Battle of the 00s (New and Improved!!)

[DSNT]

Some might remember that I used to make these threads way back on RT and the old Axis. The basic idea is that we create a large pool of films from each year, seed them, post a few matchups at a time, and then vote on the better film. I maintain a bracket, similar to an NCAA tournament bracket, and post the battles and results every couple days.

Given the large turnover in membership, with a lot of active posters who weren't around in the early days, I think it's a perfect time to begin the project anew. We've also had a lot of films released since the last Battle of the 00s (which was in 2004), many of which will be competitive for the title.

Just so you know, the last battle resulted in City of God beating Requiem for a Dream by a vote of 18-12. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Mulholland Drive were also in the final four.

How it works:

1. The nominating process. We will begin with 2000 and continue, a year at a time, until 2007. Everyone will post a list of up to 20 of their favorite films. The list can be ordered or unordered. It doesn't matter. Each year will be seeded based on the number of mentions, so make sure you only mention films that you feel are worthy of nomination. Note that eligibility is based on IMDB Release Dates Only. That means that Spirited Away is a 2001 film; The Lives of Others is a 2006 film.

2. A bracket will be created with 16 films for each year. Matchups will be based on seeding. #1 will be up against #16, #2 against #15, etc. The actual seedings will be hidden so that we keep a bit of suspense. Seeding is done because in earlier contests, the stronger films would meet up and get eliminated early, leaving us with a less interesting finale.

3. We vote. Four matchups will be posted every day or two, depending on activity. The earlier matchups will probably go quicker than the later matchups, where we will wait for the majority to chime in and have their vote counted.

You are supposed to vote only if you have seen both films. We go by the honesty policy. Last time we created a too obscure rule to prevent a movie that just a couple fans had seen, which would coast through the bracket because they were the only ones who could vote on its matchups. Judging from the yearly threads, I think our membership here is well-versed in obscure cinema, so we're not going to have this rule until at least the Sweet 16 (and hopefully not even then). We'll see how it goes.

Everything will take place in this thread, so make sure you subscribe and keep and eye on it. This whole thing will probably take a couple/few months.

[DSNT]

2000 Flicks
Almost Famous
Amores Perros
Best in Show
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
George Washington
Gladiator
In the Mood for Love
Memento
O Brother Where Art Thou
Requiem for a Dream
The Heart of the World
Traffic
Unbreakable
Werckmeister Harmonies
Yi Yi
You Can Count On Me

[DSNT]

2001 Flicks
A.I.
Amelie
Donnie Darko
Ghost World
In the Bedroom
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Millennium Actress
Monsters Inc.
Mulholland Dr.
Pulse
Spirited Away
The Man Who Wasn’t There
The Piano Teacher
The Royal Tenenbaums
Waking Life
Y Tu Mama Tambien

[DSNT]

2002 Flicks
25th Hour
28 Days Later
Adaptation
Bloody Sunday
Bus 174
City of God
Gangs of New York
Hero
In America
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Minority Report
Punch Drunk Love
Road to Perdition
Sweet Sixteen
Talk To Her
The Twilight Samurai

[DSNT]

2003 Flicks:
21 Grams
A Tale of Two Sisters
All the Real Girls
Big Fish
Dogville
Elephant
Finding Nemo
Good Bye Lenin!
Kill Bill V. 1
Last Life in the Universe
Lost in Translation
Mystic River
Oldboy
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
The Fog of War
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

[DSNT]

2004 Flicks
2046
3-Iron
Before Sunset
Downfall
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kung Fu Hustle
Mean Creek
Nobody Knows
Shaun of the Dead
Sideways
Spider-Man 2
The Aviator
The Incredibles
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Tony Takitani
Tropical Malady

[DSNT]

2005 Flicks:
A History of Violence
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Cache
Good Night and good Luck
Grizzly Man
Junebug
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Match Point
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Munich
Pride & Prejudice
The New World
The Proposition
The Squid and the Whale
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

[DSNT]

2006 Flicks
12:08 East of Bucharest
Children of Men
Exiled
Half Nelson
Happy Feet
Inland Empire
Letters from Iwo Jima
Once
Pan’s Labyrinth
Paprika
Red Road
The Departed
The Host
The Lives of Others
This is England
United 93

[DSNT]

2007 Flicks
Atonement
Gone Baby Gone
Grindhouse
Hot Fuzz
I'm Not There
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Sunshine
Superbad
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Darjeeling Limited
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

[DSNT]

2000 Nominations

Okay, let's start nominating. You can list up to 20 films. It doesn't matter which order.

My nominations:

In the Mood for Love
You Can Count On Me
Amores Perros
Memento
Requiem for a Dream
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Traffic
Thirteen Days
Wonder Boys
Best in Show
O' Brother Where Art Thou
Pollock
Almost Famous
The Filth and the Fury
Unbreakable
Finding Forrester
Sexy Beast
High Fidelity
Gladiator
Before Night Falls

[Mysterious Dude]

Amores Perros
El Bola
The Cell
Chicken Run
The Circle
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dancer in the Dark
George Washington
In the Mood for Love
Memento
Mysterious Object at Noon
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Panic
Quills
Requiem for a Dream
Sexy Beast
Snatch
Traffic
You Can Count On Me

[Sycophant]

Dead or Alive 2: Birds
In the Mood for Love
Barking Dogs Never Bite
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
George Washington
Versus
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Emperor's New Groove
Happy Times
Tears of the Black Tiger
Battle Royale
Unbreakable
Erin Brokovich
Shiki-Jitsu

[DSNT]

Keep in mind that Memento and Sexy Beast are both 2000 films even though they were released in the US in 2001.

I'm compiling as we go, so please repost any edits in the thread. Thanks.

[Gizmo]

Almost Famous
American Psycho
The Cell
The Contender
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gladiator
Memento
O' Brother, Where Art Thou
The Patriot
Requiem for a Dream
Traffic
Unbreakable
X-Men

[ledfloyd]

2000
Almost Famous
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
O Brother Where Art Thou
Werckmeister Harmonies
You Can Count on Me
Requiem for a Dream
Memento
In the Mood for Love
George Washington
Battle Royale
Ghost World
High Fidelity
Best in Show
American Psycho
Yi Yi

[Ivan Drago]

In The Mood For Love
Requiem For A Dream
X-Men
Remember The Titans
Quills

[baby doll]

2000:
1. Platform (Jia Zhang-ke)
2. Yi Yi (Edward Yang)
3. Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr)
4. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai)
5. The Heart of the World (Guy Maddin)
6. Code inconnu: Recit incomplet de divers voyages (Michael Haneke)
7. Songs From the Second Floor (Roy Andersson)
8. Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse (Anges Varda)

[ledfloyd]

how on earth did i forget yi yi. edited my post.

