Films of the 2000s

Elmo

No sure if this has been asked before but what films stand out for you from the last decade from 2000 to 2009?

candy-gal1

Friday 13th
Sex and the city
Mean Girls
Monster in law
The Simpsons
Mamma Mia
PS i love you
Halloween
Austen Powers series

to nname a few lol

Sleipnir

candy-gal1 wrote: »

Friday 13th
Sex and the city
Mean Girls
Monster in law
The Simpsons
Mamma Mia
PS i love you
Halloween
Austen Powers series

to nname a few lol

Bloody hell..... If that's the best of the decade, take me out and shoot me.

Karl Hungus

candy-gal1 wrote: »

Friday 13th
Sex and the city
Mean Girls
Monster in law
The Simpsons
Mamma Mia
PS i love you
Halloween
Austen Powers series

to nname a few lol

Out of all the Horror films made since 2000, you're saying that the remakes of Friday the 13th and Halloween are the ones that stand out for you the most? Not to have a go, but I'd say you need to see more films.

candy-gal1

Sleipnir wrote: »

Bloody hell..... If that's the best of the decade, take me out and shoot me.

lol took me ages to think of more than 3 best movies of the 90s now thats something good!

oh damn meant to add Moulin Rouge and Zoolander to that list! i knew i missed some good ones!

candy-gal1

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Out of all the Horror films made since 2000, you're saying that the remakes of Friday the 13th and Halloween are the ones that stand out for you the most? Not to have a go, but I'd say you need to see more films.

lol maybe, always time for more films, what horrors of the last decade have you liked?

L'prof

Elmo wrote: »

No sure if this has been asked before but what films stand out for you from the last decade from 2000 to 2009?

This is a good place to start. By no means the be all and end all, but it probably has a lot of my pick in there!

Royale with Cheese

Rambo 4, obviously.

Karl Hungus

Seriously though, I think it's been a pretty good decade for films so far. We've seen a lot of exceptional directors rise, such as Christopher Nolan, Guillermo del Toro, Darren Aronofsky and so on. Clint Eastwood has been making some of his absolutely best films in years.

It's also the decade that gave us masterpieces like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3_iLOp6IhM

Outkast_IRE

candy-gal1 wrote: »

Friday 13th
Sex and the city
Mean Girls
Monster in law
The Simpsons
Mamma Mia
PS i love you
Halloween
Austen Powers series

to nname a few lol

Oh dear lord no no no no no
this sounds like a form of torture ........
except simpsons movie its the only good simpsons of the last 5 years.....

Corkfeen

candy-gal1 wrote: »

Friday 13th
Sex and the city
Mean Girls
Monster in law
The Simpsons
Mamma Mia
PS i love you
Halloween
Austen Powers series

to nname a few lol

Just added a few corrections:D Austin Powers was from the nineties mainly except for Goldmember. Love being a judgemental bastard.
Heres my list.
1.Old Boy
2. Persepolis
3. Battle Royale
4. Shaun of the Dead
5. Requiem for a Dream
6. City of God
7. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
8. The Dark Knight
9. Rec
10. Kill Bill
11. The Machinist
Probably tons that i've forgotten.

candy-gal1

Corkfeen wrote: »

Just added a few corrections:D Austin Powers was from the nineties mainly except for Goldmember. Love being a judgemental bastard.
Heres my list.
1.Old Boy
2. Persepolis
3. Battle Royale
4. Shaun of the Dead
5. Requiem for a Dream
6. City of God
7. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
8. The Dark Knight
9. Rec
10. Kill Bill
11. The Machinist
Probably tons that i've forgotten.

:mad::P:D
I do like no.7 though!

Elmo

jasonorr wrote: »

This is a good place to start. By no means the be all and end all, but it probably has a lot of my pick in there!

2000s that starts with 1994's The Shawshank Redemption

Requiem for a Dream

If you haven't see this candy-gal1 I think you should get it out. Brilliant but very sad, especially the Old Woman I didn't have any sympathy for Jennifer Connolly's character, I never have any sympathy for Jared Leto.

