Monday, January 16, 2023

The 2000's ... So Far

 

My major focus is on vintage films from the teens to the 60’s. But I do enjoy keeping up with what’s current as well. And here’s a list of personal favorites from the year 2000 on.

FAVORITE FILMS YEAR BY YEAR

2000 

DUDE WHERE’S MY CAR?(Danny Leiner) Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott

Runner-Up: CHUCK AND BUCK(Miguel Arteta) Mike White, Chris Weitz

2001

LAGAAN(Ashutosh Gowariker) Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh

Runner-Up: A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE(Steven Spielberg)  Haley Joel Osment

2002

FAR FROM HEAVEN(Todd Haynes) Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid

Runner-Up: LOVELY AND AMAZING(Nicole Holofcener) Catherine Keener

2003

GOOD BYE, LENIN!(Wolfgang Becker) Daniel Bruhl, Katrin Sass

Runner-Up: RULES (PYAR KA SUPERHIT FORMULA)(Parvati Balagopalan) Meera Vasudevan

2004

AVP: ALIEN VS PREDATOR(Paul W.S. Anderson) Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen

Runner-up: ALEXANDER(Oliver Stone) Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie

2005
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN(Ridley Scott) Orlando Bloom, Eva Green

Runner-up: WAR OF THE WORLDS(Steven Spielberg) Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning

2006

CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER(Zhang Yimou) Gong Li, Chow Yun-Fat

Runner-up: CASINO ROYALE(Martin Campbell) Daniel Craig, Eva Green

2007

ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE(Shekhar Kapur) Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen

Runner-Up: THE HOST(Bong Joon-ho) Go Ah-sung, Byun Hee-bong

2008

JCVD(Mabrouk el Mechri) Jean-Claude Van Damme

Runner-up: CASSANDRA’S DREAM(Woody Allen) Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell

2009

A SERIOUS MAN(Joel Coen, Ethan Coen) Michael Stuhlbarg

Runner-up: 2012(Roland Emmerich) John Cusack, Amanda Peet

2010

THE WOLFMAN(Joe Johnston) Benicio del Toro, Emily Blunt

Runner-up: MY NAME IS KHAN(Karan Johar) Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol

2011

THE TREE OF LIFE(Terrence Malick) Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain

Runner-up: RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES(Rupert Wyatt) James Franco

2012

BLANCANIEVES(Pablo Berger) Macarena Garcia, Maribel Verdu

Runner-up: PERFECT SENSE(David Mackenzie) Ewan McGregor, Eva Green

2013

THIS IS THE END(Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg) Seth Rogen, Craig Robinson

Runner-up: OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL(Sam Raimi) James Franco, Mila Kunis

2014

MOMMY(Xavier Dolan) Anne Dorval, Antoine Olivier Pilon

Runner-up: POMPEII(Paul W.S. Anderson) Kit Harington, Emily Browning

2015

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD(George Miller) Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron

THE REVENANT(Alejandro I. Inarritu) Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy

2016

GODS OF EGYPT(Alex Proyas) Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Runner-up: ELLE(Paul Verhoeven) Isabelle Huppert

2017

THE FLORIDA PROJECT(Sean Baker) Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe

Runner-up: FRANTZ(Francois Ozon) Paula Beer

2018

STAN & OLLIE(Jon S. Baird) Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly

Runner-up: CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?(Marielle Heller) Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant

2019

KALANK(Abhishek Varman) Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi Sinha

Runner-up: THE KING(David Michod) Timothee Chalamet, Sean Harris, Robert Pattinson

2020

PINOCCHIO(Matteo Garrone) Federico Ielapi, Roberto Benigni

Runner-up: PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN(Emerald Fennell) Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham

2021

ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE: JUSTICE IS GRAY(Zack Snyder) Ben Affleck

Runner-up: RED ROCKET(Sean Baker) Simon Rex, Bree Elrod

2022

BABYLON(Damien Chazelle) Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt

Runner-up: PONNIYIN SELVAN: I(Mani Ratnam) Vikram, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

2023

OPPENHEIMER(Christopher Nolan) Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt

Runner-up: ASTEROID CITY(Wes Anderson) Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson