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About Films By Year My 100 Favorites Features

Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
You Can Count on Me Kenneth Lonergan
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Films

2.
J.S.A.: Joint Security Area
Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA Chan-wook Park
3.
Wonder Boys Curtis Hanson
4.
Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys
Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages Michael Haneke
5.
Erin Brockovich Steven Soderbergh
6.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Wo hu cang long Ang Lee
7.
In the Mood for Love
Fa yeung nin wa Kar Wai Wong
8.
Faithless
Trolösa Liv Ullmann
9.
Battle Royale
Batoru rowaiaru Kinji Fukasaku
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Films

10.
Thirteen Days Roger Donaldson
11.
Chocolat Lasse Hallström
12.
Sexy Beast Jonathan Glazer
13.
Traffic Steven Soderbergh
14.
The Gleaners & I
Les glaneurs et la glaneuse Agnès Varda
15.
Almost Famous Cameron Crowe
16.
The Circle
Dayereh Jafar Panahi
17.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
18.
Love & Basketball Gina Prince-Bythewood
19.
The Contender Rod Lurie
20.
Amores perros Alejandro González Iñárritu
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Films

21.
Best in Show Christopher Guest
22.
Billy Elliot Stephen Daldry
23.
But I'm a Cheerleader Jamie Babbit
24.
Space Cowboys Clint Eastwood
25.
28 Days Betty Thomas
26.
Miss Congeniality Donald Petrie
27.
Reindeer Games John Frankenheimer
28.
Dark Days Marc Singer
29.
High Fidelity Stephen Frears
30.
Small Time Crooks Woody Allen
31.
Chicken Run Peter Lord and Nick Park
32.
Cast Away Robert Zemeckis
33.
Unbreakable M. Night Shyamalan
34.
The Original Kings of Comedy Spike Lee
35.
Snatch Guy Ritchie
36.
All the Pretty Horses Billy Bob Thornton
37.
Meet the Parents Jay Roach
38.
Quills Philip Kaufman
39.
Ginger Snaps John Fawcett
40.
Bedazzled Harold Ramis
41.
Keeping the Faith Edward Norton
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Films

42.
The Way of the Gun Christopher McQuarrie
43.
American Psycho Mary Harron
44.
Rules of Engagement William Friedkin
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Films

45.
Memento Christopher Nolan
46.
Hollow Man Paul Verhoeven
47.
The Cell Tarsem Singh
48.
Frequency Gregory Hoblit
49.
Red Planet Antony Hoffman
50.
The Gift Sam Raimi
51.
Shadow of the Vampire E. Elias Merhige
52.
101 Reykjavík Baltasar Kormákur
53.
What Lies Beneath Robert Zemeckis
54.
Drowning Mona Nick Gomez
55.
X-Men Bryan Singer
56.
Battlefield Earth Roger Christian
57.
The Tao of Steve Jenniphr Goodman
58.
Pay It Forward Mimi Leder
59.
Pitch Black David Twohy
60.
What's Cooking? Gurinder Chadha
61.
The Beach Danny Boyle
62.
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle Des McAnuff
63.
The Perfect Storm Wolfgang Petersen
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Films

