Top 10 movies of the decade -- you choose
Over the next month and a half I have a major task. Not only do I have to come up with my top 10 movies of 2009, I have to come up with the top 10 movies of the decade.
The problem, of course, is that I can barely remember what I saw last week, much less what I saw in 2004.
Oh, sure, I can do research, and I will. But I realized it might also be helpful, or at least interesting to ask others to post their top films of the past 10 years (that would be 2000 forward).
So go ahead, post them by clicking "comment" below, either with or without explanation. Or if not a formal top 10 -- doing such things is harder than it looks, trust me -- at least some suggestions.
So far, all I can think of is "Doomsday." Oh, yeah, "Orphan." Maybe "The Departed." Alec Baldwin was so cherry in that.
And so it begins ...
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Top 10 Movies of 2000's
In retrospect, Children of Men would be in my top 5 so bump each film down one spot...
Top 10 Movies of 2000's
Off the top of my head
10. Hotel Rwanda
9. Garden State
8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
7. Erin Brockovich
6. No Country For Old Men
5. Memento
4. The Departed
3. Requiem For a Dream
2. Traffic
1. City of God
10 films from the last decade...
Here are some that I like, they are in no particular order:
The Departed (I also like the HK flick it's based on, Infernal Affairs)
Lars and the Real Girl
No Country for Old Men
Donnie Darko
Slumdog Millionaire
Brokeback Mountain
The Machinist
In the Mood for Love
The Devil's Backbone
Half-Nelson
Little Children
Frozen River
The Royal Tennenbaums
There Will Be Blood
Hero
almost anything with Cate Blanchett
Top 10 Movies of the Decade
10- Gran Torino 9- Blow 8- Catch Me if you Can 7- A Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy 6- Apocalypto 5- X-Men 2 4- V for Vendetta 3- Black Hawk Down 2- Dark Knight 1- Lord of the Rings
Black Hawk Down, interesting... and all seem agreed that LOTR is one moive (as is Kill Bill)
Top 10 Movies
1. Lord of the rings
2. Kill Bill Volume I and II
3. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
4. The Dark Knight
5. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
6. Hot Fuzz
7. Superbad
8. The Hangover
9. Wedding Crashers
10. No country for old men
Honorable mentions(I know the list is long): The royal tenenbaums, Gangs of new york, Crouching tiger, hidden dragon, Finding Nemo, X2, Pirates of the Caribbean: the curse of the black pearl, Old school, Bad santa, Garden state, Sin city, A history of violence, Casino royale, V for vendetta, Pan's labyrinth, Grindhouse, Star trek, Taken, Inglourious basterds
There's a theme going on here (Sarah Marshall?) until you hit the honorable mentions...
Top 10 Movies of the Decade
1) Memento(Still not sure after repeated viewings what happened)
2) Lord of the Rings Trilogy
3) Million Dollar Baby(Total sucker punch to the gut thought about the ending for days)
4) Wall-E(The first 45 minutes was a masterpiece)
5) Spider Man 2
6) Little Miss Sunshine
7) Infernal Affairs(Original The Departed for the non movie geeks)
8) Lost In Translation
9) The Incredibles
10) 40 Year Old Virgin
Honorable Mention
A History of Violence
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle(Racial stereotypes were spot on and funny)
Hard Candy(Ellen Page was just plain scary)
Just Friends(sentimental reasons first time I laughed out loud over and over again after my mother passed away)
Top Ten movies of the decade
Wanted to add a few movies that I haven't seen listed:
In Bruges
The Visitor
The Hurt Locker
28 Days Later
We Were Soldiers
Open Range
Children of Men
The Hangover
The Bourne Identity
Kill Bill 1 & 2
"28 Days Later," the "Kill Bills" and (really nice pick) "Open Range" all warrant consideration, no question
Top 10 of the '00s
In no particular order:
- The Departed
- Lost in Translation
- Casino Royale
- Lord of the Rings (I count it as one movie)
- Master and Commander
- Gangs of New York
- Gladiator
- There Will Be Blood
- Munich
- Before Sunset
Top Ten Movies
I can't imagine a list of the top 10 movies of the decade without American Beauty on it. Funny, thought provoking, and some very good acting. It was a critics darling, but alos did well with the general audience.
The problem is, "American Beauty" came out in 1999. But it would definitely be on my list for the '90s...
Top Ten Movies
When compiling such a list, you have to average in three things: 1) Quailty (30%) 2) Historical Relevence (20%) 3) Fun (50%). The Lord of the Rings trilogy is listed as one -- to make the list longer and thus.. more fun.
That said, here's my list in a particular order.
10) Lost in Translation
9) Shrek
8) Gran Torino
7) The Descent
6) Star Trek
5) Kill Bill: Vol. 1
4) Into the Wild
3) Iron Man
2) Juno
1) Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
I would've liked to add The Incredibles, 500 Days of Summer, Pan's Labyrinth, Drag Me To Hell, and City of God -- but they just missed the cut. They would round out my top 15.
Yeah, The Descent ocurred to me this morning. I'm actually thinking of breaking it down by genres -- horror, romance, comedy, sci fi, etc. And The Descent is probably the leading horror contender... until I remember some other great horror film...
Top 10 of the '00s
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
2. Almost Famous (2000)
3. Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)
4. No Country for Old Men (2007)
5. The Wrestler (2008)
6. Memento (2001)
7. I'm Not There (2007)
8. Adaptation (2002)
9. Inglorious Basterds (2009)
10. There Will Be Blood (2007)
I'll probably change my mind tomorrow, then again the next day, and again the next day... that's just how these lists go.
Cheers,
Joe
That's why I'm digging the suggestions... each list has another movie I hadn't thought of, which just gets me thinking some more. Thanks for the list
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