Top 12 of the Decade: The 2000s

[i got bugs]

The dark knight
The Devils rejects
Rambo
Inglorious basterds
Borat
No Country for old men
Snatch
Bournes
Iron man
X2

[i got bugs]

I love the newest Rambo to death, fuck it

Wait batman begins should be on there too, or does that not count bec it goes along w tdk

[The Argonaut]

Batman Begins made my shortlist, but TDK didn't come close.

[LetMeSleep]

Heaven
Thankyou For Smoking
No Country For Old Men
I'm Not There
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Howl's Moving Castle
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Amelie
28 Days Later
Shaun Of The Dead

The Damon Bournes are pretty good too.

[BurtReynolds]

Digging through the top 1000 US movies, my list is the following:

10. Coraline
9. The Dark Knight
8. Black Swan
7. Idiocracy
6. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
5. Thank You for Smoking
4. Children of Men
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Adaptation.
1. Rango


Honorable mention:
Super, The Fountain, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Other Guys, 300, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Winter's Bone, WALL·E, Gangs of New York, Up in the Air, Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Jarhead, The Darjeeling Limited, Team America: World Police, Primer, The Adventures of Tintin, The New World, District 9, The Constant Gardener, Lost in Translation

[LetMeSleep]

for Thank You For Smoking

and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was great too.

[BurtReynolds]

[epilogue]

1. Mulholland Drive
2. Dancer in the Dark
3. Memento
4. Talk to Her
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. Children of Men
6. Donnie Darko
7. No Country for Old Men
8. The Fountain
10. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Honorable Mentions:

(11) High Fidelity
(12) Storytelling
(13) American Psycho
(14) Before Sunset
(15) 25th Hour

[Alex]

my list is benjamin button 10 times

[epilogue]

my list is benjamin button 10 times

[epilogue]

I should probably move it up to #4. But those first three are pretty rooted. Everything after is flexible.

[E.H. Ruddock]

my list is benjamin button 10 times

Wat

[malice]

Digging through the top 1000 US movies, my list is the following:

10. Coraline
9. The Dark Knight
8. Black Swan
7. Idiocracy
6. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
5. Thank You for Smoking
4. Children of Men
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Adaptation.
1. Rango


Honorable mention:
Super, The Fountain, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Other Guys, 300, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Winter's Bone, WALL·E, Gangs of New York, Up in the Air, Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Jarhead, The Darjeeling Limited, Team America: World Police, Primer, The Adventures of Tintin, The New World, District 9, The Constant Gardener, Lost in Translation

district 9 was a pretty wild fucking movie, if I made these kinds of lists it'd probably be in the top 10 just for the fucked up factor of the whole thing.

[McParadigm]

My movies lists are always useless because I'm such a terrible pussy.

I never end up seeing movies that are or could be upsetting unless A. someone tricks me into it (Dogville, Happiness), B. I stumble upon someone starting the movie and end up sticking around praying that things will turn around (Requiem for a Dream, Maria Full of Grace), or I C. totally fail to understand what it is I'm getting myself into like an idiot (Pan's Labyrinth, Mystic River).

Once I have seen these movies, I can never bring myself to think highly of them no matter how good they were, because jesus fucking christ. And quite often, I just never see them if I can avoid it (The Road, No Country for Old Men).

It's a problem, and an inconsistent one at that. On the one hand, even when it's over the top to the point of stupidity (see: Quentin Tarantino), it can sometimes bother me too much. I was done with Kill Bill as soon as they held up that filthy vasoline jar. Hands are up, I surrender, I'm out. On the other, plenty of movies that I would think would be a problem never bother me at all. So I don't know what the deal is. Maybe it's the mix of brutality and casual indifference that really does it. I dunno.

But some movies I think highly of from that time frame:

Lust, Caution
Good Night, and Good Luck
Everything is Illuminated
The Proposition
Up in the Air
Notes on a Scandal
Wall-E
Four Lions
Eternal Sunshine
There Will Be Blood
Shutter Island
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Frost/Nixon
The Fellowship of the Ring (as a standalone I prefer this to the sequels)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Broken Flowers

[@SkitchP]

If McP can't honor thread integrity, what do we have left?!

[McParadigm]

Integrity is no more a part of this world than is dignity, my friend.

[E.H. Ruddock]

So did you like Maria Full of Grace, McP?

[McParadigm]

I thought each of the movies I used as examples were good. That's why I referenced them.

[lowlight79]

good Night and good luck, a forgotten terrific film

[LoathedVermin72]

good Night and good luck, a forgotten terrific film

I'm not sure I'd call that "forgotten"...