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So, I watch this weekly movie critic show called At The Movies, and since there are 10 weeks left in the decade, each of the two critics on the show began counting down their Top 10 movies of the decade, declaring their picks for #10 on their lists. They picked Million Dollar Baby and Minority Report. So it got me thinking about making my own list and having other people make their own. First, I'm posting a preliminary list of contenders by looking through imdb.com's highest ranked movies from 2000 to today. These are not necessarily movie's I'd consider including, but a list of ones others might want to include, that might help refresh their memories.

 

2000:

Memento

Gladiator

Requiem for a Dream

Snatch

X-Men

O Brother Where Art Thou

Cast Away

Almost Famous

Chocolat

Erin Brockovich

Traffic

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

The Perfect Storm

Wonder Boys

The Emperor's New Groove

Unbreakable

Best In Show

 

2001:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone

LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring

Shrek

Monster's Inc

Donnie Darko

Amelie

A Beautiful Mind

Moulin Rouge!

Mulholland Dr

Monsters, Inc

Spirited Away

Training Day

Ali

Monster's Ball

Black Hawk Down

The Royal Tenenbaums

 

2002:

Spider-Man

Star Wars Episode II

LOTR: The Two Towers

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Signs

Chicago

City of God

Minority Report

Gangs of New York

Adaptation

Road To Perdition

Bowling for Columbine

28 Days Later

 

2003:

LOTR: The Return of the King

Finding Nemo

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

The Matrix Reloaded

X2: X-Men United

Kill Bill Vol 1

Lost in Translation

Mystic River

Oldboy

Monster

Whale Rider

The Last Samurai

The Cooler

American Splendor

A Mighty Wind

 

2004:

Shrek 2 (a sure bet to make La Lindsay's top ten list)

Spider-Man 2

Passion of the Christ

The Incredibles

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Kill Bill Vol 2

Crash

Million Dollar Baby

Shaun of the Dead

Collateral

Hotel Rwanda

Ray

Sideways

The Aviator

The Motorcycle Diaries

Fahrenheit 9/11

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Hellboy

 

2005:

Star Wars Episode III

The Chronic(what?)les of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Batman Begins

Sin City

V for Vendetta

Serenity

Walk The Line

Brokeback Mountain

Good Night and Good Luck

Munich

Hustle and Flow

Syrianna

A History of Violence

Murderball

Howl's Moving Castle

The Corpse Bride

Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit

The 40 Year-Old Virgin

 

2006:

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

300

Happy Feet

Casino Royale

The Departed

Children of Men

Little Miss Sunshine

Pan's Labyrinth

Borat

Letters to Iwo Jima

Flags of Our Fathers

The Prestige

United 93

An Inconvenient Truth

Jesus Camp

Clerks 2

 

2007:

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

I Am Legend

Ratatouille

No Country for Old Men

Juno

Superbad

Hot Fuzz

Knocked Up

There Will Be Blood

Sweeney Todd

3:10 To Yuma

Sicko

Persepolis

 

2008:

The Dark Knight

Iron Man

WALL-E

Quantum of Solace

Slumdog Millionaire

Cloverfield

Tropic Thunder

Frost/Nixon

Milk

The Wrestler

In Bruges

Man on Wire

Hellboy II

 

2009:

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Up

Star Trek

Watchmen

Coraline

I Love You, Man

Funny People

Inglorious Basterds

Capitalism: A Love Story

Zombieland

The Invention of Lying

Where the Wild Things Are

District 9

Moon

500 Days of Summer

The Hangover

Bruno

Drag Me To Hell

Observe and Report

Adventureland

 

 

I've probably left off a few gems, so feel free to suggest more, and start working on your list.

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Thanks for the list, Jax. it'll save me some legwork. I'll start thinking of mine and post laters.

 

nick, including on DVD & TV, I've watched nearly 100 films this year alone. like metallica sez: sad but true.

 

 

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OK, here's what I narrowed mine down to thus far solely based on Jax's list...

