Many people are making end of decade lists, so I thought why shouldn't I as well? I know! I'm glad you agree.
I'm calling this list "favorite movies" because I am not claiming that they are the best of each year, just that they are the ones I liked. Of course all of this comes with a warning: there are an astonishing number of movies that I should have seen that I haven't yet, and looking at each year's lists of films released made me feel enormously guilty (shouldn't I have found time by now to see "Gosford Park?" or "28 Weeks Later?" or "Hellboy 2?"). So if you notice a year that has only one or two titles listed, that doesn't necessarily mean it was an awful year for movies--it might just mean I missed pretty much everything that year. But if a title that you would think should be on anyone's best of list is missing, that also doesn't necessarily mean that I didn't see it--I might just not have liked it that much (sorry, "Dark Knight).
So here is my collection of decade favorites, organized by year, and at the end there is my best of the best list. Questions? Problems? Disagreements? Disparaging remarks about my taste in movies? Please let me know.
2000
Best in Show
Billy Elliott
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Memento
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2001
Millenium Actress
Mulholland Drive
Spirited Away
2002
Minority Report
Spider-Man
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Howl's Moving Castle
Spider-Man 2
2005
Capote
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
2006
Children of Men
The Illusionist
Pan's Labyrinth
2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Enchanted
Hot Fuzz
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
2008
In Bruges
Iron Man
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
2009*
Star Trek
*Grade this year incomplete, as I've hardly seen any movies at all. Hopefully I'll catch up soon and maybe will add a few titles from this year.
Stupid Fun Throughout the Decade: Bring It On, The Italian Job, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Red Eye, Wedding Crashers
Best of the Best
This was easier than I thought it would be. I found that there were really only a very few movies that I saw over the last ten years that really stayed with me beyond the initial viewing.
In alphabetical order:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Howl's Moving Castle
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Michael Clayton
Millenium Actress
Pan's Labyrinth
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
And my final, overall top three:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Mulholland Drive
Spider-Man 2
Now all I have to do is catch up on all those movies I missed.
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