Top 60 Films of the Decade

Why 60? Well, I don't really know. And yes, it has been so long since I have written here I wonder if anyone will read this. Nonetheless, I like lists way too much to resist this post.

I have been pondering my list of the best films of the decade for a while now, and it may just be complete. I still have a few '09 films yet to see, but am not too excited about any of them. I have seen so many lists pop up on the internet that I have to throw my hat in and pretend like people care about mine. I would love to hear anyone else's opinions of the best of the decade as well. It's funny how opinions change over time. One year a film could be your favorite, and 3 years later you are not that impressed by it (which happened a lot for me). Other films have grown better with time. Movies change as we change. I also wanted to make sure to include all types of films, especially the ones I usually leave out of "best of" lists like comedies. Why can't a movie like The Hangover get on a list like this?

So, anyway, here we are, the films that changed me:

60. Pan's Labyrinth
59. 25th Hour
58. Match Point
57. Monsters, Inc.
56. Brokeback Mountain
55. Borat
54. Memento
53. The King of Kong
52. Man on Wire
51. The Incredibles
50. Batman Begins
49. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
48. The Constant Gardener
47. Lost in Translation
46. Hero
45. Knocked Up
44. The Darjeeling Limited
43. Syriana
42. Hotel Rwanda
41. Spirited Away
40. Finding Forrester
39. The Fountain
38. Almost Famous
37. Shaun of the Dead
36. Inglourious Basterds
35. Gran Torino
34. Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut
33. Sunshine
32. The New World
31. The Motorcycle Diaries
30. District 9
29. Zodiac
28. Road to Perdition
27. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
26. Lady in the Water
25. Lars and the Real Girl
24. Gone Baby Gone
23. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
22. Synechdoche, New York
21. Grizzly Man
20. The Hurt Locker
19. The Village
18. Flags of our Fathers/Letters From Iwo Jima
17. Ocean's 11
16. City of God
15. The Hangover
14. Mystic River
13. Unbreakable
12. Anchorman
11. Black Hawk Down

and the top ten.................

10. Ratatouille

9. The Departed

8. Traffic

7. The Dark Knight

6. Munich

5. About Schmidt

4. The Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum

3. No Country for Old Men

2. There Will Be Blood

1. Children of Men





And a few other awards I would like to add for the heck of it. The directorial achievement goes to Clint Eastwood, the acting award go to Philip Seymour Hoffman.