And here we go!

This is the nominations thread for the second portion of The Great Movie Tournament (second of ten) where we'll nominate and second our favorite movies for the decade of the 2000s (from 2000 to 2009). For our purposes, an eligible film must be a feature narrative film (no short films) and its first release date must be between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2009 according to IMDb (sometimes films will premiere at festivals one year but have a wide release the following year; we'll use the IMDb and Wikipedia convention of the year of initial exhibition).

Participation is very much encouraged and extremely welcomed, but please do follow these guidelines for this nomination process (subject to adjustment):
  • You can nominate one film per post, and you can nominate another film after three other members have made their nominations.
  • You can second one film per post, and you can second another film after one other member has made their second.
  • If possible, please include a trailer and/or a scene from the film using Spoiler tags (this version and delete the s in https for YouTube links when embedding a video, making sure to use the full URL from the address bar, not the sharing link).
  • Nominations can also be optionally accompanied by year of release and director.

Once 256 nominated films have been seconded, the tournament will begin, following the structure shown below (an overall event overview thread will be posted as usual with links to all the polls so members can easily navigate during the tournament). Each poll will be open for 7 days and any tiebreaker polls will be open for 4 days.
  • Round 1: 32 groups of 8 titles - top 6 move on
  • Round 2: 32 groups of 6 titles - top 4 move on
  • Round 3: 32 groups of 4 titles - top 2 move on
  • Round 4: 16 groups of 4 titles - top 2 move on
  • Round 5: 16 groups of 2 titles - top 1 moves on
  • Octofinals: 8 groups of 2 titles - top 1 moves on
  • Quarterfinals: 4 groups of 2 titles - top 1 moves on
  • Semifinals: 2 groups of 2 titles - top 1 moves on
  • Final: 1 group of 2 titles - top 1 is the winner

This post will be updated with the list of nominated and seconded titles as they come in. You can also keep up to date with this handy Google Sheet.

Enjoy and have fun!

List of seconded films:
  1. The Dark Knight (2008), dir. Christopher Nolan
  2. Unbreakable (2000), dir. M. Night Shyamalan
  3. No Country for Old Men (2007), dir. Joel and Ethan Coen
  4. Spirited Away (2001), dir. Hayao Miyazaki
  5. Iron Man (2008), dir. Jon Favreau
  6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), dir. Peter Jackson
  7. Pan's Labyrinth (2006), dir. Guillermo del Toro
  8. Eastern Promises (2007), dir. David Cronenberg
  9. Batman Begins (2005), dir. Christopher Nolan
  10. The Departed (2006), dir. Martin Scorsese
  11. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), dir. Michel Gondry
  12. There Will Be Blood (2007), dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
  13. Memento (2000), dir. Christopher Nolan
  14. Munich (2005), dir. Steven Spielberg
  15. The Family Man (2000), dir. Brett Ratner
  16. City of God (2002), dir. Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund
  17. Road to Perdition (2002), dir. Sam Mendes
  18. Children of Men (2006), dir. Alfonso Cuarón
  19. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), dir. Wes Anderson
  20. Best in Show (2000), dir. Christopher Guest
  21. Casino Royale (2006), dir. Martin Campbell
  22. Gladiator (2000), dir. Ridley Scott
  23. Oldboy (2006), dir. Park Chan-wook
  24. Brokeback Mountain (2005), dir. Ang Lee
  25. Minority Report (2002), dir. Steven Spielberg
  26. Inglourious Basterds (2009), dir. Quentin Tarantino
  27. C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005), dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
  28. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), dir. Peter Weir
  29. Caché (2005), dir. Michael Haneke
  30. The Prestige (2006), dir. Christopher Nolan
  31. District 9 (2009), dir. Neill Blomkamp
  32. The Pianist (2002), dir. Roman Polanski
  33. 25th Hour (2002), dir. Spike Lee
