Tuesday, November 10, 2009

My 100 Favorite Films of the Decade

So, as this decade comes to an end, I decided that I would go back and reflect on all the movies that came out and make a list of my favorites. That was extremely hard, so I ended up doing my top 10 favorite movies for each of the last ten years. Here She Goes...

2000-
O Brother, Where Art Thou
Traffic
Boiler Room
American Psycho
Best in Show
Almost Famous
Requiem For A Dream
Snatch
Memento
best picture: High Fidelity
honorable mention: A Perfect Storm

2001
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Shrek
Black Hawk Down
Vanilla Sky
The Others
Joe Dirt
Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back
Out Cold
Made
best picture: The Royal Tenenbaums
honorable mention: Zoolander

2002
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
About Schmidt
The Count of Monte Cristo
Slackers
About a Boy
Super Troopers
The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys
Rodger Dodger
best picture: Gangs of New York
honorable mention: Orange County

2003
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Mystic River
Old School
Bad Santa
Intermission
Lost in Translation
A Mighty Wind
The Cooler
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
best picture: Veronica Guerin
honorable mention: 28 Days Later

2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
In Good Company
Sideways
The Life Aquatic
Hotel Rwanda
The Motorcycle Diaries
I Heart Huckabees
The Machinist
best picture: Garden State
honorable mention: Harold and Kumar go to White Castle

2005
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
40 year Old Virgin
Crash
The Constant Gardner
Me and You and Everyone We Know
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Green Street Hooligans
best pictures: The Squid and the Whale
honorable mention: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

2006
The Departed
The Prestige
Children of Men
Clerks 2
Marie Antoinette
Running With Scissors
Trailer Park Boys: the Movie
Half Nelson
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
best picture: Little Miss Sunshine
honorable mention: V for Vendetta

2007
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Knocked Up
Juno
There Will Be Blood
Into the Wild
The Darjeeling Limited
The Simpsons Movie
Persepolis
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
best picture: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
honorable mention: Lars and the Real Girl

2008
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Tropic Thunder
City of Ember
Charlie Bartlett
Role Models
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Slumdog Millionaire
best picture: The Wrestler
honorable mention: Pineapple Express

2009
The Hangover
Star Trek
Inglourious Basterds
Zombieland
Funny People
The Invention of Lying
(500) Days of Summer
Big Fan
Fantastic Mr. Fox
best picture: Up
honorable mention: Where The Wild Things Are

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