Ten Best Films of 2000-2002

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2000

1. You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonnergan)
2. Yi yi (Edward Yang)
3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee)
4. Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson)
5. Billy Elliot (Stephen Daldry)
6. The House of Mirth (Terence Davies)
7. Blackboards (Samira Makhmalbaf)
8. Tigerland (Joel Schumacher)
9. Ali Zaoua (Nabil Ayouch)
10. Pitch Black (David Twohy)

2001

1. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki)
2. The Devil’s Backbone (Guillermo del Toro)
3. The Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson)
4. Gosford Park (Robert Altman)
5. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg)
6. Bully (Larry Clark)
7. The Believer (Henry Bean)
8. Tape (Richard Linklater)
9. Y tu mama tambien (Alfonso Cuaron)
10. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff)

2002

1. City of God (Fernando Mereilles)
2. The Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers (Peter Jackson)
3. Le fils (Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne)
4. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar)
5. Pure (Gilles MacKinnon)
6. About a Boy (Paul Weitz & Chris Weitz)
7. 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle)
8. The Pianist (Roman Polanski)
9. Roger Dodger (Dylan Kidd)
10. Etre et avoir (Nicholas Philibert)




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2002

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2. Chicago
3. Spirited Away
4. The Pianist
5. Frida
6. Adaptation
7. Road to Perdition
8. Minority Report
9. Talk to Her
10. Far From Heaven


2001

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2. Memento
3. A.I. - Artificial Intelligence
4. Mulholland Drive
5. Moulin Rouge
6. Amelie
7. In the Bedroom
8. Donnie Darko
9. Black Hawk Down
10. The Man Who Wasn't There


2000

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2. High Fidelity
3. Wonder Boys
4. Requiem for a Dream
5. Almost Famous
6. Cast Away
7. Traffic
8. You Can Count on Me
9. Unbreakable
10. Chicken Run
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2000:
1. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe)
2. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky)
3. Traffic (Steven Soderbergh)
4. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee)
5. Yi Yi (Edward Yang)
6. Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson)
7. You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan)
8. Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier)
9. The House of Mirth (Terence Davies)
10. Chicken Run (Peter Lord/Nick Park)

2001:
1. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff)
2. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
3. Memento (Christopher Nolan)
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson)
5. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai)
6. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson)
7. Gosford Park (Robert Altman)
8. In the Bedroom (Todd Field)
9. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg)
10. Waking Life (Richard Linklater)

2002:
1. Y Tu Mamá También (Alfonso Cuarón)
2. Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes)
3. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar)
4. Adaptation (Spike Jonze)
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson)
6. Chicago (Rob Marshall)
7. About Schmidt (Alexander Payne)
8. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki)
9. Lovely & Amazing (Nicole Holofcener)
10. Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson)
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2000:

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee)
2. Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson)
3. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe)
4. Traffic (Steven Soderbergh)
5. O Brother, Where Art Thou (Joel Coen)
6. You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan)
7. Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan)
8. Yi Yi (Edward Yang)
9. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky)
10. Hollow Man (Paul Verhoeven)

2001:

List I made at the time:

1. Memento (Christopher Nolan)
2. Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter)
3. Gosford Park (Robert Altman)
4. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch)
5. Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott)
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson)
7. Shallow Hal (Bobby & Peter Farrelly)
8. Bridget Jones’s Diary (Sharon Maguire)
9. The Man Who Wasn't There (Joel Coen)
10. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)

List I would make now:

1. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch)
2. Memento (Christopher Nolan)
3. Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter)
4. Gosford Park (Robert Altman)
5. Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott)
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson)
7. Shallow Hal (Bobby & Peter Farrelly)
8. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg)
9. Bridget Jones’s Diary (Sharon Maguire)
10. In the Bedroom (Todd Field)

2002:

List I made at the time:

1. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar)
2. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki)
3. Adaptation (Spike Jonze)
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson)
5. Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg)
6. Y tu mamá también (Alfonso Cuarón)
7. Secretary (Steven Shainberg)
8. 8 Mile (Curtis Hanson)
9. Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore)
10. Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese)

