Favorite Films of The 2000’s

2009

  1. Bright Star – Directed by Jane Campion

2. A Prophet – Directed by Jacques Audiard

3. Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans – Directed by Werner Herzog

4. A Serious Man – Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

5. The White Ribbon – Directed by Michael Haneke

6. A Single Man – Directed by Tom Ford

7. Public Enemies – Directed by Michael Mann 

8. Inglourious Basterds – Directed by Quentin Tarantino

9. The Messenger – Directed by Oren Moverman

10. I Am Love – Directed by Luca Guadagnino

11. Crazy Heart – Directed by Scott Cooper

12. The Road – Directed by John Hillcoat

13. An Education – Directed by Lone Scherfig

14. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Directed by Niels Arden Oplev

15. White Material – Directed by Claire Denis

16. Where The Wild Things Are – Directed by Spike Jonze

17. Avatar – Directed by James Cameron

18. In The Loop – Directed by Armando Iannucci

19. It’s Complicated – Directed by Nancy Meyers

20. Away We Go – Directed by Sam Mendes

21. The Informant! – Directed by Steven Soderbergh

22. Mother – Directed by Bong Joon-ho

23. Brothers – Directed by Jim Sheridan

24. Adventureland – Directred by Greg Mottola

25. Drag Me To Hell – Directed by Sam Raimi

26. Fish Tank – Directed by Andrea Arnold

2008

  1. Synecdoche, New York – Directed by Charlie Kaufman

2. The Dark Knight – Directed by Christopher Nolan

3. Let The Right One In – Directed by Tomas Alfredson

4. The Wrestler – Directed by Darren Aronofsky

5. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – Directed by David Fincher

6. Two Lovers – Directed by James Gray

7. Doubt – Directed by John Patrick Shanley

8. Milk – Directed by Gus Van Sant

9. The Hurt Locker – Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

10. Man On Wire – Directed by James Marsh

11. Wendy And Lucy – Directed by Kelly Reichardt

12. Vicky Cristina Barcelona – Directed by Woody Allen

13. Gran Torino – Directed by Clint Eastwood

14. Still Walking – Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda

15. Rachel Getting Married – Directed by Jonathan Demme

16. Che: Part One – Directed by Steven Soderbergh

17. Che: Part Two – Directed by Steven Soderbergh

18. Happy-Go-Lucky – Directed by Mike Leigh

19. Burn After Reading – Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

20. Frost/Nixon – Directed by Ron Howard 

21. Appaloosa – Directed by Ed Harris

22. Il Divo – Directed by Paolo Sorrentino

23. Revolutionary Road – Directed by Sam Mendes

24. W. – Directed by Oliver Stone

25. Gomorrah – Directed by Matteo Garrone 

2007

  1. There Will Be Blood – Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson 

2. The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford – Directed by Andrew Dominik

3. I’m Not There – Directed byTodd Haynes

4. No Country For Old Men – Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

5. Michael Clayton – Directed by Tony Gilroy

6. Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead – Directed by Sidney Lumet

7. We Own The Night – Directed by James Gray

8. Margot At The Wedding – Directed by Noah Baumbach

9. Zodiac – Directed by David Fincher

10. Atonement – Directed by Joe Wright

11. 3:10 To Yuma – Directed by James Mangold

12. The Diving Bell And The Butterfly – Directed by Julian Schnabel

13. American Gangster – Directed by Ridley Scott 

14. Eastern Promises – Directed by David Cronenberg

15. Into The Wild – Directed by Sean Penn

16. The Darjeeling Limited – Directed by Wes Anderson

17. Once – Directed by John Carney

18. Control – Directed by Anton Corbijn

19. La Vie en Rose – Directed by Olivier Dahan

20. Hot Fuzz – Directed by Edgar Wright

21. Planet Terror – Directed by Robert Rodriguez

22. Death Proof – Directed by Quentin Tarantino 

23. Charlie Wilson’s War – Directed by Mike Nichols

2006

  1. Half Nelson – Directed by Ryan Fleck

2. The Departed – Directed by Martin Scorsese

3. A Scanner Darkly – Directed by Richard Linklater

4. The Fountain – Directed by Darren Aronofsky

5. The Prestige – Directed by Christopher Nolan 

6. The Science Of Sleep – Directed by Michel Gondry

7. Children Of Men – Directed by Alfonso Cuaron

8. Candy – Directed by Neil Armfield

9. Notes On A Scandal – Directed by Richard Eyre

10. Rescue Dawn – Directed by Werner Herzog

11. Babel – Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

12. Reprise – Directed by Joachim Trier

13. Bug – Directed by William Friedkin

14. The Host – Directed by Bong Joon-ho

15. Inland Empire – Directed by David Lynch

16. Lights In The Dusk – Directed by Aki Kaurismaki

2005

  1. The New World – Directed by Terrence Malick

2. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan – Directed by Martin Scorsese 

