Paste: The 50 Best Movies of the Decade


  1. City of God (2002)
  2. Amelie (2001)
  3. Almost Famous (2000)
  4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  6. Beau Travail (1999)
  7. Lost in Translation (2003)
  8. The Son (2002)
  9. No Country for Old Men (2007)
  10. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
  11. The Dark Knight (2008)
  12. There Will Be Blood (2007)
  13. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
  14. Up (2009)
  15. Juno (2007)
  16. Half Nelson (2006)
  17. Memento (2000)
  18. Syndromes and a Century (2006)
  19. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
  20. Elephant (2003)
  21. In the Loop (2009)
  22. Dogville (2003)
  23. Traffic (2000)
  24. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
  25. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
  26. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
  27. Hidden (2005)
  28. A History of Violence (2005)
  29. Man on Wire (2008)
  30. Once (2006)
  31. Gosford Park (2001)
  32. Ratatouille (2007)
  33. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
    Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
  34. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
  35. Junebug (2005)
  36. Millions (2004)
  37. Billy Elliot (2000)
  38. Donnie Darko (2001)
  39. Spirited Away (2001)
  40. The Departed (2006)
  41. The Child (2005)
  42. The Last King of Scotland (2006)
  43. In America (2002)
  44. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
  45. Whale Rider (2002)
  46. Iraq in Fragments (2006)
  47. Grizzly Man (2005)
  48. Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)
  49. High Fidelity (2000)
  50. The Squid and the Whale (2005)
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