Recent movie classics

[Rob]

So, inspired by the acting performance thread, I thought I'd make this thread. Essentially, the question is if there have been made any true movie classics in the last 15-20 years?

Most of us know and love movies like Schindlers List, Godfather, Scarface, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, the Shining, the Unforgiven etc. They are all quite old, though. So that brings me back to the question, have there been made any films in the last 15-20 years that people will watch in 25 years and consider masterpieces?

I'm having a hard time thinking of any.

 

[TheSamulator]

Fast & Furious from number 1 through to 87 million.

 

[caid]

I liked the new Blade Runner a lot.
Some of Christopher Nolans stuff has been very good. Really enjoyed the Prestige. 2nd Batman was pretty great.
Could watch nothing but Coen Brothers movies for the rest of eternity and be happy

 

[caid]

There will be Blood also, theres been loads of brilliant movies released in the last 20 years

First Japanese Ring is just over 20 years old.
Oldboy was great fun.

I could probably edit this post a thousand times.

The Pledge
Lost in Translation
American Psycho
Royal Tenenbaums
Children of Men
28 Days Later
Spirited Away
Donnie Darko
Kill Bill
City of God
Gladiator
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Shutter Island
Drive
Argo
The Place Beyond the Pines
Sicario
The Wrestler
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Lives of Others

Pretty sweet couple of decades if your into comic books too

 

[Ubik]

Fury Road is an action masterpiece.

 

[Eckers99]

There have been loads of great films over the past 20 years ;

American Beauty
Fight Club
There Will Be Blood
Magnolia
No Country For Old Men
Before Sunset /Sunrise /Midnight
Fury Road
Inception
Lost In Translation
Zodiac
Mulholland Drive
A Separation
Old Boy
Downfall
A Prophet
City of God
Amores Perros
In The Mood For Live
Synecdoche New York

To name a few.

 

[ghagua]

I consider A few Good Men a classic.

 

[Vato]

Fight Club
The Matrix (1)
Interstellar
Shutter Island

Are all classics imo.

 

[Ubik]

There have been loads of great films over the past 20 years ;

American Beauty
Fight Club
There Will Be Blood
Magnolia
No Country For Old Men
Before Sunset /Sunrise /Midnight
Fury Road
Inception
Lost In Translation
Zodiac
Mulholland Drive
A Separation
Old Boy
Downfall
A Prophet
City of God
Amores Perros
In The Mood For Live
Synecdoche New York

To name a few.

 

[caid]

Fury Road is an action masterpiece.

I liked the new Judge Dredd a lot too, they remind me of each other.

 

[SteveJ]

Naki Mura (1998)

An orphan builds a new father out of potato peelings and false teeth.

 

[caid]

Naki Mura (1998)

An orphan builds a new father out of potato peelings and false teeth.

Never Seen it
Sold!

 

[harshad]

The Room.

A movie so good that they made a movie about the making of the movie. A cultural masterpiece.

Lel

 

[Donk87]

Whiplash

 

[Verminator]

Intouchables
The Raid
The Hateful Eight
Twelve years a Slave
Selma
Whiplash
Four Lions
Borat
God Bless America

Loads. Before including documentaries

 

[Jev]

Basically all the Pixar films. Spirited Away. Amour and The White Ribbon. Das Leben die Anderen. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Boyhood. Inside Llewyn Davis. Many of the ones already mentioned.

There are loads.

 

[Zen]

I'm not sure what level of classic you are truly looking for - because more than half you believe most know and love aren't classics themselves really. Godfather and Unforgiven no doubt.

I'd say No Country has well truly kept it status and is now passing the test of time as the first hurdle is always that 10 year marker, Mulholland Drive roundly considered one, In The Mood For Love, There Will Be Blood, Zodiac, Spirited Away, Pan's Labyrinth, Eternal Sunshine, Cache....a lot of Pixar stuff will age gracefully too, just like most of the true Disney Classics have, though that's them being more a classic of their style than genuine classics.

Newer ones that I'm partial too - Moneyball gets better every time I watch it, quite stunned at how much I enjoy that. Inglourious Basterds, Get Out is very very likely to end up being known as the finest of 2017...

 

[baskinginthesun]

I'm not sure what level of classic you are truly looking for - because more than half you believe most know and love aren't classics themselves really. Godfather and Unforgiven no doubt.

I'd say No Country has well truly kept it status and is now passing the test of time as the first hurdle is always that 10 year marker, Mulholland Drive roundly considered one, In The Mood For Love, There Will Be Blood, Zodiac, Spirited Away, Pan's Labyrinth, Eternal Sunshine, Cache....a lot of Pixar stuff will age gracefully too, just like most of the true Disney Classics have, though that's them being more a classic of their style than genuine classics.

