What Were your Favorite Movies of the Decade? (2000-2009)

[PixarFan2006]

Pick 25 movies that you really enjoyed from this decade. Please choose one movie per franshise (Trilogies MAY be grouped together if necessary)

UPDATE: I replaced one of the movies on my list with a more recent one.

1.The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
2.The Dark Knight (2008)
3.The Incredibles (2004)
4.Spider-Man 2 (2004)
5.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
6.Up (2009)
7.Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
8.Ratatouille (2007)
9.The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
10.Chicago (2002)
11.Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
12.Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
13.Kill Bill Vol 1 (2003)
14.Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
15.King Kong (2005)
16.The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
17.WALL-E (2008)
18.Lilo & Stitch (2002)
19.Spirited Away (2002)
20.Howl's Moving Castle (2005)
21.Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
22.X2 X-Men United (2003)
23.Star Trek (2009)
24.Iron Man (2008)
25.Inglorious Basterds (2009)

[jpanimation]

No particular order:

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone & the Chamber of Secrets (2001-2002)
X2 X-Men United (2003)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Incredibles (2004)
Cars (2005)
Shrek 1 & 2 (2001-2004)
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Spirited Away (2002)
Howl's Moving Castle (2005)
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Team America: World Police (2004)
I, Robot (2004)
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Sin City (2005)
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Superbad (2007)
Transformers (2007)
Iron Man (2008)
Star Trek (2009)


Not the best movies but the movies I watched the most.

[ajmrowland]

No order

Shrek 1 & 2

Lord of the Rings

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Monsters Inc.

Finding Nemo

Up

Cars

Incredibles

Spider-man 1&2

X-2: X-men United

Star Wars

Kung Fu Panda

Bolt

Narnia: Caspian

National treasure

Star Trek

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The Dark Knight

Batman Begins

ratatouille

Enchanted

Lilo and Stitch

lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events

Spirited Away



There are others I'm considering for the list, but those are quite worthy, IMO

[Escapay]

Pick 25 movies that you really enjoyed from this decade.

This was really hard. I went through my DVD collection to check all the movies I own from 2000-2009, then narrowed it down to 5 films from each year, before finally picking the 25. Took me long enough! I initially tried to include more genres than romcoms, dramas, and the occasional sci-fi/superhero flick, but I couldn't do it.

Anyways, here's the list, in Chronological Order. Titles with * were my favourite movie of that year.

Chocolat (2000)*

X-Men (2000)

Moulin Rouge! (2001)*

Serendipity (2001)

About a Boy (2002)

Spider-Man (2002)

Tuck Everlasting (2002)*

Finding Nemo (2003)

I Capture the Castle (2003)

Love Actually (2003)*

The Notebook (2004)*

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

A Very Long Engagement (2004)

Red Eye (2005)

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005)

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)*

The Lake House (2006)

Paris, Je T'aime (2006)*

Enchanted (2007)

Stardust (2007)*

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008 )*

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008 )

Star Trek (2009)*

The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)

Up[/i] (2009)


albert

[slave2moonlight]

Jeez, I'd need a full list of all the movies from 2000 to now in order to do this justice. I will say that I LOVED the PIXAR movies except Cars, which was great but not up to par for PIXAR. LOVED Enchanted and franchises like Harry Potter, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Loved Star Trek and King Kong, loved the 4th Indy film, despite some issues, loved Elf, Lilo and Stitch, The Producers, Phantom of the Opera, and Emperor's New Groove, lots of Superhero movies, and probably a lot of other stuff, but like I say, I'd need a list to pick from.

[David S.]

I find the Wikipedia lists by year helpful for remembering which movies I saw from a given year, as they generally list the movies by release date when you scroll down, such as:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_film

[Lazario]

Ghost World is still, by far, the best movie I've seen from this decade.

Ginger Snaps, 28 Days Later, Open Water and Suicide Circle were clearly the best horror films.

Meet the Parents was the best "dumb" or gross-out comedy. Miss Congeniality was my favorite mainstream comedy.

Wonder Boys was the best drama.

Erin Brokavich was the best issue movie. Bowling for Columbine was the best documentary (because I haven't seen Sicko).

Memento was the best thriller.

Psycho Beach Party was the best exploitation / retro camp film.

Donnie Darko was the best fantasy film.

Kissing Jessica Stein was the best romantic movie.

That's at least half of what I need.

[Flanger-Hanger]

I don't think I could do 25, but I'll try:

Wall-E
The Dark Knight
Batman Begins
Milk
Coraline
District 9
The Incredibles
Hairspray
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Latter Days
Enchanted
Spider-Man 2
Wallace and Gromit: the Curse of the Were Rabbit

Will post more later.

