2000s List Discussion and Suggestions (Lists Project Vol. 2)

[colinr0380]

OK, here are my votes for the decade - I'm extremely happy with the first twenty, the next ten too though this is where an absolutely excellent film could conceivably nudge in and knock them down a peg or two (though The Atrocity Exhibition jumped straight to the number 1 position when I first saw it in 2006 and hasn't fallen off in my estimations since, so anything is possible!) The last twenty are films I like very much but would probably be subject to change if I were making this list next time, or even next week (for instance I forgot Eloge d'amour, and despite a couple of valiant attempts did not really manage to dent the pile of 2000s films in my kevyip much)

Remember everyone to defend your choices that didn't make it once the results are announced in the "Defend Your Darlings" thread!

1. The Atrocity Exhibition
2. Mulholland Drive
3. Yi Yi
4. Elephant
5. In The Mood For Love
6. Demonlover
7. Notre Musique
8. Eureka
9. The Corporation
10. Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys
11. Dogville
12. The Sun
13. Faithless
14. The Five Obstructions
15. A.I. – Artificial Intelligence
16. Chopper
17. Dancer In The Dark
18. Inland Empire
19. Anatomy Of Hell
20. Little Otik
21. Bright Future
22. Y Tu Mama Tambien
23. Innocence
24. Gosford Park
25. Les Revenants (They Came Back)
26 The Piano Teacher
27 Memento
28. La Cienaga
29. Time Of The Wolf
30. Pulse (2001)
31. The Darjeeling Limited
32. A Snake Of June
33. The House Of Mirth
34. Avalon
35. Birth
36. Atonement
37. Doppleganger
38. Morvern Callar
39. There Will Be Blood
40. The Royal Tenenbaums
41. Tony Takitani
42. Bright Young Things
43. Decasia
44. Redacted
45. Visitor Q
46. All About Lily Chou-Chou
47. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
48. Old Joy
49. Longford
50. Battle Royale

[antnield]

Top 50:

01 Syndromes and a Century (06/Weerasethakul)
02 Avenge But One of My Eyes (05/Mograbi)
03 Decasia (02/Morrison)
04 No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (05/Scorsese)
05 Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (06/Gordon & Parreno)
06 Memories of Murder (03/Bong)
07 Russian Ark (02/Sukorov)
08 24 Hour Party People (02/Winterbottom)
09 American Psycho (00/Harron)
10 The Son (02/Dardenne & Dardenne)
11 Rabbit (05/Wrake)
12 Dear Wendy (05/Vintenberg)
13 Film ist. 7-12 (02/Deutsch)
14 Who I Am and What I Want (05/Shepherd & Shrigley)
15 Switchblade Romance (03/Aja)
16 No Country for Old Men (07/Coen)
17 The Name of a River (02/Singh)
18 Fast Film (03/Wildrich)
19 Six Shooter (04/McDonagh)
20 The Battle of Orgreave (01/Figgis)
21 Intolerance II: The Invasion (01/Mulloy)
22 Away From Her (06/Polley)
23 Mulholland Dr. (01/Lynch)
24 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (04/Anderson)
25 Boy A (07/Crowley)
26 Wonder Boys (00/Hanson)
27 Blissfully Yours (02/Weerasethakul)
28 Ghost World (01/Zwigoff)
29 DiG! (04/Timoner)
30 Chopper (00/Dominik)
31 American Splendor (03/Berman & Pulcini)
32 Together (00/Moodysson)
33 Touching the Void (03/MacDonald)
34 Jarhead (05/Mendes)
35 Azur & Asmar (06/Ocelot)
36 United 93 (06/Greengrass)
37 Bad Education (04/Almodovar)
38 Spellbound (02/Blitz)
39 Visitor Q (01/Miike)
40 Kandahar (01/Makhmalbaf)
41 Timecode (00/Figgis)
42 The Filth and the Fury (00/Temple)
43 Snack and Drink (00/Sabiston)
44 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (07/Dominik)
45 Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (03/Broomfield)
46 Man on Wire (08/Marsh)
47 Sunshine (07/Boyle)
48 Peter & the Wolf (06/Templeton)
49 Overnight (03/Montana & Smith)
50 Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner (01/Kunuk)

[SoyCuba]

Here's my list. And yes, it does have some rather strange choises, but oh well. I just can't help loving many mainstream horror and sci-fi films. And Crank is just awesome.

