10 Best Films of the 00's (so far)

Just for the hell of it.

1. The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001/Coen)
2. Traffic (2000/Soderbergh)
3. Ocean’s 11 (2001/Soderbergh)
4. Kill Bill (2003/Tarantino)
5. Dinner Rush (2000/Giraldi)
6. Sexy Beast (2000/Glazer)
7. Collateral (2004/Mann)
8. Brokeback Mountain (2005/Lee)
9. Lost in Translation (2003/S. Coppola)
10. Gangster No. 1 (2000/McGuigan)

This list could change over time.

21 Grams (Alejandro González Iñárritu;2003;USA)
About Schmidt (Alexander Payne;2002;USA)
Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch;2005;USA/France)
Closer (Mike Nichols;2004;USA)
Elephant (Gus Van Sant;2003;USA)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry;2004;USA)
Gerry (Gus Van Sant;2002;USA/Argentina/Jordan)
Last Days (Gus Van Sant;2005;USA)
Memento (Christopher Nolan;2000;USA)
Mulholland Drive (David Lynch;2001;France/USA)

Tough choice; in alphabetical order:

Elephant (2003; Gus Van Sant)
Éloge de l'amour (In Praise of Love) (2001; Jean-Luc Godard)
Fa yeung nin wa (In the Mood for Love) (2000; Wong Kar-Wai)
Gerry (2001; Gus Van Sant)
Gladiator (2000; Ridley Scott)
Last Days (2005; Gus Van Sant)
Lost In Translation (2003; Sofia Coppola)
Irréversible (Irreversible) (2002; Gaspar Noé)
Sånger från andra våningen (Songs from the Second Floor) (2000; Roy Andersson)
Mulholland Dr. (2001; David Lynch)
2046 (2004; Wong Kar-Wai)

In no order

Almost Famous
High Fidelity
Gladiator
Snatch
A Beautiful Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Memento
LOTR The Two Towers
The Incredibles
City of God

No fans of Requiem here?

*In no order*

Requiem for a Dream
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Broken Flowers (Just saw it! )
City of God
Memento
Adaptation.
Donnie Darko
21 Grams
Last Days
Punch Drunk Love

I am. I think it is a masterpiece. However I do not have list of top 10 movies as of now.

My 15 Favourite So Far:

Bowling For Columbine
City Of God
Kill Bill
Kill Bill II
Fahrenheit 9/11
Gangs Of New York
Gladiator
Minority Report
The Passion Of The Christ
Sin City
Snatch
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith
Syriana
Traffic
Troy

3 of my favorites are The Passion Of The Christ and Training Day and The 40 year old Virgin. I cannot think of any others at this moment.

DS

I am. I think it is a masterpiece. However I do not have list of top 10 movies as of now. [/b][/quote]Good to hear. It was just so moving and beautiful. It is the only movie in which I've ever actually been shocked by. It's the only film to ever make my jaw literally drop. I found myself very involved in the viewing of this film. I think it is the best movie of the decade.

I am. I think it is a masterpiece. However I do not have list of top 10 movies as of now. [/b][/quote]Good to hear. It was just so moving and beautiful. It is the only movie in which I've ever actually been shocked by. It's the only film to ever make my jaw literally drop. I found myself very involved in the viewing of this film. I think it is the best movie of the decade. [/b][/quote]The character of the old woman was touching. Apart from the unique style of editing, the movie also portrayed the tragedy very effectively. The last half hour or so was brilliant.

Yes. I totally agree. Have you seen Pi yet?

The book will probably be the next I read, once I am finished with the two current books I am working on.

This was tough: (in alphabetical order)

About Schmidt (2002/Alexander Payne)
Adaptation. (2002/Spike Jonze)
Closer (2004/Mike Nichols)
Dogville (2003/Lars von Trier)
Elephant (2003/Gus Van Sant)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004/Michel Gondry)
Gerry (2001/Gus Van Sant)
L.I.E. (2001/Michael Cuesta)
Lost in Translation (2003/Sofia Coppola)
Syriana (2005/Stephen Gaghan)

Barely missed the cut:
"Broken Flowers" (2005/Jim Jarmusch)
"In the Bedroom" (2001/Todd Field)
"Memento" (2000/Christopher Nolan)
"Mulholland Dr." (2001/David Lynch)
"Traffic" (2000/Steven Soderbergh)

No. I just checked imdb about it, seems interesting.