  34. Synecdoche, New York (2008), dir. Charlie Kaufman
  35. Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003), dir. Quentin Tarantino
  36. Avatar (2009), dir. James Cameron
  37. Bruce Almighty (2003), dir. Tom Shadyac
  38. Finding Nemo (2003), dir. Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
  39. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber
  40. American Psycho (2000), dir. Mary Harron
  41. The Hurt Locker (2008), dir. Kathryn Bigelow
  42. Gangs of New York (2002), dir. Martin Scorsese
  43. 300 (2006), dir. Zack Snyder
  44. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), dir. Peter Jackson
  45. Traffic (2000), dir. Steven Soderbergh
  46. Session 9 (2001), dir. Brad Anderson
  47. Cast Away (2000), dir. Robert Zemeckis
  48. Lost in Translation (2003), dir. Sofia Coppola
  49. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), dir. Andrew Domink
  50. Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), dir. Quentin Tarantino
  51. Click (2006), dir. Frank Coraci
  52. Million Dollar Baby (2004), dir. Clint Eastwood
  53. In the Mood for Love (2000), dir. Wong Kar-wai
  54. 28 Days Later (2003), dir. Danny Boyle
  55. From Hell (2001), dir. The Hughes Brothers
  56. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), dir. Peter Jackson
  57. American Gangster (2007), dir. Ridley Scott
  58. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), dir. Ron Howard
  59. The Cell (2000), dir. Tarsem Singh
  60. Training Day (2001), dir. Antoine Fuqua
  61. Requiem for a Dream (2000), dir. Darren Aronofsky
  62. Hero (2002), dir. Zhang Yimou
  63. The Mothman Prophecies (2002), dir. Mark Pellington
  64. Big Fish (2003), dir. Tim Burton
  65. The Aviator (2004), dir. Martin Scorsese
  66. Gomorrah (2009), dir. Matteo Garrone
  67. Black Hawk Down (2001), dir. Ridley Scott
  68. Serenity (2005), dir. Joss Whedon
  69. Y Tu Mamá También (2001), dir. Alfonso Cuarón
  70. Zodiac (2007), dir. David Fincher
  71. Up (2009), dir. Pete Docter
  72. Cloverfield (2008), dir. Matt Reeves
  73. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), dir. George Lucas
  74. Matchstick Men (2003), dir. Ridley Scott
  75. The Passion of the Christ (2004), dir. Mel Gibson
  76. WALL-E (2008), dir. Andrew Stanton
  77. The Mist (2007), dir. Frank Darabont
  78. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), dir. Kim Jee-woon
  79. Let the Right One In (2008), dir. Tomas Alfredson
  80. Mystic River (2003), dir. Clint Eastwood
  81. Frailty (2001), dir. Bill Paxton
  82. Donnie Darko (2001), dir. Richard Kelly
  83. Taken (2008), dir. Pierre Morel
  84. Almost Famous (2000), dir. Cameron Crowe
  85. A History of Violence (2005), dir. David Cronenberg
  86. Mulholland Dr. (2001), dir. David Lynch
  87. Coraline (2009), dir. Henry Selick
  88. Collateral (2004), dir. Michael Mann
  89. Monster (2003), dir. Patty Jenkins
  90. The Wrestler (2008), dir. Darren Aronofsky
  91. The Lives of Others (2006), dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  92. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), dir. Gore Verbinski
  93. Gosford Park (2001), dir. Robert Altman
  94. Howl's Moving Castle (2004), dir. Hayao Miyazaki
  95. Mean Girls (2004), dir. Mark Waters
  96. The Ring (2002), dir. Gore Verbinski
  97. The Village (2004), dir. M. Night Shyamalan
  98. School of Rock (2003), dir. Richard Linklater
  99. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), dir. Wes Anderson
  100. Gran Torino (2008), dir. Clint Eastwood
  101. Ocean's Eleven (2001), dir. Steven Soderbergh
  102. The Simpsons Movie (2007), dir. David Silverman
  103. Battle Royale (2000), dir. Kinji Fukasaku
  104. Monsters, Inc. (2001), dir. Pete Docter
  105. Downfall (2004), dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel
  106. Shrek (2001), dir. Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson
  107. Adaptation (2002), dir. Spike Jonze
  108. V for Vendetta (2006), dir. James McTeigue
  109. The Machinist (2004), dir. Brad Anderson
  110. Napoleon Dynamite (2004), dir. Jared Hess
  111. The Lookout (2007), dir. Scott Frank
  112. Sideways (2004), dir. Alexander Payne
