Hanzo’s Top 20 Movies of the 2000’s
20. Battle Royale (2000) – This Japanese horror film is about a class of normal 9th graders fighting to the death (per a government education reform act) on an island… last man standing gets to go home. Some students are natural killers, some just don’t have it in them and some fight only to survive. Once the first kill happens… it is on!
19. Big Fish (2003) – Just thinking about the ending of this movie… “Niagara falls”
18. Garden State (2004) – Who wouldn’t want to spend a couple of weeks falling for NP?
17. Minority Report (2002) – Some of the best chase scenes… ever (right next to Ronin)
16. Cast Away (2000) – “I have made fire!”
15. A Beautiful Mind (2001) – I love a good twist in a movie. This had one of the best along with incredible performances by RC and JC.
14. Juno (2007) – The innocence and warmth this movie portrayed in the backdrop of teenage pregnancy was great. Ellen Page made this movie what it was. She was amazing.
13. Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 (2003, 2004) – I am a sucker for a revenge story. HanzoSword!
12. Little Miss Sunshine (2006) – One of the best character movies I have ever seen.
11. The Departed (2006) – Great acting, directing, story, gore and MS finally got his Oscar.
10. The Incredibles (2004) – Best Pixar movie.
9. Avatar (2009) – Dances with Wolves (which is one of my favorite movies) on Pandora with the Na’vi with the most advanced CGI to date. Amazing. The love story is the heart of this movie.
8. Apocalypto (2006) A heart pounding adventure/revenge story. What man can’t relate to getting home to save your wife, child and unborn baby?
7. Into the Wild (2007) – This movie is haunting. It will free your spirit. Great soundtrack.
6. Memento (2000) – Most creative, different and interesting script EVER.
5. 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) – Best comedy of the decade.
4. 28 Days Later (2002) – Brought zombie films back into the limelight. Running zombies is not my preference… but this film scared the crap out of me.
3. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) – This movie is dark. It also has the best light saber duel and the most intense build up (plot wise) out of all the Star Wars movies.
2. Gladiator (2000) – Best revenge story of the decade. I love history… especially Rome. Ridley Scott nailed this one.
1. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001, 2002, 2003) – Great movies have great characters. Even though this movie has some of the greatest battle scenes, one of the greatest scores, an amazing plot and Peter Jackson directing… it is the character development that is the heart of this movie.
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December 23rd, 2009 at 10:38 am
Oh NICE!
I’m a sucker for list and this is a good one. I can say that i enjoyed every movie on the list a great deal!
Big Fish is such a great movie to connect with, and I really got into Garden State as well. Also very happy to see little miss sunshine. That movie really was a lot of fun. Memento is crazy in all the right ways. Nice to see apocalypto getting some love it seems that since that movie came out after the Mel Gibson media debacle it kind of got swept under the rug but it was really good. REvenge of the sith is really bad ass and I think the only of the three that stacks up well to the orginals star wars trilogy.
Speaking of trilogies i can’t argue with Number one. I’m actually watching the last disc of RotK today to finish off the trilogy.
Great list. I’m going to see if i can come up with a list of my favorites now
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December 23rd, 2009 at 12:30 pm
awesome list Hanzo, I’m going to have to mull this one over and see if there’s one or two I could replace, but all and all impressive…
I’d replace The Incredibles with UP (2009)…one of the best animated movies I’ve seen in a long time…
Although I really liked Little Miss Sunshine…I’d have to replace it with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, I know it might not be a popular pick..but I loved the movie
Somewhere in there (if possible) I’d put Shrek (01), Spiderman 2 (04), and Batman Begins (05)…
Again though…awesome list!
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December 23rd, 2009 at 12:43 pm
oh yeah, speaking of Ellen Page…Hard Candy (05)…was a great movie!
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December 23rd, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Okay i’ve been thinking about this and i have my list:
20. Garden State
19. Man on Fire
18. Children of Men
17. Good Night and Good Luck
16. Crash
15. Hotel Rawanda
14. Slumdog Millionaire
13. Little Miss Sunshine
12. Gladiator
11. Y Tu Mama Tambien
10. Gangs of New York
9. Eastern Promises
8. Traffic
7. Requiem for a Dream
6. Memento
5. Amelie
4. Lost in Translation
3. No Country for Old Men
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
1. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Mindbomb i am with you on Eternal Sunshine it is one of my favorite movies have you seen the Science of sleep? It is another movie by the same director that is good, but just does not quite catch it like ESotSM does.
All apologies to:
Oh Brother Where Art Thou and Sin City. They would have probably been 21 and 22 for me.
Some great comedies i did not list came out too like Wedding Crashers, Bad Santa, Napolean Dynomite, and Old School.
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December 23rd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Now that I see your list SoItGoes along with Hanzo’s list it’s hard to narrow down 20 in a decade, but you guys did a good job!
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December 23rd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
All good or great movies on your list SoItGoes. The only one I have not seen is Y Tu Mama Tambien. I believe well over half of yours were in art house type theatres.
Mindbomb… good call on Up. I only wanted to put one Pixar film and I liked the Incredibles slightly more than Up. I would have to disagree that Eternal Sunshine… is not a popular pick. I have seen it on most top movies of the decade lists.
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December 23rd, 2009 at 4:34 pm
I want to see Battle Royale but can’t find it anywhere
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December 23rd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Of course you can always purchase it online.
http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royale-Directors-Cut-Collectors/dp/B000F4LPJ6/ref=pd_sim_b_1
I have not b/c I hope to find it someday in a bargain bin somewhere. It is a little game I play.
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January 6th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Admin’s Top 20 (the definitive list of the decade)
20. Brotherhood of the Wolf
19. Big Fish
18. Eastern Promises
17. Battle Royal
16. Boondock Saints
15. Casino Royal
14. 300
13. Gladiator
12. Slumdog Millionaire
11. Wall-E
10. Momento
9. Watchmen
8. Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2
7. Gangs of New York
6. Children of Men
5. The Departed
4. Avatar
3. Sin City
2. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
1. Dark Night
There are many other really good movies that came out this decade. To honor those not on the top 20, I created another 10 (so extending to my top 30). This is where you will find most of the really good comedies.
30. Van Wilder
29. Shrek
28. Pitch Black
27. Man on Fire
26. Star Trek
25. Underworld
24. The Village
23. Hangover
22. 40 Year Old Virgin
21. Requiem for a Dream
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January 6th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Can’t argue with any of those in your top 20 as i liked them all although i never saw Wall E so, but it semms most folks liked it a lot.
Brotherhood of the Wolf is a nice surprise. I forgot that came out this decade
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January 6th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
One thing Admin list reminds me of is how many comic book movies came to light in this decade. Some good, Some Bad, Some Terrible, some they tried twice and messed up both times (lookin at you punisher)
Some not mentioned:
Ironman
Batman Begins
V For Vendetta
Superman
Blade Series
X-Men Series
Spiderman Series
Fantastic Four Series
Electra
Daredevil
Hulk Series
Wanted
Hellboy
League of Extrodinary Gentleman
Ghost Rider
Wolverine
The Spirit
Punisher Series
Even movies like History of Violence, Ghost World, and Road to Perdition were based on Graphic Novels.
I know i missed some those were just the ones that came to mind.
Plus lots of movies coming for 2010’s like Thor, Avengers, Captain America, Iron Man 2, Justice League, Y the Last Man Standing, Jonah Hex, Green Lantern
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January 6th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
I was really going back and forth around spiderman 2. It was an exceptionally good movie. Ultimately I left it off….likely because of the terrible taste that Spiderman 3 left.
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January 6th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
How is free for a bargain buy?
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