In Focus

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Films of the Decade

by Ari

Revised and expanded, my favorite films of the decade.

1. BEFORE SUNSET Richard Linklater
2. MULHOLLAND DRIVE David Lynch
3. SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER... AND SPRING Kim Ki-duk
4. GANGS OF NEW YORK Martin Scorsese
5. SPEED RACER Andy, Larry Wachowski
6. THE STORY OF MARIE AND JULIEN Jacques Rivette

7. THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD Andrew Dominik
8. THERE WILL BE BLOOD Paul Thomas Anderson
9. LOST IN TRANSLATION Sofia Coppola
10. CAFÉ LUMIÈRE Hou Hsiao-hsien
11. WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE Shohei Imamura
12. WOMAN IS THE FUTURE OF MAN Hong Sang-soo
13. THE LAST MISTRESS Catherine Breillat
14. VA SAVOIR Jacques Rivette
15. COFFEE AND CIGARETTES Jim Jarmusch
16. CHE Steven Soderbergh
17. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE Wong Kar-wai
18. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Steven Spielberg
19. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Quentin Tarantino
20. MIAMI VICE Michael Mann


21. WOMAN ON THE BEACH Hong Sang-soo
22. BAB'AZIZ: THE PRINCE THAT CONTEMPLATED HIS SOUL Nacer Khemir
23. MATCH POINT Woody Allen
24. I'M NOT THERE. Todd Haynes
25. I HEART HUCKABEES David O. Russell
26. A SERIOUS MAN Ethan, Joel Coen
27. SPIRITED AWAY Hayao Miyazaki
28. THE TASTE OF TEA Katsuhito Ishii
29. WAKING LIFE Richard Linklater
30. LUST, CAUTION Ang Lee
31. THE EDGE OF HEAVEN Fatih Akin
32. INLAND EMPIRE David Lynch


33. THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE Ethan, Joel Coen
34. TOKYO GODFATHERS Satoshi Kon
35. PUBLIC ENEMIES Michael Mann
36. THE NEW WORLD Terrence Malick
37. CHILDREN OF MEN Alfonso Cuarón
38. CONTROL Anton Corbijn
39. ONCE John Carney
40. MINORITY REPORT Steven Spielberg
41. THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS Jacques Rivette
42. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN Ethan, Joel Coen
43. TETRO Francis Ford Coppola
44. THE ISLE Kim Ki-duk
45. THE PRESTIGE Christopher Nolan
46. VOLVER Pedro Almodóvar
47. I'M NOT SCARED Gabriele Salvatores
48. FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON Hou Hsiao-hsien
49. IN BRUGES Martin McDonagh
50. TIME Kim Ki-duk