Believe it or not, another decade has come and gone. It seems like only yesterday that the world was in turmoil over the "Y2K" issue and preparing for the worst. Here we are 10 years later, getting ready for the potential "End of Days" with the 2012 speculations! Over the past 10 years, we have seen a variety of films come and go. Some good and some bad, others really bad (G.I. Joe anyone?). I felt it necessary to compile a list of my favorite films of the past decade. Keep in mind that I don't pretend to have seen every movie ever made, and I know that I have missed some fantastic movies (feel free to suggest those to me), but this list includes quite a variety of films. I tried to keep it closer to 25, but alas, I have too many that I could not leave out. So, on with the show! Enjoy!
50- Bourne Trilogy (Doug Liman, Paul Greengrass) 2002, 2004, 2007
49- Hotel Rwanda (Terry George) 2004
48- The Hangover (Todd Phillips) 2009
47- Finding Nemo (Andrew Stinton, Lee Unkrich) 2003
46- Erin Brockovich (Steven Soderbergh) 2000
45- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee) 2000
44- Gladiator (Ridley Scott) 2000
43- Enemy at the Gates (Jeann-Jaques Annaud) 2001
42- Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Peter Jackson) 2001, 2002, 2003
41- A History of Violence (David Cronenberg) 2005
40- Alpha Dog (Nick Cassavetes) 2006
39- Watchmen (Zack Snyder) 2009
38- The Black Dahlia (Brian de Palma) 2006
37- 28 Days Later...(Danny Boyle) 2002
36- The Beach (Danny Boyle) 2000
35- Road to Perdition (Sam Mendes) 2002
34- The Orphanage (Juan Antonio Bayona) 2007
33- Best in Show (Christopher Guest) 2000
32- Napoleon Dynamite (Jared Hess) 2004
31- Catch Me if You Can (Steven Spielberg) 2003
30- Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese) 2000
29- Moulin Rouge (Baz Luhrman) 2002
28- Juno (Jason Reitman) 2007
27- Memento (Christopher Nolan) 2000
26- No Country for Old Men (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen) 2007
25- O Brother, Where Art Thou (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen) 2000
24- Crash (Paul Haggis) 2005
23- American Psycho (Mary Harron) 2002
22- X-Men (Bryan Singer) 2000
21- 300 (Zack Snyder) 2007
20- Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright) 2004
19- Big Fish (Tim Burton) 2003
18- Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan) 2005
17- Into the Wild (Sean Penn) 2008
16- X2: X-Men United (Bryan Singer) 2003
15- The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow) 2009
14- Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly) 2001
13- Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green) 2008
12- Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson) 2008
11- (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb) 2008
10- Superbad (Greg Mattola) 2007
9- Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson) 2009
8- District 9 (Neill Blomkamp) 2009
7- The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan) 2008
6- Gone Baby Gone (Ben Affleck) 2007
5- Up (Pete Docter, Bob Peterson) 2009
4- Inglorious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino) 2009
3- Snatch (Guy Ritchie) 2000
2- Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro) 2006
1- The Departed ( Martin Scorsese) 2006
Honorable Mentions:
- Casino Royale (Martin Campbell) 2006
- V for Vendetta (James McTeigue) 2005
- Sin City (Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino) 2005
- Grindhouse (Robert Rodriguz, Eli Roth) 2007
- Brothers (Jim Sheridan) 2009
- 3:10 to Yuma (James Mangold) 2007
- Royal Tennenbaums (Wes Anderson) 2001
- Mulholland Drive (David Lynch) 2001
- The Messenger (Oren Moverman) 2009
- Across the Universe (Julie Taymor) 2007
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