I'm not one for assigning much meaning to end-of-the-year lists and other games, but I do think they're always a fun exercise. Obviously it's nearly impossible to rank quality, and it's especially silly to assume that one's thoughts couldn't change sporadically, but what I do think these lists do is provide a place for cinephiles to spot a film they have not seen and seek it out. It is a nice way to get some idea of what to bother with and what not to. Of course, I haven't seen every film that has been released this decade, so there are certainly some omissions that many would complain about, but here's what I've come up with for the films I found most fascinating, most gorgeous, most perplexing, and most hilarious.
1. Werckmeister Harmonies (Tarr, 2000, Hungary)
2. Mulholland Drive (Lynch, 2001, USA)
3. Songs from the Second Floor (Andersson, 2000, Sweden)
4. The New World (Malick, 2004, USA)
5. There Will be Blood (Anderson, 2007, USA)
6. In Vanda's Room (Costa, 2000, Portugal)
7. Secret History of the Dividing Line / The Great Art of Knowing (Gatten, 2002/2004, USA)
8. What Time is it There? (Ming-Liang, 2001, Taiwan)
9. Before Sunset (Linklater, 2004, USA)
10. Hunger (McQueen, 2008, UK/Ireland)
11. Zodiac (Fincher, 2007, USA)
12. Revanche (Spielmann, 2008, Austria)
13. In the Mood for Love (Wong, 2000, Hong Kong/France)
14. Still Walking (Kore-Eda, 2008, Japan)
15. Saddest Music in the World (Maddin, 2003, Canada)
16. Three Times (Hou, 2005, Taiwan)
17. Spirited Away (Miyazaki, 2001, Japan)
18. In the City of Sylvia (Guerin, 2009, France/Spain)
19. INLAND EMPIRE (Lynch, 2006, USA)
20. Public Enemies (Mann, 2009, USA)
21. No Country for Old Men (Coens, 2007, USA)
22. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry, 2004, USA)
23. Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou, 2007, Taiwan/France)
24. The Holy Girl (Martel, 2004, Argentina)
25. The Life Aquatic (Anderson, 2004, USA)
26. Elephant (Van Sant, 2003, USA)
27. The Intruder (Denis, 2004, France/Switzerland)
28. Cache (Haneke, 2005, Austria/France)
29. Distant (Bilge Ceylan, 2002, Turkey)
30. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Ming-Liang, 2003, Taiwan)
31. Silent Light (Reygades, 2007, Mexico)
32. Summer Hours (Assayas, 2008, France)
33. Birth (Glazer, 2004, USA)
34. Synecdoche, New York (Kaufman, 2008, USA)
35. Gerry (Van Sant, 2002, USA)
36. Dogville (Von Trier, 2003, Denmark)
37. 35 Shots of Rum (Denis, 2008, France)
38. Liverpool (Alonso, 2009, Argentina)
39. Waking Life (Linklater, 2001, USA)
40. White Material (Denis, 2009, France/Cameroon)
41. The Last Mistress (Breillat, 2007, France)
42. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Ming-Liang, 2006, Taiwan)
43. The Man From London (Tarr, 2007, Hungary)
44. The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009, USA)
45. AI: Artificial Intelligence (Spielberg, 2001, USA)
46. Alexandra (Sokurov, 2007, Russia)
47. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Puiu, 2005, Romania)
48. The Squid and the Whale (Baumbach, 2005, USA)
49. The Royal Tenenbaums (Anderson, 2001, USA)
50. Collateral (Mann, 2004, USA)
Once in the list, now bumped out: Millenium Mambo (Hou, 2001, Taiwan), City of God (Mierelles, 2002, Brazil), Three Monkeys (Bilge Ceylan, 2008, Turkey), Minority Report (Spielberg, 2002, USA), Enter the Void (Noe, 2009, France/Japan), Science of Sleep (Gondry, 2006, France), Old Joy (Reichardt, 2006, USA), Heima (DeBlois, 2007, USA/Iceland), Eastern Promises (Cronenberg, 2007, USA/Russia), Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino, 2009, USA), Los Muertos (Alonso, 2004, Argentina), Garden State (Braff, 2004, USA)
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