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:
- The Dark Knight (2008), dir. Christopher Nolan
- Unbreakable (2000), dir. M. Night Shyamalan
- No Country for Old Men (2007), dir. Joel and Ethan Coen
- Spirited Away (2001), dir. Hayao Miyazaki
- Iron Man (2008), dir. Jon Favreau
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), dir. Peter Jackson
- Pan's Labyrinth (2006), dir. Guillermo del Toro
- Eastern Promises (2007), dir. David Cronenberg
- Batman Begins (2005), dir. Christopher Nolan
- The Departed (2006), dir. Martin Scorsese
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), dir. Michel Gondry
- There Will Be Blood (2007), dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
- Memento (2000), dir. Christopher Nolan
- Munich (2005), dir. Steven Spielberg
- The Family Man (2000), dir. Brett Ratner
- City of God (2002), dir. Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund
- Road to Perdition (2002), dir. Sam Mendes
- Children of Men (2006), dir. Alfonso Cuarón
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), dir. Wes Anderson
- Best in Show (2000), dir. Christopher Guest
- Casino Royale (2006), dir. Martin Campbell
- Gladiator (2000), dir. Ridley Scott
- Oldboy (2006), dir. Park Chan-wook
- Brokeback Mountain (2005), dir. Ang Lee
- Minority Report (2002), dir. Steven Spielberg
- Inglourious Basterds (2009), dir. Quentin Tarantino
- C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005), dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), dir. Peter Weir
- Caché (2005), dir. Michael Haneke
- The Prestige (2006), dir. Christopher Nolan
- District 9 (2009), dir. Neill Blomkamp
- The Pianist (2002), dir. Roman Polanski
- 25th Hour (2002), dir. Spike Lee
- Synecdoche, New York (2008), dir. Charlie Kaufman
- Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003), dir. Quentin Tarantino
- Avatar (2009), dir. James Cameron
- Bruce Almighty (2003), dir. Tom Shadyac
- Finding Nemo (2003), dir. Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber
- American Psycho (2000), dir. Mary Harron
- The Hurt Locker (2008), dir. Kathryn Bigelow
- Gangs of New York (2002), dir. Martin Scorsese
- 300 (2006), dir. Zack Snyder
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), dir. Peter Jackson
- Traffic (2000), dir. Steven Soderbergh
- Session 9 (2001), dir. Brad Anderson
- Cast Away (2000), dir. Robert Zemeckis
- Lost in Translation (2003), dir. Sofia Coppola
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), dir. Andrew Domink
- Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), dir. Quentin Tarantino
- Click (2006), dir. Frank Coraci
- Million Dollar Baby (2004), dir. Clint Eastwood
- In the Mood for Love (2000), dir. Wong Kar-wai
- 28 Days Later (2003), dir. Danny Boyle
- From Hell (2001), dir. The Hughes Brothers
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), dir. Peter Jackson
- American Gangster (2007), dir. Ridley Scott
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), dir. Ron Howard
- The Cell (2000), dir. Tarsem Singh
- Training Day (2001), dir. Antoine Fuqua
- Requiem for a Dream (2000), dir. Darren Aronofsky
- Hero (2002), dir. Zhang Yimou
- The Mothman Prophecies (2002), dir. Mark Pellington
- Big Fish (2003), dir. Tim Burton
- The Aviator (2004), dir. Martin Scorsese
- Gomorrah (2009), dir. Matteo Garrone
- Black Hawk Down (2001), dir. Ridley Scott
- Serenity (2005), dir. Joss Whedon
- Y Tu Mamá También (2001), dir. Alfonso Cuarón
- Zodiac (2007), dir. David Fincher
- Up (2009), dir. Pete Docter
- Cloverfield (2008), dir. Matt Reeves
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), dir. George Lucas
- Matchstick Men (2003), dir. Ridley Scott
- The Passion of the Christ (2004), dir. Mel Gibson
- WALL-E (2008), dir. Andrew Stanton
- The Mist (2007), dir. Frank Darabont
- A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), dir. Kim Jee-woon
- Let the Right One In (2008), dir. Tomas Alfredson
- Mystic River (2003), dir. Clint Eastwood
- Frailty (2001), dir. Bill Paxton
- Donnie Darko (2001), dir. Richard Kelly
- Taken (2008), dir. Pierre Morel
- Almost Famous (2000), dir. Cameron Crowe
- A History of Violence (2005), dir. David Cronenberg
