100 Best Movies of the 2000's Survey

[Cpt. Feeney]

1.Enter the Void - Gaspar Noe
2.The Assassination of Jesse James - Andrew Dominik
3.The Hours - Stephen Daldry
4.War of the Worlds - Steven Spielberg
5.Kung Fu Hustle - Stephen Chow

6.Bloody Sunday - Paul Greengrass
7.Chopper - Andrew Dominik
8.Hunger - Steve McQueen
9.Apocalypto - Mel Gibson
10.Constantine - Francis Lawrence

11.Perfume - Tom Tykwer
12.The Fog of War - Errol Morris
13.Charlie Wilson’s War - Mike Nichols
14.The Pianist - Roman Polanski
15.Waltz with Bashir - Ari Folman

16.Bully - Larry Clark
17.Mulholland Drive - David Lynch
18.Millenium Mambo - Hou Hsiao-Hsien
19.The Damned United - Tom Hooper
20.Ken Park - Larry Clark

21.Half Nelson - Ryan Fleck
22.Minority Report - Steven Spielberg
23.The Manchurian Candidate - Jonathan Demme
24.Zodiac - David Fincher
25.Star Trek - JJ Abrams

[ophone]

(Edited, forgot a film.)

Out of those I have rated on IMDb and Letterboxd:

1) Cidade de Deus [City of God] (2002: Fernando Meirelles)
2) Snatch (2000: Guy Ritchie)
3) Sin City (2005: Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller)
4) Der Untergang [Downfall] (2004: Oliver Hirschbiegel)
5) Inglourious Basterds (2009: Quentin Tarantino)
6) The Machinist (2004: Brad Anderson)
7) Le concert [The Concert] (2009: Radu Mihăileanu)
8) Million Dollar Baby (2004: Clint Eastwood)
9) No Man's Land (2001: Danis Tanović)
10) Gladiator (2000: Ridley Scott)
11) The Pianist (2002: Roman Polanski)
12) Best in Show (2000: Christopher Guest)
13) Bad Santa (2003: Terry Zwigoff)
14) 올드보이 [Oldboy] (2003: Park Chan-wook)
15) 친절한 금자씨 [Lady Vengeance] (2005: Park Chan-wook)
16) Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004: Quentin Tarantino)
17) Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003: Quentin Tarantino)
18) 血と骨 [Blood and Bones] (2004: Yoichi Sai)
19) Ratatouille (2007: Brad Bird)
20) Abril Despedaçado [Behind the Sun] (2001: Walter Salles)
21) American Psycho (2000: Mary Harron)
22) Das Leben der Anderen [The Lives of Others] (2006: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
23) Up (2009: Pete Docter)
24) Punch-Drunk Love (2002: Paul Thomas Anderson)
25) Gran Torino (2008: Clint Eastwood)



Honorable mentions (also tried to rank those):

26) Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain [Amélie] (2001: Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
27) 座頭市 [Zatoichi] (2003: Takeshi Kitano)
28) Children of Men (2006: Alfonso Cuarón)
29) Va, vis et deviens [Live and Become] (2005: Radu Mihăileanu)
30) The Wrestler (2008: Darren Aronofsky)
31) The Departed (2006: Martin Scorsese)
32) WALL·E (2008: Andrew Stanton)
33) 崖の上のポニョ [Ponyo] (2008: Hayao Miyazaki)
34) Persepolis (2007: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud)
35) Der Baader Meinhof Komplex [The Baader Meinhof Complex] (2008: Uli Edel)
36) Hotel Rwanda (2004: Terry George)
37) Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage [Sophie Scholl: The Final Days] (2005: Marc Rothemund)
38) Die Fälscher [The Counterfeiters] (2007: Stefan Ruzowitzky)
39) Finding Nemo (2003: Andrew Stanton)
40) Malèna (2000: Giuseppe Tornatore)
41) Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006: Tom Tykwer)
42) Bienvenue chez les Cht'is [Welcome to the Sticks] (2008: Dany Boon)
43) Road to Perdition (2002: Sam Mendes)
44) Sunshine (2007: Danny Boyle)
45) Le placard [The Closet] (2001: Francis Veber)
46) Insomnia (2002: Christopher Nolan)
47) Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005: George Lucas)
48) Slumdog Millionaire (2008: Danny Boyle)
49) Mary and Max (2009: Adam Elliot)
50) Batman Begins (2005: Christopher Nolan)
51) کیسەڵەکانیش دەفڕ [Turtles Can Fly] (2004: Bahman Ghobadi)
52) Die Welle [The Wave] (2008: Dennis Gansel)
53) Schultze Gets the Blues (2003: Michael Schorr)
54) The Emperor’s New Groove (2000: Mark Dindal)

