In light of Quentin’s somewhat controversial listing of his favorite films of the 21st Century while on @BretEastonEllis, a lot of people (like @oasadi) have been asking me what mine are. It’s an impossible list to compile, but “favorite” isn’t necessarily the same as “best,” so I threw together a list that should but doesn’t include the likes of, say, Master & Commander (clearly one of the best, just not my favorite) or The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (an achievement). These are the 25 films I’ve most loved this 21st century, and yes, I love my own film as well. Happy New Year to everyone!
Roger Avary’s Favorite 25 Movies of the 21st Century:
1. Children of Men (2006, Alfonso Cuarón)
2. District 9 (2009, Neill Blomkamp)
3. Gladiator (2000, Ridley Scott)
4. Flight (2012, Robert Zemeckis)
5. Waking Life (2001, Richard Linklater)
6. The Rules of Attraction (2002, Roger Avary)
7. Adaptation (2002, Spike Jonze)
8. The Florida Project (2017, Sean Baker)
9. Room (2015, Lenny Abrahamson)
10. This Must Be the Place (2011, Paolo Sorrentino)
11. School of Rock (2003, Richard Linklater)
12. Napoleon Dynamite (2004, Jared Hess)
13. Borat (2006, Larry Charles)
14. The Muppets (2011, James Bobin)
15. Haywire (2011, Steven Soderbergh)
16. Tropic Thunder (2008, Ben Stiller)
17. Bellflower (2011, Evan Glodell)
18. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018, Joel & Ethan Coen)
19. The Social Network (2010, David Fincher)
20. The Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009, Wes Anderson)
21. Mother! (2017, Darren Aronofsky)
22. Koko-Di Koko-Da (2019, Johannes Nyholm)
23. There Will Be Blood (2007, Paul Thomas Anderson)
24. Let the Right One In (2008, Tomas Alfredson)
25. Konosuba (2019, Takaomi Kanasaki)
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