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The 21st Century’s 100 greatest films (BBC)

Action Animation Adventure War Sci-Fi Comedy Documentary Drama Fantasy Mystery Musical Romance Horror Thriller Western

Action - 2 Movies

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

7.1

69,370

George Miller

Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Angus Sampson ...

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000

7.0

62,276

Ang Lee

Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Sihung Lung ...

Animation - 5 Movies

Spirited Away

2001

8.1

114,096

Hayao Miyazaki

Animation

WALL•E

2008

7.9

130,325

Andrew Stanton

Animation, Fred Willard

Inside Out

2015

7.8

82,444

Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen

Animation, Voice: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Bill Hader ...

Ratatouille

2007

7.3

100,755

Brad Bird

Animation, Voice: Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Ian Holm, Janeane Garofalo ...

Adventure - 2 Movies

The New World

2005

6.0

15,254

Terrence Malick

Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christian Bale, Christopher Plummer, Yorick Van Wageningen ...

White Material

2009

5.7

1,812

Claire Denis

Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Isaach de Bankole, Adèle Ado ...

War - 2 Movies

Inglourious Basterds

2009

7.8

157,254

Quentin Tarantino

Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, Michael Fassbender ...

The Hurt Locker

2008

6.7

66,751

Kathryn Bigelow

Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes ...

Sci-Fi - 5 Movies

Children of Men

2006

7.1

71,218

Alfonso Cuarón

Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Peter Mullan ...

Inception

2010

8.0

158,244

Christopher Nolan

Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard ...

Under the Skin

2013

5.8

13,867

Jonathan Glazer

Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, Robert J. Goodwin, Krystof Hádek, Scott Dymond ...

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001

6.5

67,112

Steven Spielberg

Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards, William Hurt ...

Comedy - 10 Movies

Yi Yi: A One and a Two

2000

7.6

2,876

Edward Yang

Wu Nien-jen, Elaine Jin, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang, Chen Hsi-Sheng ...

The Grand Budapest Hotel

2014

7.2

73,075

Wes Anderson

Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Saoirse Ronan, Edward Norton, Jeff Goldblum ...

The Great Beauty

2013

7.4

37,907

Paolo Sorrentino

Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Serena Grandi, Galatea Ranzi ...

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001

6.9

30,503

Wes Anderson

Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow ...

Documentary - 3 Movies

The Act of Killing

documentary

2012

7.8

8,098

Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, Anonymous

Documentary

Stories We Tell

documentary

2012

7.4

1,405

Sarah Polley

Documentary, Self: Sarah Polley

The Gleaners and I

documentary

2000

7.6

4,649

Agnès Varda

Documentary

Drama - 49 Movies

There Will Be Blood

2007

7.3

45,290

Paul Thomas Anderson

Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds, Russell Harvard ...

Boyhood

2014

7.2

49,404

Richard Linklater

Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Lorelei Linklater, Jordan Howard ...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004

7.6

105,270

Michel Gondry

Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood ...

The Tree of Life

2011

5.9

52,111

Terrence Malick

Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, Sean Penn, Laramie Eppler ...

Fantasy - 3 Movies

Pan's Labyrinth

2006

7.2

119,962

Guillermo del Toro

Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil ...

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

2010

6.0

4,434

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Thanapat Saisaymar, Jenjira Jansuda, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Vien Pimdee, Natthakarn Aphaiwonk ...

Only Lovers Left Alive

2013

6.5

11,520

Jim Jarmusch

Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin ...

Mystery - 2 Movies

Mulholland Dr.

2001

7.1

75,765

David Lynch

Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, Robert Forster ...

Caché (Hidden)

2005

6.6

20,749

Michael Haneke

Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot, Lester Makedonsky ...

Musical - 1 Movies

Moulin Rouge

2001

6.8

129,360

Baz Luhrmann

Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, David Wenham, Jim Broadbent ...

Romance - 6 Movies

In the Mood for Love

2000

7.8

40,938

Wong Kar-Wai

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Cheung, Rebecca Pan, Siu Ping-Lam, Mama Hung ...

Brokeback Mountain

2005

7.0

79,440

Ang Lee

Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid ...

Blue Is the Warmest Color

2013

7.4

39,709

Abdellatif Kechiche

Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux, Salim Kechiouche, Mona Walravens, Jeremie Laheurte ...

Certified Copy

2010

6.3

6,399

Abbas Kiarostami

Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière, Agathe Natanson, Gianna Giachetti ...

Horror - 1 Movies

Let the Right One In

2008

7.3

60,314

Tomas Alfredson

Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist ...

Thriller - 10 Movies

No Country for Old Men

2007

7.2

113,299

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Kelly MacDonald, Woody Harrelson ...

Zodiac

2007

6.8

69,973

David Fincher

Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Chloë Sevigny ...

Memento

2000

7.8

148,434

Christopher Nolan

Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior, Stephen Tobolowsky ...

Oldboy

2003

7.8

72,652

Park Chan-wook

Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jung, Ji Dae-han, Oh Dal-su ...

Western - 1 Movies

The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford

2007

6.5

25,888

Andrew Dominik

Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Paul Schneider, Jeremy Renner ...

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