Tusky

candy-gal1 wrote: »

Friday 13th
Sex and the city
Mean Girls
Monster in law
The Simpsons
Mamma Mia
PS i love you
Halloween
Austen Powers series

to nname a few lol

Youve got to be joking ? Such mediocre movies. Unbelievable!

Some of my favorites.

The Squid and the Whale
The Lives of Others
District 9
City of God
Requiem for a Dream
Slumdog Millionaire
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
This is England
Before The Devil Knows Youre Dead
Shaun of the Dead
Pans Labrynth
Children of Men
The Departed
Sideways
Wall E
Ratatouille
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Changeling
Batman Begins
Dark Knight
Gran Torino
Fellowship/Two Towers/Return of the King
Sin City
Almost Famous
Old Boy

superfly

off the top of my head some of the best horrors of the noughties have been

The Ring
The Grudge
Rec
Let the right one in
The Host
28 days later
Dawn of the Dead (remake)
30 days of night
1408
Dog Soldiers
The Mist
Saw

L'prof

Elmo wrote: »

2000s that starts with 1994's The Shawshank Redemption

Here if you want to be pedantic.

Elmo

candy-gal1 wrote: »

lol maybe, always time for more films, what horrors of the last decade have you liked?

Let The Right One In

Karl Hungus

candy-gal1 wrote: »

lol maybe, always time for more films, what horrors of the last decade have you liked?

Let The Right One In
A Tale of Two Sisters
Pan's Labyrinth
Martyrs
[Rec]
The Devil's Backbone
The Host
28 Days Later
The Mist
The Others

Amongst many others. Honestly, it's been a fairly good decade for horror as well, despite the endless Saw sequels.

Elmo

jasonorr wrote: »

Here if you want to be pedantic.

Yeah but it isn't really your list.

Karl Hungus

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

except simpsons movie its the only good simpsons of the last 5 years.....

It was rubbish.

L'prof

Elmo wrote: »

Yeah but it isn't really your list.

Really? Hot dang, you got me there. I'm just lazy, I may post a list at some stage.

Elmo

30 days of night, next someone will say The Descent, bunch of Vampires pretending to be Zombies.

Tusky

Elmo wrote: »

30 days of night, next someone will say The Descent, bunch of Vampires pretending to be Zombies.

I'm a big fan of both of those movies. Great fun.

Elmo

Tusky wrote: »

I'm a big fan of both of those movies. Great fun.

I walked out of the Descent, fockin' Irish girl with her cursing. And the opening scene of the car accident.

Karl Hungus

If you want to see some good films made since 2000, may I recommend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO0LYcCoeJY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vAk3Og3HLA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjrhkJYLnl4

CliffHuxtabel

Memento is the outstanding film of the 21st century thus far

Elmo

CliffHuxtabel wrote: »

Memento is the outstanding film of the 21st century thus far

Were only at the end of the decade give the century a chance

Illkillya

Some of my favourites so far this decade:

• O Brother, Where Art Thou?
• Avalon
• Cidade de Deus
• Vozvrashcheniye
• Dead Man's Shoes
• No Country for Old Men
• Das Leben der Anderen

Running Bing

Stands out for me are No Country, the lives of others, pans labyrinth and There Will be Blood (which Im convinced that in decades will be looked upon as an absolute masterpiece that was under appreciated during its time). Still cant decide whether Memento is a great film or whether Im being blinded by the fancy narrative.:D

I dont think it has been a great decade for film...I think there has been a lot of good solid films but there have'nt been many that I would personally rate up amongst the greatest of all time.

I think it depends on what your into...It has been a pretty good decade for Horror/fantasy and a lot of good stuff from outside hollywood has come out and to a wider audience but when I think back there just is'nt that much that truly excited me.

