What films of the last 15 years will be seen as classics?

[Spoonsky]

I think this deserves it's own thread.

It's hard to know, isn't it? For me most of the greatest films of this decade have been pretty small-profile (and foreign) compared to the Avengers shite: Under the Skin, Ida, Force Majeure, the Great Beauty... I don't think that enough people have watched any of those for them to really become classics in a popular sense. The King's Speech is one that is nailed on. I'd argue for Her as well. I guess if you go further back there's There Will Be Blood, or Lost in Translation (though that seems to split opinions pretty well). Skyfall probably will go down as a classic. I love Wes Anderson but I'm not sure he's really made a classic film yet.

I was also barely sentient between 2000 and 2011 or so, so I'm sure to have missed a lot.

[QE Harold Flair]

If The King's Speech is a standard-bearer we're in trouble. It's not bad but I wouldn't watch it again. I've probably seen The Life Of Brian more times than films I've watched all the way through this year.

For me, Touching The Void (not really a film, but oh well) and Shutter Island would be up there.

[Reg]

I agree that The Great Beauty should. Lost in Translation is a good shout too.

Out of my suggestions in the other thread, I'd be quite confident in Skyfall and Django Unchained.

[Dark Soldier]

Incendies should but probably won't. Absolutely devastating piece of cinema. The LotR efforts will be held high for a long while due to the following they have.

City of God and Eternal Sunshine should be up there as well.

[Reg]

I liked Eternal Sunshine a lot.

Have you seen others by Sorrentino, @Spoonsky? Worth watching?

[Dark Soldier]

Youth is getting superb feedback from those I trust on film, Reg.

[Spoonsky]

I have not. His new one looks... interesting, though. (Well hello there, DS.)

Keep in mind that this isn't about the best films of the last 15 years. There are plenty of brilliant films over the years that are never seen as classics for various reasons, usually because they're too low-profile.

[Demerit]

Does Forrest Gump/The Green Mile count or is that too old? Are they already classics?

From definitely post 2000 films I'd say:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Boyhood
There Will Be Blood
The Social Network (one of the most rewatchable films out there, mainly because of the DoP)
Pans Labyrinth
The Lives of Others
Sean of The Dead

[Demerit]

Youth is getting superb feedback from those I trust on film, Reg.

Who are they? Always on the lookout for good opinions.

Oh and yeah, City of God is a certain.

[Reg]

8 Mile could be. It'll get extra points for being the first really good film about hip-hop.

[Multi]

What the name of the film with that gay English fella who built a machine that killed all the Nazis?

I'll also throw Interstellar into the mix.

[Giggles]

I've only really liked stuff that would be ridiculed as mainstream here.

EDIT: Though, I see Interstellar mentioned, so we must all be open to ridicule. Biggest can of piss I've seen from the whole lot.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

The Departed

[Danny]

What the name of the film with that gay English fella who built a machine that killed all the Nazis?

I'll also throw Interstellar into the mix.

Not sure about the machine doing the killing but I think you mean The Imitation Game

[Dark Soldier]

Who are they? Always on the lookout for good opinions.

Todd McCarthy, Bradshaw of The Guardian (tad pretentious when it comes to blockbusters but he knows his shit re: art/euro cinema) are the two main ones I read, depends on the film really. A lot of the time I go off synopsis and the RT score.

[Spoonsky]

Interstellar had the makings of a classic but it got lost up its own arse.

[Dark Soldier]

Sunshine, if you discount the last 20 minutes, is a stunning piece of work. That should be remembered fondly.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Forgot Gladiator was 2000

[Multi]

Interstellar was a proper event though, everyone was talking about it. Not a lot of movies generates that much hype and discussion, I think it'll be remembered in 15 years for sure at least. Classic I'm not sure of, but I figured I should mention it.

[Manc]

Fight Club. 1999

[Demerit]

Todd McCarthy, Bradshaw of The Guardian (tad pretentious when it comes to blockbusters but he knows his shit re: art/euro cinema) are the two main ones I read, depends on the film really. A lot of the time I go off synopsis and the RT score.

