100 FILMS: 2000-2010

#55 - The Saddest Music in The World

This year's Chlotrudis poll is a survey of favorite films from the last decade or so (specifically, 2000-2010). Members were asked to submit a top 20 list, which was extended to 50, and then again to 70. I already counted down my favorite 50 films of the '00s about a year ago; here's my revised and expanded-to-100 list, with the inclusion of a few 2010 candidates.

I wouldn't put too much weight every single ranking, given how fluidly my opinions shift--a week after making this list, I saw BLACK SWAN a second time and would now place it slightly higher.

1. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. Mulholland Drive
3. Beau Travail
4. There Will Be Blood
5. Y Tu Mama Tambien
6. Me and You and Everyone We Know
7. Duck Season
8. In the Mood For Love
9. Yi Yi
10. The Return
11. Cache
12. Before Sunset
13. Still Walking
14. C.R.A.Z.Y.
15. Far From Heaven
16. Waking Life
17. Lost in Translation
18. Spirited Away
19. 49 Up
20. Let The Right One In
21. Exit Through the Gift Shop
22. Winter's Bone
23. What Time is it There?
24. Gosford Park
25. American Splendor
26. Synecdoche, New York
27. Punch Drunk Love
28. Man on Wire
29. Ghost World
30. Donnie Darko
31. My Winnipeg
32. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
33. Jack Goes Boating
34. Talk To Her
35. Judy Berlin
36. Hedwig and The Angry Inch
37. Tarnation
38. Clean
39. Best in Show
40. Marwencol
41. 35 Shots of Rum
42. The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
43. Half Nelson
44. The Social Network
45. Dogville
46. Raising Victor Vargas
47. The Triplets of Belleville
48. Our Song
49. Mysterious Skin
50. Morvern Callar
51. Away From Her
52. The Squid and The Whale
53. The Hurt Locker
54. Volver
55. The Saddest Music in The World
56. Children of Men
57. The Best of Youth
58. Grizzly Man
59. I Killed My Mother
60. A Serious Man
61. The Visitor
62. The King of Kong: A Fistfull of Quarters
63. The Happiness of the Katikuris
64. Amelie
65. Not One Less
66. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
67. The Incredibles
68. Reprise
69. Shortbus
70. The Beaches of Agnes
71. Los Angeles Plays Itself
72. The Brand Upon The Brain!
73. Hunger
74. The Wind Will Carry Us
75. Double Dare
76. I'm Not There
77. The Gleaners and I
78. In The Loop
79. The Case of The Grinning Cat
80. The Host
81. Inland Empire
82. Goodbye Dragon Inn
83. The Flight of the Red Balloon
84. Elephant
85. 3-Iron
86. The Station Agent
87. Fantastic Mr. Fox
88. Revanche
89. Black Swan
90. Persepolis
91. Sideways
92. 25th Hour
93. Wonder Boys
94. Spellbound
95. Lilja 4 Ever
96. Dancer in the Dark
97. Tropical Malady
98. Day Night Day Night
99. Songs From the Second Floor
100. 2046