Seattle Cinema Survey – The Top 25 Films of the 21st Century

Recently, BBC polled a huge swathe of critics for the best films of the 21^st Century. Every week, I survey local critics and writers some random thing, also often about the 21^st Century film scene. So…why not ask said locals what their personal picks are for the greatest pictures to hit since Y2K.

Last week, I posted my personal top ten. For this round, I selected a deeper 25, while additionally gathering the same number from Michael Ward (Should I See It), Sara Michelle Fetters (MovieFreak/The SGN), Jason Roestel (formerly of Examiner), Tim Hall (The People’s Critic), Brian Taibl (Brian the Movie Guy) Matt Oakes (Silver Screen Riot), Brent McKnight (CinemaBlend/The Last Thing I See), Erik Samdahl (FilmJabber), Drew Powell (Drew’s Movie Blog/Queen Anne News) and Nick Tiffany (the originally titled…Nick Tiffany.com). What I received was quite a few surprising picks, including a few that cracked the top 25 of the masses multiple times), some personal head-scratchers and proof that we’re living in a time of sensational cinema.

The results were ranked with #1 selections garnering a max of 25 points, #2 getting 24 and so on until the last selection. Not a single movie cracked the Seattle 25 while only being voted on by one person, which is nice and fitting. All ties were broken by which had a higher top selection. So, without further ado, let’s count them down.

25. Unbreakable