On Episode 600, after ten years of doing our yearly retrospectives, we finally discussed our Top 10 movies of the decade (2010-2019). It was a lot of fun celebrating the very best that film had to offer in the 2000s, and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. As part of the exercise, Brendan and JD decided to offer up their newly revised Top 10 lists for each year in the decade. If you listened to any of the retrospective episodes, you may notice the discrepancies between these lists and what we published previously. There are many reasons for this, but mostly it comes down to cinephile maturity and careful reflection on the films that move us the most emotionally and artfully.
With that said, here are our newly updated Top 10 lists for each year in the 2000s!
JD’s Lists:
2000:
1) Almost Famous
2) Beau Travail
3) O Brother, Where Art Thou?
4) Dancer in the Dark
5) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
6) Bamboozled
7) Yi Yi
8) Traffic
9) Ratcatcher
10) Unbreakable
11) Requiem for a Dream
12) The Virgin Suicides
13) Gladiato
14) Cast Away
15) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
16) State and Main
17) American Psycho
18) You Can Count On Me
19) George Washington
20) Shadow of the Vampire
2001:
1) A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2) In the Mood for Love
3) The Royal Tenenbaums
4) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
5) Ocean’s Eleven
6) Muholland Drive
7) Memento
8) The Devil’s Backbone
9) Amelie
10) Black Hawk Down
11) Moulin Rouge!
12) The Man Who Wasn’t There
13) Waking Life
14) Ghost World
15) Training Day
16) Monsters Inc.
17) Hedwig and the Angry Inch
18) Fat Girl
19) The Others
20) Wet Hot American Summer
2002:
1) Y tu mamá también
2) Adaptation.
3) Punch-Drunk Love
4) Solaris
5) Signs
6) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
7) Far From Heaven
8) 25th Hour
9) The Pianist
10) Catch Me If You Can
11) Road to Perdition
12) Spirited Away
13) Talk to Her
14) The Hours
15) Morvern Collar
16) Infernal Affairs
17) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
18) Spider-Man
19) 24-Hour Party People
20) The Bourne Identity
2003:
1) Lost in Translation
2) City of God
3) Big Fish
4) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
5) The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
6) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
7) The Station Agent
8) Mystic River
9) In America
10) American Splendor
11) The Matrix Reloaded
12) 28 Days Later
13) Millennium Actress
14) Finding Nemo
15) 21 Grams
16) Tokyo Godfathers
17) Bad Boys II
18) School of Rock
19) Whale Rider
20) The Barbarian Invasions
2004:
1) Before Sunset
2) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3) Hero
4) Spider-Man 2
5) The Village
6) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
7) The Incredibles
8) Kill Bill: Vol. 2
9) Baadasssss!
10) Million Dollar Baby
11) Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
12) The Bourne Supremacy
13) Shaun of the Dead
14) Dogville
15) Birth
16) Man on Fire
17) Friday Night Lights
18) Sideways
19) Vera Drake
20) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2005
1) The New World
2) Nobody Knows
3) Oldboy
4) Hustle & Flow
5) Me and You and Everyone We Know
6) Caché
7) 2046
8) Capote
9) Grizzly Man
10) Junebug
11) The Squid and the Whale
12) Brokeback Mountain
13) Memories of Murder
14) Good Night, and Good Luck
15) A History of Violence
16) Batman Begins
17) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
18) Mysterious Skin
19) Munich
20) Pride & Prejudice
2006
1) Children of Men
2) Pan’s Labyrinth
3) Man Push Cart
4) Letters from Iwo Jima
5) Miami Vice
6) Brick
7) United 93
8) L’Enfant
9) The Proposition
10) Stranger Than Fiction
11) Half Nelson
12) The Prestige
13) Old Joy
14) Mission: Impossible III
15) Casino Royale
16) Babel
17) The Devil and Daniel Johnston
18) Déjà Vu
19) The Science of Sleep
20) A Scanner Darkly
2007
1) No Country for Old Men
2) There Will Be Blood
3) Zodiac
4) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
5) Once
6) Ratatouille
7) Atonement
8) Juno
9) The Orphanage
10) This is England
11) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
12) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
13) Away From Her
14) Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
15) Persepolis
16) The Bourne Ultimatum
17) Gone Baby Gone
18) Hot Fuzz
19) The Savages
20) Into the Wild
2008
1) Synecdoche, New York
2) Wendy & Lucy
3) WALL-E
4) Hunger
5) Rachel Getting Married
6) The Dark Knight
7) Frozen River
8) Let the Right One In
9) In Bruges
10) Man on Wire
11) I’ve Loved You So Long
12) The Wrestler
13) Chop Shop
14) Tropic Thunder
15) Waltz with Bashir
16) Shotgun Stories
17) Forgetting Sarah Marshall
18) Frost/Nixon
19) Happy-Go-Lucky
20) Flight of the Red Balloon
2009
1) Where the Wild Things Are
2) Fantastic Mr. Fox
3) A Serious Man
4) 35 Shots of Rum
5) Up
6) Inglourious Basterds
7) The Hurt Locker
8) Sin Nombre
9) Moon
10) An Education
11) The Beaches of Agnes
12) District 9
13) The Road
14) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
15) The White Ribbon
16) Up in the Air
17) Coraline
18) Summer Hours
19) Brothers
20) Crazy Heart
Brendan’s Lists:
2000:
1) Almost Famous
2) Yi Yi
3) Dancer in the Dark
4) Love & Basketball
5) O Brother, Where Art Thou?
6) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
7) Erin Brockovich
8) Beau Travail
9) The Virgin Suicides
10) Cast Away
11) Unbreakable
12) State and Main
13) Girl Fight
14) American Psycho
15) Gladiator
16) Bamboozled
17) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
18) Bring It On
19) Remember the Titans
20) Ratcatcher
2001:
1) A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2) In the Mood for Love
3) The Royal Tenenbaums
4) The Devil’s Backbone
5) Cure
6) Ocean’s Eleven
7) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
8) Memento
9) Wet Hot American Summer
10) Black Hawk Down
11) Ghost World
12) Muholland Drive
13) Monsters Inc.
14) Gosford Park
15) Waking Life
16) Training Day
17) American Pie 2
18) In the Bedroom
19) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
20) Legally Blonde
2002:
1) Y tu mamá también
2) 25th Hour
3) Punch-Drunk Love
4) Catch Me If You Can
5) Minority Report
6) Adaptation.
7) Signs
8) The Pianist
9) Talk to Her
10) Infernal Affairs
11) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
12) Spirited Away
13) Road to Perdition
14) Far From Heaven
15) All or Nothing
16) Spider-Man
17) About Schmidt
18) Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
19) Solaris
20) 8-Mile
2003:
1) Big Fish
2) Lost in Translation
3) Mystic River
4) The Triplets of Belleville
5) American Splendor
6) Millennium Actress
7) The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
8) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
9) Shattered Glass
10) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
11) The Station Agent
12) In America
13) Down with Love
14) 28 Days Later
15) Tokyo Godfathers
16) Something’s Gotta Give
17) Under the Tuscan Sun
18) Finding Nemo
19) School of Rock
20) Better Luck Tomorrow
2004:
1) Before Sunset
2) Spider-Man 2
3) Hero
4) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5) Million Dollar Baby
6) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
7) The Incredibles
8) Ocean’s Twelve
9) Man on Fire
10) Kill Bill: Vol. 2
11) The Village
12) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
13) Baadasssss!
14) Sideways
15) The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
16) Vera Drake
17) Shaun of the Dead
18) Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
19) House of Flying Daggers
20) Dogville
2005
1) The New World
2) Hustle & Flow
3) Munich
4) Nobody Knows
5) Caché
6) Last Days
7) Capote
8) Memories of Murder
9) 2046
10) Brokeback Mountain
11) Pride & Prejudice
12) Mysterious Skin
13) Millions
14) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
15) A History of Violence
16) Batman Begins
17) Me and You and Everyone We Know
18) Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
19) Good Night, and Good Luck
20) Grizzly Man
2006
1) Children of Men
2) Miami Vice
3) The Proposition
4) Pan’s Labyrinth
5) Volver
6) Letters from Iwo Jima
7) The Descent
8) Marie Antoinette
9) Bug
10) Half Nelson
11) Old Joy
12) Brick
13) United 93
14) The Fountain
15) The Science of Sleep
16) Stranger Than Fiction
17) Man Push Cart
18) Déjà Vu
19) L’Enfant
20) Casino Royale
2007
1) Ratatouille
2) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
3) There Will Be Blood
4) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
5) Zodiac
6) Once
7) Into the Wild
8) The Orphanage
9) Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
10) No Country for Old Men
11) Atonement
12) The Bourne Ultimatum
13) Persepolis
14) Michael Clayton
15) The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
16) 3:10 to Yuma
17) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
18) The Lives of Others
19) The Host
20) [Rec]
2008
1) WALL-E
2) Synecdoche, New York
3) Forgetting Sarah Marshall
4) The Wrestler
5) Let the Right One In
6) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7) Hunger
8) In Bruges
9) Wendy & Lucy
10) Iron Man
11) The Dark Knight
12) 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
13) I’ve Loved You So Long
14) Hellboy II: The Golden Army
15) Rachel Getting Married
16) Vickey Cristina Barcelona
17) Man on Wire
18) The Visitor
19) The Fall
20) Waltz and Bashir
2009
1) Where the Wild Things Are
2) Mary and Max
3) Up
4) The Beaches of Agnes
5) Fantastic Mr. Fox
6) Up in the Air
7) Moon
8) A Serious Man
9) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
10) I Love You, Man
11) (500) Days of Summer
12) Still Walking
13) Coraline
14) Adventureland
15) Sin Nombre
16) The Hurt Locker
17) Inglourious Basterds
18) Antichrist
19) Drag Me to Hell
20) The White Ribbon
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