Film Junk’s Top 20 Movies of the ’00s
With 2010 now less than a month away, your friends here at Film Junk have decided to look back over the past decade in film, to separate the wheat from the chaff, and consider how it has all tied in with the rest of our cultural experience. To deduce our Top 20 Films of the Decade, Greg, Jay, Goon and I each came up with our own personal lists of favourite films, and then found as many as we could in common. From here, we re-ranked this new list to arrive at a final tally.
Over the next month, we will be revealing a new pick from this list every weekday, ending with #1 sometime just after Christmas. At that point we will also post our individual lists, and possibly also record a special podcast discussing the decade in review. The list below will be updated as each entry appears on the site, and will serve as the master list when all is said and done. Keep checking back daily to follow the countdown!
20. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
19. Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009)
18. Little Children (2006)
17. Let The Right One In (2008)
16. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
15. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
14. Zodiac (2007)
13. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
12. District 9 (2009)
11. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
10. The Dark Knight (2008)
09. The Departed (2006)
08. Grizzly Man (2005)
07. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
06. There Will Be Blood (2007)
05. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
04. Lost in Translation (2003)
03. No Country for Old Men (2007)
02. Children of Men (2006)
01. The Wrestler (2008)
Honourable Mentions: The Incredibles (2004) / Ratatouille (2007), City of God (2002), United 93 (2006), Borat (2006), The Staircase (2004)
Check out our individual Top 50 lists, which were roughly used to create the Top 20.
Comments (165)
Come on….Corky Romano!
Posted by Greg on December 2nd, 2009Bring it!
Posted by Napalm on December 2nd, 2009Your making me impatient.
Posted by Billy Boyd Cape on December 2nd, 2009I wonder if George Melies’ “Le voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon)” from 1902 will make the list. Oh, wait, you’re not including the 1900′s.
If Zhang Yimou’s “Hero” isn’t on the list, I’m never coming back to this site.
Posted by Reed Farrington on December 2nd, 2009I love the idea of it but to make my own list would need countless hours as I have a heard time remembering the date of release of said favorite movies.
The Inglorious picture really sets the tone for this. Can’t wait to revisit most of these movies.
Posted by Julien on December 2nd, 2009Damn it! I don’t want to wait for a weekly update, just give us the complete list now!
Posted by Itchy-Finger on December 2nd, 2009Awesome guys. Are you guys okay with readers’ choices posting in the comments too? =)
Posted by Primal on December 2nd, 2009rooting for a top 5 spot for the bombastic ‘There Will be Blood’ and some sort of recognition for the underrated ‘Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford’.
Posted by AlexG on December 2nd, 2009but the decade ends next year…2001 to 2010!
Posted by berryman on December 2nd, 2009My predictions are:
Old Dogs, Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2, and
Posted by Jim the Movie Freak on December 2nd, 2009Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
berryman: The decade goes from 0 to 9. Think about it, the ’90s are 1990 to 1999, not 1991 to 2000!
Primal: We definitely hope people will post their own lists and discuss our picks as the list is revealed.
Posted by Sean on December 2nd, 2009Actually technically speaking don’t the decades go from 1991 to 2000, since there was no year 0. Or do we speak about the year prior to year 1 that same as we do babies. Like 3 months, 7 months.
Posted by Itchy-Finger on December 2nd, 2009if you are doing it this way, you should make it like a Christmas filmjunk advent calendar!!! that would be awesome – love those as a kid
http://www.maplesprings.com/advent.html#
Posted by rus in chicago on December 2nd, 2009“since there was no year 0″
so because 2000 years ago they had to skip from 1BC to 1AD, we’d today continue that nonsense for the sake of a ‘best of’ list?
there’s no good reason the 90s would include the year 2000 and not 1990.
Posted by Goon on December 2nd, 2009Rus: Love the advent calendar idea. Unfortunately I don’t have the graphic design talent to make it happen.
Posted by Sean on December 2nd, 2009off the top…
oldboy
inglourious basterds
district 9
slumdog millionaire
the dark knight
will add more later!
Posted by Napalm on December 2nd, 2009Sean – if you give me the overall photo I could create the base sheet. it should be something with a lot of items, people in it. the pop-ups could be your basic images related to each film. you would need to set up the field coding of course. I assume the further apart the spaces and better.
Posted by rus in chicago on December 2nd, 2009This is already sounding like too much work.
Posted by Sean on December 2nd, 2009get Reed to do it.
Posted by rus in chicago on December 2nd, 20091. he is a programmer
2. among other things, he is FULL OF the Christmas spirit
3. he could point a camera in any direction of his house and get an image with a thousand objects in it, many of which are film related.
way too much work than its worth
Posted by Goon on December 2nd, 2009obliviously you never experienced the pure joy brought only by the almighty ADVANT CALENDER!!! bah-hum-bug
Posted by rus in chicago on December 2nd, 2009Seriously though, what if Jesus was never born? Would time have gone into the negatives? Would it be like time was going backwards? Weird…should this really be -2008 BC? This must be what that dude from Memento felt like.
*I got jokes!*
Posted by Itchy-Finger on December 2nd, 2009sean rename the topic to “film junk time and space discussion”
Posted by Napalm on December 2nd, 2009“obliviously you never experienced the pure joy brought only by the almighty ADVANT CALENDER!!!”
Sean is a web monkey that dances enough for this site without having to code and create an advent calendar
Posted by Goon on December 2nd, 2009Maybe I’ll just save the idea for Film Junk’s Holiday Gift Guide! (Next year, that is.)
Posted by Sean on December 2nd, 2009I like the advent calendar idea. I think I am going to eat a toasted coconut doughnut everytime you post a movie.
I can’t think of 20 right now, but I have 10:
Inglourious Basterds
Posted by KeithTalent on December 2nd, 2009There Will Be Blood
Memento
Lost in La Mancha
Requiem for a Dream
Kill Bills
Capturing the Friedmans
United 93
Man on Wire
A Serious Man
Hero actually isn’t a bad film. I wouldn’t mind it being on the list. But Zhang Yimou’s is way overrated. He’s made the same movie over and over again.
Posted by The Man on December 2nd, 2009@The Man: How many Zhang Yimou films have you seen? If by “same,” you mean that all his movies are gorgeous to look at, then I would agree with you.
I think the Coen brothers are overrated, but what do I know?
Posted by Reed Farrington on December 3rd, 2009I’ve seen No one Less, which was pretty good, Happy Times was ok, Raise the Red Lantern was alright. But all his post Hero’s shit is shit. House of Flying Daggers is terrible…. It all looks the same, people on strings doing shit we’d seen before. Yimou pretty much spent the last three movies ripping off Couching Tiger.
The Coen brothers films look better than Yimous and with less CG. And Yimou’s Blood Simple looks like a joke.
If what your looking for is stuff you’ve never seen before. Why would you favor someone who’s films are fairly typical, over the Coen’s who are constantly reinventing themselves?
