Top 20 films of the decade...

[Bannister]

Personally, I think Fight Club was good enough in 1999 to be considered among the best films from 2000 to 2009 ... but maybe that's just me.

SnakeDoc

 

[LChinoz]

One of the films that had a few mentions but just missed the top 20 that I'd have as either 2 or 3 on my personal list would be Amores Perros.

edit: City Of God is definitely worthy of the top 20 here.

I agree and would also personally add The Lives of Others

 

[wofford29]

I agree and would also personally add The Lives of Others

You know at the time. I had only seen Pan's Labyrinth, because Lives Of Others hadn't hit bluray yet. And when it beat Pan's for the Oscar I thought there was no way it was better. Then it came out finally the next week and after watching it I agreed. Years later, I still think I could go either way, but both definitely deserve it.

 

[Eli26]

On this list critics were asked to rank the top 10 films of the decade. The list took the films with the most top 10 mentions, added them up to get the following.

1. No Country For Old Men
2. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
3. There Will Be Blood
4. The Departed
5. Wall-E
6. Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King
7. Brokeback Mountain
8. Almost Famous
9. Pan's Labyrinth
9. Sideways
11. YiYi
12. Kill Bill 1/2
13. 25th Hour
13. United 93
15. Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
15. Mulholland Drive
17. The Dark Knight
18. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
19. City OF God
20. 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days

Gangs of New York was much better than There Will Be Blood or the Departed. Two reasons why I picked those two as an example towards Gangs. The actor and director connections.

I also think the Fastest Indian and City of God should be in that list. I also love Gran Turino.

 

[wofford29]

I personally wouldn't have The Departed in my top 20. The original is vastly superior.

 

[LChinoz]

Gangs of New York was much better than There Will Be Blood or the Departed. Two reasons why I picked those two as an example towards Gangs. The actor and director connections.

I also think the Fastest Indian and City of God should be in that list. I also love Gran Turino.

On this list critics were asked to rank the top 10 films of the decade. The list took the films with the most top 10 mentions, added them up to get the following.

1. No Country For Old Men
2. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
3. There Will Be Blood
4. The Departed
5. Wall-E
6. Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King
7. Brokeback Mountain
8. Almost Famous
9. Pan's Labyrinth
9. Sideways
11. YiYi
12. Kill Bill 1/2
13. 25th Hour
13. United 93
15. Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
15. Mulholland Drive
17. The Dark Knight
18. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
19. City OF God
20. 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days

It's on there.

 

[SnakeDoctor]

I personally wouldn't have The Departed in my top 20. The original is vastly superior.

I'd have The Departed in my top 20 all time (after the "decade" SNAFU from before, I've decided to jettison the timeframes altogether).

SnakeDoc

 

[The Ween]

On this list critics were asked to rank the top 10 films of the decade. The list took the films with the most top 10 mentions, added them up to get the following.

1. No Country For Old Men
2. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
3. There Will Be Blood
4. The Departed
5. Wall-E
6. Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King
7. Brokeback Mountain
8. Almost Famous
9. Pan's Labyrinth
9. Sideways
11. YiYi
12. Kill Bill 1/2
13. 25th Hour
13. United 93
15. Lord Of The Rings Trilogy
15. Mulholland Drive
17. The Dark Knight
18. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
19. City OF God
20. 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days

Some really strange ones in there. I'll have to look up YiYi.

 

[Bannister]

Some really strange ones in there. I'll have to look up YiYi.

The only ones I don't know of are YiYi and 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days. I don't see anything on that list as too out there. I may not agree with all the choices, but I don't think there is anything wrong with any of them.

 

[Rock83]

I will check out City of God,i have never seen it.Never seen Memento either,and ive heard nothing but good about it.

 

[wofford29]

The only ones I don't know of are YiYi and 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days. I don't see anything on that list as too out there. I may not agree with all the choices, but I don't think there is anything wrong with any of them.

4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days is available for instant viewing on Netflix if you have it. It's good.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I will check out City of God,i have never seen it.Never seen Memento either,and ive heard nothing but good about it.

the story is told backwards in memento, pretty cool trick

 

[LChinoz]

the story is told backwards in memento, pretty cool trick

Yea it's a cool trick but when the story is forwards, it's a really simple murder story. The backwards thing gives it another level of depth, but overall I still think Memento is far from Nolan's best film.

 

[Bamboota]

On this list critics were asked to rank the top 10 films of the decade. The list took the films with the most top 10 mentions, added them up to get the following.

1. Glitter
2. Cheaper by the Dozen 2
3. Babylon A.D
4. Delta Farce
5. Christmas with the Kranks
6. Fear Dot Com
7. Battlefield Earth
8. Meet the Spartans
9. Kickin' it Old Skool
10. The Master of Disguise
11. Daddy Day Camp
12. Alone in the Dark
13. Superbabie Geniuses 2
13. Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever
15. BloodRayne
16. Dragonball Evolution
17. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
18. House of Dead
19. The Adventures of Pluto Nash
20. Code Name: The Cleaner

Fixed

 

[CelticPredator]

My semi list- and in no order at all...

District 9
Inglorious Basterds
Kill Bill
The Departed
No Country for Old Men
I saw that Memento was 2000...so i'll add that.
Hell, i'll add Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
and The Prestige too...

and i'll add one weird one to make you crazy.

Crank. Yeah.

I have more....I just forgot them...

 

[Bannister]

Yea it's a cool trick but when the story is forwards, it's a really simple murder story. The backwards thing gives it another level of depth, but overall I still think Memento is far from Nolan's best film.

I do like how the black and white section is told forwards, so the two converge at the end.

 

[CelticPredator]

Mmhmm. Insomia was great too. I watched it after pulling an all nighter....now that ____ is crazy! At the end when he finally gets to 'sleep'...you sleep too...its crazy.

 

[Bannister]

Mmhmm. Insomia was great too. I watched it after pulling an all nighter....now that ____ is crazy! At the end when he finally gets to 'sleep'...you sleep too...its crazy.

I still need to see the original version. Nolan's remake was good.

 

[CelticPredator]

He nailed the insosmia feature with the editing. Brilliant stuff.

 

[LChinoz]

I do like how the black and white section is told forwards, so the two converge at the end.

I certainly think Memento is a great film, and the way Nolan edits the story together is bloody brilliant. It is still one of my favorite films, but I am more a fan of Nolan's "Following."

Mmhmm. Insomia was great too. I watched it after pulling an all nighter....now that ____ is crazy! At the end when he finally gets to 'sleep'...you sleep too...its crazy.

This is also one of my favorite Nolan films.