Top 10 Movies of decade:

1. The Proposition
2. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. United 93
4. The Bourne Supremacy
5. Zodiac
6. Dark Knight
7. Pan’s Labyrinth
8. Hot Fuzz
9. The Lives of Others
10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

This isn’t the best or my favorite, but just the top ones.  Which take into consideration how good they were and how much I liked them.

My 10 favorite movies from 2009

1. The Hurt Locker
2. District 9
3. The Hangover
4. Star Trek
5. Sherlock Holmes
6. Avatar
7. Up
8. Watchmen
9. Zombieland
10. Big Fan

Five Easy Pieces

***½

I’d like an omelet, plain, and a chicken salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce. And a cup of coffee.

Jack Nicholson plays an asshole.  Very well.  Karen Black plays an idiot.  Also very well.  I was told that it was like a glimpse into the generation who fought against Vietnam, but were slowly becoming yuppies.  That seems believable.

Mountain Patrol: Kekexili

****

Wait a second.  You want this place to be declared as a nature reserve.  Maybe I can help.

This movie felt like it took much longer than 90 minute run time.  That is not a criticism.  The pacing and the scenery lends itself to a sense of being out on in the Tibetan wilderness.  Parts of the movie are disturbing, but none are overly graphic.  Some animals get skinned, but no people.  While not particularly pleasant, the reality of this story rang particularly true for me.  No overly glamorized Hollywood movie here.  Well, that is until someone realizes that this is a movie and someone decides to re-pitch it as Kundun 2: Kundun Harder.

Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse

***

In French please.
This movie is about as good as the last one.  Jean Reno is very Jean Reno-y.  Cyril Raffaelli’s name in the credits got my hopes up, but I did not recognize his face in the movie.  The parkour used was wonderful, but not District B13 level.  If you like that movie, then you like Luc Besson’s stories and this is one of Luc Besson’s stories.

Five stars

*****
Supertroopers
Once Upon a Time in the West
Office Space
The Usual Suspects
The Empire Strikes Back
Fellowship Of The Ring
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
LA Confidential
Return of the King
12 Angry Men
The Big Lebowski
Amadeus
Closer
Munich
Kolya
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Irreversible
Citizen Kane
A Bridge Too Far
Donnie Darko
Thumbsucker
The Departed
Ghost in the Shell
Everything Is Illuminated
Blazing Saddles
Zodiac
United 93
Braveheart
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Inception
Comedian
The Princess Bride
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto en sus ojos)
Hugo
The Shawshank Redemption
Argo
Apocalypse Now
Captain Phillips
Frozen
Liza, the Fox-Fairy
12 Years a Slave
The Hunt for Red October
your name (Kimi no na wa)
Chinatown
Akira

