Best Films of The 2000s [LIST]

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Up, Before Sunset
Oasis, Silent Light,
Secret Sunshine—
Little Miss Sunshine—
Eternal Sunshine—

You, The Living—
What Time Is It There?
Nine? Ten? Thirteen?
Nobody Knows, I’m Not There
Once The Hours Cast Away
The Time That Remains,
Mirrors Everlasting Moments,
Requiem For A Dream—
The Departed…

Distance, Departures,
Waking Life, Still Life
Still Walking, Sideways
Closer, West of The Tracks—
Everyone Else,
The Lives of Others,
“The Blind Side”—

The Secret of The Grain,
The Wind That Shakes The Barley,
The Weeping Meadow
The Edge of Heaven,
Lights In The Dusk,
Frontier of The Dawn,
Where The Wild Things Are,
Precious Last Days,
The Limits of Control—

Ashes And Snow,
Before Night Falls,

Blissfully Yours,
—Hidden Moon


Ah, to reminisce over the good old days of 2007. Not a problem in the world. Remember watching Youtube in 360p on a regular basis and thinking the quality was great? You probably watched a VHS in the 2000s. That's right. You probably did. Definitely a DVD too. Maybe you even downloaded a movie on iTunes. Television static.

V2! It's a V2! Our first time ever revisiting a decade. You can compare to our original list on page 4. Any better? Any worse? You decide!

Turnout was fantastic, just want to thank everybody who participated. A total of 814 unique films were submitted, and the majority of the lists submitted were a full 100 entries.

So here it is, BestEverAlbums' top 100 films of the 2000s (v2)

Runner-ups in alphabetical order: Gran Torino, Pirates of The Caribbean: Curse of The Black Pearl, Superbad, V For Vendetta, The Wrestler

Actor who appeared most on the list (with 7 films)—
John Ratzenberger

Director(s) who appeared most on the list (with 4 films)—
The Coen Brothers
Christopher Nolan

Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/besteverfilms/li...the-2000s/

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100)

Irreversible Dir. Gaspar Noé
Points: 296

“Take the underpass. It's safer.”


99)

Elf Dir. Jon Favreau
Points: 296*

“You sit on a throne of lies.”


98)

Battle Royale (バトル·ロワイアル) Dir. Kinji Fukasaku
Points: 297

“So today's lesson is, you kill each other off till there's only one left. Nothing's against the rules.”


97)

The Gleaners And I (Les glaneurs et la glaneuse) Dir. Agnès Varda
Points: 298

”A clock without hands is my kind of thing.”


96)

Syndromes And A Century (แสงศตวรรษ) Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Points: 298*

*electric hum*

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95)

Persepolis Dir. Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi
Points: 299

“Stop staring at my ass!”


94)

Good Night, And Good Luck Dir. George Clooney
Points: 301

“There's no news, boys, so go out there and make some news.
Rob a bank, mug an old lady, whatever - just do something."


93)

Grizzly Man Dir. Werner Herzog
Points: 301*

“We're not going to open a newspaper one day and read about you being eaten by a bear, are we?”

92)

Tropical Malady (Satpralat) Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Points: 304

“All of us are by nature wild beasts—
Our duty as human beings is to become like trainers who keep their animals in check—
and even teach them to perform tasks—
Alien to their bestiality.”

91)

(500) Days of Summer Dir. Marc Webb
Points: 308

“The following is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental—
Especially you Jenny Beckman. Bitch."

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90)

Hero (英雄) Dir. Yimou Zhang
Points: 310

“Good calligraphy. Good swordsmanship.”

89)

Dogville Dir. Lars Von Trier
Points: 317

“I think the world would be better without Dogville.”


88)

Enter The Void Dir. Gaspar Noé
Points: 319

“DMT only lasts for six minutes, but it really seems like an eternity—
It releases the same chemical your brain receives when you die—
It's a little like dying would be the ultimate trip.”


87)

The Room Dir. Tommy Wiseau
Points: 321

“I did *not*. Oh hi, Mark.”

86)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Dir. Alfonso Cuarón
Points: 321*

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”

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85)

The Return (Возвращение) Dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev
Points: 322

“Who climbs down the ladder is a cowardly wanker.”

#1’s: 1

84)

Brick Dir. Rain Johnson
Points: 326

“Uh-huh. And he wants cash on the nail.
He's a pot-skulled reef worm with more hop in his head than blood.
Why pay for dirt you can't believe?”