- Mulholland Dr. (2001), dir. David Lynch
- Coraline (2009), dir. Henry Selick
- Collateral (2004), dir. Michael Mann
- Monster (2003), dir. Patty Jenkins
- The Wrestler (2008), dir. Darren Aronofsky
- The Lives of Others (2006), dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), dir. Gore Verbinski
- Gosford Park (2001), dir. Robert Altman
- Howl's Moving Castle (2004), dir. Hayao Miyazaki
- Mean Girls (2004), dir. Mark Waters
- The Ring (2002), dir. Gore Verbinski
- The Village (2004), dir. M. Night Shyamalan
- School of Rock (2003), dir. Richard Linklater
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), dir. Wes Anderson
- Gran Torino (2008), dir. Clint Eastwood
- Ocean's Eleven (2001), dir. Steven Soderbergh
- The Simpsons Movie (2007), dir. David Silverman
- Battle Royale (2000), dir. Kinji Fukasaku
- Monsters, Inc. (2001), dir. Pete Docter
- Downfall (2004), dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel
- Shrek (2001), dir. Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson
- Adaptation (2002), dir. Spike Jonze
- V for Vendetta (2006), dir. James McTeigue
- The Machinist (2004), dir. Brad Anderson
- Napoleon Dynamite (2004), dir. Jared Hess
- The Lookout (2007), dir. Scott Frank
- Sideways (2004), dir. Alexander Payne
- Snatch (2000), dir. Guy Ritchie
- Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), dir. Christophe Gans
- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001), dir. Steven Spielberg
- The Triplets of Belleville (2003), dir. Sylvain Chomet
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), dir. Scott Derrickson
- Dogtooth (2009), dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
- The Incredibles (2004), dir. Brad Bird
- May (2002), dir. Lucky McKee
- Shaun of the Dead (2004), dir. Edgar Wright
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), dir. Alfonso Cuarón
- In Bruges (2008), dir. Martin McDonagh
- Tropic Thunder (2008), dir. Ben Stiller
- Meet the Parents (2000), dir. Jay Roach
- The New World (2005), dir. Terrence Malick
- Catch Me If You Can (2002), dir. Steven Spielberg
- In the Bedroom (2001), dir. Todd Field
- Identity (2003), dir. James Mangold
- The White Ribbon (2009), dir. Michael Haneke
- Apocalypto (2006), dir. Mel Gibson
- Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), dir. Sidney Lumet
- Idiocracy (2006), dir. Mike Judge
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), dir. Cristian Mungiu
- Hard Candy (2005), dir. David Slade
- X2 (2003), dir. Bryan Singer
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), dir. Nicholas Stoller
- Walk the Line (2005), dir. James Mangold
- A Prophet (2009), dir. Jacques Audiard
- Match Point (2005), Woody Allen
- United 93 (2006), dir. Paul Greengrass
- Frida (2002), dir. Julie Taymor
- 2012 (2009), dir. Roland Emmerich
- A Beautiful Mind (2001), dir. Ron Howard
- Punch-Drunk Love (2002), dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Bourne Identity (2002), dir. Doug Liman
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), dir. Ang Lee
- Doubt (2008), dir. John Patrick Shanley
- 3:10 to Yuma (2007), dir. James Mangold
- Stranger than Fiction (2006), dir. Marc Forster
- Meet the Fockers (2004), dir. Jay Roach
- Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps (2000), dir. Peter Segal
- Sin City (2005), dir. Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller
- Into the Wild (2007). dir. Sean Penn
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005), dir. Ridley Scott
- About Schmidt (2002), dir. Alexander Payne
- Eight Below (2006), dir. Frank Marshall
- Bug (2006), dir. William Friedkin
- 500 Days of Summer (2009), dir. Marc Webb
- The Orphanage (2007), dir. J. A. Bayona
- The Devil's Rejects (2005), dir. Rob Zombie
- Elf (2003), dir. Jon Favreau
- I, Robot (2004), dir. Alex Proyas
- The Day After Tomorrow (2004), dir. Roland Emmerich
- The Others (2001), dir. Alejandro Amenábar
- One Hour Photo (2002), dir. Mark Romanek
- War of the Worlds (2005), dir. Steven Spielberg
- Dawn of the Dead (2004), dir. Zack Snyder
- The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), dir. Gabriele Muccino
- The Hangover (2009), dir. Todd Phillips
- Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006), dir. Michael Lembeck
- Moon (2009), dir. Duncan Jones
- Syriana (2005), dir. Stephen Gaghan
- Remember the Titans (2000), dir. Boaz Yakin
- Corpse Bride (2005), dir. Tim Burton
- House of Flying Daggers (2004), dir. Zhang Yimou
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), dir. John Cameron Mitchell
- Watchmen (2009), dir. Zack Snyder
- Chicago (2002), dir. Rob Marshall
- Lars and the Real Girl (2007), dir. Craig Gillespie
- Enter the Void (2009), Gaspar Noé
- Enemy at the Gates (2001), dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) dir. Terry Gilliam
- Transsiberian (2008), dir. Brad Anderson
- Before Sunset (2004), dir. Richard Linklater
- Gone Baby Gone (2007), dir. Ben Affleck
- Drag Me to Hell (2009), dir. Sam Raimi
- Waitress (2007), dir. Adrienne Shelly
- Ratatouille (2007), dir. Brad Bird
- 28 Weeks Later (2007), dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
- The Piano Teacher (2001), dir. Michael Haneke
- Letters from Iwo Jima (2007), dir. Clint Eastwood
- Borat (2006), dir. Larry Charles
- Milk (2008), dir. Gus Van Sant
- Little Miss Sunshine (2006), dir. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
- Superbad (2007), dir. Greg Mottola
- Them (2006), dir. David Moreau and Xavier Palud
- Freddy Got Fingered (2001), dir. Tom Green
- Ice Age (2002), dir. Chris Wedge
- Memories of Murder (2003), dir. Bong Joon-ho
- Rescue Dawn (2006), dir. Werner Herzog
- The Secret of Kells (2009), dir. Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey
- Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), dir. Dominic Sena
- Love Actually (2003), dir. Richard Curtis
- Michael Clayton (2007), dir. Tony Gilroy
- Legally Blonde (2001), dir. Robert Luketic
- Juno (2007), dir. Jason Reitman
- Zombieland (2009), dir. Ruben Fleischer
- Amélie (2001), dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Stardust (2007), dir. Matthew Vaughn
- Up in the Air (2009), dir. Jason Reitman
- Jarhead (2005), dir. Sam Mendes
- Spider-Man 2 (2004), dir. Sam Raimi
- Antichrist (2009), dir. Lars von Trier
- Vanilla Sky (2001), dir. Cameron Crowe
- 8 Mile (2002), dir. Curtis Hanson
- Panic Room (2002), dir. David Fincher
- The Last Samurai (2003), dir. Edward Zwick
- 1408 (2007), dir. Mikael Håfström
- Solaris (2002), dir. Steven Soderbergh
- Dark Water (2002), dir. Hideo Nakata
- Once (2007), dir. John Carney
- Ichi the Killer (2001), dir. Takashi Miike
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), dir. Julian Schnabel
- Halloween (2007), dir. Rob Zombie
- Babel (2006), dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu
- The Devil's Backbone (2001), dir. Guillermo del Toro
- Erin Brockovich (2000), dir. Steven Soderbergh
- Bully (2001), dir. Larry Clark
- Moulin Rouge! (2001), dir. Baz Luhrmann
- Fish Tank (2009), dir. Andrea Arnold
- Tell No One (2006), dir. Guillaume Canet
- Lady Vengeance (2005), dir. Park Chan-wook
- The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), dir. Judd Apatow
- The Secret in Their Eyes (2009), dir. Juan José Campanella
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), dir. Nick Park and Steve Box
- Slumdog Millionaire (2008), dir. Danny Boyle
- The Fall (2006), dir. Tarsem Singh
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), dir. Joel and Ethan Coen
- Resident Evil (2002), dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
- Far from Heaven (2002), dir. Todd Haynes
- Pontypool (2008), dir. Bruce McDonald
- Inland Empire (2006), dir. David Lynch
- Zoolander (2001), dir. Ben Stiller
- Grindhouse (2007), dir. Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino
- Funny Games (2007), dir. Michael Haneke
- The Host (2006), dir. Bong Joon-ho
- Signs (2002), dir. M. Night Shyamalan
- The Illusionist (2006), dir. Neil Burger
- Infernal Affairs (2002), dir. Andrew Lau and Alan Mak
- My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas (2005), dir. Victor Dal Chele
- Hot Fuzz (2007), dir. Edgar Wright
- The Fountain (2006), dir. Darren Aronofsky
- King Kong (2005), dir. Peter Jackson
- Pineapple Express (2008), dir. David Gordon Green
- Gangster No. 1 (2000), dir. Paul McGuigan
List of films not seconded:
- Polytechnique (2009), dir. Denis Villeneuve