Four and one-half stars

****½
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
From Hell
Gettysburg
The Bourne Supremacy
Hero
Garden State
Star Wars: A New Hope
A Few Dollars More
The Croupier
The Woman With the Little Dog (Dama s Sobachkoy/Дама с собачкой)
Lawrence of Arabia
Rashomon
Tombstone
Chasing Amy
The Quiet American
The Shawshank Redemption
Sin City
Chungking Express
Batman Begins
Crash
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Oldboy
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Shall We Dansu?
Good Night, And Good Luck
King Kong (2005)
A History of Violence
In The Mood For Love
Lord of War
Transamerica
Spartan
Divided We Fall
Broken Flowers
The Return/Vozvrashchenie
Russian Ark
The Third Man
The Deer Hunter
The Matador
The Maltese Falcon
Capote
Brick
The Twilight Samurai
Little Miss Sunshine
Jackass Number Two
Hollywoodland
The Proposition
300
Dracula
Pan’s Labyrinth
Bourne Ultimatum
The Last King of Scotland
The Lives of Others
Gone Baby Gone
Casablanca
No Country For Old Men
Rescue Dawn
The Assassination of Jesse James
In the Valley of Elah
The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada
Dark Knight
Jaws
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
In Bruges
Watchmen
Snatch
The Conversation
Hurt Locker
Barton Fink
Let The Right One In
Leon aka The Professional
Mulholland Dr.
The Naked Gun
The Kids Stays In The Picture
Double Indemnity
District 9
Unforgiven
The Book of Eli
Avatar
Sherlock Holmes
Kagemusha
Philadelphia
Best in Show
The Insider
Seraphim Falls
The Ghost Writer
Ninja Scroll
Animal Kingdom
Lebanon
A Prophet
3-Iron
The Two Escobars
Paths of Glory
Witness For The Prosecution
Bridesmaids
Platoon
JCVD
The Madness of King George
The Trip
The Guard
The Good, The Bad, The Weird
Catch Me If You Can
Venus
The King’s Speech
No End in Sight
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
On The Waterfront
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Artist
I Saw the Devil
The Help
A Separation
The Dark Knight Rises
13 Assassins
The Killer
The Muppets
Lincoln
Anna Karenina
Star Trek Into Darkness
Wet Hot American Summer
The To Do List
Rush
Back to the Future
Life of Pi
X-Men: Days of Futures Past
Chef
The Fault in Our Stars
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Faust
Gone Girl
Sunset Blvd.
A Second Chance
Spy
Fist of Legend
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Training Day
The Big Short
Captain America: Civil War
The Sting
Rogue One
Their Finest
Mudbound
Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse

