It’s the beginning of a whole new decade — even more impressively, we’re now, 20 years into the 21st Century. The very popular UK film magazine Empire decided to poll its readership submit their picks of the best movies since 2000. Thousands replied, in-house staff also chimed on the list, to mold it with their own picks.
George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” finished atop the poll. Surprised? Well, you bet I am. Because there is no way ‘Fury Road’ should ever be seen as the best movie released since 2000. Is it a great movie? Of course. But it is surely isn’t better than Mulholland Drive, There Will Be Blood, Tree of Life, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, No Country For Old Men, Children of Men, Spirited Away, Cache, Twin Peaks: The Return, Uncle Boonmee, The Master …
Empire’s Best Movies of the 21st Century
Mad Max Fury Road
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
The Dark Knight
Inception
Moonlight
The Social Network
Avengers: Infinity War
Get Out
Pan’s Labyrinth
Lost in Translation
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Whiplash
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Spirited Away
Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse
Mulholland Drive
Inside Out
The Wolf of Wall Street
Interstellar
Obviously, based on the reading material, Empire will ultimately produce a fanboy influenced list when such a poll is taken by them — You have three Nolans, Infinity War, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Lord of the Rings, all in the top 20. Not to mention, only two foreign movies (“Pan’s Labyrinth” and “Spirited Away”). Then again, I’m not complaining about any of these titles being, at the very least, very good movies (“Infinity War” excepted).