Posted by The Man on December 3rd, 2009To side with Reed once more, I find the Coen bros. pretty overrated myself. It probably comes from a very certain sort of fan, the kind you meet all the time, but hate no less for each encounter. It’s the guy who loves films, but he thinks Death Proof is good fun but not worthy of acknowledgement since it’s “just fun”, but No Country For Old Men is a substantial piece of art that should be recognized.
These people invariably go to the Coen Bros. and they are an earsore. They taint the movies they praise by association.
Personally, out of the Coen Bros. films I’ve seen I have liked Fargo and No Country For Old Men quite a bit, thought The Big Lebowski was decent, The Hudsucker Proxy and O Brother Where Art Thou I didn’t like very much at all, and I turned off Barton Fink 20 minutes in.
Posted by Henrik on December 3rd, 2009Coen’s are perfectly rated, thank you very much. Impeccable taste and instinct… Except Ladykillers and Cruelty. They’re masters.
Posted by Nick Robertson on December 3rd, 2009You drive a hard bargain Nick Robertson!
Posted by Henrik on December 3rd, 2009A digital advent calendar? Everyone knows the reason you have them is for the little piece of chocolate inside each flap. Is Film Junk sending everyone candy next year? What about poutine? Candied poutine?
Posted by Falsk on December 3rd, 2009That shit was hard! I got rid of like 25 films I really liked. I completely blew away my Asian and animation choices! In doing this it seems that the decade is getting weaker as we went along?! This is the list, everyone else’s list is shit.
20. The Aviator
Posted by rus in chicago on December 3rd, 200919. Amélie
18. Napoleon Dynamite
17. District 9
16. The Royal Tenenbaums
15. Children of Men
14. Borat
13. In the Valley of Elah
12. Requiem for a Dream
11. In the Mood for Love
10. Little Children
09. Hustle & Flow
08. The House of Sand and Fog
07. Michael Clayton
06. Inglourious Basterds
05. Memento
04. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
03. There Will be Blood
02. The Dark Knight
01. The Lord of the Rings
Shit, I totally forgot Hustle & Flow.
Posted by Jay C. on December 3rd, 2009good list rus, I’d say, though I doubt I’d be into Elah – don’t like Haggis, and I couldnt get into Master and Commander.
the thing about this top 20 list is that when its a concensus what you’re seeing is what a small group of people could agree on. our own top 20 lists will be much different.
I’d say its likely a couple recent movies are higher than they might have otherwise been, thanks to being fresh in our memories. Anvil is probably not the most controversial/out of the blue choice you’ll see.
Posted by Goon on December 3rd, 2009In the Valley of Elah is for real, forget Crash and Million Dollar Baby and watch. best Iraq period film out there.
Master and Commander and Michael Clayton are flawless in my opinion
Posted by rus in chicago on December 3rd, 2009I like Michael Clayton. His followup, Duplicity, isn’t bad.
I’d have to get a free rental of Elah to even consider it though, honestly. Everything I’ve read or seen of it rubs me the wrong way.
Posted by Goon on December 3rd, 2009Well here’s my Top 20 of the decade list. It has some choices (some from 2009 even) that people may not think deserve to be on a list, but hey it’s my list.
So anyway here it is:
20.Phone Booth
Posted by Drew on December 4th, 200919.Thank You For Smoking
18.Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
17.Juno
16.Spider Man
15.Step Brothers
14.Adaptation
13.Punch Drunk Love
12.Fantastic Mr. Fox
11.The Foot Fist Way
10.Grindhouse (i’m counting this as one movie, because I think the experience we got in theatres is amazing)
9.The Incredibles
8.Spider-Man 2
7.The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
6. O’ Brother Where Art Thou’
5.Napoleon Dynamite
4.There Will be Blood
3.Borat
2.Observe and Report
1.The Royal Tenenbaums
does it get more depressing as it goes
Posted by backwards asshole on December 4th, 2009Shit! I forgot All the Real Girls! (and no I don’t think it gets more depressing as it goes… O.o)
Posted by Drew on December 4th, 2009good list, Spider Man, Adaptation, The Incredibles, Spider-Man, O’ Brother Where Art Thou’, Observe and Report would be on my 21-50 list.
Posted by rus in chicago on December 4th, 2009There’s my top 5, and then the rest are in no particular order:
Punch-Drunk Love
All The Real Girls
25th Hour
Memento
May
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
Posted by jim the movie freak on December 5th, 2009Lost in Translation
Once
Capturing the Friedmans
Shaun of The Dead
Inglorious Bastards
The Royal Tenenbaums
Hustle and Flow
A History of Violence
Keane
There Will Be Blood
The Assassination of Jesse James
by the Coward Robert Ford
Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father
Waking Life
A Serious Man
Stevie
Really, I don’t get where all the love for “All the Real Girls” comes from. I should have done a Bargain Bin review on it before I gave my copy to Sean, so that people could tell me in the comments section why they love it. I didn’t realize there were other people besides Jay who love it. So what if the movie depicts how romances work in real life? It’s boring!
When I mentioned to Jay that the only scene I liked was the throwaway shot of the three-legged dog, his response was, “Typical.”
I guess if even a youngster like Drew can appreciate the film, then I guess I’m the idiot. (Sorry for the back-handed compliment, Drew. Ha ha.)
Posted by Reed Farrington on December 5th, 2009Thanks Rus! Your list was really good too. And Reed, It’s kind of hard to explain why I love All the Real Girls, it kind of reminds me of a romantic “Gummo” if that makes any sense. And by the way, how old do you think I am? I mean it’s not like i’m twelve watching these movies.
Posted by Drew on December 5th, 2009Hi guys,
love the idea and I am very curious about your picks as I am hoping for some stuff apart from the “obvious choices”. Anyway… as I love those lists I also have created one… maybe some films will appear in your list also…
20. OFFSIDE (Panahi, IRA 2006)
Posted by Rolf on December 5th, 200919. GHOST WORLD (Zwigoff, USA 2001)
18. TIMECRIMES (Vigalondo, SPA 2006)
17. AMÉLIE (Jeunet, FRA 2001)
16. MEMENTO (Nolan, USA 2000)
15. MY SASSY GIRL (Kwak, SKOR 2001)
14. SEX TRAFFIC (Yates, 2004)
13. INNOCENCE (Hadzihalilovic, FRA 2004)
12. THE BAND’S VISIT (Kolirin, ISR 2006)
11. THE PLEDGE (Penn, USA 2001)
10. SWING GIRLS (Yaguchi, JAP 2004)
09. THE MACHINIST (Anderson, SPA 2004)
08. ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS (Scherfig, DEN 2000)
07. LANTANA (Lawrence, AUS 2001)
06. WILBUR WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF (Scherfig, DEN 2002)
05. ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW (July, USA 2005)
04. THE STATION AGENT (McCarthy, USA 2003)
03. MULHOLLAND DR. (Lynch, US/F 2001)
02. KAMOME DINER (Ogigami, JAP 2006)
01. MEGANE (Ogigami, JAP 2007)
Rolf, I believe some of our choices are not so obvious, maybe one or two even controversial…
but I wouldnt get your hopes up too much, because you have to consider it’s not one person’s taste, its a concensus list, and that inherently plays against a number of smaller films simply because part of the group may not have been able to see it. May want to save your hopes for the individual lists.
