Movie Forums Top 100 of the Aughts (the 00s) - Recommendation Thread

2008 is the best year of the decade with movies like:
Tropic Thunder
The Dark Knight
Eden Lake
Iron Man

THE LAST ONE! For consideration, these were the films awarded/nominated to Oscars in 2009... (wins in bold)

9 nominations

• Avatar - Picture, Director, Original Score, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Art Direction, Cinematography, Film Editing, Visual Effects
• The Hurt Locker - Picture, Director, Lead Actor, Original Screenplay, Original Score, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Cinematography, Film Editing

8 nominations

• Inglourious Basterds - Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Cinematography, Film Editing

6 nominations

• Precious - Picture, Director, Lead Actress, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
• Up in the Air - Picture, Director, Lead Actor, Supporting Actress (2), Adapted Screenplay

5 nominations

• Up - Picture, Original Screenplay, Animated Film, Original Score, Sound Editing

4 nominations

• District 9 - Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Visual Effects
• Nine - Supporting Actress, Original Song, Art Direction, Costume Design
• Star Trek - Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Makeup, Visual Effects

3 nominations

• An Education - Picture, Lead Actress, Adapted Screenplay
• Crazy Heart - Lead Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Song
• The Princess and the Frog - Animated Film, Original Song (2)
• The Young Victoria - Art Direction, Makeup, Costume Design

2 nominations

• The Blind Side - Picture, Lead Actress
• Fantastic Mr. Fox - Animated Film, Original Score
• Invictus - Lead Actor, Supporting Actor
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Art Direction, Costume Design
• The Last Station - Lead Actress, Supporting Actor
• The Messenger - Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay
• A Serious Man - Picture, Original Screenplay
• Sherlock Holmes - Original Score, Art Direction
• The White Ribbon - Foreign Language, Cinematography

1 nomination

• A Single Man - Lead Actor
• Julie & Julia - Lead Actress
• The Lovely Bones - Supporting Actor
• In the Loop - Adapted Screenplay
• Coraline - Animated Film
• The Secret of Kells - Animated Film
• The Secret in Their Eyes - Foreign Language
• Ajami - Foreign Language
• The Milk of Sorrow - Foreign Language
• A Prophet - Foreign Language
• Paris 36 - Original Song
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Sound Mixing
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Cinematography
• Il Divo - Makeup
• Bright Star - Costume Design
• Coco Before Chanel - Costume Design

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I think what I like best about this countdown will be it's unpredictability

We all expect Paul Blart: Mall Cop to win. The fact that it was made in the 2010s is just semantics.

As the Oscars have been covered, for a little bit of balance....

Asian Film Award winners that qualify (year is year of award, not year of release):

2007:
The Host (film, actor)
Still Life (director)
Memories Of Matsuko (actress)

2008:
Secret Sunshine (film, director, actress)
Lust, Caution (actor)
Mongol (supp actor)
The Sun Also Rises (supp actress)

2009:
Tokyo Sonata (film)
Still Walking (director)
Departures (actor)
The Equation Of Love And Death (actress)
The Good, The Bad, The Weird (supp actor)
Service (supp actress)

2010:
Mother (film, actress)
City Of Life And Death (director)
Bodyguards And Assassins (actor, supp actor)
At The End Of Daybreak (supp actress)

I think it's 2009 so it's legitimately eligible. I expect it somewhere in the top 50.

Now that I tackled the Academy Awards, I had intentions of venturing off the beaten path for more obscure recommendations, but didn't have this one in mind. Thanks for sharing!

EDIT: Also, although you clarified that the year is the year the award was given, I think it's worth clarifying for everybody that valid entries have to range from 2000 to 2009.

A little more balance....

Major European festival winners:

2000
Cannes (Palme D'Or) - Dancer In The Dark
Venice (Golden Lion) - The Circle

2001
Berlin (Golden Bear) - Intimacy
Cannes (Palme D'Or) - The Son's Room
Venice (Golden Lion) - Monsoon Wedding

2002
Berlin (Golden Bear) - Bloody Sunday and Spirited Away
Cannes (Palme D'Or) - The Pianist
Venice (Golden Lion) - The Magdalene Sisters

2003
Berlin (Golden Bear) - In This World
Cannes (Palme D'Or) - Elephant
Venice (Golden Lion) - The Return

2004
Berlin (Golden Bear) - Head-On
Cannes (Palme D'Or) - Fahrenheit 9/11
Venice (Golden Lion) - Vera Drake

2005
Berlin (Golden Bear) - U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
Cannes (Palme D'Or) - L'Enfant
Venice (Golden Lion) - Brokeback Mountain

2006
Berlin (Golden Bear) - Grbavica
Cannes (Palme D'Or) - The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Venice (Golden Lion) - Still Life

2007
Berlin (Golden Bear) - Tuya's Marriage
Cannes (Palme D'Or) - 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days
Venice (Golden Lion) - Lust, Caution

2008
Berlin (Golden Bear) - Elite Squad
Cannes (Palme D'Or) - The Class
Venice (Golden Lion) - The Wrestler

2009
Berlin (Golden Bear) - The Milk Of Sorrow
Cannes (Palme D'Or) - The White Ribbon
Venice (Golden Lion) - Lebanon

All those listed are 2000-2009 releases.
Just done the three major European festival winners for ya as well - that's me done now

Yeah, I know. Just wanted to latch into your clarification in case anybody read 2010 and thought about voting for any 2010 film.