[baby doll]

how on earth did i forget yi yi. edited my post.How did you remember Best in Show? Fred Willard seems like a nice person, I guess, but when he was a guest reviewer on Ebert & Roeper, his criticism of La Science des rêves ("sometimes you don't want to be that challenged by a film" or something to that effect) seems to say it all when it comes to the films he chooses to act in.

[ledfloyd]

How did you remember Best in Show? Fred Willard seems like a nice person, I guess, but when he was a guest reviewer on Ebert & Roeper, his criticism of La Science des rêves ("sometimes you don't want to be that challenged by a film" or something to that effect) seems to say it all when it comes to the films he chooses to act in.
haha true, willard is hardly discerning when it comes to the projects he picks. however guest's trilogy of mockumentaries are some of the funniest and most rewatchable films i own.

[Watashi]

Almost Famous
Amores Perros
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Battle Royale
Chicken Run
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dancer in the Dark
Emperor's New Groove, The
In the Mood for Love
Memento
Mission to Mars
Nurse Betty
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Requiem for a Dream
Shadow of the Vampire
Thirteen Days
Unbreakable
X-Men
Yi Yi
You Can Count On Me

[Spinal]

Why should Fred Willard be in films that challenge viewers? That's very silly.

[Spinal]

2000:
Dancer in the Dark
The Isle
Together (Moodysson)
The Heart of the World
Requiem for a Dream
The Princess and the Warrior
The King is Alive
Memento
Amores Perros
With a Friend Like Harry
Battle Royale
Best in Show
Water Drops on Burning Rocks
The Filth and the Fury
The Emperor's New Groove
Unbreakable
Under the Sand
You Can Count on Me
Code Unknown
Mission to Mars

[eternity]

2000:

Almost Famous
Requiem for a Dream
O Brother Where Art Thou
Best in Show
American Psycho
Meet the Parents
High Fidelity
Memento
Dancer in the Dark
In the Mood for Love
Ghost World
Finding Forrester
George Washington
Unbreakable
Drowning Mona
The Tao of Steve
Coyote Ugly
Pay It Forward
The Emperor's New Groove
Traffic

[Morris Schæffer]

2000:

Cast Away
Thirteen Days
Gladiator
Traffic
You Can Count on Me
Road Trip
What Lies Beneath
Billy Elliot
Unbreakable
Wonder Boys
Meet the Parents
Requiem For a Dream
Mission, Impossible II
Chicken Run
U-571
X-Men
American Psycho
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Shadow of the Vampire
The Perfect Storm

[DSNT]

Ghost World and Children Underground are 2001 based on IMDB.

[Melville]

2000:

Best in Show
Chuck & Buck
In the Mood for Love
George Washington
The Heart of the World
High Fidelity
Requiem for a Dream
Shadow of the Vampire
Werckmeister Harmonies
You Can Count on Me
A Time for Drunken Horses

[origami_mustache]

Eureka
In the Mood For Love
Yi Yi
Werckmeister Harmonies
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
George Washington
Code Unknown
Requiem For a Dream
Traffic
Amores perros
Requiem For a Dream
The Heart of the World
Battle Royale
American Psycho
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Memento
The Princess and the Warrior
Snatch
Best In Show
Gladiator

[baby doll]

Why should Fred Willard be in films that challenge viewers? That's very silly.Well, one would hope that if you're going to invest two hours of your life in a film that you'll be able to remember it fifteen minutes later.

[Melville]

Well, one would hope that if you're going to invest two hours of your life in a film that you'll be able to remember it fifteen minutes later.
I remember Best in Show seven years later.

[Spinal]

Well, one would hope that if you're going to invest two hours of your life in a film that you'll be able to remember it fifteen minutes later.

There are many ways for that to happen. You can be challenged, moved, entertained, etc. You seem to be saying that there is only one way. Fred Willard excels at making people laugh. It's how he's been able to earn a living. It's his niche. I imagine that he doesn't get offered roles in films by Godard and Varda.

[Boner M]

From consensus poll to the ramifications of Fred Willard's film taste in only one page... nice.

[Hugh_Grant]

You Can Count On Me
Memento
Billy Elliot
Requiem for a Dream
Traffic
Thirteen Days
Wonder Boys
Pollock
Almost Famous
The Filth and the Fury
Urbania
Finding Forrester
Sexy Beast
Before Night Falls

[Thirdmango]

Memento
Traffic
Best in Show
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Almost Famous
Unbreakable
Snatch
X-Men
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Nurse Betty
Small Time Crooks
Brother (Kitano)

Where's the "Brother" love? Am I the only one to nominate this one?

[Raiders]

Werckmeister Harmonies
George Washington
In the Mood for Love
The House of Mirth
Songs on the Second Floor
Code Unknown
Together
The Gleaners & I
Seance
Under the Sand
You Can Count on Me
Yi yi
Hamlet
Mission to Mars
High Fidelity
Ivansxtc.
Platform
The Circle
Ginger Snaps
Best in Show

[soitgoes...]

Dancer in the Dark
The Heart of the World
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Wonder Boys
Yi Yi
Happy Times
You Can Count on Me
Almost Famous
Best in Show
The Gleaners and I
Memento
Amores Perros
The Circle
Gladiator
Unbreakable
Code Unknown
Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors
Requiem for a Dream
Ali Zoua: Prince of the Streets
Under the Sand

[DSNT]

I'm going to give this a couple more days in case some lists trickle in. We'll start with 2001 toward the end of the week.

Edit: and I might expand the field to 32 films per year. I'm finding a lot of parity within the results, and some noteworthy flicks could get left out.

[ledfloyd]

32 per year is a hell of alot of films

[DSNT]

32 per year is a hell of alot of films
It goes quickly. We did 4 matches per day last time, but could easily do 6 or 8 a day this time. I'll post the results for both 16 and 32 tomorrow and you all can decide.

[DSNT]

I'll let you all decide. Here are the pools for 32 & 16 for 2000:

32 films
Almost Famous
American Psycho
Amores Perros
Battle Royale
Best in Show
Chicken Run
Code Unknown
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Dancer in the Dark
Finding Forrester
George Washington
Gladiator
High Fidelity
In the Mood for Love
Memento
O Brother Where Art Thou
Requiem for a Dream
Shadow of the Vampire
Snatch
The Circle
The Emperor's New Groove
The Filth and the Fury
The Heart of the World
Thirteen Days
Traffic
Unbreakable
Under the Sand
Werckmeister Harmonies
Wonder Boys
X-Men
Yi Yi
You Can Count On Me

16 films
Almost Famous
Amores Perros
Best in Show
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
George Washington
Gladiator
In the Mood for Love
Memento
O Brother Where Art Thou
Requiem for a Dream
The Heart of the World
Traffic
Unbreakable
Werckmeister Harmonies
Yi Yi
You Can Count On Me

Vote whether you guys want 32 or 16. If you go with 32, then we'll double up the # of battles per day.

