Thursday, December 31, 2009

2000s: Decade in Review - Film

100 Favorite Films
1. No Country For Old Men (2007)
2. There Will Be Blood (2007)
3. The Prestige (2006)
4. Children of Men (2006)
5. Monster’s Inc. (2001)
6. Munich (2005)
7. Road to Perdition (2002)
8. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
9. Wall-E (2008)
10. Zoolander (2001)
11. The Dark Knight (2008)
12. Ratatouille (2007)
13. Burn After Reading (2008)
14. Training Day (2001)
15. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
16. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)
17. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
18. The Incredibles (2004)
19. Minority Report (2002)
20. Wonder Boys (2000)
21. Batman Begins (2005)
22. The Departed (2006)
23. Memento (2000)
24. Inglorious Basterds (2009)
25. Finding Nemo (2003)
26. Zodiac (2007)
27. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
28. Gladiator (2000)
29. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
30. Michael Clayton (2007)
31. Collateral (2004)
32. Wedding Crashers (2005)
33. Snatch (2000)
34. X2 (2003)
35. Almost Famous (2000)
36. Adaptation (2003)
37. Lost in Translation (2003)
38. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
39. Up (2009)
40. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
41. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
42. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
43. American Psycho (2000)
44. Casino Royale (2006)
45. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
46. Thank You For Smoking (2005)
47. Avatar (2009)
48. Tropic Thunder (2008)
49. Death Proof (2007)
50. Knocked Up (2007)
51. Superbad (2007)
52. Star Trek (2009)
53. Once (2006)
54. Duplicity (2009)
55. Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
56. The Ladykillers (2004)
57. Old School (2003)
58. The School of Rock (2003)
59. Unbreakable (2000)
60. Signs (2002)
61. Sin City (2005)
62. War of the Worlds (2005)
63. The Wrestler (2008)
64. Cast Away (2000)
65. Ocean’s Twelve (2004)
66. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
67. A Mighty Wind (2003)
68. Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
69. Meet the Parents (2000)
70. Spider-Man (2002)
71. The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
72. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
73. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
74. X-Men (2000)
75. Kung Fu Panda (2008)
76. Jarhead (2005)
77. Shrek (2001)
78. Atonement (2007)
79. In Good Company (2004)
80. Gran Torino (2008)
81. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
82. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
83. The Hangover (2009)
84. Mean Girls (2004)
85. U-571 (2000)
86. Black Hawk Down (2001)
87. King Kong (2005)
88. V for Vendetta (2005)
89. Gangs of New York (2002)
90. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
91. The Girl Next Door (2003)
92. Phone Booth (2002)
93. Ghost Town (2008)
94. District 9 (2009)
95. Iron Man (2008)
96. Planet Terror (2007)
97. Chicago (2002)
98. Jackass Number 2 (2006)
99. 300 (2006)
100. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)

Notes:
-I did take quite a bit compiling this list, but not enough time for me to be extremely confident that this list could not be altered with relative ease.
-I excluded all films from the Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, and Bourne series, because I have not seen all films in each series. I did not feel comfortable considering only a portion of each series for this list.
-I did not include United 93 (2006) because the word "favorite" is not appropriate for this film.
-Some films that I have seen, but do not have a good enough grasp for to include in this list: Artificial Intelligence: A.I. (2001), Punch Drunk Love (2002), Solaris (2002), and Good Night and Good Luck (2005)
-As always, there are several films I did not see, especially over this length of time. Therefore, they could not be considered.

10 Best Films I Saw
1. No Country for Old Men (2007)
2. There Will Be Blood (2007)
3. Children of Men (2006)
4. Munich (2005)
5. The Prestige (2006)
6. Ratatouille (2007)
7. Road to Perdition (2002)
8. United 93 (2006)
9. Memento (2000)
10. Wall-E (2007)

15 Worst Films I Saw
1. The Happening (2008)
2. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
3. Smokin’ Aces (2006)
4. Stealth (2005)
5. Nacho Libre (2006)
6. 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
7. Vantage Point (2008)
8. Shoot ‘Em Up (2007)
9. Wanted (2008)
10. X-Men III (2006)
11. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
12. Poseidon (2006)
13. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
14. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
15. The Grudge (2004)

10 Most Disappointing Films
1. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
2. Cars (2006)
3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
4. Men in Black II (2002)
5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
6. Pineapple Express (2008)
7. Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006)
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
9. Clerks II (2006)
10. Funny People (2009)

Top 25 Films I Wish I Had Seen
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
4. Sideways (2004)
5. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
6. The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
7. The Aviator (2004)
8. Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
9. Insomnia (2002)
10. The Terminal (2004)
11. Traffic (2000)
12. A Serious Man (2009)
13. Panic Room (2002)
14. The Pianist (2002)
15. Mystic River (2003)
16. The Host (2006)
17. A History of Violence (2005)
18. Eastern Promises (2007)
19. The Lives of Others (2006)
20. Into the Wild (2007)
21. Best in Show (2000)
22. City of God (2002)
23. The Hurt Locker (2009)
24. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
25. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)/The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

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