Top 20 films of the 2000's POLL

[Abdrewes]

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What are your favorite films from the 2000s? Only lists with twenty choices will be taken to account for the poll.

EVERYONE, assign point values, if none are assigned, we will assume an even spread of ten points for each choice.

Will be tallied around February 20, 2013.

My List:

Mulholland Drive - 20
Miami Vice - 19
The Piano Teacher - 18
The New World - 17
There Will Be Blood - 16
A.I. - 15
Almost Famous - 14
Lost in Translation - 13
Babel - 12
Children of Men - 11
Dancer in The Dark - 10
Femme Fatale - 9
25th Hour - 8
In the Bedroom - 7
Million Dollar Baby - 6
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind - 5
Away From Her - 4
Kandahar - 3
Deja Vu - 2
The Wrestler - 1

[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)

[chris_sc77]

Top films of the 2000's


Temp list.

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Inglourious Basterds
There Will Be Blood
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings (Extended)
Kill Bill (The Whole Bloody affair)
25th Hour
The Dark Knight
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Prestige
Synecdoche , New York
Children of Men
Minority Report
The Fountain
Casino Royale
The Royal Tenenbaums
Donnie Darko
Bad Santa
Funny people
Love,Actually


Just missing my list: Pirate radio, Dogville , dancer in the dark, Funny Games, The Departed, Gangs of New York, Munich, Zodiac, 21 Grams, Amores Perros, the Curious Case of Benjamin button, Batman Begins, Oldboy, Battle Royale, Grindhouse, Sin City, I heart Huckabee's, Across the Universe, 28 Days Later, X2

[Jacob Anderson]

1. The Dark Knight (20 pts)
2. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (19 pts)
3. The Hangover (18 pts)
4. Inglourious Basterds (17 pts)
5. Superbad (16 pts)
6. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (15 pts)
7. The Prestige (14 pts)
8. Step Brothers (13 pts)
9. The Departed (12 pts)
10. Knocked Up (11 pts)
11. Batman Begins (10 pts)
12. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (9 pts)
13. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (8 pts)
14. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (7 pts)
15. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (6 pts)
16. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (5 pts)
17. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (4 pts)
18. Cloverfield (3 pts)
19. Role Models (2 pts)
20. The Wrestler (1 pt)

Honorable mentions; Kill Bill, Iron Man, Spider-Man 2, District 9 & Tropic Thunder.

[cinemaphile]

I hate that 6 places out of 20 are taken up by two franchises, but I think it's only fair to separate them and not let them be counted as one.

1. Moulin Rouge - 20 pts
2. Gladiator - 19 pts
3. Mr & Mrs Smith - 18 pts
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - 17 pts
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl - 16 pts
6. Serenity - 15 pts
7. Iron Man - 14 pts
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - 13 pts
9. Wall-E - 12 pts
10. Avatar - 11 pts
11. The Departed - 10 pts
12. Memento - 9 pts
13. The Dark Knight - 8 pts
14. The Incredibles - 7 pts
15. Star Trek - 6 pts
16. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - 5 pts
17. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring - 4 pts
18. Lord of the Rings: Two Towers - 3 pts
19. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - 2 pts
20. Rent - 1 pt

Runners-Up: Live Free or Die Hard,Shaun of the Dead, The Way of the Gun, In Bruges, The Fast and the Furious, The Rundown, The Italian Job

[EPlay]

10 points each, please.

1. Open Hearts (Elsker dig for evigt)(2002)
2. Das Experiment (2001)
3. Time and Tide (Shun liu Ni liu)(2000)
4. Memento (2000)
5. Joyeux Noël (2005)
6. Before Sunset (2004)
7. In Bruges (2008)
8. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
9. Boiler Room (2000)
10. A Bittersweet Life (Dalkomhan insaeng)(2005)
11. Y tu Mama Tambien (2001)
12. The Chef of South Polar (Nankyoku ryôrinin) (2009)
13. Match Point (2005)
14. Zodiac (2007)
15. Angel-A (2005)
16. Maelström (2000)
17. Feast of Love (2007)
18. Bungee Jumping of Their Own (Beonjijeompeureul hada) (2001)
19. My Blueberry Nights (2007)
20. American Psycho (2000)


Nice decade for foreign language films.

