Monday, December 7, 2009

Just what civilization needs...


Another weigh-in on the best films of the decade.

20 Honorable mentions, listed alphabetically:
Adaptation (Spike Jonze); Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe); Amores Perros (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu); Before Sunset (Richard Linklater); City of God (Fernando Meirelles); The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Piui); A History of Violence (David Cronenberg); The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow); Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino); Junebug (Phil Morrison); Kings & Queen (Arnaud Desplechin); 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); United 93 (Paul Greengrass); Vera Drake (Mike Leigh); Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson)

25. The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach)
24. The Fog of War (Errol Morris)
23. 25th Hour (Spike Lee)
22. Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel)
21. My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin)
20. The Best of Youth (Marco Tullio Giordana)
19. Capturing the Friedmans (Andrew Jarecki)
18. You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan)
17. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel)
16. No Country for Old Men (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)
15. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
14. Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog)
13. Y Tu Mama Tambien (Alfonso Cuaron)
12. Sideways (Alexander Payne)
11. Yi Yi (Edward Yang)
10. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee)
9. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu)
8. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki)
7. Far from Heaven (Todd Haynes)
6. Zodiac (David Fincher)
5. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar)
4. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai)
3. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola)
1. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch)