The last decade was a treasure trove of great movies and I’m only too happy to share my Top 100 Favorite Movies from the era. Before anyone turns snappish and ask, “Why isn’t “insert movie title here” on your list?”, let me tell you that it pains me to leave out some terrific pictures from the list. I had to be pretty conservative and stick to 100, omitting several amazing films in the process (The Wrestler, Tropic Thunder, L’Enfant, Hero and the Martin Scorsese films, to name a few).
My criteria for the list are as follows:
a. Will I watch it again?
b. Did the film bring me to another place while I was watching it?
c. Does the memory of it make me smile?
In short, I do not have a criteria.
Hahahahaha!!!
The films are arranged according to my degree of love:
1. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar-Wai), 2001
2. ALMOST FAMOUS (Cameron Crowe), 2000
3. THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson), 2007
4. REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (Darren Aronofsky), 2000
5. MEMENTO (Christopher Nolan), 2001
6. LOST IN TRANSLATION (Sofia Copolla), 2003
7. MULHOLLAND DRIVE (David Lynch) , 2001
8. DANCER IN THE DARK (Lars von Trier), 2000
9. Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (Alfonso Cuaron), 2002
10. SIDEWAYS (Alexander Payne), 2004
11. GARDEN STATE (Zach Braff), 2004
12. AMORES PERROS (Alejandro Gonzales Iñarritu), 2000
13. DOGVILLE (Lars von Trier), 2003
14. GHOST WORLD (Terry Zwigoff), 2001
15. AMELIE (Jean Pierre- Jeunet) , 2001
16. EIGHT WOMEN(Francois Ozon), 2002
17. MOULIN ROUGE (Baz Luhrmann), 2001
18. TUHOG (Jeffrey Jeturian), 2001
19. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry), 2004
20. 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS (Cristian Mungiu), 2007
21. ONCE (John Carney), 2007
22. IN THE BEDROOM (Todd Field) , 2001
23. 28 DAYS LATER(Danny Boyle), 2003
24. (500) DAYS OF SUMMER (Marc Webb), 2009
25. DONNIE DARKO (Richard Kelly), 2001
26. THE DREAMERS (Bernardo Bertolucci), 2004
27. ADAPTATION (Spike Jonze), 2002
28. KILL BILL VOL. 1 (Quentin Tarantino), 2003
29. NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (Jared Hess), 2004
30. LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Farris), 2006
31. WALTZ WITH BASHIR (Ari Folman), 2008
32. HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (John Cameron Mitchell) , 2001
33. PAN’S LABYRINTH (Guillermo del Toro), 2006
34. WAKING LIFE (Richard Linklater), 2001
35. INTO THE WILD (Sean Penn), 2007
36. GOSFORD PARK (Robert Altman), 2001
37. OLD BOY (Park Chan-wook), 2003
38. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Danny Boyle), 2008
39. THE LIVES OF OTHERS (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck), 2006
40. PUNCHDRUNK LOVE (Paul Thomas Anderson), 2002
41. CRASH (Paul Haggis), 2005
42. PERSEPOLIS (Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi), 2007
43. CITY OF GOD (Fernando Mereilles), 2003
44. INFERNAL AFFAIRS (Wai-keung Lau & Alan Mak), 2002
45. MALENA (Giusepe Tornatore), 2000
46. JUNO (Jason Reitman), 2007
47. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE (Noah Baumbach), 2005
48. DISTRICT 9 (Neil Blonkamp), 2009
49. PIECES OF APRIL (Peter Hedges), 2003
50. FAR FROM HEAVEN (Todd Haynes), 2002
51. BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOUR DEAD (Sidney Lumet), 2007
52. TRAFFIC (Steven Soderbergh), 2000
53. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (Tomas Alfredson), 2009
54. YOU CAN COUNT ON ME (Kenneth Lonergan), 2000
55. 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE (Michael Winterbottom), 2002
56. BILLY ELLIOT (Stephen Daldry), 2000
57. CHILDREN OF MEN (Alfonso Cuaron), 2006
58. RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (Jonathan Demme), 2008
59. THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (Sylvain Chomet), 2003
60. THE OTHERS (Alejandro Amenabar) , 2001
61. NOTES ON A SCANDAL (Richard Eyre), 2006
62. NO MAN’S LAND (Danis Tanovic) , 2001
63. ATONEMENT (Joe Wright), 2007
64. SECRETARY (Steven Shainberg), 2002
65. LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS (Peter Jackson) , 2001
66. HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG (Vadim Perelman), 2003
67. BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater), 2004
68. A SCANNER DARKLY (Richard Linklater), 2006
69. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Ang Lee), 2000
70. (REC) (Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza), 2007
71. I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (Philippe Claudel), 2008
72. LAGAAN (Ashutosh Gowariker), 2002
73. AVATAR (James Cameron), 2009
74. REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (Sam Mendes), 2008
75. ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (Werner Herzog), 2008
76. TIMECODE (Mike Figgis), 2000
77. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Wes Anderson), 2001
78. ELEPHANT (Gus Van Sant), 2003
79. SPIRITED AWAY (Hayao Miyazaki), 2002
80. EL JUEGO DE LA SILLA (Ana Katz), 2002
81. KUNG FU HUSTLE (Stephen Chow), 2005
82. THE PIANIST (Roman Polanski), 2002
83. VOLVER (Pedro Almodovar), 2006
84. ABOUT SCHMIDT (Alexander Payne), 2002
85. THE MAGDALENE SISTERS (Peter Mullan), 2003
86. LOS CRONOCRIMENES (Nacho Vigalondo), 2007
87. ANTI-CHRIST (Lars Von Trier), 2009
88. MARGOT AT THE WEDDING (Noah Baumbach), 2007
89. LOVE ACTUALLY (Richard Curtis), 2003
90. THE KITE RUNNER (Marc Foster), 2007
91. QUILLS (Philip Kauffman), 2000
92. ZOOLANDER (Ben Stiller)
93. TALK TO HER (Pedro Almodovar), 2002
94. SO CLOSE (Corey Yuen), 2003
95. BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN (Larry Charles), 2006
96. HIGH FIDELITY (Stephen Frears), 2000
97. SIN CITY (Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller), 2005
98. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (Woody Allen), 2008
99. NOUSUKAUSI (Johanna Vuoksenmaa), 2003
100. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (David Cronenberg), 2005
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