3. The Squid And The Whale – Directed by Noah Baumbach

4. A History Of Violence – Directed by David Cronenberg

5. Batman Begins – Directed by Christopher Nolan

6. The Beat That My Heart Skipped – Directed by Jacques Audiard

7. The Constant Gardener – Directed by Fernando Meirelles

8. Capote – Directed by Bennett Miller

9. Brokeback Mountain – Directed by Ang Lee

10. Broken Flowers – Directed by Jim Jarmusch

11. Proof – Directed by John Madden

12. Cache – Directed by Michael Haneke

13. Syriana – Directed by Stephen Gaghan

14. Sin City – Directed by Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller

15. Pride & Prejudice – Directed by Joe Wright

16. Munich – Directed by Steven Spielberg

17. Brick – Directed by Rian Johnson

18. Good Night, And Good Luck. – Directed by George Clooney

19. Walk The Line – Directed by James Mangold

20. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang – Directed by Shane Black

21. The Weather Man – Directed by Gore Verbinski

22. Cinderella Man – Directed by Ron Howard

23. Grizzly Man – Directed by Werner Herzog 

24. The Ice Harvest – Directed by Harold Ramis

25. The Devil And Daniel Johnston – Directed by Jeff Feuerzeig

2004

  1. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind – Directed by Michel Gondry

2. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou – Directed by Wes Anderson

3. Birth – Directed by Jonathan Glazer

4. Sideways – Directed by Alexander Payne

5. Million Dollar Baby – Directed by Clint Eastwood

6. I Heart Huckabees – Directed by David O. Russell

7. Before Sunset – Directed by Richard Linklater

8. The Aviator – Directed by Martin Scorsese

9. Collateral – Directed by Michael Mann

10. 2046 –  Directed by Wong Kar-Wai

11. Howl’s Moving Castle – Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

12. Man On Fire – Directed by Tony Scott

13. The Bourne Supremacy – Directed by Paul Greengrass

14. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 – Directed by Quentin Tarantino

15. Garden State – Directed by Zach Braff

16. Closer – Directed by Mike Nichols

17. Shaun Of The Dead – Directed by Edgar Wright

18. Ocean’t Twelve – Directed by Steven Soderbergh

19. The Village – Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

20. The Machinist – Directed by Brad Anderson

21. The Assassination Of Richard Nixon – Directed by Niels Mueller

22. Napoleon Dynamite – Directed by Jared Hess

23. The Passion Of The Christ – Directed by Mel Gibson

2003

  1. Mystic River – Directed by Clint Eastwood

2. Lost In Translation – Directed by Sofia Coppola

3. 21 Grams – Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

4. The Triplets Of Belleville – Directed by Sylvain Chomet

5. All The Real Girls – Directed by David Gordon Green

6. Elephant – Directed by Gus Van Sant

7. Cold Mountain – Directed by Anthony MInghella

8. The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King – Directed by Peter Jackson

9. Dogville – Directed by Lars von Trier

10. Owning Mahowny – Directed by Richard Kwietniowski

11. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 – Directed by Quentin Tarantino

12. Coffee And Cigarettes – Directed by Jim Jarmusch

13. The Fog Of War – Directed by Errol Morris

14. Matchstick Men – Directed by Ridley Scott 

15. American Splendor – Directed by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini

16. Something’s Gotta Give – Directed by Nancy Meyers

17. Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World – Directed by Peter Weir

