Best movies of the last decade

cokewithvanilla
cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
edited January 2011 in Music & Movies
I am trying to get together a list of the best movies from 2000-2010, especially those that I have not seen. List your favorite movies from the last decade.

I'll start with a few:


Gran Torino
Harry Potter series (especially the last few)
Inception
Inglourious ****
Pirates series
Star Wars Ep III
The Town
Dark Knight
V for Vendetta
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited January 2011
    Ok, I'm being a little picky here but your list is spanning 11 years not 10. Also is this a "best" list or "favorites" list? Honestly some of those movies you've listed although good, certainly wouldn't come even close to a "best" of the decade list.

    What about such greats as

    The Pianist
    No Country For Old Men
    Atonement
    Gangs of New York
    The Lord of Rings trilogy
    Gladiator
    A Beautiful Mind
    Master and Commander
    Cinderaella Man
    Billion Dollar Baby
    Mystic River
    The Aviator
    A.I.
    Aaron Brockovitch
    Cold Mountain
    The Curious Case of Benjiman Button
    Kill Bill 1 and2
    The Passion of the Christ

    The list goes on and on.
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    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited January 2011
    haha wow... oops. Forgive my stupidity.


    Well, I guess I am not looking for IMDB here. I've already seen the top 100 movies of the 2000's on there. I guess I used the term kinda synonymously since movies are subjective... favorites will do
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,119
    edited January 2011
    Add Facing the Giants to the list.
    It may be a low budget movie, but the story is amazing.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2011
    The "Pirates" series, outside of the first one, is HORRIBLE. Each one is worse than the one before it. Too bad after such a great first movie.
    Fongolio wrote:
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    Is that Erin's brother or something? ;)
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited January 2011
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Is that Erin's brother or something? ;)

    No, the ugly twin who dropped out of law school, worked in a gas station/convenience store and lobbied for and won the gas station's right to install those machines that charge 25 cents a pop for tire air. Enthralling movie.

    My bad.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2011
    I went to the database of the DVDs I have in my collection that were filmed this decade...If I own it...I like it...

    300
    A.I. - Artificial Intelligence
    Atlantis: The Lost Empire
    Avatar
    Batman Begins
    Black Hawk Down
    Blow
    Book of Eli
    Bourne (series)
    The Brothers Grimm
    Cars
    Casino Royale
    Cast Away
    Charlie’s Angels
    Chicken Run
    Clash of the Titans
    Collateral
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Daredevil
    The Dark Knight
    Die Another Day
    Disney’s A Christmas Carol
    Donnie Darko
    Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
    The Emperor’s New Grove
    The Fantastic 4
    The Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
    Finding Nemo
    From Heaven
    From Hell
    Ghost Rider
    Gladiator
    Gone In 60 Seconds
    Harry Potter (series)
    Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
    How to Train Your Dragon
    Ice Age
    Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
    Inception
    The Incredible Hulk
    The Incredibles
    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    Into the Wild
    Invincible
    iRobot
    I Am Legend
    Iron Man
    Iron Man 2
    The Island
    Journey to the Center of the Earth
    Jurassic Park III
    King Kong
    Kingdom of Heaven
    The Last Samurai
    The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
    The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
    Laura Croft: Tomb Raider
    Madagascar
    Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
    Memento
    Minority Report
    Monsters Inc.
    Mulholland Drive
    National Treasure
    National Treasure: Book of Secrets
    The New World
    No Country For Old Men
    O Brother, Where Art Thou?
    The Passion of the Christ
    The Perfect Storm
    Pirates of the Caribbean (series)
    Planet of the Apes (remake)
    The Polar Express
    Prince of Persia
    Quantum of Solace
    Ratatouille
    Reign of Fire
    Road to Perdition
    The Road
    Robin Hood
    The Rookie
    Rush
    Sahara
    Salt
    The Santa Clause
    Serenity
    Sherlock Holmes
    Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
    Spider-Man
    Spider-Man 2
    Spider-Man 3
    Spy Kids
    Star Trek
    Star Wars II
    Star Wars III
    Taken
    Tears of the Sun
    Terminator 3 – Rise of the Machines
    Terminator Salvation
    The Time Machine
    Timeline
    Touching the Void
    Toy Story 3
    Transformers
    Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
    Troy
    U-571
    Up
    Vertical Limit
    Wall-E
    The War of the Worlds (remake)
    The White Countess
    X-Men (series)
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited January 2011
    shack wrote: »
    I went to the database of the DVDs I have in my collection that were filmed this decade...If I own it...I like it...