List I would make now:

1. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar)
2. The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke - I didn’t see this film during its initial release)
3. Adaptation (Spike Jonze)
4. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki)
5. Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg)
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson)
7. Secretary (Steven Shainberg)
8. The Pianist (Roman Polanski)
9. Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore)
10. Y tu mamá también (Alfonso Cuarón)
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Top Ten 2000
1. Yi Yi (A One and a Two...) (Edward Yang)
2. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky)
3. Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson)
4. The House of Mirth (Terrence Davies)
5. Jesus' Son (Alison MacLean)
6. High Fidelity (Stephen Frears)
7. State and Main (David Mamet)
8. George Washington (David Gordon Green)
9. O' Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel & Ethan Coen)
10. Cast Away (The Island Part) (Robert Zemekis)

Top Ten 2001
1. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg)
2. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson)
3. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai)
4. Waking Life (Richard Linklater)
5. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
6. Memento (Christohper Nolan)
7. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff)
8. Gosford Park (Robert Altman)
9. Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly)
10. The Man Who Wasn't There (Joel & Ethan Coen)

Top Ten 2002
1. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar)
2. Y Tu Mama Tambien (Alfonso Cuaron)
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson)
4. Miyazaki's Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki)
5. Adaptation. (Spike Jonze)
6. Secretary (Steven Shainberg)
7. Late Marriage (Dover Kosashvili)
8. 25th Hour (Spike Lee)
9. Spider-Man (Sam Raimi)
10. The Pianist (Roman Polanski)
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Top Ten 2000

1. Yi Yi (Edward Yang)
2. Small Time Crooks (Woody Allen)
3. Best in Show (Christopher Guest)
4. George Washington (David Gordon Green)
5. Tigerland (Joel Schmacher)
6. Under the Sand (Francois Ozon)
7. The Gleaners and I (Agnes Varda)
8. Shadow of the Vampire (E Elias Merhige)
9. The House of Mirth (Terence Davies)
10.Everything Put Together (Marc Forster)

Top Ten 2001

1. In the Bedroom (Todd Field)
2. The Lady and the Duke (Eric Rohmer)
3. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
4. Lantana (Ray Lawrence)
5. Dog Days (Ulrich Seidl)
6. The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke)
7. Tears of the Black Tiger
8. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyzaki)
9. Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat)
10.The Sleepy Time Gal (Christopher Munch)

Top Ten 2002

1. The Magdalene Sisters (Peter Mullan)
2. Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (Lone Scherfig)
3. Spider (David Cronenberg)
4. Talk to Her (Pedro Almovodar)
5. The Pianist (Roman Polanski)
6. Russian Ark (Alekander Sukurov)
7. Lilya 4-Ever (Lukas Moodysson)
8. Marie Jo and Her Two Loves (Robert Guediguian)
9. Kissing Jessica Stein (Charles Herman-Wurmfeld)
10.Bus 174 (Jose Padilha)
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Ten Best Films of 2000-2002

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Ten Best Films of 2000

Yi Yi (Edward Yang)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee)
Billy Elliot (Stephen Daldry)
Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson)
Before Night Falls (Julian Schnabel)
Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe)
Traffic (Steven Soderbergh)
You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan)
East Is East (Damien O'Donnell)
Quills (Philip Kaufman)

Ten Best Films of 2001

Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
Gosford Park (Robert Altman)
Memento (Christopher Nolan)
In the Bedroom (Todd Field)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg)
In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai)
The Devil's Backbone (Guillermo del Toro)
The Deep End (Scott McGehee, David Siegel)
The Man Who Wasn't There (Joel Coen)
Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff)

Ten Best Films of 2002

Far from Heaven (Todd Haynes)
The Hours (Stephen Daldry)
Chicago (Rob Marshall)
The Pianist (Roman Polanski)
About Schmidt (Alexander Payne)
Catch Me If You Can (Stephen Spielberg)
About a Boy (Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz)
Nicholas Nickleby (Douglas McGrath)
Y Tu Mama Tambien (Alfonso Cuaron)
Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar)
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