[Lemmy Caution]

Knives, I also had Triplettes of Bellville in my top 10.
Though only 2 more of your top 25 on my list (Werck H and the Royal T's).
antnield, I was thinking I wasn't in tune with your list at all, then towards the end Spellbound and Peter & the Wolf, which I completely forgot. Nice.

Actually I did a poor job of considering short films (though Andrea Arnold's Wasp dropped into the middle of my picks). I should have re-watched Chacun son Cinema and Paris, Je Te Aime at the very least.

[Andre Jurieu]

5. You Can Count on Me (Lonergan, 2000)

Son of a bitch! How did I forget this one on my list? I think some part of me forgot that it was a film released during this decade. It feels like I saw it in the late 90s.

OK, I think I have to re-submit. Sorry, zedz.

[Murdoch]

The rest (really should have posted this as one list):

11. Russian Ark – Alexander Sokurov
12. Margot at the Wedding – Noah Baumbach
13. Mulholland Dr – David Lynch
14. The Headless Woman – Lucrecia Martel
15. Kairo – Kiyoshi Kurosawa
16. A Christmas Tale – Arnaud Desplechin
17. Lilya 4-Ever – Lukas Moodysson
18. Life and Debt – Stephanie Black
19. Under the Sand – Francois Ozon
20. The World – Jia Zhang Ke
21. Junebug – Phil Morrison
22. Touch the Sound - Thomas Riedelsheimer
23. Millennium Mambo – Hou Hsiao Hsien
24. Elephant – Gus Van Sant
25. Dogville – Lars Von Trier
26. Syndromes and a Century – Apichatpong Weerasethakul
27. Bright Future – Kiyoshi Kurosawa
28. Spirited Away – Hayao Miyazaki
29. Brand Upon the Brain! – Guy Maddin
30. Yi Yi – Edward Yang
31. Zodiac – David Fincher
32. Before Sunset – Richard Linklater
33. No End in Sight – Charles Ferguson
34. Rachel Getting Married – Jonathan Demme
35. Distant – Nuri Bilge Ceylan
36. The Informant! – Steven Soderbergh
37. A Lost Man – Danielle Arbid
38. Kontroll – Nimrod Antal
39. Black Book – Paul Verhoeven
40. Solaris – Steven Soderbergh
41. The Hand – Wong Kar Wai
42. George Washington – David Gordon Green
43. The Heart of the World – Guy Maddin
44. Code Unknown – Michael Haneke

[JAP]

I'm relieved there aren´t that many lists full of movies by Tarik Saleh, Valeska Grisebach or Ruben Östlund; makes my choices appear slightly less pedestrian...

Here are two partial lists (Prime and Fibonacci):
2 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michel Gondry
3 - In the Mood for Love - Wong Kar-Wai
5 - Kill Bill - Quentin Tarantino
7 - Sen to Shihiro no Kamikakushi/Spirited Away - Hayao Myazaki
11 - Presto - Doug Sweetland
13 - The Prestige - Christopher Nolan
17 - The Royal Tenenbaums - Wes Anderson
19 - Innocence - Lucille Hadzihalilovic
23 - Los Angeles Plays Itself - Thom Andersen
29 - The Fall - Tarsem Singh
31 - Inglorious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
37 - Birth - Jonathan Glazer
41 - La Mujer sin Cabeza/The Headless Woman - Lucrecia Martel
43 - Of Time and the City - Terence Davies
47 - We Own the Night - James Gray

1 - Memento - Christopher Nolan
1 - Memento - Christopher Nolan
2 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michel Gondry
3 - In the Mood for Love - Wong Kar-Wai
5 - Kill Bill - Quentin Tarantino
8 - Daai Si Gin/Breaking News - Johnnie To
13 - The Prestige - Christopher Nolan
21 - Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain/Amelie - Jean-Pierre Jeunet
34 - Signs - M.Night Shyamalan

[franco]

Might as well post mine. Zedz please ignore the minor changes if you happen to read this post. I still have trouble arranging some titles in my favorite 20. Le Pont des Arts has not arrived

