Top Ten Films of 2000-2009

[Still Servant]

Believe it or not, we are coming to the end of the decade. There have been tons of great films released in the last 10 years.

As we get closer to 2010, I have noticed a lot of lists popping up all over the net.

I thought it would be fun to list some of our favorite films from 2000 to the present.

When I first had the idea for this thread, I wanted to make my list to 50. After jotting down a few films, I soon realized I would never be able to put them in order. I now have over 50. Maybe I will sit down one day and decide the order. For now, here they are in no particular order:

The Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Dark Knight
The Bourne trilogy
The Departed
In Bruges
Donnie Darko
Million Dollar Baby
Gladiator
Memento
Children of Men
Gone Baby Gone
A History of Violence
American Psycho
Rescue Dawn
Zodiac
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
The Inglorious Basterds
The Savages
Superbad
Knocked Up
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Slumdog Millionaire
28 Days Later
Up
Wall-E
No Country For Old Men
Minority Report
Hero
Doubt
Gran Torino
The Wrestler
Juno
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Oldboy
Them
Memory of a Killer
Michael Clayton
Tell No One
Tsotsi
City of God
Garden State
Collateral
Pan's Labyrinth
Open Water
Little Miss Sunshine
The Hangover
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Black Hawk Down
In the Bedroom
Training Day
Road to Perdition
Last Samurai
The Cooler
Mystic River
Letters From Iwo Jima
Jarhead
United 93
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
District 9
Crash
Tropic Thunder
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

I know a lot of people (including myself) has said that Hollywood doesn't put out as many good films anymore. I think my list proves us all wrong.

I think Hollywood is putting out more films in general, so it looks like there isn't as much good stuff. In reality, there's a lot to like here. Hopefully, the next decade will be just as good.

[Sam]

Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is my vote! NOT!!:P

Let me think on this one for a while.

[Seymour_Glass]

Dude, good list. I see some overlap. However, I, too, will need time to ponder. :orely:

[flaggwalkstheline]

I think my favorite films from the 2000s are 28 days later n 28 weeks later, there will be blood, oh brother where art thou?, idiocracy, hmmm lemme think up some more...

[Seymour_Glass]

There Will Be Blood
Punch-Drunk Love
The Royal tenenbaums
The Departed
Inglourious Basterds
The Dark Knight
...
shit.
Be back with moar later.

[fernandito]

Damn good list Mikey. :thumbsup:

Give me a few days to come up with mine.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Well here is a list, certainly incomplete. However, the last decade probably has very few of my absolute favorite movies. I guess it would take a while to make that list.

Shrek
40 year old virgin
Superbad
Snatch
Monsters Inc
Open Season
Finding Nemo
The Incredibles
Ratatouille
Idiocracy
No Country for Old Men
Gladiator
300
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kill Bill 1,2
Apocalypto
Sweeney Todd
King Kong
Cold Mountain
I Robot
I am Legend
Big Fish
Pirates of the Caribean
Ray
Walk the Line
Oceans 11/12/13
LotR trilogy
The Blind Side
Friday Night Lights
Knocked Up
Blood Diamond
The Terminal
Coraline
The Mist
Meet the Parents/Fockers

[stone, rose, unfound door]

The Wind that Shakes the Barley
The Last Samurai
Final Fantasy Advent Children
Surely a few more but I can't think of them now.

[pathoftheturtle]

The Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Dark Knight
...
Slumdog Millionaire
...
Gran Torino
...
Oldboy
...
Pan's Labyrinth
...
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
...
Crash
...
...
Punch-Drunk Love
...
...
Snatch
...
Apocalypto
...
Big Fish
...

...I know a lot of people (including myself) has said that Hollywood doesn't put out as many good films anymore. ...
"...That's the problem with the American cinema: Can't handle any complexity. 'Whoa! Don't make me think!' ..."

~ "White Goodman"
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)

[Heather19]

Mike, you put Them on your list :wub:

I'll put mine up shortly. I just need to think about it for a bit.

[Still Servant]

Mike, you put Them on your list :wub:

I'll put mine up shortly. I just need to think about it for a bit.

Heck yeah! I really enjoyed that film. Probably one of my top 5 horror films of the last decade.

[razz]

Nothing memorable. decade 2k, I am disappoint.

[IWasSentWest]

i liked hellboy for some reason

law abiding citizen was really good.

nobody has listed spider man? wow

and meet the robinson's was one of the best disney movies i've seen in a while

[turtlex]

Okay, my highlights for 2000-2009 :

( movies that I saw in the theater )

01/02/2000 - Magnolia
01/14/2000 - Girl, Interrupted
02/18/2000 - Boys Don't Cry
02/19/2000 - Pitch Black ( a great sci-fi / horror film )
04/02/2000 - High Fidelity
04/17/2000 - American Psycho
07/15/2000 - X-Men
09/23/2000 - Almost Famous
04/08/2001 - Blow ( probably my favorite Johnny Depp film )
06/15/2001 - Lara Croft:Tomb Raider
12/19/2001 - LOTR: Fellowship
05/04/2002 - SpiderMan
12/18/2002 - LOTR: Two Towers
04/19/2003 - Bend It Like Beckham
05/02/2003 - X-Men 2
11/02/2003 - Mystic River
12/16/2003 - LOTR Trilogy Special Editions
01/31/2005 - Million Dollar Baby
05/20/2005 - Crash
06/03/2005 - Lords of Dogtown
11/11/2005 - Capote
11/21/2005 - I Walk The Line
11/23/2005 - RENT
12/25/2005 - Brokeback Mountain
12/29/2005 - Narnia / Lion Witch Wardrobe
02/11/2006 - Imagine Me and You
02/11/2006 - Munich
03/20/2006 - V for Vendetta ( one of my all time favorite movies )
11/24/2006 - The Queen
03/02/2007 - Breach
10/06/2007 - Into The Wild
10/31/2007 - Gone Baby Gone
07/24/2008 - The Dark Knight
01/26/2009 - Doubt
05/01/2009 - Wolverine

2000 looks to be my favorite year of the decade.

[pathoftheturtle]

It's Spider-Man, Pam. Remember the Friends episode where they joked about using the Jewish pronunciation if it were spelled "Spiderman"?
Probably the quintessential superhero movie, I agree, though it never could have existed without Singer's timely and remarkable X-Men.
High FidelityOOoo... good point! Hadn't thought of that. :thumbsup:

Gives the nod to Blow.

And I do love Rent, but, you know, it's tricky to decide if the film was a great film. Enjoyable, certainly, but what did it really contribute to the particular art?
:orely:
Narnia, on the other hand... Yeah. :drool: Great succession into the ground broken by the surprisingly good LOTR films.

(Nobody wants to name the Star Wars prequels, or the sequels to 1999's The Matrix? :unsure: ...
Right, as if! :P :rofl: )

[flaggwalkstheline]

I just remembered what may be my favorite film of this decade!
Pans Labrynth

[Melike]

I just remembered what may be my favorite film of this decade!
Pans Labrynth

Absolutely! Pan's Labyrinth would be one of the movies on the top of my list.

[ICry4Oy]

I'd have to add Shaun of the Dead and Death at a Funeral to any list.

I'd have to remove any Tarantino film from any list.

Superbad really was super bad.:doh:

[turtlex]

As a real film geek - I actually keep a log of the films I see, so it was kind of easy for me to look through and figure out the one's I liked the best from the last 10 years or so.

Yes, Spider-Man !!! :D

And of course, I'm a huge comic fan - so I've seen, about, every comicbook film, but they weren't all favorites of mine.

Oh, for sure I don't consider all those films great. Actually, very few of them - but they are definitely my favorite filims of the decade.

And RENT is one of my favorites, but frankly - it's not that great a film. It's sort of cheesey and it was made way past it's time, but I love it - so it's there. :D

The Star Wars movies - you know, I did enjoy them, but they weren't my favorites. I had fun, but when I saw them on my list - they didn't jump out so I didn't include them.

I would have others, films I caught only on cable or DVD, but I needed a way to keep the list manageable. :blush:

[Heather19]

Pam you should do another list of films you didn't see in the theater. :thumbsup:
There are quite a few good foreign ones, or ones that didn't get a wide release, and I'm quite curious what your other favorites are.

[turtlex]

Heather - There's not a spreadsheet out there that could track that. I see, literally, hundreds and hundreds of new movies every year - DVD, on demand, and cable. I would be dizzy with tracking it all. :panic:

I actually put the limit on myself, just the one's I see in the theaters! :D

[Sam]

Here's just a few from my list of the best of the decade.

The Last Samurai
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
The Dark Knight
Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones
V for Vendetta
The Incredibles
Finding Nemo
Ratatouille
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Identity
Shooter
Shaun of the Dead
300
Shrek
Shrek 2
Kung Fu Panda
Iron Man
28 Days Later
Blade II (nothing like the stories, but a good film)
Casino Royale
Clerks II
Sky High
Miss Congeniality
Lilo & Stitch
Legally Blonde
and that's going to close it out for me. Just a few of my favorites of the decade.

[Still Servant]

Nothing memorable. decade 2k, I am disappoint.

You didn't find any movies from this decade memorable?

I find that hard to believe. You must go into more detail. I am honestly offended by that statement. I don't want to make a big deal about this, but I just find that impossible.

