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Your top 10 movies of the decade...

posted 15 years ago by marinersfanfromny
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As the decade nears it's completion, what films do you consider to be your favorite? It was a question posed on At the Movies, and I thought I should start the debate here. My top ten, which are not really in any particular order:
10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
9. Batman Begins
8. Wall-E
7. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
6. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
5. Oldboy
4. the Lives of Others
3. No Country for Old Men
2. the Lord of the Rings trilogy
1. Hero

[–] RestlessRust 15 years ago

Some of these may not necessarily be the best but simply ones I thoroughly enjoyed (in no particular order):

Blood Diamond
Hero
Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
Up
United 93
Black Hawk Down
Little Miss Sunshine
Memento
Spider-Man
Get Smart

[–] k00ldude 15 years ago

This is so hard to do...

10. The Dark Knight
9. Minority Report
8. Vanilla Sky
7. Big Fish
6. The Aviator
5. A Beautiful Mind
4. Snatch
3. Frost/Nixon
2. Anchorman (Think people will forget about this one when they pick their lists)
1. The Departed

Respectable? It was hard finding ten movies that i thought were worthy to be in a top 10. I'm sure I forgot a few, but i think the 90's had a lot more great movies.

It's pointless to be making these lists now, there is still 1 year 2 months left of this decade.

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[–] RestlessRust 15 years ago

there is still 1 year 2 months left of this decade

I assume they are going with the '00 definition for the decade, which would not include '10. (Would you include 1990 in the '80s?)

But yes, we still have 2 months, and those will include many of this year's Oscar contenders.

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[–] k00ldude 15 years ago

I think The Departed is a great movie. Its got action, suspense, and comedy. Its one of the most entertaining movies I've ever seen. I wasn't able to find a lot of movies that I loved in this decade because either a) the movies I saw didn't blow me away, although they were good (ex. No Country), or b) I haven't seen a lot of movies from this decade. I tend to watch older movies more often and miss out on the newer stuff. I also need to see a movie 2 or 3 times befre i really really like it.

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[–] A_Signifier 15 years ago

01. AI: Artificial Intelligence
02. 25th Hour
03. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
04. There Will Be Blood
05. Lost in Translation
06. The Lives of Others
07. Gangs of New York
08. The Lord of the Rings
09. Adaptation.
10. Letters from Iwo JimaChampagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends.

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[–] rmwaal 15 years ago

10. Junebug
9. Finding Nemo
8. No Country for Old Men
7. The Wrestler
6. Sideways
5. Little Miss Sunshine
4. Kill Bill (Vol. 1 + 2)
3. Memento
2. Mystic River
1. Adaptation.

That's just me.

[–] A_Signifier 15 years ago

Thanks. I actually think that The Departed is a pretty great crime film, though. Not Scorsese's best but I found it to be tremendously enjoyable.

Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends.

[–] RestlessRust 15 years ago

I'm surprised I've been the only one to go with Blood Diamond and Up. I thought those were two excellent films.

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[–] smirknow 15 years ago

1. City of God
2. Lost in Translation
3. Slumdog Millionaire
4. Collateral
5. Juno
6. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
7. Knocked Up
8. Requiem for a Dream
9. In Bruges
10. Stranger than Fiction

[–] Clearlylosingit 15 years ago

My taste definitely leans more towards Scott Phillips’. I thought ‘Million Dollar Baby’ was a supremely overrated, clichéd, bloated, sentimental melodrama. While I loved ‘Eternal Sunshine’ when I initially saw it, my affection for the film has waned with each succeeding viewing.

My Top thirty best films of the decade are as follows:

1. Lost in Translation
2. Almost Famous
3. The Wrestler
4. Mulholland Drive
5. Ghost World
6. Y Tu Mama Tambien
7. Pan’s Labyrinth
8. Before Sunset
9. Traffic
10. tie: The Squid and the Whale/ City of God
11. Sideways
12. Pride & Prejudice
13. WALL*E
14. American Splendor
15. United 93
16. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
17. The Hurt Locker
18. Capote
19. You Can Count On Me
20. Volver
21. About A Boy
22. The Band’s Visit
23. Wit
24. In America
25. Minority Report
26. Spiderman 2
27. Memento
28. Adaptation
29. Gosford Park
30. tie: Spirited Away/ Yi Yi
31. Talk to Her
32. Munich
33. Far From Heaven
34. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
35. No Country For Old Men
36. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
37. The Lives of Others
38. Finding Nemo
39. Up
40. Children of Men
41. Black Hawk Down
42. Amos Peroes
43. Ratatouille
43. Letters From Iwo Jima
44. In the Bedroom
45. Juno
46. Secretary
47. Still Life
48. Iron Man
49. 25th Hour
50. About Schmidt

Pie Ho fo life!

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[–] eldag0 15 years ago

United 93
The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Children of Men
In America
There Will Be Blood
Minority Report
The Lives of Others
Whale Rider
Away From Her
4 Months, 3 Weeks, & 2 Days

[–] stevenackerman69 15 years ago

I don't think we should be making lists until the damn decade ends. There are candidates, yes, but no definite list. I guess the best film I've seen this decade is United 93, which didn't go for cliches and seemed real. It made no statements and stayed in real time.

[–] bat_on 15 years ago

1.The Prestige
2.The Wrestler
3.Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
4.Memento
5.WALL-E
6.The Dark Knight
7.Moliere
8.Gran Torino
9.Pans Labyrinth
10. Benjamin Button

[–] srn1608-1 15 years ago

Synecdoche, New York (2008)
The Dark Knight (2008)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
The Departed (2006)
United 93 (2006)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Minority Report (2002)
Memento (2000)
Traffic(2000)

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[–] flipboy923 15 years ago

Number 1 - City of God

(no particular order, subject to change...probably by tomorrow)
In the Mood for Love
Let the Right One In
Children of Men
Once
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Gosford Park
There Will Be Blood
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
The Lives of Others

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[–] tommypezmaster 15 years ago

10.) The Sololist

9.) Camp

8.) Doogal

7.) The Golden Compass

6.) Away We Go

5.) Mr. Bean's Holiday

4.) Garfield: The Movie

3.) Superbad

2.) (500) Days of Summer

1.) Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

[–] MisterWhiplash 15 years ago

.... you did not seriously put Doogal on your best of the decade list, did you?

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