{"id":9124,"date":"2025-07-04T03:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T01:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brokenmount.com\/bm\/2025\/07\/04\/what-movies-did-the-new-york-times-readers-rank-as-the-best-of-the-21st-century\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T03:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T01:00:43","slug":"what-movies-did-the-new-york-times-readers-rank-as-the-best-of-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brokenmount.com\/bm\/2025\/07\/04\/what-movies-did-the-new-york-times-readers-rank-as-the-best-of-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"What Movies Did the New York Times Readers Rank As the Best of the 21st Century?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earlier this week, the New York Times picked the top movies of the 21st century<\/a>. But they also curated a ballot for the people to pick. <\/p>\n

Now, the results are in, and you can see which 100 movies people on the website nominated to be considered. <\/p>\n

Let’s dive in. <\/p>\n

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The NY Times Readers\u2019 100 Top Movies of the 21st Century<\/h3>\n

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  1. Parasite<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Mulholland Drive<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. No Country for Old Men<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. There Will Be Blood<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Interstellar<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. The Dark Knight<\/em><\/li>\n
  7. Mad Max: Fury Road<\/em><\/li>\n
  8. Spirited Away<\/em><\/li>\n
  9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/em><\/li>\n
  10. The Social Network<\/em><\/li>\n
  11. Inglourious Basterds<\/em><\/li>\n
  12. In the Mood for Love<\/em><\/li>\n
  13. Everything Everywhere All at Once<\/em><\/li>\n
  14. The LotR: The Fellowship of the Ring<\/em><\/li>\n
  15. The LotR: The Return of the King<\/em><\/li>\n
  16. La La Land<\/em><\/li>\n
  17. Get Out<\/em><\/li>\n
  18. Moonlight<\/em><\/li>\n
  19. Whiplash<\/em><\/li>\n
  20. Arrival<\/em><\/li>\n
  21. Children of Men<\/em><\/li>\n
  22. The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/em><\/li>\n
  23. Oppenheimer<\/em><\/li>\n
  24. Inception<\/em><\/li>\n
  25. The Departed<\/em><\/li>\n
  26. Portrait of a Lady on Fire<\/em><\/li>\n
  27. Dune: Part Two<\/em><\/li>\n
  28. The Royal Tenenbaums<\/em><\/li>\n
  29. Once Upon a Time\u2026 in Hollywood<\/em><\/li>\n
  30. Brokeback Mountain<\/em><\/li>\n
  31. Before Sunset<\/em><\/li>\n
  32. Lost in Translation<\/em><\/li>\n
  33. Gladiator<\/em><\/li>\n
  34. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse<\/em><\/li>\n
  35. Aftersun<\/em><\/li>\n
  36. Lady Bird<\/em><\/li>\n
  37. City of God<\/em><\/li>\n
  38. Call Me by Your Name<\/em><\/li>\n
  39. Pan\u2019s Labyrinth<\/em><\/li>\n
  40. Oldboy<\/em><\/li>\n
  41. Zodiac<\/em><\/li>\n
  42. Little Miss Sunshine<\/em><\/li>\n
  43. The LotR: The Two Towers<\/em><\/li>\n
  44. WALL\u00b7E<\/em><\/li>\n
  45. Phantom Thread<\/em><\/li>\n
  46. Am\u00e9lie<\/em><\/li>\n
  47. Past Lives<\/em><\/li>\n
  48. Kill Bill: Vol. 1<\/em><\/li>\n
  49. Memories of Murder<\/em><\/li>\n
  50. Pride & Prejudice<\/em><\/li>\n
  51. Almost Famous<\/em><\/li>\n
  52. Sinners<\/em><\/li>\n
  53. Superbad<\/em><\/li>\n
  54. The Wolf of Wall Street<\/em><\/li>\n
  55. Y tu mam\u00e1 tambi\u00e9n<\/em><\/li>\n
  56. The Zone of Interest<\/em><\/li>\n
  57. Ocean\u2019s Eleven<\/em><\/li>\n
  58. Ratatouille<\/em><\/li>\n
  59. Django Unchained<\/em><\/li>\n
  60. Little Women<\/em><\/li>\n
  61. Memento<\/em><\/li>\n
  62. Hereditary<\/em><\/li>\n
  63. Blade Runner 2049<\/em><\/li>\n
  64. Her<\/em><\/li>\n
  65. Fantastic Mr. Fox<\/em><\/li>\n
  66. O Brother, Where Art Thou?<\/em><\/li>\n
  67. The Handmaiden<\/em><\/li>\n
  68. T\u00e1r<\/em><\/li>\n
  69. Yi Yi<\/em><\/li>\n
  70. The Florida Project<\/em><\/li>\n
  71. The Tree of Life<\/em><\/li>\n
  72. Uncut Gems<\/em><\/li>\n
  73. Spotlight<\/em><\/li>\n
  74. Black Swan<\/em><\/li>\n
  75. Boyhood<\/em><\/li>\n
  76. The Worst Person in the World<\/em><\/li>\n
  77. The Prestige<\/em><\/li>\n
  78. Michael Clayton<\/em><\/li>\n
  79. Gone Girl<\/em><\/li>\n
  80. Anatomy of a Fall<\/em><\/li>\n
  81. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon<\/em><\/li>\n
  82. Mean Girls<\/em><\/li>\n
  83. Perfect Days<\/em><\/li>\n
  84. Barbie<\/em><\/li>\n
  85. Up<\/em><\/li>\n
  86. Dune: Part One<\/em><\/li>\n
  87. The Master<\/em><\/li>\n
  88. Top Gun: Maverick<\/em><\/li>\n
  89. Drive My Car<\/em><\/li>\n
  90. Bridesmaids<\/em><\/li>\n
  91. Knives Out<\/em><\/li>\n
  92. The Incredibles<\/em><\/li>\n
  93. Killers of the Flower Moon<\/em><\/li>\n
  94. Moneyball<\/em><\/li>\n
  95. Inside Llewyn Davis<\/em><\/li>\n
  96. Howl\u2019s Moving Castle<\/em><\/li>\n
  97. The Lighthouse<\/em><\/li>\n
  98. The Holdovers<\/em><\/li>\n
  99. Midsommar<\/em><\/li>\n
  100. Avengers: Endgame<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What Was on the Readers’ List and Not The Critics?<\/h3>\n

    \"La<\/p>\n

    One of the more interesting things about lists like these is what they do and don’t have in common with what the critics, actors, directors, and writers picked. <\/p>\n

    These are the movies that NYT readers picked that were not on the original NYT list. <\/p>\n

    Check them out below.<\/p>\n