[SimBelm]

20 POINT(S) 01. Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000)
19 POINT(S) 02. The Wayward Cloud (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2005)
18 POINT(S) 03. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)
17 POINT(S) 04. Notre Musique (Jean-Luc Godard, 2004)
16 POINT(S) 05. A Serious Man (Coen Brothers, 2009)
15 POINT(S) 06. Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)
14 POINT(S) 07. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)
13 POINT(S) 08. Love Exposure (Sion Sono, 2008)
12 POINT(S) 09. Night and Day (Hong Sang-Soo, 2008)
11 POINT(S) 10. What Time Is It There? (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2001)
10 POINT(S) 11. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis, 2008)
09 POINT(S) 12. Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (Hong Sang-Soo, 2000)
08 POINT(S) 13. Two Lovers (James Grey, 2008)
07 POINT(S) 14. Friday Night (Claire Denis, 2002)
06 POINT(S) 15. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)
05 POINT(S) 16. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009)
04 POINT(S) 17. All About Lily Chou-Chou (Shunji Iwai, 2001)
03 POINT(S) 18. Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine (Peter Tscherkassky, 2005)
02 POINT(S) 19. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
01 POINT(S) 20. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000)

Taiwan for the third decade in a row is unstoppable.

[Jacob Anderson]

[Show spoiler]

Originally Posted by SimBelm

20 POINT(S) 01. Yi Yi (Edward Yang, 2000)
19 POINT(S) 02. The Wayward Cloud (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2005)
18 POINT(S) 03. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)
17 POINT(S) 04. Notre Musique (Jean-Luc Godard, 2004)
16 POINT(S) 05. A Serious Man (Coen Brothers, 2009)
15 POINT(S) 06. Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)
14 POINT(S) 07. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2006)
13 POINT(S) 08. Love Exposure (Sion Sono, 2008)
12 POINT(S) 09. What Time Is It There? (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2001)
11 POINT(S) 10. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis, 2008)
10 POINT(S) 11. Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (Hong Sang-Soo, 2000)
09 POINT(S) 12. Two Lovers (James Grey, 2008)
08 POINT(S) 13. Friday Night (Claire Denis, 2002)
07 POINT(S) 14. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)
06 POINT(S) 15. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009)
05 POINT(S) 16. All About Lily Chou-Chou (Shunji Iwai, 2001)
04 POINT(S) 17. Instructions For a Light and Sound Machine (Peter Tscherkassky, 2005)
03 POINT(S) 18. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
02 POINT(S) 19. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai, 2000)
01 POINT(S) 20. Antichrist (Lars Von Trier, 2009)

I know what two of those movies are.

[spanky87]

So I saw Kill Bill has already been listed and the user put it as one film. That is what I would do as well since it is one film but 2 volumes. Is there an official word on this? I can see others listing Kill Bill so I'd like an official ruling to not list the volumes separately.

Also to the OP. Miami Vice better than the Piano Teacher? Too funny.

[spanky87]

Reservation

[vader4]

Top 20 of 2000's
1. A Serious Man (2009) - 20
2. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) - 19
3. There Will Be Blood (2007) - 18
4. Mulholland Drive (2001) - 17
5. Brokeback Mountain (2005) - 16
6. A Scanner Darkly (2006) - 15
7. No Country for Old Men (2007) - 14
8. Oldboy (2003) - 13
9. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) - 12
10. The Aviator (2004) - 11
11. Kingdom of Heaven (2005) - 10
12. Pusher II (2004) - 9
13. Where the Wild Things Are (2009) - 8
14. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - 7
15. Hostel (2005) - 6
16. Public Enemies (2009) - 5
17. Adaptation. (2002) - 4
18. Dancer in the Dark (2000)- 3
19. The Wrestler (2008) - 2
20. Tropic Thunder (2008) - 1

There are more than a few dark horses in there, but I'm fairly confident that this is my final list.

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by spanky87

So I saw Kill Bill has already been listed and the user put it as one film. That is what I would do as well since it is one film but 2 volumes. Is there an official word on this? I can see others listing Kill Bill so I'd like an official ruling to not list the volumes separately.

I think they all need to be listed separately. Some people may not like all parts of a series (Bill, LOTR, etc) and only want to list one, or perhaps they rank one part highly and another further down the list - so how are the multiples supposed to be scored? They shouldn't award points to 3 movies when it's only taking up one slot.

[bizarre_eye]

1. Requiem for a Dream (2000) (20 points)
2. Mulholland Drive (2001) (19 points)
3. Battle Royale (2000) (18 points)
4. Moon (2009) (17 points)
5. Caché (2005) (16 points)
6. The Call of Cthulhu (2005) (15 points)
7. Gozu (2003) (14 points)
8. City of God (2003) (13 points)
9. Oldboy (2003) (12 points)
10. A Bittersweet Life (2005) (11 points)
11. Visitor Q (2001) (10 points)
12. The Life and Death of a Porno Gang (2009) (9 points)
13. Ex Drummer (2007) (8 points)
14. Let the Right One In (2008) (7 points)
15. Infernal Affairs (2002) (6 points)
16. Enter the Void (2009) (5 points)
17. Kontroll (2003) (4 points)
18. Ichi the Killer (2001) (3 points)
19. Southland Tales (2006) (2 points)
20. Session 9 (2001) (1 point)

[spanky87]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

I think they all need to be listed separately. Some people may not like all parts of a series (Bill, LOTR, etc) and only want to list one, or perhaps they rank one part highly and another further down the list - so how are the multiples supposed to be scored? They shouldn't award points to 3 movies when it's only taking up one slot.

