Mar 9, 2010 11
My 50 Favorite Films of the Decade
50. Battle Royale
49. The Wrestler – Darren Aronofsky
48. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India – Ashutosh Gowariker
47. Punch-Drunk Love – Paul Anderson
46. Cache – Michael Haneke
45. Donnie Darko – Richard Kelly
44. Dancer in the Dark – Lars Von Triers
43. Cast Away – Robert Zemeckis
42. About Schmidt – Alexander Payne
41. Monsters, Inc. – Pete Docter and David Silverman
40. About a Boy – Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz
39. The Departed – Martin Scorsese
38. Bad Santa – Terry Zwigoff
37. Once – John Carney
36. Before Sunset – Richard Linklater
35. The Station Agent – Thomas McCarthy
34. Saw – James Wan
33. Superbad – Greg Mottola
32. No Country for Old Men – Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
31. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Gore Verbinski
30. You Can Count on Me – Kenneth Lonergan
29. Cloverfield – Matt Reeves
28. In the Loop – Armando Iannucci
27. J.S.A. Joint Security Area – Chan-wook Park
26. Adaptation – Spike Jonze
25. Napoleon Dynamite – Jared Hess
24. In the Mood for Love – Wong Kar Wai
23. Sexy Beast – Jonathan Glazer
22. A History of Violence – David Cronenberg
21. Spirited Away – Hayao Miyazaki
20. The Bourne Ultimatum – Paul Greengrass
19. Gwoemul (The Host) – Joon-hu Bong
18. Far from Heaven – Todd Haynes
17. Hero – Zhang Yimou
16. 28 Days Later – Danny Boyle
15. Chopper – Andrew Dominik
14. Oldboy – Chan-wook Park
13. Pan’s Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro
12. Toy Story 2 – John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, and Lee Unkrich
11. 2046 – Wong Kar Wai
10. Janghwa, Hongryeon (A Tale of Two Sisters) – Ji-woon Kim
9. Hedwig and the Angry Inch – John Cameron Mitchell
8. Y Tu Mama Tambien – Alfonson Cuaron
7. Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2 – Quentin Tarantino
6. Cidade de Deus (City of God) – Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund
5. Audition – Takashi Miike
4. Kung Fu Hustle – Stephen Chow
3. United 93 – Paul Greengrass
2. Together – Lukas Moodysson
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Michel Gondry
PS I have excluded my own films.
PPS This may all change tomorrow.
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