Posted by Goon on December 5th, 2009Drew, I think you’re under the age of majority.
Rolf, I can’t believe you have My Sassy Girl on your list. I would hazard to guess that none of the Film Junk guys besides myself have seen that one. From your list, it seems you like quirky human dramas. These kinds of movies don’t get much play in Canadian theaters. (Non sequitur coming up…) Come to think of it, it’s sad that there will probably not be any Canadian films in Film Junk’s list.
Posted by Reed Farrington on December 5th, 2009Anvil as subjects are probably as Canadian as its gonna get.
I’m not sure what the best Canadian movies of the decade are, that could be its own post, hmmm maybe worth doing. This decade I particularly enjoyed C.R.A.Z.Y, Fubar, It’s All Gone Pete Tong, Ginger Snaps, The Corporation, Manufactured Landscapes, Metal: A Headbangers Journey, Global Metal, Polytechnique…
Posted by Goon on December 5th, 2009Don’t tell me there’s not room on this list for BON COP, BAD COP (Canuel, CAN 2006). If not, I’m sure it will make Greg’s list.
I wonder how many Best Picture Oscar winners will make the list. My guesses are No Country for Old Men (2007), Return of the King (2003) (or The Lord of the Rings in it’s entirety), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), or perhaps Million Dollar Baby (2004). The Departed (2006) is a possibility too, but personally, I don’t think it holds up that well. The Wrestler is a lock, and I wonder if they would include that and MDB on the same list.
You can refresh your memory here:
Posted by Mason on December 6th, 2009http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Academy_Awards_USA/
a couple years ago MDB would have played high on a list for me, but over the last year or so I’ve completely soured on Eastwood as a director. Hate Gran Torino, and rewatched Mystic River and MDB and see a lot of bullshit going on in those too, specifically as directorial/editing choices. I’m not saying he’s a hack but I definitely now am in the ‘overrated’ camp.
Bon Cop Bad Cop – I dont know about Greg’s personal list, but I gave it a chance, and despite overall liking it for a little while, eventually it really revealed itself as a cheap cheap cheap one note production whose biggest action shot involves a single car being flipped over.
Posted by Goon on December 6th, 2009Re: bon cop bad cop. The film is a massive spoof of Michael Bay filmmaking (coup de grace is that yea, there is no action, only that blue filter styling!) and a smack-down of both the buddy cop genre and Canadian filmmaking never aspiring for hollywood junk. It’s a small masterpiece for playing its raison d’etre with such a straight face. And in an ironical finish, it ended up being Canada’s top grossing domestic film of all time (replacing Bob Clark’s PORKY’S) which I find funny.
The film is designed to be junk and it has two wonderful leads (Colm Feore and Patrick Huard) joyfully slumming.
I fail to understand why anyone could hate this film. It works at both levels. Brainless Bay-fest and sly satire.
Posted by Kurt on December 6th, 2009I’ve been scanning various “best of the decade” lists, and was surprised to see “Mystic River” and “Letters from Iwo Jima” getting a lot of love.
Goon, I didn’t think you were the type of movie-goer who would make “stupid” statements like Clint Eastwood is over-rated. In the past, I have said that I think Martin Scorsese is over-rated, but I know I’m “stupid” in regards to that statement. Ha ha.
Personally, I think it’s okay for people to have their own opinions, even if they’re uninformed. (I’m riffing on a Harlan Ellison quote. Ha ha. Actually, two informed people can have different opinions, so I think Harlan is presumptuous to think his informed opinion is correct.)
Posted by Reed Farrington on December 6th, 2009“I fail to understand why anyone could hate this film. It works at both levels. Brainless Bay-fest and sly satire.”
MUST SEE THIS FILM
Posted by rus in chicago on December 6th, 2009Well Ok, this comment might run a bit long, but seriously
Best of the Decade†I can do it in 25 words of less. Plus I feel the need to defend some of my choices before hand I can’t write this without hearing a familiar voice in my head saying “You’re an Idiot,†or “That’s shit!†Before compiling I looked around on other sites to see what others were saying and it confirmed for me that film Junk is the best. Seriously “The New Yorker†only had two English speaking films in their top ten “The Darjeeling Limited†and “knocked up†WTF?
The criteria for my list was a combination of what films I thought were best and what films were the most rewatchable. Most of these films I have seen many times.
1. Sideways –
2. Lost in Translation – I don’t know why I love this one so much?
3. Adaptation – Proof that Cage isn’t completely shit.
4. Michael Clayton – Great all around, great script especially.
5. Owning Mahowny – I go back to this one again and again. Love any film about gambling.
6. Ocean’s Eleven – Here you have a heist movie and Vegas what’s not to love.
7. No Country for Old Men – This one I have only watched twice and will wait. It is just to good I don’t want to wear it out.
8. Children of Men – Intense!
9. There will be blood – Not the highest on my list of films for rewatchability but I couldn’t leave PTA off my top ten. “Hard Eight†is still my favorite.
10. The Royal Tenenbaums – Am I the only one that sees a connection to the Glass family in Salinger’s Nine Stories? I don’t know, I might be high.
11. Unbreakable – You wont see a bunch of comic book flicks on my list. Not that I didn’t go see them and enjoy them and buy the DVD’s ect. “Unbreakable†could have been one of the best but M. Night Shama-lama-ding-dong had to go and screw it up in the first frame. Does the audience really need to know how many comic books are sold in the U.S? Why tip off the audience where the movie is going and then try to do a slow burn after you shoot your wad? Samuel L Jackson should have informed the audience where the movie was headed. That said, still a good movie that could have been great if M. Night wasn’t so concerned about everyone thinking he is so clever. (sorry this rant was long over due)
12. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai – Completely unique.
13. Kill Bill vol.1 & 2 – I am counting it as one film.
14. Nacho Libre – I can’t understand why more people didn’t like this film…â€Stretchy Pantsâ€
15. City of God – Not exactly a all time favorite but undeniably a great film.
16. Syriana –
17. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – I don’t get why people love tearing down this movie so much. I can understand my Mom not liking it. I can understand if you just in general don’t care for things surreal. But for originality, and craft all around WTF do you want? Salvador Dali wont be making any more films.
18. Broken Flowers – Love it!
19. Snatch – Now I love the Film Junk podcast, it is the best! But seriously what is all this Guy Ritchie loathing all about? How is this in any way a QT rip-off? Because it is about wise cracking underworld guys? Well whatever, QT didn’t invent the ensemble gangster flick. Richie is way more spasmatic with the camera than QT (which is something of a fault I would say) but the screenplay is awesome, and it doesn’t rely on pop culture references, or copy QT’s use of soundtrack. I see it as a great stand alone original work. Watch it with the subtitles on and tell me this is a shit screenplay.
20. Solaris –
21. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford –
22. American Psycho –
23. The Departed – So glad to see Scorsese doing what he does best.
24. The Bourne Trilogy – Great books, Great movies.
25. District B-13 – Seriously have you seen this one? Never heard it mentioned on the podcast. This movie kicks ass. Check out the trailer on youtube.
