# Your top-10 or 20 films of this decade. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-or-20-films-of-this-decade/510447 "2009-09-17T14:32:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-or-20-films-of-this-decade/510447/21 "2009-09-17T23:48:00Z")
I knew I’d forget something: **Winged Migration** belongs on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-or-20-films-of-this-decade/510447/22 "2009-09-17T23:50:15Z")
The Fountain The Prestige Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 40 Year old Virgin Closer The Lives of Others Brokeback Mountain Napoleon Dynamite Royal Tenenbaums Waking Life There were some from 1999, which is in the past decade but not the '00s, so I wasn’t sure if they counted: Fight Club American Beauty The Sixth Sense ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-or-20-films-of-this-decade/510447/23 "2009-09-18T03:06:23Z")
I looked up my five and four star movies on Netflix and looked at the ones made in the 2000s. There were 34 or 35. I then whittled it down to these 10: High Fidelity Inglourious Basterds Spirited Away Unbreakable American Psycho Collateral The Incredibles Mr. Brooks Requiem for a Dream The Sea Inside ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-or-20-films-of-this-decade/510447/24 "2009-09-18T08:08:50Z")
I can’t help thinking I’m missing something, but here we go (listed roughly in chronological order): Traffic In the Mood for Love Intacto Asoka Josie and the Pussycats Heaven Blue Crush Russian Ark Hero Dogville The Company Ocean’s Twelve The World Alexander Domino Princess Raccoon The Fountain Stick It Sunshine Push ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-or-20-films-of-this-decade/510447/25 "2009-09-18T08:24:24Z")
> [@Transistor\_Rhythm](#): > > D > > 1. Inland Empire > 2. Synechoche, NY > 3. The Brothers Bloom > 4. The Saddest Music in the World > 5. Mulholland Dr. > 6. It is fine. Everything is fine! > 7. Requiem for a Dream > 8. There will be blood > 9. The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain > 10. Primer That’s an interesting list. I will have to see the movies you listed I haven’t watched yet. I would have to give this some thought before I try to do a real list, but a couple of titles are pretty safe bets: the Royal Tenenbaums Still walking No country for old men Spirited Away the Lives of others 3-Iron ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-or-20-films-of-this-decade/510447/26 "2009-09-18T10:20:49Z")
I don’t really watch enough films to feel entitled to submit a top 10, but if I did I’m pretty sure the following would be in it: The Lives of Others Memento The Prestige other possibles: Master and Commander The Man on the Train Waltz with Bashir ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-or-20-films-of-this-decade/510447/27 "2009-09-18T12:41:21Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > Memento It’s a clever script and I’m a fan of Joe Pantoliano. However, I don’t find it aged too well. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-or-20-films-of-this-decade/510447/28 "2009-09-18T17:30:10Z")
Wow, I started to write a top 10, but since I had time narrowing it down to 10 (and because many of my movies were already on the list), I’m going to do the top 10 that haven’t been mentioned yet: The Station Agent Iron Man Lost In Translation Burn After Reading Shrek (only the original, which I saw in theaters 3 times!) The Strangers Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…And Spring Brand Upon The Brain The Poughkeepsie Tapes You And Me And Everyone We Know ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-or-20-films-of-this-decade/510447/29 "2009-09-18T17:48:16Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > I knew I’d forget something: **Winged Migration** belongs on the list. Oh hell yes. I was going to put it on my list but I blanked on the name. I’ve only watched it twice but one time was on a big HD set. Made me wish I’d seen it in a theater. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-or-20-films-of-this-decade/510447/30 "2009-09-18T17:56:33Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > My personal favs, in no particular order: > > [Rabbit-Proof Fence](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252444/) > [Russian Ark](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318034/) > [the Triplets of Belleville](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286244/) > [Let the Right One In](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/) > [Pan’s Labyrinth](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457430/) > [No Country For Old Men](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/) > [Amores Perros](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245712/) > [Y Tu Mamá También](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245574/) > [Shaun of the Dead](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/) > [Far From Heaven](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0297884/) Well, since everybody else seems to be doing top 20 lists rather than top 10, I’ll add ten more to mine (some of which I only remembered after I missed the edit window.) Still in no particular order: Frida Mysterious Skin Waking Life Insomnia (the remake with Al Pacino & Hilary Swank) Sordid Lives the Hurt Locker Best In Show Amelie the Devil’s Backbone Songs from the Second Floor ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-or-20-films-of-this-decade/510447/31 "2009-09-18T18:56:59Z")
In no particular order: Gosford Park LOTR Spirited Away Yi Yi Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon The Queen Lives of Others Master and Commander The Incredibles ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-or-20-films-of-this-decade/510447/32 "2009-09-19T00:22:11Z")
I’m surprised at the lack of love given the **Kill Bill** films. I would’ve thought somebody among the first 30 posts would’ve mentioned it. Here’s my list as of now: KB 1&2 (In a decade dominated by comic book movies, Tarantino made the best one of all) The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert MacNamara LOTR 1-3 Moulin Rouge! The Incredibles War of the Worlds Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind In the Bedroom Million Dollar Baby United 93 Brokeback Mountain Inglorious Basterds [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-or-20-films-of-this-decade/510447.md?page=1)