Saturday, January 2, 2010

The 80 Best Movies 2000-2009

There is some debate of whether the first decade of the 2000s ended in 2009 or will end in 2010. However, enough critics are doing a best of list that I've decided to list my own top 25 favourite movies of 2000-2009, regardless if whether or not the decade falls neatly into that. Sadly a Worst of list is probably not as feasible because there's been so many that I've stopped watching and don't recall enough about them.

While some choices like Daredevil and Saw III I hope sparks debate, all movies below are films that for one eason or another I love.

In alphabetical order:
1. Absolut Warhola (2001)
2. American Psycho (2000)
3. American Splendor (2003)
4. The Anniversary Party (2001)
5. Anytown USA (2005)
6. Auto Focus (2002)
7. Avatar (2009)
8. Baadasssss! (2003)
9. Bad Santa (2003)
10. Batman Begins (2005)
11. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
12. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
13. Boiler Room (2000)
14. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
15, Boxed (2002)
16. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
17. Century Hotel (2001)
18. Collateral (2004)
19. The Constant Gardener (2005)
20. Coraline (2009)
21. Daredevil (2003)
22. Dead End (2003)
23. Deliver Us from Evil (2006)
24. Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005) - not to be confused with Exorcist: The Beginning which uses some of the same footage
25. Downfall (2004)
26. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
27. The Experiment (2001)
28. Ghost World (2001)
29. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
30. Grindhouse (2007)
31. Headhunter (2005)
32. Hot Fuzz (2007)
33. A History of Violence (2005)
34. The House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
35. Incredibles (2004) - though the preceeding short film Boundin' is one of the worst of the decade
36. Ingluorious Basterds (2009)
37. Iron Man (2008)
38. Jesus Camp (2006)
39. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
40. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)
41. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
42. Kontroll (2003)
43. The Last Horror Movie (2003)
44. The Lives of Others (2006)
45. The Lookout (2007)
46. Lord of War (2005)
47. Love Object (2003)
48. The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
49. Memento (2000)
50. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
51. Offside (2006)
52. The Others (2001)
53. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
54. The Pianist (2002)
55. Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)
56. Saw III (2006)
57. Secretary (2002)
58. Series 7: The Contenders (2001)
59. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
60. Shopgirl (2005)
61. Sicko (2007)
62. Sidekick (2005)
63. Sideways (2004)
64. The Tailor of Panama
65. This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006)
66. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
67. The TV Set (2006)
68. Unbreakable (2000)
69. Undead (2003)
70. United 93 (2006)
71: Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election (2002)
72. Waiter (2006)
73. Walk All Over Me (2007)
74. Watchmen (2009)
75. Weirdsville (2007)
76. What to Do in Case of Fire (2001)
77. Wilderness Survival for Girls (2004)
78. X2: X-Men United (2003)
79. The Yes Men (2003)
80. Zero Day (2003)

2 comments:

ShortCake said...

Wow! I'm ashamed to say I haven't seen many of these, but since they're on your top 75, I'll reconsider and possibly rent them this year.

Andy E. Nystrom said...

Thank you. Most are in my collection except the too-new Basterds and Avatar. Removed Devil's Den (still decent but not top tier) and added Capturing the Friedmans, Coraline, Incredibles, Lives of Others, Shopgirl, Sideways.