26 December 2009

The Decade List: #1-20

01. Dogville / d. Lars von Trier / 2003 / Denmark/Sweden/Norway/Finland/UK/France/Germany/Netherlands

02. Talk to Her [Hable con ella] / d. Pedro Almodóvar / 2002 / Spain

03. Morvern Callar / d. Lynne Ramsay / 2002 / UK

04. Zwartboek [Black Book] / d. Paul Verhoeven / 2006 / Netherlands/Germany/Belgium

05. The Headless Woman [La mujer sin cabeza] / d. Lucrecia Martel / 2008 / Argentina/France/Italy/Spain

06. Yi Yi / d. Edward Yang / 2000 / Taiwan/Japan

07. The Piano Teacher [La pianiste] / d. Michael Haneke / 2001 / Austria/France

08. Tropical Malady / d. Apichatpong Weerasethakul / 2004 / Thailand/France/Germany/Italy

09. Late Marriage / d. Dover Koshashvili / 2001 / Israel/France

10. Wild Side / d. Sébastien Lifshitz / 2004 / France/Belgium/UK

11. Songs from the Second Floor [Sånger från andra våningen] / d. Roy Andersson / 2000 / Sweden/Norway/Denmark

12. The Intruder [L'intrus] / d. Claire Denis / 2004 / France

13. Summer Hours [L'heure d'été] / d. Olivier Assayas / 2008 / France

14. Water Drops on Burning Rocks [Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes] / d. François Ozon / 2000 / France

15. The Raspberry Reich / d. Bruce LaBruce / 2004 / Germany/Canada

16. Paranoid Park / d. Gus Van Sant / 2007 / France/USA

17. Mulholland Drive / d. David Lynch / 2001 / France/USA

18. Before Sunset / d. Richard Linklater / 2004 / USA

19. The White Diamond / d. Werner Herzog / 2004 / Germany/Japan/UK

20. There Will Be Blood / d. Paul Thomas Anderson / 2007 / USA

9 comments:

  1. you don't need me to say that this is a solid, eclectic, incredibly useful list, but what are lists good for if not to argue with?

    Fish Tank at 25???
    Where is Syndromes!?!?!
    Sex is Comedy at 32????

    solid #1, though the best film ever made is missing entirely ;)

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  2. Ha, yeah, I'm kind of ashamed that I didn't get around to Syndromes and a Century, even after it topped that Toronto list... and I think you're referring to Inland Empire, to which I'm not entirely sold.

    As for Fish Tank, you missed the boat on that one.

    And I think everyone, including myself, underestimated Sex Is Comedy. It wasn't until I rewatched it did I recognize what a fantastic film it is.

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  3. Great lists. Love you blog.

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  4. Anonymous1:51 AM

    Bruce LaBruce… NOOOO! Other then that fine great list.

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  5. What no El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) ?

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  6. Wonderful list Joe.

    We have a lot of similar picks. Syndromes would be my #1, but I'm glad to see Talk to Her and Songs From the Second Floor so highly ranked.

    I've been trying to see Summer Hours for 2 years, but no luck yet.

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  7. Anonymous12:20 PM

    Summer Hours was just put on Netflix instant play.

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  8. What wonderful list!!! I love all the movies here, but my favorite is The Raspberry Reich, I think that this movie is really horrific!!!22dd
    But the Humour is employed to explore the gap between reality and ideal in the terrorist world!!

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  9. Anonymous10:52 AM

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