My Top 25 Films of The Decade (second draft)

The French film "Cache/Hidden" from Austrian director Michael Haneke is actually my favorite film of the 2000s, but more people are familiar with "Sideways." Haneke's film was ranked 16th in the recent "Film Comment" critic's poll for best films of the decade. David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive" was the magazine's top pick.

Here is the rest of my list, updated from an earlier December entry:


1. "Cache/Hidden" (France)
2. "Sideways"
3. "Distant" (Turkey)
4. "Lilya 4-ever" (Sweden)
5. "A History of Violence"
6. "Little Children"
7. "A.I."
8. "The Darjeeling Limited"
9. "Talk to Her" (Spain)
10. "Ten" (Iran)
11. "City of God" (Brazil)
12. "Lost in Translation"
13. "Almost Famous"
14. "The Magdalene Sisters" (Ireland)
15. "Up in the Air"
16. "Edge of Heaven" (Turkey/Germany)
17. "The Pianist"
18. "Borat"
19. "Before Sunset"
20. "Waltz with Bashir" (Israel)
21. "Downfall" (Germany)
22. "y tu mama tambien" (Mexico)
23. "Three Times" (Taiwan)
24. "I'm Not There"
25. "Into the Wild"