{"id":28761,"date":"2011-10-14T16:15:42","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T23:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/?page_id=28761"},"modified":"2011-10-14T16:15:42","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T23:15:42","slug":"my-top-tens-2000s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/?page_id=28761","title":{"rendered":"My Top Tens: 2000s"},"content":{"rendered":"

M<\/span>y top ten films for each year of the 2000s. These are always up for revision as I watch more films, revisit ones I\u2019ve seen before, and think about them over time. The films as listed in the \u201cBest of Year\u201d section are held fast at the end of the year (and include a listing of all films I saw that year as well as films released that year).<\/p>\n

Oh, and I don\u2019t really believe in top \u201cten\u201d lists, despite using the common nomenclature for the title of this page. This is going to be the top several films of each year, down to whatever point I think the films stop being worthy of inclusion. Might be eight one year, might be twenty-three another.<\/p>\n

2009<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Inglourious Basterds<\/li>\n
  2. Fish Tank<\/li>\n
  3. I Killed My Mother<\/li>\n
  4. Up in the Air<\/li>\n
  5. Black Dynamite<\/li>\n
  6. The Secret in Their Eyes<\/li>\n
  7. An Education<\/li>\n
  8. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo<\/li>\n
  9. (500) Days of Summer<\/li>\n
  10. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil<\/li>\n
  11. A Town Called Panic<\/li>\n
  12. Mother<\/li>\n
  13. Agora<\/li>\n
  14. The Myth of the American Sleepover<\/li>\n
  15. Broken Embraces<\/li>\n
  16. A Serious Man<\/li>\n
  17. Thirst<\/li>\n
  18. The White Ribbon<\/li>\n
  19. The Fantastic Mr. Fox<\/li>\n
  20. The Loved Ones<\/li>\n
  21. Antichrist<\/li>\n
  22. Moon<\/li>\n
  23. Splice<\/li>\n
  24. It Might Get Loud<\/li>\n
  25. Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench<\/li>\n
  26. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus<\/li>\n
  27. The Girlfriend Experience<\/li>\n
  28. Kawasaki’s Rose<\/li>\n
  29. Sin Nombre<\/li>\n
  30. Up<\/li>\n
  31. Bright Star<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
    \nA Prophet
    \nMary & Max
    \nThe Road
    \nIp Man
    \n35 Shots of Rum<\/p>\n

    2008<\/h3>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Wall-E<\/li>\n
    2. Rachel Getting Married<\/li>\n
    3. Vicky Cristina Barcelona<\/li>\n
    4. Revolutionary Road<\/li>\n
    5. Speed Racer<\/li>\n
    6. Let the Right One In<\/li>\n
    7. Revanche<\/li>\n
    8. The Dark Knight<\/li>\n
    9. The Good, the Bad, the Weird<\/li>\n
    10. Terribly Happy<\/li>\n
    11. Slumdog Millionaire<\/li>\n
    12. Frozen River<\/li>\n
    13. Burn After Reading<\/li>\n
    14. Iron Man<\/li>\n
    15. Tell No One<\/li>\n
    16. Cloverfield<\/li>\n
    17. The Square<\/li>\n
    18. In Bruges<\/li>\n
    19. Sleep Dealer<\/li>\n
    20. Doubt<\/li>\n
    21. Transsiberian<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
      \nThe Wrestler
      \nMan on Wire
      \nHunger
      \nBronson
      \nWaltz with Bashir<\/p>\n

      2007<\/h3>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. No Country for Old Men<\/li>\n
      2. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days<\/li>\n
      3. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly<\/li>\n
      4. Hot Fuzz<\/li>\n
      5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford<\/li>\n
      6. Planet Terror<\/li>\n
      7. Black Snake Moan<\/li>\n
      8. Away from Her<\/li>\n
      9. My Winnipeg<\/li>\n
      10. Ratatouille<\/li>\n
      11. 28 Weeks Later<\/li>\n
      12. Gone Baby Gone<\/li>\n
      13. The Orphanage<\/li>\n
      14. Eastern Promises<\/li>\n
      15. Juno<\/li>\n
      16. The Savages<\/li>\n
      17. 3:10 to Yuma<\/li>\n
      18. I’m Not There<\/li>\n
      19. Zodiac<\/li>\n
      20. Sunshine<\/li>\n
      21. The Host<\/li>\n
      22. [Rec]<\/li>\n
      23. Across the Universe<\/li>\n
      24. Atonement<\/li>\n
      25. Waitress<\/li>\n
      26. Enchanted<\/li>\n
      27. The Lookout<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
        \nDeath Proof
        \nBefore the Devil Knows You’re Dead
        \nControl
        \nShotgun Stories
        \nLa Vie en Rose<\/p>\n