I know everybody has different opinions on movies and that's great, but to say that you didn't find any films from this decade memorable just seems crazy.

Either you have not seen enough films or you are a really hard critic. Or maybe your taste is really...different.

[Sam]

None of the above dude. We all know Razz just isn't human, he's Mr. Grey in a Razz suit.:P:lol:

[turtlex]

razz...... I know at least one you enjoyed... V for Vendetta.

[Still Servant]

There ya go. I knew it was impossible not to find any films from this decade memorable.

One film out of 10 years ain't bad.

[candy]

in no particular order and i have limited myself to 10:beat:

1. Pans Labrynth
2. Batman Begins
3. worlds fastest indian
4. big fish
5. Memento
6. LoTR (the full trilogy)
7. finding nemo
8. the machinist
9. v for vendetta
10. 28 days later

phew, i could have gone on a little there

[Heather19]

Here's my list. There were others I wanted to put on it, but I really tried to narrow it down. It wasn't easy. And I feel like there may still be some obvious ones that I have forgotten.

I also just want to add that these would be my favorites, not necessarily the best films of the past decade. That list would be quite different. These are just the ones I enjoyed the most.

Kill Bill vol 1 & 2 (2003, 2004)
Inglorious Basterds (2009)
Snatch (2000)
28 Days Later (2002)
Corpse Bride (2005)
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Devil's Rejects (2005)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Them (2006)
The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
Spirited Away (2001)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Gosford Park (2001)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Battle Royale (2000)
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
Behind the Mask: the Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
Paranormal Activity (2009)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
City of God (2002)
Let the Right One In (2008 )
Chocolat (2000)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Donnie Darko (2001)
The Machinist (2004)
Big Fish (2003)
A History of Violence (2005)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
The Others (2001)
Frailty (2001)
Punch Drunk Love (2002)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Grindhouse (2007)
American Psycho (2000)
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Memento (2000)
Waitress (2007)
Brothers (2009)
Cloverfield (2008 )

[pinkymcfatfat]

Missing the 00's by a single year: Fight Club

In the 'Aught's':
The Big Lebowski
The Royal Tenenbaums
Snatch
Hellboy
Zoolander
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Harold and Kumar Go To Whitecastle
Be Kind Rewind
American Psycho
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Pan's Labyrinth
Enemy At The Gates
Persepolis
Howl's Moving Castle
LOTR Trilogy
The Watchmen
Cloverfield
The Devil's Rejects
Religulous
Manufactured Landscapes
The Aristocrats

[pathoftheturtle]

Identity:yawn:
Clerks IIWell, it IS one film from Kevin Smith this decade which was adequate, anyway.
Lilo & StitchEh. Yes and No. Mostly no, but enough yes that I hadda mention it.

2. Batman BeginsBatman Begins, but not The Dark Knight? :orely: Really?

3. worlds fastest indian
4. big fishAwesome. :thumbsup:


...these would be my favorites, not necessarily the best films of the past decade. That list would be quite different. These are just the ones I enjoyed the most.Ah. Noted. That's a good point.
The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
Spirited Away (2001)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)Sweet! Good thinking. :rock: I'd virtually forgotten all about The Triplets of Belleville. :D


ZoolanderYes. Irresistible.


The WatchmenYes. Ordinarily, it seems to me, great film adaptations vary more from the source material. Generally, they bring some new sensibility or they fail. However, because of the greater appreciation that it facilitated, this is one that still counts.

ReligulousNo. If you enjoyed it, fine, but it's no great documentary, just stand-up.

[candy]

.

2. Batman BeginsBatman Begins, but not The Dark Knight? :orely: Really?
.

yep, i love the first one, i think i has a lot to do with the fact that i was so unsure what to expect, and i was blown away with darkness of it compared to the previous attempts.

While the Dark Knight was also an excellent film, it didn't mesmorise me the way BB did. The whole mystic training and origins where fantastically done in my humble opinion.:)

[Heather19]

Cloverfield

ah, I totally forgot about Cloverfield. I'm editing my list now. :)

[Sam]

I completely forgot about Spirited Away. One of my favorites along with Hero and Fearless.

[flaggwalkstheline]

another one of my favorites: Let the right one in

[Lily-sai]

The Wind that Shakes the Barley
The Last Samurai
Final Fantasy Advent Children
Surely a few more but I can't think of them now.

Oh, that was a great movie. Hunger was also quite impressive - I have a soft spot for Irish movies, I really do.

[overhoser]

These are all great lists, I haven't seen much that I can't at least understand...some I might not agree with, but can understand. Like someone mentioned, these are our favorites, not necessarily the best. So, here's my list of favorites, not necessarily the best:

1. The Departed
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. American Psycho
4. Batman Begins (I also prefer this to the Dark Knight, although DK is more visually impressive and Heath Ledger is brilliant, I didn't find the story anything to write home about)
5. SNAKES ON A PLANE!
6. Revenge of the Sith (sorry)
7. The Bourne movies
8. Shrek
9. Million Dollar Baby
10. Harry Potter, but mostly 3-5...and mostly GOF
11. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
12. Minority Report
13. A.I. (even the last twenty minutes, though they took some warming up to)
14. Requiem for a Dream
15. Cloverfield

I'm sure there are more....I just can't think of them.

[<ô> bango skank <ô>]

JAWS... best film ever made!

[turtlex]

JAWS... best film ever made!

Yeah... but I'm pretty sure we were talking about the decade 2000-2009, not the 70s.

[Brice]

Well, the thread title doesn't specify which decade. :lol:

[turtlex]

Oh, no... I see many more threads in our future! :lol:

[Brice]

Well, favorite films of the decade (1900 version) isn't likely to be a huge thread. :lol:

[turtlex]

I think we'd be safe with starting with the 1920s or so. I doubt too many people have many favorites before then !!

[Sam]

Well, favorite films of the decade (1900 version) isn't likely to be a huge thread. :lol:

Clowns Spinning Hats is my favorite. The suspense is palpable as you wonder it they will drop the hats. :thumbsup:

[pinkymcfatfat]

"Clowns Spinning Hats" is a masterpiece, but "Tramp Buying Potatos" is a real tear-jerker.

[Sam]

Only when you think about what is going to be done to the poor defenseless potatos.

[Brice]

Well, favorite films of the decade (1900 version) isn't likely to be a huge thread. :lol:

Clowns Spinning Hats is my favorite. The suspense is palpable as you wonder it they will drop the hats. :thumbsup:

I like The Golem alot myself. And then there's the original Frankenstein, House Of The Devil, Bluebeard, The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, The Devil's Castle...

[DoctorDodge]

Ok, off the top of my head, here's my favourites so far:

Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Dark Knight
Batman Begins
28 Days Later
Brick
Donnie Darko
Casino Royale
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Serenity
Watchmen
The Harry Potter series
Star Trek
(500) Days of Summer
Infernal Affairs Trilogy
Shoot 'Em Up
Planet Terror

I'm sure there's more, but those are the ones that stick out at the moment. I'll add more later. Maybe once i've seen the Jason Bourne trilogy, perhaps! (i know, i know: that's top of the list of films that everyone tells me i NEED to see!)

[Brice]

My problem is I need to go back and see what movies were released when to do a list like this.

[turtlex]

Well, Brice, now is your chance... starting in 2010 ... you need to keep a Film Log ( just like me ) so that you can go back and just pick out your favorites in 10 years...

:grouphug:

[Brice]

Oh, I know what I've seen for the most part. I just don't really pay attention to years.

[flaggwalkstheline]

another favorite film of this decade: Let the right one in

[mystima]

Handcock
I am Legend
Final Fantasy:Advent Children
Underworld trilogy
Resident Evil trilogy
AVP (first one not the unneeded sequel)
Meet the Robinsons
Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy
Harry Potter series
LOTR series
The Matrix trilogy
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Haunting


that's my list for now will think of more laters

[turtlex]

Entertainment Weekly lists it's Top 10 of the Decade :
( from Dec 11, 2009 issue - page 84 )


The Lord Of The Rings ( um, it doesn't say which one!! )
Brokeback Mountain
Gladiator
The Dark Knight
WALL*E
Moulin Rouge!
Children Of Men
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Lost In Translation
Almost Famous

[Mark]

Fight club (A decade is 10 years, we're still in 2009)
V for Vendetta
The Matrix trilogy
Anchorman
Step Brothers
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
Star Trek
Star Wars Revenge of The Sith
Taken
Kill Bill Vol 1 and 2
The Gladiator
Watchmen

[cody44]

Favorite Films of the Decade:

The Departed
Donnie Darko
Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 (although volume 2 was the better film)
Momento
The Dark Knight
Batman Begins
No Country For Old Men
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
Step Brothers
V for Vendetta
Gladiator
Children of Men
Anchorman
Watchmen
Snatch
Crash
Knocked Up
Little Miss Sunshine
The Bourne Trilogy
Mystic River
Gangs of New York
Pirates of the Caribbean
Cast Away
Requiem for a Dream
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Good Bye Lennin!
Jarhead
Shaun of the Dead

I'll save room for more when my brain stumbles across them. :D

[Ruthful]

Most of those are good or very good, but Children of Men AND Tropic Thunder!?

