The 25 best films of the XXI century according to the audience

In the last fifteen years, a large number of exciting blockbusters have been released, which will take your breath away, and killer comedies that make you laugh to the point of colic, and arthouse films that give food for thought Reddit.com. The site wishes you a pleasant browsing!

1. Prestige

The Prestige is an extraordinarily complex story of two illusionists whose lives are built on three aspects of focus: bait, transformation, and... prestige. Our life is a ghostly focus that stands on these aspects. This is the most beautiful of realistic illusions! A film that will not be forgotten and will not be erased from the memory of many people, because both the actors and Nolan did everything in their power to make us watch it many times and each time get positive emotions from watching this masterpiece.

2. City of God

The film immerses us in the atmosphere of the Brazilian slums, in a place forgotten by God, where the cult of power rules. The power of weapons, the power of despair, where there are simply no other models of life... Who are you?... The film passes at an accelerated pace, as if in a fuss, in a hurry, as fast as the life of the inhabitants of these slums. A crazy cocktail of humor and cruelty, which is swallowed in one gulp, in one breath.

3. The Renegades

A great movie that will definitely become, if of course it has not already become, a classic of the crime genre. It is very difficult to find disadvantages in this movie, because this film is good for everything - from the dynamic, fascinating and multifaceted script by William Monaghan to the impeccable direction of the great Martin Scorsese. An excellent movie, made according to all the laws of the genre and polished to a shine from all sides.

4. Lay low in Bruges

The film looks very easy and at some point it even begins to seem too simple, light, mass-produced. Most of the screen time in the frame there is not a shadow of drama, mainly light criminal humor, but something, perhaps, in the acting, may retain weak melancholic notes in the general setting. The finale quite sharply leads the viewer to the tragic nobility of seemingly negative characters. Yes, maybe in real life criminals do not behave in a chivalrous way, but watching this film, you willingly believe in it.

5. Obsession

"Obsession" is a film about self-restraint and aspiration. The main character gives up everything for the sake of dreams - friends, hobbies and even love. And this film is also about self-torture. About the fact that the main way to achieve what you want is to work to exhaustion.

6. The Child of Man

The plot of the picture takes us to the near future, in which all mankind has suffered infertility, and the youngest inhabitant of the planet is already 18 years old. The film does not look like another fantastic nonsense with an overabundance of painted special effects, and thanks to the excellent direction of Alfonso Cuaron, believable acting, impressive camerawork, it is perceived as a possible option for the future of humanity. A world without children - what could be scarier?

7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

The theme of love in this film is presented from an angle that may seem funny, but at the same time evokes sad thoughts. In the modern world, love is really perceived as something material, which you can simply take and throw out of your head if it does not meet your requirements and concepts. But it is important to understand that this is not the case at all.

8. The Grand Budapest Hotel

The viewer who discovers "The Grand Budapest" risks very much changing his opinion about what a truly funny comedy and a really high-quality movie should be. And this opinion will be for the better. Together with an extremely unusual and at the same time, successful presentation, we have before us one of the most memorable, unusual, funny and bright films in recent years.

9. Inglorious Basterds

The plot is unusual and requires a special attitude. The script was written by Quentin for 10 years, and it is noticeable. Inconsistencies in the story allow the director to embody his idea to the fullest, make the audience tremble with admiration and long-awaited revenge, make the film even more interesting, because we do not know what end awaits us.

10. Interstellar

"Interstellar" has everything to be considered, if not a cult film, then at least a rightfully appreciated work, to which titanic efforts have been made. The atmosphere of the film is a nuclear mixture of magnificent visuals, beautiful views of space and gorgeous music by Hans Zimmer, as well as muffling the sound at some moments when the endless space was shown - the element of presence in a vacuum is provided to you. Beautiful and majestic, no less.

11. Kind of cool cops

A flammable mixture of English humor and Hollywood action. You can talk about this film endlessly, but it's better to let it pass through you once, feel the frantic dynamics of each frame, get into its crazy rhythm, laugh heartily and find out how ketchup can save someone's life.

12. Hut in the Forest

The film ridicules the horror genre as a whole and its most common varieties, ridicules with dignity and respect. This is not trash, not a black comedy, but a parody, seasoned with standard script moves at the beginning and completely tearing stereotypes already in the middle. A really worthwhile horror film that cleverly ironizes and makes up its vision for the further development of horror as a genre.

