100 Best Films of the 2000s
Along with Avatar, two other great films were released in 2009. Up from Pixar, the people that brought us Toy Story and Finding Nemo haven't disappointed me yet. And, there is also, Up In Air with George Clooney, a movie that has a very smart script and serious chances to take home Best Picture.
I wrote this list in reverse chronological order. Instead of 2000 to 2009, it goes from 2009 to 2000. Some of my favorite films of the decade are on the list, including The Simpsons Movie, Cast Away, Gladiator and Rocky Balboa. Some of the critically acclaimed, equally brilliant films like No Country for Old Men and Crash made the list.
We've had the most wild, unique, devastating and troubling decade. In 2001, we were attacked by terrorists. The country has since become overwhelmed with paranoia and fear. In 2008, we elected the first African-American President in Barack Obama. We've seen the deaths of many movie legends, including Kathryn Hepburn, Paul Newman and Charlton Heston. Movies have gone from bad to horrible, great to mediocre, and magical to completely lackluster.
In a decade that has given us some of the worst films ever made (GI Joe, Alexander, etc.) and very few of the best films ever, this is my list of the greatest movies of the 2000s.
2009 - Avatar
2009 - Up
2009 - Up In The Air
2008 - The Dark Knight
2008 - Iron Man
2008 - WALL - E
2008 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 - Ghost Town
2007 - Ocean's Thirteen
2007 - Atonement
2007 - Ratatouille
2007 - No Country for Old Men
2007 - The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 - Little Miss Sunshine
2007 - Pan's Labyrinth
2007 - Knocked Up
2007 - The Simpsons Movie
2007 - Sweeney Todd
2007 - Juno
2007 - The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2006 - The Departed
2006 - The Illusionist
2006 - Thank You for Smoking
2006 - Borat
2006 - The Holiday
2006 - Children of Men
2006 - Casino Royale
2006 - Rocky Balboa
2006 - The Pursuit of Happyness
2006 - Apocalypto
2006 - Cars
2006 - The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2005 - Walk The Line
2005 - Crash
2005 - Cinderella Man
2005 - King Kong
2005 - Jarhead
2005 - Batman Begins
2005 - Wedding Crashers
2005 - Star Wars: Episode III - The Revenge of The Sith
2005 - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
2005 - Sin City
2004 - The Passion of The Christ
2004 - Million Dollar Baby
2004 - Ray
2004 - Spider-Man 2
2004 - Aviator
2004 - Troy
2004 - The Bourne Supremacy
2004 - The Incredibles
2004 - The Notebook
2004 - Collateral
2004 - The Terminal
2004 - Kill Bill: Volume 2
2004 - Finding Neverland
2004 - Saw
2004 - Dawn of the Dead
2003 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King
2003 - X2: X-Men Unted
2003 - Finding Nemo
2003 - The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl
2003 - The Last Samurai
2003 - Kill Bill: Volume 1
2003 - Love Actually
2003 - Open Range
2003 - Bruce Almighty
2003 - Something's Gotta Give
2003 - The Italian Job
2003 - Seabiscuit
2003 - 28 Days Laters
2002 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 - Signs
2002 - Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets
2002 - Ice Age
2002 - The Ring
2002 - Road to Perdition
2002 - Catch Me If You Can
2002 - About A Boy
2002 - Chicago
2002 - We Were Soldiers
2002 - Windtalkers
2001 - A Beautiful Mind
2001 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring
2001 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2001 - Spider-Man
2001 - A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
2001 - Shrek
2001 - Black Hawk Down
2001 - A Beautiful Mind
2001 - Ocean's Eleven
2001 - Blow
2001 - The Others
2001 - Swordfish
2001 - The Score
2001 - The Mexican
2001 - The Mummy Returns
2000 - Gladiator
2000 - Cast Away
2000 - X-Men
2000 - What Women Want
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7 Comments
Post a CommentGreat list! you should check out Spirited Away (Best animated movie in traditional animation for the new age and the animated Wizard of Oz is what it is), Hero (Quality martial arts movie), Oldboy (one of the best live-action comic book movies), Let The Right One In (Brilliant Swedish horror drama that is Twilight for adults) and Memento.
Pan's Labyrinth rules.
A good list, actually its a really good list, like I'd want to own most of these movies, but 100 films is easy, Tim Sexton and I narrowed the past decade down to 10 Essential Films. Check it out on my profile.
Where is The Queen????
This list brought back some good movie memories.
I have not seen very many of these.
Perhaps you could get in on the voting on Golden Globes, etc. They need some help and you pick fabulous choices.
What a terrific list, Luke!