James Beardinelli: Closing out the Decade with Another Top 10

James Beardinelli: Closing out the Decade with Another Top 10's icon

Created by rahmatzainur.

Favorited 8 times, disliked 0 times, added to 0 watchlists.

One of the most significant film critic James Beardinelli chose his top 10 movies of the noughties

Here is his description about the list:
[Note: I don't want to get drawn into tedious arguments about whether the next decade begins in 2010 or 2011. Purists will argue that it starts in 2011 and, in an absolute sense, they're correct. But who really cares? Relativistically, any 10-year period can represent a decade, so there's nothing "wrong" about speaking of the "decade of the '00s" (meaning 2000-2009). It's a little cleaner. Don't bother to spar with me about it either by e-mail or in the forums. It's a pointless distinction. By writing this, I have already given it more attention than it deserves.]

Everyone's doing it and I did it ten years ago, so why not again? Admittedly, compiling an annual Best 10 can become tiresome but I figure that, best case, I've only got about another five of these end-of-decade lists to do, so I might as well enjoy them while I can. I feel confident that my choices here represent my true feelings about the films and where they deserve to be placed alongside their 2000-2009 fellows. Avatar is a little fresh, so its position could change, but the rest have been allowed to marinate. Any "best of" list, including this one, is a representation of an individual's opinions. It's highly personal. By some set of "objective" criteria, I'm sure few (if any) of these titles would make a '00s Top 10 list, but that's not what it's about. This represents a brief catalog of the ten movies released between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2009 that have impacted me the most forcefully in one way or another. They provided experiences I treasure and that have enriched me. I reserve the right to change the titles (or their order) in the future - I cannot predict how any fluidity in my opinions might alter the way I think about a particular movie in 5, 10, or 20 years. So, without further annoying preliminary commentary, I present…

Remove ads

Filter

  1. 1 new

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  2. 2 new

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
  3. 3 new

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 4 new

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 5 new

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 6 new

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 7 new

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 8 new

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 9 new

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 10 new

    Cast Away

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 11 new

    Avatar

    2009, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 12 new

    In the Bedroom

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
Remove ads

Last updated on Mar 3, 2016; source