Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:16 pm
Here's my list. I had to get it in and done a few weeks ago for a friend's decade in review article. So it doesn't reflect some last minute films I needed to grab (Regular Lovers first and foremost). But here it is. Keep in mind two things: 1) it's replete with woeful omissions, and 2) Damien can suck it.
THE BEST FILMS OF 2000’s
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (dir. Michel Gondry)
2. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (dir. Steven Spielberg)
3. The Royal Tenenbaums (dir. Wes Anderson)
4. Memento (dir. Christopher Nolan)
5. In the Mood for Love (dir. Wong Kar-wai)
6. Yi Yi (A One and a Two…) (dir. Edward Yang)
7. WALL-E (dir. Andrew Stanton/PIXAR)
8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (dir. Andrew Dominik)
9. Esther Kahn (dir. Arnaud Desplechin)
10. Before Sunset (dir. Richard Linklater)
11. Children of Men (dir. Alfonso Cuaron)
12. Tropical Malady (dir. Apichatpongg Weerasthakul)
13. Mulholland Drive (dir. David Lynch)
14. There Will Be Blood (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
15. Dogville (dir. Lars von Trier)
16. The Best of Youth (dir. Marco Tullio Giordana)
17. Bad Education (dir. Pedro Almodovar)
18. Wonder Boys (dir. Curtis Hanson)
19. Waking Life (dir. Richard Linklater)
20. Y Tu Mama Tambien (dir. Alfonso Cuaron)
21. Talk to Her (dir. Pedro Almodovar)
22. Ghost World (dir. Terry Zwigoff)
23. Almost Famous: Untitled (dir. Cameron Crowe)
24. I’m Not There (dir. Todd Haynes)
25. No Country for Old Men (dir. Joel & Ethan Coen)
26. Requiem for a Dream (dir. Darren Aronofsky)
27. The Lives of Others (dir. Florian von Donnersmarck)
28. Gosford Park (dir. Robert Altman)
29. George Washington (dir. David Gordon Green)
30. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (dir. Peter Jackson)
31. Raising Victor Vargas (dir. Peter Sollett)
32. Reprise (dir. Joachim von Trier)
33. Synecdoche, New York (dir. Charlie Kaufman)
34. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (dir. Quentin Tarantino)
35. Capturing the Friedmans (dir. Andrew Jarecki)
36. Lilya 4-Ever (dir. Lukas Moodysson)
37. Lost in Translation (dir. Sofia Coppola)
38. The Departed (dir. Martin Scorsese)
39. Let the Right One In (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
40. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (dir. Peter Weir)
41. Friday Night (dir. Claire Denis)
42. Werckmesiter Harmonies (dir. Bela Tarr)
43. Primer (dir. Shane Carruth)
44. Chop Shop (dir. Ramin Bahrani)
45. Late Marriage (dir. Dover Kosashvili)
46. Offside (dir. Jafar Panahi)
47. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (dir. Cristian Mingui)
48. The House of Mirth (dir. Terrence Davies)
49. The Host (dir. Bong Joon-ho)
50. Letters from Iwo Jima (dir. Clint Eastwood)
51. Beau Travail (dir. Claire Denis)
52. Ratcatcher (dir. Lynn Ramsay)
53. Hero (dir. Zhang Yimou)
54. Spider-Man 2 (dir. Sam Raimi)
55. Pan’s Labyrinth (dir. Guillermo Del Toro)
56. Brick (dir. Rian Johnson)
57. A Christmas Tale (dir. Arnaud Desplechin)
58. Into the Wild (dir. Sean Penn)
59. Munich (dir. Steven Spielberg)
60. The Son (dir. Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
61. Paranoid Park (dir. Gus Van Sant)
62. Fantastic Mr. Fox (dir. Wes Anderson)
63. Ratatouille (dir. Brad Bird/PIXAR)
64. The Dark Knight (dir. Christopher Nolan)
65. My Kid Could Paint That (dir. Amir Bar-Lev)
66. Zodiac (dir. David Fincher)
67. The Secret Lives of Dentists (dir. Alan Rudolph)
68. Together (dir. Lukas Moodysson)
69. 25th Hour (dir. Spike Lee)
70. The Squid and the Whale (dir. Noah Baumbach)
71. Jesus’ Son (dir. Alison Maclean)
72. The Prestige (dir. Christopher Nolan)
73. Tokyo Sonata (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
74. A Serious Man (dir. Joel & Ethan Coen)
75. State and Main (dir. David Mamet)
76. Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away (dir. Hayao Miyazaki)
77. Amores Perros (dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu)
78. Secretary (dir. Steven Shainberg)
79. The Manchurian Candidate (dir. Jonathan Demme)
80. The Incredibles (dir. Brad Bird/PIXAR)
81. Vera Drake (dir. Mike Leigh)
82. Sideways (dir. Alexander Payne)
83. In the Loop (dir. Armando Iannucci)
84. Punch-Drunk Love (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
85. The Brothers Bloom (dir. Rian Johnson)
86. Superbad (dir. Greg Mottola)
87. Million Dollar Baby (dir. Clint Eastwood)
88. Ocean’s 11 (dir. Steven Soderbergh)
89. Julia (dir. Erik Zonka)
90. Who’s Camus Anyway? (dir. Mitsuo Yanagimachi)
91. Old Joy (dir. Kelly Reichardt)
92. Casino Royale (dir. Martin Campbell)
93. May (dir. Lucky McKee)
94. The Proposition (dir. John Hillcoat)
95. Mysterious Skin (dir. Gregg Araki)
96. The Hurt Locker (dir. Kathryn Bigelow)
97. Milk (dir. Gus Van Sant)
98. Audition (dir. Takeshi Miike)
99. Zoolander (dir. Ben Stiller)
100. Volver (dir. Pedro Almodovar)
Edited By Sabin on 1261181846
THE BEST FILMS OF 2000’s
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (dir. Michel Gondry)
2. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (dir. Steven Spielberg)
3. The Royal Tenenbaums (dir. Wes Anderson)
4. Memento (dir. Christopher Nolan)
5. In the Mood for Love (dir. Wong Kar-wai)
6. Yi Yi (A One and a Two…) (dir. Edward Yang)
7. WALL-E (dir. Andrew Stanton/PIXAR)
8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (dir. Andrew Dominik)
9. Esther Kahn (dir. Arnaud Desplechin)
10. Before Sunset (dir. Richard Linklater)
11. Children of Men (dir. Alfonso Cuaron)
12. Tropical Malady (dir. Apichatpongg Weerasthakul)
13. Mulholland Drive (dir. David Lynch)
14. There Will Be Blood (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
15. Dogville (dir. Lars von Trier)
16. The Best of Youth (dir. Marco Tullio Giordana)
17. Bad Education (dir. Pedro Almodovar)
18. Wonder Boys (dir. Curtis Hanson)
19. Waking Life (dir. Richard Linklater)
20. Y Tu Mama Tambien (dir. Alfonso Cuaron)
21. Talk to Her (dir. Pedro Almodovar)
22. Ghost World (dir. Terry Zwigoff)
23. Almost Famous: Untitled (dir. Cameron Crowe)
24. I’m Not There (dir. Todd Haynes)
25. No Country for Old Men (dir. Joel & Ethan Coen)
26. Requiem for a Dream (dir. Darren Aronofsky)
27. The Lives of Others (dir. Florian von Donnersmarck)
28. Gosford Park (dir. Robert Altman)
29. George Washington (dir. David Gordon Green)
30. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (dir. Peter Jackson)
31. Raising Victor Vargas (dir. Peter Sollett)
32. Reprise (dir. Joachim von Trier)
33. Synecdoche, New York (dir. Charlie Kaufman)
34. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (dir. Quentin Tarantino)
35. Capturing the Friedmans (dir. Andrew Jarecki)
36. Lilya 4-Ever (dir. Lukas Moodysson)
37. Lost in Translation (dir. Sofia Coppola)
38. The Departed (dir. Martin Scorsese)
39. Let the Right One In (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
40. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (dir. Peter Weir)
41. Friday Night (dir. Claire Denis)
42. Werckmesiter Harmonies (dir. Bela Tarr)
43. Primer (dir. Shane Carruth)
44. Chop Shop (dir. Ramin Bahrani)
45. Late Marriage (dir. Dover Kosashvili)
46. Offside (dir. Jafar Panahi)
47. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (dir. Cristian Mingui)
48. The House of Mirth (dir. Terrence Davies)
49. The Host (dir. Bong Joon-ho)
50. Letters from Iwo Jima (dir. Clint Eastwood)
51. Beau Travail (dir. Claire Denis)
52. Ratcatcher (dir. Lynn Ramsay)
53. Hero (dir. Zhang Yimou)
54. Spider-Man 2 (dir. Sam Raimi)
55. Pan’s Labyrinth (dir. Guillermo Del Toro)
56. Brick (dir. Rian Johnson)
57. A Christmas Tale (dir. Arnaud Desplechin)
58. Into the Wild (dir. Sean Penn)
59. Munich (dir. Steven Spielberg)
60. The Son (dir. Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
61. Paranoid Park (dir. Gus Van Sant)
62. Fantastic Mr. Fox (dir. Wes Anderson)
63. Ratatouille (dir. Brad Bird/PIXAR)
64. The Dark Knight (dir. Christopher Nolan)
65. My Kid Could Paint That (dir. Amir Bar-Lev)
66. Zodiac (dir. David Fincher)
67. The Secret Lives of Dentists (dir. Alan Rudolph)
68. Together (dir. Lukas Moodysson)
69. 25th Hour (dir. Spike Lee)
70. The Squid and the Whale (dir. Noah Baumbach)
71. Jesus’ Son (dir. Alison Maclean)
72. The Prestige (dir. Christopher Nolan)
73. Tokyo Sonata (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
74. A Serious Man (dir. Joel & Ethan Coen)
75. State and Main (dir. David Mamet)
76. Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away (dir. Hayao Miyazaki)
77. Amores Perros (dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu)
78. Secretary (dir. Steven Shainberg)
79. The Manchurian Candidate (dir. Jonathan Demme)
80. The Incredibles (dir. Brad Bird/PIXAR)
81. Vera Drake (dir. Mike Leigh)
82. Sideways (dir. Alexander Payne)
83. In the Loop (dir. Armando Iannucci)
84. Punch-Drunk Love (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
85. The Brothers Bloom (dir. Rian Johnson)
86. Superbad (dir. Greg Mottola)
87. Million Dollar Baby (dir. Clint Eastwood)
88. Ocean’s 11 (dir. Steven Soderbergh)
89. Julia (dir. Erik Zonka)
90. Who’s Camus Anyway? (dir. Mitsuo Yanagimachi)
91. Old Joy (dir. Kelly Reichardt)
92. Casino Royale (dir. Martin Campbell)
93. May (dir. Lucky McKee)
94. The Proposition (dir. John Hillcoat)
95. Mysterious Skin (dir. Gregg Araki)
96. The Hurt Locker (dir. Kathryn Bigelow)
97. Milk (dir. Gus Van Sant)
98. Audition (dir. Takeshi Miike)
99. Zoolander (dir. Ben Stiller)
100. Volver (dir. Pedro Almodovar)
Edited By Sabin on 1261181846