Times Online 100 Best of the Decade

[Thomas Balkcom]

agree or disagree?

1. Cache
2. The Bourne Supremacy/ The Bourne Ultimatum
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Grizzly Bear
5. Team America: World Police
6. Slumdog Millionaire
7. The Last King of Scotland
8. Casino Royale
9. The Queen
10. Hunger
11 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
12. The Lives of Others
13. This Is England
14. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
15. Downfall
16. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
17. Brokeback Mountain
18. Let the Right One In
19. United 93
20. Donnie Darko
21. Good Night, and Good Luck
22. Far from Heaven
23. Man On Wire
24. 28 Days Later
25. Dancer in the Dark
26. Minority Report
27. Sideways
28. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
29. Being John Malkovich
30. Irreversible
31. Iraq in Fragments
32. Gladiator
33. Monsoon Wedding
34. Finding Nemo
35. Y Tu Mamá También
36. Capturing the Friedman's
37. In the Mood for Love
38. Mulholland Drive
39. Lost in Translation
40. Syriana
41. Children of Men
42. The Incredibles
43. The Dark Knight
44. Under the Sand
45. Touching the Void
46. Traffic
47. My Summer of Love
48. Little Miss Sunshine
49. Knocked Up
50. The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003)
51. The Son's Room
52. The Constant Gardener
53. Milk
54. Bad Santa
55. Chopper
56. Volver
57. The Consequences of Love
58. Shaun of the Dead
59. Être et Avoir
60. The Squid and the Whale
61. Spirited Away
62. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
63. There Will Be Blood
64. L'enfant
65. Waltz with Bashir
66. City of God
67. Gomorrah
68. Memento
69. Persepolis
70. The Class
71. Monster's Inc.
72. The Hurt Locker
73. The Beat That My Heart Skipped
74. Pan's Labyrinth
75. Talk to Her
76. Control
77. Bowling for Columbine
78. About Schmidt
79. Le Grand Voyage
80. Me You and Everyone We Know
81. In the Loop
82. Yi Yi
83. The Wind That Shakes the Barley
84. Hotel Rwanda
85. The Piano Teacher
86. The Orphanage
87. Time and Winds
88. The Royal Tenenbaums
89. School of Rock
90. Wedding Crashers
91. Lantana
92. Dirty Pretty Things
93. House of Flying Dagger
94. An Inconvenient Truth
95. Amores Perros
96. Morvern Callar
97. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
98. Crash (2004)
99. Battle Royale
100. The Devil Wears Prada

source: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6902642.ece

[jco3]

Battle Royale, as in the david arquette WCW film?

The Devil Wears Prada... wtf!?

[DanTGD]

Battle Royale, as in the david arquette WCW film?

The Devil Wears Prada... wtf!?

Battle Royale as in the Japanese film where school children have to kill each other.

It's an awesome film.

[jco3]

Battle Royale as in the Japanese film where school children have to kill each other.

It's an awesome film.

haha, thanks for clearing that up.

[WakingTheMisery]

Battle Royale, as in the david arquette WCW film?

You mean Ready to Rumble? Battle Royale is a gruesome film about kids sent to an island to kill each other.

I LOVE that Team America is at #5.

[narcoleptic953]

Return of the King at 50? Bullshit. Mediocre list, imo.

[WakingTheMisery]

Battle Royale as in the Japanese film where school children have to kill each other.

It's an awesome film.

Boooooooooooo

[narcoleptic953]

And An Inconvenient Truth? WTF?

[Chemical Love]

Weird list. Some great ones on there and some real questionable ones.

[WakingTheMisery]

Really glad they did this list the way they did. There aren't a whole lot of films I haven't heard of and there are some movies a lot of people love that I despise (See: Wedding Crashers, Donnie Darko, School of Rock). I feel like it is a very well balanced list in that sense.

Some greats on there:
Battle Royale
The Squid and the Whale
Hotel Rwanda
Me You and Everyone We Know
Spirited Away
Persepolis

[DanTGD]

Anchorman is on there, so the list is at least 1% accurate

[narcoleptic953]

Crash? Really?

[Ailite]

Not horrible, but I disagree with tons of them. Never even seen Cache.

[Thomas Balkcom]

Not horrible, but I disagree with tons of them. Never even seen Cache.

it's a great film; I get to see it on the big screen on Wednesday-- I am pumped

[poppa Q]

There Will Be Blood is sixty spots behind No Country?

[Ailite]

it's a great film; I get to see it on the big screen on Wednesday-- I am pumped
I'll check it out

[Thomas Balkcom]

There Will Be Blood is sixty spots behind No Country?

and there's a whole bunch of stuff ahead of it that shouldn't be

[narcoleptic953]

Dark Knight at 43? I enjoyed it and all, but it's really not that great. Certainly shouldn't be anywhere NEAR the top 50 films of the decade.

[DryEarth]

Seriously, Team America?
I agree with No Country, though.

[Sventhegreat]

A lot of weird ass movies on there. I need to see Cache.

