1. “Munich” (Steven Spielberg)
2. “Rent” (Chris Columbus)
3. “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” (Andrew Adamson)
4. “Sin City” (Robert Rodriguez/Frank Miller)
5. “Good Night, and Good Luck” (George Clooney)
6. “Murderball” (Henry Alex Rubin/Dana Adam Shapiro)
7. “Wedding Crashers” (David Dobkin)
8. “Shopgirl” (Anand Tucker)
9. “Layer Cake” (Matthew Vaughn)
10. “The Aristocrats” (Penn Gillette/Paul Provenza)
Honorable mention: Batman Begins, Brokeback Mountain, Elizabethtown, Fever Pitch, The 40 Year Old Virgin, The Producers, Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Street Fight, Walk the Line.
Omitted because I didn’t see them: Broken Flowers, Capote, The Constant Gardner, A History of Violence, Jarhead, Junebug, Match Point, The Squid and the Whale, 2046.
Omitted because they're overrated: Cinderella Man, Crash, King Kong, March of the Penguins, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Syriana, War of the Worlds.
Posted by Stephen Silver at December 30, 2005 03:25 PMSeen North Country? Definitely a top 10-er.
Posted by: at December 31, 2005 01:33 AMI saw Match Point last night. Was OK.
Posted by: Caryn at December 31, 2005 09:50 AMFor what it's worth, Broken Flowers was neither Jim Jarmusch's nor Bill Murray's best, but I still enjoyed it quite a bit.....
Posted by: Tommy at January 1, 2006 07:32 PM40 year old virgin was hilarious!!! Just saw King Kong. That was pretty good.Happy New Year!
Posted by: Josephine at January 2, 2006 12:11 PMSteve:
I don't know about Rent in the top 10... I definitely agree with Munich and Narnia in the top tier, though. I am partial to Brokeback, although I am glad it got an honorable mention.
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You should also include in your omitted list because you didn't see it, The Upside of Anger.
Posted by: A at January 8, 2006 07:38 AM