The (Now-Overrated) ILX Top 100 Films of the 2000s Poll Results

i demand these thotz that everyone seems to be withholding.

one more film for the day to be revealed shortly, and then 11-25 tomorrow.

ha i used to have thotz about pan's labyrinth, too, but i'm afraid to rewatch it for fear i'll like it less. i totally loved it at the time.

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just cause morbz knocks it doesnt mean 10 more slightly quieter dudes didnt bump it

shocked election still has not shown up yet. That one does have its rabid fans. wrt Crouching Tiger, it's a bit old hat since other wuxia films seem to have surpassed it. I'm more surprised that House of Flying Daggers has not got any mentions or ILX love as I've seen on quite a few 2000s films lists.

i liked that one

I would have voted for it (Daggers) but i didnt vote in this poll because i am too lazy to compile a list.

so what's number 26?

Daggers is at least one of a handful of movies from the decade that i got obsessed with and watched over and over. (zodiac being the one i obsessed over the most probably)

I guess I thought people liked Crouching Tiger? I dunno, it came out before ILE existed, so I have no idea whether it's an "ILX favorite," but it seems like the kind of movie ILXors would like.

p much all the foreign stuff that has placed so far is the result of small group really loving the film rather than more widespread goodwill. i just dont think cthd was that beloved its more a movie that lots of ppl like okay - but those def arent the movies that are placing. if anything i can see something like martyrs which has a narrow appeal but wld probably be p highly-rated by those who liked it placing over cthd

Crouching Tiger is still the highest-grossing foreign-language film in the U.S. by a long shot. Like twice as much $$$ as the number two.

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That movie rocked in so many ways. Part of it was seeing a level of lunacy that I noticed during my undergrad years placed on the widescreen for all to see and marvel at. (1995 wasn't a good year for Harvard; 6 suicides, 2 of them with murders attached.)

― Dan Perry

American Psycho is improbable! The movie was a gas and the novel was a bloated corpse. Why are we debating the probability? Patrick Bateman is not probable.

- Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows

I think the film version of American Psycho is infinitely superior to the book -- much more sly and mocking. I know Ellis intended AP to be a satire, but from the book you get a sense that Ellis is a little bit in love with his character, whereas the movie doesn't show him any sympathy.

- Nicole

"American Psycho" is a dreadful book, and LOOOONG. The movie's no classic, but does a better job at establishing a macabre tone than the novel (which some of my college professors treat as A Great American Novel).

- Alfred Soto

American Psycho actually gets better with repeat viewings

#26

American Psycho
Mary Harron
2000
United States
(473 points, 21 votes)

Wow. Surprising!

glad this made it!

I had a feeling. Thanks ILX.

raad we should all hit up a high end sw restaurant to celebrate

maybe get some sweet business cards

fuck - i have to return some videotapes

75 films, only the 3rd female director

^^^I really think we should talk about this

most movies are not chickmade

i'd forgotten this was a 00s movie but would have voted for it. could not get through the book and wish i could unread the part of it that i did finish, but the movie is so interesting! poor bateman goes completely insane due to constant insecurity about knowing exactly all the trivial little rules of good taste

or does he...

well, if he did all that stuff, he's crazy, and if he hallucinated it, he's also crazy

nancy meyers only made like 3 movies this decade bro (looooool xxxp)

the book is soooo much better than the movie u guyz are crazy

or maybe its the world thats crazy just sayin

Shaun of the Dead is great. I think there are moments that are very particularly British ('Second Coming?' 'I like it...'), but I think it really cares about the zombie genre in ways that (certainly) Zombieland didn't. Dead Alive and whatnot treat it as farce and are pretty lolsome in their over-the-topness, but Shaun eventually treats it with a great deal of respect and the scenes with the mother in the pub are properly devastating. It also does the slowly-encroaching doom about as well as anyone since Romero's hey-day.

• pans labyrinth--im not going to go into the whole thing that i was thinking about the movie & the way it engages w/ fascism & myth & blood & paternity & so forth (mostly because its a half-formed thought and not that intelligent)--but what i really love about the movie (besides how beautiful it is) is how steadfastly and determinedly it refuses to 'take sides' on the reality of the faun and the other fantastical elements. this is not an uncommon thing i suppose but the movie handles it so well i think.

• shaun of the dead--this is one of those movies i find funny but dont really get its rep. seems like a bunch of pretty funny bros got together and made a movie

ty for bulleting that max

I should rewatch O Brother, which I liked well enough in the cinema but it was somewhat tainted by the type of people who bought the soundtrack en masse.

