Another weigh-in on the best films of the decade.
Today: 20 runners-up and the 25th [superlative inflection of positive adjective] motion picture of the decade spanning 2000-2009.
Tomorrow through December 31st, daily: Countdown to #1.
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Honorable mentions, listed alphabetically:
Adaptation (Spike Jonze); Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe); Amores Perros (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu); Before Sunset (Richard Linklater); Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron); The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Piui); Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog); A History of Violence (David Cronenberg); The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow); Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino); Little Children (Todd Field); Once (John Carney); Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro); Ratatouille (Brad Bird); Safe Conduct (Bertrand Tavernier); A Serious Man (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen); The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach); 25th Hour (Spike Lee); United 93 (Paul Greengrass); Vera Drake (Mike Leigh)
25. Kings & Queen (Arnaud Desplechin)
24. You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan)
23. My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin)
22. Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel)
21. The Fog of War (Errol Morris)
20. No Country for Old Men (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)
19. Y Tu Mama Tambien (Alfonso Cuaron)
18. Capturing the Friedmans (Andrew Jarecki)
17. The Barbarian Invasions (Denys Arcand)
16. City of God (Fernando Meirelles)
15. Junebug (Phil Morrison)
14. The Best of Youth (Marco Tullio Giordana)
13. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel)
12. Sideways (Alexander Payne)
11. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
10. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu)
9. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki)
8. Zodiac (David Fincher)
7. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee)
6. Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes)
5. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar)
4. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai)
3. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch)
1. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola)
