Highlights of 2000-2009

By: Amy

updated DEC 2013
I’ve gotten over the title “best of,” so I’ve changed mine to “highlights.”

of course on alphabetical order~~~
xD – I’m sure I’m missing many.
So please, feel free to comment.

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work in progress

• 01
  3 Idiots
  Rajkumar Hirani
• 02
  3-Iron
  Kim Ki-duk
• 03
  4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
  Cristian Mungiu
• 04
  (500) Days of Summer
  Marc Webb
• 05
  A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  Steven Spielberg
• 06
  Air Doll
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• 07
  All About Lily Chou-Chou
  Shunji Iwai
• 08
  Almost Famous
  Cameron Crowe
• 09
  Amélie
  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• 10
  American Psycho
  Mary Harron
• 11
  American Splendor
  Shari Springer Berman
• 12
  Angels in America
  Mike Nichols
• 13
  The Animatrix
  Peter Chung
• 14
  Away from Her
  Sarah Polley
• 15
  Babel
  Alejandro González Iñárritu
• 16
  Bad Education
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 17
  Barking Dogs Never Bite
  Bong Joon-ho
• 18
  Batman Begins
  Christopher Nolan
• 19
  Battle Royale
  Kinji Fukasaku
• 20
  Beautiful Boxer
  Ekachai Uekrongtham
• 21
  Big Fish
  Tim Burton
• 22
  Billy Elliot
  Stephen Daldry
• 23
  The Bourne Identity
  Doug Liman
• 24
  The Bourne Supremacy
  Paul Greengrass
• 25
  The Bourne Ultimatum
  Paul Greengrass
• 26
  Black
  Sanjay Leela Bhansali
• 27
  Breath
  Kim Ki-duk
• 28
  Brick
  Rian Johnson
• 29
  Brokeback Mountain
  Ang Lee
• 30
  Brother Bear
  Aaron Blaise
• 31
  Casino Royale
  Martin Campbell
• 32
  City of God
  Fernando Meirelles
• 33
  City of Life and Death
  Lu Chuan
• 34
  The Constant Gardener
  Fernando Meirelles
• 35
  Coraline
  Henry Selick
• 36
  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  David Fincher
• 37
  Chandni Bar
  Madhur Bhandarkar
• 38
  Chicken Run
  Peter Lord
• 39
  Children of Men
  Alfonso Cuarón
• 40
  The Class
  Laurent Cantet
• 41
  Clean
  Olivier Assayas
• 42
  Closer
  Mike Nichols
• 43
  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  Ang Lee
• 44
  Dancer in the Dark
  Lars von Trier
• 45
  The Dark Knight
  Christopher Nolan
• 46
  Death at a Funeral
  Frank Oz
• 47
  Devdas
  Sanjay Leela Bhansali
• 48
  The Devil's Backbone
  Guillermo del Toro
• 49
  District 9
  Neill Blomkamp
• 50
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  Julian Schnabel
• 51
  Dogville
  Lars von Trier
• 52
  Donnie Darko
  Richard Kelly
• 53
  Doubt
  John Patrick Shanley
• 54
  Downfall
  Oliver Hirschbiegel
• 55
  Drag Me to Hell
  Sam Raimi
• 56
  Eastern Promises
  David Cronenberg
• 57
  Election
  Johnnie To
• 58
  Elephant
  Gus Van Sant
• 59
  Elite Squad
  José Padilha
• 60
  Enchanted
  Kevin Lima
• 61
  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  Michel Gondry
• 62
  Finding Nemo
  Andrew Stanton
• 63
  Finding Neverland
  Marc Forster
• 64
  The Fountain
  Darren Aronofsky
• 65
  Four Minutes
  Chris Kraus
• 66
  Gangs of New York
  Martin Scorsese
• 67
  Garden State
  Zach Braff
• 68
  Garpastum
  Aleksei German Ml.
• 69
  Girl with a Pearl Earring
  Peter Webber
• 70
