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12-03-2009, 11:31 PM
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Best films of the 00s: Help me compile a master list
I am trying to compile a master list of the best films of the 00s, which I can then winnow down to a best 100, or best 50 or whatever. I am concerned that I may be forgetting some good ones. Below are the movies I have so far. Please take a look and suggest others that ought to be included (including your reasons, if you like, to kick-start some discussion). Thanks!
(500) Days of Summer 1408 28 Days Later 3:10 to Yuma A History of Violence A Serious Man Adaptation All the Pretty Horses Almost Famous Along Came Polly Amélie An Inconvenient Truth Apocalypto The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford The Aviator Baby Mama Bad Santa Batman Begins Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Before Sunset Being John Malkovich Bend It Like Beckham Black Hawk Down The Bourne Identity Bowling for Columbine Boy A Brokeback Mountain Broken Flowers Bubba Ho-tep Burn After Reading Capote Capturing the Friedmans Cast Away Catch Me If You Can Children of Men City of God Cold Mountain Control Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Danny Deckchair The Dark Knight Dawn of the Dead The Departed The Devil’s Backbone District 9 Dog Soldiers Donnie Darko Doubt Eagle vs. Shark Enchanted Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Finding Neverland The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara The 40 Year Old Virgin Frailty Frozen River Gangs of New York Ghost Town Gladiator Gone Baby Gone Grizzly Man The Hangover Hard Candy Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince High Fidelity Horton Hears a Who Hotel Rwanda In Bruges The Incredibles Infamous Inglourious Basterds Into the Wild Iron Man Jimmy Carter Man from Plains Junebug Juno The Kite Runner Lars and the Real Girl Last King of Scotland Let the Right One In Little Miss Sunshine The Lives of Others The Lookout The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Lost in Translation Love Actually Me Myself and Irene Meet the Parents Memento Michael Clayton Milk Million Dollar Baby Minority Report Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Mongol Munich Mystic River Napoleon Dynamite No Country for Old Men Nueve Reinas (Nine Queens) O Brother Where Art Thou? The Orphanage Pandorum Persepolis Pirates of the Caribbean The Reader Requiem for a Dream Rescue Dawn The Ring The Royal Tenenbaums Se, Jie (Lust, Caution) Serenity Session 9 Shaun of the Dead Shrek Sideways Slumdog Millionaire Snatch Spider-Man Spider-Man II Spirited Away The Squid and the Whale Star Trek Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith The Station Agent Stranger Than Fiction Sunshine State Superbad Syriana The Tale of Despereaux Talk to Her Talladega Nights (Shut up. I thought it was hilarious.) The Tao of Steve The Transporter The Valet Vanilla Sky The Visitor Wall-E The Wedding Crashers The Wrestler Y Tu Mamá También Zombieland Zoolander Still another few weeks in 2009, so if you see any good candidates that are in theaters now, let me know. 
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#2
12-04-2009, 12:19 AM
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Auto Focus - Starts off looking like Herbie the Love Bug, finishes off looking more like Deadwood. You won't realize that the first and last scenes belong to the same movie. Having the film quality degrade along with Bob Crane's circumstances could have been tacky, but it isn't.
There Will Be Blood - I could still be aglow from having just seen it last week, but it's really an acting coup. I thought the creepy faith-healer would make a great serial killer. Hmmm. Both my choices are about men descending into their own little worlds o' hurt. I wonder if that means something.
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12-04-2009, 01:27 AM
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I think the following are all excellent films that I didn't see listed:
Oldboy Downfall The Lives of Others Pan's Labyrinth The Pianist Antichrist Letters From Iwo Jima Walk the Line Atonement
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12-04-2009, 01:49 AM
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A few I thought of that ought to at least be on the initial list, although I'm not sure how many would go on to the final cut:
Dancer in the Dark Bus 174 (Ônibus 174) Nobody Knows (Dare mo Shiranai) The Host (Gwoemul) Good Bye, Lenin! Winged Migration (Le peuple Migrateur) Moon Whale Rider Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle I also think Prisoner of Azkaban should go on ahead of Chamber of Secrets Last edited by panamajack; 12-04-2009 at 01:51 AM.
