50 Best: Films of 00's

Submitted by Maniac Mansion on Wed, 12/23/2009 - 01:22
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  1. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, Wes Anderson)
  2. Mulholland Dr. (2001, David Lynch)
  3. Almost Famous (2000, Cameron Crowe)
  4. Memento (2000, Christopher Nolan)
  5. Lost In Translation (2003, Sophia Coppola)
  6. Dancer In the Dark (2000, Lars Von Trier)
  7. Punch-Drunk Love (2002, Paul Thomas Anderson)
  8. The Wrestler (2008, Darren Aronofsky)
  9. Adaptation (2002, Spike Jonze)
  10. No Country For Old Men (2007, Coen Bros.)

  12. Amelie (2001, Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
  13. Napoleon Dynamite (2004, Jared Hess)
  14. There Will Be Blood (2007, Paul Thomas Anderson)
  15. You Can Count On Me (2000, Kenneth Lonergan)
  16. Juno (2007, Jason Reitman)
  17. The Assassination of Jesse James... (2007, Andrew Dominik)
  18. Ghost World (2001, Terry Zwigoff)
  19. Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (2004, Quentin Tarantino)
  20. Inland Empire (2006, David Lynch)
  21. O Brother Where Art Thou (2000, Coen Bros.)

  23. High Fidelity (2000, Stephen Frears)
  24. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, Michel Gondry)
  25. Amores Perros (2000, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
  26. Superbad (2007, Greg Mottola)
  27. The Descent (2005, Neil Marshall)
  28. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003, Peter Jackson)
  29. Closer (2004, Mike Nichols)
  30. Ratatouille (2007, Brad Bird)
  31. Shaun of the Dead (2004, Edgar Wright)
  32. The King of Kong (2007, Seth Gordon)

  34. Thank You For Smoking (2005, Jason Reitman)
  35. Oldboy (2003, Chan-wook Park)
  36. The Dark Knight (2008, Christopher Nolan)
  37. The Departed (2006, Martin Scorsese)
  38. Requiem for a Dream (2000, Darren Aronofsky)
  39. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005, Shane Black)
  40. Spellbound (2002, Jeffrey Blitz)
  41. Donnie Darko (2001, Richard Kelly)
  42. Knocked Up (2007, Judd Apataw)
  43. Sin City (2005, Robert Rodriguez)

  45. The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005, Jeff Feuerzeig)
  46. Tape (2001, Richard Linklater)
  47. Traffic (2000, Stephen Soderbergh)
  48. Gran Torino (2008, Clint Eastwood)
  49. Love Actually (2003, Richard Curtis)
  50. Rachel Getting Married (2008, Jonathan Demme)
  51. Mean Girls (2004, Mark Waters)
  52. The Foot Fist Way (2006, Jody Hill)
  53. Primer (2005, Shane Crruth)
  54. Iron Man (2008, Jon Favreau)
Author Comments: 

Obviously I haven't seen every film made in the past decade, so there may be films that should be on here that are not. I tried to mix in more obvious choices with less popular ones that I feel merit a place on the list to keep it both accurate, and interesting.