best of this decade (so far)

[pete]

yeah but that's like saying the wedding planner is as simple as a Jackie Chan movie.  it makes no sense.  unless there's a deleted scene with sandra bullock and hugh buttock tap dancing on a boat using every prop in the room with three-minute long takes.

[Gold Trumpet]

yeah but that's like saying the wedding planner is as simple as a Jackie Chan movie.  it makes no sense.  unless there's a deleted scene with sandra bullock and hugh buttock tap dancing on a boat using every prop in the room with three-minute long takes.

similiar in minimal plot. maybe i should have stressed that.

[life_boy]

7.) Two Weeks Notice

What a fucking crock....

Comte de Saint Germain begs to differ!

That review is my honest stated opinion, but its also a film you just either love or not. I feel its Hugh Grant's best vehicle with the best co star he could have gotten. He specialities in certain films like Fred Astaire did with Ginger Rogers. Two Weeks Notice is also as simple as an early Astaire film. It really just clicks with me on every level of enjoyment.

Just playing around.  I guess its a good thing that someone can appreciate the unspoken greatness of Two Weeks Notice.  When my wife wants to see it again (which is inevtable) I will now be more inclined to share that moment with her and perhaps learn something about myself through the whole experience.  Or just pretend to be happy in that moment.

[kill is love]

the dreamers
punch drunk love
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
lost in translation
amores perros
bad education
y tu mama tambien
amelie
the life aquatic
dancer in the dark

[Sigur Rós]

City of God
21 Grams
Closer
The Hours
101 Reykjavik
Habla con Ella
Lost in Translation
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Donnie Darko
Sideways

[life_boy]

Top 10 Films of 2000-2004

1.  Traffic (2000) - Steven Soderbergh
2.  Punch-Drunk Love (2002) - Paul Thomas Anderson
3.  Mulholland Drive (2001) - David Lynch
4.  The Fog of War (2003) - Errol Morris
5.  In the Bedroom (2001) - Todd Field
6.  The Incredibles (2004) - Brad Bird
7.  George Washington (2000) - David Gordon Green
8.  The Lord of the Rings: Trilogy (2001; 2002; 2003) - Peter Jackson
9.  Minority Report (2002) - Steven Spielburg
10.  The Royal Tenebaums (2001) - Wes Anderson

[Gold Trumpet]

Since we are actually past the half way mark for the decade, this thread deserves an update. It also deserves an update because I found myself bored at work and so I circulated a new top ten in my head. Surprsingly, a few films dropped very much off the radar with this new list. I think my new stance on Punch-Drunk Love is closer to Pubrick's position on it.

1.) The Son - The Dardenne Brothers
2.) George Washington - David Gordon Green
3.) Tigerland - Joel Schumacher
4.) Downfall - Oliver Hirschbiegel
5.) Brokeback Mountain - Ang Lee
6.) Spirited Away (Japanese Version) - Hayao Miyazaki
7.) Unbreakable - M. Night Shyamalan
8.) Igby Goes Down - Burr Steers
9.) City of God - Fernando Meirelles
10.) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michel Gondry

[polkablues]

I'm not even going to try and rank these...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Amelie
Waking the Dead
World Traveller
Tigerland
Dancer in the Dark
The Royal Tenenbaums
Requiem for a Dream
Before Sunset
Traffic

[Sunrise]

1. In the Mood for Love
2. Mulholland Drive
3. Before Sunset
4. Yi Yi
5. The New World
6. Children of Men
7. George Washington
8. Spirited Away
9. Cache
10. Lost in Translation

Top Ten of the decade is pretty tough (should be Top Twenty), which makes any All-Time Top Ten sort of list completely ridiculous.

[rustinglass]

not ranked:

the new world
the life aquatic with steve zissou
dancer in the dark
the royal tenenbaums
punch-drunk love
kill bill
the incredibles
in the mood for love
mar adentro
mulholland drive

[grand theft sparrow]

As of this particular minute and in alphabetical order:

AI: Artificial Intelligence
City of God
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fahrenheit 9/11 (more for the cultural significance of its content than the content itself) Requiem for a Dream
The Incredibles Amelie
Kill Bill Lord of the Rings
The Royal Tenenbaums
Traffic
Waking Life
Yi Yi (A One and a Two)

EDIT: Honorable mention goes to the Lord of the Rings Kill Bill and Angels in America (the other two great epics of the decade so far)

EDIT: Forgot about Amelie Fahrenheit 9/11 (more for the cultural significance of its content than the content itself) too.

[MacGuffin]

1. Mulholland Drive
2. Requiem For A Dream
3. Memento
4. 25th Hour
5. Amores Perros
6. Ghost World
7. Seabiscuit
8. Far From Heaven
9. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
10. In America

I think I'm still pretty happy with this list.

[Derek237]

1. Wonder Boys (2000) - Curtis Hanson
2. Lost in Translation (2003) - Sofia Coppola
3. The Aviator (2004) - Martin Scorsese
4. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)- Wes Anderson
5. About A Boy (2002) - Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz
6. The Pianist (2002) - Roman Polanksi
7. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) - Wes Anderson
8. Matchstick Men (2003) - Ridley Scott
9. Sideways (2004) - Alexander Payne
10. Moonlight Mile (2002) - Brad Silberling

[pete]

ping pong
triplets of belleville
last life in the universe
the royal tenenbaums
spirited away
in america
turtles can fly
before sunset
kungfu hustle
capturing the friedmans

sorry europe and south america and australia and africa.  no films from your continent.

[Pubrick]

triplets of belleville

sorry europe

?

the rest is fair enough. with rare exceptions for souf america, talent seems to gravitate to the northern hemisphere  . mad props for In America.

my list still undergoing tweaking.