26. Dummy – Come on just thinking about it makes you laugh.
27. As good as it gets –
28. In America –
29. Whalerider – Can’t rewatch my daughter stole it from me.
30. The Wrestler –
31. The Hawk is Dying – Great stuff by Paul G.
32. The Proposition – I got to see Nick Cave in San Diego this year!
33. Collateral – I know what you’re thinking but you’re wrong. Tom Cruise was really good in this and it was Jamie Foxx that stunk up this movie. He couldn’t just be a Cab driver..no he had to be a guy trying to get a limo co. together, and then of course he had to have a love interest…Christ! I know damn well all of that was done to appease Foxx and my question is why? But all that aside Tom Cruise was great.
34. High Fidelity –
35. Open Range – Got to love a good Western.
36. Donnie Darko – I know that Richard Kelly isn’t exactly in vogue right now but at the time this was pretty unique stuff. Especially having to go on the web and read up on what the hell the movie was actually all about. I guess you can argue that if a film can’t stand on its own it is a failure, I wont argue about it I still liked it.
37. Special – Michael Rapapport is great in this.
38. Love Liza – Philip Seymour Hoffman at his quirky best.
39. Ghostworld – guilty pleasure.
I know this is a weird place to quit. Sorry if this is too long…x
By the way how do I get one of those nifty avatars?
Posted by xego on December 6th, 2009http://en.gravatar.com/
Posted by rus in chicago on December 6th, 2009I didn’t see much in the way of satire going on in Bon Cop Bad Cop, so much as there was just occasional silliness.
“it ended up being Canada’s top grossing domestic film of all time”
there’s a qualification there, it wasn’t like it was something that played well across all provinces. Its the top grossing one because of Quebec, period.
Posted by Goon on December 6th, 2009Reed,
thank you for your feedback! Well… here in Germany MY SASSY GIRL hasn’t even got a proper dvd release yet… I only have seen it on DVD and I am very pleased that the film gets some acknowledgement here. So no matter what people say about your tatse in movies… knowing and liking MY SASSY GIRL makes you a movie expert. Period!
Goon,
thank you for your feedback also. I’d like to know what chioces of mine you consider to be controversial. About your thoughts on the “official” film junk list… I guess I know what to expect… NO Transformers or crap like that in that list
that’s all I’m asking for! 
Posted by Rolf on December 7th, 2009“Let the right one in” …yes! great pick…I should have had it on my list. I should have (as long as I am making amendments) had “The Road to Perdition” as well.
Posted by xego on December 7th, 2009Probably My Top 5
Amelie (Jeunet, 2001)
Pan’s Labyrinth (Del Toro, 2006)
Mulholland Dr. (Lynch, 2001)
Children of Men (Cuaron, 2006)
Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino, 2009)
A History of Violence (Cronenberg, 2005)
Posted by Primal on December 8th, 2009Let The Right One In (Alfredson, 2008)
Requiem for a Dream (Aronofsky, 2000)
Slumdog Millionaire (Boyle, 2008)
No Country for Old Men (Coen Brothers, 2008)
The Dark Knight (Nolan, 2008)
Ratatouille (Bird, 2007)
Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
Spider-Man 2 (Raimi, 2004)
Apocalypto (Gibson, 2006)
There Will Be Blood (P.T. Anderson, 2007)
Zodiac (Fincher 2007)
Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Tarantino, 2004)
Memento (Nolan, 2000)
Grindhouse (Rodriguez, Tarantino 2007)
I just whipped up my own list. I think if I were still writing for Film Junk I would have opted out. The world isn’t ready for a list that has Rambo in the number one spot.
Posted by Wintle on December 8th, 2009You can’t post that without giving us the list! Please do share.
Posted by Sean on December 9th, 200920. Match Point
19. Kill Bill
18. Spirited Away
17. Borat
16. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
15. Let the Right One In
14. A Mighty Wind
13. Wall-E
12. Inglourious Basterds
11. Adaptation
10. Encounters at the End of the World
9. Ratatouille
8. Antichrist
7. Oldboy
6. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
5. Storytelling
4. A Serious Man
3. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. There Will Be Blood
1. Sideways
BONUS! Top 10 TV SHOWS of the ‘00s
10. Trigger Happy TV
Posted by Colin on December 10th, 20099. Entourage
8. Extras
7. 30 Rock
6. Eastbound & Down
5. Arrested Development
4. The Office (BBC)
3. Curb Your Enthusiasm
2. Carnivale
1. Six Feet Under
For some reason my list didn’t get posted, but when I post it again it says that I posted it already. Very frustrating. Sean, please see to it that this is fixed. Chop-Chop.
Posted by Matt on December 10th, 2009I think I may whip up a top 20 TV shows article at some point soon… would hope to expose a few that went completely under the radar.
Posted by Goon on December 10th, 200920. Cast Away (2000)
Posted by kyle on December 10th, 200919. Gangs of New York(2002)
17. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
16. I am Sam (2001)
15. Memento (2000)
14. Crash (2004)
13. Finding Nemo (2003)
12. The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys (2002)
11. Hotel Rwanada(2004)
10. The Departed (2006)
9. No Country For Old Men (2007)
8. The Last King of Scotland (2006)
7. Capote (2006)
6. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
5. Almost Famous (2000)
4. The Dark Night (2008)
3. The Life Aquaticm with Steve Zissou (2004)
2. City of God (2002)
1. Snatch (2000)
Reed– “Hero” is definitely on my top 20. Although maybe we’re the only 2? lol
Posted by Falsk on December 10th, 2009Ugh. Wish there was a edit feature for posts. I wanted to add I would like to read Wintle’s list as I, too, have a pretty bizarre grouping of films that aren’t exactly traditional…
Posted by Falsk on December 10th, 2009Here’s the TV list top five:
all seasons of The Wire, done, if there is an extra space: The Wire Extras, done
Posted by rus in chicago on December 10th, 2009Falsk, you might as well post your list. It’s interesting to see what films people really like.
If we weren’t killing each other over religion, human beings would end up killing each other for reasons like their taste in films. Ha ha. It would be boring if we all liked the same films; on the other hand, it’s pretty special to find those people who share the same love for a film that you do.
Posted by Reed Farrington on December 11th, 2009as far as i’m concerned any list that does not have dark knight on it can not be sound in it’s integrity. so i hope to see where it places
as far as donny darko goes i totally agree. It is one of my favorite movies and it’s so unique and inventive any one who looks past it needs to take a closer look becuase it’s amazing.
Posted by Rick on December 14th, 2009ok, I think I settled my final list…
20. Apocalypto
19. Let the Right One In
18. Atonement
17. Fog of War
16. Dark Knight
15. All the Real Girls
14. Borat
13. Cache
12. No Country For Old Men
11. The Wrestler
10. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
9. Pan’s Labyrinth
8. Inglourious Basterds
7. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
6. Lord of the Rings
5. Wall*E
4. Mulholland Dr
3. Children of Men
2. Brokeback Mtn
1. There Will Be Blood
This could change with the landing of Avatar though.