No, there's no way either belongs on a "best of" list under any circumstances.

[Sam]

I haven't seen Tropic Thunder, but I think Children of Men is one of the best and most thought provoking films I've seen in my life, nevermind the decade.

[fernandito]

Most of those are good or very good, but Children of Men AND Tropic Thunder!?

No, there's no way either belongs on a "best of" list under any circumstances.

These aren't 'best of' lists, these are lists of personal favorites :)

[Heather19]

and where's your list Feev?

[cody44]

Children of Men is a very important film and one if the best this decade. Many of the action scenes are just one long take, which in my opinion is very impressive.

[turtlex]

I really enjoyed Children of Men ... and really thought Tropic Thunder stunk.

We are all so different!! :grouphug:

[fernandito]

and where's your list Feev?

Soon ... :D


... and really thought Tropic Thunder stunk.


Oh thank Gan ! I thought I was the only one ! :fairy:

[ola]

This thread is a mess. :lol:

That's OK. I'll be extra annoying OCD and categorize my 25 favorites by year. (There are 26 listed because I'm counting Kill Bill as one complete film).

2000
Dancer in the Dark
Battle Royale
The Royal Tenenbaums

2001
Mulholland Drive
Donnie Darko
Amélie
Ghost World
Wet Hot American Summer
Spirited Away

2002
Punch-Drunk Love
Adaptation

2003
Kill Bill Vol 1
Lost in Translation

2004
Kill Bill Vol 2
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Kung Fu Hustle

2005
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Dear Wendy

2006
The Fountain
Inland Empire

2007
No Country for Old Men

2008
The Dark Knight

2009
District 9
Moon
Avatar


There is a lot of overlap with my 25 overall list. I thought it would be interesting to see if my tastes have changed since the beginning of the decade, and also if some years were way better than others movie-wise. Each year is not in any particular order.

[Sam]

Ola, I am surprised that you have Howl's Moving Castle and not Spirited Away. I thought Spiited Away was one of the best films I've seen in my lifetime. It ranks up there with Grave of the Fireflies.

[ola]

Ola, I am surprised that you have Howl's Moving Castle and not Spirited Away. I thought Spiited Away was one of the best films I've seen in my lifetime. It ranks up there with Grave of the Fireflies.

Oops, that one is actually supposed to be on there. Duurrr.

I guess I've got to replace that one, then. EDITED!

Bonus edit: Wow, that makes for a lot from 2001!

[candy]

... and really thought Tropic Thunder stunk.


Oh thank Gan ! I thought I was the only one ! :fairy:

me too! i actually get looked at with pity when i say i don't like it:wtf:

[turtlex]

... and really thought Tropic Thunder stunk.


Oh thank Gan ! I thought I was the only one ! :fairy:

me too! i actually get looked at with pity when i say i don't like it:wtf:

We must get Team Jackets and membership cards immediately !!!

:grouphug:

[Sam]

The IHTTFC? I Hate Tropic Thunder Fan Club

[Melike]

... and really thought Tropic Thunder stunk.


Oh thank Gan ! I thought I was the only one ! :fairy:

me too! i actually get looked at with pity when i say i don't like it:wtf:

We must get Team Jackets and membership cards immediately !!!

:grouphug:
What the hell is Tropic Thunder at all?

:D :innocent:

[Still Servant]

I loved Tropic Thunder.

As long as you guys understood that the opening trailers were part of the film, then I'm fine with you not liking it.

The people I hate are the people who thought they were real trailers, then say they hate the film. This means they totally missed the whole point of the movie.

Before you say, "I'm sure everybody knew they were fake," guess again. A few of my family members thought they were real.

My uncle even turned to me in the theater and asked, "Have you seen any of the other Scorcher films?"

I kid you not. :doh:

[turtlex]

Actually, those fake trailers in the beginning were the only thing I enjoyed about Tropic Thunder. Especially... MTV Best Kiss Award Winner Toby Maguire!! I thought that was priceless.

[candy]

Actually, those fake trailers in the beginning were the only thing I enjoyed about Tropic Thunder. Especially... MTV Best Kiss Award Winner Toby Maguire!! I thought that was priceless.

true!!!

saw this in the paper and thought of you. top films of the decade from lovefilm.com

1. Moulin rouge (2001)
2. The Dark Knight (2008)
3. Shaun of the dead (2004)
4. Lord of the Rings (FotR) (2001)
5. Gladiator (2004)
6. lord of the ring (RotK) (2003)
7. Pan Labyrinth (2006)
8. Pirates of the caribean (2003)
9. Donnie Darko (2001)
10. Wall-e (2008)

hmmm:orely: smiley face is in 8

[Melike]

The Fountain
Old Boy
3-Iron
Dream
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle
District 9
Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2046
The Fall
Amores Perros
Snatch
The Science of Sleep
Dogville

[Sickrose]

Off the top of my head I can remember:

Let the Right one In
milk
Mesrine both parts
The Edukators
The Wind that shakes the barley
Eternal Sunshine of the Soptless Mind
No Country for Old Men
Brick
Moon
Donnie Darko

[Melike]

Sickrose, I love your theme.

And I have to add Let the Right One In to my list.:couple:

[Sickrose]

Sickrose, I love your theme.

And I have to add Let the Right One In to my list.:couple:

Thanks :couple: Mesrine is just so fucking awesome.

[pathoftheturtle]

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[Mattrick]

Not sure if this was done back in the day but if so let's revist it. Seeing as we're a few years removed from the decade I was curious on what everyone thought the tep ten films were. You can't do the list however you want, pick and choose from wherever or choose your own best film for each year. Going to make a separate thread for our Top Ten Films of the current decade thus far soon too. I don't have my list made yet, I plan on ruminating on it and discussing it with my friend tonight over some Canadian Whiskey Bombs.

If enough people make up their lists we might be able to get a consensus on what the best films were. If it's a success perhaps we can do something similar for other decades.

[Jean]

great thread! I can think of two right away:

1. The Pianist (2002)
2. Oliver Twist (2005)

[Shannon]

Just ten? OK, let's see ... Checked my spreadsheet and there are eighteen movies from my top thirty list that came out in 2000-2010. Hmmm ... OK, top ten - in no order:

Gladiator
Vanilla Sky
Anchorman
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
The Notebook
The Terminal
The Prestige
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
Inception

[Mattrick]

That doesn't surprise me at all, Jean...not at all lol. The Pianist will definitely be in my top ten

[Mattrick]

Oh and Jean, could you modify the title so that it says '2000-2009' as 2010 is part of the next decade, just thought of this!

[Jean]

That doesn't surprise me at all, Jean...not at all lol. The Pianist will definitely be in my top tenhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bearheart.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/bearheart.gif.html)http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bearheart.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/bearheart.gif.html)http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bearheart.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/bearheart.gif.html)

I thought of this too, but I so wanted to include The Ghost Writer! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_wink-1.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/bear_wink-1.gif.html)

and alas, no, bears can't edit threads in this forum! heather :rose: and feverish can

Oh and Jean, could you modify the title so that it says '2000-2009' as 2010 is part of the next decade, just thought of this!

[Heather19]

That doesn't surprise me at all, Jean...not at all lol. The Pianist will definitely be in my top tenhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bearheart.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/bearheart.gif.html)http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bearheart.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/bearheart.gif.html)http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bearheart.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/bearheart.gif.html)

I thought of this too, but I so wanted to include The Ghost Writer! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_wink-1.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/bear_wink-1.gif.html)

and alas, no, bears can't edit threads in this forum! heather :rose: and feverish can

Oh and Jean, could you modify the title so that it says '2000-2009' as 2010 is part of the next decade, just thought of this!

Took care of it for you. But Jean, that means you're now going to have to edit your list ;)

I'll have to think over my list. I'd also love to put together lists for other decades as well.

[mae]

This is a really tough order, to come up with the Top 10 films of the 2000s. Will need to think hard. Maybe we could have a vote :)

[pathoftheturtle]

Oh dear, another vote?! :panic: Aren't we having enough yet?

[mae]

Well I just looked through my collection of movies and various lists and here are my pools for each year (very possible I missed some good contenders) in alphabetical order. It's utterly impossible to come up with just ten for the whole decade. So I'll think on these for a while.