[Sventhegreat]

Dark Knight at 43? I enjoyed it and all, but it's really not that great. Certainly shouldn't be anywhere NEAR the top 50 films of the decade.

Are you serious? How..?

[thursday727]

wow This Is England , City Of God , and Battle Royale, so glad they didn't forget about these three.

[Car Crash Dream]

I'm proud to say I've seen over 75% of these, and I don't watch that many movies.

[Prestonxsmith]

Dark Knight at 43? I enjoyed it and all, but it's really not that great. Certainly shouldn't be anywhere NEAR the top 50 films of the decade.
The top grossing film of the decade shouldn't be in the top 50?

[WhitestKidUKnow]

finding nemo is on there but up isn't? I disagree.

[Ben09]

Shitty list is shitt

[kafe]

agree or disagree?
18. Let the Right One In


Tate is going to be maaaad.

[Chrisj182]

This is England is one of the best films ever, never mind this decade.

[FueledByRock]

I don't see how they can justify putting Team America above Eternal Sunshine, let alone the rest of the movies in that list. Borat is much too high as well.

[Thomas Balkcom]

The top grossing film of the decade shouldn't be in the top 50?

this presupposes that earnings = cinematic value

[MADSTA]

Bad Santa...what?

[tkw15]

battle royale is sick, I think into the wild should be up there

[Prestonxsmith]

this presupposes that earnings = cinematic value
It doesnt and dont try to spin it that way. The Dark Knight was a very great film and Christopher Nolan is a great filmmaker. This film is no exception and it deserves to be in the top 50, even if it is based off a comic book.

[Thomas Balkcom]

It doesnt and dont try to spin it that way. The Dark Knight was a very great film and Christopher Nolan is a great filmmaker. This film is no exception and it deserves to be in the top 50, even if it is based off a comic book.

actually I agree that it should be in top 50 but I didn't agree with your original reason. These reasons I do agree with

[Thomas Balkcom]

and that absolutely does presuppose that by the way

[abcdefghijake]

battle royale is sick, I think into the wild should be up there

This.

[Matt Chylak]

and that absolutely does presuppose that by the way

who are you to argue "100 best" doesn't mean highest grossing? one can arbitrarily interpret the word "best" to mean many different things...this isn't a list of the 100 movies with the most cinematic value of the decade, it's the 100 "best".

[NaiveMelody]

Cache is a great film but I don't think it's the #1 by any means.

[Thomas Balkcom]

who are you to argue "100 best" doesn't mean highest grossing? one can arbitrarily interpret the word "best" to mean many different things...this isn't a list of the 100 movies with the most cinematic value of the decade, it's the 100 "best".

well when I think of movies that I would call the best there are several qualities to be considered. Cinematic value is among those whereas its gross is most likely not (and if it it would be one of the last thing I considered)

[Thomas Balkcom]

who are you to argue "100 best" doesn't mean highest grossing? one can arbitrarily interpret the word "best" to mean many different things...this isn't a list of the 100 movies with the most cinematic value of the decade, it's the 100 "best".

and I'm really not sure what this is all about. The list has maybe 15-20 films that did well in the box office so I assumed it did NOT mean highest grossing

[Matt Chylak]

well when I think of movies that I would call the best there are several qualities to be considered. Cinematic value is among those whereas its gross is most likely not (and if it it would be one of the last thing I considered)
that's your opinion. it might not be Time's. do they include a reasoning behind their list or are you simply guessing based on your own definitions of what "best" means?

and I'm really not sure what this is all about. The list has maybe 15-20 films that did well in the box office so I assumed it did NOT mean highest grossing
allow me to amend that sentence:

who are you to argue "100 best" doesn't INCLUDE the highest grossing? one can arbitrarily interpret the word "best" to mean many different things...this isn't a list of the 100 movies with the most cinematic value of the decade, it's the 100 "best".

[Thomas Balkcom]

that's your opinion. it might not be Time's. do they include a reasoning behind their list or are you simply guessing based on your own definitions of what "best" means?


allow me to amend that sentence:

who are you to argue "100 best" doesn't INCLUDE the highest grossing? one can arbitrarily interpret the word "best" to mean many different things...this isn't a list of the 100 movies with the most cinematic value of the decade, it's the 100 "best".

I based my opinion on the films the list includes -- as I said not too many high grossing films on the list

[Machu505]

There Will Be Blood at 63? The fuck?

And The Bourne Supremacy+Ultimatum is ludicrously high.

[Chop[chop]]

I don't think this is actually a ranked list.

[narcoleptic953]

Are you serious? How..?

It has one of the worst second acts I've ever seen in a such a highly acclaimed film. That's how. And yes, I'm serious. I loved it as much as everyone did the first time, and have dropped a star off my rating of it with each subsequent viewing. It's good for a comic book movie, but even in that area I don't think it was the best of the decade, and the fact it's above some of the stuff on that list (and some of the stuff they ignored), makes me see once again how hopelessly overrated it was.

The top grossing film of the decade shouldn't be in the top 50?

