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 2003

Until recently, Scarlett Johansson could have secured herself a second first place finish after Match Point in 2005 but The Triplets of Belleville - an amazing animated french film has displaced her from that honour. Me repeating myself doesn't stop there - Finding Nemo is the third Pixar film to end up in the top five and the fourth to appear in these lists. Tim Burton and the Coen Brothers have also now made two apperances in the top ten.

1. The Triplets of Belleville (Sylvain Chomet)
   
2. Lost In Translation (Sofia Coppola)
   
3. American Splendour (Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini)
   
4. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich)
   
5. Shattered Glass (Billy Ray)
   
6. Big Fish (Tim Burton)
   
7. Kitchen Stories (Bent Hamer)
   
8. Intolerable Cruelty (Joel & Ethan Coen)
   
9. Goodbye Lenin! (Wolfgang Becker)
   
10. 21 Grams (Alejandro Inarritu)
    
11. X2: X-Men United (Bryan Singer)
    
12. Matchstick Men (Ridley Scott)
    
13. School of Rock (Richard Linklater)
    
14. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Gore Verbinski)
    
15. Bad Santa (Terry Zwigoff)