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Forbes' Top 150 Greatest Films of the 21st Century

These are motion pictures that achieved the heights of what cinema is capable of, examples that will stand out in the history of the art of filmmaking.
So here in no particular order are the 150 greatest films of the first two decades of the 21st Century!
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avg. score: 46 of 150 (31%)
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1
City of God (2002)
City of God (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
2
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
3
Mudbound (2017)
Mudbound (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
4
Detroit (2017)
Detroit (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
5
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
6
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
7
The Tree of Life (2011)
The Tree of Life (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
8
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
9
Short Term 12 (2013)
Short Term 12 (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
10
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
11
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
12
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
13
The Father (2020)
The Father (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
14
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
15
Inside Out (2015)
Inside Out (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
16
The Revenant (2015)
The Revenant (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
17
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
18
The Martian (2015)
The Martian (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
19
Get Out (2017)
Get Out (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
20
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Lives of Others (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
21
Shoplifters (2018)
Shoplifters (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
22
American Hustle (2013)
American Hustle (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
23
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
24
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
25
The Jungle Book (2016)
The Jungle Book (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
26
Adaptation. (2002)
Adaptation. (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
27
Frailty (2001)
Frailty (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
28
Lost in Translation (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
29
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
30
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
31
Nomadland (2020)
Nomadland (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
32
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
33
Avatar (2009)
Avatar (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
34
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
35
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
36
Zodiac (2007)
Zodiac (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
37
Oldboy (2003)
Oldboy (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
38
Melancholia (2011)
Melancholia (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
39
I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
40
Django Unchained (2012)
Django Unchained (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
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