In the Mood for Love

If grand gestures and easily avoidable misunderstandings put you off romance, start with people who have other things going on. These films make room for work, friendship, migration, music and the...

For film lovers who want more from 2000 than its box-office hits: the year's finest films, from Oscar winners such as Gladiator and Traffic to festival discoveries that critics now rank among the...

For adult viewers who want romance to do more than deliver a reassuring ending, this ranking values chemistry, emotional precision and the ways filmmaking makes desire visible. It ranges across...

A soundtrack can outlast the images without becoming mere background. These choices reward a complete album listen, from tightly sequenced song collections to scores with their own developing...

For viewers who value character, performance and the emotional consequences of choices, this ranking crosses eras and national cinemas rather than following a single awards tradition. Drama...

An argued ranking of 100 films for viewers ready to range across film history, languages and forms. Direction, performance, invention, emotional force and influence all count; the order reflects...