Thursday, February 11, 2010

Top 25 Movies of the Aughts

Yea, this is late. All the excitement of the whole new decade thing has passed. Oh well, here's my top 25 of the past decade:

25. The Departed (2007)

24. Big Fish (2003)

23. Spirited Away (2001)

22. The Station Agent (2003)

21. Children of Men (2006)

20. Rocket Science (2007)

19. High Fidelity (2000)

18. Dear Zachary (2008)

17. Into the Wild (2007)

16. The Wackness (2008)

15. No Country for Old Men (2007)

14. Memento (2001)

13. Lord of the Rings (2001)

12. Shaun of the Dead (2004)

11. Before Sunset (2004)

10. The Dark Knight (2008)

9. Brick (2005)

8. City of God (2002)

7. All the Real Girls (2003)

6. The Fall (2008)

5. Garden State (2004)

4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

3. (500) Days of Summer (2009)

2. Donnie Darko (2001)

1. Almost Famous (2000)

Top 30 of 2009 (Updated)

I ended up seeing some more (really good) movies from 2009 and also got to see some of the same movies more than once so I made some changes and I thought I'd update this. I know, I know, you can barely contain your excitement. Here's my top 30 of 09 (without the blurbs because I'm lazy):

30. Adam

29. Humpday

28. Inglourious Basterds

27. Friday the 13th

26. Up

25. Extract

24. The Road

23. Star Trek

22. I Love You, Man

21. Trick 'R Treat

20. Away We Go

19. Goodbye Solo

18. The Brothers Bloom

17. Moon

16. The House of the Devil

15. The Hurt Locker

14. In the Loop

13. Avatar

12. The Hangover

11. Anvil! The Story of Anvil

10. Red Cliff

9. The White Ribbon

8. Fantastic Mr. Fox

7. Adventureland

6. Drag Me to Hell

5. Up in the Air

4. Peter and Vandy

3. Sin Nombre

2. Where the Wild Things Are

1. (500) Days of Summer