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Top 50 Films of the '00s

Looking back at the decade. Here's my list:

Top 50 Films of the '00s

1.“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (Michel Gondry, 2004)
2.“Big Fish” (Tim Burton, 2003)
3.“The Royal Tenenbaums” (Wes Anderson, 2001)
4.“The Dark Knight” (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
5.“Almost Famous” (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
6.“Munich” (Steven Spielberg, 2005)
7.“Road to Perdition” (Sam Mendes, 2002)
8.“Mulholland Drive” (David Lynch, 2001)
9.“A.I. Artificial Intelligence” (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
10.“Up in the Air” (Jason Reitman, 2009)
11.“A History of Violence” (David Cronenberg, 2005)
12.“Juno” (Jason Reitman, 2007)
13.“Capturing the Friedmans” (Andrew Jarecki, 2003)
14.“The Departed” (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
15.“Thank You For Smoking” (Jason Reitman, 2006)
16.“The Incredibles” (Brad Bird, 2004)
17.“Y Tu Mama Tambien” (Alfonso Cuaron, 2002)
18.“The 25th Hour” (Spike Lee, 2002)
19.“Up” (Pete Docter, 2009)
20.“Children of Men” (Alfonso Cuaron, 2006)
21.“Kill Bill: Volume 1” (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
22.“Spider-man 2” (Sam Raimi, 2004)
23.“Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” (Peter Jackson, 2003)
24.“No Country For Old Men” (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007)
25.“High Fidelity” (Stephen Frears, 2000)
26.“Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring” (Peter Jackson, 2001)
27.“The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou” (Wes Anderson, 2004)
28.“Brokeback Mountain” (Ang Lee, 2005)
29.“Stranger Than Fiction” (Marc Forster, 2006)
30.“Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist” (Peter Sollett, 2008)
31.“A Serious Man” (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2009)
32.“The Hurt Locker” (Kathryn Bigelow, 2009)
33.“Sweeney Todd” (Tim Burton, 2007)
34.“Sexy Beast” (Jonathan Glazer, 2000)
35.“O Brother, Where Art Thou?” (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2000)
36.“The 40 Year-Old Virgin” (Judd Apatow, 2005)
37.“Milk” (Gus Van Sant, 2008)
38.“There Will Be Blood” (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
39.“Where the Wild Things Are” (Spike Jonze, 2009)
40.“Once” (John Carney, 2007)
41.“The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters” (Seth Gordon, 2007)
42.“Talk to Her” (Pedro Almodovar, 2002)
43.“Lost in Translation” (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
44. “Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (Peter Jackson, 2002)
45. “American Psycho” (Mary Harron, 2000)
46.“Charlie Wilson’s War” (Mike Nichols, 2007)
47.“Ocean's Eleven” (Steven Soderbergh, 2001)
48.“Rachel Getting Married” (Jonathan Demme, 2008)
49.“Grizzly Man” (Werner Herzog, 2005)
50.“Southland Tales” (Richard Kelly, 2006)

Honorable Mention: Eastern Promises; Ali; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Memento; Black Hawk Down; Amelie; Murderball; The Wrestler; The Devil Wears Prada; In the Mood For Love; Punch Drunk Love; Borat; Requiem for a Dream; Catch Me If You Can; Frost/Nixon; Dreamgirls; Donnie Darko; Elephant; Gangs of New York; The Man Who Wasn't There; American Gangster; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Offside; Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Fantastic Mr. Fox

Movies Omitted Because They're Overrated: Zodiac; Mystic River; Slumdog Millionaire; Before Sunset; The New World; Doubt, Minority Report; American Splendor; Sideways; The Bourne Ultimatum; City of God; Inglourious Basterds; Million Dollar Baby; Finding Neverland

Movies Omitted Because I Hate Them: Crash, Little Miss Sunshine, A Beautiful Mind, The Reader. Revolutionary Road