Top Ten of 2005
1. Star Wars (the entire six movie set which we sat and watched, with the final episode in the theater. More of a cultural experience than a great movie, but I did really enjoy that final movie.)
2. Capote (Just really enjoyed the movie and the book-In Cold blood.)
3. History of Violence (tight-well made movie.)
4. Hotel Rwanda (so moving.. love Don Cheadle... I know, technically, this was 2004 but i didn't see it till this year.)
5. Syriana (As much for the political intensity as the drama... but it was also a really good movie.)
6. The Constant Gardner (I love this director. City of God was my top movie of 2004 and this was a totally different film but with a lot of the same great directing.)
7. Match Point (My favorite all time Woody Allen movie. Really good acting, great plot. Much like History of Violence, in that it is a story that has been told before but this is just a really tight well-done rendition.)
8. Sin City (The testosterone laden boy in me brought this onto the list. Really engaged by the stylistic art of this movie. The most comic-book faithful movie there has been.)
9. Good Night and Good Luck. (Again a movie that made it mostly for its politics, but it was also a great performance by David Straithairn.)
10. Wedding Crashers (Funniest movie that I have seen in a long time. But I don't really see too many funny movies. I love Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson and Will Ferrel. I think most people don't appreciate that we are in a period with a great group of funny men. Kind of like the current Rat Pack of comedy. The Wilson brothers, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrel can not make a movie that doesn't make me laugh out loud.)
2006
Brokeback Mountain
The Squid and the Whale
2005
Hotel Rwanda
Ray
Finding Neverland
Battle Royale
Rabbit Proof Fence
Garden State
Open Water
Star Wars
Crash
Sin City
Good Night, and Good luck
A History of Violence
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Wedding Crashers
Cinderella Man
War of the Worlds
Batman Begins
The Constant Gardener
Rent
Syriana
Capote
The Family Stone
MatchPoint
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Producers
2004
Before Sunset/Before Sunrise
Sideways
Hero
The Terminal
The Aviator
Closer