I don't know. Should Transformers 2 be considered the best film of this year because of its gross? Are you fucking serious?

[Matt Chylak]

;57016981']I don't think this is actually a ranked list.

same

[narcoleptic953]

I definitely think it is a ranked list. It's presented like a countdown on the site, not just a long list.

[whoaisame]

Bad Santa...what?

thats what i was thinking, so fucking random

[Prestonxsmith]

actually I agree that it should be in top 50 but I didn't agree with your original reason. These reasons I do agree with
About the original reason: It's the second top grossing film of all time. To say its not at least a good film puts you in a minority of people. I am saying that in this case, the stats behind this picture prove that it is, at least, a good picture.

[capnhook54]

No Almost Famous? Favorite movie of all time.

[Thomas Balkcom]

About the original reason: It's the second top grossing film of all time. To say its not at least a good film puts you in a minority of people. I am saying that in this case, the stats behind this picture prove that it is, at least, a good picture.

I see what you mean now. And as I said I agree that it should be in the top 50

[narcoleptic953]

No Almost Famous? Favorite movie of all time.

I was wondering where the hell this was as well. Better than just about everything on that list.

[Prestonxsmith]

It has one of the worst second acts I've ever seen in a such a highly acclaimed film. That's how. And yes, I'm serious. I loved it as much as everyone did the first time, and have dropped a star off my rating of it with each subsequent viewing. It's good for a comic book movie, but even in that area I don't think it was the best of the decade, and the fact it's above some of the stuff on that list (and some of the stuff they ignored), makes me see once again how hopelessly overrated it was.



I don't know. Should Transformers 2 be considered the best film of this year because of its gross? Are you fucking serious?
No, and there are certain things that move into its gross anyways. Seeing how it was a sequel to a decent film that had a high gross, its a no brainer people are going to see it again. Now though I can't say anything critical about the film as I have not seen it yet (and still on the fence on whether I should or not), I can say like in the post above that TDK was not only the top grossing film and possibly the decade (it hasn't ended yet and there is somewhat of a possibility of another picture topping it), but also the 2nd top picture of all time. My logic does fail past TDK, as Star Wars Episode 1 and Shrek 2 are in the top 10, still doesnt mean its a history maker.

[ActorInThisPlay]

this list is fucking terrible

[Prestonxsmith]

I was wondering where the hell this was as well. Better than just about everything on that list.
I think this might be a fan based poll.

[Colorblind!]

Cache is a great film but no where NEAR the best of the decade.

[Griff]

The lives of others = win.

[friskycurtain]

I stopped reading after Casino Royale...yes I am aware it was the beginning of a new bond era but that movie is garbage.

[deadkidsean]

There are some idiots in this thread man. I feel bad for you, Tommy.

[meroki22]

The lives of others = win.

This and City of God are the two best films of the last decade in my opinion. Cache was good but overrated.

[bernie16wb]

I'm glad they put some comedies on the list. Making a list of the 100 most artsy films is what publications usually do when making "best" lists. At least this one attempts to merge mainstream appeal with artistic value.

[Thomas Balkcom]

There are some idiots in this thread man. I feel bad for you, Tommy.

I was hoping you'd come in and save the day

[narcoleptic953]

I stopped reading after Casino Royale...yes I am aware it was the beginning of a new bond era but that movie is garbage.


If you think that was the biggest problem with the list, then wow.

[MartyrsCasualty]

Why the fuck is bad santa up there

[Colorblind!]

I have a serious issue with the lack of Synecdoche, New York in this list. I feel that should not only be on the list but near the top.

[CalRahhh]

Glad to see No Country For Old Men and 28 Days Later on there.

[fake empire]

Tate is going to be maaaad.
Tate doesn't like Let the Right One In?

[screamoutmyname]

not. even. close.

[friskycurtain]

If you think that was the biggest problem with the list, then wow.

No it wasn't the biggest problem by any means. Team America, Borat, Bad Santa, and Little Miss Sunshine should not be on the list. Also, Children of Men of way too far down the list.

[kafe]

Tate doesn't like Let the Right One In?

"Not liking" would be the understatement of the decade haha

[narcoleptic953]

No it wasn't the biggest problem by any means. Team America, Borat, Bad Santa, and Little Miss Sunshine should not be on the list. Also, Children of Men of way too far down the list.

I don't think Casino Royale should be that high, but I for one loved that movie and think it definitely belongs on the list.

[thursday727]

most of my favorites of this decade are on there , so i'm not going to complain.

[MADSTA]

Why the fuck is bad santa up there
Seriously, seeing it on that list is one of the biggest mindfucks.

[tyramail]

not that bad, although i don't see sunshine cleaning which makes me sad. i'm surprised knocked up made it. and not sure why the devil wears prada did, other than meryl streep that movie was terrible.

[abcdefghijake]

Gangs of New York =/

[greenteaallday]

This is a terrible fucking list.

[pshh]

i agree with most of these films but would never be able to number them in what i liked best. but .. BORAT?! ha