Today when I was searching the forums for AD's Best of 2000 through 2009 list, I realized it was never released. Or else I couldn't find it. But based on the last post in the Best of Aughts post, I don't think results were ever released:
This is a bit disappointing to a list fanatic like myself, so I propose that we give it another try. Why now? Well, it's better late than never. And most of us have caught up on our 2012 films now, so I'm hoping people have time for this.Originally Posted by Jonathan
Ack, I'm really sorry I forgot to reply to this upon first seeing it. Unfortunately all of the tallying information from that list was on my external hard drive, which I lost/was stolen earlier this year.I'll try looking in other places though, if I find it I'll get back to you.
My time is a bit tight these days, so I'm proposing we set up a few rules. First of all, please submit your ballot by March 1. You can vote by posting in this thread, or by messaging me your ballot. The sooner, the better!
Second, only votes for the 300 nominated films will count (see below for the list). Please start by copying the nominated list and assign point values to the right of the film title. Also, please do not alter the titles from how they are listed and please keep the year in parenthesis as well. I know this isn't ideal - especially limiting the nominees part - but it makes this entire project much more manageable since I can then paste everyone's ballots into an Excel spreadsheet and calculate the results. I hope you'll find the list consists of most the films that you think are worthy.
Here's how the voting works: You are given 500 points to divide between the the 300 nominees. You do not have to use all 500 points, but it is the max amount you can assign to the films of your choice. Also, you must assign points for at least 25 films and no more than 100 films. The maximum points you can assign to a single film is 25 and the minimum is 1. Decimal points will not be counted.
Below are the 300 nominees - 30 from each year based on the number of top 10 lists they made on various critics' lists:
2046 (2005)
21 Grams (2003)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
25th Hour (2002)
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
35 Shots of Rum (2009)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
40-Year-Old Virgin, The (2005)
500 Days of Summer (2009)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
About a Boy (2002)
About Schmidt (2002)
Adaptation (2002)
Adventureland (2009)
Ali (2001)
Almost Famous (2000)
Amelie (2001)
American Splendor (2003)
Amores Perros (2001)
Army of Shadows (2006)
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (2007)
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002)
Atonement (2007)
Avatar (2009)
Aviator, The (2004)
Away From Her (2007)
Babel (2006)
Bad Education (2004)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
Bad Santa (2003)
Barbarian Invasions, The (2003)
Batman Begins (2005)
Beaches of Agnes, The (2009)
Beau Travail (2000)
Beautiful Mind, A (2001)
Before Night Falls (2000)
Before Sunset (2004)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Best in Show (2000)
Big Fish (2003)
Billy Elliot (2000)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Bloody Sunday (2002)
Borat (2006)
Bourne Ultimatum, The (2007)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Brick (2006)
Bright Star (2009)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Broken Flowers (2005)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Cache (2005)
Capote (2005)
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Casino Royale (2006)
Cast Away (2000)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Chicago (2002)
Chicken Run (2000)
Children of Men (2006)
Christmas Tale, A (2008)
Chuck and Buck (2000)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Circle, The (2001)
City of God (2003)
Closer (2004)
Cold Mountain (2003)
Collateral (2004)
Constant Gardener, The (2005)
Coraline (2009)
Crash (2005)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Croupier (2000)
Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (2008)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Dark Knight, The (2008)
Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The (2006)
Deep End, The (2001)
Deliver Us From Evil (2006)
Departed, The (2006)
Dirty Pretty Things (2003)
District 9 (2009)
Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (2007)
Dogville (2004)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Doubt (2008)
Dreamgirls (2006)
Eastern Promises (2007)
Edge of Heaven, The (2008)
Education, An (2009)
Elephant (2003)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Far From Heaven (2002)
Fat Girl (2001)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Flight of the Red Balloon (2008)
Fog of War, The (2003)
Frida (2002)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Frozen River (2008)
Gangs of New York (2002)
Garden State (2004)
George Washington (2000)
Ghost World (2001)
Gladiator (2000)
Gleaners & I, The (2001)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Gosford Park (2001)
Gran Torino (2008)
Grindhouse (2007)
Grizzly Man (2005)
Half Nelson (2006)
Hangover, The (2009)
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
Headless Woman, The (2009)
Hedwig & the Angry Inch (2001)
Hero (2004)
High Fidelity (2000)
History of Violence, A (2005)
Host, The (2007)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Hours, The (2002)
House of Flying Daggers (2004)
House of Mirth, The (2000)
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Hurt Locker, The (2009)
Hustle and Flow (2005)
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
I'm Not There (2007)
In America (2003)
In Bruges (2008)
In the Bedroom (2001)
In the Loop (2009)
In the Mood for Love (2001)
Inconvenient Truth, An (2006)
Incredibles, The (2004)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Inland Empire (2006)
Inside Man (2006)
Into the Wild (2007)
Iron Man (2008)
Jesus' Son (2000)
Juno (2007)
Kid Stays in the Picture, The (2002)
Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (2003)
Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (2004)
Killer of Sheep (2007)
King & Queens (2005)