I think the last few years has also shown a nosedive in quality of the films offered by Hollywood to the masses. Of course there's always been ****e but it seems every film now has a 2/3/4/5 in the title or is adapted from a comic book.:(

transylman

I liked:

Being John Malkovich
Bourne Identity
Bourne Supremacy
No Country for Old Men
Memento
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Der Untergang
Dawn of the Dead
The Pianist
Cast Away
Training Day

Bad decade for movies though. I'd say the 90s was better.

johnny_ultimate

I think due to the fact that the 2000s are the decade I became really interested in film there will always be a few stands out for me. Eternal Sunshine is my personal film of the decade (which I'm sure many will agree with, and equally many will disagree with) but it is the kind of film that just felt like it couldn't have been made before it was. It has such a huge knowledge of cinema technology, narrative form and general film and genre literacy that it probably couldn't have existed before the 2000s (same could possibly be said of Memento, but I think that has a much more basic story below it's admittedly fantastic structural tricks).

A couple of other stands out would be Spirited Away, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, WALL-E, Synecdoche New York and plenty of the ones mentioned already. I don't think any director this decade has had the defining voice others have had (take, for example, Tarantino in the 90s, Scorcese / Coppola / Spielberg / Lucas in the 70s/80s) and it is harder to pin down the decade with only a handful of films. I think what this decade has achieved is to further refine currently existing techniques and genres. The 2000s will probably be looked at as an evolution rather than the revolution of the 70s & 80s. But after all, where exactly can cinema go from here? There will truly have to be something spectacular to be a 'game changer', and I have very little hope that Avatar will be that film as James Cameron boasts. There have been hundreds of brilliant films this decade, but few had the revolutionary influence others have had in the past.

FouxDaFaFa

I think it's been a pretty good decade for films.

Some of my favourites:

The Dark Knight
Le Fableux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Donnie Darko
The wrestler
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Thank you for smoking
Little Miss sunshine
Juno
The Royal Tenenbaums
Garden State
Napoleon Dynamite
Half Nelson
The Departed
Zoolander

Surly

I'm a big fan of the Bourne trilogy - to me they've been a major addition to the action/thriller genre and have had a subtle, yet palpable, influence on a lot of films since their release.

Some good points made by Mr. Ultimate, in particular about the decade lacking a defining voice, although I'm not sure that's such a great loss, considering the number of talented directors we have consistently producing great movies; Nolan, Aronofsky, Del Toro, Chan-Wook, Meadows...

Elmo

Surly wrote: »

I'm a big fan of the Bourne trilogy - to me they've been a major addition to the action/thriller genre and have had a subtle, yet palpable, influence on a lot of films since their release.

Subtle ???? Bourne trilogy has ransacked the genre, I gave some one Se7en recently who had never seen it and they thought nothing of it, even mention several Thrillers that basically copied Se7en.

Taken, The Bond Movies and even Die Hard all have a someone looking at them and that someone is Jason Bourne.

irish_bob

gladiator
the lord of the rings , all three of em
catch me if you can
the bourne identity
casino royale
appocolypto
spiderman
pans labyrinth
sin city

Surly

Elmo wrote: »

Taken, The Bond Movies and even Die Hard all have a someone looking at them and that someone is Jason Bourne.

I was thinking in a wider sense; Bourne's influence can be seen in the Batman movies, Rambo, The Hurt Locker, Tell No One, Body of Lies, Anything For Her, and a lot more than comes to mind right now. Fair play for spotting the films that completely ripped it off, though.

Elmo

Surly wrote: »

I was thinking in a wider sense; Bourne's influence can be seen in the Batman movies, Rambo, The Hurt Locker, Tell No One, Body of Lies, Anything For Her, and a lot more than comes to mind right now. Fair play for spotting the films that completely ripped it off, though.

I was point out the ones that came to mind. Will have to re examine The Batman Movie I felt that they were quite different. Thinking about it now I don't see the connection between Wayne and Bourne. Even in terms of just influence.

Karl Hungus

I think the greatest problem with the 2000's is that the bad films are still fresh in our memories.

speedboatchase

LOTR series
X-Men series
Bourne series
Iron Man
The Dark Knight
The Lives of Others
City of God
Casino Royale
No Country for Old Men
Anchorman
300
The Departed
Finding Nemo
Star Trek
Spirited Away
District 9
Gladiator
Mystic River
The Hangover
Blood Diamond

SuperGrover

Hidden
The Wrestler
Synecdoche, New York
3 Iron
No Country For Old Men
Amelie
Lady Vengeance
This is England
The Lives of Others

Dont be at yourself

Pan's Labyrinth
Sunshine
The Departed
The Prestige
Training Day
Bourne
Old Boy
Napoleon Dynamite
...and so on.

