December 4, 2009
To celebrate the end of the decade (I’m calling it the end although I know that 2010 is supposedly still part of this decade), Miranda shared a list that hails from United Kingdom’s Times Online as the 100 Best Films of the Decade. As this list comes from a UK news outlet, its heavy on the Brit films (although I guess we here in America tend to choose our own, but that’s mostly because we’re more awesome! Sorry, arrogant Americanism showing through). In truth, its mostly just more international.
For the most part, the ones that I have seen (especially the dramas) I thought were terribly overrated and really didn’t like. As for the comedies on the list, they chose a lot of quirky ones that have a similar comedy style-must be the style that appeals to the Brits. I’ve only seen 41 of 100-ones that I’ve seen have an X beside it.
1. Hidden (Cache)
2. The Bourne Supremacy/The Bourne Ultimatum-X
3. No Country for Old Men-X
4. Grizzly Man
5. Team America: World Police-X (only those crazy Brits would put this on a Best list)
6. Slumdog Millionaire-X
7. The Last King of Scotland-X
8. Casino Royale-X
9. The Queen
10. Hunger
11. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan-X
12. The Lives of Others
13. This is England
14. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
15. Downfall
16. Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind-X
17. Brokeback Mountain-X
18. Let the Right One In
19. United 93
20. Donnie Darko-X
21. Good Night, and Good Luck-X
22. Far from Heaven-X
23. Man On Wire
24. 28 Days Later…
25. Dancer in the Dark
26. Minority Report-X
27. Sideways-X
28. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
29. Being John Malkovich-X
30. Irreversible
31. Iraq in Fragments
32. Gladiator-X
33. Monsoon Wedding
34. Finding Nemo-X
35. Y Tu Mama Tambien
36. Capturing the Friedmans
37. In the Mood for Love
38. Mulholland Drive
39. Lost in Translation-X
40. Syriana-X
41. Children of Men-X
42. The Incredibles-X
43. The Dark Knight-X
44. Under the Sand
45. Touching the Void
46. Traffic-X
47. My Summer of Love
48. Little Miss Sunshine-X
49. Knocked Up-X
50. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King-X
51. The Son’s Room
52. The Constant Gardener-X
53. Milk
54. Bad Santa-X
55. Chopper
56. Volver-X
57. The Consequences of Love
58. Shaun of the Dead
59. Etre et Avoir
60. The Squid and the Whale-X
61. Spirited Away-X
62. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy-X (YES! Stay classy San Diego!)
63. There Will Be Blood-X
64. L’enfant
65. Waltz with Bashir
66. City of God-X
67. Gomorrah
68. Memento-X
69. Persepolis
70. The Class
71. Monsters, Inc.-X
72. The Hurt Locker
73. The Beat That My Heart Skipped
74. Pan’s Labyrinth
75. Talk to Her
76. Control
77. Bowling for Columbine
78. About Schmidt-X
79. Le Grand Voyage
80. Me, You and Everyone We Know
81. In the Loop
82. Yi Yi: A One and Two
83. The Wind that Shakes the Barley
84. Hotel Rwanda-X
85. The Piano Teacher
86. The Orphanage
87. Time and Winds
88. The Royal Tenebaums-X
89. School of Rock-X
90. Wedding Crashers-X
91. Lantana
92. Dirty Pretty Things
93. House of Flying Daggers
94. An Inconvenient Truth
95. Amores Perros
96. Morvern Callar
97. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
98. Crash-X
99. Battle Royale
100. The Devil Wears Prada-X
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