The 21st Century's 100 Greatest Films
24th August 2016
BBC Culture has published a list of the one hundred greatest films of the 21st Century. For the poll BBC Culture received responses from 177 critics – from every continent except Antarctica. Some are newspaper or magazine reviewers, others write primarily for websites; academics and cinema curators are well-represented too.
The list includes seventeen films with either original soundtracks by Music Sales composers, licensed music or song placements from our catalogues.
They are:
2. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000)
Includes Yumeji’s Theme by Shigeru Umebayashi
5. Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014)
Includes Sunshine Day
7. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)
Includes After the Rain by Barry Guy, Lacrimosa by Zbigniew Preisner, Symphony No 3 by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Resurrection in Hades and Funeral Canticle by John Tavener
13. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
Includes Eternity's Sunrise and Fragments of a Prayer by John Tavener and the song It's not for me to say
22. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
Includes La Dolce Vita
25. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
Score by David Julyan
28. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, 2002)
Score by Alberto Iglesias
32. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
Score by Gabriel Yared
35. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
Score by Tan Dun
48. Brooklyn (John Crowley, 2015)
Includes Garden in the Rain, Zing a Little Zong and Dynaflow
53. Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)
Score by Craig Armstrong
Includes Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend
64. The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrrentino, 2013)
Includes Symphony No 3 by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, I lie and World to Come by David Lang, Dies irae by Zbigniew Preisner and The Lamb by John Tavener
69. Carol (Todd Haynes, 2015)
Includes No other love, Perdido, A Garden In The Rain and Don't Blame Me
75. Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014)
Includes Les Fleurs
78. The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013)
Includes There Is No Greater Love and Gloria
81. Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)
Score by Harry Escott
95. Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)
Includes Playful Pizzicato by Benjamin Britten