Personal Canon: The 2000s

By: Erik Gregers​en

Films not in the database:

A Tour of the Cryosphere 2009 (Horace Mitchell, 2009)
blue (Hiroshi Ando, 2001)
Forgiveness (Ian Gabriel, 2004)
Shadows in the Palace (Kim Mee-jeung, 2007)
Time Left (Michal Rovner, 2002)

• 01
  Adaptation.
  Spike Jonze
• 02
  A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  Steven Spielberg
• 03
  Avatar
  James Cameron
• 04
  Baadasssss!
  Mario Van Peebles
• 05
  Batman Begins
  Christopher Nolan
• 06
  Battle Royale
  Kinji Fukasaku
• 07
  The Boss of It All
  Lars von Trier
• 08
  Burn After Reading
  Ethan Coen
• 09
  Cast Away
  Robert Zemeckis
• 10
  Charlie's Angels
  McG
• 11
  The Chaser
  Na Hong-jin
• 12
  Cloverfield
  Matt Reeves
• 13
  Cowards Bend the Knee or The Blue Hands
  Guy Maddin
• 14
  CQ
  Roman Coppola
• 15
  Crimson Gold
  Jafar Panahi
• 16
  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  Ang Lee
• 17
  Curse of the Golden Flower
  Zhang Yimou
• 18
  Day Watch
  Timur Bekmambetov
• 19
  Deja Vu
  Tony Scott
• 20
  Destino
  Dominique Monfery
• 21
  District B13
  Pierre Morel
• 22
  District 9
  Neill Blomkamp
• 23
  Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
  Guy Maddin
• 24
  Encounters at the End of the World
  Werner Herzog
• 25
  Fantastic Mr. Fox
  Wes Anderson
• 26
  Far from Heaven
  Todd Haynes
• 27
  The Foul King
  Kim Ji-woon
• 28
  George Washington
  David Gordon Green
• 29
  The Heart of the World
  Guy Maddin
• 30
  Hero
  Zhang Yimou
• 31
  The Host
  Bong Joon-ho
• 32
  House of Flying Daggers
  Zhang Yimou
• 33
  The House of Mirth
  Terence Davies
• 34
  Howl's Moving Castle
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 35
  Hot Fuzz
  Edgar Wright
• 36
  Hunger
  Steve McQueen
• 37
  Idiocracy
  Mike Judge
• 38
  In Bruges
  Martin McDonagh
• 39
  The Incredibles
  Brad Bird
• 40
  Inglourious Basterds
  Quentin Tarantino
• 41
  Insomnia
  Christopher Nolan
• 42
  The Key to Reserva
  Martin Scorsese
• 43
  Kill Bill: Vol. 1
  Quentin Tarantino
• 44
  Kung Fu Hustle
  Stephen Chow
• 45
  Little Otik
  Jan Švankmajer
• 46
  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  Peter Jackson
• 47
  Love's Refrain
  Nathaniel Dorsky
• 48
  Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  Peter Weir
• 49
  The Matrix Reloaded
  Andy Wachowski
• 50
  Millions
  Danny Boyle
• 51
  My Dad Is 100 Years Old
  Guy Maddin
• 52
  My Winnipeg
  Guy Maddin
• 53
  Napoleon Dynamite
  Jared Hess
• 54
  The New World
  Terrence Malick
• 55
  No Country for Old Men
  Ethan Coen
• 56
  Ocean's 12
  Steven Soderbergh
• 57
  Offside
  Jafar Panahi
• 58
  Pistol Opera
  Seijun Suzuki
• 59
  Platform
  Jia Zhangke
• 60
  Ponyo
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 61
  Pootie Tang
  Louis C.K.
• 62
  The President's Last Bang
  Im Sang-soo
• 63
  The Prestige
  Christopher Nolan
• 64
  Private Fears in Public Places
  Alain Resnais
• 65
  The Protector
  Prachya Pinkaew
• 66
  Pulse
  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• 67
  Ratatouille
  Brad Bird
• 68
  The Royal Tenenbaums
  Wes Anderson
• 69
  The Saddest Music in the World
  Guy Maddin
• 70
  A Scanner Darkly
  Richard Linklater
• 71
  Shaolin Soccer
  Stephen Chow
• 72
  Sissy Boy Slap Party
  Guy Maddin
• 73
  Sita Sings The Blues
  Nina Paley
• 74
  Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
  Kerry Conran
• 75
  Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine
  Bahman Farmanara
• 76
  Solaris
  Steven Soderbergh
• 77
  Spanky: To The Pier and Back
  Guy Maddin
• 78
  Spartan
  David Mamet
• 79
  Spirited Away
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 80
  Stander
  Bronwen Hughes
• 81
  Star Trek
  J.J. Abrams
• 82
  Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
  George Lucas
• 83
  Summer Hours
  Olivier Assayas
• 84
  Suzhou River
  Lou Ye
• 85
  Team America: World Police
  Trey Parker
• 86
  Tears of the Black Tiger
  Wisit Sasanatieng
• 87
  Timecode
  Mike Figgis
• 88
  Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
  Michael Winterbottom
• 89
  The Triumph of Love
  Clare Peploe
• 90
  Troy
  Wolfgang Petersen
• 91
  25th Hour
  Spike Lee
• 92
  24 Hour Party People
  Michael Winterbottom
• 93
  2046
  Wong Kar-wai
• 94
  Up
  Pete Docter
• 95
  Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
  Steve Box
• 96
  Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
  Shôhei Imamura
• 97
  The Warrior
  Kim Sung-su
• 98
  The World
  Jia Zhangke