Four stars

****
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Last Samurai
SuperSize Me
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Fahrenheit 9/11
Spider-man 2
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Bourne Identity
Collateral
Gladiator
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Wind and The Lion
Michael Collins
The Return of the Jedi
Kill Bill
Yojimbo
Jersey Girl
Vanya on 42nd Street
A Fistful of Dollars
In The Heat of the Night
Gosford Park
Alexander (theatrical and director’s cuts)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
The Two Towers
Blade: Trinity
King of Texas
The Life Aquatic: with Steve Zissou
Koyaanisqatsi
Brat (Brother)
Beloe solntse pustini (White Sun of the Desert)
Metropolis
Oligarkh
Dodgeball
Fallen Angels
The Queen of Spades (1916)
Revenge of the Sith
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Ghost in the Shell II: Innocence
Tokyo Girls
Young Adam
War and Peace
Dirty Harry
Wedding Crashers
Bad News Bears (2005)
Cool Hand Luke
The Commitments
Black Cat, White Cat
Vojna i mir: Andrei Bolkonskij (War & Peace)
Infernal Affairs
Syriana
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
40 Year Old Virgin
The Ringer
Good Bye Lenin!
Hustle and Flow
Stalker
The Constant Gardener
The Edukators
The New World
Serenity
Grizzly Man
Sleepers
Narc
2046
V For Vendetta
Cinderella Man
Thank You For Smoking
Inside Man
King Kong (1933)
Clerks
Enter The Dragon
Boycott
The Pawnbroker
Clerks II
Patton
Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Miami Vice
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Watership Down
District B13
The Battle of Britain
Match Point
The Asphalt Jungle
Fearless
Strangers on a Train
Tommy Boy
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Negotiator
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Casino Royale
The Dying Gaul
The Squid and The Whale
Conan The Barbarian
Jackass
The Long Goodbye
The Dukes of Hazzard
Rocky
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
An Inconvenient Truth
The Illusionist
Castle Cagliostro
The Hidden Blade
The Thin Blue Line
The Science of Sleep
Old School
A Scanner Darkly
The Exorcist
The Remains of the Day
Hot Fuzz
Le Samouraï
Paprika
The Simpsons
Bobby
Crimson Tide
Roger Dodger
Superbad
Smoke
Eastern Promises
Amistad
Letters From Iwo Jima
Elizabeth
Se7en
American Gangster
Heat
Juno
The Kingdom
Ocean’s 13
Renaissance
In Cold Blood
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Be Kind Rewind
Michael Clayton
3:10 to Yuma
Sideways
Raiders of the Lost Ark
From Russia With Love
Goldeneye
All About Eve
Manhunter
Knife in the Water
Shanghai Noon
Get Smart
Die Hard
The Bank Job
Longford
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
The History Boys
The Battle of Algiers
Definitely, Maybe
Role Models
Days of Glory
Star Trek
The Hangover
Public Enemies
Primal Fear
Defiance
Frost/Nixon
Sorcerer
Zombieland
The Visitor
Lust, Caution
Goodfellas
Black Book
The Other Guys
Coraline
White Heat
Paradise Now
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
The Wrestler
City of G-d
Edward Scissorhands
The Last Temptation of Christ
Taxi Driver
Notes on a Scandal
(500) Days of Summer
Up
Big Fan
Fargo
Tyson
Beverly Hills Cop
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Shutter Island
Hud
Interview with the Vampire
A Serious Man
Miller’s Crossing
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Ronin
True Grit (both of them)
Goldfinger
Insomnia (both of them)
The Town
Exit Through The Gift Shop
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Winter’s Bone
Cedar Rapids
Black Dynamite
The Third Girl
Anatomy of a Murder
The Last Station
The 39 Steps
Shadow of the Vampire
Stagecoach
Psycho
Machete
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Ip Man
Baadasssss!
Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980
Jurassic Park
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, … and Spring
Once Upon a Time in China
A Very Long Engagement
Super
A Few Good Men
Wall-E
Unguarderd
The Best That Never Was
The Killing
Margin Call
Boogie Nights
State of Play
Hanna
Call Northside 777
Happythankyoumoreplease
Moneyball
Tangled
The Hunger Games
The Avengers
21 Jump Street
Kabluey
Prometheus
The Amazing Spider-Man
Lady Vengeance
Looper
Super 8
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Roman Holiday
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Django Unchained
This Is Spinal Tap
Nine Queens
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Cairo Time
50 First Dates
50/50
Iron Man 3
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Man of Steel
Freedom Writers
Rain Man
Unfinished Song
Elysium
Gravity
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Her
The Lego Movie
Invictus
Slumdog Millionaire
Maleficent
Saving Mr. Banks
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Guardians of the Galaxy
Lone Survivor
Bad Words
Trainspotting
Dallas Buyers Club
Interstellar
22 Jump Street
Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
A Few Cubic Meters of Love
Dope
Tangerine
Howl’s Moving Castle
I’ll See You in My Dreams
The Four Falls of Buffalo
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
X-Men: Apocalypse
Central Intelligence
Money Monster
Aliens
Ghostbusters (2016)
Finding Nemo
Pu-239
The Christmas Bunny
Killing Them Softly
Wonder Woman
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Deadpool 2
Murder on the Orient Express (2018)
Mr. Holmes
Coco
Moonlight
Good Will Hunting
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Peanut Butter Falcon
No Time to Die
Blade
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Batman

