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BobbyB 10-17-06 01:36 PM

10 Best Movies Of The Last 10 Years
 
What are they? Since 1996, what would you say are the 10 best movies?

Holden Pike 10-17-06 01:40 PM

Start it off with your picks, Bob.

BobbyB 10-17-06 01:50 PM

Sure thing.

(In no particular order)

1- American History X (1998)
2- L.A. Confidential (1997)
3- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
4- The Departed (2006)
5- Fight Club (1999)
6- Crash (2004)
7- The Green Mile (1999)
8- Good Will Hunting (1997)
9- Sin City (2005)
10- City of God (2002)

Holden Pike 10-17-06 02:17 PM

An arbitrary cut-off, but OK...
 
Dancer in the Dark (2000 - Lars von Trier)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999 - Stanley Kubrick)
Rushmore (1998 - Wes Anderson)
Dogville (2003 - Lars von Trier)
The Thin Red Line (1998 - Terrence Malick)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004 - Michel Gondry)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005 - Tommy Lee Jones)
Adaptation (2002 - Spike Jonze)
Hamlet (1996 - Kenneth Branagh)
Talk to Her (2002 - Pedro Almodóvar )

BobbyB 10-17-06 02:29 PM

I see you have "The Thin Red Line" on your list.

I wasn't a big fan of that movie, and it's gotten a lower rating on IMDb, but the more message boards I go to, The Thin Red Line appears to be an all time favorite of many.

uconjack 10-17-06 03:16 PM

1. Fargo (1996)
2. L.A. Confidential (1997)
3. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
4. Crash (2005)
5. Lone Star (1996)
6. Amistad(1997)
7. Memento (2000)
8. Ghost World (2001)
9. The Apostle (1997)
10. The Twilight Samurai (2002)

TheUsualSuspect 10-17-06 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by Holden Pike
Rushmore (1998 - Wes Anderson)
ew, what an overrated film that is.

Holden Pike 10-17-06 06:39 PM

Yeah. Where's your list and at what number is Superman Returns sitting? :indifferent:

ORO 10-17-06 07:08 PM

1. FA YEUNG NIN WA
2. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS
3. MULHOLLAND DR.
4. OLDBOY
5. Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN
6. REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
7. THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
8. CHASING AMY
9. DANCER IN THE DARK
X. MONONOKE-HIME

Others:

MYSTERIOUS SKIN
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
MONSTERS, INC.
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH

Sedai 10-18-06 02:18 PM

1. Fargo (1996)
2. L.A. Confidential (1997)
3. The Thin Red Line (1998)
4. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
5. In the Mood for Love (2000)
6. Mulholland Drive (2001) - Also - Amelie
7. City of God (2002)
8. The Return of the King (2003)
9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Also - The Aviator
10. Munich (2005)
11. Children of Men (2006) - Also - The Departed

Went one per year, in order. Yeah, I picked 11... Deal with it. ;)

JBriscoe 10-18-06 07:57 PM

I like Sedai's method!

1996 - Fargo - honorable mention, Trainspotting
1997 - Good Will Hunting - honorable mention, L.A. Confidential
1998 - Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels - honorable mention, The Big Lebowski
1999 - Fight Club - honorable mention, American Beauty
2000 - Memento
2001 - The Royal Tenenbaums
2002 - Equilibrium - honorable mention, City of God, 25th Hour
2003 - Oldboy
2004 - Kill Bill vol. 2
2005 - Sin City
2006 - it's not over yet!

Piddzilla 10-19-06 06:28 AM

In no particular order and with some reservations and blah blah blah....
  • The Thin Red Line (1998 - Terrence Malick)
  • The Apostle (1997 - Robert Duvall)
  • Mulholland Dr. (2001 - David Lynch)
  • Cidade de Deus / City of God (2002 - Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund)
  • Festen / The Celebration (1998 - Thomas Vinterberg)
  • The Big Lebowski (1998 - Joel Coen)
  • Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005 - George Clooney)
  • Bloody Sunday (2002 - Paul Greengrass)
  • Mies vailla menneisyyttä / The Man Without a Past (2002 - Aki Kaurismäki)
  • The Corporation (2003 - Mark Achbar & Jennifer Abbott)

The first three are untouchable but there are lots of films that deserve a spot on the list. These just came to mind first. You guys have lots of great choices that would fit in there as well.