American Psycho (2000)
Cast Away (2000)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Memento (2000)
The Cell (2000)
The Family Man (2000)
Traffic (2000)
What Lies Beneath (2000)

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Amélie (2001)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Donnie Darko (2001)
From Hell (2001)
K-PAX (2001)
Monster's Ball (2001)
Session 9 (2001)
Spirited Away (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Others (2001)

25th Hour (2002)
About Schmidt (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Frida (2002)
May (2002)
One Hour Photo (2002)
Panic Room (2002)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Russian Ark (2002)
Signs (2002)
Solaris (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
The Pianist (2002)

Bad Santa (2003)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Grimm (2003)
Identity (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Matchstick Men (2003)
Nothing (2003)
Oldboy (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
The Life of David Gale (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The School of Rock (2003)
The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
X2 (2003)

A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Alexander (2004)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Before Sunset (2004)
Crash (2004)
Downfall (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Miracle (2004)
Primer (2004)
Samaritan Girl (2004)
Sideways (2004)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
The Machinist (2004)
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
The Terminal (2004)

A History of Violence (2005)
Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
Fateless (2005)
Hard Candy (2005)
Hidden (2005)
Jarhead (2005)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Lord of War (2005)
Munich (2005)
Paradise Now (2005)
Sin City (2005)
The New World (2005)
The Skeleton Key (2005)
Tideland (2005)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)

A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Apocalypto (2006)
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Renaissance (2006)
Right at Your Door (2006)
Running Scared (2006)
Tell No One (2006)
The Departed (2006)
The Fall (2006)
The Fountain (2006)
The Prestige (2006)
United 93 (2006)

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
An American Crime (2007)
Assembly (2007)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Empties (2007)
Funny Games (2007)
Hounddog (2007)
Juno (2007)
Like Stars on Earth (2007)
Lust, Caution (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Persepolis (2007)
Secret Sunshine (2007)
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
The Band's Visit (2007)
The Class (2007)
The Counterfeiters (2007)
The Kite Runner (2007)
The Mist (2007)
The Secret of the Grain (2007)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Zodiac (2007)

$9.99 (2008)
A Christmas Tale (2008)
A Frozen Flower (2008)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Che (2008)
Cloverfield (2008)
Departures (2008)
Diary of a Nymphomaniac (2008)
Elegy (2008)
Everlasting Moments (2008)
Gomorrah (2008)
Hunger (2008)
In Bruges (2008)
Let the Right One In (2008)
Little Ashes (2008)
Love Exposure (2008)
Painted Skin (2008)
Ponyo (2008)
Revanche (2008)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Still Walking (2008)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
The Reader (2008)
Transsiberian (2008)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Winter in Wartime (2008)

A Prophet (2009)
Ajami (2009)
Antichrist (2009)
Avatar (2009)
Baaria (2009)
Cairo Time (2009)
Chloe (2009)
City of Life and Death (2009)
Cold Souls (2009)
Cracks (2009)
District 9 (2009)
Dogtooth (2009)
Enter the Void (2009)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Hierro (2009)
In the Loop (2009)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (2009)
Mary and Max (2009)
Moon (2009)
Mother (2009)
Mr. Nobody (2009)
My Dog Tulip (2009)
Polytechnique (2009)
Precious (2009)
Splice (2009)
Tetro (2009)
The Door (2009)
The Girlfriend Experience (2009)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
The Limits of Control (2009)
The Secret of Kells (2009)
White Material (2009)
World's Greatest Dad (2009)

[Jean]

But Jean, that means you're now going to have to edit your list ;)yes, I have already done...

: gnashing teeth :


Oh dear, another vote?! :panic: Aren't we having enough yet?
and we're going to have the CRA some time after the New Year!

[divemaster]

Like pablo, it's hard to narrow it down to just 10. Unlike pablo, however, I'll do just that. Here goes, in roughly chronological order:

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
You Can Count on Me (2000)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Infernal Affairs (2002)
No Blood, No Tears (2002)
A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
Kill Bill (2003/2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Sin City (2005)
Secret Sunshine (2007)

I reserve the right to edit this list if I brain-farted something obvious out of my memory.

[mae]

That was just a quick and dirty scan. I'll do an internal vote, hopefully narrowing each year down to Top 5 and then getting my Top 10 out of all that... somehow...

[divemaster]

Yeah, I know. It's difficult. I lot of films I loved I had to leave off.

[mae]

But how do you decide?

[fernandito]

In no particular order -

The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight

[Still Servant]

I remember doing a list a few years ago, I can't remember if it was here or somewhere else. There were a lot of top 10 lists coming out around that time. I will have to either search for my list or rethink it all together. Pablo did a great job of collecting most of the best films for those years.

[Jean]

Yes, I am going to use his list to complete my own.

[Still Servant]

I remember doing a list a few years ago, I can't remember if it was here or somewhere else. There were a lot of top 10 lists coming out around that time. I will have to either search for my list or rethink it all together. Pablo did a great job of collecting most of the best films for those years.

I did some digging and ironically, I actually started the thread I was thinking about way back in 2009. I didn't make a top ten list, but opted instead to just list a bunch of films I liked from the decade. I even stated, "Maybe I will sit down one day and decide the order." Well, that day has come, I will be putting together a top 10 list today.

Here's the original thread:

http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?9794-Favorite-films-of-the-decade

[fernandito]

:D

[Merlin1958]

In no particular order -

The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight

Good point, "Why so serious"?????



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrIc1SlA7O8

[Still Servant]

Top 20 (sorry couldn't do ten) Films of the 2000's

1) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2) Kill Bill 1&2
3) Memento
4) The Bourne Identity
5) Training Day
6) Inglorious Basterds
7) Gone Baby Gone
8 ) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
9) The Dark Knight
10) The Departed
11) Oldboy
12) Up
13) In Bruges
14) No Country for Old Men
15) 25th Hour
16) The Cove
17) 28 Days Later
18 ) Juno
19) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
20) Gladiator

[Mattrick]

I'll have to seriously mull over my list as there are many films I love but aren't even close to the top ten. My list will be what I think is the top ten best films made (that I've seen) so I may put up a few films I don't love near as much as others but are better films.

It's hard to do ten but I think it will force us to be more discriminating over our choices...unless we're Fernando.

[Jean]

Adding more to my list:

1. The Pianist (2002)
2. Oliver Twist (2005)
3. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
4. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
5. Apocalypto (2006)
6. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
7. Dogtooth (2009)
8. El secreto de sus ojos (2009)

I have two more slots, and these films to consider:



Amélie (2001)
The Others (2001)
Identity (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
The Machinist (2004)
Tideland (2005)
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)
The Prestige (2006)

+ Pontypool*
+ Synecdoche, New York

I also must watch now, before it's too late:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Oldboy

* I think Pontypool will make my list, after all. It's my own personal cult classic.

[mae]

Midnight in Paris is 2011, Jean.

[Jean]

good news! one less to be thinking of

and Another Year is 2010

two less!

[Mattrick]

Another Year is definitely in my top ten for the current decade, along with Shame, Silver Linings Playbook, Hugo and Young Adult.

I'm doing a little write up for each of my picks and I've written the two honourable mentions (many other films I love didn't make the cut and these two I felt at least needed to be recognized) and I'm still wrestling with the actual order of the ten.

[mae]

Well, I've begun ranking my picks using http://tournamentscheduler.net/ I have to say it works really well. So far I've been able to rank my 2000s picks thus:

1 Traffic (2000)
2 Memento (2000)
3 In the Mood for Love (2000)
4 The Cell (2000)
5 American Psycho (2000)
6 Cast Away (2000)
7 The Family Man (2000)
8 What Lies Beneath (2000)
9 Requiem for a Dream (2000)
10 Gladiator (2000)
11 X-Men (2000)
12 Unbreakable (2000)

I'm thinking of picking to top three in each year and then ranking those, then this will give me the overall Top 10. Ranking all against each other would take too long, I think.

[mae]

Here's 2001:

1 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
2 Spirited Away (2001)
3 Amélie (2001)
4 Session 9 (2001)
5 Black Hawk Down (2001)
6 K-PAX (2001)
7 Donnie Darko (2001)
8 A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
9 From Hell (2001)
10 The Others (2001)
11 Monster's Ball (2001)
12 Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)

2002:

1 The Pianist (2002)
2 Frida (2002)
3 Solaris (2002)
4 25th Hour (2002)
5 Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
6 Panic Room (2002)
7 About Schmidt (2002)
8 Catch Me If You Can (2002)
9 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
10 The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
11 May (2002)
12 Signs (2002)
13 Russian Ark (2002)
14 One Hour Photo (2002)

[Jean]

bears love what your 2002 list looks like!

[mae]

2003:

1 Identity (2003)
2 Matchstick Men (2003)
3 Finding Nemo (2003)
4 Oldboy (2003)
5 Lost in Translation (2003)
6 The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
7 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
8 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
9 X2 (2003)
10 The School of Rock (2003)
11 Bad Santa (2003)
12 The Life of David Gale (2003)
13 Nothing (2003)
14 Grimm (2003)

2004:

1 Crash (2004)
2 The Machinist (2004)
3 The Passion of the Christ (2004)
4 Downfall (2004)
5 A Very Long Engagement (2004)
6 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
7 The Butterfly Effect (2004)
8 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
9 Primer (2004)
10 The Terminal (2004)
11 Sideways (2004)
12 Before Sunset (2004)
13 Samaritan Girl (2004)
14 Miracle (2004)
15 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
16 Alexander (2004)

2005:

1 Munich (2005)
2 Hidden (2005)
3 Sin City (2005)
4 Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
5 War of the Worlds (2005)
6 Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
7 The New World (2005)
8 Hard Candy (2005)
9 Jarhead (2005)
10 Paradise Now (2005)
11 The Skeleton Key (2005)
12 Lord of War (2005)
13 Tideland (2005)
14 A History of Violence (2005)
15 Fateless (2005)
16 Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)

2006:

1 The Departed (2006)
2 Apocalypto (2006)
3 United 93 (2006)
4 Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
5 The Prestige (2006)
6 The Fall (2006)
7 Tell No One (2006)
8 Memories of Matsuko (2006)
9 A Scanner Darkly (2006)
10 Right at Your Door (2006)
11 I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)
12 The Fountain (2006)
13 Running Scared (2006)
14 Renaissance (2006)

