Your top movies of the 00s

List them here.

(I'm mostly doing this to see what people liked a lot that I may have missed.)

Here, I'll do 10 (in no particular order):

No Country For Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Old Boy

Caché

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Inland Empire

Spirited Away

Zodiac

Brokeback Mountain

Donnie Darko

AVATAR

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Amelie

Donnie Darko

Pan's Labyrinth

Downfall

O Brother, Where Art Thou

The Lives of Others

Grizzly Man

Little Miss Sunshine

Sideways

Hidden

Adam and Paul

10. Taken

9. Let The Right One In

8. The Two Towers

7. Black Book

6. Mullholland Drive

5. The Piano Teacher

4. District 9

3. Antichrist

2. Return Of The King

1. Gommorrah

zoolander

LOTR

harry potter

mulholland drive

the aviator

so hard to do a list that spans a decade. i can barely remember what happend a month ago. not to mention some of the movies i saw and liked in 01 or 02 completely suck today.

so my main criterion is inevitebly going to be "did i remember seeing it?" ...based on that, here is my list after 5 minutes of reflection, in no order (some of the movies benefit from my having watched them in the past week or so):

eternal sunshine

sideways

minority report

avatar

burn after reading

pan's labyrinth

wind that shakes the barley

bourne ultimatum

the dark knight

senecdoche, NY

memento

house of flying daggers

ratatouille

edit: ratatouille

there will be blood

children of men

cinderella man

amelie

black dynamite

idiocracy

broken flowers

la môme

the life aquatic with steve zissou

match point

vicky christina barcelona

in bruges

lost in translation

whatever works

the darjeeling limited

good bye lenin!

the lives of others

1. Primer

2. No Country For Old Men

3. Avatar

4. Unbreakable

5. the Power of Nightmares

6. Fellowship of the Ring

7. In the Loop

8. 2LDK

9. Being John Malkovich

10. Inland Empire

11. The Trap

12. Kung Fu Hustle

13. Drag me to Hell

14. Burn After Reading

15. Adaptation

16. the Great Yokai War

17. Synecdoche

18. the Two Towers

19. Lady in the Water

20. Idiocracy

21. Spider-man 2

22. American Psycho

23. Downfall

24. Punch Drunk Love

25. A Mighty Wind

26. Ladykillers

27. Shaun of the Dead

28. Milk

29. The Fog of War

30. Steak

31. Memento

32. Ratatouille

33. The Departed

34. The Hawk Is Dying

35. The Royal Tenenbaums

36. Capturing the Friedmans

37. Return of the King

38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

the ones i put graphics up for are the more obscure films that you may have missed.

1 - the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford - a masterpiece

2 - mulholland drive - liked this better than inland empire, but both films are lynch masterpieces.

3 - lilja 4-ever - a devastating film. as powerful as it gets.

4 - mister lonely - a tender side of harmony korine. perversely tender.

5 - the piano teacher - cache didnt hold a candle to this. searing filmmaking.

6 - spirited away - really need to watch this one again. amazing film.

7 - there will be blood - huge leap for pta.

8 - the proposition - another western tinged masterpiece by an australian.

9 - avatar - thematically its on the weak side but absolutely amazing in its technical achievements.

10 - shotgun stories - an amazingly understated and intense film.

and id say michael shannon is the best actor to gain prominence in the 00s. hes probably my favorite actor at the moment.

i haven't seen most of the ones you listed,will have to do some investigating

the assassination of jesse james is essential if you havent seen it.

i forgot -

11 - the thin red line - malick ftw

11 - marooned in iraq - really deserves to be on the list, especially considering all thats happened in iraq.

12 - beau travail - forgot about this one too. beautiful film and also i just realized that my list is devoid of female directors.

some more in no particular order -

a time for drunken horses

ghost in the shell 2: innocence

idiocracy

irreversible

diary of the dead

land of the dead

antichrist

turtles can fly

gran torino

the hurt locker

no country for old men

the 40 year old virgin

gozu

waking life

in the mood for love

the vertical rays of the sun

together

the new world

dancer in the dark

best documentaries -

the filth and the fury

grizzly man

the devil and daniel johnston

derailroaded

the power of nightmares

dig!

be here to love me

youre gonna miss me

scott walker 30 century man

the fog of war

stevie

the king of kong

benjamin smoke

This is really tough off the top of my head. Some good mentions in here.

4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days.

Cache.

No Country for Old Men

Let The Right One In.

Gomorrah

Primer

Children of Men

Brick

Eternal Sunshine

Wind that Shakes the Barley

Hero

Pan's Labyrinth

Memento

The Son

oh shit yeah "let the right one in" was great as well

in no order at all

sympathy for mr vengeance

fellowship of the ring

all about lily chou chou

primer

last life in the universe

spirited away

mulholland drive

mindgame

before sunset

the pianist

Children of Men

In no specific order

Oldboy

Let The Right One In

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Adaptation

Mulholland Drive

Children of Men

There Will Be Blood

Pan's Labyrinth

Zodiac

Lost in Translation

Even though I've only watched (500) Days of Summer once it's still one of the best romantic movies I've ever watched, so I'm giving it a wildcard.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Zodiac

A Scanner Darkly

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

The Dark Knight

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

40 Year Old Virgin

Superbad

Errr... um... Garden State Don't judge me!

Pretty much every movie mentioned in this thread is right on.

Tough one! Let's see...

the lord of the rings trilogy

grizzly man

elephant

city of god

drag me to hell

avatar

star trek

the lives of others

let the right one in

match point

slither

children of men

zodiac

Step Brothers

Dead End

Choke

Crank movies

A Scanner Darkly

Watchmen

Brüno

of the top of my head. There's more.

Revenge of the Sith

A Scanner Darkly

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Requiem For a Dream

The Fountain

Donnie Darko

Borat

Beowulf

Wall-E

Watchmen

Eternal Sunshine

The Departed

Some good stuff in here...though Thin Red Line is '98 Z_B_Z... but I do agree that film is definitely one of my top in the last decade.

I'm off to find films listed that I have not yet seen... as for my list in no particular order:

Ballast

Dean Spanley - one of my favs

There Will Be Blood

No Country for Old Men

A Serious Man

Lust, Caution

Cache

City of God

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Amores Perros

The Piano Teacher

The Man Who Wasn't There

Punch Drunk Love

I'm sure there are many more...

Beijing Bicycle (2001)

Charlotte Sometimes (2002)

Chopper (2000)

City of Ghosts (2002)

The Dancer Upstairs (2002)

Gangs of New York (2002)

Ghost World (2001)

Happy Times (2000)

Isabella (2006)

La Sierra (2005)

A Lucky Day (2002)

Marebito (2004)

Medicine for Melancholy (2008)

The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

Munich (2005)

The New World (2005)

Oasis (2002)

Platform (2000)

Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

The Quiet American (2002)

The Reckoning (2003)

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Spirited Away (2001)

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)

Still Life (2006)

Suzhou River (2000)

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

Throw Down (2004)

What Time Is It There? (2001)

Up the Yangtze (2007)

Zodiac (2007)

The Fountain

The Wrestler

No Country for Old Men

Mulholland Drive

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou