THE BEST AND WORST FILMS OF THE DECADE

[Misawa]

Adapted from my Film Blog:




My personal top ten of the best and worst films of the decade. As the hours are shrinking still towards Christmas and 2009 edges closer to the beginning of a new decade, not only have I questioned just how fast these last ten years have gone, but I have also thought extremely hard about the films that have both pleased and truly repulsed me the most since the millennium kicked off. Now, in no particular order, let’s begin…


The Top 10 Best Films of the Decade

No Country for Old Men (2007, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen)


The Departed (2006, written by William Monahan and Alan Mak [screenplay] and Felix Chong [original screenplay for Mou Gaan Dou/Infernal Affairs, 2002], directed by Martin Scorsese)


Cache (Hidden) (2005, written and directed by Michael Haneke)


Kill Bill (2003, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino)


Oldboy (2003, written by Jo-yun Hwang, Chun-hyeong Lim, Joon-hyung Lim and Chan-wook Park [screenplay] and Nobuaki Minegishi [graphic novel], directed by Chan-wook Park)


Lost in Translation (2003, written and directed by Sofia Coppola)


Inglourious *******s (2009, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino)


Sin City (2005, written by Robert Rodriguez [screenplay] and Frank Miller [graphic novels], directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller)


Mulholland Drive (2001, written and directed by David Lynch)


El Labertino del Fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth) (2006, written and directed by Guillermo del Toro)




The Top 10 Worst Films of the Decade

Disaster Movie (2008, written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer)


10,000 B.C. (2008, written by Roland Emmerich and Harald Kloser, directed by Roland Emmerich)


The Happening (2008, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan)


Son of the Mask (2005, written by Lance Khazei, directed by Lawrence Guterman)


Prom Night (2008, written by J.S. Cardone, directed by Nelson McCormick)


The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002, written by Neil Cuthbert, directed by Ron Underwood)


One Missed Call (2008, written by Andrew Klavan [screenplay] and Minako Daira [adapted screenplay for Chakushin Ari, 2003] and Yasushi Akimoto [novel], directed by Eric Valette)


The Hottie & the Nottie (2008, written by Heidi Ferrer, directed by Tom Putnam)


Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009, written by Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, directed by Michael Bay)


All I can say is, 2008 was an utterly awful year for cinema.


I must give a couple of honourable mentions to two of my guilty pleasures that will probably be making the rounds on many folks’ worst films of the decade lists this Christmas, White Chicks and Christmas with the Kranks.


What are your own personal top 10 favourite flicks and cinematic repulsions from 2000-2009? GO.

[Black_Apalachi]

I'm surprised you're even able to make such a list! I'd find it difficult and would probably have to think about it for ages but I imagine I haven't watched any way near as many as you so it should be much easier for me. Not to mention I don't have a clue what years things were made . Oh and I hate White Chicks so much!!!

[Inseriousity.]

'The Hottie and the Nottie' LOL what a title. Not seen it though, looks like I shouldn't but still that's just 'Funniest Title of the year' at least

I don't know many films to make a list either but as I love harry potter, that's automatically in my top 10 regardless of how stupid the film was!

As for worst film, Don't mess with the Zohan has to be in there. Ridiculous and that's time I will never get back!

[Misawa]

A lot of people despised Don't Mess with the Zohan. I'm not a fan of Adam Sandler in comedy aside from Little Nicky, and Zohan looked awful, so I haven't seen it.

[hah]

A lot of people despised Don't Mess with the Zohan. I'm not a fan of Adam Sandler in comedy aside from Little Nicky, and Zohan looked awful, so I haven't seen it.

i though that movie was so good and funny i also loved these ones that where on your bad list lol


The Happening (2008, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan)

Prom Night (2008, written by J.S. Cardone, directed by Nelson McCormick)

The Hottie & the Nottie (2008, written by Heidi Ferrer, directed by Tom Putnam)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009, written by Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, directed by Michael Bay)

[Nixt]

I loved Transformers but Prom Night was god awful lol. My friend and I rented it and just spent the whole film laughing at how ridiculously bad it was.

[Black_Apalachi]

I have to agree that Transformers 2 was shamefully bad. The first one was probably as bad but I don't remember watching it, wasn't at the cinema at least.

Some of my better ones would have to include Peter Jackson's King Kong, Watchmen, The Dark Knight, Iron Man and District 9. That last one is so underrated in my opinion.

[Misawa]

Even for a remake, Prom Night was especially terrible - probably the worst I have ever seen. Nothing happens, the editing is so off, there's no continuity, the performances suck, the script sucks. There is literally not a single thing good about that film.

It was difficult to make the list for the best films, but not the worst. I could not believe when I looked back just how many truly awful films came out in 2008.

[Accipiter]

personally i loved lost in translation when watching it media studies, others were saying they couldn't follow the story line o_o i was like i understood the whole film?

[Misawa]

The people that couldn't understand Lost in Translation seem like they don't know a good story when they're told one.

If people can't decide on the best films of the decade, give just one film if it's easier. It took me a while to choose my top ten best.

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