50 Best Films of 21st Century (So Far): Hollywood Reporter Critics

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Jane Campion, Joel and Ethan Coen, Alfonso Cuaron, David Fincher, Richard Linklater — From top left: Jane Campion, Joel and Ethan Coen, Richard Linklater, David Fincher, Alfonso Cuarón MIKE COPPOLA/GETTY IMAGES, JOHN PHILLIPS/GETTY IMAGES FOR BFI, BOB LEVEY/GETTY IMAGES FOR NETFLIX, PASCAL LE SEGRETAIN/GETTY IMAGES, JC OLIVERA/GETTY IMAGES

What happens when six Hollywood Reporter film critics get together to pick their 50 favorite movies of the 21st century so far? Debating, deliberating, voting, the devising of nerdy point system, second-guessing, fine-tuning, re-deliberating, re-second-guessing, re-fine-tuning — you get the picture.

Nationality:

18 films not in English: 4 French, 3 Japanese, 2 Korean, 2 Romanian, 2 Mexican, 1 Spanish, 1 Taiwanese, 1 Hong Kong, 1 Russian, 1 Mauritanian

Gender

11 films directed by women

Ethnicity: Black

9 films directed by Black filmmakers

Non-Fiction

6 documentaries

2 animated films

Feature Debuts:

4 first films

Directors with multiple films on the list: 5