Best movies of the 21st century

[Barnabas]

Kill me, but I liked Lost in Translation

Downfall and Memento were great too

I also liked Hurt Locker, the only issue I have about with it is that many american soldiers who fight or used to fight in Iraq say on the internet that the behaviour of the main character is unrealistic and ridiculous.

[Bosh]

Any list of top movies that does not include Crash will be hereby considered for inclusion.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

All those praising Traffic might want to check out "Traffik"- the original TV mini-series it was adapted from. It's very good.

[Hauldren Collider]

Star Wars Episode II, without a doubt

[Meticulous Man]

Mulholland Drive

[EPW]

Star Wars Episode II, without a doubt

The best movie ever made.

(I take it everyone has seen the review on youtube by redlettermedia?)

[Meticulous Man]

Just saw Donnie Darko in its entirety for the first time, it wasn't half that bad and might make the list.

[Frozzy]

Caché
Gomorra
Die Fälscher

All quality non-English Language films, and among my favourites.

[bc1871]

The Admiral is probably the most outstanding foreign film since Das Boot!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjKHYENLThw

[bc1871]

Also an honorable mention should be given to 9th Company

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVB9Xz2DyME

[Al B. Sure!]

I am SHOCKED that bc1871 didn't say THIS was the greatest movie of the century:

Passchendaele! Britain needed heroes and they called up the Canadians!



And whoever claimed Babel was good is a LIAR! That movie was garbage and shockingly boring. I couldn't get past the part with the mute Koreans or whatever was wrong with them.

[Guynemer]

Another vote for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. All the more remarkable because I have a nearly-uncontrollable urge to punch Jim Carrey in the face every time I see him.



Anything, absolutely anything, by Christopher Nolan.

[Meticulous Man]

The Admiral is probably the most outstanding foreign film since Das Boot!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjKHYENLThw

Wow, it seems even the Russians can afford some special effects these days.

Remembered another nice movie from the 2000s:

[bc1871]

I am SHOCKED that bc1871 didn't say THIS was the greatest movie of the century:

Passchendaele! Britain needed heroes and they called up the Canadians!



.

Now I’ll admit that the film had amazing attention to detail, and superb combat scenes….one small part of the plot, ruined the whole film for me.

When the lead finds out that the woman he is seeing is of German ancestry, being a good officer of the crown he should have immediately tossed her to the curb, rather than continuing his scandalous affair. The fact that he continued to see a woman who was (to quote the film) “Born under the cloud of the German Empire”, would have been a mark of dishonor on him and his regiment.

Historical films and political correctness must never cross paths….and in the instances in which they do, the viewer is always set up for extreme disappointment.

[-Jrabbit]

This thread has mostly served as a reminder of how few movies I actually get around to seeing. I like caper flicks, comedies, scifi and such, and make no apologies for the guilty pleasures included here. So this is what I've seen the past decade that I would recommend, in no particular order:

Bottle Shock
High Fidelity
Big Fish
A Good Year
Erin Brockovich
A Beautiful Mind
The Prestige
Wonder Boys
Serenity
Inside Man
The Bank Job
A Scanner Darkly
The Italian Job
The Bourne trilogy
Almost Famous
Sideways
Ratatouille
The Incredibles
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Bend It Like Beckham
Chocolat

Plus, of course, LOTR trilogy and several comic book hero flicks.