[Hucksta G]

1. City of God
2. Almost Famous
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Children of Men
5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
6. The Fountain
7. Gangs of New York
8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
9. The Departed
10. Into the Wild
11. Donnie Darko
12. Requiem for a Dream
13. Inglorious Basterds
14. American Psycho
15. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
16. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
17. Punch-Drunk Love
18. Amores Perros
19. Road to Perdition
20. Memories of Murder
21. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
22. Vanilla Sky
23. Little Children
24. Two Lovers
25. The Piano Teacher

[ophone]

Looking at Hucksta G's list, I realised I forgot a film.
I edited my list.

[stvn1974]

Mulholland Drive
Serenity
Requiem For A Dream
Shadow Of The Vampire
Masked And Anonymous
Ghost World
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
The Devil's Rejects
Jason X
Slither
Rob Zombie's Halloween II
Trick 'R Treat
The Ring
The Descent
The Others
Lord Of The Rings
Constantine
Minority Report
House Of A 1000 Corpses
Underworld
Batman Begins
Saw
Punisher: War Zone
Rob Zombie's Halloween
Doomsday


A History Of Violence
Shaun Of The Dead
The Ring 2
Land Of The Dead
Casino Royal
The Incredibles
Wall-E
Watchmen

[Atomic Salad]

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
5. Vanilla Sky
6. Zodiac
7. Cast Away
8. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
9. Avatar
10. Inglourious Basterds
11. Road to Perdition
12. Black Hawk Down
13. Kill Bill: Volume 1
14. Kill Bill: Volume 2
15. 25th Hour
16. Watchmen (Director's Cut)
17. Troy (Director's Cut)
18. Atonement
19. The Departed
20. The Prestige
21. Munich
22. The Descendants
23. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
24. Signs
25. WALL-E

[Juan de Internet]

1. Amelie
2. Gladiator
3. Casino Royale
4. Million Dollar Baby
5. Memento
   
6. Star Trek
7. You Can Count on Me
8. Speed Racer
9. Dear Frankie
10. 3:10 to Yuma
    
11. 300
12. The Bourne Identity
13. Mulholland Dr.
14. Inglourious Basterds
15. Serenity
    
16. Lilo & Stitch
17. Superbad
18. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
19. Enemy at the Gates
20. Kingdom of Heaven
    
21. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
22. The Lives of Others
23. Yi Yi
24. Talk to Her
25. Before Sunset

Honorable Mentions

• Black Hawk Down
• Let the Right One In
• My Blueberry Nights
• Ocean's Thirteen
• Training Day
  
• The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
• Pride & Prejudice
• Me Without You
• Mary and Max
• The Road

[Damon1281]

1. Idiocracy
2. Tropic Thunder
3. Team America: World Police
4. The Prestige
   
5. Gladiator
6. Sin City
7. Million Dollar Baby
8. Memento
9. Spider-man 2
   
10. 300
11. Let the Right One In
12. Iron Man
13. No Country for Old Men
14. The Dark Knight
15. LOTR The Fellowship of the Rings
16. The Passion of the Christ
17. King Kong
18. Troy
19. The Simpsons Movie
20. The Bourne Ultimatum
21. Up
22. Black Hawk Down
23. Avatar
24. Minority Report
25. Cast Away

[qb2333]

Originally Posted by ophone

Looking at Hucksta G's list, I realised I forgot a film.
I edited my list.

Somehow I missed Pianist and noticed yours so I'll be doing the same. Thanks

[Boccaccio]

01. Gladiator (Ridley Scott)
02. Memento (Christopher Nolan)
03. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson)
04. Requim For a Dream (Darren Aronofsky)
05. Der Untergang (Oliver Hirshbiegel)
06. Cidade de Deus (Fernando Meirelles)
07. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
08. Minority Report (Steven Spielberg)
09. No Country For Old Men (Coen Brothers)
10. Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese)
11. Mystic River (Clint Eastwood)
12. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook)
13. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
14. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino)
15. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan)
16. Traffic (Steven Soderbergh)
17. Collateral (Michael Mann)
18. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
19. Apocalypto (Mel Gibson)
20. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
21. Training Day (Antoine Fuqua)
22. Avatar (James Cameron)
23. Syriana (Stephen Gaghan)
24. District 9 (Neill Blomkamp)
25. Tropa de Elite (José Padilha)


Just missed the list:

- The Wrestler
- Wall-E
- There Will Be Blood
- Miami Vice
- Layer Cake
- Munich
- Un Prophète
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- 21 Grams
- Snatch

[ophone]

Originally Posted by qb2333

Somehow I missed Pianist and noticed yours so I'll be doing the same. Thanks

In my case it was Inglourious Basterds. Funnily enough I rewatched it last Tuesday.

[qb2333]

Originally Posted by ophone

In my case it was Inglourious Basterds. Funnily enough I rewatched it last Tuesday.

Both great flicks. It's hard to account for 10 years of films I guess

[REPULSION-65]

1. Mulholland Drive (2001)
2. Atonement (2007)
3. Closer (2004)
4. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
5. Match Point (2005)
6. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
7. A History of Violence (2005)
8. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
9. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
10. The Descent (2005)

11. The Others (2001)
12. The Bourne Identity (2002)
13. Saw (2004)
14. Casino Royale (2006)
15. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
16. The Pianist (2002)
17. Memento (2000)
18. Pride & Prejudice (2005)
19. Gladiator (2000)
20. No Country for Old Men (2007)

21. The Prestige (2006)
22. Jeepers Creepers (2001)
23. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
24. Final Destination 3 (2006)
25. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

[SelwynMcGinty]

Interesting opinions, diverse choices and an inherent passion for motion pictures - I'm always impressed and humbled by all the responses to these surveys.

Once again, in the indomitable spirit of being a Soldier of Cinema - here's another preliminary Leaderboard:

1. Mulholland Dr. (2001, directed by David Lynch) 198 points
2. No Country for Old Men (2007, Joel and Ethan Coen) 181
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, Peter Jackson) 161
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, Peter Jackson) 152
5. Memento (2001, Christopher Nolan) 113
6. Gladiator (2000, Ridley Scott) 109
7. There Will Be Blood (2007, Paul Thomas Anderson) 108
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002, Peter Jackson) 102
9. Inglourious Basterds (2009, Quentin Tarantino) 100
10. Requiem of a Dream (2000, Darren Aronofsky) 98

11. Million Dollar Baby (2004, Clint Eastwood) 85
12. Zodiac (2007, David Fincher) 80
13. City of God (2002, Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund) 75
14. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001, Steven Spielberg) 74
15. Casino Royale (2006, Martin Campbell) 69
16. Oldboy (2003, Park Chan-wook) 67
17. Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003, Quentin Tarantino) 58
18. Donnie Darko (2001, Richard Kelly) 54
19. Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004, Quentin Tarantino) 53
20. Downfall (2004, Oliver Hirschbiegel) 50

21. Children of Men (2006, Alfonso Cuaron) 49
22. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005, George Lucas) 46
23. American Psycho (2000, Mary Harron) 44
24. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, Michel Gondry) 42
25. Let the Right One In (2008, Tomas Alfredson) 41
26. Unbreakable (2000, M. Night Shyamalan) 40
27. Synecdoche, New York (2008, Charlie Kaufman) 39
28. Amelie (2001, Jean-Pierre Jeunet) 38
28. Sin City (2005, Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller (?)) 38
28. Snatch (2000, Guy Ritchie) 38
28. WALL-E (2008, Andrew Stanton) 38
29. The Dark Knight (2008, Christopher Nolan) 37
29. The Departed (2006, Martin Scorsese) 37
29. A History of Violence (2005, David Cronenberg) 37
29. The Prestige (2006, Christopher Nolan) 37
30. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007, Andrew Dominik) 36
30. Battle Royale (2000, Kinji Fukasaku) 36
30. Collateral (2004, Michael Mann) 36
30. Ghost World (2001, Terry Zwigoff) 36
30. The Pianist (2002, Roman Polanski) 36

31. Avatar (2009, James Cameron) 35
31. Scream 3 (2000, Wes Craven) 35
31. You Can Count on Me (2000, Kenneth Lonergan) 35
32. Batman Begins (2005, Christopher Nolan) 34
32. Black Hawk Down (2001, Ridley Scott) 34
32. The Fountain (2006, Darren Aronofsky) 34
32. Ratatouille (2007, Brad Bird) 34
32. United 93 (2006, Paul Greengrass) 34

Looking forward to more votes and opinions. Thank you, and cheers!

