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New Zealand online movie directory Flicks.co.nz has compiled a list of the Top 50 Films of the Decade.
Nine of New Zealand's most respected film critics selected the 50 films from every cinematic release in New Zealand between 2000 and 2009.
Flicks.co.nz says it's proud that the list includes a broad mix of movies, combining blockbuster entertainment with art-house fare.
Their favourite superhero film of the decade was The Dark Knight, while the best love story was deemed to be Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Several filmmakers had two films on the list: the Coen brothers, Quentin Tarantino, Ang Lee, Wes Anderson, Christopher Nolan, Peter Jackson and Michel Gondry.
The most recent releases featured were Quentin Tarantino's WWII epic, Inglourious Basterds, and the Peter Jackson-produced sci-fi sleeper hit, District 9.
The number one film of the decade was judged to be No Country For Old Men, directed by the Coen brothers.
Winner of the Best Picture Oscar at the 2008 Academy Awards, the modern western was an adaptation of the novel by Cormac McCarthy.
Flicks.co.nz says despite being set in 1980, the film's contemporary concerns of escalating violent crime resonate deeply at the end of the 2000s.
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Post new commentshazam said on 2009-12-04 @ 18:14 NZDT: Report abusive post
In the famous words of McEnroe: You cannot be serious! Sunshine?! Pineapple Express?! Where is 'Snatch'? Where is 'Casino Royale'? 'Into the wild'? This list makes me angry beyond all reason. It's a disgrace.
sarahp said on 2009-12-04 @ 16:24 NZDT: Report abusive post
I know it's tough to do these best of lists when there's so much choice but what was the criteria? How is Kill Bill not in the top 10 and even below Tarantino's more recent Inglorious Basterds!