    Nice! Thanks for the list... here are the movies I own (HD only) from the same time period:


    300 (2007)
    Alice in Wonderland (2010)
    Avatar (2009)
    Batman Begins (2005)
    Blood Diamond (2006)
    Blow (2001)
    Body of Lies (2008)
    Casino Royale (2006)
    Catch Me if You Can (2002)
    Collateral (2004)
    Coraline (2009)
    Crash (2004)
    Edge of Darkness (2010)
    Gangs of New York (2002)
    Gone Baby Gone (2007)
    Gran Torino (2008)
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
    Inception (2010)
    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
    Inglourious **** (2009)
    Iron Man (2008)
    Iron Man 2 (2010)
    Lara Croft Tomb Raider The Cradle of Life (2003)
    Lara Croft- Tomb Raider (2001)
    Lord of War (2005)
    Matchstick Men (2003)
    Million Dollar Baby (2004)
    National Treasure (2004)
    National Treasure- Book of Secrets (2007)
    Oceans Eleven (2001)
    Pirates of the Caribbean- At World's End (2007)
    Pirates of the Caribbean- Dead Man's Chest (2006)
    Pirates of the Caribbean- The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
    Quantum of Solace (2008)
    Sahara (2005)
    Sherlock Holmes (2009)
    Shutter Island (2010)
    Snatch (2000)
    Star Trek (2009)
    Star Wars- Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
    Star Wars- Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
    Sunshine (2007)
    Taken (2008)
    The Aviator (2004)
    The Book of Eli (2010)
    The Bourne Identity (2002)
    The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
    The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
    The Dark Knight (2008)
    The Departed (2006)
    The Expendables (2010)
    The Fountain (2006)
    The Illusionist (2006)
    The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
    The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
    The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
    The Mummy Returns (2001)
    The Prestige (2006)
    The Town (2010)
    Toy Story 3 (2010)
    Troy (2004)
    Up in the Air (2009)
    V for Vendetta (2006)
    Valkyrie (2008)
    Wanted (2008)
    X-Men (2000)
    X-Men Origins- Wolverine (2009)
    X-Men- The Last Stand (2006)
    X2- X-Men United (2003)
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited January 2011
    Fongolio wrote: »
    Ok, I'm being a little picky here but your list is spanning 11 years not 10. Also is this a "best" list or "favorites" list? Honestly some of those movies you've listed although good, certainly wouldn't come even close to a "best" of the decade list.

    What about such greats as

    The Pianist
    No Country For Old Men
    Atonement
    Gangs of New York
    The Lord of Rings trilogy
    Gladiator
    A Beautiful Mind
    Master and Commander
    Cinderaella Man
    Billion Dollar Baby:eek:
    Mystic River
    The Aviator
    A.I.
    Aaron Brockovitch
    Cold Mountain
    The Curious Case of Benjiman Button
    Kill Bill 1 and2
    The Passion of the Christ

    The list goes on and on.


    Stop listening to Alice while posting:wink:



    My picks are limited to recent memory

    Valkyrie
    Transformers
    Dark Knight
    The Book Of Eli
    The Prestige
    Hitman
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited January 2011
    The Departed

    The Book of Eli

    Inception

    The Hurt Locker

    Slumdog Millionaire
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2011
    Thsi thread is kind of pointless if people are just listing every movie they liked from the past ten years. BEST. Your absolute favorite. No one is reading your list of 100 movies.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2011
    bobman1235 wrote:
    Thsi thread is kind of pointless if people are just listing every movie they liked from the past ten years. BEST. Your absolute favorite. No one is reading your list of 100 movies.

    Seeing how the OP has a fairly long list...maybe it is what he envisioned.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2011
    shack wrote: »
    Seeing how the OP has a fairly long list...maybe it is what he envisioned.

    I s'pose. I just don't see the point of saying that every movie that you kind of enjoyed inthe past ten years is the "best of the past decade." There's a reason people make top 5 and top 10's, they're easily digestible and provide something to talk about.


    Heck, if we're just gonna list movies, here's the 86 English-Language feature films on IMDb created from 2001 to 2010 that have an 8.0 or better rating :D

    http://www.imdb.com/search/title?countries=%C2%B7%C2%B7%C2%B7%C2%A0Common%20Countries%C2%A0%C2%B7%C2%B7%C2%B7&languages=en&num_votes=1000,&production_status=released&release_date=2001-01,2010-01&title_type=feature&user_rating=8.0,10
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited January 2011
    Fongolio wrote: »
    No, the ugly twin who dropped out of law school, worked in a gas station/convenience store and lobbied for and won the gas station's right to install those machines that charge 25 cents a pop for tire air. Enthralling movie.

    My bad.


    So THAT'S who's responsible!?!?!? I want to KILL that person!! Paying for air at a gas station pisses me off to no end!! It's ridiculous!!!