[Ezee E]

32.

[origami_mustache]

32.

why not?...the more the merrier right?

[Raiders]

How many votes did it take to get into the top 32?

[DSNT]

How many votes did it take to get into the top 32?
3 votes. There were a few ties, for which I used IMDB & RT ratings for ranking or when choosing which to eliminate.

[Spinal]

16. Go clash of the titans.

[Raiders]

3 votes. There were a few ties, for which I used IMDB & RT ratings for ranking or when choosing which to eliminate.

Boo. Mission to Mars would have been more interesting than most of those titles.

I say 16 votes, though. No need to be the NBA.

[ledfloyd]

i'm sticking with 16, even though it pains me to see battle royale and wonder boys go by the wayside.

[Spinal]

No need to be the NBA.

:lol:

[DSNT]

That works for me.

Go ahead and give your lists for 2001.

[Spinal]

2001:

Mulholland Dr.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Y tu mama tambien
The Piano Teacher
Fat Girl
The Deep End
Amelie
The Man Who Wasn't There
Series 7: The Contenders
Kira's Reason: A Love Story
Pulse
Ghost World
Millennium Actress
Trouble Every Day
L.I.E.
Brief Crossing
Invincible
Nowhere in Africa
The Royal Tenenbaums
In the Bedroom

[Melville]

Time Out
Ghost World
Metropolis
The Man Who Wasn't There
Mulholland Dr.
Winged Migration
The Piano Teacher
The Royal Tenenbaums
Spirited Away
Millenium Actress
Y tu mama tambien

[origami_mustache]

Address Unknown
Visitor Q
What Time Is It There?
Y tu mama tambien
The American Astronaut
Amelie
Waking Life
L.I.E.
Mulholland Dr.
Millennium Mambo
The Piano Teacher
Pulse
The Royal Tenenbaums
Blow
A Beautiful Mind
Elling
Ghost World
Monsters Inc.
Vanilla Sky
Ichi the Killer

[soitgoes...]

Mulholland Dr.
Gosford Park
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Royal Tenenbaums
Amelie
The Others
Spirited Away
Pulse
The Man Who Wasn't There
The Piano Teacher
Fulltime Killer
In the Bedroom
Artificial Intelligence: AI
No Man's Land
Monsters, Inc.
Visitor Q
Waking Life
The Tale of the Floating World
The Cat's Meow
The Happiness of the Katakuris

[Sycophant]

The Man Who Wasn't There
The Royal Tenenbaums
Mark Twain
Shaolin Soccer
Gosford Park
All About Lily Chou-Chou
In the Bedroom
Address Unknown
Pulse
Distance
Millennium Actress
Moulin Rouge
Happiness of the Katakuris
Ichi the Killer
Visitor Q
Spirited Away
Metropolis
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Ghost World

[ledfloyd]

Mulholland Drive
Amelie
Ghost World
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Spirited Away
Vanilla Sky
Shaolin Soccer
Donnie Darko
LotR: The Fellowship of the Ring
Waking Life
Tape
The Man Who Wasn't There

weak year.

[Sycophant]

Great year for Miike.

[Qrazy]

I remember Best in Show seven years later.

So do I. I remember disliking it.

[Gizmo]

we still voting for 32/16? If so, I won't miss the extra 16 films, so I vote just 16.

2001:

A Beautiful Mind
Amelie
Blow
The Devil's Backbone
Donnie Darko
Fellowship of the Rings
Gosford Park
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
I am Sam
In the Bedroom
The Man Who Wasn't There
Monster's Inc.
Moulin Rouge!
Mulholland Dr.
The Others
The Royal Tennebaums
Spirited Away
Training Day
Vanilla Sky
Y Tu Mama Tambian

[Mysterious Dude]

Bully
The Devil's Backbone
Das Experiment
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hell House
Ghost World
Ichi the Killer
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Made
Metropolis
Monster's Ball
Moulin Rouge
The Others
The Piano Teacher
Series 7: The Contenders
Time Out
Waking Life
Y Tu Mama Tambien

I just realized that The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a really lame title.

[Raiders]

Pulse
Pistol Opera
The Royal Tenenbaums
What Time is it There?
Late Marriage
Millennium Actress
In the Bedroom
Mulholland Dr.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Spirited Away
Ghost World
The Pledge
The Devil's Backbone
Y tu mama tambien
Wendigo
The Others
Metropolis

[Spinal]

If there is a film this decade that can beat Mulholland Dr. in a Match Cut vote, I sure as shootin' don't know what it is.

[DSNT]

If there is a film this decade that can beat Mulholland Dr. in a Match Cut vote, I sure as shootin' don't know what it is.
Never know. It didn't even make the final 4 last time.

[Ezee E]

Never know. It didn't even make the final 4 last time.
This is Match Cut though. Mulholland Drive is considered the #2 movie of all time here.

[ledfloyd]

This is Match Cut though. Mulholland Drive is considered the #2 movie of all time here.
Which begs the question. What's #1?

[Sycophant]

Um... I'm gonna go queue up Mulholland Drive.

[Spinal]

Um... I'm gonna go queue up Mulholland Drive.

Dude.

[Sycophant]

Dude.Look, man, I know.

[Winston*]

Didn't know they let you onto the internets without having seen Mulholland Dr.

[Thirdmango]

Amelie
The Man Who Wasn't There
Millennium Actress
The Royal Tenenbaums
Spirited Away
Blow
A Beautiful Mind
Monsters Inc.
Gosford Park
Lord of the Rings
A.I.
Happiness of the Katakuris
Shaolin Soccer
Metropolis
Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no tobira
Curse of the Jade Scorpion

[Ivan Drago]

A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Donnie Darko
Mulholland Dr.
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Shrek
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Amelie
Monsters, Inc.
Spirited Away
The Royal Tenenbaums

[Mysterious Dude]

Which begs the question. What's #1?
I think it was 2001.

[Qrazy]

I think it was 2001.

We really need more science fiction films that don't reference 2001 incessantly. They have to blaze their own trails. I mean we're talking about the universe here, are the only metaphors we can come up with sexual, evolutionary and balletic?

Don't get me wrong, not bashing 2001. I love 2001 but more filmmakers need to start pushing new boundaries in sci-fi film.

[Gizmo]

We really need more science fiction films that don't reference 2001 incessantly. They have to blaze their own trails. I mean we're talking about the universe here, are the only metaphors we can come up with sexual, evolutionary and balletic?