1. Police, Adjective (Corneliu Porumboiu, 2009)
2. Solaris (Steven Soderbergh, 2002)
3. Linda Linda Linda (Yamashita Nobuhiro, 2005)
4. Uzak (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2003)
5. In the City of Sylvia (José Luis Guerín, 2007)
6. The Son (The Dardennes, 2002)
7. A Talking Picture (Manoel de Oliveira, 2003)
8. Odete (João Pedro Rodrigues, 2005)
9. Fantasma (Lisandro Alonso, 2006)
10. L'Intrus (Claire Denis, 2004)
11. Miami Vice (Michael Mann, 2006)
12. The Headless Woman (Lucretia Martel, 2008)
13. La Libertad (Lisandro Alonso, 2001)
14. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)
15. The Uncertainty Principle (Manoel de Oliveira, 2002)
16. Quiet City (Aaron Katz, 2007)
17. Los Muertos (Lisandro Alonso, 2004)
18. Histoire de Marie et Julien (Jacques Rivette, 2003)
19. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)
20. Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)

[John Cope]

Really pleased to see someone else list The Uncertainty Principle. I'll annotate this list later and where appropriate in the Darlings thread.

1. The Uncertainty Principle (Oliveira)
2. Chromiumblue.com (King)
3. The Fifth Empire (Oliveira)
4. Elite Squad (Padilha)
5. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong)
6. Alexander Revisited (Stone)
7. Miami Vice (Mann)
8. Magic Mirror (Oliveira)
9. Mary (Ferrara)
10. A.I. (Spielberg)
11. Werckmeister Harmonies (Tarr)
12. Broken Sky (Hernandez)
13. A Talking Picture (Oliveira)
14. Bugcrush (Smith)
15. Cafe Lumiere (Hou)
16. Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl (Oliveira)
17. Zidane (Gordon/Parreno)
18. Into Great Silence (Groning)
19. When Will I Be Loved (Toback)
20. Hamlet (Almereyda)
21. There Will Be Blood (Anderson)
22. Christopher Columbus, The Enigma (Oliveira)
23. Love Live Long (Figgis)
24. Match Point (Allen)
25. The Weeping Meadow (Angelopoulos)
26. Five (Kiarostami)
27. The Sun (Sokurov)
28. Auto Focus (Schrader)
29. The Company (Altman)
30. The Yards (Gray)
31. Investigating Sex (Rudolph)
32. Word and Utopia (Oliveira)
33. Code Unknown (Haneke)
34. L'Intrus (Denis)
35. The New World (Malick)
36. Climates (Ceylan)
37. Mulholland Drive (Lynch)
38. Syndromes and a Century (Apichatpong)
39. La Cienaga (Martel)
40. Brick (Johnson)
41. Ararat (Egoyan)
42. Enduring Love (Michell)
43. George Washington (Green)
44. The Ister (Barison/Ross)
45. The Rules of Attraction (Avary)
46. The Believer (Bean)
47. ivansxtc (Rose)
48. 2046 (Wong)
49. Cremaster 3 (Barney)
50. Blindness (Meirelles)

Wish I could have found a place for Perfume, Revolutionary Road and Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael. Maybe next time.

[artfilmfan]

#6 to 10 from my list:

6. Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
7. Love Is a Crazy Thing (Oh Seok-Geun)
8. Sukida (Hiroshi Ishikawa)
9. Wanee & Jonah
10. Talk To Her

[zedz]

Oof! Home stretch and the polls are closed.

Mired in the sludge of collating the last dozens of lists, I wasn't exactly paying close attention to how everything was going, but if I was, I would have noticed the nail-biting battle to the death which resulted in a surprise winner (well, a surprise to me, at least).

First stats: 60 lists submitted; 915 films nominated (RSI, here I come!); 441 receiving two or more mentions.

[franco]

Really pleased to see someone else list The Uncertainty Principle. I'll annotate this list later and where appropriate in the Darlings thread.

Really pleased to see The Uncertainty Principle topping your list, John! I haven't seen the film in a while so if I watch it again, I may love it even more. Didn't know you hold Fifth Empire in such a high regard. I am going to blind buy the DVD then.

