The Great Films: 2000, 2001

It's getting to be that time of year again when I begin to compile my list of the 25 best movies of the year. As a prelude I revisit the Top 25 from past years. Click on the titles to learn more about the films.

2000
1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2. You Can Count on Me
3. Traffic
4. Almost Famous
5. Chicken Run
6. Yi Yi
7. Beau Travail
8. Before Night Falls
9. The Wind Will Carry Us
10. George Washington
11. House of Mirth
12. High Fidelity
13. Ratcatcher
14. Chuck & Buck
15. Best in Show
16. Wonder Boys
17. Requiem for a Dream
18. Croupier
19. Erin Brockovich
20. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
21. Nurse Betty
22. Hamlet
23. Quills
24. Dancer in the Dark
25. Gladiator

2001
1. In the Bedroom
2. In the Mood for Love
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4. Ghost World
5. The Circle
6. Gosford Park
7. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
8. Under the Sand
9. Mulholland Dr.
10. Memento
11. Shrek
12. Waking Life
13. Amores Perros
14. Together
15. The Gleaners and I
16. Sexy Beast
17. The Deep End
18. Monsters, Inc.
19. The Royal Tenenbaums
20. Moulin Rouge
21. Black Hawk Down
22. Amelie
23. Monster’s Ball
24. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
25. Eureka