Best Films of the "Decade:" (1 Viewer)

[Jose Martinez]

****ISN'T IT OBVIOUS? THE HIGHEST GROSSING FILM THIS DECADE IS OBVIOUSLY THE BEST FILM OF THE DECADE! THE DARK KNIGHT!!!!!!****

Seriously, in no particulary order, my favorites so far are...


The Lord of the Rings
Kill Bill
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Once
The Incredibles
Spider-Man 2
Letters From Iwo Jima
Children of Men
Million Dollar Baby
City of God

 

[TravisR]

I'm not big on lists (and I loathe ranks) but here's my top 5 list in alphabetical order:

Lost In Translation
Mulholland Drive
Requiem For A Dream
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

Other movies that I love from this decade (be they 'art' or schlock):
Adaptation, Alexander, Almost Famous, Black Snake Moan, Cabin Fever, Cars, Clerks II, Death Proof, The Departed, The Devil's Rejects, Finding Nemo, Grindhouse, Hustle & Flow, The Incredibles, Kill Bill Volume One, Kill Bill Volume Two, King Kong (2005), Monsters, Inc., Munich, Mystic River, Panic Room, Punch Drunk Love, Ratatouille, Sin City, Star Wars: Episode II- Attack Of The Clones, Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge Of The Sith, The Virgin Suicides, Wall*E, Zack And Miri Make A Porno

 

[L. Anton Dencklau]

How about 15 of them?


Almost Famous
Amelie
The Barbarian Invasions
Borat: Cultural learnings...
Children of Men
The Fog of War
A History of Violence
I Heart Huckabees
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
The Lives of Others
Requiem For A Dream
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring
Sunshine
There Will be Blood
United 93

 

[Shad R]

Honestly, I can say...

1. Dark Knight
I have seen this twice in theaters, twice on Blu, once on DVD with various friends/family. It never gets old.

2. LOTR trilogy
Amazing cinematic accomplishement.

3. No Country For Old Men
Just a damn great movie.

4. The Departed
Everything about that movie is kick-ass.

5. Million Dollar Baby
Great movie...gut-punching ending.

My top 90's list looks VASTLY different in types of moives. Less Drama, more Terminator/Fight Club. Although, Shawshank Redemption is my favorite from the 90's.

 

[Raymond_H]

First movie that came to my mind was Oldboy


-Ray

 

[Scott McGillivray]

Some truly great films listed.

What amazes me is that some of the titles were in the past ten years.

So many of them seem like they must be older than 10 years.

Funny how time plays tricks like that.

 

[John Stell]

I went throught my list of films seen in the 2000s and basically listed the 10 films I'd like to see again right now. They are, in order,

No Country for Old Men (2007)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
The Departed (2006)
Zodiac (2007)
Juno (2007)
Memento (2001)
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
Match Point (2005)

 

[teapot2001]

Spring Summer Fall Winter is another good choice.

~T

 

[Joe*A]

I have "Requiem for a Dream" as a top contender for the best of the decade but for this list, I had dropped it. Not because it's not a great film, which it is, it's just that it's the worst best movie I've ever seen. The subject matter was brutally portrayed and as such, one of the most disturbing films of all time. Ellen Burstyn was at her best and I still can't get her performance out of my mind. Would I watch this film again? No, it's just too disturbing. Would I watch Schindler's List again - probably not; again, too disturbing. Then again, I have "The Pianist" on my top of the decade and that too is very disturbing.

Which begs the question - does a film have to have repeat viewing as one of its criteria to make it on the list?

 

[Ruz-El]

Hmmm... in no particular order:

Speed Racer
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Dancer In The Dark
LOTR
Requiem for a Dream

I'd be more comfortable with a top 10, since there's a bunch of personal faves that I would easily swap out with these. These ones though, where the ones that came to mind when I though "Which ones were unlike anything I'd ever seen?" Weird to see Speed Racer in there I know, but it was a "flying car" of a movie for me where I thought "The future of films is here." I guess time will tell, seems everyone hates it now. :frowning:

 

[ChrisBEA]

First movie on my mind is
Children of Men

 

[Cory S.]

This is a topic I've been thinking about for a while...and I only have a few that make this list....

1. Requiem For A Dream (I think it's my personal favorite of this decade...so far.)
2. The Fountain
3. Memento
4. The Dark Knight
5. The Passion of the Christ
6. Zodiac Director's Cut
7. The New World (All three versions)
8. United 93
9. Minority Report
10.The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition

 

[Fred Bang]

Ok, I'll play. These are my favorites movies or the last 8 years (but not necessarily the "best")

1THE LORD OF THE RING TRILOGY
2LOST IN TRANSLATION
3CHILDREN OF MEN
4THE INCREDIBLES
5MINORITY REPORT
6ZODIAC
7THE DARK KNIGHT
8THE DEPARTED
9DONNIE DARKO
10MEMENTO

 

[Bryan^H]

-KILL BILL(1,and 2)

-NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

-HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG

-OWNING MAHOWNY

-STEVIE

-THE FAST RUNNER

-LAST DAYS

-SECRETARY

-MILLION DOLLAR BABY

-CLEAN

-LOST IN TRANSLATION


Also The Passion of the Christ. Very powerful film.
Very good films on this thread. Now, if there was a best of the 90's list, I'd be writing all day

 

[JonZ]

IMHO...

Requiem For A Dream
Memento
Far From Haven
The Incredibles
Million Dollar baby
Pans Labyrinth
The Dark Knight
Cast Away
Wall E
No Country For Old Men
The Pianist
Zodiac
Downfall
LOTR Trilogy...... Amazing filmmaking achievement.

 

[Tarkin The Ewok]

It's tough for me to say that one five-star movie is better than another five-star movie. Here are 10 (12 if you count LOTR as three) movies that I will recommend wholeheartedly.

Ocean's Eleven
A Beautiful Mind
The Lord of the Rings
Finding Nemo
Cars
Ratatouille
X2: X-Men United
Chicago
The Incredibles
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

 

[David (C)]

Babel (2006)
The Deep End (2001)

 

[Brian.L]

Well, just given what I said in this list and from what I can remember:

My Top 5
Lord of the Rings
Sideways
Oldboy
Adaptation
Children of Men

Also really enjoyed
Capturing the Freidmans
The Squid and the Whale
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Memento
United 93
Made
The 40-Year-Old-Virgin
The Incredibles
Narc
Lost in Translation
In The Bedroom
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Superbad
Persepolis
Zodiac
Control Room
Traffic

Of course, there's probably a lot of good stuff I missed since I didn't start really watching tons of movies until a few years ago.

 

[AshishNJ]

For me , these are my pick

LOTR
Apocalypto
Million Dollar Baby
The New World
Traffic
Training Day

 

[Ocean Phoenix]

1. Adaptation. (2002)
2. X2: X-Men United (2003)
3. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)
4. Traffic (2000)
5. Sideways (2004)
6. Donnie Darko (2001)
7. High Fidelity (2000)
8. Before Sunset (2004)
9. City of God (2002)
10. Requiem for a Dream (2000)

I just saw "Slumdog Millionaire" and "American Splendor" for the first time recently, but I already believe they're worthy of mention as some of the best of this decade. These aren't necessarily what I consider the best movies of the decade (so far) objectively, just the ones that I consider most moving while at the same time being excellently written/directed/acted.


to "Tarkin" for mentioning "X2"...I like "The Dark Knight" and "Spider-Man 2" as much as the next guy, but I still (and probably always will) think that it's the best superhero/comic book movie ever.