Just for the heck of it, I compiled this list over the past few weeks - 100 picks, dating from the year 2000 onwards. Click on the links to read fuller evaluations (where available); feel free to cheer or boo in the comments section, and to explore any titles you may not have chanced upon - I think they're all worth a look.
1. Mulholland Dr. [above] (David Lynch, 2001)
2. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010)
3. The Corporation (Mark Achbar/Jennifer Abbott, 2003)
4. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
5. Father of My Children (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2009)
6. The Class (Laurent Cantet, 2008)
7. In the City of Sylvia (José Luis Guerín, 2007)
8. Take Shelter (Jeff Nichols, 2011)
9. The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)
10. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
11. Amores Perros (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2000)
12. Etre et Avoir (Nicolas Philibert, 2002)
13. The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke, 2001)
14. Son of Saul (László Nemes, 2015)
15. Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
16. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011)
17. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (Sidney Lumet, 2007)
18. NO (Pablo Larraín, 2012)
19. The Magdalene Sisters (Peter Mullan, 2002)
20. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, 2002)
21. The Last of the Unjust (Claude Lanzmann, 2013)
22. Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision (Edgar Reitz, 2013)
23. Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)
24. Neruda (Pablo Larraín, 2016)
25. Memories of Murder (Bong Joon-ho, 2003)
26. Gone Baby Gone (Ben Affleck, 2007)
27. London: The Modern Babylon (Julien Temple, 2012)
28. Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, 2013)
29. The Pearl Button (Patricio Guzmán, 2015)
30. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
31. 24 Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom, 2002)
32. Crimson Gold (Jafar Panahi, 2003)
33. Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2015)
34. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
35. Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, 2013)
36. We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks (Alex Gibney, 2013)
37. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Tommy Lee Jones, 2005)
38. Irreversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002)
39. Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)
40. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (Alex Gibney, 2005)
41. Lady Chatterley (Pascale Ferran, 2006)
42. The Fog of War (Errol Morris, 2003)
43. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004)
44. George Washington (David Gordon Green, 2000)
45. Loving (Jeff Nichols, 2016)
46. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
47. 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013)
48. Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg, 2015)
49. A Town Called Panic (Stéphane Aubier/Vincent Patar, 2009)
50. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton/Lee Unkrich, 2003)
51. The Raid (Gareth Huw Evans, 2011)
52. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)
53. Lagaan (Ashutosh Gowariker, 2001)
54. Code Unknown (Michael Haneke, 2000)
55. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
56. Ten Canoes (Ralf de Heer/Peter Djigirr, 2006)
57. Melancholia (Lars von Trier, 2011)
58. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
59. Himizu (Sion Sono, 2011)
60. Om Shanti Om (Farah Khan, 2007)
61. Bamako (Abderrahmane Sissako, 2006)
62. Lage Raho Munna Bhai (Rajkumar Hirani, 2006)
63. It’s Such a Beautiful Day (Don Hertzfeldt, 2012)
64. The Gleaners and I (Agnès Varda, 2000)
65. Inside Out (Pete Docter/Ronnie del Carmen, 2015)
66. Baahubali: the Beginning (SS Rajamouli, 2015)
67. All the Real Girls (David Gordon Green, 2003)
68. Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013)
69. Borat (Larry Charles, 2006)
70. Train to Busan (Sang-ho Yeon, 2016)
71. Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)
72. Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer, 2000)
73. The Child/L’Enfant (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2005)
74. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
75. Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004)
76. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)
77. Funny People (Judd Apatow, 2009)
78. Crank (Neveldine/Taylor, 2006)
79. Zootropolis (Byron Howard/Rich Moore, 2016)
80. Carol (Todd Haynes, 2015)
81. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Judd Apatow, 2005)
82. Adaptation. (Spike Jonze, 2002)
83. Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002)
84. Lootera (Vikramaditya Motwane, 2013)
85. American Splendor (Shari Springer Berman/Robert Pulcini, 2003)
86. Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2013)
87. Hamlet (Michael Almereyda, 2000)
88. Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore, 2004)
89. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
90. Noah (Darren Aronofsky, 2014)
91. Dig! (Ondi Timoner, 2004)
92. A Hijacking (Tobias Lindholm, 2012)
93. Lawless Heart (Tom Hunsinger/Neil Hunter, 2001)
94. Harold and Kumar Get the Munchies (Danny Leiner, 2004)
95. The Butterfly Effect (Eric Bress/J. Mackye Gruber, 2004)
96. School of Rock (Richard Linklater, 2003)
97. Precious (Lee Daniels, 2009)
98. City of Life and Death (Lu Chuan, 2009)
99. Monsters (Gareth Edwards, 2010)
100. Reconstruction (Christoffer Boe, 2003)
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