[Mothravka]

1. A Place in the World (2001, Artur Aristakisyan)
2. The Gift (2003, Michelangelo Frammartino)
3. Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004, Lav Diaz)
4. Sogobi (2002, James Benning)
5. Mulholland Drive (2001, David Lynch)
6. The Portuguese Nun (2009, Eugène Green)
7. In Vanda’s Room (2000, Pedro Costa)
8. In the Mood for Love (2000, Wong Kar-wai)
9. RR (2007, James Benning)
10. Night and Day (2008, Hong Sang-soo)
11. Werckmeister Harmonies (2000, Béla Tarr)
12. Eureka (2000, Shinji Aoyama)
13. The Piano Teacher (2001, Michael Haneke)
14. Dying at Grace (2003, Allan King)
15. As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000, Jonas Mekas)
16. In Order Not to Be Here (2002, Deborah Stratman)
17. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000, Peter Watkins)
18. The Limits of Control (2009, Jim Jarmusch)
19. Threnody (2004, Nathaniel Dorsky)
20. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2002, Wang Bing)
21. Into Great Silence (2005, Philip Gröning)
22. Domestic Violence (2001, Frederick Wiseman)
23. At the First Breath of Wind (2002, Franco Piavoli)
24. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003, Tsai Ming-liang)
25. Tropical Malady (2004, Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

[Grethiwha]

1. Hazard
2. Love Exposure
3. The Happiness of the Katakuris
4. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
5. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
6. Castaway on the Moon
7. Punch-Drunk Love
8. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans
9. Revolutionary Road
10. Lilya 4-Ever
11. Grizzly Man
12. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
14. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
15. A Serious Man
16. Ghost World
17. Mister Lonely
18. Mulholland Dr.
19. Mother
20. Memories of Murder
21. Strange Circus
22. Mad Detective
23. Exte: Hair Extensions
24. Knowing
25. 2046

[stlcards]

1. The Dark Knight
2. Gladiator
3. Casino Royale
4. Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge Of The Sith
5. Batman Begins
6. The Departed
7. Sin City
8. Watchmen
9. 3:10 To Yuma
10. Cars
11. The Aviator
12. Mulholland Drive
13. Inglourious Basterds
14. Memento
15. Kill Bill: Vol 1
16. Kill Bill: Vol 2
17. Ocean's Eleven
18. Unbreakable
19. The Good German
20. The Patriot
21. Grindhouse
22. Spider-Man
23. The Prestige
24. Sherlock Holmes
25. Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy

Honorable Mention:
Public Enemies
King Kong
War Of The Worlds
American Psycho
1408
The Mist
The Incredible Hulk
X-Men
Wedding Crashers
Zombieland

[Henrich]

Apocalypto 2006
Before the Fall 2004
Big Trouble 2002
Black Hawk Down 2001
Children of Men 2006
City of God 2002
Collateral 2004
Crank 2006
Downfall 2004
Gran Torino 2008
Inglourious Basterds 2009
Ip Man 2008
Kingdom of Heaven 2005-Directors Cut
The Lives of Others 2006
Minority Report 2002
National Treasure 2004
No Country for Old Men 2007
Ocean’s Eleven 2001
The Pianist 2002
Requiem for a Dream 2000
The Return 2003
Taken 2008
The Wrestler 2008
United 93 2006
X2 2003

[Skylath]

1.) Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
2.) Pirates of the Carribean (2003)
3.) Moon (2009)
4.) Gran Torino (2008)
5.) Old School (2003)
6.) Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
7.) No Country for Old Men (2007)
8.) Training Day (2001)
9.) The Fast and the Furious (2001)
10.) Underworld (2003)
11.) Wanted (2008)
12.) Ghost Rider (2007)
13.) Blade II (2002)
14.) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
15.) RV (2006)
16.) Shaun of the Dead (2004)
17.) Beowulf (2007)
18.) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)
19.) Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
20.) Taken (2008)
21.) Spider-Man (2002)
22.) The Island (2006)
23.) Eagle Eye (2008)
24.) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
25.) Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

[Jorvic]

1. Zodiac
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Mulholland Drive
4. The New World (Extended Cut)
5. Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut)
6. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
7. Gladiator
8. Collateral
9. Munich
10. A History of Violence
11. The Dark Knight
12. Million Dollar Baby
13. Inglourious Basterds
14. Eastern Promises
15. Black Hawk Down
16. Gran Torino
17. The Departed
18. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
19. Mystic River
20. Auto Focus
21. Miami Vice
22. Training Day
23. Almost Famous (Director's Cut)
24. There Will Be Blood
25. Gangs of New York