Best movies of the century selected by famous directors
List of the best movies of the 21st century selected by famous directors, as reported in The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/13/the-directors-cut-film-makers-choose-the-best-movies-of-the-century-so-far
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- DirectorCarlos ReygadasStarsCornelio WallMiriam ToewsMaria PankratzIn a Mennonite community in Mexico, a father's faith is tested when he falls in love with a new woman."The purest cinema." -Barry Jenkins
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuzaffer ÖzdemirMehmet Emin ToprakZuhal GencerAfter his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit."... one of the best about loneliness ever made." - Andrew Haigh
- DirectorLee Chang-dongStarsJeon Do-yeonSong Kang-hoLee Dong-yongA woman moves to the town where her dead husband was born. As she tries to fit in, another tragic event overturns her life."...deep insight into human nature" -Hirokazu Kore-eda
- DirectorKenneth LonerganStarsAnna PaquinMatt DamonMark RuffaloA young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people's lives."...and was completely carried away by it" -Joanna Hogg
- DirectorCristi PuiuStarsDoru AnaMonica BarladeanuAlina BerzunteanuMr. Lãzãrescu, a dying old man, is shuttled from hospital to hospital by a loyal paramedic as doctors refuse to operate and no one can agree on a diagnosis."Honest. Direct. Real. Moving. Comic. Tragic." -Mike Leigh
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsBrad PittSean PennJessica ChastainThe story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings."For its vast ambition and meditative grace." -Richard Linklater
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsRosario FloresJavier CámaraDarío GrandinettiTwo men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas."How does he move so freely through this story?" -Kenneth Lonergan
- DirectorMaría AlchéStarsMercedes MoránLaura López MoyanoFederico SackMarcela's world becomes strange and fragile after the death of her sister Rina. She feels lost in her own home and the connections with her close family environment are dislocated."Because it reveals eternal life in family conversations." -Lucrecia Martel
- DirectorHsiao-Hsien HouStarsYo HitotoTadanobu AsanoMasato HagiwaraThe story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search of a cafe that was frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching."A film that happens without you knowing." -Steve McQueen
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsJuliette BinocheThierry NeuvicJosef BierbichlerA young man harasses a homeless woman, another man protests, the police arrest both and the woman has to leave the country. What were their various story-lines leading up to this event?"I just can’t bring myself to name one film over all others... I’m so sorry – I have little practice at naming favourites." - Joshua Oppenheimer
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsChristos StergioglouMichele ValleyAngeliki PapouliaA controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offsprings in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound."I just can’t bring myself to name one film over all others... I’m so sorry – I have little practice at naming favourites." - Joshua Oppenheimer
- DirectorAlice RohrwacherStarsAdriano TardioloAgnese GrazianiAlba RohrwacherAn unceasingly kind Italian peasant and his family are blatantly exploited by a tobacco baroness."I just can’t bring myself to name one film over all others... I’m so sorry – I have little practice at naming favourites." - Joshua Oppenheimer
- DirectorUlrich SeidlStarsEkateryna RakLidiya Oleksandrivna SavkaOksana Ivanivna SklyarenkoA nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in Central Europe, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason."I just can’t bring myself to name one film over all others... I’m so sorry – I have little practice at naming favourites." - Joshua Oppenheimer
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsYûya YagiraAyu KitauraHiei KimuraIn a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning."I just can’t bring myself to name one film over all others... I’m so sorry – I have little practice at naming favourites." - Joshua Oppenheimer
- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsMichelle WilliamsBruce GreenwoodPaul DanoSettlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions."I remember the profound impression this film made on me..." -László Nemes
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsTom HardyCharlize TheronNicholas HoultIn a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper and a drifter named Max."We love everything George Miller has ever done and Fury Road will be his crowning achievement until, maybe, his next film comes out." -Trey Parker and Matt Stone
- DirectorLucrecia MartelStarsMercedes MoránGraciela BorgesMartín AdjemiánThe life of two women and their families in a small provincial town of Salta, Argentina."I have a real problem. There is no one film I liked most. I loved equally" -Pawel Pawlikowski
- DirectorCristi PuiuStarsDoru AnaMonica BarladeanuAlina BerzunteanuMr. Lãzãrescu, a dying old man, is shuttled from hospital to hospital by a loyal paramedic as doctors refuse to operate and no one can agree on a diagnosis."I have a real problem. There is no one film I liked most. I loved equally" -Pawel Pawlikowski
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsElisabeth HelanderJörgen NohallJan WikbladhYou, the Living is a film about humankind, its greatness and its baseness, joy and sorrow, its self-confidence and anxiety, its desire to love and be loved."I have a real problem. There is no one film I liked most. I loved equally" -Pawel Pawlikowski
- DirectorCarlos ReygadasStarsCornelio WallMiriam ToewsMaria PankratzIn a Mennonite community in Mexico, a father's faith is tested when he falls in love with a new woman."I have a real problem. There is no one film I liked most. I loved equally" -Pawel Pawlikowski
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuhammet UzunerYilmaz ErdoganTaner BirselA group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes."I have a real problem. There is no one film I liked most. I loved equally" -Pawel Pawlikowski
- DirectorCiro GuerraStarsNilbio TorresJan BijvoetAntonio BolívarThe story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant."I have a real problem. There is no one film I liked most. I loved equally" -Pawel Pawlikowski
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsAugust DiehlValerie PachnerMaria SimonThe Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II."...a transformative experience for me." -Sarah Polley
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJonah HillMargot RobbieBased on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government."...a lesson in style and imagination that any director could wish for" -Paolo Sorrentino
- DirectorDavid SchisgallStarsTheo PadnosA documentary on American journalist Theo Padnos who was Kidnapped by Al-Qaeda in Syria."not for the film itself, but for the amazing story it tells." -Michael Winterbottom