Cinema

This will be a bit list-heavy. Way it goes.

Top 30 Films of the 2000′s

30. The Virgin Suicides

29. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story

28. Punch Drunk Love

27. Capturing the Friedmans

26. Shattered Glass

25. Inglourious Basterds

24. The 40 Year-Old Virgin/ Superbad

23. Up in the Air

22. Crash

21. Wall*E

20. In the Bedroom

19. The Departed

18. No Country For Old Men

17. 25^th Hour

16. Closer

15. Capote

14. Requiem For a Dream

13. Once

12. The Dark Knight

11. Signs

10. The Aviator

9. Memento

8. High Fidelity

7. There Will Be Blood

6. Adaptation

5. Kill Bill

4. The Incredibles

3. Traffic

2. The Royal Tenenbaums

1. The Lord of the Rings

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE: The Passion of the Christ

2008:

25. Frost/Nixon

24. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

23. Gran Torino

22. Smells Like Teen Spirit: A Popumentary

21. Ironman

20. The Visitor

19. W.

18. Kung-Fu Panda

17. Role Models

16. Happy-Go-Lucky

15. The Wrestler

14. ZIFT

13. Recount

12. Snow Angels

11. Speed Racer

10. In Bruges

9. Milk

8. Man on Wire

7. Doubt

6. Rachel Getting Married

5. Che

4. Synecdoche, New York

3. Slumdog Millionaire

2. Wall*E

1. The Dark Knight

2007:

10. The Darjeeling Limited
9. Zodiac
8. Lars and the Real Girl
7. Knocked Up
6. Black Snake Moan
5. Into the Wild
4. Once
3. Ratatouille
2. No Country For Old Men
1. There Will Be Blood

2006:
10. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
9. Brick
8. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
7. Pan’s Labyrinth
6. Little Children
5. Babel
4. United 93
3. A Prairie Home Companion
2. The Queen
1. The Departed

2005:
10. Junebug
9. Good Night and Good Luck
8. Me and You and Everyone We Know
7. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
6. Batman Begins
5. Sin City
4. King Kong
3. Munich
2. Capote
1. Crash

2004:
10. Finding Neverland
9. Spiderman 2
8. Sideways
7. Kill Bill: Volume 2
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5. Million Dollar Baby
4. The Aviator
3. Closer
2. The Incredibles
1. The Passion of the Christ

2003:
10. The Matrix Reloaded/ The Matrix Revolutions
9. The Cooler
8. Matchstick Men
7. Mystic River
6. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
5. Capturing the Friedmans
4. Whale Rider
3. In America
2. Shattered Glass
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2002:
10. Chicago
9. Road to Perdition
8. One Hour Photo
7. Changing Lanes
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
5. Narc
4. Gangs of New York
3. 25th Hour
2. Adaptation
1. Signs

2001:
10. Monster’s Ball
9. Amelie
8. Black Hawk Down
7. A Beautiful Mind
6. Vanilla Sky
5. Donnie Darko
4. The Royal Tenenbaums
3. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2. In the Bedroom
1. Memento

2000:
10. Amores Perros
9. Requiem For A Dream
8. Gladiator
7. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
6. Wonder Boys
5. The Virgin Suicides
4. The Big Kahuna
3. Almost Famous
2. High Fidelity
1. Traffic

1999:
10. The Sixth Sense
9. Three Kings
8. Bringing Out the Dead
7. Fight Club
6. Eyes Wide Shut
5. Being John Malkovich
4. The Insider
3. Magnolia
2. The Matrix
1. American Beauty

ALL-TIME:
I am the first to admist some of these pics seem…obvious. I look at it and I think…really? And then I go through one by one and try to remove one of them. But for some reason, I cannot. If I had only 10 films (11) to reach the world, these are the 10 I choose (11). But, really, how can a man narrow it all down to just 10 (11)? That’s just not fair. #1 am for certain, and if it should change, then I should be someone else and not any longer me. It is definitive and unyielding. The others I love and occupy a space in my personal history as well as cinematic. This is why it is my Top 10 (11).

10. (TIE) American Beauty / The Matrix
9. Network
8. Saving Private Ryan
7. L.A. Confidential
6. The Shawshank Redemption
5. Scenes From a Marriage
4. The Lord of the Rings
3. Citizen Kane
2. Pulp Fiction
1. Magnolia