The FTW staff picks the best films of the 21st century in honor of the NYT poll
Bong Joon-ho's Parasite earned the top spot in the rankings, as 2019's Best Picture winner won the most support among those making ballots.
With the publication allowing anybody to make their own "Reader's Choice" ballots, we polled the For the Win staff and got four takes on their favorite films from the past 25 years.
Films like The Dark Knight, The Social Network, Spirited Away and Inception appeared on multiple ballots.
Let's check out how all four ballots turned out!
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Blake Schuster
Meghan L. Hall
Robert Zeglinski
Not a bad line up if you ask us!
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