January 7, 2010
Our Favorite Films of the Decade
Daryl and I made a list of our 10 favorite films of the last decade. They aren’t necessarily the best, but they’re the ones we most enjoy/admire. (They’re alphabetized–it’s hard enough to settle on a list, much less rank it.)
Babel
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Fog of War
The Hours
In Bruges
No Country for Old Men
Rivers and Tides
Sexy Beast
There Will Be Blood
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Runners Up: Bad Santa, The Lives of Others, Pan’s Labyrinth
Did we forget anything?
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I’ll add:
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Caché
Dogville
and maybe the Kill Bill movies and Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
Let the Right One In
A Ma Soeur
Synecdoche, New York
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
A Very Long Engagement
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Capote
Donnie Darko
I loved the first two of the movies on your list, and Melquiades Estrada, and Caché, too.
Birth.
Brick.
oh!
The Squid and the Whale
The Royal Tenenbaums
ummm… GRIZZLY MAN!
I’ll second Brick, The Squid and the Whale, and Let the Right One In, then add:
Reprise
Heaven
City of God
And if I’m honest:
Green Street
But I’m biased from the fascination of tending pub during the 2002 World Cup.
Oh! And I’m glad you guys included In Bruges.
Alfonso Cuaron’s Y tu mama tambien and Children of Men
Fernando Eimbcke’s Duck Season and Lake Tahoe
Viva Mexico!
Also: Stepbrothers keeps getting funnier the more I watch it. And LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, b/c I am a nerd.
Oh! And American Splendor and The Diving Bell & The Butterfly.
Yeah, I was gonna add Diving Bell. That movie was intense. I don’t think I’d ever want to watch it again, though.
It’s hard to remember movies that came out at the beginning of the decade. I totally loved Read My Lips aka Sur Mes Levres.
When I think about it, my most favorite movie moments of the decade were going to see almost any old movie restored and distributed by Rialto Pictures on a big screen, particularly anything by Jean-Pierre Melville.
Nina Paley’s “Sita Sings the Blues” should count. (Thank you, Lucy.)
Oh Goddammit yes!!
I just remembered another (thanks to Lucy and Sheila’s recommendation of Sita Sings the Blues, which has been in our queue for a while). I absolutely love, love, love The Triplets of Belleville.
Deron, what about Broken Flowers?
Oh my goodness, Triplets of Belleville! Yes.
Cindy, oh shit! yes. very much so. such a beautiful movie. my god.
I also really liked-
A History of Violence
Adaptation
Bong Joon-ho’s Host
Mulholland Drive
Spirited Away
I love Spirited Away. Miyazaki is a genius.
I also remember liking The 25th Hour and 13 Conversations About One Thing.
yes, Adaptation. very good.
while I didn’t love History of Violence, I liked it a lot and I *loved* William Hurt’s fucking performance in it, Aaron, and I’ve been meaning to talk with you about that.
I can’t believe I forgot!
Lost in Translation
and I really enjoyed Napoleon Dynamite.
Maybe it’s because we’ve been watching them so much lately (thanks to the Iz) but I think something Pixar should be on the list. I’m thinking Monsters, Inc.
Also, Eastern Promises.
Also, Monsoon Wedding.
Tideland
Shortbus
The first half of Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Me, You and Everyone We Know
I also recommend watching City of God and District 9 closely together, interrupted only by The Royal Tenenbaums in the middle.
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