King Kong (2005)
Kinsey (2004)
Knocked Up (2007)
Kung Fu Hustle (2005)
L'Enfant (2006)
L'Humanite (2000)
Let the Right One In (2008)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, The (2004)
Little Children (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Lives of Others, The (2007)
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Magdalene Sisters, The (2003)
Man on Wire (2008)
Man Who Wasn't There, The (2001)
March of the Penguins (2005)
Maria Full of Grace (2004)
Master and Commander (2003)
Match Point (2005)
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
Memento (2001)
Messenger, The (2009)
Michael Clayton (2007)
Mighty Wind, A (2003)
Milk (2008)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Minority Report (2002)
Monsoon Wedding (2002)
Monster's Ball (2001)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Moon (2009)
Motorcycle Diaries, The (2004)
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Munich (2005)
Murderball (2005)
My Winnipeg (2008)
Mysterious Skin (2005)
Mystic River (2003)
New World, The (2005)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
No End in Sight (2007)
No Man's Land (2001)
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Nurse Betty (2000)
O' Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Old Joy (2006)
Once (2007)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Paranoid Park (2008)
Passion of the Christ, The (2004)
Persepolis (2007)
Pianist, The (2002)
Piano Teacher, The (2002)
Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)
Police, Adjective (2009)
Prairie Home Companion, A (2006)
Precious (2009)
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Proposition, The (2006)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Queen, The (2006)
Quiet American, The (2002)
Quills (2000)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Ratatouille (2007)
Ray (2004)
Requiem For a Dream (2000)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Road, The (2009)
Royal Tenenbaums, The (2001)
Russian Ark (2002)
Savages, The (2007)
Scanner Darkly, A (2006)
School of Rock (2003)
Seabiscuit (2003)
Serious Man, A (2009)
Sexy Beast (2001)
Shadow of the Vampire, The (2000)
Shattered Glass (2003)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Shrek (2001)
Sideways (2004)
Sin City (2005)
Single Man, A (2009)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Spellbound (2003)
Spider-Man (2002)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Spirited Away (2002)
Squid and the Whale, The (2005)
Star Trek (2009)
State and Maine (2000)
Station Agent, The (2003)
Still Life (2008)
Summer Hours (2009)
Superbad (2007)
Sweeney Todd (2007)
Syndromes and a Century (2007)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Syriana (2005)
Talk to Her (2002)
Tarnation (2004)
Thank You for Smoking (2006)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Thirteen (2003)
Three Times (2006)
Time Out (2002)
Together (2001)
Touch the Void (2004)
Traffic (2000)
Triplets of Belleville, The (2003)
Tropic Thunder (2008)
Two Lovers (2009)
Under the Sand (2001)
United 93 (2006)
Up (2009)
Up in the Air (2009)
Vera Drake (2004)
Very Long Engagement, A (2004)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Virgin Suicides, The (2000)
Visitor, The (2008)
Volver (2006)
Waking Life (2001)
Walk the Line (2005)
WALL-E (2008)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Waltz With Bashir (2008)
Wendy and Lucy (2008)
Whale Rider (2003)
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
White Ribbon, The (2009)
Wind Will Carry Us, The (2000)
Wonder Boys (2000)
Wrestler, The (2008)
Y Tu Mama Tambien (2002)
Yi Yi (2000)
You Can Count on Me (2000)
Zodiac (2007)
As an example of the voting structure, I have listed my ballot below. Let me know if you have any questions and let the voting begin!
Film (Year) Points
Adaptation (2002) 15
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 15
There Will Be Blood (2007) 15
Memento (2001) 13
Million Dollar Baby (2004) 13
Moulin Rouge (2001) 13
Requiem For a Dream (2000) 13
Minority Report (2002) 12
Before Sunset (2004) 11
Departed, The (2006) 11
Lost in Translation (2003) 11
Mulholland Drive (2001) 11
Mystic River (2003) 11
Royal Tenenbaums, The (2001) 11
Shrek (2001) 11
Sideways (2004) 11
Wrestler, The (2008) 11
Hurt Locker, The (2009) 10
No Country for Old Men (2007) 10
Up in the Air (2009) 10
Y Tu Mama Tambien (2002) 10
Almost Famous (2000) 9
Children of Men (2006) 9
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 9
Ghost World (2001) 9
Man on Wire (2008) 9
Brokeback Mountain (2005) 8
Finding Nemo (2003) 8
Knocked Up (2007) 8
Once (2007) 8
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) 7
United 93 (2006) 7
500 Days of Summer (2009) 6
Crash (2005) 6
Dark Knight, The (2008) 6
Juno (2007) 6
40-Year-Old Virgin, The (2005) 5
About Schmidt (2002) 5
Broken Flowers (2005) 5
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) 5
In the Bedroom (2001) 5
Queen, The (2006) 5
Traffic (2000) 5
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) 4
Half Nelson (2006) 4
House of Flying Daggers (2004) 4
King Kong (2005) 4
WALL-E (2008) 4
21 Grams (2003) 3
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) 3
Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (2007) 3
Education, An (2009) 3
Inglourious Basterds (2009) 3
Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (2004) 3
Punch-Drunk Love (2002) 3
Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 3
Talk to Her (2002) 3
Wendy and Lucy (2008) 3
Wonder Boys (2000) 3
You Can Count on Me (2000) 3
Amelie (2001) 2
Beautiful Mind, A (2001) 2
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) 2
Billy Elliot (2000) 2
Bowling for Columbine (2002) 2
Doubt (2008) 2
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) 2
Garden State (2004) 2
Gone Baby Gone (2007) 2
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) 2
Grizzly Man (2005) 2
House of Sand and Fog (2003) 2
In America (2003) 2
Into the Wild (2007) 2
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) 2
Little Children (2006) 2
Munich (2005) 2
Prairie Home Companion, A (2006) 2
Rachel Getting Married (2008) 2
Road to Perdition (2002) 2
Savages, The (2007) 2
School of Rock (2003) 2
Waking Life (2001) 2
