The AV Club's Best Films of the Decade

[Thomas Balkcom]

I have been anxiously awaiting this list. What do you think of it?

50. Oldboy
49. Gerry
48. Crimson Gold
47. Moulin Rouge!
46. Adaptation
45. Audition
44. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
43. Brokeback Mountain
42. L'enfant
41. The Dark Knight
40. City of God
39. The Prestige
38. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring
37. A History of Violence
36. Pan's Labyrinth
35. Waking Life
34. American Psycho
33. Punch-Drunk Love
32. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
31. In the Mood for Love
30. WALL-E
29. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
28. Morvern Callar
27. What Time is it There?
26. The Incredibles
25. Together
24. Yi Yi
23. The Man Who Wasn't There
22. United 93
21. Zodiac
20. The Squid and the Whale
19. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
18. Mulholland Dr.
17. The Royal Tenenbaums
16. Almost Famous
15. Y Tu Mama Tambien
14. Talk to Her
13. Grizzly Man
12. Before Sunset
11. Time Out
10. Children of Men
9. The New World
8. Capturing the Friedmans
7. Kill Bill Vol. 1
6. Spirited Away
5. Memento
4. No Country for Old Men
3. There Will Be Blood
2. 25th Hour
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind


and what was left out: http://www.avclub.com/articles/almost-the-best-films-of-the-00s-orphans-and-perso,35939/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=avclub_rss_daily

[Thomas Balkcom]

Scott Tobias' Top Ten (I know I am not the only fan of his on this site)

1. 25TH HOUR
2. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
3. BEFORE SUNSET
4. YI YI
5. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
6. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
7. THERE WILL BE BLOOD
8. ZODIAC
9. DOGVILLE
10. WALL-E

[anthonydarko]

I would not put Eternal Sunlight of The Spotless Mind at the top of a Best Films of The Decade list. It's an awesome movie, but is it better then every good film put out on in the last 10 years? Not a chance in hell.

[drewinseries]

yay for the prestige

[TJ Wells]

I'm really disappointed in all these lists excluding LiT. All three of Coppola's films would probably make my top 50.

[MCSmuthafucka]

Where is Minority Report? Revenge Of The Sith? Inglourious Basterds?
and The Dark Knight is 41 ?!?!?!?!?
Forty-fucking-one!?!?!?!?
Whoever wrote this list dosnt know shit about movies
And btw No Country For Old Men sucked ass
The Cohen Brothers havent made a good movie since O Brother Where Art Thou, and are probablly number one on my list of most overrated directors of all time

[yellowhouse]

Where is Minority Report? Revenge Of The Sith? Inglourious Basterds?
and The Dark Knight is 41 ?!?!?!?!?
Forty-fucking-one!?!?!?!?
Whoever wrote this list dosnt know shit about movies
And btw No Country For Old Men sucked ass
The Cohen Brothers havent made a good movie since O Brother Where Art Thou, and are probablly number one on my list of most overrated directors of all time

You fail.

[IAmNietzche]

25th Hour? The best film of the decade?

[williek311]

Well at least City of God made this list albeit a little low in my eyes.

[IAmNietzche]

I'm gonna have to make my list. Teach people what time it is.

[williek311]

I'm gonna have to make my list. Teach people what time it is.

I'm gonna guess it will contian a lot of movies people on this website, including myself, haven't seen. haha

[IAmNietzche]

I'm gonna guess it will contian a lot of movies people on this website, including myself, haven't seen. haha
Haha it shouldn't. That's the point.

[williek311]

Haha it shouldn't. That's the point.

I saw your list for best movies this year and I think I had seen maybe 2 and just heard of a couple more. Nobody wants to hear about your elitest foreign films.

I really do wish I had a chance to see more movies foreign and domestic.

[bard]

i agree more with this list than any other...

[anthonydarko]

Where is Minority Report? Revenge Of The Sith? Inglourious Basterds?
and The Dark Knight is 41 ?!?!?!?!?
Forty-fucking-one!?!?!?!?
Whoever wrote this list dosnt know shit about movies
And btw No Country For Old Men sucked ass
The Cohen Brothers havent made a good movie since O Brother Where Art Thou, and are probablly number one on my list of most overrated directors of all time
http://www.forumammo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10063/RonaldMcGTFO.jpg

[Thomas Balkcom]

I'm really disappointed in all these lists excluding LiT. All three of Coppola's films would probably make my top 50.

yeah, I was extremely disappointed in this list.

[narcoleptic953]

I have been anxiously awaiting this list. What do you think of it?

