A recent World of Reel poll , of over 300 critics, named George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” as the best movie of the decade, but now The Guardian has published their own best of 21st century list and have also included the picks of several marquee directors
For Barry Jenkins, it’s Carlos Reygadas’ 2007 Cannes-winner “Silent Light.” Terrence Malick’s Palme d’Or winner “The Tree of Life” is Richard Linklater’s pick, whereas “The Souvenir” director Joanna Hogg wisely decided on Kennth Lonergan’s masterful “Margaret.”
Full list of director’s picks and comments can be found on The Guardian, but here’s a sampling —
Barry Jenkins, “Silent Light (2007)
Andrew Haigh, “Uzak” (2002)
Hirokazu Kore-eda, “Secret Sunshine” (2007)
Joanna Hogg, “Margaret” (2011)
Mike Leigh, The Death of Mr Lazarescu (2005)
Richard Linklater, “The Tree of Life” (2011)
Kenneth Lonergan, “Talk to Her” (2002)
Lucrecia Martel, “Familia Sumergida (A Family Submerged)” (2018)
Steve McQueen, ”Café Lumière” (2003)
László Nemes, “Meek’s Cutoff” (2010)
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015)
Sarah Polley, ”A Hidden Life” (2019)
Paolo Sorrentino, “The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Michael Winterbottom, “Theo Who Lived” (2016)