Three and one-half stars

***½
Mean Girls
Troy
Jupiter’s Wife
Star Trek: Nemesis
The Meaning of Life
Richard III
The Ladykillers
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
September
The Incredibles
The Ladykillers (2004)
The Living Daylights
A Shot in the Dark
Salem’s Lot
Ivan the Terrible
A Time to Kill
21 Grams
Hellboy: Director’s Cut
Mallrats
Aelita
Throne of Blood
Unleashed
The Spanish Prisoner
The Big Kahuna
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Walking Tall (2004)
House of Flying Daggers
Kissing Jessica Stein
The Brothers Grimm
The Aristocrats
New Jack City
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Vojna i mir: Natasha Rostova
The Caine Mutiny
Harry Potter: The Goblet of Fire
The Sum of Us
Walk the Line
The Importance of Being Earnest
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Club Dread
Exiled: A Law and Order Movie
The Man In The White Suit
Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime
The Big Sleep
I, Robot
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism
Sweet and Lowdown
The Weather Man
Squint Your Eyes
Love Stories
Hiding Out
Burnt By The Sun/Utomlennie soltsen
Dog Day Afternoon
Gladiator: Extended Edition
X-Men: The Last Stand
The Horse’s Mouth
Shane
Thunderheart
Rudy
In The Name of The Rose
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
A Man For All Seasons
Beerfest
Caché
The Big One
For Your Consideration
Catch 22
Quills
Rocky II
Dr. No
Kicking and Screaming
Three Times
The Aviator
Shopgirl
The Prestige
Children of Men
Daredevil
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Ray
The Good Shepherd
Reno 911!: Miami
Fireworks
Volver
Domino
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
Primer
Rising Sun
Romancing The Stone
Wordplay
The 13th Warrior
The Queen
Internal Affairs
Dark Passage
Knocked Up
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
A Better Tomorrow
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Rock
A Better Tomorrow II
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Babel
Hard Boiled
Brazil
Blue Velvet
Spider-Man
The Good German
Where the Truth Lies
Clue
Iron Man
Kung Fu Panda
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Tropic Thunder
Harper
Enchanted
The Hunting Party
To Live and Die in L.A.
Mongol
Transsiberian
Justice League: The New Frontier
The Killers
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
The Pledge
The Player
Angels & Demons
Girl 27
Funny People
Inglourious Basterds
I Love You, Man
Winter Passing
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Sweeney Todd
True Lies
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans
Casino
The King of Comedy
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
In the Loop
Green Zone
War
The Hustler
Adventureland
9
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) – starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee
Danny Deckchair
The Lady Eve
Frozen River
Red Cliff
Five Easy Pieces
District 13: Ultimatum
Amélie #45
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Shaun of the Dead
Notting Hill
Kick-Ass
Jackass 3D
Moulin Rouge!
Point Break
Son of Rambow
Unstoppable
The Man With the Golden Gun
Toy Story 3
The Bone Collector
The Searchers
The Fugitive
Talhotblond
Greenberg
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
The Social Network
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Murder on the Orient Express (2010)
Sucker Punch
Without a Clue
The Matrix
The Hangover Part II
The Killers (1964)
Ravenous
X-Men: First Class
Harry Brown
The Reckoning
Red Riding: In The Year of Our Lord 1974
The Color of Money
The Lincoln Lawyer
Midnight in Paris
Paul
The Night of the Hunter
Waste Land
Red State
Another Year
Wonderland
River of No Return
Pelican Brief
Horrible Bosses
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Ref
Analyze This
Thunderball
Black Swan
Birds of America
Some Like It Hot
Hoosiers
Wreck-It Ralph
Skyfall
The Muppets Take Manhattan
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
42
Coriolanus
All-Star Superman
This Is the End
R.I.P.D.
The Wolverine
Mulan
The World’s End
Thor: The Dark World
American Hustle
The Wolf of Wall Street
Alan Partridge
Charlie Wilson’s War
The U
The Queen of Versailles
Breach
How to Train Your Dragon
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1
The Imitation Game
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
St. Vincent
Drunken Master
Spectre
Kung Fury
Deadpool
The Book Thief
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
Star Trek Beyond
Logan
Justice League
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Greyhound
Black Widow
Finch
The Batman
Death on the Nile (2022)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
The Flash

