2000-2009: Ten Films Worth Mentioning

These are the best films I’ve seen that were released in the United States since 2000. Unfortunately, the list of worthy films I haven’t seen is far more extensive. This embarrassing list includes: Los Angeles Plays Itself, Moolaade, Three Times, The Best of Youth, La Commune, Downfall, Man Push Cart, Old Joy, Beau Travail, Headless Woman, Wendy and Lucy, Goodbye Solo, Ballast, Eloge de l’amour, The Limits of Control, Lorna’s Silence, A Serious Man, Wild Reeds, Star-Spangled to Death, Yi Yi, the White Ribbon, Cache, Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind, What Time is it There? Blissfully Yours, You, The Living, The...