the best films of the 2000s i've seen so far

By: jsaez

alphabetically

• 01
  American Splendor
  Shari Springer Berman
• 02
  Amores perros
  Alejandro González Iñárritu
• 03
  Atonement
  Joe Wright
• 04
  Bad Education
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 05
  The Barbarian Invasions
  Denys Arcand
• 06
  Before Night Falls
  Julian Schnabel
• 07
  Before Sunset
  Richard Linklater
• 08
  Brand upon the Brain!
  Guy Maddin
• 09
  Brokeback Mountain
  Ang Lee
• 10
  Broken Embraces
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 11
  Caché
  Michael Haneke
• 12
  Capote
  Bennett Miller
• 13
  Capturing the Friedmans
  Andrew Jarecki
• 14
  Children of Men
  Alfonso Cuarón
• 15
  A Christmas Tale
  Arnaud Desplechin
• 16
  The Class
  Laurent Cantet
• 17
  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  Ang Lee
• 18
  Dancer in the Dark
  Lars von Trier
• 19
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  Julian Schnabel
• 20
  Eastern Promises
  David Cronenberg
• 21
  The Edge of Heaven
  Fatih Akin
• 22
  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  Michel Gondry
• 23
  Far from Heaven
  Todd Haynes
• 24
  Flight of the Red Balloon
  Hou Hsiao-hsien
• 25
  The Fog of War
  Errol Morris
• 26
  4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
  Cristian Mungiu
• 27
  Ghost World
  Terry Zwigoff
• 28
  The Golden Bowl
  James Ivory
• 29
  Grizzly Man
  Werner Herzog
• 30
  Half Nelson
  Ryan Fleck
• 31
  Happy-Go-Lucky
  Mike Leigh
• 32
  Hero
  Zhang Yimou
• 33
  A History of Violence
  David Cronenberg
• 34
  House of Flying Daggers
  Zhang Yimou
• 35
  The House of Mirth
  Terence Davies
• 36
  Howl's Moving Castle
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 37
  The Hurt Locker
  Kathryn Bigelow
• 38
  I'm Not There.
  Todd Haynes
• 39
  In the Mood for Love
  Wong Kar-wai
• 40
  Inglourious Basterds
  Quentin Tarantino
• 41
  Juno
  Jason Reitman
• 42
  Kill Bill: Vol. 1
  Quentin Tarantino
• 43
  Kill Bill: Vol. 2
  Quentin Tarantino
• 44
  Let the Right One In
  Tomas Alfredson
• 45
  Lilya 4-ever
  Lukas Moodysson
• 46
  The Lives of Others
  Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
• 47
  Lost in Translation
  Sofia Coppola
• 48
  Lust, Caution
  Ang Lee
• 49
  Man on Wire
  James Marsh
• 50
  The Man Without a Past
  Aki Kaurismäki
• 51
  Marie Antoinette
  Sofia Coppola
• 52
  Milk
  Gus Van Sant
• 53
  Moolaadé
  Ousmane Sembène
• 54
  The Motorcycle Diaries
  Walter Salles
• 55
  Mulholland Drive
  David Lynch
• 56
  My Winnipeg
  Guy Maddin
• 57
  No Country for Old Men
  Ethan Coen
• 58
  Pan's Labyrinth
  Guillermo del Toro
• 59
  Persepolis
  Vincent Paronnaud
• 60
  The Pianist
  Roman Polanski
• 61
  The Piano Teacher
  Michael Haneke
• 62
  Ponyo
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 63
  The Queen
  Stephen Frears
• 64
  Rachel Getting Married
  Jonathan Demme
• 65
  Ratatouille
  Brad Bird
• 66
  The Saddest Music in the World
  Guy Maddin
• 67
  Saraband
  Ingmar Bergman
• 68
  The September Issue
  R. J. Cutler
• 69
  Sideways
  Alexander Payne
• 70
  Spirited Away
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 71
  The Squid and the Whale
  Noah Baumbach
• 72
  Talk to Her
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 73
  Three Times
  Hou Hsiao-hsien
• 74
  The Triplets of Belleville
  Sylvain Chomet
• 75
  There Will Be Blood
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• 76
  2046
  Wong Kar-wai
• 77
  Vera Drake
  Mike Leigh
• 78
  Volver
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 79
  Waking Life
  Richard Linklater
• 80
  Up
  Pete Docter
• 81
  Up in the Air
  Jason Reitman
• 82
  Y tu mamá también
  Alfonso Cuarón
• 83
  Yi yi
  Edward Yang