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 1999

Out of the 21st Century now and into the 90's. After this point I think the lists are going to start becoming smaller as I become less familiar with each year. This year was one good year, I mean - look at that top six. That's six movies I'm quite fond of.

1. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze)
2. American Beauty (Sam Mendes)
3. Fight Club (David Fincher)
4. Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, Ash Brannon & Lee Unkrich)
   
5. Election (Alexander Payne)
   
6. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson)
   
7. The Matrix (Andy & Larry Wachowski)
   
8. All About My Mother (Pedro Almodovar)
   
9. Office Space (Mike Judge)
   
10. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola)
    
11. Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer)
    
12. Go (Doug Liman)
    
13. Bowfinger (Frank Oz)
    
14. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Trey Parker)
    
15. Scarfies (Robert Sarkies)
    

Best Movies of 2002

Those first four films on the list are so deliciously weird, 2002 certainly provided some excellent "weird" films that I love so much. Oscar winner Chicago rounds out that top five. Adaptation is the film that made me interested in film, before that I was a fairly apathetic film viewer.

Adaptation and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind makes the second and third Charlie Kaufman penned film to make the top five. George Clooney and Paul Thomas Anderson also make their second apperance in the top five as directors.

1. Adaptation (Spike Jonze)
2. Secretary (Steven Shainberg)
   
3. Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson)
4. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (George Clooney)
5. Chicago (Rob Thomas)
6. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson)
7. City of God (Fernando Meirelles & Katia Lund)
   
8. Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg)
9. The Hours (Stephen Daldry)
   
10. The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman)
    
11. Dirty Pretty Things (Stephen Frears)
    
12. One Hour Photo (Mark Romanek)
13. Ice Age (Chris Wedge & Carlos Saldanha)
    

Best Movies of 2007

One thing that obsesses me is the constant battle of ranking my favourite things. So I've decided to embark on a journey of ranking my favourite movies of all time. I'm going to do this at a painfully slow pace - year by year. I'll start with last year - not that this list means much as I've yet to see a lot of 2007 movies. I rarely venture to the theatre and mainly watch movies by renting them on $3 or $1 days at the rental places. I've seen a few though - enough to put together a collection of more than ten movies that I enjoyed last year. So I haven't started too badly.

1. No Country For Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen)
   
2. Ratatouille (Brad Bird)
   
3. Juno (Jason Reitman)
   
4. Sweeney Todd (Tim Burton)
   
5. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson)
   
6. Eagle vs. Shark (Taika Cohen)
   
7. Planet Terror (Robert Rodriguez)
   
8. Death at a Funeral (Frank Oz)
   
9. Sunshine (Danny Boyle)
   
10. The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass)
    
11. Zodiac (David Fincher)
    

Which is better?

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