indieWIRE: Best of the Decade Critics Survey 2000s


  1. Mulholland Dr. (2001)
  2. In the Mood for Love (2000)
  3. A One and a Two... (2000)
  4. There Will Be Blood (2007)
  5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  6. The New World (2005)
  7. Before Sunset (2004)
  8. Zodiac (2007)
  9. Platform (2000)
  10. AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
  11. Syndromes and a Century (2006)
  12. 25th Hour (2002)
  13. No Country for Old Men (2007)
  14. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
  15. The Death of Mister Lazarescu (2005)
  16. The Son (2002)
  17. Inland Empire (2006)
  18. Eloge de l'Amour (2001)
  19. Kings & Queen (2004)
  20. Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
  21. Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
  22. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
  23. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
  24. The World (2004)
  25. Children of Men (2006)
  26. Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
  27. Dogville (2003)
  28. The House of Mirth (2000)
  29. The Intruder (2004)
  30. Grizzly Man (2005)
  31. Lost in Translation (2003)
  32. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  33. A Christmas Tale (2008)
  34. Hidden (2005)
  35. Tropical Malady (2004)
  36. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
  37. 2046 (2004)
  38. City of God (2002)
  39. Beau Travail (1999)
  40. Silent Light (2007)
  41. Spirited Away (2001)
  42. I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
  43. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
  44. Memento (2000)
  45. The Dark Knight (2008)
  46. Café Lumière (2003)
  47. Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)
  48. Esther Kahn (2000)
  49. Lilya 4-Ever (2002)
  50. Regular Lovers (2005)
  51. Time Out (2001)
  52. Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
  53. The Best of Youth (2003)
  54. A History of Violence (2005)
  55. Femme Fatale (2002)
  56. The Child (2005)
  57. Moolaadé (2004)
  58. Morvern Callar (2002)
  59. The Squid and the Whale (2005)
  60. Trouble Every Day (2001)
  61. In the City of Sylvia (2007)
  62. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
  63. La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000)
  64. Demonlover (2002)
  65. Gerry (2002)
  66. Once (2006)
  67. The Fog of War (2003)
  68. Code Unknown (2000)
  69. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
  70. I'm Not There. (2007)
  71. Talk to Her (2002)
  72. United 93 (2006)
  73. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
  74. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  75. Birth (2004)
  76. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
  77. Hunger (2008)
  78. Iraq in Fragments (2006)
  79. The Wayward Cloud (2005)
  80. Three Times (2005)
  81. Oldboy (2003)
  82. Sideways (2004)
  83. Spider (2002)
  84. The Piano Teacher (2001)
  85. Gosford Park (2001)
  86. In Vanda's Room (2000)
  87. Irréversible (2002)
  88. Let the Right One In (2008)
  89. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  90. Summer Hours (2008)
  91. The Incredibles (2004)
  92. My Winnipeg (2007)
  93. Nobody Knows (2004)
  94. Russian Ark (2002)
  95. The Headless Woman (2008)
  96. What Time Is It There? (2001)
  97. Crimson Gold (2003)
  98. Donnie Darko (2001)
  99. The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
  100. Blissfully Yours (2002)
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