 

2000:

Memento

Traffic

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Wonder Boys

 

2001:

Amelie

Training Day

 

2002:

LOTR: The Two Towers

Bowling for Columbine

28 Days Later

 

2003:

LOTR: The Return of the King

Finding Nemo

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

Kill Bill Vol 1

Lost in Translation

Oldboy

Whale Rider

 

2004:

Spider-Man 2

Passion of the Christ

The Incredibles

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Kill Bill Vol 2

Million Dollar Baby

The Aviator

 

2005:

Star Wars Episode III

Batman Begins

Sin City

A History of Violence

The 40 Year-Old Virgin

 

2006:

Children of Men

Little Miss Sunshine

 

2007:

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Persepolis

 

2008:

The Dark Knight

Iron Man

WALL-E

Slumdog Millionaire

Man on Wire

 

 

2009:

Star Trek

Watchmen

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based on the list jax has so graciously provided so that my head doesn't melt into goo while trying to think back ten years...i've narrowed it down to this with the help of imagination (as in if i could only watch these).

 

2000:

memento

traffic

Requiem for a Dream (ass to ass, ass to ass!)

 

01:

Amelie

The Royal Tenenbaums (this is my favorite movie of all time. seriously)

 

 

02:

28 Days Later

 

03:

Kill Bill Vol 1

 

04:

The Incredibles

 

05:

Batman Begins

V for Vendetta

 

06:

Pan's Labyrinth

 

07:

Superbad

 

08:

WALL-E

The Dark Knight

Tropic Thunder

 

09:

Moon

Zombieland

Inglorious Basterds

 

 

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Number one is easy. The rest gets a little wonky.

 

1. The Royal Tenenbaums

2.V for Vendetta

3.Kill Bill Vol 1

4.Pan's Labyrinth

5.Tropic Thunder

6.WALL-E

7.The Dark Knight

8.Amelie

9.Requiem for a Dream

10.Moon

 

That was pretty hard. i wish i could fit Inglorious on there.

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damn, 25th hour was good, but i dont even know its in my top 3 for Spike Lee, to be honest. then again, id be borrowing from past this decade, so there's that.

 

1. The Royal Tenenbaums

 

heh, good choice. me, i dug it but i just coudlnt rate it over Life Aquatic.

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see, i adored like everybody in Life Aquatic. heh.

 

1. Oldboy

2. Eternal Sunshine

 

I'll finish later but those are the only two movies I know for sure are #1 and #2 for me. and not just for this decade.

 

this is the start of a fine list. im on board so far.

Fight Club is obviously up there for me as well, possible nods to American Beauty.

 

any list that doesn't include TLotR is bullshit.

 

Those three and the two Bats movies get you five.

 

Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind bring us up to 7.

 

That leaves three movies to fight amongst themselves for the other slots.

 

nay. LoTR fanboy, i say thee nay. fun, yes. lots of walking, sure - not even on my top 10. Matrix 1 now, hell yes.

Batman 1 is solid, not in my top 10 but i woudlnt argue with it...Dark Knight obviously has a much better chance with me (if a fan version could edit out Bale's gravely-nonsense and replace it with say the animated voice, this would be ideal).

Gladiator = poor man's Braveheart (still burnin' that torch) and Beautiful Mind was good but not great (for me). your list is lacking, sir! if you add any of the SW prequels im going to accept that you need to've watch more movies. i know you're gonna wanna add 300, where id prolly opt for Sin City.

 

baytor has a point, too.

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Nick: Fight Club, American Beauty, and the first Matrix were all released in 1999. All fine choices for an all-time list, but do not qualify for 2000-2009. Other amazing 1999 movies that can't make the cut: Election, Being John Malkovich, Dogma, Office Space, Three Kings, South Park, Boondock Saints, Toy Story 2. Ghost Dog was also 1999, so you can't go with the Way of the Samurai either.

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Nick: Fight Club, American Beauty, and the first Matrix were all released in 1999. All fine choices for an all-time list, but do not qualify for 2000-2009. Other amazing 1999 movies that can't make the cut: Election, Being John Malkovich, Dogma, Office Space, Three Kings, South Park, Boondock Saints, Toy Story 2. Ghost Dog was also 1999, so you can't go with the Way of the Samurai either.

