Top Ten Films of 2000s


2007
1. THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2. DEATH PROOF (QuentinTarantino)
3. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Joel and Ethan Coen)
4. IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA (José Luis Guerín)
5. I'M NOT THERE (Todd Haynes)
6. FUNNY GAMES (Michael Haneke)
7. STUCK (Stuart Gordon)
8. [REC] (Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza)
9. YOU THE LIVING (Roy Andersson)
10. ZODIAC (David Fincher)

Honorable Mention
DIARY OF THE DEAD, FROWNLAND, HOT FUZZ, INTO THE WILD, MY WINNIPEG, SNOW ANGELS and WE OWN THE NIGHT

Notable Shorts
HOTEL CHEVALIER (Wes Anderson)

2006
1. THE DEPARTED (Martin Scorsese)
2. PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES (Alain Resnais)
3. PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER (Tom Tykwer)
4. THE RIGHT OF THE WEAKEST (Lucas Belvaux)
5. OFFSIDE (Jafar Panahi)
6. A SCANNER DARKLY (Richard Linklater)
7. NUE PROPRIETE (Joachim Lafosse)
8. BUG (William Friedkin)
9. HALF NELSON (Ryan Fleck)
10. L'HOMME DE SA VIE (Zabou Breitman)

Notable Shorts
DESTRICTED: IMPALED (Larry Clark), MARIE ANTONIETTE TEASER (Sofia Coppola)

2005
1. THE NEW WORLD (Terrence Malick)
2. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (David Cronenberg)
3. BRICK (Rian Johnson)
4. HIDDEN (Michael Haneke)
5. I AM A SEX ADDICT (Caveh Zahedi)
6. MATCH POINT (Woody Allen)
7. GRIZZLY MAN (Werner Herzog)
8. THE CHILD (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne)
9. KISS KISS, BANG BANG (Shane Black)
10. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE (Noah Baumbach)

Honorable Mention
BUBBLE, MANDERLAY, ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW, NO DIRECTION HOME: BOB DYLAN and OLD BOY

Notable Shorts
THE DENIAL TWIST (Michel Gondry), ONLY (David Fincher)

2004
1. KINGS & QUEEN (Arnaud Desplechin)
2. BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater)
3. KILL BILL, VOL 2 (Quentin Tarantino)
4. TRIPLE AGENT (Eric Rohmer)
5. KEANE (Lodge Kerrigan)
6. MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Clint Eastwood)
7. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry)
8. 2046 (Wong Kar-wai)
9. RED LIGHTS (Cedric Kahn)
10. VERA DRAKE (Mike Leigh)

Honorable Mention
THE AVIATOR, DIG!, I HEART HUCKABEES, THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU

Notable Shorts
ALL IN ALL (Torbjørn Skårild), THE BOX (Takashi Miike), CASHBACK (Sean Ellis), FLOAT ON (Christopher Mills), JOAN OF ARC OF THE NIGHTBUS (Kornél Mundruczó), THE MATCH (Ursula Ferrara) and Y-CONTROL (Spike Jonze)

2003
1. KILL BILL: VOLUME 1 (Quentin Tarantino)
2. ALL THE REAL GIRLS (David Gordon Green)
3. DOGVILLE (Lars Von Trier)
4. GOZU (Takashi Miike)
5. CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS (Andrew Jarecki)
6. SARABAND (Ingmar Bergman)
7. THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (Jorgen Leth and Lars Von Trier)
8. THE COMPANY (Robert Altman)
9. DOWN WITH LOVE (Peyton Reed)
10. COWARDS BEND THE KNEE (Guy Maddin)

Honorable Mention
ANYTHING ELSE, BAD SANTA, BUS 174, COLD MOUNTAIN, THE DANCER UPSTAIRS, HAUTE TENSION, THE HUNTED, THE SCHOOL OF ROCK and TIME OF THE WOLF

Notable Shorts
HURT (Mark Romanek), LIVE FROM SHIVA'S DANCE FLOOR (Richard Linklater)

2002
1. ADAPTATION (Spike Jonze)
2. 25TH HOUR (Spike Lee)
3. GERRY (Gus Van Sant)
4. TRILOGY: ONE THE RUN / AN AMAZING COUPLE / AFTER LIFE (Lucas Belvaux)
5. SPIDER-MAN (Sam Raimi)
6. FAR FROM HEAVEN (Todd Haynes)
7. KEN PARK (Larry Clark)
8. PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (PT Anderson)
9. ANA AND THE OTHERS (Celina Murga)
10. FEMME FATALE (Brian De Palma)

Honorable Mention
ALL OR NOTHING, DECASIA: THE STATE OF DECAY, DOA 2: THE BIRDS, 8 WOMEN, GANGS OF NEW ORK, GRAVEYARD OF HONOR, IRREVERSIBLE, LAUREL CANYON, MURDER ON A SUNDAY MORNING, THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS, SEX IS COMEDY, SPIRITED AWAY and SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE

Notable Shorts
COME INTO MY WORLD (Michel Gondry), DEAD LEAVES AND THE DIRTY GROUND (Michel Gondry), DO YOU REALIZE?? (Mark Pellington), STAR GUITAR (Michel Gondry)

Most Overrated
THE HOUR

2001
1. WAKING LIFE (Richard Linklater)
2. MULHOLLAND DRIVE (David Lynch)
3. IN THE BEDROOM (Todd Field)
4. LATE MARRIAGE (Dover Kosashvili)
5. Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (Alfonso Cuaron)
6. AMELIE (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
7. ROBERTO SUCCO (Cedric Kahn)
8. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Wes Anderson)
9. GHOST WORLD (Terry Zwigoff)
10. THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (Joel Coen)

Honorable Mention
BULLY, CODE UNKNOWN, MY VOYAGE TO ITALY, OCEANS 11, THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR and THE WIDOW OF ST. PIERRE

Notable Shorts
FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL (Michel Gondry), THE FOLLOW (Wong Kar-Wai), HUA YANG DE NIAN HUA (Wong Kar-wai), IMITATION OF LIFE (Garth Jennings), KNIVES OUT (Michel Gondry), LOVESONG (Stan Brakhage), PYRAMID SONG (Shynola), WEAPON OF CHOICE (Spike Jonze)

Most Overrated
A BEAUTIFUL MIND, LANTANA, and MOULIN ROUGE.

2000
1. YOU CAN COUNT ON ME (Kenneth Longeran)
2. WERKMEISTER HARMONIES (Béla Tarr)
3. MEMENTO (Christopher Nolan)
4. UNTITLED (ALMOST FAMOUS) (Cameron Crowe)
5. HIGH FIDELITY (Stephen Frears)
6. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar Wai)
7. TRAFFIC (Steven Soderbergh)
8. DANCER IN THE DARK (Lars von Trier)
9. SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR (Roy Andersson)
10. GEORGE WASHINGTON (David Gordon Green)

Honorable Mention
AMERICAN PSYCHO, ESTHER KAHN, THE NINTH GATE, NURSE BETTY, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, STATE AND MAIN, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES, WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS, WONDER BOYS and YI YI

Notable Shorts
AL GORE DOCUMENTARY (Spike Jonze), THE HEART OF THE WORLD (Guy Maddin), LIMP (Paul Thomas Anderson), PAPER BAG (Paul Thomas Anderson), PLAYGROUND LOVE (Roman and Sofia Coppola), WHAT'S UP FATLIP? (Spike Jonze)

Most Overrated
O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU.