Time to get a little political....

What can I say? I laughed.

Top 10 Lists: 2007

10. Zodiac (David Fincher)

09. Away from Her (Sarah Polley)

08. Persepolis (Marjan Satrapi & Vincent Parronaud)

07. Into the Wild (Sean Penn)

06. We Own The Night (James Grey)

05. Ratatouille (Brad Bird)

04. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mingiu)

03. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Tim Burton)

02. No Country for Old Men (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)

01. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson)

And that is it. Those are my Top 10 lists from 1993 all the way up to 2007 (Click on older posts for the rest). Now, 2008 is still not yet through and I usually don't finalize my Top 10 until I've seen all the year-end releases and smaller, more indie/foreign films don't usually come to my country until early on the following year. Please do comment on any strong agreements or disagreements with them.

Top 10 Lists: 2006

10. Monster House (Gil Kenan)

09. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)

08. L'Enfant (Jean Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne)

07. The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (Aureus Solito)

06. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles)

05. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)

04. Volver (Pedro Almodovar)

03. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron)

02. Letters from Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood)

01. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro)

Top 10 Lists: 2005

10. Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki)

09. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Nick Park)




















08. Pride & Prejudice (Joe Wright)


















07. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg)

















06. The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach)

















05. Good Night and Good Luck (George Clooney)

04. Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog)

03. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee)

02. The New World (Terrence Malick)

01. Cache (Michael Haneke)

Top 10 Lists: 2004

10. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring (Kim Ki-Duk)

09. Sideways (Alexander Payne)

08. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino)

07. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Alfonso Cuaron)

06. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry)













05. Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood)

04. Kinsey (Bill Condon)















03. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater)














02. The Incredibles (Brad Bird)















01. Bad Education (Pedro Almodovar)

Top 10 Lists: 2003

10. Mystic River (Clint Eastwood)

09. Whale Rider (Niki Caro)















08. The Triplets of Belleville (Sylvain Chomet)
















07. Big Fish (Tim Burton)

















06. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino)















05. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton)

04. Raising Victor Vargas (Peter Sollett)

03. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola)

02. The Son (Le Fils) (Jean Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne)


















01. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson)

Top 10 Lists: 2002

10. Late Marriage (Dover Koshashvilli)

09. Hero (Zhang Yimou)

08. Y tu mama tambien (Alfonso Cuaron)

07. Femme Fatale (Brian DePalma)

06. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson)

05. Chicago (Rob Marshall)

04. The Pianist (Roman Polanski)

03. Far from Heaven (Todd Haynes)

02. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki)

01. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar)

Top 10 Lists: 2001

2001 is probably one of the best years in terms of quality films. It's really too bad the Academy picked a piece of crap from Ron Howard as the best picture of that year.

10. Va Savoir (Jacques Rivette)

09. Monsters Inc. (Pete Docter)

08. No Man's Land (Danis Tanovic)

07. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson)

06. Gosford Park (Robert Altman)

05. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (John Cameron Mitchell)

04. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)

03. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson)

02. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai)

01. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg)

Top 10 Lists: 2000

10. The House of Mirth (Terence Davies)















09. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)

















08. Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson)














07. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee)















06. Traffic (Steven Soderbergh)















05. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe)















04. Billy Elliot (Stephen Daldry)














03. Dancer in the Dark (Lars Von Trier)

















02. Yi Yi (A One and a Two...) (Edward Yang)














01. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky)

Top 10 Lists: 1999

No, I did not forget American Beauty.


10. Ratcatcher (Lynne Ramsay)
















09. Three Kings (David O. Russell)


















08. Topsy Turvy (Mike Leigh)













07. The Talented Mr. Ripley (Anthony Minghella)


















06. Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer)




















05. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze)



















04. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick)























03. Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter)

















02. All About My Mother (Pedro Almodovar)
















01. The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan)

Top 10 Lists: 1998

10. There's Something About Mary (Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly)

09. Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh)

08. The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)

07. Hana-Bi (Fireworks) (Takeshi Kitano)

06. Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon)

05. The Truman Show (Peter Weir)

04. Happiness (Todd Solondz)

03. Central Station (Walter Salles)

02. Rushmore (Wes Anderson)

01. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick)

Top 10 Lists: 1997

Yes, I know that a certain extremely high-grossing, Academy-Award winning film is conspicuously missing from this list. That said, I was one of the millions of people who loved it when it first came out. Well, I still like it but it's no longer one of my top favorites. Unfortunately, it's no longer one of my top favorites of the year. Of course, I'm talking about Titanic.

10. Happy Together (Wong Kar-Wai)

09. Ponette (Jacques Doillon)

08. Donnie Brasco (Mike Newell)

07. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson)

06. The Ice Storm (Ang Lee)

05. Funny Games (Michael Haneke)

04. The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan)

03. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino)

02. The Eel (Unagi) (Shohei Imamura)

01. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson)

Top 10 Lists: 1996

10. Welcome to the Dollhouse (Todd Solondz)
















09. Scream (Wes Craven)















08. The People Vs. Larry Flynt (Milos Forman)















07. The English Patient (Anthony Minghella)















06. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle)
















05. The Crucible (Nicholas Hytner)
















04. Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest)

















03. Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh)
















2. Sling Blade (Billy Bob Thornton)
















01. Fargo (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)

Top 10 Lists: 1995

10. Get Shorty (Barry Sonnenfeld)

09. The City of Lost Children (Jean Pierre Jeunet)

08. Safe (Todd Haynes)

07. Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch)

06. Babe (Chris Noonan)

05. Chungking Express (Wong Kar-Wai)

04. The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer)

03. Sense & Sensibility (Ang Lee)

02. Toy Story (John Lasseter)

01. Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater)

Top 10 Lists: 1994

1994. The year when I felt that there's no turning back in terms of my love for film. I believe a lot of people close to my age can attest to this thanks to one film in particular. This is my list for that year.



10. Speed (Jan DeBont)

09. The Last Seduction (John Dahl)

08. Ed Wood (Tim Burton)

07. Quiz Show (Robert Redford)

06. Bullets Over Broadway (Woody Allen)

05. Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson)

04. Wild Reeds (Andre Techine)

03. Red (Krzyzstof Kieslowski)

02. The Lion King (Rob Minkoff & Roger Allers)

01. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)

Of course that film was Pulp Fiction. I was around 14 when I first saw it. My life was never the same afterwards.

Top 10 Lists: 1993

This is the first in another series of posts I plan to make, posting my Top 10 lists since the year 1993 up to the present? Why 1993? Because 1993 is the year where I really started to pay attention to film and started doing these Top 10 list thingys. Anyway, here goes:

10. Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg)

09. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick)

08. The Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese)













07. Searching for Bobby Fischer (Steven Zaillian)














06. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis)

















05. Farewell, My Concubine (Chen Kaige)











04. The Piano (Jane Campion)











03. Short Cuts (Robert Altman)













02. Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski)













01. Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg)














1993 was such a strong year for films. Believe it or not, I had difficulty narrowing this list down.