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12-04-2009, 02:06 AM
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I pulled some titles from my voted list on imdb:
2000 American Psycho Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Requiem for a Dream 2001 Amelie Black Hawk Down Conspiracy The Devil's Backbone The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Y Tu Mama Tambien La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher) 2002 Adaptation Better Luck Tomorrow City of God The Pianist Roger Dodger 2003 Kill Bill vol. 1 The Station Agent 2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Hotel Rwanda Million Dollar Baby Primer Super Size Me 2005 Batman Begins Brick Ong Bak 2006 Children of Men The Fountain Pan's Labryinth 2007 The Kite Runner There Will Be Blood 2008 The Dark Knight The Fall 2009 Star Trek Up
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12-04-2009, 03:41 AM
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From my IMDB list...
Drag Me to Hell Cloverfield Gran Torino Taken Trick 'r Treat Tropic Thunder Wanted Reign Over Me Vacancy Borat Slither Red Eye V For Vendetta Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle Kill Bill Volume 1 Saved! Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Panic Room Joy Ride Pitch Black Unbreakable Wonder Boys
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#8
12-04-2009, 11:43 AM
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Good catches on these:
Whale Rider Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle Walk the Line There Will Be Blood Auto Focus American Psycho Some of the others I haven't yet seen, and some I didn't care for, but I recognize that tastes vary, and they should probably all be included on the master list. Any others?
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#9
12-04-2009, 11:54 AM
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Wow, am I really the first to submit Mulholland Dr.?
The Triplets of Belleville Mirrormask I'm Not There A Mighty Wind
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12-04-2009, 12:14 PM
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12-04-2009, 12:56 PM
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The Life Aquatic
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Good Night and Good Luck Big Fish The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. And while I wouldn't expect it to get into the top list, I think Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is fun enough to at least deserve a mention.
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12-04-2009, 01:17 PM
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Well, I think Infernal Affairs (2002) is better than its adaptation The Departed since it's inherently harder to create something original than it is to adapt someone else's work. It certainly had a better ending, since
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And what about House of Flying Daggers (2004)? Or High Tension/Haute Tension (2003) for showing what an old school slasher film is like without the self-awareness of recent films in the genre. I'm not sure how wide a net is being cast but if we're going unlimited then I'd also have to include Linda Linda Linda (2005), a nice unhurried look at a Japanese high school band's scramble to get something together for the school festival - don't believe the back of the DVD which makes it sound like a screwball comedy, it's definitely funny but in a quieter way. It's kind of hard to remember movies from the early part of the decade now, though. Let's see, The Descent (2005) was also a good horror movie which is quite deep, repeat watchings are fruitful. Additionally, The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (2005) is a story about a young gay boy which is refreshingly not about the struggle for acceptance (he already has that), rather it's about his first crush and how that conflicts with his family's position in their poor neighbourhood. Seraphim Falls (2006) is a nicely compact Western, it's like the Western distilled to its essential characters. Note that I'm specifically covering movies that haven't been mentioned, I definitely agree with some of the previous ones listed. I'll probably think of something else later. And before someone mentions it, I have to say I specifically don't include Battle Royale (2000). It was interesting but the premise was just too much for me to take.
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12-04-2009, 01:33 PM
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I just knew I'd add stuff, I forgot about Donnie Darko (2001) and Redbelt (2008). The first is trippy and demands repeat viewings, the second is I think the first serious movie depiction of mixed martial arts. And no one likes Kill Bill vol 2 (2004)?
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12-04-2009, 01:36 PM
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12-04-2009, 04:37 PM
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Coraline should at least be on the list. Reason: if we can specify the 3-D version it's the best movie ever made. Even if we don't, it's in my top 5 favorites of the decade. My others are already in the list.
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12-04-2009, 04:49 PM
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I would add:
Amores Perros Gosford Park Russian Ark Rabbit-Proof Fence Far From Heaven Where the Wild Things Are
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12-04-2009, 05:13 PM
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Once
Best In Show
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12-04-2009, 05:20 PM
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The Prestige
Charlie Wilson's War
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12-04-2009, 05:43 PM
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The Waitress
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12-04-2009, 06:52 PM
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Very glad to see Stranger than Fiction in the OP. Very underappreciated little movie. Even if you hate Will Ferrell, you'll love it.
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12-04-2009, 07:00 PM
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 Nice performance by Dustin Hoffman, too.
Last edited by Spoke; 12-04-2009 at 07:00 PM.
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12-04-2009, 07:01 PM
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I can't believe no one has said Night at the Museum yet!
(Okay, 90% of a hijack, I just saw that and I would vote it as maybe the worst of the decade. But it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be!)