 

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dude, fuck this thread decade.

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Ha, when I was deciding what movies to include in my prelim list, I was debate whether to put Whale Rider. I was like "It was good, but is anyone going to put it on a top ten list of the decade?" Ultimately, I went with always erring on the side of including movies for the prelim, prefering to include movies than to exclude.

 

I definitely want at least one (though probably not more than one) Pixar flick on my list, so I have to decide between Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, and the Incredibles. I've already eliminated Ratatotuille, WALL-E, Cars and Up. If a Marvel movie is included, it's between Iron Man, X2 and Spidey 2. I'm not doing any Star Wars, Pirates, Potters, Shreks, or Rings movies. Some movies that are looking good include Amelie, Moulin Rouge, Vanilla Sky (forget that in my prelim list), Bowling For Colombine, Kill Bill (complete, or just Vol 2), American Splendor, Eternal Sunshine, V for Vendetta, Shaun of the Dead, Happy Feet, Juno, Persepolis, and Tropic Thunder.

 

As for movies like 300, Watchmen and Sin City, while they were fun, there's so much excitement I can have for a movie that takes so little liberty with the source material that very little new substances is shown. If Watchman were an original script, it might make it, but ultimately it was just an awesome novelty to see the story portrayed my living breathing actors, and novelties aren't making my top ten list.

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Ha, when I was deciding what movies to include in my prelim list, I was debate whether to put Whale Rider. I was like "It was good, but is anyone going to put it on a top ten list of the decade?" Ultimately, I went with always erring on the side of including movies for the prelim, prefering to include movies than to exclude.

I love that movie. It's the whole family dynamic that gets me--the actual "whale riding" is really peripheral. The film gets me on some primal, emotional level. I'm bawling like a newborn baby every time I watch it. I forget the young actresses name, but it's astonishing to me that she's not a superstar. She was so talented in that film.

 

I definitely want at least one (though probably not more than one) Pixar flick on my list, so I have to decide between Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, and the Incredibles. I've already eliminated Ratatotuille, WALL-E, Cars and Up. If a Marvel movie is included, it's between Iron Man, X2 and Spidey 2. I'm not doing any Star Wars, Pirates, Potters, Shreks, or Rings movies. Some movies that are looking good include Amelie, Moulin Rouge, Vanilla Sky (forget that in my prelim list), Bowling For Colombine, Kill Bill (complete, or just Vol 2), American Splendor, Eternal Sunshine, V for Vendetta, Shaun of the Dead, Happy Feet, Juno, Persepolis, and Tropic Thunder.

 

As for movies like 300, Watchmen and Sin City, while they were fun, there's so much excitement I can have for a movie that takes so little liberty with the source material that very little new substances is shown. If Watchman were an original script, it might make it, but ultimately it was just an awesome novelty to see the story portrayed my living breathing actors, and novelties aren't making my top ten list.

I haven't seen UP, but I tried to follow the same rule about only ONE Pixar film. It was between Nemo and WALL-E for me. The Incredibles was outstanding, but the entire premise was lifted straight from the Fantastic Four. Nemo would likely be the most original story out of the bunch, but WALL-E was just so creative and innovative in so many ways that it took the spot on the list for me.

 

Spidey 2 is the best Marvel film to date. Iron Man is a close second, but S2 is just pitch perfect on all levels.

 

And putting Happy Feet ahead of POTC is just pure lunacy.

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Not sure how the top ten will go but my prelim was ludicrously easy.

 

2000:

Memento

Snatch

O Brother Where Art Thou

 

2001: (I was hesitant to leave Amelie off but as good as it was it just runs off of me like rainwater, I never felt compelled to own it, so didn't make it)

LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring

Spirited Away

Training Day

 

2002: Adaptation probably would've made the list, but I haven't seen it, so...