Don't get me wrong, not bashing 2001. I love 2001 but more filmmakers need to start pushing new boundaries in sci-fi film.

http://www.betterthanfudge.com/img/jarjar.jpg

[dreamdead]

Pulse
Mulholland Dr.
The Piano Teacher
In the Bedroom
Ghost World
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Y tu mama tambien
Artificial Intelligence
Spirited Away
Millennium Actress
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Vertical Ray of the Sun

[Lazlo]

Amélie
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Gosford Park
Hearts in Atlantis
In the Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Lovely & Amazing
Monster’s Ball
Moulin Rouge!
Mulholland Dr.
O
The Royal Tenenbaums
Spirited Away
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Training Day
Vanilla Sky
Waking Life
Wet Hot American Summer
Winged Migration
Y Tu Mamá También

[ledfloyd]

Look, man, I know.
you still deserve public shaming.

[trotchky]

Don't have a list but posting to say that Donnie Darko is easily the best film of this year.

[Ivan Drago]

Didn't know they let you onto the internets without having seen Mulholland Dr.

Hey, they let me on when I hadn't seen Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[DSNT]

2001 Flicks
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Amelie
Donnie Darko
Ghost World
In the Bedroom
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Millennium Actress
Monsters Inc.
Mulholland Dr.
Pulse
Spirited Away
The Man Who Wasn’t There
The Piano Teacher
The Royal Tenenbaums
Waking Life
Y Tu Mama Tambien

Go ahead and start posting your 2002 lists.

[Melville]

2002:

The Bourne Identity
Bowling for Columbine
Catch Me if You Can
City of God
Derrida
Dolls
The Son
The Good Girl
Talk to Her
Irreversible
Minority Report
Punch-Drunk Love
The Quiet American
The Twilight Samurai
Friday Night

[origami_mustache]

2002:

Adaptation
Irreversible
Talk To Her
The Skywalk Is Gone
Oasis
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
Blissfully Yours
A Snake Of June
City of God
Punch-Drunk Love
Catch Me If You Can
Hero
The Rules of Attraction
25th hour
Better Luck Tomorrow
Heaven
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Sweet Sixteen
Dirty Pretty Things

[Spinal]

2002:

City of God
May
The Weather Underground
Talk to Her
Hero
The Twilight Samurai
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
Heaven
Friday Night
Secret Things
Sex is Comedy
Irreversible
11'09''01
28 Days Later
Devil's Playground
Bowling for Columbine
Gangs of New York
Adaptation
Femme Fatale

[soitgoes...]

Punch-Drunk Love
Oasis
8 Women
Adaptation.
Talk to Her
City of God
The Twilight Samurai
Bloody Sunday
10 Minutes
Bus 174
Far from Heaven
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
Lilya 4-Ever
Hero
In America
About Schmidt
Infernal Affairs
The Bourne Identity
Spider-Man
The 25th Hour

[ledfloyd]

Adaptation.
25th Hour
City of God
Talk to Her
Hero
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Gangs of New York
The Rules of Attraction
Bowling for Columbine
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Infernal Affairs
28 Days Later

[Sycophant]

The 25th Hour
28 Days Later
About a Boy
Adaptation.
The Bourne Identity
Changing Lanes
City of God
Death to Smoochy
Dirty Pretty Things
Dolls
Infernal Affairs
In America
Minority Report
Phone Booth
Punch-Drunk Love
Raising Victor Vargas
Signs
Sympathy for Mr. Vegeance
Talk to Her
The Twilight Samurai

[Lazlo]

25th Hour
28 Days Later
About a Boy
About Schmidt
Adaptation.
Bloody Sunday
The Bourne Identity
Bubba Ho-Tep
City of God
Funny Ha Ha
Gangs of New York
Lilya 4-Ever
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Minority Report
The Pianist
Punch-Drunk Love
Road to Perdition
Spellbound
Sweet Sixteen
Unfaithful

[ledfloyd]

i edited my post to ad internal affairs and 28 days later

[dreamdead]

Turning Gate
Infernal Affairs
Decasia
In America
demonlover
About a Boy
The Son
Friday Night
Punch Drunk Love
Hero

[Watashi]

2001:

A.I.
Black Hawk Down
Donnie Darko
Gosford Park
In the Bedroom
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Man Who Wasn't There
Millennium Actress
Monster's Inc.
Moulin Rouge!
Ocean's Eleven
The Pledge
The Royal Tenenbaums
Shrek
Spirited Away
Vanilla Sky

2002:

25th Hour
Adaptation
Bloody Sunday
Bus 174
Catch Me If You Can
Changing Lanes
City of God
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Far From Heaven
Gangs of New York
In America
Lilo and Stitch
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Minority Report
Narc
Road to Perdition
Roger Dodger
Signs
Sweet Sixteen
The Twilight Samurai

[Yum-Yum]

Secretary
Adaptation.
Punch-Drunk Love
Talk to Her
Bubba Ho-tep
Teknolust
Ken Park
The Rules of Attraction
Spun
Waydowntown
Frailty
May
Morvern Callar
The Weather Underground
Far From Heaven
24 Hour Party People

[Mysterious Dude]

2002:

28 Days Later...
About Schmidt
Better Luck Tomorrow
Bloody Sunday
Bus 174
Chicago
City of God
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
Gangs of New York
Irreversible
Lilja 4-Ever
The Pianist
Punch-Drunk Love
The Quiet American
Road to Perdition
Russian Ark
Sweet Sixteen
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
The Twilight Samurai

[Gizmo]

Catch Me If You Can
Chicago
Dirty Pretty Things
Gangs of New York
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Hero
Irreversible
Love Liza
Magdalene Sisters
Minority Report
One Hour Photo
Signs
Solaris
Two Towers

[Raiders]

The Tracker
Decasia
Spider
The Truth About Charlie
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
The Twilight Samurai
Far From Heaven
Cremaster 3
Bus 174
In America
The Good Thief
28 Days Later...
Gerry
Changing Lanes
Minority Report
Bloody Sunday
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Sunshine State
Femme Fatale

[DSNT]

2002 Flicks
25th Hour
28 Days Later
Adaptation
Bloody Sunday
Bus 174
City of God
Gangs of New York
Hero
In America
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Minority Report
Punch Drunk Love
Road to Perdition
Sweet Sixteen
Talk To Her
The Twilight Samurai

Lotsa parity this year. Some surprising films got eliminated.

Go ahead with 2003.

[soitgoes...]

