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Recently a friend of mine passed around Mick LaSalle’s “Best Films of the Decade” list, and the email thread inspired me to cobble together my own list. So follow the link to view my full top 25, with a few considerations. My list is based on the films I’ve screened, so it is by no means intended to be a complete cinematic analysis of the decade. I’ve pared films down by the ones that have stuck with me since the initial screening.

Top 25 Films

1. Mulholland Dr.

2. 25th Hour

3. Amelie

4. There Will Be Blood

5. In The Mood For Love

6. The Royal Tenenbaums

7. The Lives of Others

8. Up

9. No Country for Old Men

10. Synecdoche, New York

11. Ararat

12. Punch-Drunk Love

13. Fantastic Mr. Fox

14. Divine Intervention

15. Before Sunset

16. Talk to Her

17. Junebug

18. Morvern Callar

19. Inland Empire

20. The New World

21. Kill Bill v.2

22. Adaptation

23. Beau Travail

24. Kairo

25. Match Point

Honorable Mentions:

• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• Dogville
• Fruit Fly
• House of the Devil
• Death Proof
• Unfaithful
• Primer
• Swimming Pool
• Sideways
• Spirited Away
• Match Point
• The White Diamond
• Kill Bill v.1
• Milk
• Donnie Darko
• The Wrestler
• Shaun of the Dead
• The Dark Knight
• The Triplets of Belleville
• The Proposition
• Southland Tales
• Children of Men
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
• Zodiac
• Volver