The Best of the 00s:Film

[xerq]

what were your favorite films of the decade?
you can list movies per year and select your favorite out of each year or however you like it.

cartoons,films and documentaries must be separated.

 

[tullepen]

Unmistaken Child,The Science of Sleep, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Vanilla Sky, Interview

 

[xerq]

my list of favorites is rather lengthy.
2000:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Traffic
Almost Famous
Boiler Room
Gladiator
Memento
Meet the Fockers
Snatch


2001
Amélie
Mulholland Drive
Y tu mamá también
The Royal Tenenbaums
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Ocean's Eleven
Shaolin Soccer


2002
24 Hour Party People
28 Days Later
Bend It Like Beckham
Better Luck Tomorrow
The Bourne Identity
City of God
Infernal Affairs
Phone Booth
The Pianist
L'auberge Espagnole

2003
Bright Future
The Dreamers
Elephant
Evil
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Kill Bill Vol. 1
The Last Samurai
Love Me If You Dare
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2004:
2046
Anchorman-The Legend of Ron Burgundy
A Very Long Engagement
Bad Education
Brødre
The Bourne Supremacy
Closer
Collateral
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
House of Flying Daggers
I Heart Huckabees
Kung Fu Hustle
Mean Girls
The Motorcycle Diaries
Nobody Knows
Shaun of the Dead
White Chicks

2005:
Brick
Constantine
Crash
Kingdom of Heaven
Lords of Dogtown
Red Eye
The Constant Gardener
A History of Violence
Pride and Prejudice
Just Friends
The Producers
Imagine Me & You


2006:
Breaking and Entering
Thank You for Smoking
The Devil Wears Prada
Children of Men
Little Miss Sunshine
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
The Departed
The Prestige
V for Vendetta


2007:
Atonement
Grindhouse
Sunshine
The Bourne Ultimatum
Eastern Promises
Gone Baby Gone
There Will Be Blood

2008:
The Bank Job
Brideshead Revisited
Cloverfield
The Dark Knight
Hancock
Miracle at St. Anna
Tropic Thunder
RocknRolla

2009:
A Serious Man
Bright Star
The Brothers Bloom
Drag Me to Hell
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Rudo y Cursi
Public Enemies
Julie & Julia
Pirate Radio
The Road
Sherlock Holmes
Whip It

 

[Aqua Tofana]

Inglourious basterds
Requiem for a dream
9
Ice age
My summer of love
Chicago
No news from God
Transformers (not as a really good movie, but just for effects- you know, the new age technologies)
The Christmas carol (for actually attention worthy usage of 3d)

 

[MyNameIs]

2000
Best Film
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Rest of Top Ten
Best in Show
Chicken Run
Dancer in the Dark
Erin Brockovich
Miss Congeniality
O, Brother Where Art Thou?
Requiem for a Dream
Wonder Boys
You Can Count on Me

2001
Best Film
In The Bedroom

Rest of Top Ten
Black Hawk Down
Gosford Park
In The Mood for Love
Memento
Monster's Ball
The Others
The Royal Tenenbaums
Shrek
Vanilla Sky

2002
Best Film
The Pianist

Rest of Top Ten
About Schmidt
Adaptation
Catch Me if You Can
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Minority Report
Monsoon Wedding
Punch Drunk Love
The Quiet American
Road to Perdition

2003
Best Film
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Rest of Top Ten
City of God
Elephant
Finding Nemo
In America
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
The Last Samurai
Mystic River
Swimming Pool
Whale Rider

2004
Best Film
The Passion of the Christ

Rest of Top Ten
Before Sunset
Birth
Closer
Collateral
Dogville
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hero
Million Dollar Baby
The Return

2005
Best Film
Crash

Rest of Top Ten
Capote
The Constant Gardner
Downfall
A History of Violence
Junebug
King Kong
Munich
Mysterious Skin
Pride & Prejudice

2006
Best Film
United 93

Rest of Top Ten
Apocalypto
Borat
Children of Men
The Departed
Infamous
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen
Volver

2007
Best Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Rest of Top Ten
Atonement
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Eastern Promises
Hot Fuzz
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

2008
Best Film
In Bruges

Rest of Top Ten
Appalooza
Frozen River
Gran Torino
Let the Right One In
Quantum of Solace
Slumdog Millionaire
Tropic Thunder
Wall-E
The Wrestler

2009
TBA

All images are from cinema.com

 

[Scott]

donnie darko-2001
dancer in the dark-2000
vanilla sky-2000
my summer of love-2004
control-2007
pan's labyrinth-2006
there will be blood-2007
la vie en rose -2007
burn after reading-2008
the curious case of benjamin button-2008
julia-2008
le fabuleux destin d'amélie poulain-2001
the libertine-2005
minority report-2002
notes on a scandal-2006
big fish-2003
mulholland drive-2001

 

[Karen0193]

I'm not really the best person to declarate the best films of this decade, since I rarely get out of the blockbuster list
some films that I really enjoyed:
Gladiator
Pride & Prejudice
Atonement
The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King
Moulin Rouge

 

[Scott]

donnie darko-2001
dancer in the dark-2000
vanilla sky-2000
my summer of love-2004
control-2007
pan's labyrinth-2006
there will be blood-2007
la vie en rose -2007
burn after reading-2008
the curious case of benjamin button-2008
julia-2008
le fabuleux destin d'amélie poulain-2001
the libertine-2005
minority report-2002
notes on a scandal-2006
big fish-2003
mulholland drive-2001

also need to add

the lives of others-2006

 

[Leeroi]

I'm really happy seeing Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and House of Flying Daggers in people's list. Those two movies probably had some of the best cinematography in them and pure art in every scene.

 

[xerq]

my list of favorites is rather lengthy.

forgot to add In Bruges-2008 and Love+Hate-2005
and probably many more.

 

[Tinetush]

Interesting.. I really haven't seen all the film that I want from this century, far from it to be precise... And I'll probably forget someone. But here we go:

Memento - 2000
State and Main - 2000
Blinkende lygter (Flickering Lights) - 2000
Gosford Park - 2001
Shrek - 2001
Lord of the rings trilogy - 2001/02/03
Adaptation - 2002
Ice Age - 2002/06
Finding Nemo - 2003
Big fish - 2003
Elephant - 2003
De grønne Slagtere (The Green Butchers) - 2003
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 2004
Adams Æbler (Adams Apples) - 2005
Das leben der Anderen (the lives of others) - 2006
Pans Labyrinth - 2006
No Country for Old Men - 2007
He was a quiet man - 2007
Up - 2009

 

[Rubie girl]

My favorites:

Secret Window (2004)
The Others (2001)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
Dogville (2003)
Sweeney Todd (2006)
Across The Universe (2007)
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (2008)
Changeling (2008)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Redentor (2004)
Atonement (2007)
50 First Dates (2004)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)