No. 10 - Top 10: Best Movies in the 2000s ...
After re-watching Manchester by the Sea this week, I found myself thinking about the top of the best movies this century all week.
Confession: There were probably another 10 movies I wanted to sneak into the top 10, but these were the 10 I settled on. Apologies to Bing Bong.
Honorable Mention: Inside Out, Children of Men, Call Me By Your Name, Bridesmaids, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Moonlight, The Wolf of Wall Street, Lincoln, Mad Max: Fury Road, Oldboy, The Social Network, Boyhood, Everything Everywhere All at Once, 12 Years a Slave, Phantom Thread, The 40-Year Old Virgin, Tar, Mulholland Drive, Zodiac and Brokeback Mountain
10. Manchester By The Sea
Re-watched it this week. It's soul-crushing at its lowest moments, but it's perhaps the most human movie of the century thus far. If nothing else, it might be the best-acted movie of the century.
9. Get Out
From a pop culture standpoint, I'm not sure if any movie has had a bigger impact.
8. Inglorious Basterds
Maybe the most re-watched movie on this list for my money. I can start watching it at any point in the movie and I'm in.
7. The Dark Knight
The best comic book movie of all time?
6. Oppenheimer
Two Christopher Nolan movies go back to back here outside the top 5.
5. Parasite
It gets better and better with every revisit.
4. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The second-best Tarantino movie of all-time. It's Leo and Brad at their absolute best.
3. Gladiator
It's Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix at their very best.
2. There Will Be Blood
Depending on the day, this can easily slot into the No. 1 spot. It's Daniel Day-Lewis' masterpiece.
1. No Country For Old Men
All hail the Coen Brothers. The best hitman movie of all time?