LIST - O - MANIA
Last update 10/27/2007
from the mind of Nathaniel R
favorite films by 2000 - 2006About the 00s lists
# after title indicates number of viewings --if viewings are multiple.
Rankings are subject to change as the years settle in the memory. Some films age better than others.
Titles in blue are my favorites of the decade.
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2000 (Full Article * order is now different)
01 Dancer in the Dark (Lars Von Trier) 2
02 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee) 3
03 Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky) 3
04 Beau Travail (Claire Denis)
05 Erin Brockovich (Steven Soderbergh) 2
06 The House of Mirth (Terence Davies)
07 Bring it On (Peyton Reed) 3
08 Jesus's Son (Allison Maclean) 2
09 You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan) 2
10 Urbania (Jon Shear) 2Wish it were a top dozen: Une Liaison Pornographique (Frederick Fonteyne) 2 and Nurse Betty (Neil LaBute) 2
Honorable Mention: Pola X (Leos Carax) 2 , American Psycho (Mary Harron) 2, Billy Elliott (Stephen Daldry), and Before Night Falls (Julian Schnabel).Thanks but no thanks: Traffic (Steven Soderbergh), Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe), and Gladiator (Ridley Scott).
2001 (Full Article )
01 Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann) 6
02 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson) 4
03 In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai)
04 Mulholland Drive (David Lynch) 2
05 Hedwig & The Angry Inch (John Cameron Mitchell) 3
06 Gosford Park (Robert Altman)
07 Together (Lukas Moodyson)
08 In the Bedroom (Todd Field)
09 The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson) 2
10 No Man's Land (Danis Tanovic)Wish it were a top dozen: Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer) and Ali (Michael Mann)
Honorable Mention: Last Resort (), The Others (Alejandro Amenabar), Monsters, Inc (Peter Docter) 2, and Series 7: The Contenders (Dan Minahan) 2Thanks but no thanks: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg), A Beautiful Mind (Ron Howard), and Shrek (Adamson)
2002 (Full Article * order is now different)
01 Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes) 3
02 Y Tu Mama Tambien (Alfonse Cuaron) 3
03 Talk To Her (Pedro Almodovar)
04 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson) 3
05 25th Hour (Spike Lee) 2
06 Late Marriage (Dover Kosashvilli)
07 Spider-Man (Sam Raimi) 4
08 Lovely & Amazing (Nicole Holofcenter) 3
09 8 Women (François Ozon) 2
10 Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair) 2 (bumped The Hours in retrospect)Wish it were a top dozen: Spirited Away(Hayao Mizayaki) and
Punch-Drunk Love (P.T. Anderson) 3
Honorable Mention: Chicago (Rob Marshall) 2, The Hours (Stephen Daldry) 2 -fell out of top 10, Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore) 2Thanks but no thanks: Road to Perdition (Sam Mendes), Adaptation (Spike Jonze) 3, and The Quiet American (Phillip Noyce)
2003 (Full Article)
01 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson) 3
02 Kill Bill, Volume 1 (Quentin Tarantino) 4
03 Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola)
04 thirteen (Catherine Hardwicke) 3
05 Raising Victor Vargas (Peter Sollett) 2
06 Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (Gore Verbinski) 3
07 The Company (Robert Altman)
08 The Barbarian Invasions (Denys Arcand)
09 Peter Pan (P.J. Hogan) 2
10 X2: X-Men United (Bryan Singer) 3Wish it were a top dozen: The Man Without a Past (Aki Kaurismaki) and Elephant (Gus Van Sant)
Honorable Mention: The Triplets of Belleville (Sylvain Chomet), Yossi & Jagger (Eytan Fox), The Cremaster Cycle (Matthew Barney), and Angels in America (Mike Nichols)Thanks but no thanks: 21 Grams (Alejandor Gonzalez Innaritu), The Last Samurai (Edward Zwick), and Cold Mountain (Anthony Minghella)
2004 (Full Article)
01 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry) 3
02 Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi) 3
03 Vera Drake (Mike Leigh) 2
04 Sideways (Alexander Payne) 2
05 Before Sunset (Richard Linklater) 2
06 spring, summer, fall, winter...and spring (Ki Duk Kim)
07 The Incredibles (Brad Bird) 3
08 Dogville (Denys Arcand) 2
09 I Heart Huckabees (David O Russell) 3
10 Bad Education (Pedro Almodovar) 2Wish it were a top dozen: The Aviator (Martin Scorsese) and House of Flying Daggers (Yimou Zhang)
Honorable Mention: Hero (Yimou Zhang), Mean Girls (Mark Waters), Maria Full of Grace (Joshua Marston), and The Five Obstructions (Lars Von Trier & Jorgen Leth)Thanks but no thanks: Finding Neverland (Marc Forster), The Passion of the Christ (Mel Gibson), and The Terminal (Steven Spielberg)
2005 (full article)
01 Brokeback Mountain (Lee) 3
02 A History of Violence (Cronenberg) 2
03 Pride & Prejudice (Wright) 2
04 Caché (Haneke) 2
05 Me and You and Everyone We Know (July) 2
06 Brothers (Bier) 2
07 Good Night, and Good Luck (Clooney)
08 Kings and Queen (Depleschin)
09 Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Park)
10 Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (Burton) 2Wish it were a top dozen: The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach) and Match Point (Woody Allen)
Honorable Mention: The New World (Terrence Malick), The Beat That My Heart Skipped (Jacques Audiard), and Documentary of the Year Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog)Thanks but no thanks: The Constant Gardener (Fernando Meirelles), Star Wards Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith (Lucas), and Oldboy (Park Chan-Wook)
2006 (full article)
01 Marie Antoinette (Coppola) 2
02 Volver (Almodovar) 3
03 Shortbus (Mitchell) 3
04 The Fountain (Aronosfky)
05 Children of Men (Cuaron) 2
06 Duck Season (Eimbcke) 2
07 A Prairie Home Companion (Altman)
08 The Devil Wears Prada (Frankel) 4
09 Inside Man (Lee)
10 The Departed (Scorsese)Wish it were a top dozen: Monster House (Kenan) and The Painted Veil (Curran)
Honorable Mention: Casino Royale (Campbell), Little Miss Sunshine (), Curse of the Golden Flower (Yimou), INLAND EMPIRE (Lynch) and Documentary of the Year An Inconvenient Truth ()Thanks but no thanks: Blood Diamond (Edward Zwick), Flags of Our Fathers (Eastwood), and Cars
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Thanks but no thanks: TBA2008
in the future2009
god, you're impatient
Best of the Decade? Alpha Order...these titles will certainly be competing for spots on the top ten list for 2000-2009 Brokeback Mountain, Dancer in the Dark, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Far From Heaven, A History of Violence, In the Mood for Love, Lord of the Rings (Trilogy), Moulin Rouge!
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