Finding Nemo
Real Women Have Curves
Wow, great response. I’ll have to say I like Fiver’s list best, partially because it has films up my alley which I either missed (Ararat, City of God) or will catch soon (#8-10). I’m also looking forward to 28 Days Later but haven’t caught it yet (I’m usually not an opening weekend kind of guy). I also was counting several of the films cited in the thread (Rabbit-Proof Fence, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) as last year’s, but which would’ve otherwise placed quite highly.
I should also say FTR that I loved The Matrix, Spider-Man and Toy Story (they probably would’ve placed in my Top 10 lists of their respective years, if I had such a thing), but this year’s summer crop of films has been hugely underwhelming. I hope never to have to sit through Reloaded again (though I’ll still catch Revolutions), X2 wasn’t even as good as the first to these eyes (though it had some good points), and Nemo was the most derivative and manic product from a company I’d grown to expect originality and understatement from.
Keep the lists coming! 
I’ve only seen a dozen or so new-release movies so far this year, and only a couple that I remember worth listing here. All have been mentioned except 25th Hour. That was 2003, wasn’t it? Superb film. I also think 28 Days Later is deserving of mention, I didn’t know it had come out last year overseas. All the Real Girls was good, but I’m not sure if I’d rank it this highly.
Wow – I’ve heard nothing but bad things up till now about Gerry – evidently it’s worth seeing?
I agree with Down with Love. That movie could so easily have gone so wrong, and it didn’t. I though it was great, and I can’t usually stomach Renee Zellweger at all.
Can’t believe that nobody’s mentioned Secretary yet- maybe it was a 2002 US release? Great film.
I’d also recommend:
L’Homme du train (The Man on the Train)
Mostly Martha
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2003 release in UK)
Secretary was a film that has really stayed with me. I don’t remember when it came into theaters, but it was a very good movie. Surprising as I usually hate James Spader, but it was sweet, twisted and romantic.
Yeah, i forgot about Secretary too. Saw it a few weeks ago on video and thought it was excellent. Spader and Maggie Gyllenhall were both excellent.
Punch Drunk Love, which i also saw recently, left me a little underwhelmed, despite the good performances.