[zedz]

THE 2000s LIST:

1. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (1320)
2. MULHOLLAND DR. (1307)
3. YI YI (1049)
4. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (935)
5. PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (836)
6. WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (789)
7. THE NEW WORLD (761)
8. THERE WILL BE BLOOD (759)
9. ZODIAC (756)
10. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (736)
11. SPIRITED AWAY (709)
12. GOODBYE, DRAGON INN (698)
13. CACHE (693)
14. DOGVILLE (630)
15. INLAND EMPIRE (621)
16. TALK TO HER (587)
17. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (579)
18. ELEPHANT (563)
19. MEMORIES OF MURDER (550)
20. L’ INTRUS (525)
21. PLATFORM
22. CHILDREN OF MEN
23. THE SON
24. BEFORE SUNSET
25. Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN
26. THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
27. MEMENTO
28. 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS
29. A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
30= GRIZZLY MAN (420)
30= STILL WALKING (420)
32. 35 SHOTS OF RUM
33. A CHRISTMAS TALE
34. SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY
35. TROPICAL MALADY
36. THE WORLD
37= A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
37= THE WHITE RIBBON
39. SUMMER HOURS
40. THE HEADLESS WOMAN (353)
41. WHAT TIME IS IT THERE?
42. RUSSIAN ARK
43. NOBODY KNOWS
44. YOU, THE LIVING
45. LA CIENAGA
46= MILLENNIUM MAMBO
46= THE PIANO TEACHER
48= FRIDAY NIGHT
48= THE GLEANERS & I
50= LOST IN TRANSLATION (324)
50= THREE TIMES (324)
52. 2046
53. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
54. MIAMI VICE
55. THE RETURN
56. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
57. LILYA 4-EVER
58= 25TH HOUR
58= BAD EDUCATION
60= AMELIE (294)
60= THE VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS (294)
62. ADAPTATION
63. CODE UNKNOWN
64. THE DEATH OF MR LAZARESCU
65. THE CHILD
66. THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE
67. IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA
68. THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU
69= ANTICHRIST (252)
69= BIRTH (252)
71. WALL-E
72. THE HURT LOCKER
73= STILL LIFE
73= WHO'S CAMUS ANYWAY?
75. MARGOT AT THE WEDDING
76. WOMAN IS THE FUTURE OF MAN
77. SYNECHDOCHE, NEW YORK
78. DEMONLOVER
79= KILL BILL (229)
79= MAN WITHOUT A PAST (229)
81. EUREKA
82. I'M NOT THERE
83. LINDA LINDA LINDA
84. PARANOID PARK
85= GEORGE WASHINGTON
85= MORVERN CALLAR
87. GHOST WORLD
88= THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA
88= WOMAN ON THE BEACH
90. ALL THE REAL GIRLS (213)
91= MYSTERIOUS SKIN
91= WENDY AND LUCY
93. TOKYO SONATA
94. PAN'S LABYRINTH
95= BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!
95= THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
95= SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR
98= CAFÉ LUMIERE (201)
98= INNOCENCE (201)
98= PULSE (201)

Numbers two and three were battling it out in the early stages, then Mulholland Dr. pulled way ahead. The Wong accumulated all its ground during the second half of the vote, as did The Royal Tenenbaums, which was only indifferently supported among the first twenty or so list submitters.

Also rans to follow immediately.

[zedz]

ALSO RANS
PART ONE: FAR FROM HEAVEN
100 – 200 POINTS

MY WINNIPEG
WAKING LIFE
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
JUNEBUG
FEMME FATALE
THE WAYWARD CLOUD
AMERICAN PSYCHO
KINGS AND QUEEN
BATTLE IN HEAVEN
GOSFORD PARK
CE JOUR-LA
I HEART HUCKABEES
THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
TAKE CARE OF MY CAT
OLD JOY
TEN
OASIS
UZAK
CITY OF GOD
SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER. . . AND SPRING
MARIE ANTIONETTE
GERRY
WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE
SIDEWAYS
BRIGHT STAR
AMERICAN SPLENDOR
DANCER IN THE DARK
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
NOTRE MUSIQUE
THE HOLY GIRL
IRREVERSIBLE
THE FANTASTIC MR FOX
LOS MUERTOS
OF TIME AND THE CITY
LE PONT DES ARTS
THE LIVES OF OTHERS
DEVILS ON THE DOORSTEP
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
MUNICH
POLICE, ADJECTIVE
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
AUTO FOCUS
HEART OF THE WORLD
RATATOUILLE
I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE
HIGH FIDELITY
IN PRAISE OF LOVE
THE BEACHES OF AGNES
CLIMATES
THIS CHARMING GIRL
THE SUN
THE HOST
OLDBOY
TIME OUT
STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH
TONY TAKITANI
MICHAEL CLAYTON
THE PRESTIGE
TWO LOVERS
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST
SPIDER
DONNIE DARKO
RR
A GOOD LAWYER'S WIFE
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU
REGULAR LOVERS
SILENT LIGHT
MILLENNIUM ACTRESS
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
TRAFFIC
COME INTO MY WORLD
FAR FROM HEAVEN
LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF
THE LIMITS OF CONTROL
THE BLACK BOOK
SOLARIS
BRICK
HISTOIRE DE MARIE ET JULIEN
THE INCREDIBLES
UNKNOWN PLEASURES
THE BROWN BUNNY
CHE
THE FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON
VIBRATOR
DECASIA
FUNNY HA HA
REVANCHE
THE WRESTLER