  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  Niels Arden Oplev
• 71
  The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
  Mamoru Hosoda
• 72
  The Good, the Bad, the Weird
  Kim Jee-woon
• 73
  Good Bye Lenin!
  Wolfgang Becker
• 74
  Ghost World
  Terry Zwigoff
• 75
  Half Nelson
  Ryan Fleck
• 76
  The Hamster Cage
  Larry Kent
• 77
  Hana and Alice
  Shunji Iwai
• 78
  Happy Feet
  George Miller
• 79
  Hard Candy
  David Slade
• 80
  Hey Ram
  Kamal Hassan
• 81
  A History of Violence
  David Cronenberg
• 82
  Homeland
  Ashutosh Gowariker
• 83
  The Hours
  Stephen Daldry
• 84
  I've Loved You So Long
  Philippe Claudel
• 85
  The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
  Terry Gilliam
• 86
  In America
  Jim Sheridan
• 87
  In the Mood for Love
  Wong Kar-wai
• 88
  Infernal Affairs
  Andrew Lau Wai-keung
• 89
  Inglourious Basterds
  Quentin Tarantino
• 90
  Inside Man
  Spike Lee
• 91
  Into the Wild
  Sean Penn
• 92
  Ip Man
  Wilson Yip
• 93
  Isabella
  Pang Ho-Cheung
• 94
  Jogwa: The Awakening
  Rajiv Patil
• 95
  Junebug
  Phil Morrison
• 96
  Juno
  Jason Reitman
• 97
  Kamikaze Girls
  Tetsuya Nakashima
• 98
  Kamome Diner
  Naoko Ogigami
• 99
  Kill Bill: Vol. 1
  Quentin Tarantino
• 100
  Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
  Ashutosh Gowariker
• 101
  Lage Raho Munna Bhai
  Rajkumar Hirani
• 102
  Lajja
  Raj Kumar Santoshi
• 103
  Lars and the Real Girl
  Craig Gillespie
• 104
  Let the Right One In
  Tomas Alfredson
• 105
  Letters from Iwo Jima
  Clint Eastwood
• 106
  Lilo & Stitch
  Dean DeBlois
• 107
  Linda Linda Linda
  Nobuhiro Yamashita
• 108
  Little Miss Sunshine
  Jonathan Dayton
• 109
  The Lives of Others
  Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
• 110
  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  Peter Jackson
• 111
  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  Peter Jackson
• 112
  Love Actually
  Richard Curtis
• 113
  Love Exposure
  Sion Sono
• 114
  Love Me If You Dare
  Yann Samuell
• 115
  Love Songs
  Christophe Honoré
• 116
  Manderlay
  Lars von Trier
• 117
  Maqbool
  Vishal Bhardwaj
• 118
  Maria Full of Grace
  Joshua Marston
• 119
  Mary and Max
  Adam Elliot
• 120
  Me and You and Everyone We Know
  Miranda July
• 121
  Memento
  Christopher Nolan
• 122
  Memories of Matsuko
  Tetsuya Nakashima
• 123
  A Mighty Wind
  Christopher Guest
• 124
  Milk
  Gus Van Sant
• 125
  Million Dollar Baby
  Clint Eastwood
• 126
  Mind Game
  Masaaki Yuasa
• 127
  Minority Report
  Steven Spielberg
• 128
  Mirrormask
  Dave McKean
• 129
  Monster
  Patty Jenkins
• 130
  Monsters, Inc.
  Pete Docter
• 131
  Moon
  Duncan Jones
• 132
  Mother
  Bong Joon-ho
• 133
  The Motorcycle Diaries
  Walter Salles
• 134
  Moulin Rouge!
  Baz Luhrmann
• 135
  Mulholland Drive
  David Lynch
• 136
  Munich
  Steven Spielberg
• 137
  Munnabhai M.B.B.S.
  Rajkumar Hirani
• 138
  My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  Joel Zwick
• 139
  My Life Without Me
  Isabel Coixet
• 140
  My Sassy Girl
  Kwak Jae-yong
• 141
  Mysterious Skin
  Gregg Araki
• 142
  Mr. Nobody
  Jaco van Dormael
• 143
  Nobody Knows
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• 144
  The Notebook
