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I thought La La Land should have won in 2016. It was modern but had a classical Hollywood vibe that went beyond just being a musical. The character interaction, dialogue and chemistry between the leads was spot on. For reference, Casablanca is my favorite movie of all time. They just don't make movies today with that kind of dialogue.
To me Open Range is one of the best in the last twenty years.
Spotlight is the movie I liked most in the past two decades, from how the story was portrayed to how the actors just pulled me into the story and events, everything. A fine piece of cinema.
Not sure about pulling together a whole list of great films over the last twenty years, but if you're a fan of good Satire then JoJo Rabbit is for you. Great movie!
Not 100% to do with the subject, but the Coen Brothers, David Fincher, and Judd Apatow are my top 3 directors of the 21st century. The Coen Brothers and Fincher have each directed so many great films and Apatow’s movies are traditional critic darlings, but he’s produced so many more classics than the next director in the genre.
I would add Christopher Nolan to your list.
Hacksaw Ridge from 2016 is (was) to me, just an incredible film. A TRUE story about a "Conscientious Objector" who served as an Army medic, and awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor??? Unbelievable story. GREAT film.
A road I travel daily is Desmond T Doss Memorial highway. He settled on Lookout Mountain in GA after the war.
I’ve got Nolan in the next tier with Scorsese, and Tarantino followed by Tom McCarthy (Spotlight), Paul Thomas Anderson, and a few others. Looking through their wikis, however I will say the top 6 are all incredibly close. Personally, I am just more fascinated by the Coen Brother’s, Fincher’s, and Apatow’s typically genres and film styles than the other three so I regard them a bit higher. They’re all incredible and that’s just my personal opinion, however. Arguments to be had for all of them.
Saving Private Ryan great film. A film that flys under the radar is Wind River.
Gangs of New York I guess if I had to pick one.. QT is my favorite director.... hateful eight... or d’jango for the time period. The departed or shutter island. I could go on
silver linings playbook and beautiful mind.
Best Comedy: 'Oh Brother, Where Art Thou' One of the best ever, awesome soundtrack
Most Violent: 'Rambo 4 (director's cut)' - whoa...This movie makes 'Saving Private Ryan' look like an episode of Spongebob
Best Fighting Action movie: 'Raid: Redemption' - Has the best Martial Arts battle ever between a little guy named Mad Dog and 2 SWAT team soldiers that just has to be seen to be believed
Best Ancient Sword and Shield Action movie: 'Troy' - Sword battle between Achilles/Hector (Brad Pitt and Eric Bana) is the best Sword duel ever filmed.
Best Western: Tie between the remake of the 'Magnificent 7' and remake of '3:10 to Yuma' - Neither is as good as the 'Good, Bad and ****' (best of all time) but both are fun and better than their originals, IMO.
Best Superhero movie: 'Avengers: Endgame' - as good as advertised or 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' - best X-Men movie in the series
Most Overrated movie: 'No Country for Old Men' - This is the worst movie ever to win any kind of Oscar and one of the worst I've ever seen...EVER
Most Underrated movie: 'The Chronicles of Riddick' - Becoming a cult classic and deserves it, Vin Diesel's best film.
Scariest Movie - 3 Way Tie!: 'Quarantined' - Best 'found footage' movie, grabs you by the throat and never lets up or 'The Conjuring' - Don't let your kids watch this, they'll have nightmares for months or Remake of 'Dawn of the Dead' - better than either of the '28 Days/Weeks' movies, if you liked the original and Zombie movies overall, this is your movie
Best Overall Movie: 'Lord of the Rings' Trilogy Will be classics for generations to come
Life has gotten in the way the past couple of days, so I haven't been back on the forum since this thread was first posted, but I'm glad a few folks chimed in. I'll still plan to follow up with the other 5-year blocks as soon as I can pull it together.
I agree with LOTR. Should be a top 10 of all time imo.