Elephant
Oldboy
The Agronomist
The Return
Big Fish
Lost in Translation
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Cowards Bend the Knee
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
The Barbarian Invasions
The Fog of War
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Finding Nemo
Monsieur Ibrahim
A Tale of Two Sisters
Elf
Mystic River
Good Bye Lenin!
Bad Santa
The Triplets of Belleville

[dreamdead]

Elephant
Last Life in the Universe
All the Real Girls
Dogville
Lost in Translation
Finding Nemo
A Tale of Two Sisters
The Station Agent
The Company

[Spinal]

2003:

Dogville
Cowards Bend the Knee
The Five Obstructions
The Fog of War
Lost in Translation
Angels in America
Monster
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Kill Bill V. 1
Good Bye Lenin!
The Tulse Luper Suitcases: The Moab Story
Owning Mahowny
Finding Nemo
A Tale of Two Sisters
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Saddest Music in the World
Elephant
Capturing the Friedmans

[Spinal]

2002 Flicks


Drat. It looked for a while like Maddin's Dracula film was going to make it.

[origami_mustache]

Drat. It looked for a while like Maddin's Dracula film was going to make it.

boo no Irreversible or Talk To Her either.

[origami_mustache]

Café Lumière
The Saddest Music in the World
Cowards Bend the Knee
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Oldboy
9 Souls
Big Fish
All the Real Girls
The Barbarian Invasions
Dogville
Lost in Translation
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Kill Bill V. 1
Good Bye Lenin!
Elephant
21 Grams
The Dreamers
I'm Not Scared
The Time of the Wolf
Love Me If You Dare

[DSNT]

boo no Irreversible or Talk To Her either.
Talk To Her was on there.

Dracula was just barely eliminated in a tiebreaker.

[origami_mustache]

Talk To Her was on there.

Dracula was just barely eliminated in a tiebreaker.

Oh I'm blind.

[Mysterious Dude]

2003:

21 Grams
All the Real Girls
The Corporation
Elephant
Finding Nemo
Girl with a Pearl Earring
I'm Not Scared
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Monster
Mystic River
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Return
Thirteen
The Time of the Wolf
X2: X-Men United

[eternity]

2001:
Donnie Darko
Ghost World
The Royal Tenenbaums
Amelie
Legally Blonde
Zoolander
Monsters Inc.
Wet Hot American Summer
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Mulholland Drive
In the Bedroom
The Man Who Wasn't There
Y tu mama tambien
Waking Life
Hedwig and the Angry Itch

[eternity]

2002:
Orange County
Catch Me If You Can
Adaptation
Super Troopers
8 Mile
May
Treasure Planet
Bloody Sunday
Punch Drunk Love
Solaris
28 Days Later
Bus 147
In America
Talk to Her
Gerry
Spider
Irreversible
About Schmidt
Big Fat Liar
Frailty

[origami_mustache]

edited to add Time of the Wolf in place of House of Sand and Fog

[Spinal]

Hedwig and the Angry Itch

:|

[Melville]

2003:

Capturing the Friedmans
Cowards Bend the Knee
Dogville
The Dreamers
Elephant
Lost in Translation
Monster
Owning Mahowny
Ong-bak
The Saddest Music in the World
Memories of Murder
The School of Rock
Triplettes de Belleville, Les

[Gizmo]

2003:

11:14
21 Grams
Big Fish
The Dreamers
Elephant
Finding Nemo
Lost In Translation
Monster
Oldboy
Old School
Return of the King
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring
Thirteen
Triplets of Belleville
United States of Leland

[Sycophant]

2003:

All the Real Girls
Bad Santa
Doppelganger
Elephant
Hulk
Intolerable Cruelty
Kill Bill, vol. 1
Last Life in the Universe
Lost in Translation
Memories of Murder
Men Suddenly in Black
Nothing
Oldboy
PTU
School of Rock
Secret Lives of Dentists
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
The Station Agent
Tokyo Godfathers
Zatoichi: the Blind Swordsman

[ledfloyd]

2003:
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Lost in Translation
Oldboy
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
All the Real Girls
Elephant
Return of the King
American Splendor (you all overlooked this right?)
Anything Else
Intolerable Cruelty
Masked and Anonymous
A Mighty Wind (this too right?)
Zatoichi

[eternity]

:|
Did I accidentally put it in the wrong year?

[Sycophant]

Did I accidentally put it in the wrong year?Rethink the title. Perhaps the "T" in "Itch."

[Sycophant]

Sorry ledfloyd. Those two came close to my list, but I had to cut them out. This was a pretty good year.

[Lazlo]

All the Real Girls
American Splendor
Bad Boys II
The Best of Youth
Bright Young Things
Capturing the Friedmans
Cold Mountain
Elephant
Finding Nemo
The Fog of War
I’m Not Scared
In America
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Matchstick Men
Mystic River
Seabiscuit
Shattered Glass

[Stay Puft]

2003:

Big Fish
Doppelganger
Hulk
Last Life in the Universe
Memories of Murder
Shattered Glass
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
A Tale of Two Sisters
Tokyo Godfathers
Zatoichi

[Qrazy]

You guys need to see Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer and then promptly remove Monster from your lists.

[DSNT]

Anymore lists coming? Would like to get a few more then I'll compile tonight.

[Raiders]

Elephant
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Company
All the Real Girls
The Agronomist
A Tale of Two Sisters
Lost in Translation
Tarnation
Mystic River
Dogville
Last Life in the Universe
The Hunted
Doppelganger
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Code 46

[Melville]

You guys need to see Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer and then promptly remove Monster from your lists.
I've seen it. Monster stays.

[Qrazy]

I've seen it. Monster stays.

Well then you need to be bludgeoned with a lead pipe until you remove it from your list.

[DSNT]

2003 Flicks:
21 Grams
A Tale of Two Sisters
All the Real Girls
Big Fish
Dogville
Elephant
Finding Nemo
Good Bye Lenin!
Kill Bill V. 1
Last Life in the Universe
Lost in Translation
Mystic River
Oldboy
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
The Fog of War
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

I'm going to be gone until Monday, so you have the entire weekend to post your 2004 lists. Go ahead.

