So, turns out Mullholland Drive is the best film of the 21st century.
According to a new survey conducted by the BBC that took the opinions of 177 critics into consideration, David Lynch’s surreal noir film is the best film made since 2000.
Also in the top ten? There Will Be Blood, Spirited Away, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Tree Of Life.
If you’re still in the dark about the Bechdel Test, it’s simple manner of determining how much thought has been put into female character development. To pass, the film is required to feature two women, who have a conversation, about something other than a man.
Plenty of huge films don’t pass. Things like Lord of the Rings (all three of them), every Harry Potter film except the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Run Lola Run…
Out of 102 films on this list, using the the help of BechdelTest.com, 52 pass, 39 fail, and 12 are unknown.
Here’s the results.
1 Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001) Yes
2 In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000) Yes
3 There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007) No
4 Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)Yes
5 Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014)Yes
6 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004 No
7 The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)No
8 Yi Yi: A One and a Two (Edward Yang, 2000) Unknown
9 A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011) Yes
10 Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2013) No
11 No Country For Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007) Yes
12 Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006) Yes
13 Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007) No
14 The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012) Unknown
15 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007) Yes
16 Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012) No
17 Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro, 2006) No
18 The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009) Yes
19 Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015) Yes
20 Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)Yes
21 The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014)No
22 Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)Unknown
23 Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)Yes
24 The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)No
25 Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2001) No
26 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002)No
27 The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010)No
28 Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar, 2002) Yes
29 WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)No
30 Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)No
31 Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011)Yes
32 The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)No
33 Son of Saul (László Nemes, 2015)Unknown
34 The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) Yes
35 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)Yes
36 Timbuktu (Abderrahmane Sissako, 2014)Yes
37 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010) Yes
38 City of God (Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, 2002)No
39 The New World (Terrence Malick, 2005)Yes
40 Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) No
41 Inside Out (Pete Docter and Ronnie Del Carmen, 2015)Yes
42 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013)Yes
43 Amour (Michael Haneke, 2012) Yes
44 Melancholia (Lars von Trier, 2011)Yes
45 Blue Is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2013)Yes
46 Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)Yes
47 Leviathan (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2014)Yes
48 Brooklyn (John Crowley, 2015) Yes
49 Goodbye to Language (Jean-Luc Godard, 2014)Unknown
50 Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)Yes
51 The Assassin (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2015)Unknown
52 Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004) No
53 Ida (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2013)Yes
54 Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)No
55 Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011) No
56 Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, 2000)Unknown
57 Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012) Yes
58 A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)Yes
59 Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth, 2009) Yes
60 Moolaadé (Ousmane Sembene, 2004) Unknown
61 Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)unknown
62 Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013) No
63 Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)Yes
64 The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino, 2013) No
65 The Turin Horse (Bela Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, 2011)Unknown
66 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring (Kim Ki-duk, 2003)No
67 The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)No
68 Carol (Todd Haynes, 2015)Yes
69 The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)Yes
070 Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012)Yes
71 Tabu (Miguel Gomes, 2012)Yes
72 Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004)No
73 Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch, 2013) Yes
74 Spring Breakers (Harmony Korine, 2012) Yes
75 Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003) Yes
76 Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014)No
77 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007)No
178 Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)Yes
79 The Return (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2003)Unknown
80 The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013)Yes
81 A Prophet (Jacques Audiard, 2009)No
82 A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009)No
83 A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)No
84 Her (Spike Jonze, 2013) No
285 Shame (Steve McQueen, 2011)No
86 Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)Yes
87 Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002)Yes
88 Spotlight (Tom McCarthy, 2015)No
89 The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008) Yes
90 Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003)No
91 Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)No
92 Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012)Yes
393 Ratatouille (Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava, 2007)No
94 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)No
95 The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002)No
96 The Secret in Their Eyes (Juan José Campanella, 2009)No
97 Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002) Yes
98 The Gleaners and I (Agnès Varda, 2000) Yes
99 White Material (Claire Denis, 2009)Yes
100 Carlos (Olivier Assayas, 2010) Unknown
4101 Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)Yes
102 Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016) Yes
This article was originally published on The DeBrief