Top 5 best movies of the 00s

In this period (00-09), I think you have two masterpieces that stand head and shoulders above the rest.

1. No Country for Old Men
2. There Will Be Blood


For the other three, I'd say:

Children of Men
City of God
The Prestige

Honorable Mentions: Traffic, The Departed, Mystic River, 25th Hour.

 

The Prestige was the best movie of 00-09 IMO, Mystic River probably #2. Gone Baby Gone deserves to be in the discussion IMO.

Overall a weak decade for movies though, IMO.

 

Gone Baby should be added to my honorable mentions.

And no, it wasn't a particularly strong era, but I do view No Country and There Will Be Blood as the 2 best films of the last 20 years.

 

Children of Men grew on me. First time I saw it, I was underwhelmed. But now I see it as the masterpiece a lot of critics regard it as.

 

1. The Dark Knight
2. City Of God
3. The Pianist
4. No Country For Old Men
5. Road To Perdition

Honorable mentions: Old Boy, American Gangster, Requiem For a Dream, There Will Be Blood, The Lord Of The Ring Trilogy

 

Oh shit, forgot about Road to Perdition. That's certainly top 10, and has a case for top 5. Great movie.

 

The Hurt Locker, 21 Grams, Black Hawk Down, Borat, Children Of Men, Inglourious Basterds....a ton of good movies left out...

 

Eastern Promises deserves a mention.

 

Shit, forgot about The Wrestler and Black Swan.

 

There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Prestige
Lost in Translation

 

This is a good list.

 

Upon further reflection, I came up with this list:

1. The Prestige
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Mystic River
4. Match Point
5. Gone Baby Gone

Runners up: Master and Commander, Michael Clayton

 

Michael Clayton was a good movie and so was Master and Commander.

I know these are subjective, but I kinda feel like a top 5 of the 00s list needs at least 1 outta No Country or There Will Be Blood.

Both are rightfully considered masterpieces.

There Will Be Blood was essentially the best film about greed corrupting/changing a man since Citizen Kane.

 

I'm surprised I'm the only one who listed Traffic.

Traffic is a brilliant film.

 

After just watching it, I definitely add Pan's Labyrinth as one of the best movies of the 00s.

 

It was a better era for television than movies.

 

Was going to say The Green Mile but looked it up and it's a 99 film.

 

Not a great film decade, aside from there will be and no country, two all time standout films, I would then add Mulholland Drive, City of God, A Prophet, and 1-2 from Spirited Away, Wall-E or Up