    I can honestly say that in the last 10 years, I haven't really watched that many new movies. Some that stood out for me though....


    The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
    The Harry Potter series
    Star Wars 2 and 3
    Iron Man
    Batman Begins
    Batman The Dark Knight

    Honestly, those are the only newer movies that I can even really recall seeing from the last ten years. I feel like there should be a lot more than that...

    Apparently that part of my memory hasn't returned yet, since my accident......:frown:
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2011
    bobman1235 wrote:
    I s'pose. I just don't see the point of saying that every movie that you kind of enjoyed inthe past ten years is the "best of the past decade." There's a reason people make top 5 and top 10's, they're easily digestible and provide something to talk about.


    Heck, if we're just gonna list movies, here's the 86 English-Language feature films on IMDb created from 2001 to 2010 that have an 8.0 or better rating :D

    http://www.imdb.com/search/title?countries=%C2%B7%C2%B7%C2%B7%C2%A0Common%20Countries%C2%A0%C2%B7%C2%B7%C2%B7&languages=en&num_votes=1000,&production_status=released&release_date=2001-01,2010-01&title_type=feature&user_rating=8.0,10

    I gave the criteria for my list. If I thought enough to spend my money on it...for me it was one of the best of the decade...IMO. If I listed 130 movies that's 13 per year. Lots of top 20 BY YEAR lists out there. And just because the masses rate a movie high means nothing to me. There are quite a few on my list that are not on anybody elses...and there are some on your (well IMDb's) list rated 8+ that I did not like. He asked...I answered. Sorry it didn't meet your criteria.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2011
    Don't apologize, not trying to attack or be a dick, just making a comment.

    Besides, you have Transformers 2 on a list of "best movies." YOur opinion is moot. ;)
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2011
    bobman1235 wrote:
    Don't apologize, not trying to attack or be a dick, just making a comment.

    Besides, you have Transformers 2 on a list of "best movies." YOur opinion is moot. ;)

    I liked it...
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • mewisemagic
    mewisemagic Posts: 194
    edited January 2011
    shooter

    shawshank redemption

    green mile

    the terminal
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2011
    mewisemagic wrote: »
    shawshank redemption

    Wow dude, 1994. :)
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  • indyhawg
    indyhawg Posts: 1,646
    edited January 2011
    In no particular order:

    Gran Torino
    Black Hawk Down
    Cars
    Toy Story 3
    The Pianist
    Road to Perdition
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2011
    Just skimming this thread has convinced me that I don't want to add my list. Some of the choices posted here are ridiculous and I'm too sensitive to take criticism. Lasareath's suggestion is surprisingly not a bad idea.
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    edited January 2011
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,182
    edited January 2011
    Thanks for the Movie Base top 250 and the the top 8 and above over the last 10 years. That list is awsome. I've owned alot of them and enjoyed them as much as the public did. Maybe more than the general public due to my surround set-ups.:biggrin:
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  • newrival
    newrival Posts: 2,017
    edited January 2011
    I'm surprised no one has mentioned Tropic Thunder. It's a Top 5 comedy of all time for me.

    So my list of movies that I don't think were mentioned:


    Despicable Me
    Tropic Thunder
    Up
    Pan's Labyrinth
    Killer of Sheep
    Being John Malkovich (can't remember if that was 2000 or 99)
    Borat
    The cove
    Eternal Sunshie of the Spotess Mind
    Walk the Line
    Ray (Or whatever the Ray Charles movie was called)
    Capote
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  • tommyboy
    tommyboy Posts: 1,414
    edited January 2011
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    The Harry Potter series
    Star Wars 2 and 3

    We are talking about actual good movies. Please tell me what you were smoking during star wars that made you enjoy it.

    Jango fett- and now its time to finish him
    Bobba fett- Heh heh heh

    eh what a mess of a movie.

    btw I made a thread like this a little while back, but I'll let you go this time:wink:
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  • ddip_1710
    ddip_1710 Posts: 1
    edited January 2011
    The list continues & I liked these:

    1) Inception
    2) Harry Potter Series
    3) Dark Knight
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited January 2011
    About long lists....

    After getting 5 or fewer movies from many posters, most being the same movies that have been listed, I think it would be fine to list more than that... if everyoine is going to say "inception and the dark knight" this list wouldn't be very fun :)

    Don't restrict yourself to the ones that won't embarrass you :P
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  • hockeyboy
    hockeyboy Posts: 1,428
    edited January 2011
    Body of Lies
    Tropic Thunder
    The Hangover
    Chronicles of Riddick
    Big Lebowski
    The Kingdom
    Million Dollar Baby

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