[Spinal]

2004:

Palindromes
Shaun of the Dead
Control Room
3-Iron
Sideways
Fahrenheit 9/11
House of Flying Daggers
I Heart Huckabees
The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things
Samaritan Girl
Mean Girls
Spider-Man 2
A Hole in My Heart
The Hidden Blade
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Bad Education
The Incredibles
The Motorcycle Diaries

[ledfloyd]

Shaun of the Dead
3-Iron
Sideways
The Incredibles
2046
Spider Man 2
The Aviator
BAADASSSSS!
Before Sunset
Collateral
Downfall
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Kung Fu Hustle
Maria Full of Grace
Team America: World Police

[Raiders]

Tropical Malady
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2046
Born into Brothels
Dead Man's Shoes
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Before Sunset
The Manchurian Candidate
Kung Fu Hustle
Nobody Knows
I Heart Huckabees
Bad Education
The White Diamond
Million Dollar Baby
The Aviator
Sideways
The Incredibles
Shaun of the Dead
Howl's Moving Castle
Notre Musique

[Ivan Drago]

2004:

The Phantom of the Opera
The Aviator
Garden State
Shaun of the Dead
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Mean Creek
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Incredibles
Anchorman
The Spongebob Squarepants Movie
2046

[Sycophant]

2004

3-Iron
Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy
Beyond Our Ken
Citizen Dog
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
I ♥ Huckabees
The Incredibles
IZO
Kamikaze Girls
Kill Bill, volume 2
Kung Fu Hustle
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Nobody Knows
One Nite in Mongkok
Samaritan Girl
Shaun of the Dead
The Taste of Tea
Team America: World Police
Throwdown

Pretty good year. Paranoia Agent was also this year.

EDIT: Removed Linda Linda Linda, which is apparently 2005. Added Anchorman.

[Stay Puft]

2004:

2046
3-Iron
Bad Education
Clean
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Head-On
Kekexili: Mountain Patrol
Kung Fu Hustle
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Nobody Knows
Primer
Shaun of the Dead
Steamboy
Team America: World Police
Tropical Malady

[Rowland]

The Bourne Supremacy
Collateral
Downfall
Dumplings
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
House of Flying Daggers
The Incredibles
Keane
Kung Fu Hustle
Nobody Knows
Kill Bill Volume 2
Shaun of the Dead
Sideways
Spider-Man 2
The Taste of Tea
3-Iron
Tony Takitani
Turtles Can Fly
The Woodsman

[Lazlo]

Before Sunset
Birth
The Bourne Supremacy
Bright Leaves
Closer
Collateral
Double Dare
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Friday Night Lights
Hotel Rwanda
The Incredibles
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Million Dollar Baby
Palindromes
Primer
Sideways
Spider-Man
A Very Long Engagement

[trotchky]

Box
The Aviator
Mysterious Skin
3-Iron
Tropical Malady

[soitgoes...]

Before Sunset
Closer
The Hidden Blade
Tony Takitani
Duck Season
Downfall
The Sea Inside
Million Dollar Baby
The Incredibles
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Bad Education
Sideways
Spider-Man 2
Shaun of the Dead
Vital
Control Room
Samaritan Girl
Kung Fu Hustle
Buffalo Boy
Hotel Rwanda

[dreamdead]

Before Sunset (obviously :lol:)
Eterrnal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dumplings
Tony Takitani
Duck Season
Shaun of the Dead
Tropical Malady
Mysterious Skin
Collateral
Nobody Knows
The Taste of Tea
2046
Mean Creek

[origami_mustache]

Tropical Maladay
Taste of Tea
2046
Vital
Downfall
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Nobody Knows
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Bad Education
The Motorcycle Diaries
Palindromes
Sideways
House of Flying Daggers
The Machinist
Maria Full of Grace
Mean Creek
Undertow
A Very Long Engagement
The Incredibles
Tony Takitani

[Melville]

2046
The Aviator
Closer
The Taste of Tea
Nobody Knows
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Howl's Moving Castle
Kung Fu Hustle
The Manchurian Candidate
Maria Full of Grace
Mysterious Skin
Napoleon Dynamite
Primer
Pusher II
House of Flying Daggers
Spider-Man 2
Tropical Malady
We Don't Live Here Anymore

[Gizmo]

2004 Easily one of my favorite cinematic years of late.

A Very Long Engagement
The Aviator
Before Sunset
Closer
Downfall
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Finding Neverland
Garden State
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The House of Flying Daggers
Howl's Moving Castle
The Incredibles
Mean Creek
Million Dollar Baby
Shaun of the Dead
Sideways
The Terminal

[origami_mustache]

oops I forgot 2046...I was too busy adding all the mediocre filler films :crazy:

[Mysterious Dude]

2004:

The Aviator
The Beautiful Country
Clean
Control Room
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Head-On
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Hotel Rwanda
I Heart Huckabees
Kekexili: Mountain Patrol
Kings and Queen
Kung Fu Hustle
The Libertine
Mean Creek
Mysterious Skin
Primer
Shaun of the Dead
Spider-Man 2
Steamboy
Strings

[DSNT]

2004 Flicks
2046
3-Iron
Before Sunset
Downfall
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kung Fu Hustle
Mean Creek
Nobody Knows
Shaun of the Dead
Sideways
Spider-Man 2
The Aviator
The Incredibles
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Tony Takitani
Tropical Malady

Very good year, dominated by Asian movies. I was surprised how many well reviewed flicks missed the cut.

Let's get 2005 going ...

[Spinal]

2005:

Me and You and Everyone We Know
Manderlay
49 Up
Grizzly Man
Cache
V for Vendetta
Capote
Good Night, and Good Luck
Brokeback Mountain
Land of the Dead
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic
Pride and Prejudice
Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
War of the Worlds
Munich
The Descent
The Wild Blue Yonder

[transmogrifier]

2004 Easily one of my favorite cinematic years of late.

A Very Long Engagement
Finding Neverland
Garden State
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Howl's Moving Castle
The Incredibles
Million Dollar Baby
The Terminal

Then why do you have all of these mediocre (or worse) films on your list?

*is confused*

[dreamdead]

The Proposition (Hillcoat)
The Squid and the Whale (Baumbach)
The New World (Malick)
L'Enfant (Dardennes)
Pride & Prejudice (Wright)
Grizzly Man (Herzog)
Cache (Haneke)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Nick Park, Steve Box)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Black)
Junebug (Morrison)
Brokeback Mountain (Lee)

[Melville]

Brokeback Mountain
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
L'Enfant
Grizzly Man
A History of Violence
The Last Hangman
Match Point
Munich
The New World
Paradise Now
Romance & Cigarettes
S.P.L.
The Sun
The Squid and the Whale
The Forsaken Land
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
The Wayward Cloud
Three Times

[Ivan Drago]

Match Point
Batman Begins
A History of Violence
Pride and Prejudice
The New World
Capote
King Kong
Munich
Sin City
Good Night, and Good Luck
Everything Is Illuminated
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

[Mysterious Dude]

4
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Caché
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Duma
Good Night, and Good Luck
Grizzly Man
The Italian
Joyeux Noel
Match Point
MirrorMask
Munich
The Proposition
The Squid and the Whale
Syriana
V for Vendetta
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

[ledfloyd]

2005

Broken Flowers
Hustle & Flow
Lady Vengeance
Munich
Match Point
Good Night and good Luck
Grizzly Man
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Land of the Dead
49 Up
Sin City
Brokeback Mountain
Cache
Batman Begins
L'Enfant
A History of Violence
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Junebug
No Direction Home

[origami_mustache]

My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
Hanging Garden
The Wayward Cloud
Three Times
Cache
Grizzly Man
A History of Violence
Match Point
Munich
The New World
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Manderlay
The Devil's Rejects
Broken Flowers
Lady Vengeance
Junebug
The Proposition
The Constant Gardener
Last Days

[trotchky]

Cache
Last Days
The Beat that My Heart Skipped
Three Times
The Squid and the Whale

[soitgoes...]