  113. Snatch (2000), dir. Guy Ritchie
  114. Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), dir. Christophe Gans
  115. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001), dir. Steven Spielberg
  116. The Triplets of Belleville (2003), dir. Sylvain Chomet
  117. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), dir. Scott Derrickson
  118. Dogtooth (2009), dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
  119. The Incredibles (2004), dir. Brad Bird
  120. May (2002), dir. Lucky McKee
  121. Shaun of the Dead (2004), dir. Edgar Wright
  122. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), dir. Alfonso Cuarón
  123. In Bruges (2008), dir. Martin McDonagh
  124. Tropic Thunder (2008), dir. Ben Stiller
  125. Meet the Parents (2000), dir. Jay Roach
  126. The New World (2005), dir. Terrence Malick
  127. Catch Me If You Can (2002), dir. Steven Spielberg
  128. In the Bedroom (2001), dir. Todd Field
  129. Identity (2003), dir. James Mangold
  130. The White Ribbon (2009), dir. Michael Haneke
  131. Apocalypto (2006), dir. Mel Gibson
  132. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), dir. Sidney Lumet
  133. Idiocracy (2006), dir. Mike Judge
  134. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), dir. Cristian Mungiu
  135. Hard Candy (2005), dir. David Slade
  136. X2 (2003), dir. Bryan Singer
  137. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), dir. Nicholas Stoller
  138. Walk the Line (2005), dir. James Mangold
  139. A Prophet (2009), dir. Jacques Audiard
  140. Match Point (2005), Woody Allen
  141. United 93 (2006), dir. Paul Greengrass
  142. Frida (2002), dir. Julie Taymor
  143. 2012 (2009), dir. Roland Emmerich
  144. A Beautiful Mind (2001), dir. Ron Howard
  145. Punch-Drunk Love (2002), dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
  146. The Bourne Identity (2002), dir. Doug Liman
  147. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), dir. Ang Lee
  148. Doubt (2008), dir. John Patrick Shanley
  149. 3:10 to Yuma (2007), dir. James Mangold
  150. Stranger than Fiction (2006), dir. Marc Forster
  151. Meet the Fockers (2004), dir. Jay Roach
  152. Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps (2000), dir. Peter Segal
  153. Sin City (2005), dir. Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller
  154. Into the Wild (2007). dir. Sean Penn
  155. Kingdom of Heaven (2005), dir. Ridley Scott
  156. About Schmidt (2002), dir. Alexander Payne
  157. Eight Below (2006), dir. Frank Marshall
  158. Bug (2006), dir. William Friedkin
  159. 500 Days of Summer (2009), dir. Marc Webb
  160. The Orphanage (2007), dir. J. A. Bayona
  161. The Devil's Rejects (2005), dir. Rob Zombie
  162. Elf (2003), dir. Jon Favreau
  163. I, Robot (2004), dir. Alex Proyas
  164. The Day After Tomorrow (2004), dir. Roland Emmerich
  165. The Others (2001), dir. Alejandro Amenábar
  166. One Hour Photo (2002), dir. Mark Romanek
  167. War of the Worlds (2005), dir. Steven Spielberg
  168. Dawn of the Dead (2004), dir. Zack Snyder
  169. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), dir. Gabriele Muccino
  170. The Hangover (2009), dir. Todd Phillips
  171. Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006), dir. Michael Lembeck
  172. Moon (2009), dir. Duncan Jones
  173. Syriana (2005), dir. Stephen Gaghan
  174. Remember the Titans (2000), dir. Boaz Yakin
  175. Corpse Bride (2005), dir. Tim Burton
  176. House of Flying Daggers (2004), dir. Zhang Yimou
  177. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), dir. John Cameron Mitchell
  178. Watchmen (2009), dir. Zack Snyder
  179. Chicago (2002), dir. Rob Marshall
  180. Lars and the Real Girl (2007), dir. Craig Gillespie
  181. Enter the Void (2009), Gaspar Noé
  182. Enemy at the Gates (2001), dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
  183. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) dir. Terry Gilliam
  184. Transsiberian (2008), dir. Brad Anderson
  185. Before Sunset (2004), dir. Richard Linklater
  186. Gone Baby Gone (2007), dir. Ben Affleck
  187. Drag Me to Hell (2009), dir. Sam Raimi
  188. Waitress (2007), dir. Adrienne Shelly
  189. Ratatouille (2007), dir. Brad Bird
