[Darth Marcus]

**FINAL LIST**

My Top 20 Films of the 2000's

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - 20
2. There Will Be Blood (2007) - 19
3. Downfall (2004) - 18
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - 17
5. No Country for Old Men (2007) - 16
6. Children of Men (2006) - 15
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) - 14
8. The Lives of Others (2006) - 13
9. The Pianist (2002) - 12
10. The Dark Knight (2008) - 11
11. Zodiac (2007) - 10
12. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) - 9
13. Inglorious Basterds (2009) - 8
14. The Prestige (2006) - 7
15. The Incredibles (2004) - 6
16. Collateral (2004) - 5
17. Minority Report (2002) - 4
18. The Departed (2006) - 3
19. Casino Royale (2006) - 2
20. Shaun of the Dead (2004) - 1

[Show spoiler]Rounding Out My Top 30 :
21. Eastern Promises (2007)
22. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
23. Munich (2005)
24. Almost Famous (2000)
25. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
26. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
27. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
28. King Kong (2005)
29. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
30. Road to Perdition (2002)

Competing Films for My List (in no particular order):

[Show spoiler] Gladiator (2000), Almost Famous (2000), Snatch (2000), Cast Away (2000), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Traffic (2000), Memento (2000), Thirteen Days (2000), The Devil’s Backbone (2001), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Training Day (2001), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Black Hawk Down (2001), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Road to Perdition (2002), City of God (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), Catch Me If You Can (2002), 25th Hour (2002), Hero (2002), 28 Days Later (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), Lost in Translation (2003), Mystic River (2003), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Love, Actually (2003), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Ray (2004), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Spider-Man 2 (2004), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Aviator (2004), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Hotel Rwanda (2004), Kung Fu Hustle (2004), Sin City (2005), Batman Begins (2005), Serenity (2005), Good Night and Good Luck (2005), A History of Violence (2005), War of the Worlds (2005), The Constant Gardener (2005), King Kong (2005), Munich (2005), V for Vendetta (2005), United 93 (2006), Miami Vice (2006), Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), Apocalypto (2006), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Breach (2007), Hot Fuzz (2007), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Ratatouille (2007), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), Eastern Promises (2007), Michael Clayton (2007), Gone Baby Gone (2007), Grindhouse (2007), Atonement (2007), In Bruges (2008), Let the Right One In (2008), Iron Man (2008), Wall-E (2008), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Tropic Thunder (2008), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Frost/Nixon (2008), Gran Torino (2008), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), The Hurt Locker (2009), Star Trek (2009), Up (2009), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), District 9 (2009), A Prophet (2009), Up in the Air (2009), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Invictus (2009), Public Enemies (2009)