A History of Violence
L'Enfant
The Descent
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
Caché
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Squid and the Whale
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Pride and Prejudice
The New World
Into Great Silence
Good Night, and Good Luck
The Proposition
Grizzly Man
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Election
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Broken Flowers
King Kong

[Sycophant]

2005

The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Apatow)
The Aristocrats (Provenza)
Batman Begins (Nolan)
Brokeback Mountain (Lee)
Brick (Johnson)
Election (To)
Funky Forest: The First Contact (Ishii, et al)
Good Night, and Good Luck (Clooney)
Junebug (Morrison)
Me and You and Everyone We Know (July)
Match Point (Allen)
Mirrormask (McKean)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Liman)
The Squid and the While (Baumbach)
Sin City (Rodriguez)
States of Grace (Dutcher)
Takeshis' (Kitano)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Jones)
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (Winterbottom)
Who's Camus Anyway? (Yanagimachi)

[Raiders]

The Proposition
The Squid and the Whale
The New World
A History of Violence
Pride & Prejudice
Grizzly Man
Wolf Creek
Munich
Me and You and Everyone We Know
War of the Worlds
Land of the Dead
The Booth
King Kong
The Ice Harvest
Oliver Twist
Red Eye

[Ivan Drago]

V For Vendetta is considered a 2005 release? I could've sworn it came out in 06.

[ledfloyd]

i just realized i made a 20 film list and still left out squid and whale, game 6, brick, king kong, melquiades estrada, trstram shandy, etc. great year.

[Spinal]

V For Vendetta is considered a 2005 release? I could've sworn it came out in 06.

It did. But for consistency's sake, IMDb goes by first public showing, which in this case was 2005.

[Lazlo]

The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Batman Begins
Brick
Brokeback Mountain
Broken Flowers
Capote
Grizzly Man
A History of Violence
Jarhead
Junebug
Kingdom of Heaven
King Kong
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Munich
Mutual Appreciation
The New World
Pride and Prejudice
The Proposition
Serenity
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

[Stay Puft]

2005:

Brokeback Mountain
Broken Flowers
Cache
The Descent
Election
Grizzly Man
Match Point
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Three Times
The Wild Blue Yonder

[Gizmo]

2005:

Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Hard Candy
The Jacket
Jarhead
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Sin City
TransAmerica
V for Vendetta

[Qrazy]

The Proposition
The Squid and the Whale
The New World
A History of Violence
Pride & Prejudice
Grizzly Man
Wolf Creek
Munich
Me and You and Everyone We Know
War of the Worlds
Land of the Dead
The Booth
King Kong
The Ice Harvest
Oliver Twist
Red Eye



Nice to see some Oliver Twist love. I thought it was a damn good adaptation.

[DSNT]

2005 Flicks:
A History of Violence
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Cache
Good Night and good Luck
Grizzly Man
Junebug
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Match Point
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Munich
Pride & Prejudice
The New World
The Proposition
The Squid and the Whale
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Time for 2006 ...

[MacGuffin]

1. Miami Vice (Mann)
2. Children of Men (Caurón)
3. The Departed (Scorsese)
4. Inland Empire (Lynch)
5. Calvaire (The Ordeal) (Du Welz)
6. Who's Camus Anyway (Yanagimachi)
7. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Montiel)
8. The Black Dahlia (De Palma)
9. Pan's Labyrinth (del Toro)
10. Brick (Johnson)

[soitgoes...]

Once
Babel
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Exiled
Half Nelson
Children of Men
The Lives of Others
Red Road
Shortbus
Happy Feet
12:08 East of Bucharest
Letters from Iwo Jima
Stranger Than Fiction
An Inconvenient Truth
Pan's Labrynth
Jesus Camp
Election 2
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Time
One Man Band

[ledfloyd]

hurrah for junebug and kiss kiss bang bang boo to no broken flowers or hustle and flow

2006
The Science of Sleep
Wordplay
Art School Confidential
A Prairie Home Companion
The Departed
Children of Men
Half Nelson
Inland Empire
A Scanner Darkly
Letters from Iwo Jima
Volver
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints
Old Joy
Little Children
Once

[dreamdead]

Once
Miami Vice
Paprika
Marie Antoinette
Exiled
Half Nelson
The Departed
Happy Feet
Stranger than Fiction

Edit: why haven't I seen Old Joy after all this time? This was the one I've most wanted to see for 2 years now...
Also, added Stranger than Fiction

[Sycophant]

2006

Big Bang Love: Juvenile A
Brick
Children of Men
Colma: The Musical
Crank
Election 2: Harmony Is a Virtue
Exiled
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Half Nelson
Happy Feet
The Host
Inland Empire
Letters from Iwo Jima
Memories of Matsuko
Once
Pan's Labyrinth
Paprika
A Prairie Home Companion
Stranger Than Fiction
Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby

[DSNT]

hurrah for junebug and kiss kiss bang bang boo to no broken flowers or hustle and flow
Hustle & Flow only got one vote, believe it or not.

[ledfloyd]

Hustle & Flow only got one vote, believe it or not.
bummer.

i just edited my post to add once realizing it's an 06 release.

[Melville]

Brand Upon the Brain!
Children of Men
Inland Empire
Half Nelson
The Host
Jesus Camp
Marie Antoinette
Once
The Painted Veil
Pan's Labyrinth
Paprika
Curse of the Golden Flower
Scoop
Time
United 93
Volver
Black Book

[origami_mustache]

Taxidermia
I Don't Want To Sleep Alone
Big Bang Love: Juvenile A
Syndromes and a Century
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Exiled
Inland Empire
Brand Upon the Brain!
Children of Men
Half Nelson
The Science of Sleep
The Host
Once
Pan's Labyrinth
United 93
Volver
Shortbus
This Is Enlgand
The Lives of Others
The Fountain

[Spinal]

2006:

Inland Empire
Once
The Lives of Others
Paprika
Happy Feet
Babel
United 93
Little Children
Red Road
Black Book
Marie Antoinette
Shortbus
Curse of the Golden Flower
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Children of Men
Thank You for Smoking
Death of a President
loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies
Bothersome Man
Goya's Ghosts

[Stay Puft]

2006:

12:08 East of Bucharest
After the Wedding
The Fountain
The Host
Miami Vice
Pan's Labyrinth
Paprika
The Prestige
Red Road
Rescue Dawn
A Scanner Darkly
Syndromes and a Century
Time
Triad Election (Election 2)
Volver

[Lazlo]

Black Book
Black Snake Moan
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Casino Royale
Children of Men
The Departed
Half Nelson
Little Children
The Lives of Others
Marie Antoinette
Miami Vice
Once
Pan’s Labyrinth
A Prairie Home Companion
The Prestige
Rescue Dawn
The Science of Sleep
This is England
United 93
The Wind That Shakes the Barley

[Stay Puft]

The Prestige

I always forget something. Enjoyed that one quite a bit.

