December 7, 2009
More end of the decade film lists! (Jeez, I love lists!) All four come from TTDer Miranda (where does she find these wonderful lists!?) Miranda and I are working to condense these lists and come up with a SUPER LIST of movies from the past decade. Stay tuned…
The first is EW’s List of the 10 Best Movies of the Decade. I did the best by far on this list, getting 9 of 10. (I’m sorry but I started Moulin Rouge and just couldn’t make it all the way through).
EW’s List of the 10 Best Movies of the Decade
1. The Lord of the Rings (the Trilogy)
2. Brokeback Mountain
3. Gladiator
4. The Dark Knight
5. WALL-E
6. Moulin Rouge!
7. Children of Men
8. The 40 Year Old Virgin
9. Lost in Translation
10. Almost Famous
The second one comes from Paste Magazine as the 50 Best Films of the Decade. I’ve never even heard of some of these, but there are definitely a few that I’ve been meaning to see and are on my Netflix queue. I LOVE Amelie and O Brother Where Art Thou?. I thought Spirited Away was overrated (I don’t like Anime) and Junebug was pretty awful. I know I need to see Up and I’ve heard good things about Half-Nelson. Any other suggestions?
I’ve seen exactly half-25 of the 50. The ones I’ve seen are in black; not seen are in red.
1. City of God
2. Amelie
3. Almost Famous
4. The Lord of the Rings trilogy
5. Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
6. Beau Travail
7. Lost in Translation
8. The Son
9. No Country for Old Men
10. The Royal Tenenbaums
11. The Dark Knight
12. There Will Be Blood
13. Mulholland Drive
14. Up
15. Juno
16. Half Nelson
17. Memento
18. Syndromes and a Century
19. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
20. Elephant
21. In the Loop
22. Dogville
23. Traffic
24. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
25. Pan’s Labyrinth
26. Ghost Dog
27. Cache (Hidden)
28. History of Violence
29. Man on Wire
30. Once
31. Gosford Park
32. Ratatouille
33. Kill Bill Vol 1 and 2
34. Little Miss Sunshine
35. Junebug
36. Millions
37. Billy Elliot
38. Donnie Darko
39. Spirited Away
40. The Departed
41. L’Enfant
42. The Last King of Scotland
43. In America
44. Hotel Rwanda
45. Whale Rider
46. Iraq in Fragments
47. Grizzly Man
48. Flight of the Red Balloon
49. High Fidelity
50. The Squid and the Whale
The third is from Time Out New York. Grizzly Man, L’Enfant, and Talk to Her keep popping up, so I guess I need to add those too. But I’m sorry, Miami Vice?! Like, the one with Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell, directed by Michael Mann? Am I missing something?
Didn’t do too well on this list: only 14 of 50. The ones I’ve read are in black; not seen are in red.
Best Films of the Aughts
1) Mulholland Drive
2) There Will Be Blood
3) Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
4) The New World
5) In the Mood For Love
6) Yi Yi (A One and a Two)
7) Dogville
8 ) Zodiac
9) A Christmas Tale
10) Friday Night
11) Spirited Away
12) American Psycho
13) Inland Empire
14) Trouble Every Day
15) Domestic Violence
16) Punch-Drunk Love
17) Gosford Park
18) Femme Fatale
19) I’m Not There
20) The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein
21) Brokeback Mountain
22) Synecdoche, New York
23) The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
24) I Heart Huckabees
25) Inglourious Basterds
26) Kings and Queens
27) Oldboy
28) Before Sunset
29) Songs from the Second Floor
30) Children of Men
31) AI – Artificial Intelligence
32) Eureka
33) 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
34) Lilya 4-Ever
35) Miami Vice
36) Pan’s Labyrinth
37) The Royal Tenebaums
38) Cache
39) Dancer in the Dark
40) Five Dedicated to Ozu
41) Grizzly Man
42) Head-On
43) Silent Light
44) Syndromes and a Century
45) Talk to Her
46) Turning Gate
47) 25th Hour
48) Donnie Darko
49) Man Push Cart
50) The 40-Year Old Virgin
Here’s the AV Club’s 50 Best Movies of the Aughts. Movies I’ve seen are in Black, ones I haven’t are in Red. I’ve seen 25 of 50. Man, I really stunk on that second list!
1. Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
2. 25th Hour
3. There Will Be Blood
4. No Country For Old Men
5. Memento
6. Spirited Away
7. Kill Bill Vol 1
8. Capturing the Friedmans
9. The New World
10. Children of Men
11. Time Out
12. Before Sunset
13. Grizzly Man
14. Talk to Her
15. Y Tu Mama Tambien
16. Almost Famous
17. The Royal Tenebaums
18. Mulholland Dr.
19. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
20. The Squid and the Whale
21. Zodiac
22. United 93
23. The Man Who Wasn’t There
24. Yi Yi
25. Together
26. The Incredibles
27. What Time is it There?
28. Morvern Callar
29. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
30. WALL-E
31. In the Mood for Love
32. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
33. Punch-Drunk Love
34. American Psycho
35. Waking Life
36. Pan’s Labyrinth
37. A History of Violence
38. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…And Spring
39. The Prestige
40. City of God
41. The Dark Knight
42. L’Enfant
43. Brokeback Mountain
44. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
45. Audition
46. Adaptation
47. Moulin Rouge!
48. Crimson Gold
49. Gerry
50. Oldboy
I’m going to say it – Moulin Rouge may be worth another chance. The first 1/2 hour or so is a bit crazy, but if you can get to Ewan MacGregor singing ‘Your Song’ – I think it’s worth it right there!
I also am a big Tarantino fan, but I know that not everyone is, but Inglourious Basterds was really good even if you haven’t enjoyed some of his other ones.
You know, the more I think about it, I may have stayed through til the end with Moulin Rouge b/c I remember how it ended. I must have started reading a magazine or doing something else while watching it.
And I like Tarantino, or at least Pulp Fiction. He wrote True Romance and I like that. I’ve seen bits and pieces of Kill Bill, just need to get around to sitting down and watching it.