FILMS OF THE DECADE 2000-2010
Film of the Decade: “Mulholland Dr.”
RANK FILM DIRECTOR POINTS
1 Mulholland Dr. Curtis Hanson 91
2 There Will Be Blood* M. Night Shyamalan 85
3 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Apichatpong Weerasethakul 62
4 Brokeback Mountain* Lou Ye 54.5
5 No Country for Old Men Pere Portabella 54
Zodiac Olivier Assayas 54
6 Yi Yi Edgar Wright 52
7 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Tommy Wiseau 50
The Lord of the Rings James Benning 50
8 Spirited Away Jafar Panahi 48
9 United 93 Patty Jenkins 36.5
Y Tu Mamá También Guy Maddin 36.5
10 Sideways* Agnes Varda 31.5
11 Children of Men Takashi Miike 30.5
Talk to Her Rian Johnson 30.5
WALL-E* Jafar Panahi 30.5
12 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* Alain Resnais 30
I'm Not There Darren Aronofsky 30
13 The Incredibles Ousmane Sembene 28.5
14 Memento Pedro Costa 27.5
15 Synecdoche, New York Paul Greengrass 27
16 Oldboy Alain Resnais 26
Waltz With Bashir Eran Kolirin 26
17 City of God Tian Zhuangzhuang 23.5
18 The Lives of Others Joel and Ethan Coen 23
19 Caché Gus Van Sant 22.5
20 The Best of Youth Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne 21.5
In the Mood for Love Thom Andersen 21.5
21 Letters From Iwo Jima* Ridley Scott 21
22 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott 20.5
Lost in Translation Lajos Koltai 20.5
23 The New World Corneliu Porumboiu 20
24 Adaptation Sylvain Chomet 19.5
25 The Hurt Locker* Olivier Dahan 17.5
The White Ribbon Radu Muntean 17.5
The World Zack Snyder 17.5
26 Far From Heaven Jeff Tremaine 17
27 The Pianist Fatih Akin 16.5
28 Secret Sunshine Elia Suleiman 16
29 Bowling for Columbine Phil Morrison 15.5
Dogville Bill Condon 15.5
Head-On Michael Mann 15.5
In Vanda's Room Andrei Zvyagintsev 15.5
La Commune (Paris, 1871) Benoît Jacquot 15.5
Platform Nicolas Philibert 15.5
The Secret of the Grain Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe 15.5
30 Ratatouille Jacques Rivette 14.5
Slumdog Millionaire Brian De Palma 14.5
Star Spangled to Death James Longley 14.5
31 Amélie Stephen Daldry 13.5
Syndromes and a Century Christopher Nolan 13.5
32 American Splendor* Kenneth Lonergan 13
33 Before Sunset Abbas Kiarostami 12.5
34 Almost Famous Jacques Rivette 12
Grizzly Man Pedro Almodóvar 12
35 2046 Steven Soderbergh 11.5
Crash François Ozon 11.5
Pan's Labyrinth Pete Docter 11.5
Time Out Jason Reitman 11.5
36 Million Dollar Baby Ken Loach 11
Once Trey Parker 11
37 Mystic River Juan José Campanella 10.5
28 Days Later Greg Mottola 10.5
38 Babel Paul Thomas Anderson 10
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone David LaChapelle 10
Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith Martin Provost 10
39 The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Philip Kaufman 9.5
40 La Libertad Jennifer Baichwal 9
The Fast Runner Danis Tanovic 9
41 Munich Eran Riklis 8.5
The Squid and the Whale Peter Jackson 8.5
42 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino 8
Inglourious Basterds David O. Russell 8
Memories of Murder Paolo Sorrentino 8
The Supplement Jean-Luc Godard 8
The Wrestler David Lynch 8
43 Irréversible Robert Altman 7.5
Together Clint Eastwood 7.5
44 Casino Royale Nuri Bilge Ceylan 7
The Fog of War Fernando Meirelles 7
The Heart of the World Hubert Sauper 7
In the City of Sylvia Stephen Frears 7
Kill Bill Johnnie To 7
Son Frère Jim Fields and Michael Gramaglia 7
3-Iron Jan Troell 7
The Widow of St. Pierre Claire Denis 7
45 Avatar Ramin Bahrani 6.5
46 Army of Shadows Alexander Sokurov 6
Dahmer Louis C.K. 6
Elephant Alexander Payne 6