And, yeah, The Thin Red Line is that good. It would be on my top ten of all times.

Holden, I knew you liked his films a lot but I didn't know you were such a huge von Trier fan.

Tacitus 10-19-06 07:46 AM

According to The Tatty 100, my favourite movies of the past 11 years have been -

Dead Man's Shoes (2004, Shane Meadows)
hana-bi (1997, Takeshi Kitano)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000, Ang Lee)
Hero (2002, Zhang Yimou)
Twenty Four Seven (1997, Shane Meadows)
Fargo (1996, Joel Coen)
Hamlet (1996, Kenneth Branagh)
Sexy Beast (2000, Jonathan Glazer)
Trainspotting (1996, Danny Boyle)

Bubbling under (beacuse I want to): Sideways, Kikujiro and Sympathy For Mr Vengeance and the only condition attached is that I need to own the movie.

Nothing I've bought recently would worm it's way in except maybe The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada. ;)

danchubbz 10-19-06 07:50 AM

In no particular order:

1. The Departed
2. Shrek 2
3. Any Given Sunday
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Return of the King
5. Harry Potter - The Goblet of Fire
6. Snatch
7. American History X
8. Boiler Room
9. Old School
10. Braveheart

Mark46 10-19-06 08:17 AM

no particular order:

1. Saving Private Ryan

2. The Departed

3. Fight Club

4. The Last Samurai

5. The Jacket

6. Children of Men

7. The Terminal

8. The Dish

9. Saw

10. The Machinist

Sedai 10-19-06 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by Tacitus

Sideways, Kikujiro and Sympathy For Mr Vengeance ;)
Tac..

Do you consider Sympathy to be the best of the Vengeance Trilogy? I have only seen Oldboy so far...

dog.gon.gun 10-19-06 07:40 PM

Boogie Nights (1997 - P.T. Anderson)
The Thin Red Line (1998 - Terrence Malick)
Being John Malkovich (1999 - Spike Jonze)
Magnolia (1999 - P.T. Anderson)
Mulholland Dr. (2000 - David Lynch)
Adaptation (2002 - Spike Jonze)
Spirited Away
(2002 - Hayao Miyazaki)
Lost in Translation
(2003 - Sofia Coppola)
Oldboy (2003 - Park Chan Wook)
The Departed (2006 - Martin Scorsese)


Tacitus 10-20-06 07:21 AM

Originally Posted by Sedai
Tac..

Do you consider Sympathy to be the best of the Vengeance Trilogy? I have only seen Oldboy so far...
Yup, far and away the best. Lady V is disappointing and, even though I like Oldboy (heck, I bought it on it's R2 release), it's far less subtle than Sympathy For Mr Vengeance.

I think Sympathy works because The Wookie has managed to make a masterful film with his feet firmly planted on the ground. The flourishes are less obvoius and, for me, more chilling.

If I was 16 I'd prefer Oldboy but I'm not so I don't. :)

SalomonSkier08 10-21-06 08:16 PM

Saving Private Ryan is def. on my list. i loved kill bill 1 and 2 as well

B-card 10-22-06 11:45 AM

in no specific order:

1.Crash(Paul Haggis 2004)
2.Confessions of a Dangerous Mind(George Cloney 2003)
3.Adaptation(Spike Jonez 2002)
4.Snatch(Guy Ritchie 2001)
5.Green Mile(Frank Darbont 1999)
6.Fight Club(David Fincher 1999)
7.Being John Malkovich
(Spike Jonez 1999)
8.American Beauty
(Sam Mendes1999)
9.High Fidelity
(Stephen Frears 2000)
10.Laurel Canyon(Lisa Cholodenko2002)


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