• much easier to digest

shaun of the dead is so uneven in tone what is wrong with british people anyway

i liked it and everything, kip

• ive heard they dont rinse their dishes

the tone is Shaun is immaculate you crazy

xposts

it just went from lols to tragic death on a dime

and it did it immaculately

brits should stick to tv miniseries imho

see i'm curious to know what harron did that's strikingly different from the book, but that kind of violence, i guess for alot of people you just shrug and it's exaggerated and cartoonish. but for real, i wish i could unread it and i can't.

yeah fuck that book imo, sry Lamp

100. Morvern Callar (204 pts, 13 votes)
99. The Piano Teacher (208 pts, 9 votes)
98. Dogville (208.5 pts, 8 votes)
97. Happy-Go-Lucky (210.5 pts, 11 votes)
96. High Fidelity (214 pts, 10 votes)
95. Capturing the Friedmans (215 pts, 13 votes, 1 first)
94. Napoleon Dynamite (215.5 pts, 10 votes)
93. Sideways (216 pts, 12 votes)
92. Tropical Malady (219 pts, 8 votes, 1 first)
91. Talk to Her (220 pts, 10 votes)
90. Together (220.5 pts, 9 votes, 1 first)
89. The Lives of Others (221 pts, 12 votes, 1 first)
88. Memories of Murder (222 pts, 10 votes)
87. Minority Report (223.5 pts, 14 votes)
86. All the Real Girls (224.5 pts, 12 votes)
85. Almost Famous (225 pts, 11 votes, 1 first)
84. Finding Nemo (226.5 pts, 13 votes)
83. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (231 pts, 13 votes)
82. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (231.5 pts, 13 votes)
81. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (236 pts, 11 votes)
80. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (237 pts, 10 votes)
79. Team America: World Police (237.5 pts, 8 votes)
78. 28 Days Later (239 pts, 12 votes)
77. The Squid and the Whale (242 pts, 13 votes, 1 first)
76. In the Loop (246.5 pts, 13 votes)
75. Y Tu Mama Tambien (250.5 pts, 12 votes)
74. In Bruges (251 pts, 14 votes)
73. The Triplets of Belleville (253 pts, 10 votes)
72. Amélie (259.5 pts, 14 votes)
71. The 25th Hour (261 pts, 12 votes, 1 first)
70. Ratatouille (263 points, 13 votes)
69. Far From Heaven (266 points, 13 votes)
68. Elephant (267 points, 12 votes, 1 first place)
67. Synecdoche, New York (267.5 points, 13 votes)
66. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (274 points, 17 votes)
65. Kung Fu Hustle (278.5 points, 16 votes, 1 first place)
64. Kings and Queen (282 points, 10 votes)
63. Wet Hot American Summer (289 points, 15 votes)
62. Borat (295 points, 16 votes, 1 first place)
61. Audition (296 points, 14 votes, 1 first place)
60. Sexy Beast (298.5 points, 15 votes, 1 first place)
59. The Host (305 points, 13 votes)
58. You Can Count On Me (308 points, 12 votes)
57. Brick (309.5 points, 12 votes, 1 first place)
56. Yi Yi: A One and a Two (313 points, 12 votes)
55. Munich (319 points, 15 votes)
54. Miami Vice (338 points, 12 votes)
53. Before Sunset (343 points, 13 votes)
52. Punch-Drunk Love (347 points, 13 votes)
51. Eastern Promises (348 points, 16 votes)
50. I'm Not There (359 points, 14 votes, 1 first place)
49. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (362 points, 16 votes)
48. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (364 points, 16 votes)
47. Best In Show (366 points, 16 votes)
46. Up (374 points, 18 votes)
45. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (376 points, 18 votes)
44. Oldboy (378 points, 18 votes, 1 first place)
43. Gosford Park (379 points, 18 votes)
42. The Hurt Locker (383.5 points, 20 votes)
41. The Dark Knight (385.5 points, 21 votes, 1 first place)
40. The Bourne Identity (406.5 points, 16 votes)
39. A Serious Man (416.5 points, 18 votes)
38. 24 Hour Party People (418.5 points, 24 votes)
37. A History of Violence (423.5 points, 24 votes)
36. Brokeback Mountain (425.5 points, 20 votes)
35. Bad Santa (433 points, 20 votes)
34. The Bourne Supremacy (437 points, 17 votes)
33. Rachel Getting Married (442.5 points, 15 votes)
32. The New World (444.5 points, 15 votes)
31. Battle Royale (450 points, 19 votes)
30. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (452 points, 21 votes)
29. Shaun of the Dead (453.5 points, 24 votes)
28. Pan's Labyrinth (456 points, 20 votes)
27. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (469.5 points, 21 votes)
26. American Psycho (473 points, 21 votes)

there was gore, but it wasn't particularly gruesome xpost

unless i skipped over something no movie has received more than 1 first-place vote yet

lol @ vanity bullet points

shaun of the dead is funny and okay it has reverence for the zombie genre (this is stupid) but its really ugly and mb not that interesting and kinda slow. i mean w/e its a fun movie but its placement is a bit much imo

oops, forgot to add in the first place votes on that last round. bourne supremacy, rachel getting married, the new world, and kill bill vol 1 each had 1 first place vote.

Placement is about right, imo, though clearly Miami Vice/New World/Munich/Before Sunset should be way way ahead of it.

I think it's a much cleverer comedy than Bad Santa, for instance. Why is the reverence for the zombie genre stupid?

so what's left?

sure things:

no country for old men
inglourious basterds
city of god
wall-e
royal tenenbaums
there will be blood
mulholland drive
eternal sunshine
inland empire
spirited away
the departed
zodiac

likely:
grizzly man
amores perros
whatever bourne film hasn't placed yet

maybe:

fog of war
memento
the prestige

what am I forgetting?

children of men is a sure thing

all the films i actually liked?