[Mooky]

Okay, I'll bite... In alphabetical order:

- About a Boy
- Atonement
- Australia
- Bridget Jones's Diary
- Brother Bear
- Cold Mountain
- Dan in Real Life
- Enchanted
- Harry Potter series (sorry, can't pick just one!)
- Kill Bill Vol. 1/Kill Bill Vol. 2
- Kung Fu Panda
- Lilo & Stitch
- Lord of War
- Love Actually
- Raising Helen
- Rat Race
- Runaway Jury
- Spider-Man trilogy
- Stardust
- Sweet Home Alabama
- Transamerica
- V for Vendetta
- WALL-E
- What Lies Beneath
- X-Men trilogy

[Just Myself]

In no particular order with the exception of my top five:

The Departed
The Lord of the Rings
The Dark Knight
District 9
Million Dollar Baby

The Bourne Trilogy
Star Trek
Up
Wall-E
Inglourious Basterds
Walk The Line
The Hangover
Stranger Than Fiction
Into The Wild
Children of Men
Iron Man
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Watchmen
Little Miss Sunshine
Casino Royale
Slumdog Millionaire
V For Vendetta
The 40-Year Old Virgin
Hot Fuzz
Pineapple Express

Cheers,
JM

[my chicken is infected]

2000: Erin Brockovich
2001: Either Moulin Rouge or Monsters Inc.
2002: Chicago
2003: Finding Nemo
2004: The Incredibles
2005: Either Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire or Memoirs Of A Geisha
2006: Either The Devil Wears Prada, Monster House, or Dreamgirls
2007: Hairspray
2008: Wall-E
2009: Either Up or Precious

[Goliath]

I find the Wikipedia lists by year helpful for remembering which movies I saw from a given year, as they generally list the movies by release date when you scroll down, such as:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_film

Thanks! Does this list give *all* films for a particular year, or just the ones released in the United States (including foreign films)?

[Escapay]

I find the Wikipedia lists by year helpful for remembering which movies I saw from a given year, as they generally list the movies by release date when you scroll down, such as:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_in_film

Thanks! Does this list give *all* films for a particular year, or just the ones released in the United States (including foreign films)?

It's usually skewed more towards US films than foreign films, at least in the wide-release calendar. I think wikipedia also offers pages like "List of 2005 films from (insert country)", though I'm not entirely sure.

albert

[Cordy_Biddle]

OK...the ones I own on DVD (they are naturally favourites) in alphabetical order:

28 Days
Baby Mama
Bad Girls from Valley High
Becoming Jane
Being Julia
Bewitched
Bolt
The Break-Up
Bride Wars
Bridget Jones's Diary (plus Edge of Reason)
Bright Young Things
Chicago
Connie and Carla
Date Movie
The Devil Wears Prada
Die, Mommie, Die!
A Dirty Shame
Donnie Darko
Down with Love
Dreamgirls
Ella Enchanted
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Enchanted
Georgia Rule
Get Smart
Ghost World
Glitter - YES, GLITTER!
Grey Gardens
Grindhouse Presents "Planet Terror"
Hairspray
The Haunted Mansion
Hollywoodland
The House Bunny
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Inkheart
Isn't She Great
Juno
Lilo & Stitch
Little Miss Sunshine
Maid in Manhattan
Marie Antoinette
Mean Girls
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Miss Potter
Monster-in-Law
Mrs Henderson Presents
The Mummy Returns
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
The Nanny Diaries
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Not Another Teen Movie
The Phantom of the Opera
The Pink Panther
The Prestige
Pride & Prejudice
The Princess Diaries
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
The Producers
Psycho Beach Party
The Queen
Rat Race
Red Eye
Riding in Cars with Boys
Rumor Has It...
Scary Movie
Sex and the City
Slap Her...She's French
St. Trinian's
Stardust
The Stepford Wives
Strangers with Candy
View from the Top
The Women

[SpringHeelJack]

I will post a year from now when this decade is actually close to ending.

[Cordy_Biddle]

I will post a year from now when this decade is actually close to ending.

...good point...

[SpringHeelJack]

'TIS.

One Time Magazine needs to learn as well.

[Just Myself]

I will post a year from now when this decade is actually close to ending.

...good point...

If 2000 = the beginning of the decade, than wouldn't 2000-2009 = The complete decade....? Or am I and the rest of the country just stupid?

Cheers,
JM

[SpringHeelJack]

2000 is not the beginning of the decade, it's the last year of the decade previous. It's like saying 0 to 9 equals 10. It's a period of ten years, yes, but it's not the end of this decade. Just like 2000 was not the beginning of a new millennium, just the last year of second one.

[Luke]

Wow, PixarFan, it's like you looked into my crystal ball and started the thread I was going to. I've actually been working on an alphabetical list of 100 from the first ten years of '00s. I'm almost halfway done with it and maybe I'll post it here when I'm done. I feel especially qualified to weigh in because I don't think it's any exaggeration to say that I've seen well over 1,000 theatrically-released films from this decade. Not that that's a huge accomplishment compared to some, but it's far more than I can say I've seen from any other decade (although I'm tempted to come up with a hundred from those I'm less familiar with).

Speaking of which, Google dictionary defines decade:

A decade is a period of ten years, especially one that begins with a year ending in 0, for example 1980 to 1989.

So, assuming there was no Year 0, the first decade on record comes up a year short, but I don't think that's a big enough deal to not be logical and count 0-9 moving forward.