Best Movies, 2000-2009
Submitted by lukeprog on Mon, 06/16/2008 - 11:11
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- 8.4 Memento, Christopher Nolan
- 8.1 Mulholland Dr., David Lynch
- 7.7 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Michel Gondry
- 7.6 21 Grams, Alejandro González Iñárritu
- 7.6 Requiem for a Dream, Darren Aronofsky
- 7.4 Bad Education, Pedro Almodóvar
- 7.4 I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
- 7.4 Werckmeister Harmonies, Bela Tarr
- 7.4 Dogville, Lars von Trier
- 7.3 Irreversible, Gaspar Noe
- 7.3 Primer, Shane Carruth
- 7.2 Synecdoche, New York, Charlie Kaufman
- 7.2 There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson
- 7.2 Amorres Perros, Alejandro González Iñárritu
- 7.1 The New World, Terrence Malick
- 7.1 The Science of Sleep, Michel Gondry
- 7.0 Hukkle, György Pálfi
- 7.0 The World, Zhang Ke Jia
- 7.0 The Intruder, Claire Denis
Despite our different aesthetics, I do love many of the films you mention, which may mean I should see Werckmeister Harmonies, the only one I haven't seen on here.
I doubt you'd like it. It is very different than the other films on the list. It's Hungarian.
Here's a preview from an IMDB review: "Some might accuse the film--which centres on a rural town riven by the arrival of a "circus" consisting only of a dead white whale in a corrugated iron trailer and a character called "The Prince" whose nihilistic and inflammatory remarks incite riots--of veering very close to a parody of miserabilist cinema. Okay, so it's in black and white; there's a lot of mud, rubbish, smoke and wetness; there's not much dialogue between not very attractive people; every take lasts between five and ten minutes; and there are many scenes of people trudging through cold and bleak landscapes. (You'll never see so much trudging in a film.)"
tangent...
I'm very surprised that so many of the best films of this decade (in my system) happen to be North American productions. In the 50s, maybe only 2 of the top 10 would've been North American productions.
Southeast Asia is creating some great films lately, just not quite top 10.
Africa makes no good films. Even Sembene is overrated.
Hmm. Do you think it's a parody, or does all of that which seems funny to the reviewer work for you dramatically?
Oh, it works for me. Not as good as Satantango, but much better than The Man From London.
Tarr is a bit like Tarkovsky. He composes each frame beautifully and stunningly. He's one of those "painterly" filmmakers.
Here's a preview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFmu7BYbthY
But YouTube really doesn't do Tarr justice. Imagine Tarkovsky on YouTube.
Memento gone down? On your greatest list of all time you stated it was an 8.8? Is this deliberate? Btw, nice list, I agree with all the films on here I've seen.
Yeah, a bit, but it's ranking all-time hasn't changed. :)
I couldn't fall asleep, so...
Scaruffi's best of the 00s so far:
8.0 Memento, Chris Nolan
8.0 Hero, Zhang Yimou
8.0 21 Grams Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu
8.0 Still Life, Jia Zhang-Ke
7.9 Bad Education, Pedro Almodovar
7.8 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Michel Gondry
7.8 Color of Paradise, Majid Majidi
7.8 Opera Jawa, Garin Nugroho
7.8 Duchess of Langeais, Jacques Rivette
7.7 Mulholland Drive, David Lynch
7.7 The Beat That My Heart Skipped, Jacques Audiard
Michael Sicinski's best of the 00s so far (not including shorts):
Yi Yi, Edward Yang
In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-Wai
Werckmeister Harmonies, Bela Tarr
Audition, Takashi Miike
Devils on the Doorstep, Jiang Wen
Donnie Darko, Richard Kelly
I'm Going Home, Manoel de Oliveira
The Long Holiday, Johan van der Keuken
Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine, Bahman Farmanara
With a Friend Like Harry, Patrice Leconte
Blissfully Yours, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
8 Women, François Ozon
Harmful Insect, Akihiko Shiota
In Praise of Love, Jean-Luc Godard
Pistol Opera, Seijun Suzuki
Silence... We're Rolling, Youssef Chahine
Trouble Every Day, Clarie Denis
Y tu mamá también, Alfonso Cuaron
The Brown Bunny, Vincent Gallo
Irreversible, Gaspar Noe
The Son, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Dogville, Lars von Trier
Kung Fu Hustle, Stephen Chow
Los Angeles Plays Itself, Thom Andersen
Regular Lovers, Philippe Garrel
Bamako, Abderrahmane Sissako
Flight of the Red Balloon, Hou Hsiao-hsien
Still Life, Jia Zhang-Ke
IMDB's best of the 00s so far:
The Return of the King, Peter Jackson
City of God, Fernando Meirelles
The Fellowship of the Ring, Peter Jackson
Memento, Chris Nolan
The Two Towers, Peter Jackson
Amelie, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The Departed Martin Scorcese
The Lives of Others, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Michel Gondry
The Pianist, Roman Polanski
Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro
Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki
Requiem for a Dream, Darren Aronofsky
There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson
Downfall, Oliver Hirschbiegel
No Country for Old Men, Joel Coen
They Shoot Pictures' best of the 00s so far:
In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-Wai
Mulholland Drive, David Lynch
Yi Yi, Edward Yang
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Michel Gondry
Far From Heaven, Todd Haynes
Sideways, Alexander Payne
Los in Translation, Sofia Coppola
Y tu mama tambien, Alfonso Cuaron
A History of Violence, David Cronenberg
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee
Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki
Talk to Her, Pedro Almodovar
Million Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood
Punch-Drunk Love, Paul Thomas Anderson
The Return of the King, Peter Jackson
Before Sunset, Richard Linklater
There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson
The Fellowship of the Ring, Peter Jackson
Ghost World, Terry Zwigoff
Memento, Chris Nolan
Very nice list.
Primer barely missed my list. Personally, I prefer its twists and turns to Memento's.
Now, tell me about Hukkle.
I can't really say much of anything about what is so brilliant about Hukkle without spoiling it. Have you seen it? If not, watch it before you read anything about it.
How much does Wikipedia rule?
Its article on the 2008 South Ossetia war is about 15 pages long and has 244 hyperlinked references. The article did not exist 10 days ago. It was written for free, is available for free, and is easily the best single-point source of information on the conflict.
American rulers seem to think it rules a lot. The Wikipedia, that is.