Film rankings of 2000s
Submitted by Zacharyyy on Fri, 01/01/2010 - 09:55
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- 10/10.
- 9.7/10.
- Cremaster 3/The Order. Matthew Barney. 2002.
- 9.5/10.
- Dogville. Lars Von Trier. 2003.
- INLAND EMPIRE. David Lynch. 2006.
- 9.2/10.
- Dancer In The Dark. Lars Von Trier. 2000.
- Songs From The Second Floor. Roy Andersson. 2000.
- 9/10.
- Russian Ark. Aleksandr Sokurov. 2002.
- 8.7/10.
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days. Christian Mingiu. 2007.
- Everything Will Be OK . Don Hertzfeldt. 2006.
- 8.5/10.
- You, The Living. Roy Andersson. 2007.
- Love Is A Treasure. Eija-Liisa Ahtila. 2002.
- I am so proud of you. Don Hertzfeldt. 2008.
- Elephant. Gus Van Sant. 2003.
- The Meaning Of Life. Don Hertzfeldt. 2005.
- 8.2/10.
- The Five Obstructions. Jorgen Leth, Lars Von Trier. 2003.
- Y Tu Mama Tambien. Alfonso Cuaron. 2001.
- Lost In Translation. Sofia Coppola. 2003.
- Ghost World. Terry Zwigoff. 2001.
- Millenium Actress. Satoshi Kon. 2001.
- 8/10.
- Offside. Jafar Panahi. 2006.
- Before Sunset. Richard Linklater. 2004.
- Love You More. Sam Taylor-Wood. 2008.
- The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford. Andrew Dominik. 2007.
- The Diving Bell And The Butterfly. Julian Schnabel. 2007.
- Punch-Drunk Love. Paul Thomas Anderson. 2002.
- Gerry. Gus Van Sant. 2002.
- i <3 huckabees. David O Russell. 2004.
- Opera Jawa: A Requiem. Garin Nugroho. 2006.
- The Fantastic Mr Fox. Wes Anderson. 2009.
- 7.5/10.
- Wendy And Lucy. Kelly Reichardt. 2008.
- First Of All, Felicia. Melissa de Raaf, Razvan Radulescu. 2009.
- Adaptation. Spike Jonze.
- Ryan. Chris Landreth. 2004.
- Persepolis. Marjan Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud. 2007.
- Control. Anton Corbijn. 2007.
- Manderlay. Lars Von Trier. 2005.
- The Royal Tenenbaums. Wes Anderson. 2001.
- Ratatouille. Brad Bird. 2007.
- Caché. Michael Haneke. 2005.
- Antichrist. Lars Von Trier. 2009.
- Let The Right One In. Tomas Alfredson. 2008.
- Coraline. Henry Sellick. 2009.
- REJECTED. Don Hertzfeldt. 2000.
- Notes On A Scandal. Richard Eyre. 2006.
- The Incredibles. Brad Bird. 2004.
- City Of God. Fernando Meirelles. 2003.
- Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. Michel Gondry. 2004.
- Match Point. Woody Allen. 2005.
- Waydowntown. Gary Burns. 2000.
- Daria. Glenn Eichler, Susie Lewis Lynn. 2002.
- Synecdoche, New York. Charlie Kaufman. 2008.
- Crimson Gold. Jafar Panahi. 2003.
- Dear Wendy. Thomas Vinterberg. 2005.
- Birth. Jonathon Glazer. 2004.
- Triplets Of Belleville. Sylvain Chomet. 2003.
- Reykjavik 101. Baltasar Kormakur. 2000.
- Bamboozled. Spike Lee. 2000.
- Howl's Moving Castle. Hayao Miyazaki. 2004.
- 7/10..
- There Will Be Blood. Paul Thomas Anderson. 2007.
- Lilya 4-Ever. Lukas Moodysson. 2002.
- Spirited Away. Hayao Miyazaki. 2002.
- I'm Not There. Todd Haynes. 2007.
- American Splendor. Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini. 2003.