The Aviator (2004/Scorsese)
About Schmidt (2001/Payne)
Batman Begins (2005/Nolan)
Collateral (2004/Mann)
Million Dollar Baby (2004/Eastwood)

No. I just checked imdb about it, seems interesting. [/b][/quote]It's not as good as Requiem, but very interesting, especially if you enjoyed Aronofsky's directorial choices on Requiem.

I'm also excited about his new film he is working on. The premise sounds interesting, to say the least. There were also rumors a few years back about him adapting Chuck Palahniuk's novel Choke, a book I absolutely adore, into a feature-length film, which is something I'd of loved to see. But I think he dropped that project a while back.

Star Wars III-Rvenge of the Sith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Collateral
Sin City
Batman Begins
Star Wars II-Attack of the Clones
Final DEstination
Final Destination 2
X-Men
X-Men 2
Van Helsing

I'd add two bios to the list:

"Ray"
"Cinderella Man"

I enjoyed both immensely.

well I loved Requiem For A Dream too! I watched it for the first time last week and I can only agree that it is the most shocking and disturbing film I've ever seen. definitely one of the best of 00's. now, I'm even more shocked that most of you do not include City of God in your lists. in my opinion it is among the top 3 from the 00's. maybe because I'm brazilian and for me the movie is even more realistic. in fact, I rented the DVD last night just to watch an audio commented version of the film by director Fernando Meirelles, screenplay writter Braulio Mantovani and director of cinematography Cesar Charlone (all nominated to the Academy Awards) that is awesome! I recommend every fan of this film to watch it. for anyone who watched and actually remembers the film, is like watching it again, with the director explaining every detail.

I just wanted to meantion two filmes that came out last year: "Munich" and "Capote". Both awesome films, "Munich" is one of the greatest works from Spielberg.

I'm gonna get to this sometime real soon, sounds excellent.

I love Requiem's editing; a rapid, rhythmic, almost addictive conjuring of hallucinatory drug effects. Other than that, I much prefer Pi, which sticks with a protagonist I adapt to (Requiem is full of junkies I don't care for), a pulsating soundtrack, and lovely, black-and-white cinematography. There's a split second I remember vividly, where Max stars at a mirror, then begins to drill a hole into his own skull. We cut away, but the sound resonates still, and it's been a year since I saw it.

Updated with Mulholland Drive, which replaced Collateral.

21 Grams (Alejandro González Iñárritu;2003;USA)
About Schmidt (Alexander Payne;2002;USA)
Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch;2005;USA/France)
Closer (Mike Nichols;2004;USA)
Elephant (Gus Van Sant;2003;USA)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry;2004;USA)
Gerry (Gus Van Sant;2002;USA/Argentina/Jordan)
Last Days (Gus Van Sant;2005;USA)
Memento (Christopher Nolan;2000;USA)
Mulholland Drive (David Lynch;2001;France/USA)

Sort of sporatic, a few huge blockbusters and a few small movies. Most of my favorite movies from this decade have been character studies, or just plain violent movies (next would probably be Punch Drunk Love and the Kill Bills)

1. Lost in Translation (2003/S.Coppola)
2. Sideways (2004/Payne)
3. Traffic (2000/Soderbergh)
4. Collateral (2004/Mann)
5. Match Point (2005/Allen)
6. Batman Begins (2005/Nolan)
7. Elephant (2003/Van Sant)
8. City of God (2002/Mierelles)
9. Road to Perdition (2002/Mendes)
10. Sin City (2005/Rodriguex)

01. Billy Elliot (2000/Daldry)
02. Spirited Away (2001/Miyazaki)
03. Almost Famous (2000/Crowe)
04. A Beautiful Mind (2001/Howard)
05. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001/Maguire)
06. Meet the Parents (2000/Roach)
07. Gladiator (2000/Scott)
08. You Can Count on Me (2000/Lonergan)
09. The Pianist (2002/Polanski)
10. Catch Me if You Can (2002/Spielberg)

Bleh. Haven't seen many good movies lately - the last one I saw was Fun with Dick and Jane and it wasn't that great...

Updated with Gerry. Van Sant's entire Death trilogy is on my best list so far for the 00's.