Korea
Hero movie poster.
84.heroes
Plot Zhang Yimou China
85. Ghost World Ghost World
Plot terry zwigoff USA
86. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Documentary Jonas Mekas USA
World movie poster.
87. World
Plot Jia Zhangke China
88. Children L’enfant
Plot Luc Dardenne Belgian
89. Irrevocable irrecoverable
Plot Gaspar Noe Argentine
90. Let the Right One In Let the Right One In
Plot Tomas Alfredson Sweden
91. mysterious river
Plot Clint Eastwood USA
92. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner.
Plot Zacharias Kunuk Canada
93. Black Swan
Plot darren aronofsky USA
94. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
Plot Peter Jackson USA
95.Hunger hunger
Plot steve mcqueen England
96. Moonrise Kingdom Moonrise Kingdom
Plot wes anderson USA
97. Master
Plot paul thomas anderson USA
98. Travel Notes of Flying House Circle Up
Animation Pete Docter USA
99. Borat, Polat: Cultural Learning of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
Comedy Larry Charles USA
100. Serious Man
Plot Cohen brothers America
101. New World New World
Plot terrence malick USA
Flight 102 and 93 United 93
Plot paul greengrass USA
103. Go forward Gegen die Wand
Plot fatih akin German
104. American Splendor is the glory of America
Plot Robert Pulcini/Shari Springer Berman USA
105. Letters from Iwo Jima
Plot Clint Eastwood USA
106. Hugo Hugo
Plot martin scorsese USA
107、Host
Plot Bong Joon ho Korea
108. Queen
Stephen Frears, England
109, whales and whales Squid and the Whale
Plot noah baumbach USA
You Can Count on Me.
Plot kenneth lonergan USA
111. Intruder
Plot claire danes French
112. Circle of life
Plot jafar panahi Iranian
113. The Pianist
Plot roman polanski French
114. Drunk hometown folk song Inside Llewyn Davis
Plot Joel Coen/Ethan Coen USA
115. A man without a past
Plot aki kaurismaki Finland
116, Anatolia past Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Plot nuri bilge ceylan Turkey
Red balloon travel movie poster.
117, the red balloon travel Flight of the Red Balloon
Plot Hou Xiaoxian France
118, 35 cups of rum 35 rhums
Plot claire danes French
119、Waiting for Happiness
Abderrahmane Sissako France
120. Holy Girl
Plot lucrecia martel Argentine
The children are all right.
Plot lisa cholodenko USA
122. Summer Hours
Plot olivier assayas French
123, Paris commune Commune (Paris, 1871)
Plot Peter Watkins France
124. Circumcising the Dragon and Phoenix Fighting Moolaadé
Plot ousmane sembene Senegalese
125, Avatar avatar
Fantasy James Cameron USA
126. Gladiator, Gladiator
Plot ridley scott England
127, the death of the sharpshooter the assignment of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
Plot andrew dominic USA
128. Hunt down the freedman family Capturing the Friedmans.
Documentary andrew jarecki USA
Millennium mambo movie poster.
129. Millennium Mambo
Plot Hou Xiaoxian Taiwan Province
130. King and Queen Rois et Reine
Plot Arnold Desplechin France
George Washington George Washington
Plot david gordon green USA
132. Fantastic Mr. Fox in Fantastic Mr. Fox
Animation wes anderson USA
Wendy and Lucy Wendy and Lucy
Story Kelly Richards America
134, out of order Time Out
Plot lauren Gantet French
135. The Artist
Plot michel hazanavicius French
136. In The City of Sylvia.
Plot Jose Luis Green Spain
137. Christmas belongs to us. Unconte de Nol
Plot arnaud desplechin French
Man on Wire, tightrope walker
Documentary james marsh UK
139. Waltz with Bashir with Bashir.
Animation ari folman Israeli
140, a slave for twelve years 12 Years a Slave
Plot steve mcqueen USA
House of flying daggers movie poster.
141, flying daggers
Plot Zhang Yimou China
I wasn’t there I’m Not There.
Plot Todd Haynes USA
143, elegy of love logde l ‘amour
Plot Jean-Luc Ge Daer
Coffee time movie poster.
144, Jia Xuan time
Plot Hou Xiaoxian Japan
145, ordinary lover Les amants réguliers
Plot Philippe Garrel French
146. About Schmidt
Plot alexander payne USA
147. My Winnipeg Lake
Documentary guy maddin Canada
148, return to Volver
Plot pedro almodovar Spanish
149, she Her
Plot Spike Jonze USA
150. Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Plot bayh zetlin USA
151. Holy Motors
Plot leos carax French
152, Sexy Beast sexy beast
Plot jonathan glazer Spanish
153. There is still the sound of reading in the mountain village, Treet Avoir.
Documentary Nicolas Philibert French
154. The House of Mirth
Plot terence davies England
155, half dream and half awake life Waking Life
Animation richard linklater USA
156、Certified Copy
Abbas kiarostami Iranian
157. The Dark Knight in The Dark Knight
Plot Christopher Nolan USA
158. Almost Famous
Plot cameron crowe USA
159, the prophet A Prophet
Plot jacques audiard French
Ren Xiaoyao movie poster.
160, Ren Xiaoyao
Plot Jia Zhangke China
161. Kill Bill: vol.1.
Plot quentin tarantino USA
162, unexpected edge In the Bedroom
Plot Todd Field USA
163. Inception of Inception Space
Science fiction Christopher Nolan USA
164. Sarah Bond Saraband
Plot ingmar bergman Sweden
165. Lincoln Lincoln
Plot Steven Allan Spielberg USA
What time do you have movie posters?