[zedz]

ALSO RANS
PART TWO: EXILED
50 – 99 POINTS

SEX AND LUCIA
UP
VA SAVOIR
ZIDANE: A 21ST CENTURY PORTRAIT
THE FALL
SECRET SUNSHINE
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
EASTERN PROMISES
LAST DAYS
THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD
DOPPELGANGER
LIFELINE
FREE WILL
THE HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
LIGHTS IN THE DUSK
LORNA'S SILENCE
THE PIANIST
INFERNAL AFFAIRS
PRIVATE PROPERTY
THE BEST OF YOUTH
CHOPPER
BEST IN SHOW
LA CAPTIVE
DISTANCE
GENERATION KILL
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES
A PROPHET
CASSANDRA'S DREAM
GABRIELLE
WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER
IVANSXTC
ON THE OCCASION OF REMEMBERING THE TURNING GATE
TIME OF THE WOLF
THE VERTICAL RAY OF THE SUN
BUS 174
UNITED 93
EXILED
LAKE OF FIRE
A TALKING PICTURE
TWILIGHT SAMURAI
COLOSSAL YOUTH
ONE FINE SPRING DAY
THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP
ALMOST FAMOUS
BAND OF BROTHERS
CRIMSON GOLD
MUNYURANGBO
PAPRIKA
24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE
BRIGHT FUTURE
A CATASTROPHE
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
HONOUR OF THE KNIGHTS
INTO THE WILD
A SERIOUS MAN
TOGETHER
3-IRON
BROKEN FLOWERS
DOLLS
THE EDGE OF HEAVEN
THE QUEEN
YARDS
QUIET CITY
THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN
HALF NELSON
OFFSIDE
STONE READER
UP THE YANGTZE
ATROCITY EXHIBITION
BULLY
LA COMMUNE
THE DARK KNIGHT
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
WILD GRASS
MOOLADE
ONCE
JAPON
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
ROGER DODGER
ATONEMENT
INVISIBLE WAVES
OCEAN'S 12
THE PAPER WILL BE BLUE
DR HORRIBLE'S SING-A-LONG BLOG
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
IN VANDA'S ROOM
ON THE ORIGINS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED
BROKEN SKY
THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
HEAD ON
SHOTGUN STORIES
THE BANISHMENT
HERO
LAND OF PLENTY
LATE MARRIAGE
LITTLE CHILDREN
ALEXANDRA
AVALON
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS
LA LIBERTAD
THE BAXTER
COLLATERAL
HARRY, HE'S HERE TO HELP
JULY RHAPSODY
MOTHER
TO BE AND TO HAVE
VOLVER
GOMORRAH
THIS IS ENGLAND
THE WONDER BOYS
DISTRICT 9
THE FOREST FOR THE TREES
THE FOUNTAIN
LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
A LONG WEEKEND IN PEST AND BUDA
PROMETHEUS' GARDEN
14TH ARRONDISSEMENT
THE DARJEELING LIMITED
THE LADY AND THE DUKE
MASTER AND COMMANDER
MY DEAR ENEMY
NO DIRECTION HOME
TWENTYNINE PALMS
BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE
BOY A
FINDING NEMO
THE CLASS
MARIA FULL OF GRACE
THE ORDER OF MYTHS
WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE
PRIMER
VERA DRAKE
FLANDRES
SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE
INTO GREAT SILENCE
PERSEPOLIS
REDBELT
BLACK AND WHITE TRYPPS NUMBER FOUR
I'M GOING HOME
TOUCHING THE VOID
TRILOGY: THE WEEPING MEADOW
DRACULA: PAGES FROM A VIRGIN'S DIARY
HUNGER
THE PRESIDENT'S LAST BANG
UNDER THE SAND
BATTLE ROYALE
KONTROLL
SITA SINGS THE BLUES
SOUTHLAND TALES