50. Oldboy
49. Gerry
48. Crimson Gold
47. Moulin Rouge!
46. Adaptation
45. Audition
44. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
43. Brokeback Mountain
42. L'enfant
41. The Dark Knight
40. City of God
39. The Prestige
38. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring
37. A History of Violence
36. Pan's Labyrinth
35. Waking Life
34. American Psycho
33. Punch-Drunk Love
32. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
31. In the Mood for Love
30. WALL-E
29. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
28. Morvern Callar
27. What Time is it There?
26. The Incredibles
25. Together
24. Yi Yi
23. The Man Who Wasn't There
22. United 93
21. Zodiac
20. The Squid and the Whale
19. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
18. Mulholland Dr.
17. The Royal Tenenbaums
16. Almost Famous
15. Y Tu Mama Tambien
14. Talk to Her
13. Grizzly Man
12. Before Sunset
11. Time Out
10. Children of Men
9. The New World
8. Capturing the Friedmans
7. Kill Bill Vol. 1
6. Spirited Away
5. Memento
4. No Country for Old Men
3. There Will Be Blood
2. 25th Hour
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind


and what was left out: http://www.avclub.com/articles/almost-the-best-films-of-the-00s-orphans-and-perso,35939/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds&utm_source=avclub_rss_daily

Nice to see Almost Famous on a list finally; it's in my top 5 for sure. Also, glad they didn't ignore LotR, but Two Towers seems like a strange choice. I love it, but I thought it was almost universally considered the weakest of the three? Once again though, they shouldn't split them, it should be all together. Same goes for Kill Bill, which is way too high I think, especially since 2 is better. Glad to see Zodiac getting it's deserved attention on these lists. And why the fuck does A.I. keep popping up? One of the worst movies I've seen this decade.

I would not put Eternal Sunlight of The Spotless Mind at the top of a Best Films of The Decade list. It's an awesome movie, but is it better then every good film put out on in the last 10 years? Not a chance in hell.

Agreed.

Where is Minority Report? Revenge Of The Sith? Inglourious Basterds?
and The Dark Knight is 41 ?!?!?!?!?
Forty-fucking-one!?!?!?!?
Whoever wrote this list dosnt know shit about movies
And btw No Country For Old Men sucked ass
The Cohen Brothers havent made a good movie since O Brother Where Art Thou, and are probablly number one on my list of most overrated directors of all time


This post is just a storm of shit.

I'd also like to see Minority Report and Inglourious Basterds, but not every list is going to have everything you want on it. And no list is going to have Revenge of the Sith on it. I'm sorry.
As for The Dark Knight, it doesn't even deserve to be on this list, in my opinion, but if it has to be there, I think in the 40's is a good place for it. There are so many better films, both on and off this list.
Your reply is just making it look like you don't know shit about movies. I'm sure these people have seen far more of them than you, anyway...
I'm not even going to reply to the last part, because it's opinion entirely. Even if you didn't like it though, it's filmmaking at it's finest, and the COEN Brothers have made much better films than O Brother Where Art Thou.

[Thomas Balkcom]

I'm gonna have to make my list. Teach people what time it is.

excited to see it. I hope a good number of people from the Entertainment Forum make Decade Lists.

[Foosimoo]

Memento at #5 makes me happy.

[abcdefghijake]

Where is Minority Report? Revenge Of The Sith? Inglourious Basterds?
and The Dark Knight is 41 ?!?!?!?!?
Forty-fucking-one!?!?!?!?
Whoever wrote this list dosnt know shit about movies
And btw No Country For Old Men sucked ass
The Cohen Brothers havent made a good movie since O Brother Where Art Thou, and are probablly number one on my list of most overrated directors of all time

Your taste in movies is appalling.

[Macbeth.]

Memento at #5 makes me happy.

agree, even though I can't get any of my friends into it because it doesn't have explosions or will ferrel in it.

[ctmk]

the lord of the rings deserves to be in the top ten, the departed and mystic river need to be on the list

[Recovery Room]

The fact The New World is on there is absurd, but the fact it's at number nine is over-the-top.

[Recovery Room]

Not necessarily in this order (aside from #1), but these are probably the only ones I'd have on my list.

50. Oldboy
41. The Dark Knight
40. City of God
36. Pan's Labyrinth
33. Punch-Drunk Love
30. WALL-E
29. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
26. The Incredibles
21. Zodiac
17. The Royal Tenenbaums
5. Memento
4. No Country for Old Men
3. There Will Be Blood
2. 25th Hour
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[flask]

Memento at #5 makes me happy.
this.
numbers 6-3 are some of my favorite movies ever.
overall, i like this list. althought dark knight better than brokeback mountian? not so sure about that...

[Vincewithouthee]

25th hour is an incredibly under appreciated movie and I'm kinda shocked it's getting recognized like this. I wouldn't put it in the top 5 though. I'd say it's more in the top 25 (har har) range personally.