And thanks for sharing those. Feel free to add more as the date approaches.

To sorta close out my sequence of Academy Awards recommendations, here is the list of Documentary features that won from 2000 to 2009...

2000: Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (Harris)
2001: Murder on a Sunday Morning (de Lestrade)
2002: Bowling for Columbine (Moore)
2003: The Fog of War (Morris)
2004: Born into Brothels (Briski & Kauffman)
2005: March of the Penguins (Jacquet)
2006: An Inconvenient Truth (Guggenheim)
2007: Taxi to the Dark Side (Gibney)
2008: Man on Wire (Marsh)
2009: The Cove (Psihoyos)

Maybe I should've included them on my previous list, but since there was never an overlap with other categories, I left it apart.

I think I might be the only one here who hasn't seen Paul Blart: Mall Cop. Is it really worth watching?

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I haven't seen it either I just run along with the joke

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Ok, some Letterboxd stats. First, the 20 most "popular" films of 2000...

1. American Psycho
2. Memento
3. Requiem for a Dream
4. In the Mood for Love
5. Gladiator
6. Almost Famous
7. The Emperor's New Groove
8. Cast Away
9. Snatch
10. Unbreakable
11. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
12. X-Men
13. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
14. Battle Royale
15. Yi Yi
16. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
17. Chicken Run
18. Scary Movie
19. Dancer in the Dark
20. Mission: Impossible II

And for an interesting contrast, also from Letterboxd, the 20 highest rated films of 2000...

1. Auto Compadecida (A Dog's Will)
2. Yi Yi
3. In the Mood for Love
4. Werckmeister Harmonies
5. La Commune (Paris, 1871)
6. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band : Live in New York City
7. Land of Fear
8. Jeff Buckley - Live in Chicago
9. Eureka
10. Ritual
11. Devils on the Doorstep
12. Memento
13. Nine Queens
14. In Vanda's Room
15. Hey Ram
16. Dancer in the Dark
17. Requiem for a Dream
18. Amores Perros
19. Platform
20. Alien Workshop - Photosynthesis

The ones in bold are the only overlaps. I filtered short films and documentaries, but didn't want to meddle more with it so there are still a couple of live concerts in the last list and one or two very, very obscure, little seen films. Do with that what you may.

More Letterboxd stats. Now for the 20 most "popular" films of 2001...

1. Spirited Away
2. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. Donnie Darko
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
5. Monsters, Inc.
6. Amélie
7. Mulholland Drive
8. Shrek
9. The Royal Tenenbaums
10. Ocean's Eleven
11. Legally Blonde
12. A Beautiful Mind
13. Moulin Rouge!
14. The Princess Diaries
15. Y Tu Mamá También
16. The Fast and the Furious
17. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
18. The Others
19. Zoolander
20. Training Day

And then the 20 highest rated films of 2001...

1. Spirited Away
2. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. Mulholland Drive
4. Selena Live: the Last Concert
5. Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas
6. Millennium Actress
7. Y Tu Mamá También
8. Amélie
9. Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie
10. Monsters, Inc.
11. Madonna: Drowned World Tour
12. The Piano Teacher
13. The Royal Tenenbaums
14. All About Lily Chou-Chou
15. West Side Avenue
16. To the Left of the Father
17. Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes from New York
18. Cássla Eller: MTV Unplugged
19. What Time Is It There?
20. Hedwig and the Angry Inch

A bit more overlaps this year. Also, a couple more concert/live films sneaked in, but well.

Requiem for a dream should probably make it to the top 10.

Continuing with the Letterboxd stats. These are the 20 most "popular" films of 2002...

1. LOTR: The Two Towers
2. Catch Me If You Can
3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
4. Spider-Man
5. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
6. The Pianist
7. City of God
8. Punch-Drunk Love
9. 28 Days Later
10. Lilo & Stitch
11. Gangs of New York
12. Minority Report
13. Adaptation.
14. Ice Age
15. The Bourne Identity
16. Panic Room
17. Signs
18. Scooby-Doo
19. Chicago
20. Insomnia

And now the 20 highest rated films of 2002...

1. City of God
2. The Strokes: MTV $2 Bill Concert
3. LOTR: The Two Towers
4. The Pianist
5. Nine Inch Nails - And All That Could Have Been
6. Slipknot: Disasterpieces
7. Princess Tutu
8. The Cure: Trilogy
9. Sherlock: Case of Evil
10. Notre Dame de Paris - Live Arena di Verona
11. Stella Shorts 1998-2002
12. Flip: Sorry
13. Adaptation.
14. Oasis
15. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live in Barcelona
16. Lilya 4-ever
17. The Twilight Samurai
18. Panchathantiram
19. Muse: Hullabaloo
20. Kannathil Muthamittal

Just a handful of overlaps, and a bunch more concert/live films came up in this search.

So many recommendations on this thread already but Sweet Sixteen and The Cat Returns are a couple from 2002 that I enjoyed and I don't think have been mentioned yet