  Nick Cassavetes
• 145
  Oldboy
  Park Chan-wook
• 146
  Omkara
  Vishal Bhardwaj
• 147
  Once
  John Carney
• 148
  The Others
  Alejandro Amenábar
• 149
  Pan's Labyrinth
  Guillermo del Toro
• 150
  Paradise Now
  Hany Abu-Assad
• 151
  Parineeta
  Pradeep Sarkar
• 152
  Paprika
  Satoshi Kon
• 153
  The Passion of the Christ
  Mel Gibson
• 154
  Persepolis
  Vincent Paronnaud
• 155
  The Pianist
  Roman Polanski
• 156
  A Prophet
  Jacques Audiard
• 157
  Ratatouille
  Brad Bird
• 158
  Red Cliff
  John Woo
• 159
  Requiem for a Dream
  Darren Aronofsky
• 160
  The Royal Tenenbaums
  Wes Anderson
• 161
  S&M Judge
  Erik Lamens
• 162
  The Sea Inside
  Alejandro Amenábar
• 163
  Secret Sunshine
  Lee Chang-dong
• 164
  Secretary
  Steven Shainberg
• 165
  Serenity
  Joss Whedon
• 166
  Sideways
  Alexander Payne
• 167
  A Single Man
  Tom Ford
• 168
  Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
  Marc Rothemund
• 169
  Survive Style 5+
  Gen Sekiguchi
• 170
  L'auberge espagnole
  Cédric Klapisch
• 171
  Spider-Man
  Sam Raimi
• 172
  Spirited Away
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 173
  Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
  Kim Ki-duk
• 174
  The Science of Sleep
  Michel Gondry
• 175
  Shinjuku Incident
  Derek Yee
• 176
  Shrek
  Andrew Adamson
• 177
  The Squid and the Whale
  Noah Baumbach
• 178
  Still Walking
  Hirokazu Kore-eda
• 179
  Stranger Than Fiction
  Marc Forster
• 180
  Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  Tim Burton
• 181
  Swing Girls
  Shinobu Yaguchi
• 182
  Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
  Kang Je-gyu
• 183
  Take Care of My Cat
  Jae-eun Jeong
• 184
  A Tale of Two Sisters
  Kim Jee-woon
• 185
  Tekkonkinkreet
  Michael Arias
• 186
  Tetro
  Francis Ford Coppola
• 187
  Tideland
  Terry Gilliam
• 188
  Tokyo Godfathers
  Satoshi Kon
• 189
  Tony Takitani
  Jun Ichikawa
• 190
  There Will Be Blood
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• 191
  The Twilight Samurai
  Yôji Yamada
• 192
  Election 2
  Johnnie To
• 193
  The Triplets of Belleville
  Sylvain Chomet
• 194
  Up
  Pete Docter
• 195
  V for Vendetta
  James McTeigue
• 196
  Veer-Zaara
  Yash Chopra
• 197
  Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  Woody Allen
• 198
  The Visitor
  Thomas McCarthy
• 199
  Walk the Line
  James Mangold
• 200
  WALL•E
  Andrew Stanton
• 201
  Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
  Steve Box
• 202
  Waltz with Bashir
  Ari Folman
• 203
  A Wednesday
  Neeraj Pandey
• 204
  Winter Days
  Mark Baker
• 205
  Whale Rider
  Niki Caro
• 206
  The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights
  Emmett Malloy
• 207
  Where the Wild Things Are
  Spike Jonze
• 208
  The Wrestler
  Darren Aronofsky
• 209
  X2: X-Men United
  Bryan Singer
• 210
  XXY
  Lucía Puenzo
• 211
  Y tu mamá también
  Alfonso Cuarón
• 212
  Yi Yi: A One and a Two
  Edward Yang
• 213
  Zodiac
  David Fincher
• 214
  Titli
  Rituparno Ghosh
• 215
  Amu
• 216
  Caramel
  Nadine Labaki
• 217
  Millennium Actress
  Satoshi Kon
• 218
  Memories of Murder
  Bong Joon-ho
• 219
  Amores perros
  Alejandro González Iñárritu
• 220
  The Way We Are
  Ann Hui
• 221
  Water
  Deepa Mehta