Also, The Departed is missing? Why? I'd put that in there over a lot of movies listed.

[meroki22]

Well at least City of God made this list albeit a little low in my eyes.

My favorite movie of all time.

[IAmNietzche]

Audition was released in 1999.

Anyway, I finished my list of my favorite films from 2000-2009.

http://www.theauteurs.com/lists/1618

[williek311]

Audition was released in 1999.

Anyway, I finished my list of my favorite films from 2000-2009.

http://www.theauteurs.com/lists/1618 I think I've seen 5 of those movies. But I will check some other out though because I feel you have a sense of good cinema.

[stayillogical]

Surprised to see Dirty Pretty Things and Primer. I didn't think much of either. Nice to finally see The Lives of Others on a list.

[Thomas Balkcom]

glad to see The Proposition so high, it's sitting between 20 and 25 on my list as of right now.

[IAmNietzche]

I think I've seen 5 of those movies. But I will check some other out though because I feel you have a sense of good cinema.
Of those I think you would especially like;

07. Memories of Murder
12. Irreversible
13. Trouble Every Day
18. The Proposition
20. Battle Royale
23. Let the Right One In
26. A Bittersweet Life
42. Ichi the Killer
44. Memento
45. A Tale of Two Sisters
47. The Banishment
49. May

[doomcrs04]

Children of Men made it but not Amores Perros? Children of Men is such a piece of shit, I would put it on the same list as The Fountain for most disappointing movies this decade.

[*crying stars*]

Eternal Sunshine at the top of that list is weird.

And huzzah for The Incredibles and Moulin Rouge!

[jwelborn]

Really pleased to see The Man Who Wasn't There on this list, it's really under-appreciated and one of my favorite films. Although, I really wouldn't agree with over half of the choices, mainly in order.

[bard]

Children of Men made it but not Amores Perros? Children of Men is such a piece of shit, I would put it on the same list as The Fountain for most disappointing movies this decade.
this entire post is just.... :-|

[IAmNietzche]

Surprised to see Dirty Pretty Things and Primer. I didn't think much of either. Nice to finally see The Lives of Others on a list.
I guess that's because it's my favorites of the decade, not yours. I'll put together a list with Transformers and Transformers 2 at #1 and #2 respectively and you can fill in the rest to create your favorites list.

[stayillogical]

I guess that's because it's my favorites of the decade, not yours. I'll put together a list with Transformers and Transformers 2 at #1 and #2 respectively and you can fill in the rest to create your favorites list.

This entire post was unnecessary and unexpected. Were you just waiting for an opportunity to make that joke? It would have been funnier if it were on someone more fitting, by the way.

[Ben09]

No Motorcycle Diaries, Amores Perros, Atonement...crappy.

[jwelborn]

I guess that's because it's my favorites of the decade, not yours. I'll put together a list with Transformers and Transformers 2 at #1 and #2 respectively and you can fill in the rest to create your favorites list.

This entire post was unnecessary and unexpected. Were you just waiting for an opportunity to make that joke? It would have been funnier if it were on someone more fitting, by the way.


I must agree, I think he has been holding that joke in for a while, because it was definitely used prematurely. Fail on his part.

[IAmNietzche]

I must agree, I think he has been holding that joke in for a while, because it was definitely used prematurely. Fail on his part.
Used prematurely? Haha. Can you be any more of a square?

[narcoleptic953]

Square?

[stayillogical]

What is this, the general forum?

[bard]

that was a weird exchange

[Thomas Balkcom]

Used prematurely? Haha. Can you be any more of a square?


love the avatar change.

[eMart]

I've seen The New World on a few of these lists now and I was pretty sure this movie got mostly mediocre reviews when it came out. The man did make Days of Heaven though, so I guess it might be better than the trailer made it seem.

[IAmNietzche]

love the avatar change.
One of my most anticipated Criterions ever. Hopefully it sells well so we can get Antares released soon. It's actually better.

[Gaugzilla]

Glad to see United 93 on there. I'd venture to say that's probably in my top 10 of the decade.

[IAmNietzche]

I've seen The New World on a few of these lists now and I was pretty sure this movie got mostly mediocre reviews when it came out. The man did make Days of Heaven though, so I guess it might be better than the trailer made it seem.
It's split 50-50 between people who hate it and people who think it's a masterpiece. It is a real slow burner and takes alot of patience. However, I think it is universally recognized as one of the most beautifully shot films of all time.

[Thomas Balkcom]

It's split 50-50 between people who hate it and people who think it's a masterpiece. It is a real slow burner and takes alot of patience. However, I think it is universally recognized as one of the most beautifully shot films of all time.

I get the BD from Netflix tomorrow and I am excited to watch it.