# Best films of the current decade? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872 "2003-08-22T04:58:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872/21 "2003-08-23T06:22:27Z")
in no particular order City of God Y Tu Mama Tambien The Ring Amores Perros LotR Monsters Inc Kissing Jessica Stein Donnie Darko The Royal Tennenbaums Igby goes Down ---
**Author:** ![Rainbowthief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4bbf92/32.png) [@Rainbowthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rainbowthief)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872/22 "2003-08-23T09:43:33Z")
In no order: Dancer in the Dark Versus Punch Drunk Love The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Battle Royale O Brother, Where Art Thou? Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Vidocq The Others ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872/23 "2003-08-23T10:14:05Z")
In no particular order Storytelling - Not quite as good as happiness but stil head and shoulders above most intelligent cinema Ichi The Killer - Takashi Miike reinvents the gangster movie Visitor Q - Takashi Miike gets seriously wierd and darkly funny Battle Royale - Provocative cinema at its best Donnie Darko - Very complex and very clever Monsters Inc. - Pixar at their very best Almost Famous - By far the best Cameron Crowe film High Fidelity - Damn nearly perfect Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Incredibly beautiful film Requiem For A Dream - Serves as the best anti-drug movie ever made ---
**Author:** ![Tarrsk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@Tarrsk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarrsk)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872/24 "2003-08-24T06:36:18Z")
My favorites so far: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Amelie Lord of the Rings Requiem for a Dream (definitely agree with **sirtonyh** here!) Finding Nemo A.I. (if you discount the last 20 minutes or so) High Fidelity X2 (as a paragon of the summer blockbuster) Honorable mention to Pirates of the Caribbean, for Johnny Depp’s brilliant performance (and for being an awesome and hilarious swashbuckler in its own right). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872/25 "2003-08-24T07:07:53Z")
Gangs of New York O Brother, Where Art Thou? Road to Perdition Gosford Park The Ring (right on, Anniee) Spellbound The Fast Runner 28 Days Later… that’s all I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![mtrahey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mtrahey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtrahey)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872/26 "2003-08-25T20:20:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fruitbat \* > \*\*I saw **Equilibrium** the other day and damned if I can figure out why it wasn’t a hit. It starred Christian Bale and Emily Watson in a cross between Gatacca and The Matrix. It was derivative, but very competently done and a fine entry into its genre. Certainly wouldn’t make my top ten of the new decade, but not bad. \*\* To be fair, part of the reason I place it so high may be because I know some of the background of the movie. It was made on a 20 million dollar budget. There was no wire work, many of the action scenes were done on a single take with rehearsal in the morning and shooting in the afternoon. That they were able to make a movie where the action is constantly compared to The Matrix on a shoe string with no time amazes me. And where I never really buy Keanu Reeves as Neo in the Matrix, Christian Bale never really comes across as anything less then a bad ass. The director impressed the hell out of me and I can’t wait for Shadow World, his next, to come out in September. ---
**Author:** ![mtrahey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mtrahey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtrahey)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872/27 "2003-08-25T20:47:04Z")
Oops, the new movie coming out is Underworld, 09-19-03. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872/28 "2003-08-25T21:34:13Z")
Kangaroo Jack. Better than The Godfather. ---
**Author:** ![Dogman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dogman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872/29 "2003-08-25T23:27:29Z")
In no particular order: About Schmidt Catch Me if You Can Both LOTR films Finding Nemo Blackhawk Down Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Cast Away Mulhulland Drive ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872/30 "2003-08-25T23:27:38Z")
The Lord of the Rings, both movies Unbreakable Moulin Rouge Gladiator. Its all I can come up with right now. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872/31 "2003-08-26T06:55:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrSarcasticus \* > \*\*What a sorry lot. > > Looking at these lists so far, I would nominate nothing but 25TH HOUR, and maybe GOSFORD PARK. > > Are movies this bad now? Yes. Yes, they are. \*\* I was going to protest this, but you mentioned _Gosford Park_ and I immediately fell asleep. Now I feel refreshed and don’t feel like arguing. My votes (be forewarned, most of these were _gasp_ POPULAR!) : _Fellowship of the Rings_ _The Two Towers_ _X-Men 2_ _Moulin Rouge_ _Finding Nemo_ _Spirited Away_ _Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon_ _Adaptation_ _Pirates of the Caribbean_ _The Royal Tennenbaums_ _O Brother, Where Art Thou?_ ---
**Author:** ![Judeluv3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@Judeluv3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judeluv3)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872/32 "2003-08-26T10:55:07Z")
Requiem for a Dream Memento Donnie Darko American Splendor Amores Perros The Secret Lives of Dentists Road to Perdition Spellbound Confessions of a Dangerous Mind ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872/33 "2003-08-26T11:34:09Z")
The Pianist, that film moved me more then I can remember being moved by a film before. I feel guilty I haven’t seen either LOTR films now…and I’m a Kiwi ---
**Author:** ![Blackclaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@Blackclaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackclaw)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872/34 "2003-08-26T13:02:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sanja \* > \*\*it’s on the cusp ('99), but “the thin red line” \*\* Why? I thought it was one of the most pretentious “They’ll give me an Oscar Fer Sure!” pieces of tripe I’ve ever seen. Every shot ended with a pan up to the sky. I couldn’t tell if I was watching a war movie or a nature documentary. There were lots of pretty things to look at, but no characters to identify with. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872/35 "2003-08-26T15:45:45Z")
By all means, **corndog man** , rent **The Poor and Hungry**. They’ve got it at Black Lodge Video. You won’t be disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Cholo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Cholo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cholo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-films-of-the-current-decade/196872/36 "2003-08-26T23:49:38Z")
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