BEST MOVIES AND TV: 2000-2010!

The Great, The Good, and The Interesting!

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BEST MOVIES: 2000-2010
BEST DOCUMENTARIES: 2000-2010
BEST TV: 2000-2010

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B E S T
M O V I E S :
2 0 0 0 - 2 0 1 0

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E R O S

Amelie; Sex And Lucia; Eternal Sunshine;
Wall-E
2 0 0 0
• CHOCOLAT

2 0 0 1
• AMELIE ⇧
• IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Hong Kong)

2 0 0 2
• SEX AND LUCIA ⇧
• PUNCH DRUNK LOVE

2 0 0 4
• ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND ⇧
• GARDEN STATE
• BEFORE SUNSET

2 0 0 5
• LIE WITH ME
• THE WAYWARD CLOUD (Taiwan)

2 0 0 6
• SHORTBUS

2 0 0 7
• LUST, CAUTION (Hong Kong)

2 0 0 8
• THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
• WALL-E ⇧

2 0 1 0
• NEVER LET ME GO

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T H I N K

Infernal Affairs; Precious; Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
2 0 0 0
• REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
• THIRTEEN DAYS
• CHOPPER
• TRAFFIC

2 0 0 1
• APOCALYPSE NOW Redux (1979/2001)
• ALI
• MEMENTO
• A BEAUTIFUL MIND
• A HUEY P. NEWTON STORY

2 0 0 2
• I AM SAM
• Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (Mexico)
• FRIDA
• INSOMNIA

2 0 0 3
• INFERNAL AFFAIRS I, II, III (Hong Kong, 2002, 2003) ⇧
(Hong Kong trilogy that 'The Departed' was based on)
• 21 GRAMS
• CITY OF GOD (Brazil)
• DIRTY PRETTY THINGS
• 11:14

2 0 0 4
• HOTEL RWANDA
• MILLION DOLLAR BABY
• KINSEY
• MARIA FULL OF GRACE (Columbia)

2 0 0 5
• THE CONSTANT GARDENER
• MUNICH
• NORTH COUNTRY
• BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
• GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK

2 0 0 6
• THE DEPARTED
• LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
• BLOOD DIAMOND
• BABEL
• THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS

2 0 0 7
• ZODIAC
• MICHAEL CLAYTON

2 0 0 8
• MILK
• DOUBT
• THE WRESTLER
• CHANGELING
• FROST/NIXON
• AMERICAN VIOLET
• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

2 0 0 9
• PRECIOUS ⇧
• BROKEN EMBRACES (Spain)
• MOTHER (S. Korea)
• THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (Sweden) ⇧
THE HURT LOCKER
• INVICTUS
• ABOUT ELLY (Iran)

2 0 1 0
• THE GHOST WRITER
• THE KING'S SPEECH
• HOWL
• THE TOWN
• BLUE VALENTINE
• FOR COLORED GIRLS
• FAIR GAME

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S M I L E

O Brother; Kung Fu Hustle; Good Dick
2 0 0 0
• O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU? ⇧
• HIGH FIDELITY

2 0 0 1
• SHAOLIN SOCCER (Hong Kong/China)
• CQ
• Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (Mexico)

2 0 0 2
• SECRETARY
• GOSFORD PARK

2 0 0 3
• LOST IN TRANSLATION
• BIG FISH

2 0 0 4
• KUNG FU HUSTLE (Hong Kong/China) ⇧
• SIDEWAYS

2 0 0 5
• MARGARET CHO: Assassin
• KISS KISS BANG BANG

2 0 0 6
• STRANGER THAN FICTION
• BORAT
• THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP
• IDIOCRACY
• LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
• VOLVER (Spain)

2 0 0 7
• JUNO

2 0 0 8
• SUNSHINE CLEANING
• GOOD DICK ⇧

2 0 0 9
• AWAY WE GO
• UP IN THE AIR
• IN THE LOOP
• WOMEN IN TROUBLE
• A WOMAN, A GUN, AND A NOODLE SHOP (China)
• LA NANA (The Maid) (Chile)
• THE HEDGEHOG (France)

2 0 1 0
• MICMACS (France)
• EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
• THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
• ELEKTRA LUXX

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D R E A M

Return Of The King; Serenity; Children Of Men; District 9

2 0 0 1
• LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
• THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT
• A.I.

