My Favorite Movies of the 2000s

I know I don't ever talk about movies, but I got too caught up in decade-list-mania that I had to make a list of my favorite films. Granted, I'm not quite as well versed in film as I am in music, but I like to think that I know what I'm talking about when it comes to movies. (This blog is partly named after a movie, after all.) Yes, I might pick a feel-good children's movie over an arty foreign film now and again, but that shouldn't discredit my taste. Right? Maybe not.

Anyways, here is a list of the 60 movies I liked best from 2000 to 2009. Sometimes I like a movie because it's well directed (No Country For Old Men), sometimes I like one that's funny (Royal Tennenbaums), sometimes I like one with a great script (Kill Bill), sometimes I like one that makes me think (Mulholland Drive), sometimes I have no idea why I like something, but I did (Big Fish). Knowing the people that will read this, though, you're probably the same way and will like most of these films. This decade, I laughed, I cried (not really--I don't cry), I made a list. Enjoy. (Note: I bolded the ones that came out in 2009, so as to insert my "favorite movies of '09" list in there.) (Note #2: I know there are many good movies not on this list. This could be because I've seen them and was not crazy about them (The Departed, Lord Of The Rings 3, The Dark Knight, etc.) or, more likely, because I haven't seen them (Grizzly Man, Amelie, Requiem For A Dream, Rescue Dawn, Eternal Sunshine (I fell asleep half way in), etc.).) (You like that triple parenthesis? I thought so.) (Note #3: I'm pretty behind on 2009 movies, so I'll probably have to publish a revision in a few months. But like I said, I'm behind on all movies. So a revision will be most necessary.) Without further parentheticals, here's the list.

60. Ratatouille

59. Coraline

58. 3:10 To Yuma

57. Triplets of Belleville

56. Crazy Heart

55. Frost/Nixon

54. Babel

53. Thank You For Smoking

52. Zodiac

51. Fahrenheit 9/11

50. Moon

49. A Mighty Wind

48. The Host

47. Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers

46. The Darjeeling Limited

45. Monsters, Inc.

44. Ghost World

43. Grindhouse: Planet Terror

42. Bowling For Columbine

41. Batman Begins

40. In Bruges

39. 24 Hour Party People

38. Into The Wild

37. Antichrist

36. Memento

35. The Hurt Locker

34. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

33. The Machinist

32. Lost In Translation

31. Wall-E

30. Big Fish

29. Gomorrah

28. Man On Wire

27. Sin City

26. Finding Nemo

25. American Splendor

24. Napoleon Dynamite

23. Waltz With Bashir

22. Elf

21. Fantastic Mr. Fox

20. Layer Cake

19. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

18. Snatch

17. School Of Rock

16. Up

15. Children Of Men

14. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days

13. A Serious Man

12. Hunger

11. There Will Be Blood

10. The Lives Of Others

9. Inglourious Basterds

8. The Royal Tennenbaums

7. Mulholland Drive

6. The Diving Bell And The Butterfly

5. Spirited Away

Now, I know this is very unlike me, but the top 4 is a 4-way tie between:

City Of God

Kill Bill (volumes 1 and 2)

No Country For Old Men

Pan's Labyrinth

I know, I know. But I just couldn't pick one. I had City Of God at the top for a while, but then I decided Pan's Labyrinth was #1. Then I was like, "Nah, it's No Country." But then I looked back and realized that I had seen Kill Bill the most out of the four. But then I was like, "But I think I like City Of God better," and so on and so forth. Bottom line is, I couldn't pick. But these four movies are all amazing, and you should watch them (even if you've already seen them).

That's what I think. And that's it for decade list mania. Check back in a bit. I'm probably gonna take a short break from posting because, you know, I have school now, and I can't sit in my basement and blog all day. (Not that that was what I was doing.) (Yes, it was.) (No, it wasn't.) (It kinda was.)