Zach’s Favorite Films of the 2000s

2009

  1. A SERIOUS MAN (Joel and Ethan Coen, USA)
  2. AVATAR (James Cameron, USA)
  3. FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Wes Anderson, USA)
  4. LOST IN THE MOUNTAINS (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  5. BLUEBEARD (Catherine Breillat, France)
  6. VENGEANCE (Johnnie To, France/Hong Kong)
  7. HALLOWEEN II (Rob Zombie, USA)
  8. LIKE YOU KNOW IT ALL (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  9. ORPHAN (Jaume Collet-Serra, Canada/France/Germany/USA)
  10. THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN (Mia Hansen-Løve, France)
  11. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  12. BARABOO (Mary Sweeney, USA)
  13. IL FINISH DELLE FIGURE (Paolo Gioli, Italy)
  14. 575 CASTRO ST. (Jenni Olson, USA)
  15. BEESWAX (Andrew Bujalski, USA)
  16. THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL (Ti West, USA)
  17. IN THE LOOP (Armando Ianucci, UK)
  18. LA DANSE: THE PARIS OPERA BALLET (Frederick Wiseman, France/USA)
  19. THE BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL – NEW ORLEANS (Werner Herzog, USA)
  • ABOUT ELLY (Asghar Farhadi, Iran)
  • TYPEFACE (Justine Nagan, USA)

2008

  1. THE HEADLESS WOMAN (Lucrecia Martel, Argentina)
  2. ARTEMIDE’S KNEE (Jean-Marie Straub, France/Italy)
  3. WALL·E (Andrew Stanton, USA)
  4. NIGHT AND DAY (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  5. 35 SHOTS OF RUM (Claire Denis, France)
  6. WINTER (Nathaniel Dorsky, USA)
  7. CHILDREN (Paolo Gioli, Italy)
  8. 24 CITY (Jia Zhangke, China/Hong Kong/Japan)
  9. SPEED RACER (Lilly Wachowski and Lana Wachowski, USA/Australia/Germany)
  10. TWO LOVERS (James Gray, USA)
  11. THE BEACHES OF AGNÈS (Agnès Varda, France)
  12. A CHRISTMAS TALE (Arnaud Desplechin, France)
  13. WENDY AND LUCY (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
  • SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK (Charlie Kaufman, USA)
  • SHIRIN (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
  • BURN AFTER READING (Joel and Ethan Coen, USA)
  • THE HURT LOCKER (Kathryn Bigelow, USA)

2007

  1. MICHAEL CLAYTON (Tony Gilroy, USA)
  2. THE LAST MISTRESS (Catherine Breillat, France/Italy)
  3. PROFIT MOTIVE AND THE WHISPERING WIND (John Gianvito, USA)
  4. SILENT LIGHT (Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/France/Netherlands/Germany)
  5. DEATH PROOF (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  6. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Joel and Ethan Coen, USA)
  7. ZODIAC (David Fincher, USA)
  8. THE GATES (Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Antonio Ferrera, and Matthew Prinzing, USA)
  9. HOT FUZZ (Edgar Wright, UK)
  10. RATATOUILLE (Brad Bird, USA)
  11. ALL IS FORGIVEN (Mia Hansen-Løve, France)
  12. THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS (Jacques Rivette, France/Italy)
  13. THE DARJEELING LIMITED (Wes Anderson, USA)
  14. REHEARSALS FOR RETIREMENT (Phil Solomon, USA)
  15. NORBIT (Brian Robbins, USA)
  16. SUPERBAD (Greg Mottola, USA)
  17. I’M NOT THERE (Todd Haynes, USA)
  18. SONGHUA (J.P. Sniadecki, China/USA)
  19. WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY (Jake Kasdan, USA)
  • DIARY OF THE DEAD (George A. Romero, USA)
  • THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
  • 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (Cristian Mungiu, Romania)
  • EASTERN PROMISES (David Cronenberg, Canada/UK/USA)
  • OM SHANTI OM (Farah Khan, India)

2006

  1. MIAMI VICE (Michael Mann, USA)
  2. SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
  3. STILL LIFE (Jia Zhangke, China)
  4. INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch, USA)
  5. THE ANTHEM (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
  6. WOMAN ON THE BEACH (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  7. DÉJÀ VU (Tony Scott, USA)
  8. VOLVER (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
  9. DAY NIGHT DAY NIGHT (Julia Loktev, USA)
  10. JACKASS NUMBER TWO (Jeff Tremaine, USA)
  11. THE PRESTIGE (Christopher Nolan, USA)
  12. THE HOST (Bong Joon-ho, South Korea)
  13. JACKASS NUMBER TWO (Jeff Tremaine, USA)
  14. THE DEPARTED (Martin Scorsese, USA)
  15. EXILED (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
  16. OLD JOY (Kelly Reichardt, USA)
  17. 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST (Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania)
  18. INSIDE MAN (Spike Lee, USA)
  19. CAPITALISM: SLAVERY (Ken Jacobs, USA)
  20. FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY (Asghar Farhadi, Iran)
  21. CASINO ROYALE (Martin Campbell, Czech Republic/Germany/UK/USA)
  22. FAY GRIM (Hal Hartley, Germany/USA)
  23. BUG (William Friedkin, USA)
  24. CHILDREN OF MEN (Alfonso Cuarón, UK/USA)
  • THE LIGHTHOUSE (Mariya Saakyan, Armenia)
  • BORAT (Larry Charles, UK/USA)
  • LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (Clint Eastwood, Japan/USA)

2005

  1. THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU (Cristi Puiu, Romania)
  2. 49 UP (Michael Apted, UK)
  3. STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (George Lucas, USA)
  4. THE WAYWARD CLOUD (Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan/France)
  5. WAR OF THE WORLDS (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  6. TALE OF CINEMA (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  7. MONSTER MOVIE (Takeshi Murata, USA)
  8. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Ang Lee, Canada/USA)
  9. MUNICH (Steven Spielberg, Canada/USA)
  10. THE NEW WORLD (Terrence Malick, USA)
  11. MIRROR MECHANICS (Siegfried A. Fruhauf, Austria)
  12. GRIZZLY MAN (Werner Herzog, USA)
  13. CACHÈ (Michael Haneke, Austria/France/Germany/Italy)
  • A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (David Cronenberg, USA/Canada/Germany)
  • MUTUAL APPRECIATION (Andrew Bujalski, USA)

2004

  1. NOTRE MUSIQUE (Jean-Luc Godard, France/Switzerland)
  2. TROPICAL MALADY (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
  3. VERA DRAKE (Mike Leigh, UK)
  4. TRIPLE AGENT (Eric Rohmer, France)
  5. SPIDER-MAN 2 (Sam Raimi, USA)
  6. OCEAN’S TWELVE (Steven Soderbergh, USA)
  7. MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Clint Eastwood, USA)
  8. TOOLBOX MURDERS (Tobe Hooper, USA)
  9. SIDEWAYS (Alexander Payne, USA)
  10. BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater, USA)
  11. PRIMER (Shane Carruth, USA)
  12. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (Alfonso Cuarón, UK/USA)
  13. THE INCREDIBLES (Brad Bird, USA)
  14. SHAUN OF THE DEAD (Edgar Wright, France/UK/USA)
  15. TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE (Trey Parker, USA)
  16. L’INTRUS (Claire Denis, France)
  17. THROW DOWN (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
  18. COLLATERAL (Michael Mann, USA)
  19. KILL BILL: VOL. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, USA)
  20. BITTER DREAM (Mohsen Amiryousefi, Iran)
  21. KINGS & QUEEN (Arnaud Desplechin, France)
  22. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (Jonathan Demme, USA)
  • ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry, USA)
  • BAD EDUCATION (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
  • HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
  • WOMAN IS THE FUTURE OF MAN (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  • HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (Zhang Yimou, China/Hong Kong)

2003

  1. CRIMSON GOLD (Jafar Panahi, Iran)
  2. THE MATRIX: RELOADED (Lana and Lilly Wachowski, Australia/USA)
  3. MEMORIES OF MURDER (Bong Joon-ho, South Korea)
  4. THE MAGIC GLOVES (Martín Rejtman, Argentina)
  5. KAL HO NAA HO (Nikkhil Advani, India)
  6. PTU (Johnnie To, Hong Kong)
  7. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (Peter Jackson, New Zealand/USA)
  8. DOWN WITH LOVE (Peyton Reed, USA)
  9. FINDING NEMO (Andrew Stanton, USA)
  10. THE ANIMATRIX (Various, Japan/USA)
  • GOODBYE, DRAGON INN (Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan)
  • OLDBOY (Park Chan-wook, South Korea)
  • THE RETURN (Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia)

2002

  1. *CORPUS CALLOSUM (Michael Snow, Canada)
  2. FAR FROM HEAVEN (Todd Haynes, USA)
  3. ON THE OCCASION OF REMEMBERING THE TURNING GATE (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  4. TALK TO HER (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)
  5. ALL OR NOTHING (Mike Leigh, UK/France)
  6. DUMBLAND (David Lynch, USA)
  7. FEMME FATALE (Brian De Palma, France)
  8. STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES (George Lucas, USA)
  9. LILO & STITCH (Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders, USA)
  10. BLISSFULLY YOURS (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
  11. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (Peter Jackson, New Zealand/USA)
  12. AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER (Jay Roach, USA)
  13. MINORITY REPORT (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  14. RUSSIAN ARK (Alexander Sokurov, Russia/Germany/Canada/Finland)
  15. THE RING (Gore Verbinski, USA)
  16. DISTANT (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey)
  17. DECASIA (Bill Morrison, USA)
  18. SPIDER-MAN (Sam Raimi, USA)
  19. JACKASS: THE MOVIE (Jeff Tremaine, USA)
  20. SIGNS (M. Night Shyamalan, USA)
  21. AN INJURY TO ONE (Travis Wilkerson, USA)
  22. SOLAR BREATH (Michael Snow, Canada)
  • TEN (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
  • PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA)
  • ADAPTATION. (Spike Jonze, USA)

2001

  1. SPIRITED AWAY (Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
  2. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Wes Anderson, USA)
  3. FAT GIRL (Catherine Breillat, France)
  4. PULSE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan)
  5. A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Steven Spielberg, USA)
  6. MULHOLLAND DR. (David Lynch, USA/France)
  7. LA CIÉNAGA (Lucrecia Martel, Argentina)
  8. BULLY (Larry Clark, USA)
  9. MONSTER’S INC. (Pete Docter, USA)
  10. STILL/HERE (Christopher Harris, USA)
  11. THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE (Joel and Ethan Coen, UK/USA)
  12. WAKING LIFE (Richard Linklater, USA)
  13. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (Peter Jackson, New Zealand/USA)
  14. RAT RACE (Jerry Zucker, USA)
  15. DAGON (Stuart Gordon, Spain)
  16. DONNIE DARKO (Richard Kelly, USA)
  17. WORKERS, PEASANTS (Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, France/Germany/Italy)
  18. WENDIGO (Larry Fessenden, USA)
  19. STUFF AND DOUGH (Cristi Puiu, Romania)
  20. ABC AFRICA (Abbas Kiarostami, Iran)
  • ÈLOGE DE L’AMOUR (Jean-Luc Godard, France)
  • THE PIANO TEACHER (Michael Haneke, Germany/Austria/France)
  • MILLENNIUM MAMBO (Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan)

2000

  1. YI YI (Edward Yang, Taiwan/Japan)
  2. THE GLEANERS AND I (Agnès Varda, France)
  3. TIME AND TIDE (Tsui Hark, Hong Kong)
  4. VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE BY HER BACHELORS (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea)
  5. THE HEART OF THE WORLD (Guy Maddin, Canada)
  6. DARK DAYS (Marc Singer, USA)
  7. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Ang Lee, China/Hong Kong/Taiwan/USA)
  8. BAMBOOZLED (Spike Lee, USA)
  9. ESTHER KHAN (Arnaud Desplechin, France/UK)
  10. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Wong Kar-wai, China/Hong Kong)
  11. THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE (Mark Dindal, USA)
  12. AMERICAN PSYCHO (Mary Harron, USA)
  13. CECIL B. DEMENTED (John Waters, France/USA)
  14. MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand)
  15. PARAGRAPH 175 (Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, US/UK/Germany)
  16. HAMLET (Michael Almereyda, USA)
  17. BLOW-UP (Siegfried A. Fruhauf, Austria)
  18. WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (Béla Tarr, Hungary)
  • PLATFORM (Jia Zhangke, China)