166. What time is it on your side
Plot Cai Mingliang Taiwan Province
167, 24-hour carnival party 24-hour party people
Plot michael winterbottom England
168. Munich
Plot Steven Allan Spielberg USA
169. Escape from Argo, Tehran
Plot Ben Affleck USA
170. Gosford Park, Gosford Manor
Plot robert altman England
171. Divine Intervention of Cross Destiny
Plot elia suleiman French
172. Vera Drake, vera drake
Plot Mike Ray UK
173. Shrek the Monster
Animation andrew adamson & Vicky Zhan Sen USA
174. Paranoid Park, Psychedelic Park
Plot gus van sant French
175, drug network Traffic
Plot steven soderbergh USA
176, return to The Return
Plot andrey zvyagintsev Russian
177. Nostalgia for the Light of hometown
Documentary patrick guzman French
178, zombie Shaun of the Dead
Plot edgar wright England
179. The King’s Speech
Plot tom hopper England
180, The Fog of War
Plot errol morris USA
181, diving bell and butterfly The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Plot Julian Schnabel French
182. memories of murder
Plot Bong Joon ho Korea
183, killing interpretation of The Act of Killing
Plot joshua oppenheimer Danish
184, The Aviator
Plot martin scorsese USA
185. Two Lovers
Plot James Gray USA
Carlos Carlos
Plot olivier assayas French
187. The Sun
Plot alexander sokurov Russian
188. The Descendants
Plot alexander payne USA
189, spring, summer, autumn and winter is another spring.
Plot Jin Jide Korea
I grew up in Iran, Persepolis.
Animation Vincent Paronnaud & marjane satrapi French
191, the raging sea: polar expedition master and commander: the far side of the world.
Action peter weir USA
192. The Hours all the time
Plot stephen daldry USA
193, crazy dating beautiful Les triplettes de Belleville
Animation sylvain chomet French
194. White Material White Material
Plot claire danes French
195. The Ghost Writer in ghost writer
Plot roman polanski French
196. Erin Brockovich, erin brockovich
Plot steven soderbergh USA
197. Morvern Callar Morvern Callar
Plot Lynne Ramsay England
198. Together
Plot lukas moodysson Sweden
Good night, good luck, Good Night, and Good Luck.
Plot George Clooney America
200, Gary Gerry
Plot gus van sant USA
201. Love Before Midnight.
Plot richard linklater USA
202. Mysteries of Lisbon
Plot Raoul-Ruiz Portuguese
203, Bad Education.
Plot pedro almodovar Spanish
The best time movie poster.
204, the best time
Plot Hou Xiaoxian Taiwan Province
205, Gundam Divine Comedy Notre musique
Plot Jean-Luc Ge Daer
206, brilliant life The Best of Youth
Plot Kyle Tullio Giordana Italian
207, Police, Adjective police, adjective
Plot Corneliu Porumboiu Romanian
208, black book Zwartboek
Plot paul verhoeven Holland
209. Little Miss Sunshine Little Miss Sunshine
Plot jonathan dayton & Valerie Faris USA
210, desperate driving Drive
Plot nicolas winding refn USA
211. Half Nelson Half Nelson
Plot ryan fleck USA
212, carefree Happy-Go-Lucky
Plot mike leigh England
213. Battle in Heaven
Plot carlos reygadas Mexican
214. Le Havre, le havre
Plot aki kaurismaki Finland
215. The Wrestler in The Wrestler
Plot darren aronofsky USA
216, Minority Report minority report
Science fiction Steven Allan Spielberg USA
217, 25th Hour 25th hour
Plot Spike Lee USA
Infernal affairs movie poster.
218, Infernal Affairs
Plot Liu Weiqiang & Siu Fai Mak Hongkong
219. Columbine Campus Event Bowling for Columbine
Documentary michael moore USA
220. Oasis
Plot Li Cangdong Korea
221. Once
Plot john kani Irish
222. Kill Bill 2 Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Action quentin tarantino USA
223. Offside offside
Plot jafar panahi Iranian
224. Gravity
Plot Alfonso Cuarón USA
225, free La Libertad
Plot Lisandro Alonso Argentine
226, Fahrenheit 911 Fahrenheit 9/11
Documentary michael moore USA
227, Crimson Gold
Plot jafar panahi Iranian
228, sister erotic Fat Girl
Plot Catherine Breillat French
229. Monsoon Wedding Banquet
Plot mira nair Indian
230. Los Angeles Plays Itself
Documentary tom anderson USA
231, the Evolution of a Filipino Family evolution of a filipino family
Plot lav diaz Philippines
232, Silver Linings Playbook behind the dark clouds
Plot David O. Russell USA
233, Capote Capote
Plot bennett miller USA
234, Take Shelter
Plot Jeff Nichols USA
235. Django Unchained, Django Unchained
Plot quentin tarantino USA
236, loop Pulse
Horrible Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Japan.
237, curse Tarnation
Documentary jonathan caouette USA
Spellbound, spelling bee
Documentary Jeffrey Britz USA
239. Bamako Bamako
Plot abderrahmane sissako Mali
240. The Devil’s Backbone in the Ghost Children’s Home
Plot guillermo del toro Spanish
241. Margaret
Plot kenneth lonergan USA
242. Another Year.
Plot mike leigh England
243, Dogtooth dogtooth
Plot yorgos lanthimos Greek
244, Moneyball moneyball
Plot bennett miller USA
245, Frances Ha francesha
Plot noah baumbach USA
246, supermodel Zoolander
Comedy Ben Stiller USA
247. Gangs of New York
Plot martin scorsese USA
I want to go home I’m Going Home.
Plot Manoel de Oliveira French
249. Oriental Promises
Plot david cronenberg USA
This is Not a Film.
Documentary Mojtaba Mirtahmasb & jafar panahi Iranian