Danny Boyle has been the stand-out director of the decade so far, with 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Slumdog Millionaire all modern classics in their genres.

funkyjebus

Manybe not teh best, don't want to repeat the same movies, but all need to be seen once, some many more time than that.

Thank you for smoking
Mulholland Drive
500 days of summer
Thumbsucker
Rocket Science
Donnie Darko
Little Miss Sunshine
Garden State
Zombieland
Goodbye Lenin
City Of God
Pans Labyrinth
Sunshine
Adventureland
Superbad
Pineapple Express
Amelie
The Wackness
Big Fish
The Royal Tennenbaums
The Life Aquitic
The Hurt Locker
The Wrestler
In Bruges

I'd say I'm missing so many. I watch way too many movies to remember them!

beans

Agree with some of the above, will try to keep this to movies that haven't been mentioned yet. It's hard without a list of all movies in that period to be honest!

There Will Be Blood
Antichrist
Moon
Man On Wire
Control
Waltz With Bashir
The Assassination of Jesse James...
Coraline

candy-gal1

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

I think it's been a pretty good decade for films.

Some of my favourites:

The Dark Knight
Le Fableux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Donnie Darko
The wrestler
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Thank you for smoking
Little Miss sunshine
Juno
The Royal Tenenbaums
Garden State
Napoleon Dynamite
Half Nelson
The Departed
Zoolander

great list!! especially for Zoolander, The royal tenenbaums, and Juno!

foxyboxer

off the top of my head, the one's I'll remember from this decade.

Documentary - In the Shadow of the Moon
Comedy - Anchorman
Western - Open Range
Urban - Gran Torino
Musical - Moulin Rouge
Historical - Gladiator
Action - The Bourne Ultimatum
Drama - Atonement
Sci-Fi - Donnie Darko
Thriller - Man on Fire
Comic Book - 300
Period - Pride and Prejudice
Noir - No Country for Old Men
Rom-Com - Love Actually
Fantasy - The Lord of the Rings
Horror - 28 Days Later
Animated - WALL-E
Sports - Friday Night Lights
War - The Hurt Locker
Crime - No Country for Old Men
Adventure - Pirate's of the Caribbean (original)
Mystery - Mulholland Drive

uncleoswald

Can't believe its already time for the 00's lists.....anyway here is mine:

Capturing the Friedmans, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Amélie, The Fog of War, The Royle Tanembaums, There Will Be Blood, Pans Labyrinth, The LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, Battle Royale, Mullholland Drive, Shaun of the Dead, Grizzly Man, Donnie Darko, Downfall, City of God, Brokeback Mountain, In The Mood For Love and Children of Men.


And I didn't indetend it but its more or less in that order...

opr

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

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Danny Boyle has been the stand-out director of the decade so far, with 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Slumdog Millionaire all modern classics in their genres.

For me Christopher Nolan would take that accolade.

The Dark Knight
The Prestige
Batman Begins
Insomnia
Memento

Opr

The Pontiac

Sexy Beast
Traffic
21 Grams
Little Miss Sunshine
The Departed
Mystic River
Eastern Promises
The Proposition
Dead Man's Shoes
Requiem For a Dream
Slumdog Millionaire
The Lives of Others
Hotel Rwanda
Crash
Catch Me If You Can

That's all I can think of atm..

irish_bob

<Ollie> wrote: »

Sexy Beast
Traffic
21 Grams
Little Miss Sunshine
The Departed
Mystic River
Eastern Promises
The Proposition
Dead Man's Shoes
Requiem For a Dream
Slumdog Millionaire
The Lives of Others
Hotel Rwanda
Crash
Catch Me If You Can

That's all I can think of atm..

you consider sexy beast one of the decades best movies :eek:

Dont be at yourself

The Dark Knight
The Prestige
Batman Begins
Insomnia
Memento

I didn't like Insomnia, but I'll give you the rest!

Raging Bob

Jeunet is the stand out director in this decade for me. And he's got another one to come in January.