Amid what's so far been a so-so moviegoing summer (and year), it's been educative to look back on the artistic highpoints of the past quarter-century; they do still sometimes make 'em like they used to, and - even better - sporadically make 'em like they've never been made before. Figures in brackets indicate their position on a similar list I compiled back in 2017 (which included films made in 2000, where this doesn't).
1 (1) Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001) [above]
2 (2) Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010)
3 (16) Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011)
4 (7) In the City of Sylvia (José Luis Guerín, 2007)
5 (71) Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)
6 (3) The Corporation (Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott, 2003)
7 (new) Decision to Leave (Park Chan-wook, 2022)
8 (5) Father of My Children (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2009)
9 (4) Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
10 (10) There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
11 (6) The Class (Laurent Cantet, 2008)
12 (new) Memoria (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2021)
13 (23) Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016)
14 (new) Saint Omer (Alice Diop, 2022)
15 (8) Take Shelter (Jeff Nichols, 2011)
16 (9) The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)
17 (25) Memories of Murder (Bong Joon Ho, 2003)
18 (new) Roma (Alfonso Cuarón, 2018)
19 (new) Our Body (Claire Simon, 2023)
20 (new) No Bears (Jafar Panahi, 2022)
21 (new) Parasite (Bong Joon Ho, 2019)
22 (new) Godland (Hlynur Pálmason, 2022)
23 (new) Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese, 2023)
24 (33) Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2015)
25 (21) The Last of the Unjust (Claude Lanzmann, 2013)
26 (new) For Sama (Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, 2019)
27 (27) London: The Modern Babylon (Julien Temple, 2012)
28 (new) The Irishman (Martin Scorsese, 2019)
29 (new) Blitz (Steve McQueen, 2024)
30 (new) Heal the Living (Katell Quillévéré, 2016)
31 (new) The Worst Person in the World (Joachim Trier, 2021)
32 (new) Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (Bill and Turner Ross, 2020)
33 (49) A Town Called Panic (Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, 2009)
34 (new) Summer of Soul (or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Questlove and Hal Tuchin, 2021)
35 (36) We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks (Alex Gibney, 2013)
36 (new) Kokomo City (D. Smith, 2023)
37 (new) Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind (John Gianvito, 2007)
38 (12) Être et avoir (Nicolas Philibert, 2002)
39 (34) Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
40 (40) Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (Alex Gibney, 2005)
41 (32) Crimson Gold (Jafar Panahi, 2003)
42 (63) It's Such a Beautiful Day (Don Hertzfeldt, 2012)
43 (15) Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
44 (new) Annette (Leos Carax, 2021)
45 (new) The World to Come (Mona Fastvold, 2020)
46 (new) The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, 2023)
47 (19) The Magdalene Sisters (Peter Mullan, 2002)
48 (new) The Lost City of Z (James Gray, 2016)
49 (17) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Sidney Lumet, 2007)
50 (new) Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, 2018)
51 (18) NO (Pablo Larraín, 2012)
52 (37) The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Tommy Lee Jones, 2005)
53 (new) R.I.P./ee.ma.yau (Lijo Jose Pellissery, 2018)
54 (83) Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002)
55 (new) Ponniyin Selvan: Parts 1 & 2 (Mani Ratnam, 2022-23)
56 (new) The Death of Stalin (Armando Iannucci, 2017)
57 (13) The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke, 2001)
58 (20) Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar, 2002)
59 (31) 24 Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom, 2002)
60 (new) And Your Mother Too/Y tu mamá también (Alfonso Cuaron, 2001)
61 (new) Possessor (Brandon Cronenberg, 2020)
62 (41) Lady Chatterley (Pascale Ferran, 2006)
63 (new) Driveways (Andrew Ahn, 2019)
64 (new) A Hidden Life (Terrence Malick, 2019)
65 (70) Train to Busan (Yeon Sang-ho, 2016)
66 (30) WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
67 (89) Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
68 (28) Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, 2013)
69 (new) The Son's Room (Nanni Moretti, 2001)
70 (48) Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg, 2015)
71 (new) Labyrinth of Cinema (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 2019)
72 (new) First Reformed (Paul Schrader, 2017)
73 (new) 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002)
74 (new) Eden (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2014)
75 (new) Hale County This Morning, This Evening (RaMell Ross, 2018)
76 (new) The Florida Project (Sean Baker, 2017)
77 (new) Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan, 2016)
78 (58) The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
79 (new) John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection (Julien Faraut, 2018)
80 (61) The Court/Bamako (Abderrahmane Sissako, 2006)
81 (60) Om Shanti Om (Farah Khan, 2007)
82 (39) Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)
83 (55) Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
84 (new) Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-liang, 2003)
85 (new) I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck, 2016)
86 (new) A Thousand and One (A.V. Rockwell, 2023)
87 (84) Lootera (Vikramaditya Motwane, 2013)
88 (new) Foxcatcher (Bennett Miller, 2014)
89 (new) Gangubai Kathiawadi (Sanjay Leela Bhansali, 2022)
90 (new) Mr. Turner (Mike Leigh, 2014)
91 (86) Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2013)
92 (68) Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013)
93 (new) Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
94 (new) Moneyball (Bennett Miller, 2011)
95 (new) Rocky aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (Karan Johar, 2023)
96 (new) Of Time and the City (Terence Davies, 2008)
97 (new) The Image Book (Jean-Luc Godard, 2018)
98 (new) Joyland (Saim Sadiq, 2022)
99 (new) 120BPM (Robin Campillo, 2017)
100 (new) Gagarine (Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, 2020)
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