Adam Walter’s still in the mood for lists. So he’s picking his favorite films of the DECADE.
What are yours?
I’m going to wait until my next break in the editing project. And then I’ll come back to this post and share my own picks in answer to Adam’s. So check back…
[UPDATE]
Okay…
Here are my ten favorite films of this decade so far. These aren’t necessarily the greatest works of art, but they are the films I’m enjoyed and recommended the most since 2000.
- The New World
- Code Unknown
- Yi-Yi (A One and a Two)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Gosford Park
- Punch-drunk Love
- Into Great Silence
- The Son
- Finding Nemo
- Stevie
And here are thirty more in alphabetical order…
- Almost Famous
- Amelie
- Born into Brothels
- Children of Men
- Devil Came on Horseback
- Distant (Uzak)
- Dogville
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Hero
- Junebug
- Killer of Sheep
- L’Enfant
- Little Children
- Lost in Translation
- Millions
- Moulin Rouge
- Mulholland Drive
- Pan’s Labyrinth
- Royal Tenenbaums
- Sophie Scholl
- Spirited Away
- Story of the Weeping Camel
- The Death of Mr. Lazrescu
- The Pianist
- The Return
- The Station Agent
- The Story of the Weeping Camel
- There Will Be Blood
- United 93
- Waking Life
Primer
The New World
August Rush
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Changing Lanes
The Pledge
The Passion of the Christ
Click
Crash
Syriana
The Kite Runner
The Royal Tenanbaums
Matchstick Men
The Fast Runner
United 93
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Spiderman 2
Ocean’s Eleven
Wish I had a list to choose from, but these 20 come to mind, so they have that going for them.
1. No Country For Old Men
2. Punch-Drunk Love
3. Mulholland Drive
4. Sideways
5. Ghost World
6. Lost in Translation
7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8. The Royal Tenenbaums
9. Amelie
10. Dancer in the Dark
The Green Mile 1999
Artificial Intelligence A:I 2001
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King 2003
Eternal Sunshine For the Spotless Mind 2004
The Passion of the Christ 2004
Millions 2005
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada 2005
The New World 2005/6
Pans Labyrinth 2006
Into Great Silence 2006
There Will Be Blood 2007