Some people were upset that I didn't rank the films on my Best of the Decade list. So here are my top 25 -- in order. Are these the best? To me they are the best of the best and my personal faves - movies I'm happy to watch again and again, movies that served as cultural or filmmaking reference points or ones that are just fun and great examples of successful moviemaking.
- A History of Violence
- Almost Famous
- Lost in Translation
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- Adaptation
- High Fidelity
- The Devil’s Backbone
- Y Tu Mama Tambien
- Motorcycle Diaries
- Knocked Up
- The Royal Tenenbaums
- Kill Bill Vol 2
- O’ Brother Where Art Thou?
- In the Cut
- Inland Empire
- Cache
- Children of Men
- Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
- Ghost Dog
- Good Night and Good Luck
- In Bruges
- Into the Wild
- The Pledge
- The Squid and the Whale
- Wall-E
3 comments:
Good choices - My verdict is still out but yes on History Of Violence
perhaps not my Number 1 but fine piece of storytelling, film, work in all cases!
I think it's been my #1 since I saw it. Waited for something to knock it off the top, but nothing did.
Told you I'd show up...officially off work for the long, easy weekend.
So, here are the films I would pluck from the longer list if I had to recommend powerful films to someone with only enough cash for a dozen DVDs:
Bloody Sunday (2002), dir. Paul Greengrass
Cache (2006), dir. Michael Haneke
*City Of God (2002), dir. Fernando Meirelles
In The Mood For Love (2000), dir. Wong Kar-wai
*Inglourious Basterds (2009), dir. Quentin Tarantino
*PTU (2003), dir. Johnnie To
*Sexy Beast (2001), dir. Jonathan Glazer
Sorry, Haters (2006), dir. Jeff Stanzler
The Fog Of War (2003), dir. Errol Morris
*There Will Be Blood (2007), dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Werckmeister Harmonies (2001), dir. Bela Tarr
Zodiac (2007), dir. David Fincher
(* indicates personal favorites)
Let the discussion (and smashing) begin!
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