- Once. John Carney. 2007.
- Clone High. Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Bill Lawrence. 2003.
- Waking Life. Richard Linklater. 2001.
- Rachel Getting Married. Jonathon Demme. 2008.
- Mulholland Dr. David Lynch. 2001.
- Little Miss Sunshine. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris. 2006.
- Consolation Service (TV version). Eija Liisa Ahtila. 2000.
- The Prestige. Christopher Nolan. 2006.
- Pieces Of April. Peter Hedges. 2003.
- The Waltz from Swing Time. Marcela Huerta. 2008.
- Of Time And The City. Terence Davies. 2008.
- Hero. Yimou Zhang. 2002.
- About A Boy. Chris Weitz. 2002.
- Monsters Inc.. David Silverman, Pete Docter. 2001.
- Amelie. Jean-Pierre Jeunet. 2001.
- Frida. Julie Taymor. 2002.
- Children Of Men. Alfonso Cuaron. 2006.
- Firefly/Serenity. Joss Whedon. 2002, 5.
- No Country For Old Men. Joel Cohen, Ethan Cohen. 2007.
- The Weather Man. Gore Verbinski. 2005.
- 6.5/10.
- Italian For Beginners. Lone Scherfig. 2000.
- S1m0ne. Andrew Niccol. 2002.
- Memento Christopher Nolan. 2001.
- Helvetica. Gary Hustwit. 2007.
- MirrorMask. Dave McKean. 2005.
- Tristram Shandy: A Cock And Bull Story. Michael Winterbottom. 2005.
- Sideways. Alexander Payne. 2004.
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring. Kim-duk Kim. 2003.
- Zodiac. David Fincher. 2007
- Ju-On: The Grudge.Takashi Shimizu. 2003.
- Never Like The First Time!. Jonas Odell. 2006.
- Bowling For Columbine. Michael Moore. 2002.
- Last Days. Gus Van Sant. 2005.
- A Very Long Engagement. Jean-Pierre Jeunet. 2004.
- Stranger Than Fiction. Marc Forster. 2006.
- 24 Hour Party People. Michael Winterbottom. 2002.
- Shaun Of The Dead. Edgar Wright. 2004.
- 6/10.
- The Man Who Wasn't There. Joel Cohen, Ethan Coen. 2001.
- Eat, For This Is My Body. Michelange Quay. 2007.
- Solaris. Steven Soderbergh. 2002.
- Avatar: the Last Airbender. Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko. 2005-8.
- The Hours. Stephen Daldry. 2002.
- The Illusionist. Neil Burger. 2006.
- The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan. 2008.
- Me And You And Everyone We Know. Miranda July. 2005.
- Infernal Affairs. Wai Keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak. 2002.
- Pan's Labyrinth. Guillermo Del Toro. 2006.
- Blindness. Fernando Meirelles. 2008.
- Requiem For A Dream. Darren Aronofsky. 2000.
- 5.5/10.
- The Brave One. Neil Jordan. 2007.
- Milk. Gus Van Sant. 2008.
- Marie Antoinette. Sofia Coppola. 2006.
- 13 Going On 30. Gary Winick. 2004.
- Farhenheit 9/11. Michael Moore. 2004.
- A Prairie Home Companion. Robert Altman. 2006.
- V For Vendetta. James McTeigue. 2006.
- Superbad. Greg Mottola. 2007.
- Blow. Ted Demme. 2001.
- Interview With The Earth. Nicolás Pereda. 2008.
- Lord of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring. Peter Jackson. 2001.
- Cold Mountain. Anthony Minghella. 2003.
- Far From Heaven. Todd Haynes. 2002.
- 5/10.
- Chicago. Rob Marshall. 2002.
- Bad Education. Pedro Almodovar. 2004.
- The Departed. Martin Scorsese. 2006.
- Kill Bill (Vol 1 & 2). Quentin Tarantino. 2003/2004.
- Hedwig And The Angry Inch. Jonathon Cameron Mitchell. 2001.