        2006<\/h3>\n

        \"\"<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Pan’s Labyrinth<\/li>\n
        2. Once<\/li>\n
        3. INLAND EMPIRE<\/li>\n
        4. The Fountain<\/li>\n
        5. Thank You for Smoking<\/li>\n
        6. The Lives of Others<\/li>\n
        7. Paris, je t’aime<\/li>\n
        8. Volver<\/li>\n
        9. Marie Antoinette<\/li>\n
        10. Children of Men<\/li>\n
        11. Notes on a Scandal<\/li>\n
        12. Hard Candy<\/li>\n
        13. Casino Royale<\/li>\n
        14. Little Children<\/li>\n
        15. The Departed<\/li>\n
        16. The Fall<\/li>\n
        17. The Prestige<\/li>\n
        18. 49 Up<\/li>\n
        19. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story<\/li>\n
        20. District B13<\/li>\n
        21. Red Road<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
          \nLetters from Iwo Jima
          \nUnited 93
          \n12:08 East of Bucharest
          \nSyndromes and a Century
          \nDay Watch<\/p>\n

          2005<\/h3>\n

          \"\"<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Brick<\/li>\n
          2. The New World<\/li>\n
          3. The Squid and the Whale<\/li>\n
          4. The Constant Gardener<\/li>\n
          5. Good Night, and Good Luck.<\/li>\n
          6. Batman Begins<\/li>\n
          7. Serenity<\/li>\n
          8. Pride & Prejudice<\/li>\n
          9. Howl’s Moving Castle<\/li>\n
          10. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days<\/li>\n
          11. A History of Violence<\/li>\n
          12. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit<\/li>\n
          13. Transamerica<\/li>\n
          14. Mr. and Mrs. Smith<\/li>\n
          15. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada<\/li>\n
          16. Look at Me<\/li>\n
          17. Sin City<\/li>\n
          18. Dear Frankie<\/li>\n
          19. Breakfast on Pluto<\/li>\n
          20. Match Point<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
            \nLady Vengeance
            \nKung Fu Hustle
            \nC.R.A.Z.Y.
            \nThe 40-Year-Old Virgin
            \nNo Direction Home<\/p>\n

            2004<\/h3>\n

            \"\"<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/li>\n
            2. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair<\/li>\n
            3. Shaun of the Dead<\/li>\n
            4. Before Sunset<\/li>\n
            5. Downfall<\/li>\n
            6. Kill Bill, Vol. 2<\/li>\n
            7. The Incredibles<\/li>\n
            8. Mean Girls<\/li>\n
            9. Garden State<\/li>\n
            10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<\/li>\n
            11. Maria Full of Grace<\/li>\n
            12. House of Flying Daggers<\/li>\n
            13. Primer<\/li>\n
            14. Collateral<\/li>\n
            15. A Very Long Engagement<\/li>\n
            16. Hero<\/li>\n
            17. Layer Cake<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
              \n2046
              \nTropical Malady
              \nThe Motorcycle Diaries
              \nTeam America: World Police
              \n3-Iron<\/p>\n

              2003<\/h3>\n

              \"\"<\/p>\n

                \n
              1. Kill Bill, Vol. 1<\/li>\n
              2. Lost in Translation<\/li>\n
              3. A Tale of Two Sisters<\/li>\n
              4. Dogville<\/li>\n
              5. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl<\/li>\n
              6. Whale Rider<\/li>\n
              7. Love Actually<\/li>\n
              8. Memories of Murder<\/li>\n
              9. Goodbye, Lenin!<\/li>\n
              10. City of God<\/li>\n
              11. The Station Agent<\/li>\n
              12. The Triplets of Belleville<\/li>\n
              13. Oldboy<\/li>\n
              14. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King<\/li>\n
              15. The Animatrix<\/li>\n
              16. 21 Grams<\/li>\n
              17. The Cooler<\/li>\n
              18. School of Rock<\/li>\n
              19. I’m Not Scared<\/li>\n
              20. Finding Nemo<\/li>\n
              21. Spellbound<\/li>\n
              22. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring<\/li>\n
              23. Once Upon a Time in Mexico<\/li>\n
              24. American Splendor<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Top Five Yet To See<\/b>
                \nThe Fog of War
                \nBubba Ho-Tep
                \nThe Barbarian Invasions
                \nTo Be and To Have
                \nTime of the Wolf<\/p>\n

