This '100 greatest films of the 21st century' list is really dividing people

LONDON -- There are plenty of lists ranking the best films out there.

The IMDB has an ever-changing Top 250 films based on star ratings given by the public, Sight and Sound magazine publishes a 100 greatest films of all time every 10 years (based on votes from critics and people in the film industry), and a constant stream of top 10s -- whether that's based on genre, votes, or people's personal preferences -- can be found all over the place online.

With their recent list, though, the BBC have gone for a slightly different angle. Like Sight and Sound they've asked critics across the world for their favourite films, but unlike Sight and Sound (whose 2012 list is almost exclusively made up of 20th century films), they've asked critics to stick to their greatest 21st century picks.

Here's the top 20 in full.

20. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)

19. Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)

18. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009)

17. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro, 2006)

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16. Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012)

15. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)

14. The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012)

13. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)

12. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)

11. Inside Llewyn David (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2013)

10. No Country for Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007)

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9. A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)

8. Yi Yi: A One and a Two (Edward Yang, 2000)

7. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, 2011)

6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)

5. Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014)

4. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)

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3. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)

2. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai, 2000)

1. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)

You can browse the full list on the BBC's website.

Unsurprisingly -- as all good lists do -- the BBC's poll has drummed up some heated debate online.

Mulholland Drive, which was trending on Tuesday morning not long after the list's release, was a big focus of the conversation on Twitter.

Some were happy to see it grab the top spot.

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Others, less so.

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And some people were just a bit non-plussed.

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It's not really that surprising, though -- with their mixture of ominous sound effects, trippy dream sequences and general refusal to conform to any blockbuster stereotypes, David Lynch's films often divide people.

And hey -- it wouldn't be a film list if people didn't argue about it.