- Up In The Air. Jason Reitman. 2009.
- Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King. Peter Jackson. 2003.
- 4/10.
- Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!. Albert Maysles. 2009.
- Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers. Peter Jackson. 2002.
- Up. Pete Docter, Bob Peterson. 2009.
- The Heart Of The World. Guy Maddin. 2000.
- 3/10.
- Inglourious Basterds. Quentin Tarantino. 2009.
- 2/10.
- WALL-E. Andrew Stanton. 2008.
- Crash. Paul Haggis. 2005.
- 1/10.
- Death Proof. Quentin Tarantino. 2007.
- 0/10.
Author Comments:
OH I MAY AS WELL DO THIS NOW :/ AND MORE TO COME
Directors of the decade: Lars Von Trier, Don Hertzfeldt.
Lol, Don Hertzfeldt.
He is a really great animator. His stuff is expressive, original, and thoughtful (and also completely fucking hilarious at times).
Nice list. You should check out Irreversible by Gaspar Noe
I've been meaning to pick up that one for a while; one I forgot to put in that little list in the author-comments. Thanks for reminding me!
Well Cremaster 3 is officially on the "to-see" list; conceptually it's quite interesting, hopefully it lives up.
A lot of stuff I wouldn't even consider here, but a lot of movies which I really like, too. It's great seeing Songs from the Second Floor so high, it's so overlooked. Elephant's one I'd like to revisit, I can see it moving up on my list when I take another look. A really intelligent film, and that cafeteria shot is quite something.
Good stuff. 2046 and Irreversible need to be seen asap; as well as What Time Is It There? and Werckmeister Harmonies.
For Cremaster 3, some advice: Watch them all in numerical order! I think that improves them quite a bit (the only reason they were made out of order is budget constraints as well as certain bits of self-reference that had to be made). Also looking up how the characters/settings interrelate on the Cremaster website before watching them is helpful in order to get a better understanding of the basic idea of the thing so instead of going "WHAT THE SHIT WAS THAT WHY DID THAT HAPPEN" you have some inkling to the references and ideas being presented and the madness becomes easier to swallow to get to the highly original emotionally stimulating gooey centre of it all. 3 is certainly the best of all five of them, but I feel that they all get strengthened considerably when watched and considered in order together. (unfortunately due to some strange circumstances, it seems there are only good-quality torrents of 1-4, and for some reason all of the torrents for 5 are shitty old VHS rips, which is a shame, because that one is visually stunning in itself too).
Songs From The Second Floor is actually playing at a theatre in Vancovuer right now with a series that's supposed to be showcasing the best of the decade, so yeah. It's a pretty keen film. I'm curious as to what you wouldn't even consider that's here (I'm assuming Hertzfeldt).
So much to look into and I'm already so far behind on shit I gotta watch! Thanks for the suggestions though. I've been meaning to check out Bela Tarr for a while, mostly because I heard about it through Elephant.
They are all officially downloading, I'll get back to you on them when I find the time.
It was an exaggeration to say "a lot", but I thought Bad Education, Requiem for a Dream, Antichrist and Synechdoche were all pretty bad. Then there are films that I liked, some quite a bit; but still wouldn't find a place on my list such as The Prestige, Before Sunset, Ghost World, Ratatouille, There Will Be Blood, The Royal Tenenbaums, Lost in Translation, Adaptation etc.
I actually haven't seen the Hertzfeldt ones, I'm regrettably ignorant when it comes to shorts in general. Hopefully that will be fixed in the coming years.
Hopefully they're good DVD-rips. there's various qualities out there.
Well, Bad Education, Requiem, and Antichrist aren't THAT high. I thought they above average but by no means totally awesome. Probably gonna lower Bad Education. Synecdoche too, probably eventually. I'm still pretty smitten with its weird high-concept-ness. Heh. But yeah. I just like the humnan aspects fo things like Before Sunset, Ghost World, and Lost in Translation...
