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{{Short description|2016 list of films voted to be the best of the 21st century}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
The '''100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century''' is a list compiled in August 2016 by the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] (BBC), chosen by a voting poll of 177 film critics from around the world.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cabin |first=Chris |date=2016-08-23 |title=BBC Unveils 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century List |url=https://collider.com/bbc-best-movies-21st-century-list/ |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref>
It was compiled by collating the top ten films submitted by the critics who were asked to list the best films released since the year [[2000 in film|2000]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawson |first=Richard |date=2016-08-23 |title=Are These the 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century? |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/08/bbc-best-movies-2000s-list |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Selection criteria==
BBC Culture asked 177 film critics from around the world to rank the ten films produced in the twenty-first century that they considered the greatest. Participants were permitted to choose from titles released between January 2000 to June 2016 (when all responses were collected). Participants focused primarily on Western films, as indicated by the minimal representation of Asian films, with no South Asian representation in the compiled list. Each film listed in these responses was then given points based on their ranking. If a film was ranked first in a critic's list, that film would get ten points, whereas the one ranked in tenth place would get one point. The list features 102 titles because of a tie between ''[[Carlos (miniseries)|Carlos]]'', ''[[Requiem for a Dream]]'', and ''[[Toni Erdmann]]'' for the 100th place ranking.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films | title=The 21st Century's 100 Greatest Films | publisher=BBC | date=23 August 2016 | access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BBC - Culture - The 21st Century's 1-- Greatest Films: Who Voted?|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films-who-voted|publisher=BBC.Com|access-date=28 August 2016}}</ref> With three films apiece, directors [[Apichatpong Weerasethakul]], [[Christopher Nolan]], [[Wes Anderson]], [[Paul Thomas Anderson]], [[Michael Haneke]], and the [[Coen brothers]] have the most titles on the list. ''[[Spirited Away]]'' was the highest ranked animated film at #4, whilst ''[[In the Mood for Love]]'' was the highest ranked non-English language film at #2 and ''[[Children of Men]]'' at #13 was the top film with British production input (the BBC being a British company). Only four films from the list have won the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] including ''[[No Country for Old Men]]'' ([[80th Academy Awards|2007]]), ''[[The Hurt Locker]]'' ([[82nd Academy Awards|2009]]), ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]'' ([[86th Academy Awards|2013]]), and ''[[Spotlight (film)|Spotlight]]'' ([[88th Academy Awards|2015]]).
A total of 177 critics from 36 countries participated in the poll, with the largest number (81) from the [[United States]], followed by the [[United Kingdom]]. Out of the 177, 122 are men and fifty-five are women. Most participants are newspaper/magazine film reviewers, Internet film reviewers, academics, and cinema curators.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murthi |first=Vikram |date=2016-08-23 |title=The 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century: BBC Polls Critics From Around The Globe |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/100-greatest-films-of-the-21st-century-bbc-global-critics-1201719368/ |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Partial list==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! No. !! Title !! Director !! Country !! Year </tr>
| 1 ||''[[Mulholland Drive (film)|Mulholland Drive]]''<td>[[David Lynch]]</td><td>United States, France</td><td> 2001 </tr>
| 2 || ''[[In the Mood for Love]]'' || [[Wong Kar-wai]] ||Hong Kong, France <td> 2000 </td></tr>
| 3 || ''[[There Will Be Blood]]'' || [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] ||United States || 2007 </tr>
| 4 || ''[[Spirited Away]]'' || [[Hayao Miyazaki]] || Japan ||2001 </tr>
| 5 || ''[[Boyhood (2014 film)|Boyhood]]'' || [[Richard Linklater]] || rowspan="3"|United States || 2014 </tr>
| 6 || ''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]'' || [[Michel Gondry]] ||2004 </tr>
| 7 || ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]'' || [[Terrence Malick]] || 2011 </tr>
| 8 || ''[[Yi Yi]]'' || [[Edward Yang]] || Taiwan, Japan || 2000 </tr>
| 9 || ''[[A Separation]]'' || [[Asghar Farhadi]] || Iran || 2011 </tr>
| 10 || ''[[No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]]'' <td> [[Joel Coen]] and [[Ethan Coen]] </td>|| United States || 2007 </tr>
|}
==See also==
*[[BBC's 100 Greatest Foreign-Language Films]]
*[[BBC's 100 Greatest Television Series of the 21st Century]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films Official site]
*[http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160822-why-mulholland-drive-is-the-greatest-film-since-2000 Why Mulholland Drive is the greatest film since 2000]
*[http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160802-100-greatest-films-of-the-21st-century-infographic Infographic]
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