I feel differently about LOTR because it's an official trilogy. Kill Bill volume 2 is not a sequel and the split into 2 volumes was because of the running time. I won't start an argument for it though so I'll just do whatever is decided. There really needs to be an official ruling on the matter to avoid confusion since Kill Bill has been listed a few times so far as just "Kill Bill".

[chris_sc77]

Originally Posted by spanky87

I feel differently about LOTR because it's an official trilogy. Kill Bill volume 2 is not a sequel and the split into 2 volumes was because of the running time. I won't start an argument for it though so I'll just do whatever is decided. There really needs to be an official ruling on the matter to avoid confusion since Kill Bill has been listed a few times so far as just "Kill Bill".

Kill Bill also had a theatrically exhibited version of both parts shown together as the whole bloody affair.

[cinemaphile]

Originally Posted by spanky87

I feel differently about LOTR because it's an official trilogy. Kill Bill volume 2 is not a sequel and the split into 2 volumes was because of the running time. I won't start an argument for it though so I'll just do whatever is decided. There really needs to be an official ruling on the matter to avoid confusion since Kill Bill has been listed a few times so far as just "Kill Bill".

It's a valid point on Bill. But I definitely feel the rest like LOTR should be separate. But even others like Harry Potter/Deathly Hallows and the last Twilight movies are "Part I" and "Part II" - but those were designed as two films from the start, not broken up later, so I think those would all be separate as well. I think Kill Bill should be the unique situation.

well I guess abdrewes can have the final word since he's the threadstarter.

[Jacob Anderson]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

I think they all need to be listed separately. Some people may not like all parts of a series (Bill, LOTR, etc) and only want to list one, or perhaps they rank one part highly and another further down the list - so how are the multiples supposed to be scored? They shouldn't award points to 3 movies when it's only taking up one slot.

Good point, but i know personally i might just leave all 5 movies off my list if i have to list them separately since i don't want them to take that much space on my list, i'm not sure tho.

[BJ Blazkowicz]

1. The Dark Knight (20 points)
2. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (19)
3. LOTR: The Two Towers (18)
4. LOTR: The Return of the King (17)
5. The Departed (16)
6. No Country for Old Men (15)
7. Star Trek (14)
8. The Prestige (13)
9. Fantastic Mr. Fox (12)
10. Batman Begins (11)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (10)
12. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (9)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (8)
14. Inglourious Basterds (7)
15. The Aviator (6)
16. Gangs of New York (5)
17. Casino Royale (4)
18. Iron Man (3)
19. Kill Bill vol. 1 (2)
20. Red Eye (1)

honorable mention (no points, in no order):
Spiderman, Spiderman 2, Kill Bill vol. 2, King Kong, 300, Watchmen, Rocky Balboa, Harry Potter 3 and 6, The Royal Tenenbaums,

[Cujo]

10 points each:

1: Requiem for a Dream (2000)
2: Sunshine (2007)
3: Memories of Murder (2003)
4: Mysterious Skin (2004)
5: Munich (2005)
6: Haute Tension (2003)
7: Sauna (2008)
8: Mulholland Dr. (2001)
9: The Fountain (2006)
10: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
11: Bug (2006)
12: Frailty (2001)
13: Irreversible (2002)
14: The Machinist (2004)
15: The King (2005)
16: A Scanner Darkly (2006)
17: Session 9 (2001)
18: Kairo (2001)
19: Southland Tales (2006)
20: Timecrimes (2007)

Honorable mentions:

Uzumaki (2000)
Before the Fall (2008)
The Lookout (2007)
Lake of Fire (2006)
Femme Fatale (2002)
Suicide Circle (2001)
World's Greatest Dad (2009)
Donnie Darko (2001)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
Noroi, The Curse (2005)
The Signal (2007)
Solaris (2002)
Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
Vanilla Sky (2001)
Apocalypto (2006)
End of the Line (2007)
Miami Vice (2006)

[Gerby]

1. Zodiac (2007)
2. City Of God (2002)
3. King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters (2007)
4. Touching The Void (2003)
5. Requiem For A Dream (2000)
6. Lilya 4-Ever (2002)
7. Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
8. No Country For Old Men (2007)
9. Du Levande (You, The Living) (2007)
10. Memories Of Murder (2003)
11. Amores Perros (2000)
12. Amelie (2001)
13. Joint Security Area (2000)
14. The Unknown Woman (2006)
15. A Prophet (2009)
16. A Bittersweet Life (2005)
17. The Secret In Their Eyes (2009)
18. Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter & Spring (2003)
19. Memories Of Matsuko (2006)
20. Match Point (2005)

Ten Point Even Spread