Anyway, I'm sure I'd say the same about your lists. XP
Aw! Hertzfeldt is a great animator to check out. He's got stuff for everybody: wacky absurdist comedies (Rejected, Billy's Balloon, Genre), and weird dark comedy somewhat serious things (The Meaning of Life, everything will be OK, Lily & Jim).
Another good one to check out for shorts is Bruce Conner. One of my favourite filmmakers. He practically invented music videos back in the late fifties and sixties. Makes mostly semi-abstract films. He has a weird way of escaping symbolism and stuff and making things wholly built on emotional response over intellectual response.
Also, you're a Ray Carney reader, aren't you?
Ironically enough you wrote to neptune about Henry James, and I did the same thing yesterday. Great minds think alike, eh?
How'd you guess? Yes. I find his "Open Letter To The Next Generation of American Filmmakers" to be the most inspiring essay ever. He's sorta my hero. I love his anti-cultural-studies stuff.
Ha! Awesome. That's sort of hilarious.
Promulgating Bruce Conner, Robert Bresson, John Cassavetes and Henry James? You have to be a Carney reader.
And yeah, I think he's a pretty illuminating writer. Once I got past his total dismissals of Welles, Altman, et al I found there was a wealth of info in his site. Talk about elitist though, at least he makes a convincing case for the work he champions.
I liked Robert Bresson and Henry James before I ever read any Carney stuff. XP
And Bruce Conner is amazing; everyone knows about Stan Brakhage's moving-Pollock-paintings, but nobody fucking has seen Breakaway and that should be a crime.
I just really like his philosophy around how to judge movies and art and stuff and his whole anti-cultural-studies thing. I can really see his points with dismissing people likes Welles, or Altman, or Lynch, or the Coen Brothers and so on. He makes a damn good case both for the movies he loves and against the ones he hates. I've always sort of felt how he feels about Hitchcock-- just murder mysteries done to technical perfection with nothing really to say.
I often find the most convincing, interesting, and heartfelt writers are the ones who are sort of elitists or jerks, so more power to Carney that way. Heh.
Thanks for the tip-off to Carney. Hilarious reading so far. Not sure if I will totally agree. So far, I'm getting the sense (somehow Aristotelian in nature) that art is supposed to teach us (truly) helpful and valuable lessons about life, not simply entertain us and mire us in fantasy. Will keep reading though.
Above all else art should be personal and expressive.
Here are two of his things I like best:
http://people.bu.edu/rcarney/indievision/open.shtml
http://people.bu.edu/rcarney/indievision/pa1.shtml
He can be really funny at times. I think that improves his writing.
I love his interview on the private personality of John Cassavetes:
http://people.bu.edu/rcarney/cassoncass/personality.shtml
Everything he writes I find so damn uplifting. I want to hug that bastard.
What is your excuse for not seeing Werckmeister Harmonies or any Tsai?
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I AM. SO. SORRY.
Are you planning on combining your decade lists into a single FAVORITE MOVIEZ list?
There is only one right answer.
Yes I have been considering compiling them into a TOP MOVIES EVAR list with mostly just the 9, 9.2, 9.5, 9.7, and 10 rated films, probably.
Just, like, general feeling like making that sort of list doesn't really matter has been stopping me.
Oh gosh I hope I passed this test.
Cremaster is sweeeeeeeeeeet; the third one definitely reigns supreme GOOD CALL. I think it goes 3 > 2 > 5 > 1 = 4.
PS: Bordwell ain't bad. =/. He fills in a lot of Carney's gaps, who suffers from focusing all of his attention on acting (that said, I still want to "hug that bastard".) There is a lot of bullshit to wade through, though.
<3 glad you dug them all. While 3 reigns supreme, they all get better within the context of all the other ones.
Recently read an article about the Cremaster Cycle that basically could be summed up as: "Matthew Barney is just a dumb jock! His movies are stupid because he does sports >:C"
I have not read anything good from him. Just explaining every single shot as minutely as possible with nothing much else to say. :c Maybe he says good things otherwise though!