This was actually more difficult than I thought. I keep a list of favorite movies by release date, and I have 28 from 2000 on. I made a lot of cuts, and made The Lord of the Rings count for 1 movie, and still could only winnow down to 13.

In order of release date:

Almost Famous (2000)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Memento (2000)
The Lord of the Rings (2001- 2003)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Children of Men (2006)
Michael Clayton (2007)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
The Dark Knight (2008)
About Time (2013)
Hell or High Water (2016)
A Hidden Life (2019)

I'm seeing alot of Mulholland Drive. Frankly I've barely heard of the movie. Guess it should see it.

What's interesting is the lack of love for all the comic book movies.

LB12Diamond said:

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What's interesting is the lack of love for all the comic book movies.

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They have been mostly forgettable for me, they kind of blend together and I stopped caring after a while.

I get that but they pretty much have dominated the last 15 years.

For me

Edge of tomorrow.
Million dollar baby
Gladiator
Star Trek (new one with Pine)
Shrek

Oh and I might toss in a Bond move. Maybe Casino Royale?

This was extremely difficult, I got to about 20 solid options then whittled it down with a bunch of 1:1 comparisons. That didn't make it any easier.

In order of release, I bolded my easiest choices to include:

• LOTR...if you had to twist my arm to pick one, give me The Two Towers [2001-2003]
• Catch Me If You Can [2002]
• Master and Commander [2003]
• Wedding Crashers [2005]
• Casino Royale [2006]
• Children of Men [2006]
• The Dark Knight [2008]
• About Time [2013]
• Arrival [2016]
• Top Gun: Maverick [2022]

Couple things of note:
Did no one list Pirates of the Caribbean? I know it's been over 20 years now, but that was such a massive movie and one of those universally-liked ones, similar to Top Gun: Maverick.

I'd be happy with flipping out the un-bolded stuff for some of my 11-20 movies, but the bolded movies are soldified right now in my top 10 of the century.

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Avengers Infinity War
Avengers Endgame
Captain America The Winter Soldier
The Dark Knight
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Guardians of the Galaxy
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Gladiator
Top Gun Maverick

edit - remove The Force Awakens and replace with Interstellar
remove Revenge of the Sith and replace with Gladiator

Others - No Country For Old Men, The Martian, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Batman Begins, Mission Impossible Fallout.

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How the hell do I leave off Dune Part 1 or Rogue One? Or The Avengers, Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: Civil War, or Prometheus?

LB12Diamond said:

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What's interesting is the lack of love for all the comic book movies.

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There are a few comic book movies making regular appearances on these lists, but there were a lot of other high quality movies released over these years as well. Many of which actually belong on such a list over the likes of most comic book movies.

Dune and Rogue one were in my running for Top 10. On any given day they might make it in over some of my unbolded movies. Probably just depends on the mood I am in. I was able to get a solid (for me) top 5, and the way I view 5-20 or so is that they are very close to one another.

The problem that I always have with top 10 lists is that there are always around 5 selections that are slam dunk choices and 10-20 that I could fill out the rest with. My top 10 would change daily depending on my mood.

As I noted. With how many have been put out the past 15 years, none are really thought of as great that you can watch over and over.

For this type of list I think of a movie if I see it's on I cannot turn away.

The first Superman and GOTG might fall in this category. But for the most part they just have a sequence I like in the movie.

Almost Famous
Big Fish
Bullet Train
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Finding Nemo
The Hangover
The Incredibles
The Martian
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Other Guys

Bruce Almighty said:

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The problem that I always have with top 10 lists is that there are always around 5 selections that are slam dunk choices and 10-20 that I could fill out the rest with. My top 10 would change daily depending on my mood.

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Same

I guess my favorites are really my most re-watchable.

Hot Fuzz
Lord of War
The Departed
Interstellar
HOHW
Master & Commander (favorite)
Limitless
The Big Short
Batman Begins
Sicario

It's funny, if but if I had never seen Master and Commander, and someone were to put it on a list while saying it's one of their most rewatchable, I would roll my eyes.

For a nearly 3 hour period piece about a british warship in the Napoleonic wars, I can watch that freaking movie over and over.

Is Master & Commander the top 21st century movie of the TexAgs entertainment board?

Nope, it's either Gladiator or LOTR.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Nope, it's either Gladiator or LOTR.

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Id say The Dark Knight

Why do we keep pretending LOTR is one movie?

Chipotlemonger said:

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Is Master & Commander the top 21st century movie of the TexAgs entertainment board?

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100%, LOTR is the top ET S-Tier

A-Tier would be movies like Master & Commander, The Dark Knight, and Gladiator.

I think I could watch Fellowship every day.

DallasTeleAg said:

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Chipotlemonger said:

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Is Master & Commander the top 21st century movie of the TexAgs entertainment board?

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100%, LOTR is the top ET S-Tier

A-Tier would be movies like Master & Commander, The Dark Knight, and Gladiator.

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TexAgs tournament from three year ago. Dark Knight took the crown beating Gladiator in the finals.

https://texags.com/forums/13/topics/3120022/9

Bruce Almighty said:

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DallasTeleAg said:

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Chipotlemonger said:

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Is Master & Commander the top 21st century movie of the TexAgs entertainment board?

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100%, LOTR is the top ET S-Tier

A-Tier would be movies like Master & Commander, The Dark Knight, and Gladiator.

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TexAgs tournament from three year ago. Dark Knight took the crown beating Gladiator in the finals.

https://texags.com/forums/13/topics/3120022/9

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Sounds like we need another pandemic to make Porkchop bored and creating EB brackets again.

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Damn, i guess i really need to see Almost Famous and Master & Commander..

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You definitely do

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Watched Master & Commander last night. You guys were right, that was a great movie. Almost Famous up next.

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Awesome!

Almost Famous wins best best Soundtrack, imo.

Hard for me to rank these, so in no particular order...

No Country for Old Men
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood
Sicario
Hell or High Water
Blade Runner 2049
The Town
The Departed
Collateral
Inglourious Basterds
Gladiator

The Porkchop Express said:

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Why do we keep pretending LOTR is one movie?

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Because it was made as a single story, filmed at the same time, and all the filmmakers and actors always say they treated it as making one movie.

Then why did I have to pay for 3 tickets to see on story?

Obviously it's three movies, but that is the answer you're looking for.

Same applies for Kill Bill, even more so because it was actually intended to be one movie until post-production.

Side discussion, but had any trailer ever announced multiple movies before the very first teaser for LOTR?

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Obviously it's three movies, but that is the answer you're looking for.

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I'm getting this framed and bronzed.