2 0 0 2
• LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
• SOLARIS
• MINORITY REPORT
• STAR TREK: NEMESIS
• STAR WARS II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES

2 0 0 3
• LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING ⇧
• THE MATRIX RELOADED
• THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS
• CODE 46
• NATURAL CITY (S. Korea)

2 0 0 4
• PRIMER
• HARRY POTTER And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
• 2046 (Hong Kong)

2 0 0 5
• STAR WARS III: REVENGE OF THE SITH
• SERENITY
• THE GIRL FROM MONDAY
• KING KONG

2 0 0 6
• CHILDREN OF MEN ⇧
• THE FOUNTAIN

2 0 0 7
• SUNSHINE
• BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA

2 0 0 9
• STAR TREK
• DISTRICT 9 (S. Africa) ⇧
• MOON
• AVATAR
• THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
• METROPIA
• HARRY POTTER And The Half-Blood Prince
• MR. NOBODY

2 0 1 0
• HARRY POTTER and the Deathly Hallows. Pt.1
• WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
• INCEPTION

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N I G H T M A R E

Mulholland Drive; The Ring; Ink; Spider Forest

2 0 0 1
• MULHOLLAND DRIVE ⇧
• VANILLA SKY
• THE OTHERS
• DONNIE DARKO

2 0 0 2
• THE RING ⇧
• 28 DAYS LATER
• BUBBA HO-TEP

2 0 0 4
• THE MACHINIST
• SPIDER FOREST (S. Korea) ⇧

2 0 0 5
• MIRRORMASK

2 0 0 6
• THE PRESTIGE
• THE ILLUSIONIST
• PAN'S LABYRINTH
• INLAND EMPIRE

2 0 0 8
• CLOVERFIELD
• SURVEILLANCE
• LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (Sweden)

2 0 0 9
• INK ⇧

2 0 1 0
• LET ME IN
• ENTER THE VOID
• BLACK SWAN

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G R A P H I C
I M A G E S

American Splendor; V For Vendetta;
The Dark Knight; Hancock
2 0 0 0
• UNBREAKABLE
• X-MEN
> Four Color Films review

2 0 0 1
• GHOST WORLD
> Four Color Films review
• FROM HELL
> Four Color Films review

2 0 0 2
• SPIDER-MAN
> Four Color Films review
• ROAD TO PERDITION
> Four Color Films review

2 0 0 3
• AMERICAN SPLENDOR ⇧
> Four Color Films review
• X2: X-Men United
> Four Color Films review

2 0 0 4
• SPIDER-MAN 2
> Four Color Films review
• SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW
• HELLBOY
> Four Color Films review

2 0 0 5
• BATMAN BEGINS
> Four Color Films review
• CONTANTINE
> Four Color Films review
• A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
> Four Color Films review

2 0 0 6
• V FOR VENDETTA ⇧
> Four Color Films review
• CASINO ROYALE
• SUPERMAN RETURNS
> Four Color Films review
• HOLLYWOODLAND
• ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
> Four Color Films review

2 0 0 8
• THE DARK KNIGHT ⇧
> Four Color Films review
• HELLBOY II
> Four Color Films review
• DR. HORRIBLE'S SINGALONG BLOG
• HANCOCK ⇧

2 0 0 9
• WATCHMEN
> Four Color Films review
• PUSH
• YATTERMAN (Japan)

2 0 1 0
• SCOTT PILGRIM vs. THE WORLD
> Four Color Films review
• TAMARA DREWE
> Four Color Films review
• The Extraordinary Adventures Of ADELE BLANC-SEC (France)
> Four Color Films review

See also:
BEST COMICS: 2000-2010

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P O E T I C
J U S T I C E

Hero; House Of Flying Daggers; Kill Bill
2 0 0 0
• CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON

2 0 0 2
• HERO ⇧

2 0 0 3
• KILL BILL, Vol. 1 ⇧

2 0 0 4
• KILL BILL, Vol. 2
• HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS ⇧

2 0 0 6
• CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER

2 0 0 8
• SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO
• THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD


See Also:
> How SPAGHETTI WESTERNS Revolutionized Rock Music!, with 3 Music Players

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R O C K I N '

Hedwig; Ray; The Runaways; Nowhere Boy
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• ALMOST FAMOUS

2 0 0 1
• HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH ⇧
• 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE

2 0 0 4
• RAY

2 0 0 5
• WALK THE LINE

2 0 0 7
• ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
• I'M NOT THERE

2 0 1 0
• THE RUNAWAYS ⇧
• NOWHERE BOY ⇧

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A R T I S A N S :
Pixar

Monsters Inc.; The Incredibles; Up
2 0 0 1
• MONSTERS, INC. ⇧

2 0 0 3
• FINDING NEMO

2 0 0 4
• THE INCREDIBLES ⇧

2 0 0 6
• only the parts of CARS with Paul Newman

2 0 0 7
• RATATOUILLE

2 0 0 8
• WALL-E

2 0 0 9
• UP ⇧

2 0 1 0
• TOY STORY 3

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A R T F L I X

Persepolis; A Scanner Darkly; Renaissance; Coraline
2 0 0 0
• CHICKEN RUN
• TITAN A.E.

2 0 0 1
• SPIRITED AWAY (Japan)
• WAKING LIFE

2 0 0 3
• ANIMATRIX
• TOKYO GODFATHERS (Japan)
• THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (France)

2 0 0 4
• GHOST IN THE SHELL II: INNOCENCE (Japan)
• HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (Japan)
• STEAMBOY (Japan)

2 0 0 6
• RENAISSANCE (France) ⇧
• A SCANNER DARKLY ⇧
• PAPRIKA (Japan)

2 0 0 7
• PERSEPOLIS (France) ⇧
• DOCTOR STRANGE

2 0 0 8
• JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER
• BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT
• SITA SINGS THE BLUES

2 0 0 9
• CORALINE ⇧
• PONYO (Japan)
• METROPIA
• WONDER WOMAN

2 0 1 0
• THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (Japan)
• TOY STORY 3

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B E S T
D O C U M E N T A R I E S :
2 0 0 0 - 2 0 1 0

Capitalism; Pornography; Alan Moore;
The Filth And The Fury

T H I N K
• AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH (2006)
• WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? (2006)
• SICKO (2007)
• WHICH WAY HOME? (2009)
• WAITING FOR SUPERMAN (2010)

• THE FOG OF WAR (2003)
• NO END IN SIGHT (2007)

• BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE (2002)
• FAHRENHEIT 911 (2004)
• OUTFOXED: Murdoch's War On Journalism (2004)
• THE CORPORATION (2004)
• ENRON: The Smartest Guys In The Room (2005)
• CAPITALISM: A Love Story (2009) ⇧
• INSIDE JOB (2010)


M A K E
• LOST IN LA MANCHA (2002)
• A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE (2003)
• THE MINDSCAPE OF ALAN MOORE (2003) ⇧
• PORNOGRAPHY: The Secret History Of Civilization (2005) ⇧
• IN THE REALM OF THE UNREAL (2005)
• THIS FILM HAS NOT BEEN RATED (2006)
• EL SISTEMA (2008)



R O C K
• JOHN & YOKO'S YEAR OF PEACE (2000)
• THE FILTH AND THE FURY: A Sex Pistols Film (2000) ⇧
• AFRO-PUNK (2003)
• BETTY BLOWTORCH (2003)
• EDGEPLAY: A Film About The Runaways (2004)
• DIG! (2004)
• THE GITS (2005)
• NO DIRECTION HOME (2005)
• PUNK: ATTITUDE (2005)
• THE STAX RECORDS STORY (2007)
• JOE STRUMMER: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)
• GIRLS ROCK! (2008)
• LENNON NYC (2010)
• THUNDER SOUL (2010)

