2000-2009: Best Movies of the Decade

• Mooney44Cards

  

  So here's the thread where we gives our top movies of each year, of the whole decade, as well as some of the best performances of the decade. Feel free to offer as many or as little as you like! Here goes!
  
  2000
  Best Movie - Requiem for a Dream
  Honorable Mention - Cast Away, Gladiator, Erin Brockovich, The Patriot
  
  2001
  Best Movie - Ocean's Eleven
  Honorable Mention - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Monsters, Inc., A Beautiful Mind, Black Hawk Down
  
  2002
  Best Movie - Spider-Man
  Honorable Mention - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Chicago, Catch Me If You Can, The Bourne Identity
  
  2003
  Best Movie - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  Honorable Mention - Finding Nemo, Pirates of the Caribbean, X2: X-Men United, Sea Biscuit, Cold Mountain, Mystic River, Kill Bill: Vol. 1
  
  2004
  Best Movie - The Incredibles
  Honorable Mention - Spider-Man 2, National Treasure, I Robot, Troy, Anchorman, Million Dollar Baby, The Notebook, Kill Bill: Vol. 2
  
  2005
  Best Movie - Batman Begins
  Honorable Mention - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Munich, Good Night and Good Luck, Crash, War of the Worlds
  
  2006
  Best Movie - The Departed
  Honorable Mention - Casino Royale, Cars, Borat, V for Vendetta, Little Miss Sunshine, Dreamgirls, Inside Man
  
  2007
  Best Movie - No Country for Old Men
  Honorable Mention - Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood, 300, Juno, Enchanted, Superbad, Sweeney Todd, Transformers
  
  2008
  Best Movie - The Dark Knight
  Honorable Mention - Iron Man, WALL-E, Gran Torino, Quantum of Solace, Slumdog Millionaire, Frost/Nixon, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
  
  2009 (so far....haven't seen some that haven't come out in theaters or on DVD yet)
  Best Movie - Up
  Honorable Mention - Star Trek, The Hangover, Taken, Watchmen, District 9
  Possible contenders (when I see them) - Inglorious Basterds (haven't seen it yet), The Road (GREAT book by Cormac McCarthy, guy who wrote No Country...), The Lovely Bones (Another GREAT book + direction by Peter Jackson = potentially amazing movie)
  
  Best Male Acting Performance of the Decade
  Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood
  An otherwise slow movie (to say the least), Day-Lewis is absolutely mesmerizing in this movie. I can't really put my finger on what it is about him in the movie, but his performance just sucks you in and doesn't let you go until the movie is over, by which time you're kind of wondering what the movie was even about. The "I drink YOUR milkshake!!!" scene is unbelievably weird and memorable. I like to rewatch this movie just to see that scene.
  
  
  Best Female Acting Performance of the Decade
  Ellen Burstyn as Sarah Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream
  Definitely my favorite female performance of all time. While the movie (both plot-wise and direction-wise) stands up very well on its own, Burstyn's performance puts this movie over the top. She is absolutely heartbreaking in this movie, and its hard to not feel bad for the character, even though you know its a movie. A very underrated actress, and the fact that she lost out on the Oscar to that wooden actress Julia Roberts is highway robbery.
  How do you not win an Oscar for this performance:
• Yama Hama

  Transformers was awful. Same typical Michael Bay bullshit, different day. Doesn't even deserve an honorable mention.
• Mooney44Cards

  

  Yama Hama wrote: Transformers was awful. Same typical Michael Bay bullshit, different day. Doesn't even deserve an honorable mention.

  Ya.....but Optimus Prime. :s
• bigdaddy2003

  

  Inglorious Basterds shouldn't be on the list IMO.
• Mulva

  

  2000
  Best Movie - Requiem for a Dream
  Honorable Mention - O Brother Where Art Thou, Gladiator
  
  2001
  Best Movie - Memento
  Honorable Mention - Donnie Darko, Black Hawk Down, Training Day
  
  2002
  Best Movie - Road to perdition
  Honorable Mention - Gangs of New York, Insomnia
  
  Never saw Chicago
  
  2003
  Best Movie - City of God
  Honorable Mention - Kill Bill: Vol. 1
  
  Weakest year of the decade.
  
  2004
  Best Movie - Kill Bill 2
  Honorable Mention - Million Dollar Baby, Anchorman, Collateral
  
  2005
  Best Movie - Crash
  Honorable Mention - Munich, A History of Violence, Sin City, Palindromes, Grizzly Man
  
  Maybe my favorite year for movies of the decade.
  
  2006
  Best Movie - Little Miss Sunshine
  Honorable Mention - Pans Labyrinth, V for Vendetta, The Departed, Children of Men
  
  2007
  Best Movie - No Country for Old Men
  Honorable Mention - Eastern Promises, 300, Superbad
  
  2008
  Best Movie - Slumdog Millionaire
  Honorable Mention - Doubt, Gran Torino
  
  2009
  
  Best Movie - Inglourious Basterds
  Honorable Mention - The Hangover
  
  There are a ton of movies from 2007-2009 I haven't seen (There Will Be Blood, Juno, Michael Clayton, Frost/Nixon, Dark Knight, Up, Iron Man, etc.)
  