2007:

1 No Country for Old Men (2007)
2 Funny Games (2007)
3 Zodiac (2007)
4 There Will Be Blood (2007)
5 The Band's Visit (2007)
6 The Mist (2007)
7 The Counterfeiters (2007)
8 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
9 Lust, Caution (2007)
10 An American Crime (2007)
11 Juno (2007)
12 Secret Sunshine (2007)
13 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
14 The Class (2007)
15 Hounddog (2007)
16 The Secret of the Grain (2007)
17 Assembly (2007)
18 The Kite Runner (2007)
19 Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
20 Persepolis (2007)
21 Empties (2007)
22 Like Stars on Earth (2007)

2008:

1 The Hurt Locker (2008)
2 Cloverfield (2008)
3 Ponyo (2008)
4 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
5 Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
6 Gomorrah (2008)
7 Che (2008)
8 Hunger (2008)
9 Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
10 Elegy (2008)
11 Burn After Reading (2008)
12 In Bruges (2008)
13 Let the Right One In (2008)
14 Transsiberian (2008)
15 Diary of a Nymphomaniac (2008)
16 $9.99 (2008)
17 Still Walking (2008)
18 Departures (2008)
19 Winter in Wartime (2008)
20 A Christmas Tale (2008)
21 The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
22 Love Exposure (2008)
23 Little Ashes (2008)
24 The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
25 Revolutionary Road (2008)
26 The Reader (2008)
27 Painted Skin (2008)
28 A Frozen Flower (2008)
29 Revanche (2008)
30 Everlasting Moments (2008)

2009:

1 Avatar (2009)
2 Inglourious Basterds (2009)
3 Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
4 District 9 (2009)
5 The Limits of Control (2009)
6 Chloe (2009)
7 Moon (2009)
8 Antichrist (2009)
9 Baaria (2009)
10 Polytechnique (2009)
11 Cairo Time (2009)
12 Cold Souls (2009)
13 The Girlfriend Experience (2009)
14 My Dog Tulip (2009)
15 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
16 A Prophet (2009)
17 Ajami (2009)
18 Dogtooth (2009)
19 Cracks (2009)
20 The Secret of Kells (2009)
21 Enter the Void (2009)
22 Splice (2009)
23 In the Loop (2009)
24 Precious (2009)
25 Tetro (2009)
26 City of Life and Death (2009)
27 Hierro (2009)
28 Mary and Max (2009)
29 Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (2009)
30 The Door (2009)
31 World's Greatest Dad (2009)
32 Mr. Nobody (2009)
33 Mother (2009)
34 White Material (2009)

[Heather19]

I'm glad you included The Brotherhood of the Wolf Pablo. I think you might be the only person I know that's seen that film.

[mae]

I'm glad you included The Brotherhood of the Wolf Pablo. I think you might be the only person I know that's seen that film.

One of the few subtitled movies I actually went to the movies to watch!

[mae]

And so, the moment of truth! This has been fun. I apologize for my lengthy lists, but it helped me whittle everything down to my Top 30 (including of course my Top 10 of the last decade):

1 The Departed (2006)
2 Apocalypto (2006)
3 No Country for Old Men (2007)
4 Munich (2005)
5 Spirited Away (2001)
6 Hidden (2005)
7 Amélie (2001)
8 Funny Games (2007)
9 Memento (2000)
10 Avatar (2009)
11 Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
12 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
13 The Pianist (2002)
14 Inglourious Basterds (2009)
15 The Passion of the Christ (2004)
16 Identity (2003)
17 Cloverfield (2008)
18 The Machinist (2004)
19 Matchstick Men (2003)
20 Sin City (2005)
21 Traffic (2000)
22 Zodiac (2007)
23 United 93 (2006)
24 Frida (2002)
25 The Hurt Locker (2008)
26 Ponyo (2008)
27 Crash (2004)
28 Solaris (2002)
29 Finding Nemo (2003)
30 In the Mood for Love (2000)

[Jean]

bears are greatly shocked

[mae]

bears are greatly shocked

By what? I'll go ahead and say a few words about each of the top films.

Well, to start off, I'm surprised myself, but it makes sense. I'm somewhat surprised that The Lord of the Rings and The Pianist didn't make it (12th and 13th place is not too bad either), but overall I think this is a true representation of my own Top 10 of the 2000s decade. There were of course many gems that couldn't make it even into this Top 30, but I stand by my Top 10. It's hard for me to talk about movies (and books) in specific terms, but most movies have a broad effect on me, so all of the ten at the top definitely did. To start at the bottom, Avatar was one of the better epic sci-fi films in a long time, with James Cameron at the top of his game. When I first watched it (in 3D), I was pretty much blown away throughout. There have been arguably better and smarter sci-fi films (such as Moon and Primer and District 9), but as a complete package Avatar kills it. And speaking of killing it and being blown away, I don't know how many times I have watched Memento, backwards and forward, and to this day it's still such an amazing and unique achievement in storytelling. Still Christopher Nolan's best film (sorry, The Dark Knight, apart from the Joker, and the entire Batman trilogy was very sub-par, I thought) Now, with Funny Games, I was ready to be blown away, because this was not my first Michael Haneke film, yet I was still blown away anyway. In fact, when the film ended, I think I just sat for a while watching the credits and thinking "holy fuck". Yes, I picked the remake, which I felt was a lot better than the original, maybe due to acting. And then there's Amélie, which originally blew me away with pretty much everything a film can blow you away with: cinematography, sound, music, effects, acting, editing, directing, story, and so on. I have since seen all of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's films, but he hasn't come close to this masterpiece yet. Hidden was actually my first Haneke film, and maybe because it made me fall in love so much with his work it's so high up on the list, but no apologies. This is one super tense film, perfectly executed. Very quiet, yet deadly. A film that Hitchcock could've made, if he were alive in 2005. So, I'm noticing that for a film to end up on this list it must've blown me away and Spirited Away was so mind-blowing the first time I saw it, I think I watched it again and again several times shortly thereafter. Simply one of the best animated films of all time, in my book. As for Munich, I think it fits into the same kind of a category as Hidden. It's an extremely tense thriller, and expertly executed by Steven Spielberg, who also had the great and vastly underrated War of the Worlds the same year (which landed at #5 of 2005 for me). The last shot of Munich, while arguably on the cheap side, was very powerful and emotional for me. With No Country for Old Men it's hard to put a finger (at least for me) on what makes it so great, but it is. Nothing much seems to happen, yet you can't stop watching. If I'm flipping channels and this is on, I'll watch it to the end. As far as Apocalypto, I knew it would make my list, but I didn't expect it to be this high. On the other hand, it's one of the most unique films during this decade, and with plenty of that blown-mind quotient. Mel Gibson needs to make more stuff like this and The Passion of the Christ. And finally, yes, The Departed, number one. And another remake, which is also vastly superior to the original, in my opinion. This is yet another one of those Perfect Movies, and that's all I can really say.

[Still Servant]

Great job with all those lists, Pablo. It's always fun to look over lists like that. I'm often reminded of films that I've totally forgotten about. As far as your main list, my main disagreements are with Munich and Apocalypto. I just couldn't get into Munich at all. I might have to revisit it I suppose. Sometimes time and perspective can change ones mind about a film. Along with War of the Worlds, which I thought was entirely forgettable, Munich is among my least favorite Spielberg films.

I'm surprised to see Apocalypto up so high. Everybody puts together lists differently, that's why they are so fun to read. The way I comprise my list is whether or not it's a film I can watch numerous times. I guess I just can't imagine anybody wanting to watch Apocalypto multiple times. Everywhere else I'm in agreement with. Nice job.

I'm almost thinking about putting together lists of my top films from 2010 and 2011 so I will be ready for the end of the decade. I already have a 2012 list that is bound to change as I see more films from that year.

[Mattrick]

Apocalypto was one of the final films I eliminated from contention in my top ten, think it was actually in 13th which put it just out of getting one of my two honourable mentions. I'll have my list up later tonight. List is finalized I've just got to finish my write ups. I have a feeling my top ten will have a few surprising films on it!

[Jean]

I guess I just can't imagine anybody wanting to watch Apocalypto multiple times. that would be bears

[mae]

I've seen it a few times and this is making me wanna rewatch it now.

[Still Servant]

I couldn't get through it once. I will have to give it another shot. Braveheart on the other hand I can watch all day every day.

[Jean]

Apocalypto is just like Braveheart, only better (deeper and subtler). Bears love Braveheart; they adore Apocalypto. Please please do try it again! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_original.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/bear_original.gif.html)

[Heather19]

I've never seen Apocalypto or Braveheart...

I've been working on my list, but I don't know how you guys are able to narrow it down. I think I'm at about 20 movies right now, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some.

[Mattrick]

I just looked up the higest rated movies for each year on IMDB and went through the top few hundred for each year, was a pretty good barometer, though I probably still missed a couple I'm pretty happy with my selections.

[mae]

And do use http://tournamentscheduler.net/ for ranking, it's fun!

[mae]

I'm tempted to do this for the 1990s, but it's so much work! :)

[Heather19]

Well I finally was able to narrow my list down. So here's my personal top 10 for the decade, and a few honorable mentions that I wasn't able to fit on, but couldn't dismiss. I thought it was interesting how half of my list is composed of films from 2000/2001. Those were a few good years in cinema for me.

