Best Movies of 1997

Man, Deconstructing Harry is by far the weakest number one we've had so far. I don't mean to say anything bad about it but I can't believe how weak this year actually was. This does mark Woody Allen's second top finish - it's just a surprising one. While overall I reckon that's an interesting top five, 1997 has proven to be the weakest year so far - I didn't think that'll happen until the 80s.

1. Deconstructing Harry (Woody Allen)
2. Waiting For Guffman (Christopher Guest)
3. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson)
4. Wintersleepers (Tom Tykwer)
5. The Fifth Element (Luc Besson)
6. Open Your Eyes (Alejandro Amenabar)
   
7. Lost Highway (David Lynch)
   
8. The Castle (Rob Sitch)
   
9. Men In Black (Barry Sonnenfeld)
   
10. Scream 2 (Wes Craven)
    

Best Movies of 2001

2001 is the biggest year so far - I've considered 20 films from that year to be noteworthy. The top film, Amelie, would be one of most important films for me ever.

1. Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
2. Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly)
3. The Royal Tenebaums (Wes Anderson)
4. Gosford Park (Robert Altman)
5. Monsters Inc. (Peter Docter, Lee Unkrich & David Silverman)
6. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki)
7. Shrek (Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jensen)
8. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch)
9. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff)
10. Moulin Rogue! (Baz Luhrmann)
11. Waking Life (Richard Linklater)
12. The Man Who Wasn't There (Joel & Ethan Coen)
13. Ocean's 11 (Steven Soderbergh)
14. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson)
15. Zoolander (Ben Stiller)
16. Y tu mama tambien (Alfonso Cuaron)
17. The Closet (Francis Veber)
18. Rain (Christine Jeffs)
19. The Score (Frank Oz)
    
20. Buffalo Soldiers (Gregor Jordan)
    

Blue Velvet

Just because I can. My flatmate rented Blue Velvet this week so here are some random snapshots from the film.