                2002<\/h3>\n

                \"\"<\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. Adaptation.<\/li>\n
                2. Catch Me if You Can<\/li>\n
                3. Minority Report<\/li>\n
                4. The Hours<\/li>\n
                5. Talk to Her<\/li>\n
                6. Road to Perdition<\/li>\n
                7. Punch Drunk Love<\/li>\n
                8. Resident Evil<\/li>\n
                9. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers<\/li>\n
                10. Secretary<\/li>\n
                11. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind<\/li>\n
                12. The Importance of Being Earnest<\/li>\n
                13. Brotherhood of the Wolf<\/li>\n
                14. Chicago<\/li>\n
                15. 28 Days Later<\/li>\n
                16. 24 Hour Party People<\/li>\n
                17. The Bourne Identity<\/li>\n
                18. Spider-Man<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
                  \nInfernal Affairs
                  \nSolaris
                  \nThe Pianist
                  \nIrreversible
                  \nThe Twilight Samurai<\/p>\n

                  2001<\/h3>\n

                  \"\"<\/p>\n

                    \n
                  1. Mulholland Drive<\/li>\n
                  2. The Royal Tenenbaums<\/li>\n
                  3. Amelie<\/li>\n
                  4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring<\/li>\n
                  5. Moulin Rouge<\/li>\n
                  6. The Others<\/li>\n
                  7. The Devil’s Backbone<\/li>\n
                  8. Hedwig and the Angry Inch<\/li>\n
                  9. Waking Life<\/li>\n
                  10. Monsters Inc.<\/li>\n
                  11. Ocean’s Eleven<\/li>\n
                  12. The Princess and the Warrior<\/li>\n
                  13. Das Experiment<\/li>\n
                  14. Wit<\/li>\n
                  15. Gosford Park<\/li>\n
                  16. Spirited Away<\/li>\n
                  17. Lagaan<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
                    \nA Beautiful Mind
                    \nWet Hot American Summer
                    \nIn the Bedroom
                    \nIchi the Killer
                    \nMillennium Actress<\/p>\n

                    2000<\/h3>\n

                    \"\"<\/p>\n

                      \n
                    1. O Brother Where Art Thou?<\/li>\n
                    2. In the Mood for Love<\/li>\n
                    3. Memento<\/li>\n
                    4. Almost Famous<\/li>\n
                    5. Snatch.<\/li>\n
                    6. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon<\/li>\n
                    7. Amores Perros<\/li>\n
                    8. Best in Show<\/li>\n
                    9. Bring It On<\/li>\n
                    10. Werckmeister Harmonies<\/li>\n
                    11. Pitch Black<\/li>\n
                    12. X-Men<\/li>\n
                    13. Charlie’s Angels<\/li>\n
                    14. Wonder Boys<\/li>\n
                    15. Traffic<\/li>\n
                    16. The Emperor’s New Groove<\/li>\n
                    17. Gladiator<\/li>\n
                    18. High Fidelity<\/li>\n
                    19. Dancer in the Dark<\/li>\n
                    20. The Claim<\/li>\n
                    21. Shadow of the Vampire<\/li>\n
                    22. Chicken Run<\/li>\n
                    23. Unbreakable<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      TOP FIVE YET TO SEE<\/b>
                      \nRequiem for a Dream
                      \nAmerican Psycho
                      \nBattle Royale
                      \nYou Can Count on Me
                      \nYi Yi: A One and a Two<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      My top ten films for each year of the 2000s. These are always up for revision as I watch more films, revisit ones I\u2019ve seen before, and think about them over time. The films as listed in the \u201cBest of Year\u201d section are held fast at the end of the year (and include a listing  [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":28561,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28761"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28761\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/testing.the-frame.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}