Films: Ranked and Rated: 2000-2009

  1. [86] Children of Men (2006, Alfonso Cuarón)
  2. [84] Avatar (2009, James Cameron)
  3. [81] Stranger Than Fiction (2006, Marc Forster)
  4. [80] Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006, Larry Charles)
  5. [80] Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010, Banksy)
  6. [80] Inglourious Basterds (2009, Quentin Tarantino)
  7. [80] Once (2006, John Carney)
  8. [80] The Orphanage (2007, Juan Antonio Bayona)
  9. [79] Apocalypto (2006, Mel Gibson)
  10. [79] Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004, Quentin Tarantino)
  11. [79] Moon (2009, Duncan Jones)
  12. [79] Oldboy (2003, Chan-wook Park)
  13. [79] Pan's Labyrinth (2006, Guillermo del Toro)
  14. [79] The Pianist (2002, Roman Polanski)
  15. [78] Atonement (2007, Joe Wright)
  16. [78] City of God (2002, Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund)
  17. [78] The Cove (2009, Louie Psihoyos)
  18. [78] The Departed (2006, Martin Scorcese)
  19. [78] Grizzly Man (2005, Werner Herzog)
  20. [78] In America (2002, Jim Sheridan)
  21. [78] In Bruges (2008, Martin McDonagh)
  22. [78] Let the Right One In (2008, Tomas Alfredson)
  23. [78] The Lives of Others (2006, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
  24. [78] Michael Clayton (2007, Tony Gilroy)
  25. [78] Sin City (2005, Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino)
  26. [78] Thirst (2009, Chan-wook Park)
  27. [77] Batman Begins (2005, Christopher Nolan)
  28. [77] Brick (2005, Rian Johnson)
  29. [77] Doubt (2008, John Patrick Shanley)
  30. [77] The Illusionist (2006, Neil Burger)
  31. [77] The Incredibles (2004, Brad Bird)
  32. [77] Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003, Quentin Tarantino)
  33. [77] Lady Vengeance (2005, Chan-wook Park)
  34. [77] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003, Peter Jackson)
  35. [77] Man on the Train (2002, Patrice Leconte)
  36. [77] Mission: Impossible III (2006, J.J. Abrams)
  37. [77] No Country for Old Men (2007, Joel & Ethan Coen)
  38. [77] Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009, Julian Jarrold)
  39. [77] Star Trek (2009, J.J. Abrams)
  40. [77] Tell No One (2006, Guillaume Canet)
  41. [77] The Wrestler (2008, Darren Aronofsky)
  42. [76] Capote (2005, Bennett Miller)
  43. [76] Death Proof (2007, Quentin Tarantino)
  44. [76] District 9 (2009, Neill Blomkamp)
  45. [76] Hard Candy (2005, David Slade)
  46. [76] Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008, Guillermo del Toro)
  47. [76] Hero (2002, Zhang Yimou)
  48. [76] Match Point (2005, Woody Allen)
  49. [76] Mother (2009, Joon-ho Bong)
  50. [76] Sunshine (2007, Danny Boyle)
  51. [76] Superman Returns (2006, Bryan Singer)
  52. [76] Timecrimes (2007, Nacho Vigalondo)
  53. [76] Up (2009, Pete Docter)
  54. [75] Adventureland (2009, Greg Mottola)
  55. [75] Be Kind Rewind (2008, Michel Gondry)
  56. [75] Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007, Sidney Lumet)
  57. [75] Eastern Promises (2007, David Cronenberg)
  58. [75] House of Flying Daggers (2004, Zhang Yimou)
  59. [75] How to Train Your Dragon (2010, Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders)
  60. [75] The Hurt Locker (2008, Kathryn Bigelow)
  61. [75] Iron Man (2008, Jon Favreau)
  62. [75] Minority Report (2002, Steven Spielberg)
  63. [75] Munich (2005, Steven Spielberg)
  64. [75] The Square (2008, Nash Edgerton)
  65. [75] Walk the Line (2005, James Mangold)
  66. [75] The World's Fastest Indian (2005, Roger Donaldson)
  67. [75] Zodiac (2007, David Fincher)
  68. [74] Carandiru (2003, Hector Babenco)
  69. [74] Chicago (2002, Rob Marshall)
  70. [74] Cloverfield (2008, Matt Reeves)
  71. [74] The Dark Knight (2008, Christopher Nolan)
  72. [74] Drag Me to Hell (2009, Sam Raimi)
  73. [74] Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, Michel Gondry)
  74. [74] The Family Stone (2005, Thomas Bezucha)
  75. [74] Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005, Shane Black)
  76. [74] The Last King of Scotland (2006, Kevin Macdonald)
  77. [74] Layer Cake (2004, Matthew Vaughn)
  78. [74] The Memory of a Killer (2003, Erik Van Looy)
  79. [74] The Missing (2003, Ron Howard)
  80. [74] Sherlock Holmes (2009, Guy Ritchie)
  81. [74] Signs (2002, M. Night Shyamalan)
  82. [74] Wordplay (2006, Patrick Creadon)
  83. [73] The Cake Eaters (2007, Mary Stuart Masterson)
  84. [73] Casino Royale (2006, Martin Campbell)
  85. [73] Dead Man's Shoes (2004, Shane Meadows)
  86. [73] Hairspray (2007, Adam Shankman)
  87. [73] The Hangover (2009, Todd Phillips)
  88. [73] A History of Violence (2005, David Cronenberg)
  89. [73] Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008, Steven Spielberg)
  90. [73] The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004, Wes Anderson)
  91. [73] Memories of Murder (2003, Joon-ho Bong)
  92. [73] The Proposition (2005, John Hillcoat)
  93. [72] 300 (2006, Zack Snyder)
  94. [72] Bad Education (2004, Pedro Almodóvar)
  95. [72] The Counterfeiters (2007, Stefan Ruzowitzky)
  96. [72] The Host (2006, Joon-ho Bong)
  97. [72] The International (2009, Tom Tykwer)
  98. [72] Kinsey (2004, Bill Condon)
  99. [72] Mr. Brooks (2007, Bruce A. Evans)
  100. [72] War of the Worlds (2005, Steven Spielberg)
  101. [71] American Splendor (2003, Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini)
  102. [71] Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006, Scott Glosserman)
  103. [71] Finding Nemo (2003, Andrew Stanton)
  104. [71] Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008, Nicholas Stoller)
  105. [71] Ils (2006, David Moreau and Xavier Palud)
  106. [71] Joint Security Area (2000, Chan-wook Park)
  107. [71] My Best Friend (2006, Patrice Leconte)
  108. [71] Primer (2004, Shane Carruth)
  109. [71] Sideways (2004, Alexander Payne)
  110. [71] Triangle (2009, Christopher Smith)
  111. [71] The Village (2004, M. Night Shyamalan)
  112. [70] Collateral (2004, Michael Mann)
  113. [70] Deja Vu (2006, Tony Scott)
  114. [70] Eagle vs Shark (2007, Taika Cohen)
  115. [70] Napoleon Dynamite (2004, Jared Hess)
  116. [70] The Prestige (2006, Christopher Nolan)
  117. [70] A Scanner Darkly (2006, Richard Linklater)
  118. [70] Spartan (2004, David Mamet)
  119. [70] Spider-Man 2 (2004, Sam Raimi)
  120. [70] Transsiberian (2008, Brad Anderson)
  121. [70] White on Rice (2009, Dave Boyle)
  122. [70] Zombieland (2009, Ruben Fleischer)