Posted by Justice on December 14th, 2009u get props for these:
20. Apocalypto
7. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
4. Mulholland Dr
2. Brokeback Mtn
u loose those props for Threes Company with better sets:
18. Atonement
Posted by rus in chicago on December 14th, 2009@ u loose those props for Threes Company with better sets:
I actually like that aspect of Atonement.
Posted by Rusty James on December 14th, 2009Damn Rus, I lose all 4 props for being a sucker for a movie that I also loved the book? Ok, I realized I left Into the Wild off, can I regain those props if I squeeze that in? haha
Posted by Justice on December 16th, 2009you got props, but Wild was a big let down for me…add Hustle & Flow you become KING! Flow is getting no luv on anyone’s lists, WTF!
Posted by rus in chicago on December 16th, 2009Hustle and Flow made my list, Rus.
I forgot… Ghost World and Amelie, too
Posted by Jim the Movie Freak on December 16th, 2009Who would be the nominees/winner of filmmaker of the decade?
Posted by Mason on December 17th, 2009My picks:
Christopher Nolan
Darren Aronofsky
Clint Eastwood
Peter Jackson
The Coen brothers
Paul Greengrass
Charlie Kaufman
Tony Gilroy
I would put Spielberg as a candidate for filmmaker of the decade
Minority Report
Munich
Catch Me If You Can
The Terminal
War of the Worlds
AI
Crystal Skull never happened.
Posted by dirrrtyfrank on December 17th, 2009How could I have forgotten Danny Boyle?
Posted by Mason on December 17th, 200928 Days Later, Millions, Slumdog Millionaire.
I also enjoyed The Beach and Sunshine, though they weren’t quite as excellent as those three.
Come on Reed – there have been lots of requests for a list of your top films, and this post is the perfect opportunity.
Posted by Paul Andrews on December 17th, 2009wtf? Amelie’s not here?
Posted by Andy Connock on December 23rd, 2009Remaining 3? Hoping for Eternal Sunshine, Brokeback, and Almost Famous!
Posted by Bryan on December 24th, 2009Even if you don’t agree with the list, you can’t say the writeups haven’t been a lot of fun to read.
As for the final three, I’m going to guess that The Wrestler will be on there, probably as number 1. You gotta have a Spielberg and a Coen Bros. flick in there, too, so No Country for Old Men seems like a good candidate for the latter, and, because I love it, I hope Catch Me If You Can Is Spielberg’s contribution.
Posted by Nat Almirall on December 25th, 2009I think children of men will be #1
Posted by Drew on December 25th, 2009eternal nonsense, the wrestler, children of men?
1 of these is a good movie.
Posted by Henrik on December 25th, 2009can’t get past BBM…I know I’m a Brokie, but I’m beginning to worry about myself…also Donnie Darko
Posted by suzycreamcheese on December 25th, 2009Phewy, I’m sick and tired of seeing “Inglorious Basterds” on all these lists… I don’t think that was one of the BEST of the decade.
Agree about “Dark Knight”, though!
Posted by Rachel on December 27th, 2009Now when there’s only 3 spots left to fill, I found it to be fun to play the guessing-game. Juno? Snatch? Sideways? (Sideways is by the way my guess for number one!) Into the Wild? Almost Famous? Garden State? Amelie? Children of Men? No Country for old Men?
I think all of these films are able to pop up somewhere inbetween 1-3.
Glad to see that “Lost in Translation” made the list.
Posted by EricWest on December 28th, 2009I’m going to guess No Country For Old Men and The Wrestler will be in the top 3 since each of those was unanimously voted #1 by Sean, Jay, and Greg in their respective years (notwithstanding Jay saying There Will Be Blood is now his favourite of 2007). As for the third spot, maybe Children Of Men?
Posted by Glendon on December 28th, 2009Glendon: I’, pretty new to this site so I have no clue what’s been said before. Thx!
Posted by EricWest on December 28th, 2009I seriously doubt there’s going to be any love for a film like “Almost Famous” or “Juno” on here. Would appreciate a nod towards “Amelie” or “Sideways” but not holding my breath either.
We shall seeee…
Posted by Falsk on December 28th, 2009Glendon, if I was a betting man, I would bet that your guesses for the top 3 are correct.
BTW, I recently watched The Wrestler. Jay didn’t think I would like it and he was right. If I wanted to watch the life of a pathetic loser, then I’d carry a mirror around with me all day. The plot is cliched television “movie of the week” material with nudity. And I thought the execution of it was ordinary. I’ll admit that Mickey Rourke made me shed a tear when he told his daughter that all he wanted was for her not to hate him.
Posted by Reed Farrington on December 28th, 2009Reed you’re not a loser, that’s “stink’n think’en”. stop doing it now, then go clean those dead plants out of your house…the rest is easy.
Posted by rus in chicago on December 28th, 2009“I’ll admit that Mickey Rourke made me shed a tear when he told his daughter that all he wanted was for her not to hate him.”
This is an ordinary occurence?
Posted by Henrik on December 29th, 2009Henrik: Reed wouldn’t know that, he only watches stuff with the word “Star” in it.
Posted by EricWest on December 29th, 2009“If I wanted to watch the life of a pathetic loser, then I’d carry a mirror around with me all day.”
This comment made me sad. Don’t think of yourself that way, Reed-o
Posted by Henry on December 29th, 2009Henry, the genius of what we all call COMEDY.
Posted by EricWest on December 29th, 2009@rus in chicago and Henry: Thx for your compassionate comments during this holiday season.
As EricWest has noted, perhaps I’m not being completely truthful when I denigrate myself.
On the latest Cantankerous currently in production, Sean, Jay and I talked about The Wrestler and how Randy “The Ram” Robinson’s life could be a template of my own. Not sure if that conversation will make the final cut.
In a couple of hours I hope, we’ll find out if The Wrestler is the #2 best movie of the decade. (If The Wrestler isn’t on the list at all, then I will be thrown for a loop!)
Posted by Reed Farrington on December 30th, 2009“Over the next month, we will be revealing a new pick from this list every weekday, ending with #1 sometime just after Christmas.”
Posted by EricWest on December 30th, 2009@EricWest: Good thing Sean didn’t specify which Christmas. (I know, bad joke.)
Posted by Reed Farrington on December 30th, 2009We fell behind on one or two picks, but hey, it’s the holidays. #1 will be revealed tomorrow along with our honourable mentions and personal lists.
Posted by Sean on December 30th, 2009gotta be THE WRESTLER… good choice, though!
And that gives Mickey the award for the comeback-of-the-decade, right?!
Posted by Rolf on December 30th, 2009oh… I was referring to #1-pick of course…
Posted by Rolf on December 30th, 2009@Reed: I was planning on making that joke myself but better jdugement swept over me.
Posted by EricWest on December 30th, 2009Assuming The Wrestler will be number 1 I’m surprised that Eternal Sunshine is not on the list :O.