  190. 28 Weeks Later (2007), dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
  191. The Piano Teacher (2001), dir. Michael Haneke
  192. Letters from Iwo Jima (2007), dir. Clint Eastwood
  193. Borat (2006), dir. Larry Charles
  194. Milk (2008), dir. Gus Van Sant
  195. Little Miss Sunshine (2006), dir. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
  196. Superbad (2007), dir. Greg Mottola
  197. Them (2006), dir. David Moreau and Xavier Palud
  198. Freddy Got Fingered (2001), dir. Tom Green
  199. Ice Age (2002), dir. Chris Wedge
  200. Memories of Murder (2003), dir. Bong Joon-ho
  201. Rescue Dawn (2006), dir. Werner Herzog
  202. The Secret of Kells (2009), dir. Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey
  203. Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), dir. Dominic Sena
  204. Love Actually (2003), dir. Richard Curtis
  205. Michael Clayton (2007), dir. Tony Gilroy
  206. Legally Blonde (2001), dir. Robert Luketic
  207. Juno (2007), dir. Jason Reitman
  208. Zombieland (2009), dir. Ruben Fleischer
  209. Amélie (2001), dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  210. Stardust (2007), dir. Matthew Vaughn
  211. Up in the Air (2009), dir. Jason Reitman
  212. Jarhead (2005), dir. Sam Mendes
  213. Spider-Man 2 (2004), dir. Sam Raimi
  214. Antichrist (2009), dir. Lars von Trier
  215. Vanilla Sky (2001), dir. Cameron Crowe
  216. 8 Mile (2002), dir. Curtis Hanson
  217. Panic Room (2002), dir. David Fincher
  218. The Last Samurai (2003), dir. Edward Zwick
  219. 1408 (2007), dir. Mikael Håfström
  220. Solaris (2002), dir. Steven Soderbergh
  221. Dark Water (2002), dir. Hideo Nakata
  222. Once (2007), dir. John Carney
  223. Ichi the Killer (2001), dir. Takashi Miike
  224. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), dir. Julian Schnabel
  225. Halloween (2007), dir. Rob Zombie
  226. Babel (2006), dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu
  227. The Devil's Backbone (2001), dir. Guillermo del Toro
  228. Erin Brockovich (2000), dir. Steven Soderbergh
  229. Bully (2001), dir. Larry Clark
  230. Moulin Rouge! (2001), dir. Baz Luhrmann
  231. Fish Tank (2009), dir. Andrea Arnold
  232. Tell No One (2006), dir. Guillaume Canet
  233. Lady Vengeance (2005), dir. Park Chan-wook
  234. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), dir. Judd Apatow
  235. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009), dir. Juan José Campanella
  236. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), dir. Nick Park and Steve Box
  237. Slumdog Millionaire (2008), dir. Danny Boyle
  238. The Fall (2006), dir. Tarsem Singh
  239. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), dir. Joel and Ethan Coen
  240. Resident Evil (2002), dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
  241. Far from Heaven (2002), dir. Todd Haynes
  242. Pontypool (2008), dir. Bruce McDonald
  243. Inland Empire (2006), dir. David Lynch
  244. Zoolander (2001), dir. Ben Stiller
  245. Grindhouse (2007), dir. Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino
  246. Funny Games (2007), dir. Michael Haneke
  247. The Host (2006), dir. Bong Joon-ho
  248. Signs (2002), dir. M. Night Shyamalan
  249. The Illusionist (2006), dir. Neil Burger
  250. Infernal Affairs (2002), dir. Andrew Lau and Alan Mak
  251. My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas (2005), dir. Victor Dal Chele
  252. Hot Fuzz (2007), dir. Edgar Wright
  253. The Fountain (2006), dir. Darren Aronofsky
  254. King Kong (2005), dir. Peter Jackson
  255. Pineapple Express (2008), dir. David Gordon Green
  256. Gangster No. 1 (2000), dir. Paul McGuigan

List of films not seconded:
  1. Polytechnique (2009), dir. Denis Villeneuve
  2. For Your Consideration (2006), dir. Christopher Guest
  3. Little Manhattan (2005), dir. Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett
  4. Inside (2007), dir. Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo
  5. Taxidermia (2006), dir. György Pálfi
  6. I Love You Phillip Morris (2009), dir. John Requa and Glenn Ficarra
  7. The Reaping (2007), dir. Stephen Hopkins
  8. A Christmas Carol (2009), dir. Robert Zemeckis