Three stars

***
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Around the World in 80 Days
Henry V
Hellboy
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Paycheck
La Femme Nikita
Star Trek: Insurrection
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
The Good Thief
Children of the Revolution
Elf
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Clerks: The Original Cut
Constantine
Comic Book: The Movie
Dogma
King Arthur Directors Cut
Where the Buffalo Roam
The Queen of Spades (1910)
Attack of the Clones
Exit To Eden
Anything Else
Above The Law
Cromwell
I Heart Huckabees
The Saint
Same Guys, New Dresses
Doctor Zhivago #246 (For Omar Sharif I’d rather watch the beginning to 13th Warrior)
MST3K: Hamlet
Runaway Jury
Starsky and Hutch
Mystic River #205 (I’m glad that this has gone down)
In The Cut
Much Ado About Nothing
My Dinner With Andre
The Warriors
Gorky Park
Murder at 1600
The Interpreter
Team America: World Police
Three Days of the Condor
Lucky Number Slevin
Willow
Doom
Corpse Bride
The Da Vinci Code
Boondock Saints /#70
The Magnificent Seven
Event Horizon
Drop Dead Gorgeous
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
Mister Roberts
Mission Impossible III
Foolproof
Ong-bak
The Stranger
Finding Neverland
Kingdom of Heaven
The Black Dahlia
Ashes of Time
Smokin’ Aces
L’Atlante
The Lost Boys
Layer Cake
Possessed
To Catch a Thief
Blades of Glory
Eight Men Out
…And Justice For All
Underworld: Evolution
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
The Game
True Confessions
Derailed
Deja Vu
Coming To America
Die Hard 4
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Ratatouille #120
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Gridiron Gang
Exotica
Interstella 5555
Chariots of Fire
Closely Watched Trains
North Dallas Forty
Branded to Kill
The Dreamers
The Wild Bunch #158
Grindhouse: Planet Terror/Death Proof
Robin Hood: Men In Tights
Sunshine
There Will Be Blood #113
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
We Own The Night
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Evil Under The Sun
Citizen X
Naked
The Great Train Robbery
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
The Browning Version
Touch of Evil #100
To Be or Not to Be
Burn After Reading
The Shadow
Rear Window
27 Dresses
Quantum of Solace
When Harry Met Sally
For Your Eyes Only
The Tale of Desperaux
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Protocols of Zion
The Drowning Pool
The Forbidden Kingdom
Pineapple Express
Transporter 3
Brüno
Blood Diamond
The Crimson Rivers
Mean Streets
Do The Right Thing
The Informant!
A Mighty Wind
World Trade Center
The Horror of Dracula
Gomorrah
Bloody Sunday
The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers
Bus 174
Hearts of Darkness
Alien #43
Julie & Julia
Cop Out
The Girlfriend Experience
Dora-heita
Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince
Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Naked Gun 33 ⅓: The Final Insult
Waiting for Guffman
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Diamonds Are Forever
The Expendables
The Killer Inside Me
Sneakers
Planet Hulk
Cyrus
Salt
The Lovely Bones
Agatha Christie’s ‘Ten Little Indians’
The Adjustment Bureau
Thirteen At Dinner
Jamaica Inn
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Under Siege
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Fast Five
Thor
Diabolique #181
Hobo With a Shotgun
Exit Wounds
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Silver City
Ip Man 2
Kung Fu Hustle
Ladies in Lavender
Kill The Irishman
Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop
Hereafter
Ocean’s 11
Bunraku
Kiss of the Dragon
Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol
Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
The Comedians of Comedy
Safe House
Dark Shadows
Air Force One
The Dictator
The Harder They Come
Moonrise Kingdom
Bourne Legacy
The Campaign
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
National Treasure
The Russia House
Jack Reacher
Les Misérables
Persepolis
Keeping the Faith
Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007
The Phantom of the Opera
Marlene
From Elway to Marino
The Great Gatsby
Brave
Beverly Hills Cop 2
The Spy Who Loved Me
Final Destination
Changeling
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Broke
Divergent
The Last Stand
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Bad Boys (30 for 30)
The Monuments Men
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Never Say Never Again
Big Night
Trainwreck
Ant-Man
Beyond the Mat
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Inside Out
Jurassic World
Miracle
The Hobbit (1977)
Mamma Mia
Suicide Squad
Pitch Perfect 1 & 2
Sisters
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
John Wick
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Ready Player One
Boone: The Bounty Hunter
Moana
Bright
Tolkien
Lovebirds
The Night House
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings