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