83)

Burn After Reading Dir. Coen Brothers
Points: 345

“Osbourne Cox? I thought you might be worried... about the security... of your shit.”

82)

Slumdog Millionaire Dir. Danny Boyle
Points: 356

“Doctors... Lawyers... never get past 60 thousand rupees—
He's won 10 million.”

81)

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Dir. Shane Black
Points: 361

“Go. Sleep badly. Any questions, hesitate to call.”

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80)

The Best of Youth (La meglio gioventù) Dir. Marco Tullio Giordana
Points: 363

“I watch the midnight sun sink towards the horizon, then it stops and doesn't enter the sea—
I think of my father, mother, and you, how you've always said that everything is beautiful—
I think you were right. Everything is truly beautiful."

79)

Paprika (パプリカ) Dir. Satoshi Kon
Points: 367

“The sun during midday will light up the dark night. Night dreams of day. Light dreams of darkness.
But the ignorant sun will chase away the darkness... and burn the shadows, eventually burning itself!
The shade of the tree with the flowers that bloom at night is where the residents of darkness rest.
The people of daytime are not allowed!"

78)

Road To Perdition Dir. Sam Mendes
Points: 370

“I saw then that my father's only fear was that his son would follow the same road.
And that was the last time I ever held a gun.
People always thought I grew up on a farm.
And I guess, in a way, I did.
But I lived a lifetime before that, in those six weeks on the road in the winter of 1931.
When people ask me if Michael Sullivan was a good man,
or if there was just no good in him at all,
I always give the same answer.
I just tell them... he was my father.”

77)

The Diving Bell And The Butterfly Dir. Julian Schnabel
Points: 374

“Bauby, 43, a renowned journalist, family man and free spirit, was planning a book about female revenge.”

76)

Waltz With Bashir Dir. Ari Folman
Points: 375

“Pray and shoot!”

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75)

Spider-Man 2 Dir. Sam Raimi
Points: 391

“Cool Spidey outfit.”


74)

School of Rock Dir. Richard Linklater
Points: 394

“It's a rare blood disease: Stick-it-to-da-man-noisis.”


73)

Monster's Inc. Dir. Pete Docter
Points: 395

“I bet it's waiting for us to fall asleep, and then - bam!
Oh, we're easy prey, my friend. Easy prey! We're sitting targets!”


72)

Gladiator Dir. Ridley Scott
Points: 420

“At my signal, unleash hell.”


71)

A History of Violence Dir. David Cronenberg
Points: 428

“I should've killed you back in Philly.”

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70)

Mystic River Dir. Clint Eastwood
Points: 452

“This part... you do alone.”

69)

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Dir. Cristian Mungiu
Points: 457

“It’s in the bathroom.”


68)

Punch Drunk Love Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Points: 459

“SHUT UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP! Shut up; will you SHUTUP SHUTUP!
SHUT SHUT SHUT SHUT SHUTUP... SHUTUP! NOW”

67)

Batman Begins Dir. Christopher Nolan
Points: 466

“What is the point of all those push-ups if you can't even lift a bloody log?”

66)

Sin City Dir. Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez
Points: 468

“That there is one damn fine coat you're wearin'.”

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65)

Little Miss Sunshine Dir. Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton
Points: 473

“Oh my God, I'm getting pulled over. Everyone, just... pretend to be normal.”


64)

Howl’s Moving Castle (ハウルの動く城) Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Points: 484

“A heart's a heavy burden.”

#1’s: 1

63)

Brokeback Mountain Dir. Ang Lee
Points: 484*

“You know friend, this is a god damn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation.”

#1’s: 1

62)

Talk To Her (Hable con ella) Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Points: 492

“Love is the saddest thing when it goes away, as a song by Jobim goes.”

61)

Snatch Dir. Guy Ritchie
Points: 514

“Your seats? Tyrone, this is a stolen car, mate.”

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60)

28 Days Later Dir. Danny Boyle
Points: 520

“No, there's no government. No police. No Army. No TV. No radio. No electricity.
You're the first uninfected person we've seen in six days.”

59)

High Fidelity Dir. Stephen Frears
Points: 521

“What came first, the music or the misery?”

58)

Let The Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) Dir. Tomas Alfredson
Points: 522

“I've been twelve for a long time.”

57)

Amores Perros Dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Points: 544

“Is this kidnapping or robbery?"

56)

Almost Famous Dir. Cameron Crowe
Points: 545

“If you think Mick Jagger will still be out there trying to be a rock star at age fifty, then you are sadly, sadly mistaken."