The House of Sand Susanne Bier 6
The Intruder Alejandro González Inarritu 6
Regular Lovers Sidney Lumet 6
The Royal Tenenbaums Julie Gavras 6
Russian Ark Apichatpong Weerasethakul 6
Tomorrow Night Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman 6
47 About Schmidt* Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini 5.5
After the Wedding Richard Linklater 5.5
Amores Perros Cameron Crowe 5.5
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Werner Herzog 5.5
Blame It on Fidel Wong Kar-wai 5.5
Blissfully Yours Paul Haggis 5.5
Born Into Brothels Guillermo del Toro 5.5
Chop Shop Laurent Cantet 5.5
Climates Clint Eastwood 5.5
The Constant Gardener John Carney 5.5
Darwin's Nightmare Clint Eastwood 5.5
Dirty Pretty Things Danny Boyle 5.5
Election / Triad Election Alejandro González Inarritu 5.5
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones Tsai Ming-liang 5.5
Everlasting Moments George Lucas 5.5
Friday Night Cristi Puiu 5.5
Gosford Park Lisandro Alonso 5.5
Gran Torino Zacharias Kunuk 5.5
Grindhouse Steven Spielberg 5.5
I Heart Huckabees Noah Baumbach 5.5
Il Divo Andrew Dominik 5.5
In Praise of Love Quentin Tarantino 5.5
Inland Empire Bong Joon-ho 5.5
Lemon Tree Krzysztof Zanussi 5.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Darren Aronofsky 5.5
Manufactured Landscapes Gaspar Noé 5.5
No Man's Land Lukas Moodysson 5.5
Quills Martin Campbell 5.5
Punch-Drunk Love Errol Morris 5.5
Rize Guy Maddin 5.5
Séraphine José Luis Gu+B235rin 5.5
Son of the Bride Quentin Tarantino 5.5
Superbad Patrice Chéreau 5.5
Sweet Sixteen Kim Ki-duk 5.5
Team America: World Police Patrice Leconte 5.5
Traffic James Cameron 5.5
Under the Sand Jean-Pierre Melville 5.5
Up David Jacobson 5.5
Up in the Air Gus Van Sant 5.5
Va Savoir Andrucha Waddington 5.5
Volver Claire Denis 5.5
The Wind Will Carry Us Philippe Garrel 5.5
You Can Count on Me Wes Anderson 5.5
48 Billy Elliot Lars von Trier 5
The Dark Knight Fatih Akin 5
The Duchess of Langeais Pedro Costa 5
Femme Fatale Peter Watkins 5
Iraq in Fragments Jia Zhangke 5
Junebug Abdellatif Kechiche 5
Kinsey Brad Bird 5
Public Enemies Danny Boyle 5
The Return Ken Jacobs 5
Right Now Jean-Pierre Jeunet 5
To Be and to Have Apichatpong Weerasethakul 5
49 Brothers of the Head Terrence Malick 4
Divine Intervention Spike Jonze 4
The Edge of Heaven Kathryn Bigelow 4
Jackass Number Two Michael Haneke 4
La Vie en Rose Jia Zhangke 4
The Paper Will Be Blue Todd Haynes 4
300 Roman Polanski 4
The Triplets of Belleville Lee Chang-dong 4
12:08 East of Bucharest Michael Moore 4
50 The Corporation Ari Folman 3
Fateless Fernando Meirelles 3
Kingdom of Heaven Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 3
L'Enfant Michael Haneke 3
Los Angeles Plays Itself Marco Tullio Giordana 3
Paranoid Park Wong Kar-wai 3
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Clint Eastwood 3
Springtime in a Small Town Julian Schnabel 3
Wild Grass Sofia Coppola 3
51 The Band's Visit Ang Lee 2
The Bourne Ultimatum Todd Haynes 2
Colossal Youth Brad Bird 2
Moolaadé Christopher Nolan 2
Not on the Lips Charlie Kaufman 2
Requiem for a Dream Park Chan-wook 2
52 Audition David Lynch 1
Brick Paul Thomas Anderson 1
The Circle Michel Gondry 1
The Gleaners and I Ang Lee 1
Monster Joel and Ethan Coen 1
My Winnipeg David Fincher 1
Offside Edward Yang 1
The Room Cristian Mungiu 1
RR Peter Jackson 1
Shaun of the Dead Hayao Miyazaki 1
The Silence Before Bach Paul Greengrass 1
Summer Hours Alfonso Cuarón 1
Suzhou River Alexander Payne 1
Tropical Malady Alfonso Cuarón 1
Unbreakable Pedro Almodóvar 1
Wonder Boys Andrew Stanton 1