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B E S T
T V :
2 0 0 0 - 2 0 1 0

D R A M A

• THE WIRE (2002-2008) ⇧
• THE SHIELD (2002-2008)
• ReGENESIS (2004-2008)
• RED RIDING trilogy (2009)
• DEADWOOD (2004-2006)
• MAD MEN (2007-2015)
• BOARDWALK EMPIRE (2010-2014)
• TREME (2010-2013)



W O N D E R

• ALIAS (2001-2006)
• FIREFLY (2002)
• Star Trek: ENTERPRISE (2001-2005)
• LOST (2004-2010) ⇧
• FRINGE (2008-2013)
• DOLLHOUSE (2009-2010)
• VIRTUALITY (2009 pilot)

• THE POWERPUFF GIRLS (1998-2005)
• SAMURAI JACK (2001-2004, 2017)
• AVATAR: The Last Airbender (2005-2008)
• FUTURAMA (1999-2003; 2008-2013)


U K

• DOCTOR WHO revival (2005-)
• TORCHWOOD (2006-2011)
• LIFE ON MARS (2006-2007)
• ASHES TO ASHES (2008-2010)
• JECKYLL (2007)
• MISFITS (2009-2013) ⇧
• STATE OF PLAY mini-series (2003)
• RED RIDING Trilogy (2009)
• SHERLOCK (2010-)



C O M E D Y

• ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (2003-2006; 2013)
• SPACED (1999-2001)
• GILMORE GIRLS (2000-2007)
• MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE (2000-2006)
• ANDY RICHTER CONTROLS THE UNIVERSE (2002-2003)
• WONDERFALLS (2004) ⇧
• PUSHING DAISIES (2007-2009)
• BETTER OFF TED (2009-2010)
• 30 ROCK (2006-2013)
• PARKS AND RECREATION (2009-2015)
• HUNG (2009-2011)
• THE DAILY SHOW With Jon Stewart (1999-2015)
• THE COLBERT REPORT (2005-2014)

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V I D E O
B O X
S E T S

• EYES ON THE PRIZE: America's Civil rights Years
• THE PRISONER, Blu-Ray remaster of the series
• The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus
• STAR WARS: The Original Trilogy
• TWIN PEAKS- The Definitive Gold Box Edition (The Complete Series) ⇧


VARIOUS ARTISTS:

• JAZZ ICONS, concert DVDs of different artists
• BRITISH INVASION dvd Box Set: Dusty Springfield, The Small Faces, Gerry And The Pacemakers, Herman's Hermits



© Tym Stevens

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• BEST MUSIC: 2025
• BEST COMICS: 2025

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• BEST MUSIC: 2024
• BEST COMICS: 2024

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• BEST COMICS: 2023

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• BEST COMICS: 2022

• BEST MOVIES + TV: 2021
• BEST MUSIC: 2021
• BEST COMICS: 2021

• BEST MOVIES + TV: 2020
• BEST MUSIC: 2020
• BEST COMICS: 2020

• BEST MOVIES + TV: 2019
• BEST MUSIC: 2019
• BEST COMICS: 2019

• BEST MOVIES + TV: 2018
• BEST MUSIC: 2018
• BEST COMICS: 2018

• BEST MOVIES + TV: 2017
• BEST MUSIC: 2017
• BEST COMICS: 2017

• BEST MOVIES + TV: 2016
• BEST MUSIC: 2016
• BEST COMICS: 2016

• BEST MOVIES + TV: 2015
• BEST MUSIC: 2015
• BEST COMICS: 2015

• BEST MOVIES + TV: 2014
• BEST MUSIC: 2014
• BEST COMICS: 2014

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• BEST MUSIC: 2013
• BEST COMICS: 2013

• BEST MOVIES + TV: 2012
• BEST MUSIC: 2012
• BEST COMICS: 2012

• BEST MOVIES + TV: 2011
• BEST MUSIC: 2011
• BEST COMICS: 2011

• BEST MUSIC: 2000-2010
• BEST COMICS: 2000-2010


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