Similarly to the New York Times, Rolling Stone have put out a feature on their 100 best films of the 21st century so far. Also like the Times' list, Charlie is in there.
17. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Would you scrub an ex-lover from your thoughts? Mild-mannered Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) — glum, shy, rooted in a lifetime of minor humiliations — is devastated after splitting with wild child Clementine Kruczynski (Kate Winslet), a restless motor-mouth with rainbow of rotating hair dyes. Luckily, there’s a radical cure for heartache: selective memory eradication (and a slight case of permanent brain damage), courtesy of the eraser guys at gonzo medical outfit Lacuna Inc. Then a regretful Joel changes his mind and decides to resist the treatment and cling to the withering past. Music video director Michel Gondry applies his virtuoso surrealism to this giddy tale of human sadness, enlisting Hollywood’s favorite absurdist romantic Charlie Kaufman to pen his wise, Oscar-winning screenplay about the futility of a world-forgetting peace of mind. —S.G. (Source)
It sits between ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ (2013) at #18 and ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’ (2019) at #16. ‘There Will Be Blood’ (2007) topped the list.
Thanks to Tim!