Posted by RaphNL on December 30th, 2009Memento? Snatch? Sideways?
Posted by EricWest on December 30th, 20097 of the 20 films from the last 2 years…you would think with that much short term memory you guys would have included Memento…wait, that means it would be the other way around… but Memento is from 2000 so that is a long term memory…I’m so confused I need to go see my tattooist…
Posted by rus in chicago on December 31st, 2009Memento was just outside my top 50. I didn’t forget it, I have a poster of it even. The thing about early 00s movies is on one hand some of them have the benefit of nostalgia and being seen as modern classics, whereas at the same time some may be taken for granted or have been seen enough times that the passion for them has faded. Could be the case for Memento, I can say I don’t have the passion for it that I used to. You could blame it on time, repeat viewings or believing that the director has gone on to make better work.
At a quick glance around 20-23 or so of my top 50 is from the first half of the decade. I’ll definitely say that most of my favorite film years of the decade were the last couple years. I also saw more films in the last couple years, and had by that time been more educated in film that I would seek out better/more challenging films.
When the decade started I was 20 years old. Anyone will have a different taste 10 years later, some of the early decade favorites will actually probably fall by the wayside.
Posted by Goon on December 31st, 2009There are 30 movies here. I trimmed it down from 40+ but it’s hard for me to cut any more. I tried to make the list using the following criteria:
a. I have to think the movie is still great.
b. I had to remember how I felt and what I though when I first watched it.
c. Must have potential to hold up to repeat viewings. For example, I loved “Brokeback Mountain” but I don’t think I could watch it again.
d. It had to influence me artistically or personally in some way.
1. Children of Men (2006)
2. Amélie (2001)
3. Finding Neverland (2004)
4. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
5. Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-03)
6. Dark Knight (2008)
7. Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind (2004)
8. Kill Bill 1 and 2 (2003-04)
9. Up (2009)
10. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
11. Casino Royale (2006)
12. Memento (2000)
13. No Country for Old Men (2007)
14. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
15. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
16. United 93 (2006)
17. Hot Fuzz (2007)
18. 28 Days Later (2002)
19. Once (2006)
20. Half Nelson (2006)
21. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
22. About a Boy (2002)
23. Incredibles (2004)
24. Hamlet 2 (2008)
25. The Hours (2002)
27. Almost Famous (2000)
28. Road to Perdition (2002)
29. Minority Report (2002)
30. King Kong (2005) – I’ll explain this one. Knock it if you want but this was a pretty darn good movie. It pushes a few others off the list (Spiderman 2, Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite) because it was the first movie I saw with my wife.
For details on why I picked my other choices, you can visit my website.
Posted by Brett on December 31st, 2009I just asked Flickchart to show my favourite films of the decade and this is what it shows:
1. Amélie (2001)
2. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
3. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
5. Once (2007)
6. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
7. Up (2009)
8. Gladiator (2000)
9. The Dark Knight (2008)
10. The Wrestler (2008)
11. Almost Famous (2000)
12. Memento (2001)
13. Children of Men (2007)
14. Grindhouse (2007)
15. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
16. Hot Fuzz (2007)
17. Eastern Promises (2007)
18. Star Trek (2009)
19. V For Vendetta (2006)
20. Oldboy (2003)
The following just missed the list:
Posted by ottobud on December 31st, 2009Kill Bill Vol. 2, Requiem For A Dream, Cloverfield, Unbreakable, The Machinist, The Hurt Locker, Sin City, The Departed, United 93, Shaun of the Dead, Wall-E, Matchstick Men
The only true phail on this list is ANCHORMAN. SHAUN OF THE DEAD should have replaced that easily.
Posted by Ryan M. on January 1st, 2010I prefer Hot Fuzz myself, and both pale in comparison to the awesomeness of their Spaced TV series.
Posted by Goon on January 1st, 2010Hot Fuzz was ace too! Ha ha! I laughed when he got posted to the sleepy town. It reminded me of my reaction when I first got to Pet.
Posted by Tommy on January 1st, 2010Overall…pretty disappointed with your list. You had some that I agree with, but in my opinion, much better films have been left out.
Posted by Soop on January 1st, 20101. Rambo 2. Hostel 3. Born to fight 4. Mulholland Drive 5. Observe and Report 6. 28 Weeks Later 7. Mulberry St. 8. Inglourious Basterds 9. Bring It On 10. Hot Rod 11. Apocalypto 12. American Psycho 13. Zodiac 14. Punch Drunk Love 15. Not Quite Hollywood 16. Shaun of the Dead 17. Children of Men 18. Bourne Supremacy 19. Unbreakable 20. Zoolander
Honourable Mentions – Amelie, Step Brothers, Devil’s Rejects, Ong Bak 2, Kill Bill, Final Destination 2, Dead Snow, The Children, Black Dynamite, Crank 2, 300
Posted by Wintle on January 2nd, 2010I don’t agree with your list but I agree your place would be the best place to party!
Posted by rus in chicago on January 2nd, 2010Here is my list, and I got news for ya, my list is FAR different from most of yours from what I can tell. I’ve been working on this one for a while on flickchart and it seems to be pretty accurate:
20. V for Vendetta (2006)
Posted by EricWest on January 2nd, 201019. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
18. Children of Men (2007)
17. Almost Famous (2000)
16. Lost in Translation (2003)
15. Let the Right One In (2008)
14. Kill Bill (2003)
13. Clerks II (2006)
12. Oldboy (2003)
11. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
10. Amélie (2001)
9. Big Fish (2004)
8. The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
7. Broken Flowers (2005)
6. Juno (2007)
5. Into the Wild (2007)
4. Wristcutters (2007)
3. Elizabethtown (2005)
2. Sideways (2005)
1. Garden State (2004)
those are two very different lists, above. opposite ends of the spectrum. you go to EricWest’s place and watch as much as you can take, then run over to Wintle’s for an escape! good job, need to see Wristcutters and Not Quite Hollywood.
Posted by rus in chicago on January 2nd, 2010Wintle you have pretty much the best list EVER.
Posted by Drew on January 2nd, 2010rus in chicago is hilarius. Me and Wintle have literally the total opposite taste in films.
Posted by EricWest on January 2nd, 2010Wintle, your pick of “Born to Fight” is one of the action flics like “Ong Bak 2″ that I don’t quite understand why has a fan following. Jay accuses me of being a 10-year-old, but I think you have to be somewhat mentally inferior to enjoy those films. (Insult intended. Ha ha.) I will admit that having the stunt guy falling between the two semis and almost getting run over was awesome though.
EricWest, your inclusion of “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” is surprising. I love Woody Allen films, even the “bad” ones. I admit VCB was entertaining, but I’m wondering what made that film so great for you.
Posted by Reed Farrington on January 2nd, 2010Wintles list leaves me disappointed and without beliefs. I did not think you would buy into bullshit like Mulholland Drive. Plus, no Anchorman.
Posted by Henrik on January 2nd, 2010I have of course not made a list, but here are some movies not on the Filmjunk list that I thought were great and should be mentioned:
Sideways.