- For Your Consideration (2006), dir. Christopher Guest
- Little Manhattan (2005), dir. Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett
- Inside (2007), dir. Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo
- Taxidermia (2006), dir. György Pálfi
- I Love You Phillip Morris (2009), dir. John Requa and Glenn Ficarra
- The Reaping (2007), dir. Stephen Hopkins
- A Christmas Carol (2009), dir. Robert Zemeckis
- The Fourth Kind (2009), dir. Olatunde Osunsanmi
- Millennium Actress (2001), dir. Satoshi Kon
- A Mighty Wind (2003), dir. Christopher Guest
- Lost Souls (2000), dir. Janusz Kamiński
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), dir. Wes Anderson
- What Lies Beneath (2000), dir. Robert Zemeckis
- Lady in the Water (2006), dir. M. Night Shyamalan
- Cold Souls (2009), dir. Sophie Barthes
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003), dir. Kim Ki-duk
- The Happening (2008), dir. M. Night Shyamalan
- Cairo Time (2009), dir. Ruba Nadda
- Fateless (2005), dir. Lajos Koltai
- Love Exposure (2008), dir. Sion Sono
- Barbershop (2002), dir. Tim Story
- Employee of the Month (2006), dir. Gregory Coolidge
- Reign of Fire (2002), dir. Rob Bowman
- National Treasure (2004), dir. Jon Turteltaub
- The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005), dir. Jane Anderson
- Seven Pounds (2008), dir. Gabriele Muccino
- The Whole Nine Yards (2000), dir. Jonathan Lynn
- Red Road (2006), dir. Andrea Arnold
- The Band's Visit (2007), dir. Eran Kolirin
- I Love You, Man (2009), dir. John Hamburg
- Across the Universe (2007), dir. Julie Taymor
- Man on Fire (2004), dir. Tony Scott
- Open Range (2003), dir. Kevin Costner
- Cars (2006), dir. John Lasseter and Joe Ranft
- An American Crime (2007), dir. Tommy O'Haver
- Death at a Funeral (2007), dir. Frank Oz
- Secret Sunshine (2007), dir. Lee Chang-dong
- Step Brothers (2008), dir. Adam McKay
- Role Models (2008), dir. David Wain
- Whale Rider (2002), dir. Niki Caro
- Waiting... (2005), dir. Rob McKittrick
- The Skeleton Key (2005), dir. Iain Softley
- Good Bye, Lenin! (2003), dir. Wolfgang Becker
- Paranormal Activity (2007), dir. Oren Peli
- White Material (2009), dir. Claire Denis
- About a Boy (2002), dir. Chris Weitz
- Persepolis (2007), dir. Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
- Sherlock Holmes (2009), dir. Guy Ritchie
- Two for the Money (2005), dir. D. J. Caruso
- Insomnia (2002), dir. Christopher Nolan
- Saraband (2003), dir. Ingmar Bergman
- The Blind Side (2009), dir. John Lee Hancock
- Grizzly Man (2005), dir. Werner Herzog
- Irreversible (2002), dir. Gaspar Noé
- In America (2002), dir. Jim Sheridan
- Tideland (2005). dir. Trey Gilliam
- Martyrs (2008), dir. Pascal Laugier
- Birth (2004), dir. Jonathan Glazer
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), dir. Shane Black
- Secretary (2002), dir. Steven Shainberg
- The Good Girl (2002), dir. Miguel Arteta
- The Son (2002), dir. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- The Man from Earth (2007), dir. Richard Schenkman
- George Washington (2000), dir. David Gordon Green
- Time to Leave (2005), dir. François Ozon
- The Motorcycle Diaries (2004), dir. Walter Salles
- Paprika (2006), dir. Satoshi Kon
- Thank You for Smoking (2005), dir. Jason Reitman
- Cinderella Man (2005), dir. Ron Howard
- Water Lilies (2007), dir. Céline Sciamma
- Red Cliff (2008), dir. John Woo
- Chicken Run (2000), dir. Nick Park and Peter Lord
- Memories of Matsuko (2006), dir. Tetsuya Nakashima
- Behind Enemy Lines (2001), dir. John Moore
- Fat Girl (2001), dir. Catherine Breillat
- Before Night Falls (2000), dir. Julian Schnabel
- Yi Yi (2000), dir. Edward Yang
- Mysterious Skin (2004), dir. Gregg Araki
- Dancer in the Dark (2000), dir. Lars von Trier
- Pitch Black (2000), dir. David Twohy
- Silent Light (2007), dir. Carlos Reygadas
- Still Walking (2008), dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Visitor Q (2001), dir. Takashi Miike
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2007), dir. Tom Tykwer
- The Descent (2005), dir. Neil Marshall
- Billy Elliot (2000), dir. Stephen Daldry
- Underworld (2003), dir. Len Wiseman
- Russian Ark (2002), dir. Aleksandr Sokurov