1. Kill Bill (2003/2004)
2. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
3. Spirited Away (2001)
4. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
5. Snatch (2000)
6. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
7. The Others (2001)
8. Corpse Bride (2005)
9. The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
10. Ils (2006)

Honorable Mention:
Let the Right One In (2008 )
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Battle Royale (2000)
Frailty (2001)

[divemaster]

Heh. Spirited Away and Battle Royale were on my short list and didn't quite make it.

[Ricky]

You had me:


1. Kill Bill (2003/2004)

Then you lost me:


2. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

:lol:

[Heather19]

:lol:

[pathoftheturtle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMzoNO3wdY4

[Mattrick]

House of a Thousand Corpses contains it's own number on my top films list.

[Mattrick]

My List:

Honourable Mention:

No Country For Old Men (2007)

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Written and Directed by The Coen Brothers

Cast: Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Barden, Woody Harrelson

The best thing No Country For Old Men uses is silence; it has virtually no sountrack and many scenes are hauntingly quiet and slow and every scene in the movie is given a tremendous room to breathe, so that when Moss uncovers the massacre and the money we can get a sense of how small a man he is, especially in that sprawling backdrop. The photography whether it is dark and brooding or featuring vivid and open spaces, the film constantly makes us uncomfortable and once we really are made uncomfortable by Javier Bardems defining performance, the scene's away from him become even more uncomfortable to watch. This is a fantastic modern day western and has many parallels to The Good, The Bad and The Ugly; the violence in this film is secondary and often not even shown as when we find Moss dead, whether or not Moss wife dies etc because what is most important is the people as they are the true embodiments of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the world today and how sometimes The Bad gets what it wants, The Good ends up weathered and disillusioned and The Ugly, well they just get caught in the middle.

Honourable Mention:

Little Children (2006)

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Director: Todd Field

Writers: Todd Field, Tom Perotta.

Cast: Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Noam Emmerich

Little Children is as close to a masterpiece as someone could possibly make with their second film. It is a film that focuses on the relationships we form, how they grow and shift as we do and the intense emotions that can consume us and almost destroy us and how, despite what we make ourselves believe, that sometimes we can become as bad as what we fear or hate. Little Children is not an easy movie to watch, as there is plenty of raw emotion and some scenes that are simply difficult or bizarre to watch but as obscene as these characters are at times shown, we see how fundamentally human they are and Todd Field manages to make us feel empathy for all involved. The performances are poignant and the characters are portrayed unflinchingly exactly as they are and all their valiant attempts at overcoming their most base of desires are difficult to watch because it is hard watching people convince themselves they can live outside their nature as they struggle to come to grips who who they are versus who they wish to be. This film shows us that even as we age, we are still just little children and we will stumble and scrape our knee and we will cry as if the pain is everything, but we will pick ourselves back up and try not to fall again.

10. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

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Directed by: Wes Anderson

Written by: Wes Anderson, Own Wilson

Cast: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Houston, Ben Stiller, Gwenyth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Danny Glover, Bill Murray

It is very easy to dislike a Wes Anderson film because they are so quirky but what makes his films so unique is that his vision permeates every single facet of the frame, from the set pieces to the colour schemes, the costumes, the make up, the music; he does everything in his power to create a world in his film that is unlike other director and Tenenbaums show what he can do. It's a film about the innerworkings of family and power parents have in terms of moulding their children and how they perceive the world and how they act out in the world. Royal Tenenbaum is as classless of a father as you will find in any film and it shows him after he loses his job as a litigator and he's buried in a mountain of his wrongdoings and he is so desperate he is forced to make amends with his family, by lying that he has terminal cancer so they will all love him again. It is a very funny film filled with characters defined by their wounded pasts. It has many gut-wrenching scenes but in the end Anderson leaves us with the bubbly satisfaction of watching a man earn redemption, not just in his eyes but in the eyes of his the family who hates him.



9. The Wrestler (2008 )

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Directed by: Darren Aronofsky

Written by: Robert D. Siegel

Cast: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood

Granted I am a little biased towards this film due to the fact I love wrestling but this film, I believe, is just as incredible regardless of whether you've seen wrestling or not. It's about a man who went from being on top of his world to finding himself broken and holding on to some semblence of his past life, trying to keep his celebrity image alive as it's all he has anymore. We seen Randy try to salvage the relationship with his daughter and we see him try to build a relationship with a stripper he has feelings for but his old life that is long dead still manages to win out, whether it's due to his alcoholism, showing up a community centre to sign autographs or cashing in on his quasi-celebrity status to enjoy his scrap of life; but the power and addictive quality of the crowd, of a life above an ordinary life, of being larger than life and more human than human and being worshipped and loved is more powerful than his wanting of a real life, with actual relationships. The scenes with his daughter along the boardwalk are some of the most gut-wrenching emotional scenes ever filmed, and when he is hearing the building roar of the crowd chanting his name and he goes through the 'curtain' at the grocery store and it vanishes is one of my favourite scenes of all time. In the end The Wrestler is the male half of Aronofsky's 'entertainment films' where we see an 'ultimate male entertainer' and the sacrifices that men make in a male entertainment world, through sacrificing his own body and personal life for something greater than him and his sacrifice for the entertainment of others would be noble, if not for the fact it's driven far beyond noble and he's now parked in the garage of pathetic.

8. The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

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Directed by: Peter Jackson

Written by: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Phillipa Boyens

Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Dominic Monoghan, Billy Boyd, Sean Bean, Liv Tyler, Ian Holm, Kate Blanchette, Hugo Weaving

The Fellowship of the Ring is why we go to the movies, for spectacle and adventure and seeing dreams and imagination come to life in front of us; this is what movies were meant to achieve dating back to George Milieus, creating sheer wonder and amazement. In taking the first trip to The Shire it's hard not to be taken back by the spectacle of it all, from the sets and the costumes to the make up...it literally feels like being in another world. Jackson takes a very classical approach to the filmmaking and CGI is used as sparingly as possible, more as a means of creating vast and uncreatable landscapes and the world feels real because it is tangible and pliable and it reacts to the cast and it's simply amazing. From the beautiful score and the vast array of setpieces and environments and the terrific and contained battle sequences this movie is simply great from start to finish, and I find myself each time I watch it less inclined to continue on with the series as, in my opinion, they pale in comparison to The Fellowship of the Ring and the miracles it accomplishes and the granduer it creates all while keeping its feet steadfast on the ground. And does anything in the rest of the trilogy compare to the Mines of Moria? I say it does not.

7. Children of Men (2006)

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Directed by: Alfonso Cauron

Written by: Alfonso Cauron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Otsby

Cast: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Children of Men is a horrifying apocalyptic vision because it's a vision rendered totally out of the control of mankind; a virus allows options for quarantine and vaccines and nuclear war is often an outcome of man's warlike motivations but Children of Men shows a world with literally no hope as for an inexplicable, unsolvable reason, all the women of the world are rendered infertile and no matter what anyone, anywhere does, the race of man will simply vanish in several generations. The one pervaying theme in most apocalyptic films is the preservation of hope and the power hope has to overcome a dead and dangerous world but Children of Men has no hope because every single person in it's world is as powerless to maintain their species as the next. We live in a world where overpopulation looms its apocalyptic head but what about supreme underpopulation? However, a man bereft of hope is pulled into the only shred of hope in the world, a pregnant girl. As this man makes sacrifice after sacrifice to keep hope of a future alive we see just how dreary and ghostly the world is, all filmed in whites and greys and dull blues and that when hope is ripped out of mankind they cease to be mankind and transist into being mere things whose only actions are the consequences of their anger towards themselves, towards the world, towards God and the person standing next to them. In a perfect world where all women become infertile, the mere sight of a pregant woman should have the entire world on their knees, dropping their arms and worshipping her as a possibility of a future but the people in this world are beyond that, the sight of a pregant woman would infuriate them to the point of madness and they would be more likely to tear her to sheds then make sure she has her child. There is a long shot in the final portions of the movie that goes nearly 9 minutes, it is the most intricate long shot ever conceived and if you take all the great things it has to say, the great acting and the brilliant mood, this long shot will still be the best in history.

6. Into The Wild (2007)

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Written and Directed by: Sean Penn

Cast: Emile Hirsch, Jena Malone, Catherine Kenner, Vince Vaughn, Maricia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Kristen Stewart, Hal Holbrook

There are not many movies out that fill me with a true sense of adventure, even 'adventure' movies don't instill the true sense of adventure Into The Wild does. IT tells the true story of Christopher McCandless, a bright young man from a well-to-do family who, instead of going to a prestiguous university, burns all his money, throws away his future and goes into the wild. This is a great adventure movie because it's an adventure of youth, of seeing the world with adult eyes for the first time and everything is can and cannot offer, of seeing the world for the first time with sober eyes apart from societal proprieties, standards and expectations. Donning the name Alexander Supertramp he hitchhikes over America, goes to Mexico and then goes to his ultimate destination, Alaska. The photography in this movie is stunning and it captures the great beauty of nature not only as it is, but how it can be idealized by a wandering eyed youth simply looking for purpose within the vastness of the nature that surrounds him. Eddie Vedder's original soundtrack is one of my favourite soundtracks and listen to it a lot and, is one of the few instances where I maintain that without this soundtrack this movie would simply not be the same. The cast is a mix of established actors and less established actors who are not as recognized for their dramatic abilities and, especially Emile Hirsch, do a fantastic job this film. Into the Wild is the type of film that if I ever want to watch a film that will take me out of the world as I know it, it's there to help.