The Squid and the Whale.
Signs.
Babel.
4 months, 3 weeks & 2 days.
Funny Games US.
Road to Perdition.
Plus others I’m sure.
Posted by Henrik on January 2nd, 2010And documentaries:
Forever.
Helvetica.
Spellbound.
De fem benspænd.
Plus others I’m sure.
Posted by Henrik on January 2nd, 2010everything on there is good but Road to Perdition, that left me wanting more…I think this reflects it coming from a graphic novel, felt like they didn’t take the ideas as far as they could.
Posted by rus in chicago on January 2nd, 2010Thanks, Drew.
I’m happy to hear that my actions have resulted in your having even less beliefs, Henrik. Why does Mulholland Drive enrage you so?
I wasn’t aware that Born To Fight even had a following, Reed. Do you feel that way about most stunt movies, or just those ones in particular? And can you articulate what it is about those movies that makes you feel that way? Just curious.
Posted by Wintle on January 2nd, 2010Mulholland Drive doesn’t enrage me more than a number of bullshit movies. I was just very surprised to see that on the list, I didn’t think you would succumb to Lynchs pseudo-intellectual magic tricks. Though you also have American Psycho, which is just as bad.
I give you props for having Shyamalan on there and most of others, Zodiac, Not Quite Hollywood. Just a few odd ones caught me off guard. I thought you were an immovable object
Posted by Henrik on January 2nd, 2010Another movie that I haven’t seen mentioned anywhere and just remembered is Inside Man. I watched that 3 times in a week earlier this year, showing it to people etc., and I think it’s the perfect Hollywood mainstream movie. It is elegant, smooth, snappy, paced properly, has high-paid charismatic actors delivering fast dialogue, an intriguing storyline and characterization beyond what the plot calls for. It is the film Steven Spielberg wishes he could make. It deserves mention.
Posted by Henrik on January 2nd, 2010I realized today when making my list I did forget some movies from the decade I loved, like 24 Hour Party People.
Posted by Goon on January 2nd, 2010Reed: As you can see, I def have a type of films that I like the most. There are a lot (a ton) of the same type of film. You ask about VCB, and quite frankly, I don’t really know. The film is entertaining as you said and very odd, in a good way. I don’t put much thought into all the sexual and erotic kind of “vibes” that are in the film.
Obviusly this is not my favorit Woody Allen film, but it is better than Match Point in my opinion which allso was from this decade. I love that type off “laid back” style, in a way “hippie”-feeling I get from it, which is something that I love and as you can see, I don’t really know how to answer your question. =)
The movie simply spoke to me.
Posted by EricWest on January 2nd, 201020. The Hurt Locker (2009)
Posted by Michael on January 3rd, 201019. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
18. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
17. The Wrestler (2008)
16. Inglourious Bastards (2009)
15. Children of Men (2005)
14. Batman Begins & The Dark Knight
13. Superbad (2007)
12. Sideways (2004)
11. A History of Violence (2005)
10. American Psycho (2000)
9. Traffic (2000)
8. There Will Be Blood (2007)
7. The Departed (2006)
6. Almost Famous (2000)
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
4. High Fidelity (2000)
3. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
2. No Country for Old Men (2007)
1. City of God (2002)
Wintle, I’m glad that you took my uncalled-for gibe at your intellect with such equanimity. Film critics will marvel at Jackie Chan in his stunt films, but I don’t think many would dare to include his films in a “best of” list of all films. Pretentious film critics would tend to categorize stunt films in with science fiction and horror films that they see as appealing more to the juvenile film crowd.
As for “Born to Fight,” I had heard some good things about it and I was ultimately disappointed. I like to see stuff that I haven’t seen before that boggles my mind. “Born to Fight” offered little of that for me, and I didn’t find anything else in the film compelling enough.
I’ll tell you a film that I liked better for its stunts and fighting (although “Born to Fight” had more stunts): “Invisible Target.” (Seems a sampling of people rate these films about the same since IMDb gives “Born to Fight” a 6.3/10 and “Invisible Target” a 6.7/10.) And I wouldn’t dare put “Invisible Target” on my “best of” list.
Posted by Reed Farrington on January 3rd, 2010“Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film.” – Werner Herzog
Actually, I quite like Godard, too.
Hey, Reed. Normally I might take such an insult personally, but considering your various idiosyncrasies I can’t attach much weight to anything you have to say about me or my viewing habits. No insult intended.
I own Invisible Target, and it’s excessive glass-breaking pleases me, but I wouldn’t even place it in my top ten for martial arts movies this decade. Perhaps we can meet in the middle with Dog Bite Dog.
It should be obvious by now that my criteria for what makes a great film differs slightly from that of most critics. I would probably place a Jackie Chan movie high on my best-of list, though I think Sammo Hung might edge him out.
Henrik, I’m not entirely sure what pseudo-intellectual magic tricks you’re referring to. I don’t doubt they exist, just that I tend to approach film on an emotional level (obviously) and must have tuned out whatever you’re talking about. Oh, well. If I can’t be the immovable object, can I still be an unstoppable force?
Posted by Wintle on January 3rd, 2010If Werner Herzog made a kung fu film, then I might start watching his films.
When I pick favorite films, I too tend to approach film from an emotional level. Wintle, you picked a suitable middle ground film with “Dog Bite Dog.” I loved how that story was handled, even the sentimental ending, but I wish the rough and tumble fight scenes were more interesting.
Posted by Reed Farrington on January 3rd, 2010After about 10k more ratings of films on flickchart a way more accurate list is here, to stay, probably. I’m still being a little bummed out that most of my favs seem to be pretty much the same type of films. But what the hell, I’m the same way in music so I guess I just have to accept it.
1. Garden State
Posted by EricWest on January 4th, 20102. Elizabethtown
3. Sideways
4. Wristcutters: A Love Story
5. Broken Flowers
6. Into the Wild
7. Juno
8. The Darjeeling Limited
9. Big Fish
10. Amélie
11. Let the Right One In
12. Punch-Drunk Love
13. Oldboy
14. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
15. Children of Men
16. Man on Fire
17. Lost in Translation
18. Remember the Titans
19. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
20. Napoleon Dynamite
Wow. Everyone seems to have this own opinion on the best films of the decade. Here are mine:
http://film-book.com/the-top-films-of-the-decade-2000-2009/
I should make my list twenty deep.
Posted by Film-Book dot Com on January 4th, 2010The decade does end at the end of 2010 and the next one begins with 2011. This is because there was no year “zero” way back when, 2009 years ago. The first year was 1. So decades, centuries and millenium all start with 1-years. 2001, 2011, 2101, etc.
Posted by Minilith on January 5th, 2010with that logic 1990 is part of the 80s, and 1980 is part of the 70s
so, no.
Posted by Goon on January 5th, 2010So I’m assuming no one here ha seen The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)? I finally got around to it- it’s been on my to-see list for a long time, and I saw it on some other best of the decade lists, so I moved it to the top. It is so moving and so well shot by cinematographer Janusz Kaminski. I wasn’t sure about it going in, since the plot made it sound like it might be boring. While it was a little slow at some points, it was so beautiful in every way and unnerving and gut-wrenching because of the first-person perspective that is often employed. Many props to the direcor Julian Schnabel (who looks much like Jeff Bridges as The Dude).