Newer ones that I'm partial too - Moneyball gets better every time I watch it, quite stunned at how much I enjoy that. Inglourious Basterds, Get Out is very very likely to end up being known as the finest of 2017...

Yes! Stunning movie. Probably because it's a war movie as well; it should hold up against the age of time.

 

[squiggle]

Along with some already mentioned,

Y Tu Mama Tambien
Amelie
In Bruges
A Very Long Engagement
Persepolis
Wall-E
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Return of the King
Shaun of the Dead
The Book of Life
Midnight in Paris

I'd put The Last Jedi up with the original trilogy, too.

 

[Lyricist]

The Departed
City of God
Inglorious Basterds
Lord of the Rings
Good Will Hunting
Gladiator
Shawshank Redemption
Fight Club
Green Mile
Unforgiven (Mainly because it was the last Eastwood Western)
Pulp Fiction
Inception
American Beauty
The Dark Knight
Pirates of the Caribbean
Inside Out
Gran Torino
Catch Me If You Can
Titanic
Spirited Away
Finding Nemo
The Matrix
The Truman Show

 

[Andy_Cole]

Seems like this is just a list of movies people like. The question is what will be legendary status? Movies our kids will go out their way to watch.

Dark Knight
Gladiator
The Matrix
Kill Bill
Lord of the rings

These for me fit the bill. Funny though, none of these are the best ever. Maybe it’s a generation of TV shows where nothing will surpass Breaking Bad, the wire, The Sopranos. Even Game of Thrones on sheer popularity too.

 

[harms]

Boyhood from the recent ones.

Gladiator mentions, ffs

 

[Skills]

Finding Dory

 

[Rob]

Plenty of brilliant movies mentioned, but imo there's a big difference between being a good movie and a legendary one like Schindlers List and Godfather. Like I said in the OP, movies that our children will watch in 25 years and consider art. I'm not sure Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, in Bruges or Borat qualify, even if they're good movies in their own right.

 

[SwansonsTache]

The Raid is probably the greatest action movie in recent time, a classic no doubt.

 

[squiggle]

I think there's room for comedies and irreverence. People consider Blazing Saddles a classic and I wouldn't argue with that.

Not that I'm sure that calling films (or music, or anything) 'classics' is always a good idea. Once there's a hierarchy of importance the films themselves start to fade away. Well, they do for me. It's like the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame, where music goes to die.

 

[SteveJ]

Carrots of the Pirabbean!
Or maybe not...

 

[Andy_Cole]

Plenty of brilliant movies mentioned, but imo there's a big difference between being a good movie and a legendary one like Schindlers List and Godfather. Like I said in the OP, movies that our children will watch in 25 years and consider art. I'm not sure Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, in Bruges or Borat qualify, even if they're good movies in their own right.

I think Gladiator does. But fair comment, classic shouldn’t come too loosely.

 

[Tosicsleftpeg]

Interstellar
Saving private Ryan
The dark Knight
Lord of the rings

All amazing.

 

[matherto]

Is Blade Runner 2049?

 

[Gambit]

Beasts of no nation.
A film that I think being a netflix exclusive has damaged it's reputation. I honestly believe if it had had a theatrical release it would have dominated the awards.

 

[VorZakone]

Wolf of Wall Street?

 

[Zen]

Plenty of brilliant movies mentioned, but imo there's a big difference between being a good movie and a legendary one like Schindlers List and Godfather. Like I said in the OP, movies that our children will watch in 25 years and consider art. I'm not sure Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, in Bruges or Borat qualify, even if they're good movies in their own right.

Bet In Bruges will be more highly regarded by film aficionados than Jurassic Park, Scarface and Schindlers in years to come....hell it probably already is.

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Carrots of the Pirabbean!
Or maybe not...

I want to see that

 

[matherto]

Batman Begins is the best of a good trilogy. Rewatched them all t'other day

 

[R.N7]

Beau Travail
Yi yi
In the Mood for Love
Werckmeister Harmonies
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Mulholland Drive
Artificial Intelligence: AI
2046
Inland Empire
Miami Vice
Syndromes and a Century
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Zodiac
Fish Tank
Mysteries of Lisbon
Oslo, 31. august
Holy Motors
Spring Breakers
Amour
Ida
Under the Skin

 

[Pexbo]

Trying to add something new to the mix, Max and Mary is a classic for me. Absolutely wonderful film.

 

[paulscholes18]

Toy Story
Elf
Frozen
Up
Harry Potter films

 

[Loublaze]

Ray
Kill Bill
The 40 Year old virgin
The incredibles
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Departed
Ali
Django unchained
12 years a slave
I, Robot
The Hangover
The Descent
Underworld
Team America: World police
Inside man
Miracle at St. Anna
Red Tails
Blue is the warmest color
Drive
The wolf of wall street
The gambler
Shaun of the dead
Sin City
True grit
Hugo
Insidious

 

[Kazi]

Whiplash
Wall-e