The Best of the Rest

Before I jump into my top 25 movies of the decade, I want to first go over some of the movies that didn't quite make the cut--keep in mind these are all still very very good films that I like a lot. But there were a lot of very very good films this decade and I could only pick 25.

When I started thinking of my top 25, I just listed all of the movies that I really liked from the 2000's...it ended up being 68 movies long--quite a ways from 25. The "first cut" sliced it to 50. That was hard enough, and that was only 18 films. I still needed to cut 25 more!

After whittling down another ten, some of the notable victims included Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (in my opinion, the best in the trilogy), Catch Me If You Can, Signs, American Psycho, Training Day and Ratatouille.

Once I got to 40 though, I decided to go ahead and start ranking from 1. When I reached 25, there were still some great films leftover that just missed the cut, so I just went and ranked to 40. I won't go into detail about the 26-40 films, but I thought it would be fun to show what just missed the cut...including a few films from just this year. Enjoy!

40. Sin City (2005)
39. The Fountain (2006)
38. Star Trek (2009)
37. Casino Royale (2006)
36. Volver (2006)
35. Let The Right One In (2008)
34. Snatch (2000)
33. WALL-E (2008)
32. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
31. The Road (2009)
30. Amores Perros (2000)
29. Shaun Of The Dead (2004)
28. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
27. Requiem For A Dream (2000)
26. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004)

Well, there you have it. Check back later today for the start of the top 25 countdown! Numbers 25 through 23 are up first.