  9. The Fourth Kind (2009), dir. Olatunde Osunsanmi
  10. Millennium Actress (2001), dir. Satoshi Kon
  11. A Mighty Wind (2003), dir. Christopher Guest
  12. Lost Souls (2000), dir. Janusz Kamiński
  13. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), dir. Wes Anderson
  14. What Lies Beneath (2000), dir. Robert Zemeckis
  15. Lady in the Water (2006), dir. M. Night Shyamalan
  16. Cold Souls (2009), dir. Sophie Barthes
  17. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003), dir. Kim Ki-duk
  18. The Happening (2008), dir. M. Night Shyamalan
  19. Cairo Time (2009), dir. Ruba Nadda
  20. Fateless (2005), dir. Lajos Koltai
  21. Love Exposure (2008), dir. Sion Sono
  22. Barbershop (2002), dir. Tim Story
  23. Employee of the Month (2006), dir. Gregory Coolidge
  24. Reign of Fire (2002), dir. Rob Bowman
  25. National Treasure (2004), dir. Jon Turteltaub
  26. The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005), dir. Jane Anderson
  27. Seven Pounds (2008), dir. Gabriele Muccino
  28. The Whole Nine Yards (2000), dir. Jonathan Lynn
  29. Red Road (2006), dir. Andrea Arnold
  30. The Band's Visit (2007), dir. Eran Kolirin
  31. I Love You, Man (2009), dir. John Hamburg
  32. Across the Universe (2007), dir. Julie Taymor
  33. Man on Fire (2004), dir. Tony Scott
  34. Open Range (2003), dir. Kevin Costner
  35. Cars (2006), dir. John Lasseter and Joe Ranft
  36. An American Crime (2007), dir. Tommy O'Haver
  37. Death at a Funeral (2007), dir. Frank Oz
  38. Secret Sunshine (2007), dir. Lee Chang-dong
  39. Step Brothers (2008), dir. Adam McKay
  40. Role Models (2008), dir. David Wain
  41. Whale Rider (2002), dir. Niki Caro
  42. Waiting... (2005), dir. Rob McKittrick
  43. The Skeleton Key (2005), dir. Iain Softley
  44. Good Bye, Lenin! (2003), dir. Wolfgang Becker
  45. Paranormal Activity (2007), dir. Oren Peli
  46. White Material (2009), dir. Claire Denis
  47. About a Boy (2002), dir. Chris Weitz
  48. Persepolis (2007), dir. Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
  49. Sherlock Holmes (2009), dir. Guy Ritchie
  50. Two for the Money (2005), dir. D. J. Caruso
  51. Insomnia (2002), dir. Christopher Nolan
  52. Saraband (2003), dir. Ingmar Bergman
  53. The Blind Side (2009), dir. John Lee Hancock
  54. Grizzly Man (2005), dir. Werner Herzog
  55. Irreversible (2002), dir. Gaspar Noé
  56. In America (2002), dir. Jim Sheridan
  57. Tideland (2005). dir. Trey Gilliam
  58. Martyrs (2008), dir. Pascal Laugier
  59. Birth (2004), dir. Jonathan Glazer
  60. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), dir. Shane Black
  61. Secretary (2002), dir. Steven Shainberg
  62. The Good Girl (2002), dir. Miguel Arteta
  63. The Son (2002), dir. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
  64. The Man from Earth (2007), dir. Richard Schenkman
  65. George Washington (2000), dir. David Gordon Green
  66. Time to Leave (2005), dir. François Ozon
  67. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), dir. Walter Salles
  68. Paprika (2006), dir. Satoshi Kon
  69. Thank You for Smoking (2005), dir. Jason Reitman
  70. Cinderella Man (2005), dir. Ron Howard
  71. Water Lilies (2007), dir. Céline Sciamma
  72. Red Cliff (2008), dir. John Woo
  73. Chicken Run (2000), dir. Nick Park and Peter Lord
  74. Memories of Matsuko (2006), dir. Tetsuya Nakashima
  75. Behind Enemy Lines (2001), dir. John Moore
  76. Fat Girl (2001), dir. Catherine Breillat
  77. Before Night Falls (2000), dir. Julian Schnabel
  78. Yi Yi (2000), dir. Edward Yang
  79. Mysterious Skin (2004), dir. Gregg Araki
  80. Dancer in the Dark (2000), dir. Lars von Trier
  81. Pitch Black (2000), dir. David Twohy
  82. Silent Light (2007), dir. Carlos Reygadas
  83. Still Walking (2008), dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
  84. Visitor Q (2001), dir. Takashi Miike
  85. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2007), dir. Tom Tykwer
  86. The Descent (2005), dir. Neil Marshall
  87. Billy Elliot (2000), dir. Stephen Daldry
  88. Underworld (2003), dir. Len Wiseman
  89. Russian Ark (2002), dir. Aleksandr Sokurov

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