THE FILMS OF THE DECADE - 50 OUTSTANDING FILMS 2000-2009

By: Andy Oettl

This is a list of 50 films made between 2000 and 2009 that for me were outstanding. Even though I tried to include so-called important films, it certainly reflects my personal taste as well. Therefore it should not be taken too seriously…

• 01
  Traffic
  Steven Soderbergh
• 02
  Requiem for a Dream
  Darren Aronofsky
• 03
  Almost Famous
  Cameron Crowe
• 04
  In the Mood for Love
  Wong Kar-wai
• 05
  Amores perros
  Alejandro González Iñárritu
• 06
  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  Ang Lee
• 07
  Battle Royale
  Kinji Fukasaku
• 08
  Amélie
  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• 09
  Mulholland Drive
  David Lynch
• 10
  Y tu mamá también
  Alfonso Cuarón
• 11
  The Piano Teacher
  Michael Haneke
• 12
  Fat Girl
  Catherine Breillat
• 13
  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  Peter Jackson
• 14
  Gosford Park
  Robert Altman
• 15
  City of God
  Fernando Meirelles
• 16
  The Pianist
  Roman Polanski
• 17
  Bowling for Columbine
  Michael Moore
• 18
  Talk to Her
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 19
  Oldboy
  Park Chan-wook
• 20
  Elephant
  Gus Van Sant
• 21
  Touching the Void
  Kevin Macdonald
• 22
  The Best of Youth (Part 1)
  Marco Tullio Giordana
• 23
  The Dreamers
  Bernardo Bertolucci
• 24
  Downfall
  Oliver Hirschbiegel
• 25
  The Edukators
  Hans Weingartner
• 26
  Head-On
  Fatih Akin
• 27
  Sideways
  Alexander Payne
• 28
  Before Sunset
  Richard Linklater
• 29
  The Consequences of Love
  Paolo Sorrentino
• 30
  The Chorus
  Christophe Barratier
• 31
  The Motorcycle Diaries
  Walter Salles
• 32
  Brokeback Mountain
  Ang Lee
• 33
  Match Point
  Woody Allen
• 34
  Good Night, and Good Luck.
  George Clooney
• 35
  The Lives of Others
  Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
• 36
  Times and Winds
  Reha Erdem
• 37
  Marie Antoinette
  Sofia Coppola
• 38
  Reprise
  Joachim Trier
• 39
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  Julian Schnabel
• 40
  There Will Be Blood
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• 41
  Into the Wild
  Sean Penn
• 42
  Lust, Caution
  Ang Lee
• 43
  Let the Right One In
  Tomas Alfredson
• 44
  Slumdog Millionaire
  Danny Boyle
• 45
  Control
  Anton Corbijn
• 46
  The Class
  Laurent Cantet
• 47
  Gomorrah
  Matteo Garrone
• 48
  The White Ribbon
  Michael Haneke
• 49
  A Prophet
  Jacques Audiard
• 50
  Polytechnique
  Denis Villeneuve