Top 10 Movies of the decade

[Engine]

1. Requiem for a Dream : No movie has ever made more of an impact on me than this one. A story about four people on a one way path to doom. Brilliant acting from Ellen Burstyn (who should have beaten Julia Roberts that year for an Oscar), Jared Leto and Jennifer Conolley. Excellent story, soundtrack, film techniques. Perfect movie.

2. Kill Bill series : Before this movie was released, if you ever told me that I'd enjoy a movie where the female lead kicks heaps of butt, I'd have put you in an asylum. Best action movies of the decade. Uma Thurman was absolutely brilliant. Great support cast, great direction, great dialogue and great action.

3. Bring It On: I absolutely LOVE everything about this movie. Sparki Polastri has the funniest movie cameo in the history of cinema (even funnier than Tom Cruise in "Tropic Thunder"). Absolute guilty pleasure.

4. Training Day: Great action movie made by the great chemistry between Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. The performance of Denzel's life (which says a lot).

5. Hostel: Panned by the critics. I honestly don't know why. The movie is extremely creepy. It still wouldn't prevent me from travelling to Slovakia to sample the women . Average sequel.

6. Dawn of the Dead: The opening 10 minutes of this movie is unbelievably hardcore. The rest of the movie doesn't quite reach those heights. Nevertheless, the rest is still great.

7. The Longest Yard: Another guilty pleasure. Every character in this movie (except maybe Neyo) is funny and interesting. Very funny movie from a man I don't always like and appreciate (Adam Sandler).

8. Traffic: Very good and tense movie. Benicio Del Toro was superb. The many stories being told all at one were tied together superbly.

9. Last King of Scotland: With the wrong actor, this movie could easily have been average. Forrest Whitaker lifts it to being a great movie about the life of Idi Amin.

10. Get Carter: Guilty pleasure again. I do think this movie was very underrated though. Very good action/thriller.

 

[Phillips]

1. Snatch (2000)
2. Cidade de Deus (2002)
3. Training Day (2001)
4. The Departed (2006)
5. Gladiator (2000)
6. The Proposition (2005)
7. Oldboy (2003)
8. Munich (2005)
9. Gangs of New York (2002)
10. Dalkomhan insaeng (2005)​

 

[Tommy Smith]

1. Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
2. Lost in Translation (2003)
3. No Country for Old Men (2007)
4. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
5. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
6. Pans Labyrinth (2006)
7. Spirited Away (2001)
8. Touching the Void (2003)
9. Apocalypto (2006)
10. Sideways (2004)

Very hard list to create as there were alot of worthy candidates.

 

[Charlie124]

1. Requiem for a Dream - One of my favourite movies of all time.
2. RAMBO - f**kEN YES!! I've never seen people cheer in a movie theatre before i saw this movie.
3. The Dark Knight - How has nobody mentioned this one yet?? Lived up to the hype for me, unreal.
4. The Simpsons Movie - I waited for this movie my whole life and while some critics and fans didnt like it for some reason, i was more than satisfied.
5. SAW - Not a popular choice for most people but i absolutely loved the first two movies in this series before it went overboard. I still enjoy the series now in a "Nightmare on Elm St. sh*tload of sequels" kind of way.
6. Snatch - Sooo many good one-liners and hilarious quotes.
7. Shaun of The Dead - Same as above.
8. District 9 - One of the most original movies ive seen in a long time, loved the style it was shot in, really interesting movie.
9. The Hangover - I didnt think this movie would live up to the hype surrounding it, but it did easily.
10. Crash - Very draining but highly entertaining movie.

 

[elyod138]

1. Lost in Translation
2. City of God
3. The Royal Tenenbaums
4. Let the Right One In
5. Spirited Away
6. The New World
7. Oldboy
8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
9. Superbad
10. American Psycho

Very hard to narrow down, the order could change around a bit.