  Best Male Acting Performance of the Decade
  
  Denzel Washington in Training Day.
  
  Runner ups: Russell Crowe in Gladiator, Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York, Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
  
  Best Female Acting Performance of the Decade
  
  Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream
  
  Runner Up: Naomi Watts in 21 grams
  
  And for the record, I hated the Lord of the Rings series and I'm not a fan of superhero movies, hence no Spiderman or Batman.
• Mooney44Cards

  

  Mulva,
  
  Check out Michael Clayton ASAP. Amazing movie. Was THIS close to putting it as best movie of 07.
  
  Glad you share the appreciation for Ellen Burstyn. Just watched the movie tonight on Bluray for the first time and was in awe again at the scene that I posted.
• Upper90

  I think Precious was by far the best movie I've seen this year alone. I was really surprised by the performances in it.
  
  Mo'Nique is actually a frontrunner for the best supporting actress Oscar, which I think is pretty cool, given her awful body of work, but she really would have earned it in this role.
• Mulva

  

  Mooney44Cards wrote: Mulva,
  
  Check out Michael Clayton ASAP. Amazing movie. Was THIS close to putting it as best movie of 07.
  
  Glad you share the appreciation for Ellen Burstyn. Just watched the movie tonight on Bluray for the first time and was in awe again at the scene that I posted.

  Will do. I'm a big Clooney fan. Not sure why I've never gotten around to seeing it. That, the Wrestler, and Dark Knight are all on my to-watch list over the next couple of weeks.
• UANyg

  Mulva wrote:

  Mooney44Cards wrote: Mulva,
  
  Check out Michael Clayton ASAP. Amazing movie. Was THIS close to putting it as best movie of 07.
  
  Glad you share the appreciation for Ellen Burstyn. Just watched the movie tonight on Bluray for the first time and was in awe again at the scene that I posted.

  Will do. I'm a big Clooney fan. Not sure why I've never gotten around to seeing it. That, the Wrestler, and Dark Knight are all on my to-watch list over the next couple of weeks.

  Michael Clayton is awesome. The ending is spectacular. and, I was JUST about to post, that IMO the best movie of the decade was the Wrestler
• believer

  

  The Patriot....not much else.
• Mooney44Cards

  

  Mulva wrote:

  Mooney44Cards wrote: Mulva,
  
  Check out Michael Clayton ASAP. Amazing movie. Was THIS close to putting it as best movie of 07.
  
  Glad you share the appreciation for Ellen Burstyn. Just watched the movie tonight on Bluray for the first time and was in awe again at the scene that I posted.

  Will do. I'm a big Clooney fan. Not sure why I've never gotten around to seeing it. That, the Wrestler, and Dark Knight are all on my to-watch list over the next couple of weeks.

  The Wrestler was very good. And it was good to see Darren Arronofsky take on such a different project like this. He also went outside of his normal moviemaking habits in the movie. Its no Requiem but its very good.
• BORIStheCrusher

  

  2000 - American Psycho
  2001 - Memento
  2002 - Catch Me If You Can
  2003 - Old School
  2004 - Kill Bill Vol. 2
  2005 - Crash? (nothing great)
  2006 - The Departed
  2007 - No Country for Old Men
  2008 - Gran Torino
  2009 - I Love You Man
• HeathAlum21

  bigdaddy2003 wrote: Inglorious Basterds shouldn't be on the list IMO.

  If you like Tarentino stuff, then I think that you will like the movie. If not, then you won't. I personally enjoyed it immensly.
• purple_rein

  My bests based solely off what I have seen:
  
  2000 - Gladiator
  2001 - A Beautiful Mind
  2002 - My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  2003 - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  2004 - Ray
  2005 - Lord of War
  2006 - The Departed
  2007 - Gone Baby Gone
  2008 - Slumdog Millionaire
  2009 - The Hangover
  
  Best Male Performance - Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
  Best Female Performance - Diane Lane in Unfaithful
• bigdaddy2003

  

  HeathAlum21 wrote:

  bigdaddy2003 wrote: Inglorious Basterds shouldn't be on the list IMO.

  If you like Tarentino stuff, then I think that you will like the movie. If not, then you won't. I personally enjoyed it immensly.

  I am a huge Tarantino fan however I was extremely let down. This movie doesn't even sniff Pulp Fiction.
• End of Line

  

  2000-Requeim for a Dream
  HM-Cast Away, Meet the Parents, The Perfect Strom, Gladiator.
  
  2001-A Beautiful Mind
  HM-Shrek, Monsters, INC., Oceans 11
  
  2002-LOTR: The Two Towers
  HM-Gangs Of New York, The Bourne Identity, Ice Age.
  
  2003-LOTR: Return of the King
  HM-Finding Nemo, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lost in Translation
  
  2004-Ray
  HM-The Incredibles, Million Dollar Baby, Anchorman: The legend of Ron Burgundy
  
  2005-Batman Begins
  HM-Lord of War, Crash, Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith
  
  2006-The Depatred
  HM-Cars, V for Vendetta, Children of Men, Borat.
  
  2007-No Country for Old Men
  HM-I am Legend, 300, Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End.
  
  2008-The Wrestler
  HM-Dark Knight, Gran Torino, There will be Blood
  
  2009-District 9
  HM-The Hangover, Taken, Watchmen.
  
  Best Male Perfromance - Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
  HM - Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
  
  Best Female Perfromance - Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream
• j_crazy

  

  2000:
  Requiem for a Dream
  Men of Honor
  
  2001:
  Donnie Darko
  Shrek
  
  2002:
  Gangs of New York
  The Bourne Identity
  
  2003:
  Mystic River
  Lost in Translation
  
  2004:
  The Aviator
  Anchorman
  Million Dollar Baby
  
  2005:
  Syriana
  Batman Begins
  Capote
  The 40 yr. Old Virgin
  
  2006:
  The Departed
  Little Miss Sunshine
  
  2007:
  Michael Clayton
  There Will be Blood
  Atonement
  Juno
  Gone Baby Gone
  No Country for Old Men
  Knocked Up
  (lots of good ones this year)
  
  2008:
  The Dark Knight
  Doubt
  The Wrestler
  Forgetting Sarah Marshall
  
  2009:
  Taken
  The Hangover
  Watchmen
  
  Heard good things about:
  Couples Retreat
  Law Abiding Citizen
  
  Think I'll like:
  The Lovely Bones
  It's Complicated
  
  
  Best Actor of 2000's:
  Daniel Day Lewis for There Will be Blood and Gangs of New York. Was perfect in both roles.
  or
  Leonardo Dicaprio for The Aviator and The Departed and Gangs of New York and Blood Diamond.
  
  
  Best Actress of 2000's:
  Meryl Streep was great in at least 4 movies, Doubt, Mamma Mia (I didn't like the movie, but she was good), Adaptation, and The Hours.
• End of Line

  

  bigdaddy2003 wrote:

  HeathAlum21 wrote:

  bigdaddy2003 wrote: Inglorious Basterds shouldn't be on the list IMO.

  If you like Tarentino stuff, then I think that you will like the movie. If not, then you won't. I personally enjoyed it immensly.

  I am a huge Tarantino fan however I was extremely let down. This movie doesn't even sniff Pulp Fiction.

  I don't think Tarantino will ever make a movie that will impact our culture like Pulp Fiction did, let alone make a movie as good as Pulp Fiction ever again.
• 4cards

  

  ...for 2005 *my* write in vote
  
  Wedding Crashers!
• allstar

  Best male acting performance: Heath Ledger, from "The Dark Knight". He was so creepy, yet so mesmerizing at the same time.
• slide22

  Not really sure on my favorites, but 2006 HAD to be the best year for films for me. 3 of my top 5 favorite movies in that year, The Departed, Blood Diamond, and The Last King of Scotland. Not to mention good films like The Pursuit of Happiness, Dead Man's Chest, Rocky Balboa, and Flags of our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima.
• Mooney44Cards

  

  slide22 wrote: Not really sure on my favorites, but 2006 HAD to be the best year for films for me. 3 of my top 5 favorite movies in that year, The Departed, Blood Diamond, and The Last King of Scotland. Not to mention good films like The Pursuit of Happiness, Dead Man's Chest, Rocky Balboa, and Flags of our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima.

  Forest Whitaker was unbelievable in Last King of Scotland. The movie was good but not great IMO but Whitaker was awesome.
• charliehustle14

  Requiem For A Dream, ftw!
• dtdtim

  I have to give some love to Band of Brothers, perhaps one of my favorite mini-series/films of all time.
• KnightXC1

  

  2000 - Gladiator, never cared for Requiem for a Dream
  2001 - Black Hawk Down and Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
  2002 - Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Spiderman, Panic Room
  2003 - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Pirates of the Caribbean, Finding Nemo
  2004 - Spiderman 2, Passion of the Christ, I, Robot, National Treasure
  2005 - Cinderella Man, Sin City, Batman Begins, Wedding Crashers, Munich
  2006 - Inside Man, V for Vendetta, United 93, The Departed, The Prestige, Night at the Museum, Children of Men
  2007 - 300, Ratatouille, Hairspray, Transformers, Bourne Ultimatum, 3:10 to Yuma, Dan in Real Life, Sweeney Todd, The Orphanage
  2008 - Ironman, Cloverfield, Wall-E, Dark Knight, Tropic Thunder, Traitor, Frost/Nixon, Gran Torino, The Wrestler
  2009 - Taken, State of Play, Star Trek, Up, The Hangover, Public Enemies, GI Joe, Inglorious Basterds, Zombieland
  
  Those are not in any order for the most part. 07 or 08 were probably my favorite years for movies top to bottom.