A Look Back at Top Ten Lists Past

With the end of 2006 just around the corner, I have already begun working on my top ten list of films for the year. In that spirit, I thought I would look back at all my top ten lists I have compiled since my love of film criticism began. Agree? Disagree? What do you think I should have included? Let me know what you think!

2005

1. King Kong
2. Brokeback Mountain
3. Munich
4. The New World
5. Good Night, and Good Luck
6. A History of Violence
7. The Squid and the Whale
8. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
9. Me and You and Everyone We Know
10. Crash


2004


1. Dogville
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Sideways
4. The Door in the Floor
5. Vera Drake
6. Closer
7. I Heart Huckabees
8. The Aviator
9. Finding Neverland
10. Garden State


2003


1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
3. In America
4. Mystic River
5. Lost in Translation
6. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
7. Finding Nemo
8. The Barbarian Invasions
9. The Triplets of Belleville
10. I'm Not Scared


2002


1. The Hours
2. The Pianist
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
4. Spirited Away
5. Adaptation
6. Bowling for Columbine
7. About Schmidt
8. Far From Heaven
9. Chicago
10. Y Tu Mamá También


2001


1. Gosford Park
2. In the Bedroom
3. Mulholland Drive
4. Moulin Rouge
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
6. Black Hawk Down
7. The Royal Tenenbaums
8. Ghost World
9. Hearts in Atlantis
10. Amélie


2000

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2. Dancer in the Dark
3. Gladiator
4. Paragraph 175
5. Traffic
6. Almost Famous
7. Chocolat
8. Quills
9. Unbreakable
10. Cast Away


1999


1. American Beauty
2. All About My Mother
3. Angela's Ashes
4. Boys Don't Cry
5. Being John Malkovich
6. The Sixth Sense
7. Fight Club
8. The Red Violin
9. The Green Mile
10. Toy Story 2