Last Life in the Universe, Amelie, Donnie Darko, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring, Before Sunset, The Prestige, Lila Says, Igby Goes Down, The Taste of Tea, Almost Famous, In the Mood for Love, Children of Men, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 3-iron and a lot more that I cant remember could all make it on the list on another day.

 

[Liam]

1. Donnie Darko
2. Requiem For A Dream
3. Shaun of the Dead
4. Children of Men
5. 28 Days Later
6. Watchmen
7. Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8. Memento
9. Wall-E
10. Almost Famous

 

[simmo1]

In no real order:

Return of the King
Sin City
Borat
Apocalypto
The Hangover
Snatch
No Country for Old Men
In Bruges
The Departed
Hot Fuzz

 

[Apey]

This is hard.. all the movies I like tend to be from the 90's :crazy: Some annoyingly close in 1997 - 1999.

Road to Perdition
Return of the King
Star Wars III
A Beautiful Mind
The Departed
The Dark Knight
Gladiator
Team America
Kill Bill I & II
Die Another Day

 

[mongoose]

I really didnt like requiem for a dream.

In no particular order

The Departed
There will be blood
Snatch
The Dark Knight
The pianist
Chopper
The Bourne identity
Apocalypto
American Psycho
Memento

 

[Alex28]

Lost In Translation
Royal Tenenbaums
Mean Girls
Amelie
Samson & Delilah
Adaptation
Punch Drunk Love
Igby Goes Down
Slumdog Millionaire

 

[Red Bear]

Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
The Departed
V forVendetta
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Snatch

Have been my favourites, dont watch all that many movies

 

[Steel Dragon]

No way in hell I could narrow it down to 10.

Maybe i'd have to do a top 10 Comedies, top 10 Dramas, and so on.
Will make like Pinky and ponder it...

 

[joel caine number 1 fan]

alright i can tell ill miss a few but here goes

10.Spiderman
09.Hatchet - funny and gory with a great cast
08.Crank - ACTION
07.Spirial -
06.Dawn of the dead - one of the best remakes ever
05.Transformers
04.Dance of the dead - from start to finish this movie is awesome
03-The Dark Knight - not as good as batman begins but close
02.Iron man - saw this at movies and thought it was amazing
01.Batman Begins - probley the best batman ever ,even though people say the dark knight is better

some that just missed out Slither,Sin City,X-men 2,serenty,Rambo,Resident evil,knocked up,forgetting sarah marshall,cloverfield,the hangover,28 days later,rambo,feast

 

[the_flight_of_the_magpie]

1. The Departed
2. V for Vendetta
3. The Watchmen
4. The Machinist
5. American Psycho
6. Gran Torino
7. Kingdom Of Heaven
8. Downfall
9. 300
10. Inglourious Basterds

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

Has anyone who voted for American Psycho NOT read the book?

Just wondering as I have a soft spot for the movie (mostly because Christian Bale is the absolute embodiment of the way I pictured Pat Bateman) but (and I know it's a cliche) it doesn't have 1/1000th of the impact, or make "the point" 1/1000th as well as the book. Also wondering if there are people who actually saw the movie first and then read the book and actually preferred the movie, or whatever.

 

[elyod138]

Has anyone who voted for American Psycho NOT read the book?

Just wondering as I have a soft spot for the movie (mostly because Christian Bale is the absolute embodiment of the way I pictured Pat Bateman) but (and I know it's a cliche) it doesn't have 1/1000th of the impact, or make "the point" 1/1000th as well as the book. Also wondering if there are people who actually saw the movie first and then read the book and actually preferred the movie, or whatever.

I saw the movie before I read the book.

If they got too ambitious and tried to make it more like the book it could have been a disaster I think, but perhaps a director like Paul Thomas Anderson could have pulled it off.

I think the movie does a good job at presenting the themes of the book in a nice little entertaining package (focusing mainly on the satire which is my favorite part of it).

I wish they had filmed the scene with the little boy at the zoo though, I was laughing out loud when reading that.