13. Pan's Labyrinth

Del Toro did a great job. Cruelty, mystery, fairy tale: all this is in this picture. And even with a relatively small budget, the director managed to make the film of high quality, beautiful and exciting; And not everyone succeeds in this.

14. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Peter Jackson made a wonderful film based on Tolkien's novel, and 13 Oscar nominations are proof of this, although the film won only four of them. The film is not only about wizards, elves, dwarves and hobbits, but also about strong friendship, honor, bravery and courage. Wonderful actors, gorgeous costumes, scenery and visual effects that create this beautiful and unusual world of Middle-earth, which is impossible to forget.

15. Catch Me If You Can

The film, as it might seem, begins very simply - the parents divorce, the abandoned and misunderstood child runs away from home and begins an independent life. The development of the plot could have followed a very banal trajectory, if it were not for the story of Frank Abagnale. This young man finds one of the most original ways out of this situation, the audience can only exclaim in surprise and wave their hands. Nothing to say - little Frank has cheated everyone!

16. Zdes kuryut

A spectacular, relaxed film quite deeply and sensibly tells about the main conflict of the modern world - the conflict between official (false) morality and the real aspirations of a living person. Good or evil? To smoke or to abstain? Even the choice is different - global or the size of a pack of cigarettes... An interesting fact: not a single cigarette was smoked during the film.

17. Cryannye devchonki

"Mean Girls" is filmed very harmoniously, without extremes, here melodrama is correctly combined with youth comedy, and as a result, you will not want to laugh or cry. But it is much better to look at what intrigues the heroines arrange for each other in such a film than in real life. No matter how naïve it may sound, watching can even teach you something, if there is a desire not to perceive such a movie as just another fairy tale.

18. The Beginning

Christopher Nolan has created a mind-blowing action-thriller that will not let you go until the last frame that you need to think and feel about. Everything is built concisely, alternately, intelligibly. At the same time, which does not happen so often, "Inception" is one of the fiction that everyone can watch.

19. Scott Pilgrim vs. Everyone

"Scott Pilgrim." is a 100% comic book that came to life on the screen. These are the very key graphic freeze frames that we mentally replay in our heads, running from scene to scene. Plus, there is a killer track list, colorful characters, an adequate share of healthy banter, non-stop action and a charge of good mood at least for the duration of watching.

20. Luna 2112

Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is an astronaut who has been working at the lunar mining complex in the company of the robot Gertie (Kevin Spacey) with emoticons on the monitor for 3 whole years... 3 years of loneliness. And it seems that "everything is going like clockwork", but two weeks before his return, incomprehensible things begin to happen... "Luna-2112" is a fairly simple film with a linear plot and almost complete absence of special effects. However, it is precisely in this simplicity that the strength of the film lies. Unencumbered by the need to spend money on special effects, Duncan Jones was able to focus on his story and the development of the character of his characters.

21. Old Men Have No Place Here

Trivial at first glance, the idea of a film about money, drugs and chases was filled with a deep meaning, barely perceptible to the inattentive eye, but still strong for connoisseurs of this genre. Dialogues standing at the crossroads between madness and genius, a charismatic villain with a gun for a slaughterhouse, all this together makes up a film that deserves one of the highest places in the home cinema library.

22. Oil

In this film, there is no actor - there is only a character. Alive, natural and real... The main character cannot help but admire his iron will, character and determination, but he cannot help but be frightened by the ways and methods by which he eventually comes to the wealth that he has always dreamed of.

23. The Wolf of Wall Street

The dense dynamics of the film is expressed in the alternating scenes of "home-work". Everything is connected, accessible, sustained. This is not a slice of fruits and vegetables, this is an absolutely complete picture with characteristic characters and problems. There are several of the latter, but the director does not focus on all of them, allowing the viewer to decide for himself who is bad and who is very bad.

24. Oldboy

"Oldboy" is a dramatic detective story with explicit scenes of cruelty and violence, which captures the viewer from the first minute and keeps you in suspense until the end of the viewing. In this film, you remember everything, there are no empty, unnecessary scenes. This film is a hymn to revenge, its symphony.

25. "V" Stands for Vendetta

A very successful and not superficial adaptation of the original comic. V for Vendetta is a very deep and largely philosophical picture that can touch the minds and thoughts of many viewers.





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