Spider-Man

LOTR: The Two Towers

28 Days Later

 

2003:

LOTR: The Return of the King

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

X2: X-Men United

Kill Bill Vol 1

Lost in Translation

Oldboy

 

2004:

Spider-Man 2

The Incredibles

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Kill Bill Vol 2

Crash

Shaun of the Dead

Collateral

Hellboy

 

2005:

Sin City

Walk The Line

A History of Violence

 

2006:

300

The Departed

Children of Men

Little Miss Sunshine

Clerks 2

 

2007: Haven't seen Persepolis

Ratatouille

No Country for Old Men

Juno

Superbad

Hot Fuzz

 

2008: Haven't seen the Wrestler

The Dark Knight

Iron Man

WALL-E

Slumdog Millionaire

Tropic Thunder

In Bruges

 

2009: Haven't seen Moon

Up

Star Trek

Watchmen

Inglorious Basterds

Where the Wild Things Are

District 9

The Hangover

Drag Me To Hell

Observe and Report

 

So there's all that.

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I love that movie. It's the whole family dynamic that gets me--the actual "whale riding" is really peripheral. The film gets me on some primal, emotional level. I'm bawling like a newborn baby every time I watch it. I forget the young actresses name, but it's astonishing to me that she's not a superstar. She was so talented in that film.

 

Her name is Keisha Castle-Hughes, and she should have won an Oscar for that performance. She has been in a few things. Actually, she was in TWO of your top ten movies. Whale Rider and Star Wars Episode III, where she played Queen Apailana of Naboo. She also played the Virgin Mary in The Nativity Story, which might have been a big hit riding on the heels of The Passion, but she got pregnancy out of wedlock before the film came out and the Pope would not endorse the film because of it. After that, the distribution wasn't as wide as expected and the film kinda flopped.

 

I haven't seen UP, but I tried to follow the same rule about only ONE Pixar film. It was between Nemo and WALL-E for me. The Incredibles was outstanding, but the entire premise was lifted straight from the Fantastic Four. Nemo would likely be the most original story out of the bunch, but WALL-E was just so creative and innovative in so many ways that it took the spot on the list for me.

 

As for the the Incredibles, the family thing was lifted alot from Fantastic Four, but the whole criminalization of supers, that's taken more from X-men/Watchmen, and the angle that supers were outlawed from crime fighting because of the legal liabilities for personal injury, it was a unique and hilarious take on it. And the Incredibles was a much better movie than the F4 movie was, and frankly, better than any F4 could have hoped to be. And Nemo's plot was not that original. Baby loses one parent, parent is protective, single parent and child get separated, parent journeys to find child. The basic plot outline is standard Disney fare, not that I thought the movie was anythign short of worthy of being on my top ten list.

 

And putting Happy Feet ahead of POTC is just pure lunacy.

 

Man, all the Pirates movie were fun, but that's pretty much it. I'm not including a movie on my list that I can't say anything else other than 'it was fun.' Happy Feet has been an emotional experience for me every time I've seen it. The first time you se it, it really catches you off guard how the movie transforms from this small story about being different into an epic monomythic quest. Plus, I'm a really sucker for jukebox musicals, but a jukebox musical with songs my Prince, Stevie Wonder, Steve Miller, Earth Wind and Fire, Queen, Sinatra, the Beach Boys, Elvis and the Beatles? Man...it's like it was made with my input.

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Her name is Keisha Castle-Hughes, and she should have won an Oscar for that performance. She has been in a few things. Actually, she was in TWO of your top ten movies. Whale Rider and Star Wars Episode III, where she played Queen Apailana of Naboo. She also played the Virgin Mary in The Nativity Story, which might have been a big hit riding on the heels of The Passion, but she got pregnancy out of wedlock before the film came out and the Pope would not endorse the film because of it. After that, the distribution wasn't as wide as expected and the film kinda flopped.

Ah, you answered all my questions right there. I didn't know she got knocked up, and so young, too. I heard about The Nativity, but didn't know she was in it. I knew she was in SW ROTS, but as I recall she had maybe one line, if that. Or was her line in AOTC? I think so, huh? IN ROTS she was just in the funeral procession at the end, right?

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