64.
Cecil B. Demented John Waters
65.
Tadpole Gary Winick
66.
Hamlet
Hamlet 2000 Michael Almereyda
67.
Gladiator Ridley Scott
68.
What Planet Are You From? Mike Nichols
69.
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 Joe Berlinger
70.
Dr. T & the Women Robert Altman
101 Reykjavík Baltasar Kormákur 
28 Days Betty Thomas 
All the Pretty Horses Billy Bob Thornton 
Almost Famous Cameron Crowe 
American Psycho Mary Harron 
Amores perros Alejandro González Iñárritu 
Battlefield Earth Roger Christian 
Battle Royale
Batoru rowaiaru Kinji Fukasaku 
Bedazzled Harold Ramis 
Best in Show Christopher Guest 
Billy Elliot Stephen Daldry 
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 Joe Berlinger 
But I'm a Cheerleader Jamie Babbit 
Cast Away Robert Zemeckis 
Cecil B. Demented John Waters 
Chicken Run Peter Lord and Nick Park 
Chocolat Lasse Hallström 
Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys
Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages Michael Haneke 
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Wo hu cang long Ang Lee 
Dark Days Marc Singer 
Drowning Mona Nick Gomez 
Dr. T & the Women Robert Altman 
Erin Brockovich Steven Soderbergh 
Faithless
Trolösa Liv Ullmann 
Frequency Gregory Hoblit 
Ginger Snaps John Fawcett 
Gladiator Ridley Scott 
Hamlet
Hamlet 2000 Michael Almereyda 
High Fidelity Stephen Frears 
Hollow Man Paul Verhoeven 
In the Mood for Love
Fa yeung nin wa Kar Wai Wong 
J.S.A.: Joint Security Area
Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA Chan-wook Park 
Keeping the Faith Edward Norton 
Love & Basketball Gina Prince-Bythewood 
Meet the Parents Jay Roach 
Memento Christopher Nolan 
Miss Congeniality Donald Petrie 
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 
Pay It Forward Mimi Leder 
Pitch Black David Twohy 
Quills Philip Kaufman 
Red Planet Antony Hoffman 
Reindeer Games John Frankenheimer 
Rules of Engagement William Friedkin 
Sexy Beast Jonathan Glazer 
Shadow of the Vampire E. Elias Merhige 
Small Time Crooks Woody Allen 
Snatch Guy Ritchie 
Space Cowboys Clint Eastwood 
Tadpole Gary Winick 
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle Des McAnuff 
The Beach Danny Boyle 
The Cell Tarsem Singh 
The Circle
Dayereh Jafar Panahi 
The Contender Rod Lurie 
The Gift Sam Raimi 
The Gleaners & I
Les glaneurs et la glaneuse Agnès Varda 
The Original Kings of Comedy Spike Lee 
The Perfect Storm Wolfgang Petersen 
The Tao of Steve Jenniphr Goodman 
The Way of the Gun Christopher McQuarrie 
Thirteen Days Roger Donaldson 
Traffic Steven Soderbergh 
Unbreakable M. Night Shyamalan 
What Lies Beneath Robert Zemeckis 
What Planet Are You From? Mike Nichols 
What's Cooking? Gurinder Chadha 
Wonder Boys Curtis Hanson 
X-Men Bryan Singer 
You Can Count on Me Kenneth Lonergan 
The Beach Danny Boyle 11 February 2000
Pitch Black David Twohy 18 February 2000
Wonder Boys Curtis Hanson 25 February 2000
Reindeer Games John Frankenheimer 25 February 2000
What Planet Are You From? Mike Nichols 03 March 2000
Drowning Mona Nick Gomez 03 March 2000
Erin Brockovich Steven Soderbergh 17 March 2000
High Fidelity Stephen Frears 31 March 2000
Rules of Engagement William Friedkin 07 April 2000
American Psycho Mary Harron 14 April 2000
28 Days Betty Thomas 14 April 2000
Keeping the Faith Edward Norton 14 April 2000
Love & Basketball Gina Prince-Bythewood 21 April 2000
Frequency Gregory Hoblit 28 April 2000
Gladiator Ridley Scott 05 May 2000
Battlefield Earth Roger Christian 12 May 2000
Small Time Crooks Woody Allen 19 May 2000
101 Reykjavík Baltasar Kormákur 01 June 2000
Hamlet
Hamlet 2000 Michael Almereyda 23 June 2000
Chicken Run Peter Lord and Nick Park 23 June 2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle Des McAnuff 30 June 2000
The Perfect Storm Wolfgang Petersen 30 June 2000
The Gleaners & I
Les glaneurs et la glaneuse Agnès Varda 07 July 2000
X-Men Bryan Singer 14 July 2000
What Lies Beneath Robert Zemeckis 21 July 2000
Space Cowboys Clint Eastwood 04 August 2000
Hollow Man Paul Verhoeven 04 August 2000
But I'm a Cheerleader Jamie Babbit 11 August 2000
The Original Kings of Comedy Spike Lee 18 August 2000
The Cell Tarsem Singh 18 August 2000
The Tao of Steve Jenniphr Goodman 01 September 2000
Cecil B. Demented John Waters 01 September 2000
The Way of the Gun Christopher McQuarrie 08 September 2000
The Circle
Dayereh Jafar Panahi 09 September 2000
J.S.A.: Joint Security Area
Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA Chan-wook Park 09 September 2000
Faithless
Trolösa Liv Ullmann 15 September 2000
Almost Famous Cameron Crowe 22 September 2000
Meet the Parents Jay Roach 06 October 2000
Dr. T & the Women Robert Altman 13 October 2000
The Contender Rod Lurie 13 October 2000
Best in Show Christopher Guest 20 October 2000
Pay It Forward Mimi Leder 20 October 2000
Bedazzled Harold Ramis 20 October 2000
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 Joe Berlinger 27 October 2000
Billy Elliot Stephen Daldry 10 November 2000
Red Planet Antony Hoffman 10 November 2000
Unbreakable M. Night Shyamalan 22 November 2000
What's Cooking? Gurinder Chadha 01 December 2000
Quills Philip Kaufman 15 December 2000
Battle Royale
Batoru rowaiaru Kinji Fukasaku 16 December 2000
You Can Count on Me Kenneth Lonergan 22 December 2000
Cast Away Robert Zemeckis 22 December 2000
Miss Congeniality Donald Petrie 22 December 2000
All the Pretty Horses Billy Bob Thornton 25 December 2000
Traffic Steven Soderbergh 05 January 2001
Thirteen Days Roger Donaldson 12 January 2001
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Wo hu cang long Ang Lee 12 January 2001
The Gift Sam Raimi 19 January 2001
Chocolat Lasse Hallström 19 January 2001
Snatch Guy Ritchie 19 January 2001
Shadow of the Vampire E. Elias Merhige 26 January 2001
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 02 February 2001
In the Mood for Love
Fa yeung nin wa Kar Wai Wong 09 March 2001
Dark Days Marc Singer 09 March 2001
Amores perros Alejandro González Iñárritu 13 April 2001
Ginger Snaps John Fawcett 11 May 2001
Memento Christopher Nolan 25 May 2001
Sexy Beast Jonathan Glazer 13 July 2001
Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys
Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages Michael Haneke 30 November 2001
Tadpole Gary Winick 23 August 2002
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