Last edited by Ludovic; 12-04-2009 at 07:02 PM. Reason: Adding smiley, like the nice Robin Roosevelt statue told me to
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12-04-2009, 07:19 PM
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Yi Yi
In the Mood for Love Lagaan
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12-04-2009, 07:33 PM
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La Vie En Rose
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12-04-2009, 07:51 PM
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25th Hour
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12-04-2009, 08:37 PM
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American Gangster
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#31
12-04-2009, 09:50 PM
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My personal list:
The Departed United 93 Y Tu Mama Tambien The Dark Knight Amores Perros City of God Wall-E Capote Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Inglourious Basterds With honorable mentions to The 25th Hour, Punch Drunk Love and Vanilla Sky. Last edited by joebuck20; 12-04-2009 at 09:54 PM.
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12-05-2009, 12:04 AM
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Watchmen
Brotherhood Of The Wolf Hot Fuzz Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy The Last King of Scotland Lord of War
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#34
12-05-2009, 12:17 AM
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I had a big list in mind but saw most of them already posted as I quickly browsed the thread.
A quick search reveals that no one has yet mentioned: The Science Of Sleep (2006) Spider (2002) In The Realms Of The Unreal (2004) The Mechanic (2004) Tired now. Can't remember the rest of my list. 
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12-06-2009, 07:50 AM
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Man On Wire
The Dark Knight Avatar (?) (Yet to come) A Beautiful Mind Law Abiding Citizen The Science of Sleep Ocean's Eleven The Pianist Casino Royale Requiem for a Dream My personal list.
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12-07-2009, 09:23 AM
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I nominate I Heart Huckabees for being a rare combination of hilarious and touching.
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#38
12-07-2009, 02:14 PM
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I would nominate:
Amelie Atonement Black Hawk Down The Bourne Identity Casino Royale Cast Away Cold Mountain Downfall Enchanted Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Ghost Town Hot Fuzz The Incredibles Iron Man LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring Memento Minority Report Pirates of the Caribbean Pride & Prejudice Super Troopers V for Vendetta All wonderful in their own way; some are close to perfect.
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12-07-2009, 05:10 PM
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State and Main was one of my favorite comedies of the decade.
And I'll throw in a nomination for School of Rock as well. Not on my top 15 but Jack Black gave a great performance, and it had some odd philosophical heft as well. Last edited by Baal Houtham; 12-07-2009 at 05:11 PM.
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#40
12-07-2009, 06:23 PM
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The A.V. Club did a pretty cool list of the top 50 films. Even better, however, were the lists of the best scenes and best performances.
Last edited by VarlosZ; 12-07-2009 at 06:23 PM.
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12-07-2009, 06:33 PM
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Precious
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12-07-2009, 07:07 PM
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I'd like to add: Howl's Moving Castle Under the Tuscan Sun The 40 Year Old Virgin The Family Stone
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12-07-2009, 07:39 PM
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I haven't seen these mentioned yet, but should be in a top 100
Sideways Confidence Payback - (ok, it's 1999, but few remember it, and it's going on my list.) 
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12-07-2009, 09:06 PM
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I think "The Visitor" should be on this list, it is a very well acted, well written film (and upon scanning, I didnt see anyone else that had mentioned it yet).
"The Wrestler" (much like "Sideways" which has been mentioned already) was a really strong movie, that just happened to have no characters that were easy to sympathise with or really root for.................
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#46
12-07-2009, 09:23 PM
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My nominees:
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) The Others (2001) Pineapple Express (2008)
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#47
12-07-2009, 09:58 PM
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I dont know if this is a hijack, (if it is just ignore me) or instead a good way to keep this thread going for a bit, but after I added my initial post, I went back and counted up how many of spoke-'s (the OP) top 100 films on his list I have ever watched.
I realise that I dont see too many movies these days, but I have only seen 19 of them so far............. Anyone else? I wonder if I am well below the average, or about par with other Dopers? ETA---I am counting the movies spoke- listed in his original post/list, not the ones he or others have since added. Last edited by MPB in Salt Lake; 12-07-2009 at 10:01 PM.
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12-07-2009, 11:27 PM
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12-07-2009, 11:54 PM
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Adaptation
All the Real Girls American Psycho Anvil! The Story of Anvil Be Kind Rewind Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Bella Black Book Catch a Fire The Cats of Mirikitani The Cave of the Yellow Dog Duma Far from Heaven Flags of Our Fathers The Gleaners and I Gomorrah Grace of My Heart The Hurt Locker Iron Man Murderball Shaun of the Dead The Story of the Weeping Camel Sukiyaki Western Django Time of the Wolf 28 Days Later
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