What's the general consensus on Kermode? I listen to his podcast which I enjoy.

But what does everyone actually think about his opinions.

[Demerit]

@Dark Soldier finding it hard to find recent McCarthy reviews.

[Mazuuurk]

The Lord of the Rings trilogy, surely? Say what you will about them, but they were pretty special films all things considered.

[Max Power]

I liked Eternal Sunshine a lot.

Have you seen others by Sorrentino, @Spoonsky? Worth watching?

Il Divo is excellent. Consequences of Love is very good. The one with Sean Penn is a bit rubbish though

[Reg]

Il Divo is excellent. Consequences of Love is very good. The one with Sean Penn is a bit rubbish though

Cheers. Might watch one of those tomorrow.

[Dark Soldier]

@Dark Soldier finding it hard to find recent McCarthy reviews.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/todd-mccarthy/

[Boydy]

12 Years a Slave

[Boydy]

I watched The Great Beauty recently and while I thought it was good I didn't think it was as great as the hype on here auggested.

[Jeet]

Skyfall made no sense. Great action film, but plot had too many holes.

[Manc]

12 Years a Slave

I'll second this. Not ashamed to say I got teary eyed at the cinema.

[mugbull]

Interstellar was garbage. Inception was way better and will definitely be a classic. Boyhood will be considered a classic, but not enough people have seen it so it might forever just be a niche choice.

[Pepe]

The Social Network (one of the most rewatchable films out there, mainly because of the DoP)

[Pepe]

The King's Speech is one that is nailed on.

What makes it 'nailed on?' Don't recall it being particularly interesting.

[Pepe]

Are we talking Citizen Kane or Back to the Future type of classic?

[Magic]

I think I'd claw my own eyes out before watching the Social Network again.

[phonics]

City of God is a definitive classic.

[Lewis]

Probably none. I can't see the films of my childhood being beaten. Not when they were objectively perfect.

[Spoonsky]

What makes it 'nailed on?' Don't recall it being particularly interesting.

It's just one of those films that everybody knows and has seen, I think. It was also one of the most recent films to have been posted in that "Great film monologues" thread, which I think shows that people already think of it that way.

Probably none. I can't see the films of my childhood being beaten. Not when they were objectively perfect.

Alright, Harold.

[Boydy]

Alright, Harold.

[Baz]

Four Lions.

[Yevrah]

City of God will definitely be one.

The number of Hollywood classics inducted from this decade will definitely be down due to everything being a superhero/comic book movie though.

[phonics]

Fast And Furious 5 will be remembered in the same vain as those classic action movies. It's a masterpiece.

[Smiffy]

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[QE Harold Flair]

City of God will definitely be one.

The number of Hollywood classics inducted from this decade will definitely be down due to everything being a superhero/comic book movie though.

It really won't. Not enough people have seen it.

[QE Harold Flair]

Fast And Furious 5 will be remembered in the same vain as those classic action movies. It's a masterpiece.

I guarantee it won't.

[ItalAussie]

FF5 probably won't be remembered due to the fact that it's in the middle of a long-running franchise.

However, if there's any franchise that can reasonably be considered the spiritual successor to the old explosive action movies, it probably is the Fast & Furious series. Especially once they hit the fourth one and started embracing that particular identity.

[Yevrah]

It really won't. Not enough people have seen it.

It really will, they have.

[Yevrah]

I've still never seen a Fast and Furious movie.

[QE Harold Flair]

It really will, they have.

How do you know? There's no way it will garner viewing figures comparable with the likes of the films I listed.

[ItalAussie]

Is it all about numbers? City of God has a huge amount of critic-cred. There's more than one way to be a classic. Citizen Kane famously didn't break the box office. Shawshank Redemption and Blade Runner didn't even make back their budget in the box office either. Wizard of Oz and Fight Club did, but they didn't fare much better than that.