Posted by Mason on January 7th, 20101. Stuck on You
Posted by adam on January 7th, 20102. The Butterfly Effect
3. Snatch
4. Enemy at the Gates
5. The Departed
6. Shallow Hal
7. The Man From Earth
8. The Beach
9. War of the Worlds
10. Pitch Black
11. The Shape of Things
12. The Fellowship of the Ring
13. 8 Mile
14. I am Legend
15. The Mist
16. Crank
17. Blood Diamond
18. Men of Honor
19. The Station Agent
20. I, Robot
WORST LIST EVER!
Posted by rus in chicago on January 7th, 2010just kidding mad props for including The Shape of Things
Posted by rus in chicago on January 7th, 2010Mason, I’ve seen Diving Bell, and in fact own it.
To be honest on first viewing I was not impressed, was in fact bored. But I was also tired.
But since then I saw some other Almaric films that I enjoyed and went back to it, and liked it a hell of a lot more. Maybe just the right mood. Still not enough for a best of the decade list though.
Posted by Goon on January 8th, 2010ATTN: REED FARRINGTON
adam, glad to find another person who caught The Man From Earth
Reed, I sent out the Reed signal wondering if you had seen this, I would imagine you’ve heard of it since it was written by Jerome Bixby
Posted by Goon on January 8th, 2010Are we only including feature films ? Otherwise, surely the Reed Farrington House Video Tour should be high on everyone’s list ?
Posted by Paul Andrews on January 8th, 2010I happened to see The Man from Earth DVD on the new release shelf at Zellers, but I didn’t notice it at any other retailer. It looked like a bad sci-fi cheapie from the DVD packaging. I never did bother looking into it. Who would have guessed it was any good? Based on adam and Goon’s recommendations, I’m hoping to find it in a bargain bin this year.
Posted by Reed Farrington on January 8th, 2010man from Earth is stagey and cheaply made, but its script and ideas are what make it worth checking out. i think youd be good to find a copy.
Posted by Goon on January 8th, 2010It’s definitely a love it or hate it film.
Posted by adam on January 9th, 2010what the…freak’n everybody now put freak’n avatar on your list…do it..it was in the top 10 greatest movies of the decade..it had everything..story,moral,graphics,sci fi, action,romans,everything! it great…it freakn made me confussed after watching it which reality i was in..
Posted by VISE on February 5th, 2010There Will Be Blood at 6? I don’t think so.
Posted by Skeet on February 10th, 2010Brilliant list. Cheers.
Posted by Jonathan H. on February 24th, 2010A list of the decade 00s that does not include the Lord of the Rings trilogy is just flawed!
Other films that should be mentioned
1. Blood Diamond
2. Avatar
3. The Pianist
4. Gladiator
5. The Hangover
7. Gran Torino
Worst films
1. 2012
Posted by Chris N on March 29th, 20102. Star Wars Attack of the Clones
3. New Moon
4. The Mummy: The Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
5. Babylon A.D.
I can think there were a lot worse films than those.
Posted by Mason on March 29th, 2010How about: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, The Alphabet Killer, Blackout, Hostel Part II, Mr. Brooks, Man with the Screaming Brain, Species III, Gods and Generals, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, Clockstoppers, Possession.
Who makes up this list? Seems that it’s a little bromance heavy. Just sayin’
Posted by janesa on June 21st, 2010This list is crap. Where’s Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind? 2046? Brokeback Mountain? Shaun of the Dead? Donnie Darko? Amelie?
The Wrestler at #1? Really? Come on!
Posted by jmg on July 10th, 2010Where is the pixar love? For me Wall-e is a top 5 of the decade. No way on Cars, but between Ratatouille, Finding Nemo and Wall-E they deserve to have one movie on there.
What’s up with you guys and hair bands and wrestling?
Posted by Andrew on July 19th, 2010What about Law Abiding Citizen???? Did you even see it. Has to be one of the best movies I have seen in the past 5 years. And Inglourious Bastards!!! YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING What a waste of film! You even think someone will remember the title in a year?? I doubt it that story was terible and the acting sucked!!!
Posted by Al Costanzo on August 1st, 2010Rofl… Spiderman 2… Ewwwww
Posted by Nand on November 15th, 2010Only ones I don’t agree with is Anchorman and Spider-Man 2. I personally hated that Spider-Man movie. It was soooo boring.
Posted by Dave Randal on December 16th, 2010Best film of the decade was Return of the King.
Fact: It won 11 Oscars. (Which is a lot).
Posted by bob on January 26th, 2011Interesting list. I dont think I have ever seen one like it.
Posted by Mr Hoopla on January 26th, 2012Gotta put The Dark Knight and LOTR higher, those were game changers.
I didn’t look at all replies, but c’mon, where the hell is Avatar? Did nobody like it. It’s my #1.
My favorites by year:
2000 – Gladiator
Posted by Al Robinson on October 13th, 20122001 – Ocean’s Eleven
2002 – Gangs of New York
2003 – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004 – Sideways
2005 – King Kong
2006 – The Departed
2007 – No Country for old Men
2008 – The Dark Knight
2009 – Avatar
i have to get in on this, even if so late
since i’m too lazy to look for the big list, i’ll just rearrange your picks and eliminate some (i should come back with a proper top, i am aware)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)- have not seen this one yet
10. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
09. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
08. Little Children (2006)
07. Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009)
06. The Dark Knight (2008)
05. Let The Right One In (2008)
04. The Wrestler (2008)
03. There Will Be Blood (2007)
02. The Departed (2006)
01. Grizzly Man (2005)
16. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
Posted by mrhorse on November 27th, 2012this was one of the worst film i have ever saw in my entire life. to top it all off, the music was lousy. it was a truly dire experience; my stomach cringed ..ok, the danish father made me giggle: one moment of relief. i’d like to point out at this place in time that i spent most of my ears (starting from the age of 7) listening to grindcore mainly, also heavy metal, hardcore punk, crust, powerviolence, industrial noise .. you name it. in my view metallica was a great band, even leading the way at one point.it’s by no means relevant, but such a visceral reaction would perhaps raise a fiew questions.. so there.
..heere we go..
28. Apocalypto
27. Moon
26. Traffic
25. A History of Violence
24. Blow
23. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
22. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
21. Dogville
20. The Reader
19. Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
18. Persepolis (2007)
17. Little Children
16. Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie Poulain / Amelie
15. Batoru rowaiaru / Battle Royale
14. The Dark Knight
13. Mulholland Drive
12. Let The Right One In
11. American Psycho
10. The Wrestler
09. The Departed
08. There Will Be Blood
07. The White Ribbon
06. La Pianiste / The Piano Teacher
05. Irréversible
04. City of God
03. Grizzly Man
02. Old Boy
01. Chopper
(sorry for my english back there – “i’ve ever seen”)
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