20 Most Rewatchable Movies Of The 21st Century

11. Children Of Men (2006)

In 2027, women across the Earth have been unable to conceive for years; so when Theo Faron (Clive Owen) - an alcoholic office drone living in London - is tasked with escorting the first pregnant women in decades to safety, evil wrongdoers across Britain seek to take the child and use it for their own gain.

And yeah, granted, beyond that story, Children Of Men gets even bleaker - prepare yourself for Guantanamo and Holocaust imagery used to enhance the allegory - but director Alfonso Cuaron's technical virtuosity and storytelling nous makes Children Of Men compulsive viewing. The verisimilitude of Cuaron's dystopian future has been done with the same degree of success nowhere else - Children Of Men's London of the future isn't like looking at the future at all, but rather more like looking through a lens directly into a recognisable world of tomorrow (Theo even wears a tatty London 2012 Olympics jumper, and the then-incomplete Shard Tower can be seen amongst the London architecture).

Renowned for his remarkable long takes post-Gravity, viewers should look to Children of Men, where Cuaron was already laying the groundwork; the raid of Bexhill in particular is a stunning moment in cinema.