Best Films of the 2000's

[jbissell]

Just finished EUREKA and it's going in my top 5.

Good to hear.  It's one I've been meaning to catch for a long time but am still looking for a big chunk of time.

[Barry Egan]

You Can Count on Me
Shattered Glass
Red Vs. Blue
Punch Drunk Love
The Lives of Others

[hugman]

i second you can count on me. one of my all time faves.
i think right now Inglourious Basterds might be my favorite movie.  I'm sure it'll pass, but I just saw it a third time without diminishing returns.

[ben]

This Is England.

Kudos to Omar for including that.

That was a tremendous film.

[Joe Rogaine]

haven't seen chicago 10, billy the kid or united 93 mentioned

Meh Billy The Kid was ok.


Dont know about the rest of the 00's but Goodbye Solo might be my favorite film of this year.

[Kid Pain]

OVERNIGHT is in the discussion for me

[crumbum]

Has anyone mentioned Pan's Labyrinth? It's on my top ten list.

[Chris L]

I'm this close to putting Pootie Tang in the top 50.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Children of Men
Zizek
Synecdoche, NY
Mulholland Drive
Spirited Away
Talladega Nights
Grizzly Man
Inside Man
Brokeback Mountain
Zodiac
Donnie Darko
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Wonder Boys
The Royal Tenenbaums
Pan's Labyrinth
Inglourious Basterds (ambivalent about this one also)
The Lives of Others
There Will Be Blood
Enron
Les Triplettes de Belleville
Monster
Bad Education
Talk To Her
The Wrestler
Ghost World
28 Days Later
Jackass
Best In Show
Ratatouille
Bad Santa
Spider-Man 2
Let The Right One In
Wall-E
Kings and Queen
City of God
Borat
The Station Agent
The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Lots of good stuff on this thread I haven't seen.  To the Netflix queue!

[Martin]

The AV Club's best films of the '00s

Some moronic shockers. (Moulin Rouge!, AI, Almost Famous, Y tu mama tambien - although I've been known to disagree with almost all lists. Also: Mulholland Dr at #18?!)

[crumbum]

i don't mean to be a contrarian, but i'm surprised there's such consensus around the net on There Will Be Blood as being in the top three of the decade. intellectually i can appreciate the achievement but i thought it was a ponderous snooze for long stretches. i enjoyed Punch Drunk Love a lot more.

at least a lot of people seem to have come around to the correct view that Dark Knight was not worth getting so excited about.

[colonel panic]

Has anyone mentioned Pan's Labyrinth? It's on my top ten list.

Agreed. I just watched PL for the first time recently. That is an underrated gem, I believe. And it was much more aggressive and violent then I ever imagined because I was expecting Alice in Wonderland (I don't read the newsies so I don't ever know what's going on).

[jbissell]

The AV Club's best films of the '00s

Some moronic shockers. (Moulin Rouge!, AI, Almost Famous, Y tu mama tambien - although I've been known to disagree with almost all lists. Also: Mulholland Dr at #18?!)

Are you really shocked that Y tu mama tambien made the list? It seems like that's the one "critically acclaimed foreign indie" type film from this decade that a lot of people have seen.  For what it's worth, I found the "films that only showed up on one person's ballot" list to be a little more interesting, but I've always preferred seeing an individual list to the collective one.

[samir]

Mr. Grote, I believe you forgot BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD in your list.
Forever, when I think of that film, I'll think of your screed against it. Is screed the right word?

[Martin]

The AV Club's best films of the '00s

Some moronic shockers. (Moulin Rouge!, AI, Almost Famous, Y tu mama tambien - although I've been known to disagree with almost all lists. Also: Mulholland Dr at #18?!)

Are you really shocked that Y tu mama tambien made the list? It seems like that's the one "critically acclaimed foreign indie" type film from this decade that a lot of people have seen.  For what it's worth, I found the "films that only showed up on one person's ballot" list to be a little more interesting, but I've always preferred seeing an individual list to the collective one.

Fair enough. And I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised that Almost Famous and AI showed up either.