30 Most Important Movies Made Since 2000

29. There Will Be Blood

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Miramax Films

The greatest American movie since Goodfellas? Paul Thomas Anderson's modern classic deals thematically with Capitalism, paternal relationships, religion, desire and power as he created the first 21st Century epic.

Daniel Day-Lewis, channelling his inner John Huston portrayed what is now one of cinema's most memorable characters in Daniel Plainview, and he deservedly picked up his second Academy Award too.

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