| Posted on December 31, 2009 at 9:17 AM |
It's December 31, 2009 and at midnight we're in a new decade. It's the perfect time to name the best films of the past 10 years. The was a hard list to compile but I've chosen 20 wonderful pieces of cinema that, for me, are the most memorable and personal films I've seen in these 10 years. The list will start from #20 and work its way down to #1, which is of course the best.
20. Sin City
19. Spirited Away
18. Moulin Rouge
17. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
16. Brokeback Mountain
15. Good Night, and Good Luck
14. Frost/Nixon
13. Thank You For Smoking
12. The Wrestler
11. Little Miss Sunshine
10. Atonement
9. Mystic River
8. Minority Report
7. Children of Men
6. Pan's Labyrinth
5. There Will Be Blood
4. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Up in the Air (this movie should be #1, but let's allow it to stand the test of time before making rash decisions)
1. The Departed
Honorable Mention: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
I really want to name Up in the Air the best movie of the decade but I think it should stand the test of time first, but I do think personally that this is the best movie of the past 10 years and not just because it's fresh and new. I don't want to name it the best of the decade just yet because I want to make sure my love for it will still be the same after a year or two, and if so then it really is the best movie of the decade. Right now I want to name it the greatest movie ever made. At the moment, I genuinely think that it is in fact the greatest movie ever made. But last year I thought the same of Slumdog Millionaire but I calmed down after a couple months and was sensible (still a great film, but not the greatest ever made). At the moment, I can't imagine loving any movie more than Up in the Air, but I thought the same last year with Slumdog Millionaire. So let's see how I feel about Up in the Air in a year when the best movie of 2010 is in theaters. If I'm still so madly in love with it and obsessed with it, I'll post a revised list of the best of the decade. For now, I will be sensible by naming The Departed the best movie of the decade. But just be aware that my rashness and spontaneity (the side of me that usually dictates my decisions) calls for me to be honest with myslef and name Up in the Air the best movie of the decade. In a year, we'll see if is really genuine love or just spontaneity.
Were there better movies in this decade that I'm forgetting to mention? Probably. But I'm very sure of the top 10 movies. #11-20 is debatable and I might be able to make a few tweaks, but these are the movies that meant the most to me in the past 10 years. Disagree? Dissapointed not to see Mullholland Drive? I think that may be the most overrated movie of the decade. I have some unconventional picks, like Slumdog Millionaire or Up in the Air, but I did, and not for the sake of being original. I really do love those films that much and for me they stand as some of the past 10 years.
Happy New Year!
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