18. Girl With A Pearl Earring – Directed by Peter Webber

19. The Cooler – Directed by Wayne Kramer

20. Code 46 – Directed by Michael Winterbottom

21. Oldboy – Directed by Park Chan-wook

22. Monster – Directed by Patty Jenkins

23. Swimming Pool – Directed by Francois Ozon

2002

  1. Adaptation. – Directed by Spike Jonze

2. Love Liza – Directed by Todd Louiso

3. Punch-Drunk Love – Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

4. 25th Hour – Directed by Spike Lee

5. Minority Report – Directed by Steven Spielberg

6. Catch Me If You Can – Directed by Steven Spielberg

7. The Hours – Directed by Stephen Daldry

8. Insomnia – Directed by Christopher Nolan

9. Talk To Her – Directed by Pedro Almodovar

10. Laurel Canyon – Directed by Lisa Cholodenko

11. About Schmidt – Directed by Alexander Payne 

12. 28 Days Later – Directed by Danny Boyle

13. The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers – Directed by Peter Jackson 

14. Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind – Directed by George Clooney

15. The Man Without A Past – Directed by Aki Kaurismaki

16. Gerry – Directed by Gus Van Sant

17. Spider – Directed by David Cronenberg

18. 24 Hour Party People – Directed by Michael Winterbottom

19. One Hour Photo – Directed by Mark Romanek

20. City Of God – Directed by Fernando Meirelles

21. The Pianist – Directed by Roman Polanski 

22. The Bourne Identity – Directed by Doug Liman

23. Solaris – Directed by Steven Soderbergh

24. Panic Room – Directed by David Fincher

25. Morvern Callar – Directed by Lynne Ramsay

26. The Kid Stays In The Picture – Directed by Nanette Burstein & Brett Morgen

27. Lost In La Mancha – Directed by Keith Fulton & Louis Pepe

28. 8 Mile – Directed by Curtis Hanson

2001

  1. The Royal Tenenbaums – Directed by Wes Anderson

2. Vanilla Sky – Directed by Cameron Crowe

3. A Beautiful Mind – Directed by Ron Howard

4. In The Bedroom – Directed by Todd Field

5. I Am Sam – Directed by Jessie Nelson

6. Waking Life – Directed by Richard Linklater

7. Mulholland Drive – Directed by David Lynch

8. Spirited Away – Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

9. Ghost World – Directed by Terry Zwigoff

10. Wet Hot American Summer – Directed by David Wain

11. Donnie Darko – Directed by Richard Kelly

12. Training Day – Directed by Antoine Fuqua

13. Gosford Park – Directed by Robert Altman

14. The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring – Directed by Peter Jackson

15. Monster’s Ball – Directed by Marc Forster

16. Ocean’s Eleven – Directed by Steven Soderbergh

17. The Piano Teacher – Directed by Michael Haneke

18. Amelie – Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

19. Tape – Directed by Richard Linklater

20. Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures – Directed by Jan Harlan

21. Blow – Directed by Ted Demme

22. Ali – Directed by Michael Mann

23. Rivers And Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time – Directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer

2000

  1. Gladiator – Directed by Ridley Scott

2. Traffic – Directed by Steven Soderberg

3. Memento – Directed by Christopher Nolan 

4. Requiem For A Dream – Directed by Darren Aronofsky

5. Wonder Boys – Directed by Curtis Hanson

6. Pollock – Directed by Ed Harris

7. In The Mood For Love – Directed by Wong Kar-Wai

8. High Fidelity – Directed by Stephen Frears

9. Almost Famous – Directed by Cameron Crowe

10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Directed by Ang Lee

11. Erin Brockovich – Directed by Steven Soderbergh

12. Unbreakable – Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

13. You Can Count On Me – Directed by Kenneth Lonergan

14. Cast Away – Directed by Robert Zemeckis

15. American Psycho – Directed by Mary Harron

16. Before Night Falls – Directed by Julian Schnabel

17. Shadow Of The Vampire – Directed by E. Elias Merhige

18. The Contender – Directed by Rod Lurie

19. Best In Show – Directed by Christopher Guest

20. O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Directed by Joel Coen 

21. The Cell – Directed by Tarsem Singh

22. Sexy Beast – Directed by Jonathan Glazer

23. George Washington – Directed by David Gordon Green

24. Battle Royale – Directed by Kinji Fukasaku

25. Amores Perros – Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

26. Bedazzled – Directed by Harold Ramis

27. Billy Elliot – Directed by Stephen Daldry

28. Snatch – Directed by Guy Ritchie

29. Chopper – Directed by Andrew Dominik