5. Mulholland Dr. (2001)

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Written and Directed by: David Lynch

Cast: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Dan Hedeya, Robert Forster

Mulholland Drive is a very unique movie a lot of respects. It began as a television series that never made it and this film is a mix of scenes from the series and new scenes filmed to make it into a film. It is presented as a dream and when the subtext of a dream turns nightmarish Lynch manages to make the view understand this subtext; the tension this movie generates from a simple look or a knocking at the door is unprecedented and I have no idea how Lynch did it. Though the movie is utterly incomprehensible and though the acting is good it is not great and because of the skewed perspective there really isn't much criticism you can have for the narrative, but aside from all this it does create a dream world which supercedes everything else. When I think of Mulholland Dr. I think of the scene in which two men sit in a Diner discussing a dream and the building tension and terror that escalates only through the atmosphere which is so ordinary it's hard to imagine why it creates such terror, and it follows by journeying behind the diner and seeing something behind a garbage bin and it is one of the most terrifying moments in cinema history. Everytime I watch this film I don't think about the purpose of it of what it's story actually is (though it's fun to run in circles) but I simply think about how perfect Lynch is at capturing the essence of dreams, something that is a very large part of who I am. I see Mulholland drive for what it is; that road between the dreamworld of Hollywood and the harsh reality of the desert this road serves as a boundary for, it just a place between worlds and it's awesome.

　

4. Wall-E (2008 )

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Written and Directed by: Andrew Stanton

Wall-E is the greatest animated film ever made and one of the best science fiction films ever made. The first half of Wall-E contains essentially no dialogue and yet is so mesmerizing to watch. We see Earth how it can exist in the future after a life filled with meaningless consumerism and the domination of capitalism renders the earth uninhabitable due to there being so much trash from the things we produce only to sell, only to buy. A company, an obvious dig towards Wal-Mart, called Buy N' Large became an unstoppable monopoloy; after we see what the Earth now is we see the lonesome robot Wall-E drive through the desolate streets, passing by all the enterpises Buy N' Large absorbed until it owned the banks and the gas stations and the grocery stores to the point, as we see as video of Buy N' Large president (played by the delightful Fred Willard) as he stands in front of the Presidential press conference set up, their corporation having attained so much power not even the government could stop them and became simply another absorbed organization in the Buy N' Large conglomeration; Wall-E is a film that shows a dreary and potential end result for the direction the world is headed and that this might be the only possible end for capitalism. Pixar is amazing and anthromorphizing objects and in this case they show a robot as the last bastion of humanity, who journeyed outside it's programming to love what Earth and humanity once was and learned to love and idealize and romanticize. In the second half of the film we see the ark of mankind, as gelatinous, narrow-minded and unknowingly controlled by forces they don't even allow themselves to see; their every need is handed to them and their socializing is done entirely through screens and floating, motorized chairs take them where they need to go so that they don't even need to think about where they need to go; they have no concept of physical connection with the world or the people around them and we see, through happenstance, the trials of Wall-E save what he loves about the species that gave him life, these people begin to see the world outside their screens and how much better the world is experienced through their senses: Wall-E really showed a devasting possibly of social media before social media really exploded and with age this film will only become more important not such as an illustration of where the world might go but as a stern warning for us not to let it get this point.

　

3. Lost In Translation (2003)

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Written and Directed by: Sofia Coppola

Cast: Bill Murray, Scarlet Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Ana Faris

No other movie captures the beauty of love quite like Lost In Translation, it captures true tenderness and intimacy between two people, the sort that can only be expressed in whispers we cannot hear or the touching of a foot and does not need to go beyond this into the world of sex and affairs. It's a film about two married people both in different stages in their lives and despite the 20 year age difference they are both in the same place in life, they are questioning their own happiness and their own limited perspectives and whether or not this is what they actually wish their life to be. Setting the film in Tokyo is genius because it further alienates these two people from the world around them and forces them together where nothing is lost in translation, where all their true feelings are said not through words but through expressions and actions so slight they are meaningless for people not where they are in life. As serious as Lost In Translation is it is also one of the funniest movies of the decade and a lot of the humour is situational and only results of two people thrust into a world that makes zero sense to them. Make it, Santori time.

2. The Pianist (2002)

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Directed by: Roman Polanski

Written by: Ronald Harwood

Cast: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Ed Stoppard, Michael Zebrowski

No other film captures not just the misery of the Jewish Ghettos of World War II but the entire war itself. The movie begins seeing the city of Warsaw, Poland as a vibrant and sophisticated place with clean streets and classy people and as the film goes on we see all of it dissolve until only literally rubble remains by the closing sequences. No movie I've seen is more powerful at both showing the true evil that mankind can embody but also how the human spirit can prevail and overcome anything. Reading Wladyslaw Szpliman's memoirs only served to make me love this movie even more as it took the vivid horrors the memoirs transcribe and the childhood memories of Roman Polanski of being in a Ghetto to bring to life what actually transpired. Brody delivers the performance of a lifetime in the sense he will never surpass it and it is so true to actual attrocity I am not sure I will ever see another Polanski film as more important and impactful as this one. There are two scenes in cinema I remember when I think of the human side of war: I think of the german woman singing to the french soldiers in Kubricks 'Paths of Glory' and I think of Szpilman playing the piano to a German officer as both show a common humanity within a bitter and hateful war where we are taught to hate because they are them and we are us. The Pianist isn't an easy movie to watch but I've never seen a film I can say this about, every person on the planet should watch The Pianist.

　

1. Synecdoche, New York (2008 )

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Written and Directed by: Charlie Kaufman

Cast: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Hope Davis, Catherine Keener, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Williams, Emily Watson

This isn't the best movie of the decade, I enjoy every other film on my list more than this film yet I cannot stop watching this film because every fault it has merely helps what is intends to accomplish: showing life. Synecdoche, New York follows a play director Caden as he receives the MacCarther genius grant and funnels all of his money and time into a massive stage production where he intends to create a synecdoche of not just New York, but of mankind and life itself and what better character to try to create life than a play director who can move people around as he wants them to be, do what he wants them to do. Caden's process is symbolic of what every living person does in their lives. We know people but only as we know them and we assign them roles in our own lives and we compartmentalize the qualities of people we fall in love with, and we idealize people for various reasons; as the film starts his characters are complacent but as ten, twenty years go past his characters no longer listen to him, they make their own choices and they do no abide by his whims no different than the people in our lives are completely out of our control and Caden represents that part of us that wishes people could be what we want them to be, make them love us or hate us or respect us or worship us, but people do what they want by hurting us, leaving us, falling out of love with us, hating us. Caden uses his production as a means to figure himself out and to understand why his life fell apart and why he has no love in his life, why he has no happiness in his life and how the only people in his life now are the characters he has created (which all turn out to simply be the characters from his own life) rebel against him and he has to experience his failures and shortcomings by watching them in hopes to learn who he is and how to fix himself. By the movies end his synecdoche of life has lost all order, all purpose and seemingly all life because as he ages and he becomes more and more deprived of purpose and meaning the characters he creates leave him one by one and we are left with a sad, lonely man who spent his entire life chasing the love and affection he would never find because he was obsessed with finding it.

[Jean]

No other film captures not just the misery of the Jewish Ghettos of World War II but the entire war itself. The movie begins seeing the city of Warsaw, Poland as a vibrant and sophisticated place with clean streets and classy people and as the film goes on we see all of it dissolve until only literally rubble remains by the closing sequences. No movie I've seen is more powerful at both showing the true evil that mankind can embody but also how the human spirit can prevail and overcome anything. Reading Wladyslaw Szpliman's memoirs only served to make me love this movie even more as it took the vivid horrors the memoirs transcribe and the childhood memories of Roman Polanski of being in a Ghetto to bring to life what actually transpired. Brody delivers the performance of a lifetime in the sense he will never surpass it and it is so true to actual attrocity I am not sure I will ever see another Polanski film as more important and impactful as this one. There are two scenes in cinema I remember when I think of the human side of war: I think of the german woman singing to the french soldiers in Kubricks 'Paths of Glory' and I think of Szpilman playing the piano to a German officer as both show a common humanity within a bitter and hateful war where we are taught to hate because they are them and we are us. The Pianist isn't an easy movie to watch but I've never seen a film I can say this about, every person on the planet should watch The Pianist.


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[Iwritecode]

I’m sure I could switch a few of these in/out depending on my mood but after much debate I’ve settled on a top 10. I’m sure I left some pretty big ones off, because while I was making this list I realized how many popular movies I’ve never gotten around to watching.

The Family Man (2000)
I noticed I had quite a few Nic Cage movies in my list for some reason. I have no idea why I like this movie so much, but I’ve seen it multiple times and it’s always been one of my favorites.

Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Another Nic Cage movie. I can’t explain it…

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
A lot of people prefer the cartoon version of this but I actually like this version better. Always been a big fan of Jim Carrey.

Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Pixar movies are usually great and this was no exception. I LOL’d many times the first time I watched it. The end where he opens the door and Boo yells “Kitty!” always brings a tear to my eye.

Click (2006)
I’m also a big fan of Adam Sandler and this is one of his movies where he doesn’t play a giant goof. Having Kate Beckinsale in the movie helps too.

Bruce Almighty (2003)
Another Jim Carrey movie.

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
I liked the first one and the second one was ok but I think this is one of the rare times where the 3rd movie is actually the best of the bunch.

Eight Below (2006)
I’ve always had an affinity for huskies and actually had one when this movie came out. My wife refuses to watch this movie since he died. Now with Paul Walker gone, she definitely won’t watch it again.

Idiocracy (2006)
Sadly, I can see this movie coming true. Also Luke Wilson > Owen Wilson.

Waiting... (2005)
I’ve never actually worked in a restaurant of any kind but if I did I’d want to work with this bunch of nuts. I have a bit of a man-crush on Ryan Reynolds. He seems like he’d be a fun guy to hang out with IRL.

I’m actually kind sad that all 3 Toy Story movies missed out. Not a single one of them was released between 2000 and 2009. They would have definitely made my top 10. Also Office Space which was released in 1999.

Honorable mentions:

Remember the Titans (2000)
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Save the Last Dance (2001)
8 Mile (2002)
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Spider-Man (2002)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
The Incredibles (2004)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Cars (2006)
The Longest Yard (2005)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Employee of the Month (2006)
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Iron Man (2008 )
Let the Right One In (2008 )
Role Models (2008 )
WALL•E (2008 )
The Blind Side (2009)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 & 2

[Still Servant]

Nice job, Matt! I know that was a lot of work, but it came out great. Quite a different list, but a lot of fun to read. I was very surprised by your #1 film.

[Jean]

although I wish his #1 and #2 were in the opposite order, I still can very well understand positioning Synecdoche so high. It's a beautiful film, and it has one of the best endings in the history of movies.

[Mattrick]

I tried to take as much bias out and tried to judge the movies based on the qualities that makes a movie great. Acting and writing are all well and good and they can make me love a movie but it doesn't make a great movie. I judged movies like I judge all art forms, I judge it based on how well it depicts itself, what it makes me feel and how it makes me look at things in a different way and how it challenges me and like all art, it's all about the experience. If this was my top ten favourite films of the decade the only two that over half this list wouldn't be on it, and films like Almost Famous, I Love You, Man, Punch Drunk Love would be on it.

[Mattrick]

although I wish his #1 and #2 were in the opposite order, I still can very well understand positioning Synecdoche so high. It's a beautiful film, and it has one of the best endings in the history of movies.


And yes, this. I've only seen the film all the way through four times, but I've watched the last bit (from the funeral scene on) about 25 times. It just affects me like almost nothing else.

[mae]

I tried watching Synecdoche a few times, couldn't get into it. Will watch soon.

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V1fcImo72E

[Mattrick]

Writing this as I watch that video:

Casino Royale: Love it but it's not in my top ten. It would fall in around 30-40 I think.
The Incredibles: One of the greatest animated movies ever, but not even top fifty for the decade for me I think.
Eternal Sunshine: One of my favourite movies and it just fell out of my top ten as with Kaufman's several fantastic screenplays.
Gladiator: Overrated and not one of Ridley Scott's best in my opinion. Not sure if it would be in my top 100.
No Country: Got an honourable mention on my list.
Hurt Locker: Really need to watch it again, just remember it not living up to the hype for me. It was good, just not great.
Departed: Really good but there were other Scorcese's I prefered more. Would round out my top 25 I think.
There Will Be Blood: Haven't seen it yet, which is insane when you think I love Day-Lewis, PT Anderson and Dano.
Return of the King: FUCK NO. Fellowship is great, Two Towers was good, this....well it lame as hell.

Their Honourable Mentions:

Almost Famous: Seen it like 20 times, definitely top 20 of the decade for me.
Kill Bill Vol 1: Kill Bill as a whole is easily top 50 for me.
Avatar: Haven't seen it.
Pan's Labrynth: Haven't seen it, but going ot be watching Cronos, Mimic, Devil's Backbone and this in succession.
Finding Nemo: Never understood what the big deal of this movie easy. I think it's Pixar's worst...the animation is astounding but there's nothing else in it that I liked.

The Dark Knight: Great movie and more than deserving to anywhere from 10-20 on my list of the decade.

[mae]

Yeah, my own Top Ten is not very close to theirs: http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?17826-Top-Ten-Films-of-2000-2009&p=818356&viewfull=1#post818356

And I don't get the love for The Dark Knight. Apart from Ledger's great performance it was another nonsensical entry in a very poor trilogy.

[Merlin1958]

IMHO. That is not fair. The, Nolan "Batman" films were brilliant!!!

[mae]

As a huge Batman fan I was extremely disappointed.

[Mattrick]

I love Nolan's Batman films. Their minimalist soundtracks by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard are pure brilliance and deserve as much praise as the films themselves. I am a little sad we didn't get to see Phillip Seymour Hoffman portraying The Penguin as rumoured as he would've knocked it out of the park. The fact alone Nolan refused to use CGI for anything that wasn't bats flying around is a huge plus for me and is how action movies should be made: too many action films rely on CGI and it really makes them awful IMO...that's why Rambo kicked so much ass.

[mae]

The action was filmed so poorly, half the time it was hard to understand what was going on.

[Jean]

The action was filmed so poorly, half the time it was hard to understand what was going on.
That does it. I never can understand what goes on in a movie unless it is directed with surgical precision. Since all Nolan I've seen is deliberately confusing, and even someone with normal human perception (as opposed to flawed ursine perception) finds it hard to understand, bears have no chance.

[Mattrick]

I'm not sure how you can say that in this age of shaky came, flash-cutting, give the editor full control because we filmed as much from as many angles as possible to the point there is no coherent direction from transition to transition giving the viewer no point of reference. Nolan's action sequences are well storyboarded, about as good as you'll find these days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIXNpt51Id0

I'm not sure how this is difficult to understand what is happening. Notice the lack of shaky cam that plagues EVERY action movie ever filmed since 2000? There isn't even any CGI used during this sequence save for the helicopter in mid air when the crash starts, but the actual wreckage and explosion aren't CGI. It's a feat of action filmmaking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VznKqWl5VE

What about this sequence from the Bourne Ultimatum, the best of that series, and it's constant flash cuts, swinging camera's with blurry objects hitting each other? You're telling me this standard hollywood action fair is better constructed than the Batman films? I don't care about action films anymore as evidenced by my hatred for The Raid but Nolan's films are so well crafted I can't help but love them. Then compare that Bourne scene with this Dark Knight Rises fight scene with a thousand people, not three.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rldqTeiGY4

I'm confused how this completely coherant action filmmaking is poorly filmed, is that because it's actually filmed and someone can throw multiple punches without a shot splice (or twenty) thrown in unlike all other actions films these days?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HITcLGS38zk

And then you have this fight scene from The Raid, considered to be the best action movie in years that looks like it was filmed by someone not only with ADD, but they were also high on cocaine and their attention span dwindled to all of 2 seconds. There are parts here when a fight move hasn't even be executed and there are three shot changes. I'll take a director who lets his action films breathe as opposed to a director who uses a bunch of jump cuts, camera changes and shaky cameras to give their film energy because they simply have no idea how to do that otherwise. Like in The Raid...EVERY finishing move gets a new camera shot altogether. It's like an octopus was filming these scenes trying to get every angle possible for a guy swinging a chair. That said, there are a couple shots in this Raid sequence such as when he takes the knife away that lets the action develop organically and it's all the more impressive looking when you have an unbroken shot dictating the action and, if the entire movie was filmed like that, it may haven't come across as looking so amateur.

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YuJtOgeLpw

[mae]

I'm not sure how this is difficult to understand what is happening.

Can you honestly tell me you can follow the action here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgWCZvowEjY

[mae]

As I'm doing the current decade's year lists now, I was looking over the older lists I did, and I'm thinking of redoing them. Nothing major but I could see some restructuring. One big one (for me) that I completely missed at the time that immediately springs to mind is Triangle (2009). Now that would definitely make my Top 30 for sure.

[Tommy]

Great, another list to agonize over! I did see more films in this time period. Should be fun going through the records.

[mae]

Great, another list to agonize over!

Well, there are threads for each decade going back to the 1920s. Agonize away! :biggrin1:

[Still Servant]

It's going to be a little while before the next tournament starts, but I thought I would get ahead of the game and start putting together my list of my favorite films from 2000-2009.

There's no doubt that the 90s are packed with some truly amazing films, but there are quite a few great movies that the 2000s have to offer as well. The one thing that struck me about the 2000s as opposed to the decade before is the sheer amount of films that were released. It's astounding how many more films were released during that time as opposed to the 90s. I can only imagine how many more films have been released in our current decade as opposed to the 2000s.

Anyway, here is my early list of my favorite films of the 2000s in no particular order: https://boxd.it/2rHu2

[MikeDuke]

I saw 90 on your list and I would say that most of them were liked by me.