Here are the ten most perfectly acted movies of the 21st century, ranked.
The intimacy, honesty, and timely message about acceptance and love makeBrokeback Mountaina truly heroic feat of filmmaking.
Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship.
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Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.
It is because of his work inThere Will Be Bloodthat every new Day-Lewis movie feels like an event.
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The tragic murder of a 19-year-old girl reunites three childhood friends still living in Boston–the victim’s gangster father, a detective, and the disturbed man they both suspect of killing her.
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A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go.
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Directed by Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story follows Charlie and Nicole Barber, a theater director and his actress wife, through the dramatic disintegration of their marriage and subsequent divorce. Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson star as Charlie and Nicole, with a further cast that includes Laura Dern, Alan Alda, and Ray Liotta.
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The Brutalist follows visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet as they flee Europe, aiming to rebuild their legacy in modern America. Their journey takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious and wealthy client alters the course of their lives, intertwining ambition with the challenges of a new world.
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As the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.
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Ennis and Jack are two shepherds who develop a sexual and emotional relationship. Their relationship becomes complicated when both of them get married to their respective girlfriends.
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As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
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An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
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A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the final years of Hollywood’s Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.
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A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.