[Mysterious Dude]

2006

12:08 East of Bucharest
Babel
Children of Men
Grbavica
Half Nelson
Iraq in Fragments
Journey from the Fall
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Lives of Others
Once
The Prestige
Red Road
The Science of Sleep
Ten Canoes
This Is England
United 93

[Raiders]

2006:

Pan's Labyrinth
This Is England
When the Levees Broke
Children of Men
Inland Empire
The Host
The Last Winter
The Queen
Once
Marie-Antoinette
Exiled
The Departed
Bug
Happy Feet
Superman Returns
Monster House

[DSNT]

2006 Flicks
12:08 East of Bucharest
Children of Men
Exiled
Half Nelson
Happy Feet
Inland Empire
Letters from Iwo Jima
Once
Pan’s Labyrinth
Paprika
Red Road
The Departed
The Host
The Lives of Others
This is England
United 93

We'll combine our last list as 2007 and 2008, although I doubt many films from this year will show up.

Go ahead and post 'em ..

[Spinal]

2007:

Sunshine
California Dreamin'
The King of Kong
There Will Be Blood
Across the Universe
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
Sicko

[MacGuffin]

1. No Country for Old Men (Coen Brothers)
2. I'm Not There (Haynes)
3. Syndromes and a Century (Weerasethakul)
4. Zodiac (Fincher)
5. There Will Be Blood (Anderson)
6. Southland Tales (Kelly)
7. Ratatouille (Bird, Pinkava)
8. This Is England (Meadows)
9. Regular Lovers (Garrel)
10. The Darjeeling Limited (Anderson)

[Melville]

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Darjeeling Limited
Gone Baby Gone
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
The Simpsons Movie
Spider-Man 3 (the good parts)
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

[Spinal]

7. Black Book (Verhoeven)

2006

[origami_mustache]

2007/2008:
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
I'm Not There
The Flight of the Red Balloon
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Secret Sunshine
Sunshine
Zodiac
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Darjeeling Limited
Ratatouille
Cloverfield
Be Kind Rewind
Snow Angels

[MacGuffin]

2006

Fixed. :)

We really need a smiley with its mouth closed around here.

[Ivan Drago]

2007

Grindhouse
Superbad
There Will Be Blood
No Country For Old Men
Atonement
Once
Hot Fuzz
The Assassination of Jesse James
Ratatouille
300
Transformers
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Across The Universe
Spider-Man 3
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters

And can I still vote for 2006? Or is it too late?

[DSNT]

And can I still vote for 2006? Or is it too late?You can post your picks if you want, but 2006 is already tabulated.

[Lazlo]

2007

28 Weeks Later
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
The Bourne Ultimatum
Bridge to Terabithia
Enchanted
Gone Baby Gone
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Into the Wild
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Knocked Up
Lars and the Real Girl
Lust, Caution
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
Sunshine
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

[soitgoes...]

In the Shadow of the Moon
No Country for Old Men
Gone Baby Gone
The King of Kong
Hot Fuzz
Ratatouille
Planet Terror
Zodiac
Margot at the Wedding
Eastern Promises
I'm Not There
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Death Proof
La Vie en rose
Sunshine
Hairspray
Atonement
The Darjeeling Limited
Sicko
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains

[ledfloyd]

Zodiac
I'm Not There
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
No Country For Old Men
The Darjeeling Limited
In the Shadow of the Moon
Grindhouse
Hot Fuzz
Black Snake Moan
Superbad
Sweeney Todd
The Simpsons Movie
Ratatouille
Bug
Sicko

[DSNT]

I'd like to see more lists, so I'll at least give this until the weekend ..

[Mysterious Dude]

2007

4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
The Band's Visit
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Paranoid Park
Persepolis
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

[Raiders]

There Will Be Blood
The King of Kong
Persepolis
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
I'm Not There
28 Weeks Later
Zodiac
Eastern Promises
Sunshine
Black Snake Moan
Michael Clayton

[Sycophant]

No Country for Old Men
The Darjeeling Limited
Hot Fuzz
Quiet City
Gone Baby Gone
I'm Not There
Michael Clayton
Sunshine
The Bourne Ultimatum
Zodiac
Margot at the Wedding
Year of the Dog
5 Centimeters Per Second
King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Death Proof
Eastern Promises
Ratatouille
Superbad
Sweeney Todd
Hairspray

[Rowland]

Hmm, many of my top movies from 2007 are 2006 releases according to IMDB, even Black Snake Moan...

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Broken English
Death Proof
Gone Baby Gone
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Into the Wild
Joshua
Margot at the Wedding
No Country For Old Men
Quiet City
Ratatouille
Smiley Face
Stardust
Sunshine
Superbad
3:10 to Yuma
28 Weeks Later
Zodiac

[soitgoes...]

In: Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
Out: The Last Mimzy

[Stay Puft]

2007:

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Dainipponjin
The Darjeeling Limited
Encounters at the End of the World
Hot Fuzz
Lust, Caution
No Country for Old Men
Sunshine
Useless (Wuyong)
Zodiac

[trotchky]

I'm Not There
Southland Tales
The Witnesses
Paranoid Park
Frownland
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Persepolis
Margot at the Wedding
Silent Light
No Country for Old Men
Fear(s) of the Dark
Gone Baby Gone
There Will Be Blood

[DSNT]

2007 Flicks
Atonement
Gone Baby Gone
Grindhouse
Hot Fuzz
I'm Not There
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Sunshine
Superbad
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Darjeeling Limited
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

For simplicity sake, I counted votes for Death Proof or Planet Terror as Grindhouse, because there were votes for all three.

That's it. Voting will begin today in a new thread.

[Raiders]

even Black Snake Moan...

I've stopped using imdb dates that use the Butt-Numb-a-Thon as a premier. It is just empowering Harry Knowles too much.