Sunday, June 29, 2025

IMDB and the 21st Century

According to IMDB, here are the ten highest rated movies of the 21st Century (which began in 2001):

1.  The Dark Knight (2008):  9.0 (3d highest movie of all time)
2.  The Lord of the Rings:  The Return of the King (2003):  9.0 (6th highest movie of all time)
3.  The Lord of the Rings:  The Fellowship of the Ring (2001):  8.9 (9th highest movie of all time)
4.  The Lord of the Rings:  The Two Towers (2002):  8.8 (12th highest movie of all time)
5.  Inception (2010):  8.8 (14th highest movie of all time)
6.  Interstellar (2014):  8.7 (18th highest movie of all time)
7.  City of God (2002):  8.6 (26th highest movie of all time)
8.  Spirited Away (2001): 8.6 (31st highest movie of all time)
9.  The Pianist (2002):  8.5 (32d highest movie of all time)
10.  Parasite (2019):  8.5 (34th highest movie of all time)

Last week, The New York Times picked Parasite as the best movie of the 21st century so far.

1 comment:

  1. The best movie of the 21st Century so far is, of course, "There Will Be Blood" (2007). The NYT ranked it third. IMDB gives it a rating of 8.2, and has it at number 142 on the best movies of all time.

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