[zedz]

ALSO RANS
PART THREE: ANGRY INCHES
5 – 49 POINTS

ANATOMY OF HELL
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
IN BRUGES
RUNNING ON KARMA
BUNGALOW
THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
SECRET THINGS
WORKINGMAN'S DEATH
ABOUT SCHMIDT
THE CIRCLE
THE COMPANY
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS
THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS
THE HOUSE OF MIRTH
SPARTAN
THE CORNER
FAT GIRL
HOT FUZZ
INTIMACY
GRAN TORINO
THE HAND
PUBLIC ENEMIES
SHAUN OF THE DEAD
OCEAN'S 11
THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
NO END IN SIGHT
WASP
THE AVIATOR
CREMASTER 3
THE DEPARTED
FAY GRIM
GONE BABY GONE
JUNO
MY SUMMER OF LOVE
THE DESCENT
THE FOG OF WAR
A GENTLE BREEZE IN THE VILLAGE
IN THE BEDROOM
PARADISE NOW
THE ROMANCE OF ASTREE AND CELADON
BUG
FRIENDS WITH MONEY
ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW
ATANARJUAT, THE FAST RUNNER
DIG!
LITTLE OTIK
THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN
BRIGHT LEAVES
MEAN GIRLS
A SCANNER DARKLY
THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON
HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS
THE INFORMANT!
ELECTRIC DRAGON 80,000 V
TRISTRAM SHANDY
DON'T TOUCH THE AXE
MATCH POINT
ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL
THE BELIEVER
MYSTIC RIVER
TROUBLE EVERY DAY
BLIND SHAFT
MAN PUSH CART
SEXY BEAST
BOURNE IDENTITY
DIVINE INTERVENTION
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
TAKESHIS'
ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU
THREE MONKEYS
CONTROL
REPRISE
SPELLBOUND
VISITOR Q
THE BAND'S VISIT
SARABAND
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
RIVERS AND TIDES
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
A TALE OF CINEMA
MERDE
JULIA
BIRDSONG
PINEAPPLE EXPRESS
GOZU
MINORITY REPORT
KING OF KONG
LAND OF THE DEAD
THE ROOM
GOLDEN DOOR
KANDAHAR
SUNSHINE STATE
THE ORPHANAGE
AILEEN: LIFE AND DEATH OF A SERIAL KILLER
IMPORT/EXPORT
THE PLEDGE

Now I'm going to have a swim and get horribly drunk. I may be some time.

[moviscop]

Very nicely compiled. I'm surprised that Wong took the top spot from Lynch after all.

[Murdoch]

Yay, Doc Horrible made it to Exiled! Next time it will just be my numero uno and that'll be the end of it.

[swo17]

In the Mood for an Upset!!!

[puxzkkx]

I'm impossibly excited that Linda Linda Linda made the list!

I must say I'm a bit disappointed at the amerocentric Top 20, but there are some great picks here. I think an extra month or even an extra fortnight of voting would have gotten the order smoothed out a bit.

Can't say I'm a fan of No. 1 or No. 3 - I just don't get them, I suppose... but yay for Mulholland Dr.'s & Eternal Sunshine's Top 10 showing, and Hidden, Dogville and Memories of Murder making the Top 20.

[Murdoch]

I'm glad L'Intrus cracked the top 20, Dragon Inn was my #1 but I knew that would chart high.

[fiddlesticks]

I'm not sure I understand how the vote-totaling worked, but the film that was #1 on my list (Treeless Mountain) doesn't appear anywhere. Even if nobody else listed it at all, should that be worth at least 5 points?

[reno dakota]

I'm not sure I understand how the vote-totaling worked, but the film that was #1 on my list (Treeless Mountain) doesn't appear anywhere. Even if nobody else listed it at all, should that be worth at least 5 points?

I believe that a film must receive at least two votes in order to appear anywhere (main list or also-rans). So, if a film from your list does not appear anywhere, it's an orphan (unless, of course, you and someone else both listed it so low that it still didn't pick up at least 5 points).

[moviscop]

Eternal Sunshine beating Synecdoche just doesn't sit right :\

[knives]

Bit irked Gerry placed so low, but the rest of the lists are at least humorous.