Top Decadey Things, Part One: Movies

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I don't like to number things, because that implies that some are better than others, but they may just be different. So, without much further adieu, here are some of the best movies of the past decade:

• Le Fabuleux Déstin d'Amélie Poulain, ("Amélie"), Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001
• District 9, Neill Blomkamp, 2009
• The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Peter Jackson, 2001-2003
• Moulin Rouge!, Baz Luhrmann, 2001
• A Beautiful Mind, Ron Howard, 2001
• El Laberinto del Fauno ("Pan's Labyrinth"), Guillermo del Toro, 2006
• The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan, 2008
• Hotel Rwanda, Terry George, 2004
• Children of Men, Alfonso Cuaron, 2006
• Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi ("Spirited Away"), Hayao Miyazaki, 2001
• The Hours, Stephen Daldry, 2002
• UP, Pete Docter & Bob Peterson, 2009
• The Prestige, Christopher Nolan, 2006
• Minority Report, Stephen Spielberg, 2002
• American Psycho, Mary Harron, 2000
• Chocolat, Lasse Hallstrom, 2000
• Låt den rätte komma in ("Let the Right One In"), Tomas Alfredson, 2008
• Avatar, James Cameron, 2009

These may not all be the greatest screenplays, or best acting, but they are a testament to the triumph of cinema and its development as an art form distinct from that of novels and plays.

Feel free to discuss/challenge/make wild accusations.