The 50 Best Films of the Noughties

Just to clarify, this is between the start of the year 2000 to the end of 2009. I believe that this was a fantastic decade for film and the diversity of this list reflects that. Interestingly, the actor/director that showed up the most on the list was Mark Ruffalo with an impressive four films - an underrated actor I think. Let me know what you agree with, think is a travesty or films that I may have missed. 

Breakdown by year: 2000 - 6, 2001 - 4, 2002 - 6, 2003 - 5, 2004 - 7, 2005 - 3, 2006 - 6, 2007 - 7, 2008 - 5, 2009 - 3

Just a quick note: I've realised that the formatting of some of these posts is a bit dodgy on phones for some reason, so I apologise for Google's shitness on that.

  

Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke in 'Waking Life'

     50) Brokeback Mountain (2005)

     49) You Can Count on Me (2000)

     48) Waking Life (2001)

     47) Garden State (2004)

     46) Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

The minimalist set of Lars Von Trier's 'Dogville'

45) Dogville (2003)

44) In the Loop (2009)

43) Pusher II (2004)

42) The King of Kong (2007)

41) Almost Famous (2000)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Rian Johnson's 'Brick'

   40) Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

   39) Atonement (2007)

   38) City of God (2002)

   37) Borat (2006)

   36) Brick (2005)

Swedish vampire chiller 'Let the Right One In'

35) The Hurt Locker (2008)

34) American Psycho (2000)

Ryan Gosling's substitute teacher in 'Half Nelson'

33) Hidden (Caché) (2005)

32) Let the Right One In (2008)

31) The Dark Knight (2008)

  
   30) Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

   29) Shaun of the Dead (2004)

   28) Oldboy (2003)

   27) Elephant (2003)

The visual mastery of Guillermo Del Toro's 'Pan's Labyrinth'

   26) Half Nelson (2006)

25) Sideways (2004)

24) The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

23) Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

22) The Departed (2006)

21) The Incredibles (2004)

Jim Sheridan's heart-warming family drama 'In America'

20) Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

19) In America (2002)

18) The Pianist (2002)

17) Zodiac (2007)

16) 25th Hour (2002)

Paddy Considine in Shane Meadows' 'Dead Man's Shoes'

15) Dead Man’s Shoes (2004)

14) The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

13) Children of Men (2006)

12) Requiem for a Dream (2000)

11) Man on Wire (2008)

Quentin Tarantino's 'Inglorious Basterds'

Guy Pearce and Carrie-Anne Moss in 'Memento'

   10) Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-03) (bit of a cheat, I know)

   9) Traffic (2000)

   8) Inglourious Basterds (2009)

   7) In Bruges (2008)

   6) Donnie Darko (2001)


5) There Will be Blood (2007)

4) No Country for Old Men (2007)

3) Into the Wild (2007)

2) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

1) Memento (2000)