Top Twenty Films of the Decade.... and Southland Tales

2000-2009:

For their emotional impact on me, I picked 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, and 20.

For their importance to this particular decade, I picked 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18.

For the beauty and resonance of their images, I picked 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, and 19.

For just plain great storytelling, I picked 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, and 18.

For scripts, I picked: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, and 20.

For (re)revolutionizing, I picked: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 18, 19, and 20.

(and Southland Tales)