Added by Stehako

on 22 Feb 2010 04:08

Vote!

1085 Views 2 Comments

Best Film Direction - 2000s

Sort by:

Showing 1-50 of 109

Next » 1« Prev

7.7

1. Peter Jackson

#1

(For the Trilogy)
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001)
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (2002)
"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003)

#42

"King Kong" (2005)

Stehako's rating:

8.7

2. Martin Scorsese

#2

"The Aviator" (2004)

#5

"Gangs of New York" (2002)

#11

"The Departed" (2006)

Stehako's rating:

3. Ridley Scott

#3

"Gladiator" (2000)

#19

"American Gangster" (2007)

Other Noteworthy Picture:

"Black Hawk Down" (2001)
"Kingdom of Heaven" (2005)

Stehako's rating:

8.2

4. Fernando Meirelles

#4

"City of God" (2003)

#88

"The Constant Gardener" (2005)

Stehako's rating:

8.1

5. Steven Spielberg

#6

"Catch Me If You Can" (2002)

#13

"AI: Artificial Intelligence" (2001)

#44

"Minority Report" (2002)

#67

"Munich" (2005)

Other Noteworthy Picture:

"The Terminal" (2004)

Stehako's rating:

7.5

6. James Cameron

#7

"Avatar" (2009)

Stehako's rating:

8.3

7. Quentin Tarantino

#8

"Kill Bill: Vol. 1" (2003)

#22

"Inglourious Basterds" (2009)

#31

"Kill Bill: Vol. 2" (2004)

Stehako's rating:

8.5

8. Christopher Nolan

#9

"Batman Begins" (2005)

#14

"The Dark Knight" (2008)

#20

"Memento" (2001)

#55

"The Prestige" (2006)

Stehako's rating:

8.6

9. Joel And Ethan Coen

#10

"No Country for Old Man" (2007)

#29

"The Man Who Wasn't There" (2001)

#51

"Burn After Reading" (2008)

#66

"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000)

#70

"A Serious Man" (2009)

Stehako's rating:

8.1

10. Wes Anderson

#12

"Royal Tenenbaums" (2001)

#45

"The Darjeeling Limited" (2007)

#78

"Fantastic Mr. Fox" (2009)

#103

"The Life Aqautic with Steve Zissou" (2004)

Stehako's rating:

7.7

11. Sam Mendes

#15

"Road to Perdition" (2002)

Other Noteworthy Picture:

"Revolutionary Road" (2008)
"Away We Go" (2009)

Stehako's rating:

7.3

12. Robert Rodriguez

#16

"Sin City" (2005)

Other Noteworthy Picture:

"Once Upon a Time in Mexico" (2003)

Stehako's rating:

7.7

13. Sean Penn

#17

"Into the Wild" (2007)

Stehako's rating:

6.9

14. Julie Taymor

#18

"Across the Universe" (2007)

#90

"Frida" (2002)

Stehako's rating:

6.2

15. Martin Campbell

#21

"Casino Royale" (2006)

Stehako's rating:

7.4

16. Jason Reitman

#23

"Up in the Air" (2009)

#101

"Thank You For Smoking" (2006)

Other Noteworthy Picture:

"Juno" (2007)

Stehako's rating:

8.3

17. Paul Thomas Anderson

#24

"There Will Be Blood" (2007)

Other Noteworthy Picture:

"Punch-Drunk Love" (2002)

Stehako's rating:

7.7

18. Alfonso Cuarón

#25

"Children of Men" (2006)

Other Noteworthy Pictures:

"Y Tu Mama Tambien" (2002)
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (2004)

Stehako's rating:

7.9

19. Michel Gondry

#26

"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004)

#77

"The Science of Sleep" (2006)

Other Noteworthy Picture:

"Be Kind, Rewind" (2008)

Stehako's rating:

20. Alejandro González Iñárritu

#27

"Babel" (2006)

#40

"21 Grams" (2003)

#80

"Amores Perros" (2001)

Stehako's rating:

7.9

21. Danny Boyle

#28

"Sunshine" (2007)

#69

"The Beach" (2000)

#114

"Slumdog Millionaire" (2008)

Other Noteworthy Pictures:

"28 Days Later" (2003)
"Millions" (2005)

Stehako's rating:

8.5

22. Clint Eastwood

#30

"Invictus" (2009)

#52

"Letters from Iwo Jima" (2006)

Other Noteworthy Pictures:

"Changeling" (2008)
"Gran Torino" (2008)

Stehako's rating:

7.3

23. Robert Zemeckis

#32

"Cast Away" (2000)

#84

"Polar Express" (2004)

Stehako's rating:

6.1

24. James McTeigue

#33

"V for Vendetta" (2006)

Stehako's rating:

6.6

25. Neill Blomkamp

#34

"District 9" (2009)

Stehako's rating:

6.2

26. Todd Phillips

#35

"Starsky & Hutch" (2004)

#95

"Old School" (2003)

Other Noteworthy Picture:

"The Hangover" (2009)

Stehako's rating:

7.1

27. Steven Soderbergh

#36

"Traffic" (2000)

#49

"Che: Parts 1 & 2" (2008)

#76

"Ocean's 11" (2001)

#91

"The Good German" (2006)

Stehako's rating:

7.5

28. Richard Linklater

#37

"Waking Life" (2001)

Other Noteworthy Pictures:

"School of Rock" (2003)
"Before Sunset" (2004)

Stehako's rating:

7.5

29. Spike Jonze

#38

"Adaptation." (2002)

#107

"Where the Wild Things Are" (2009)

Stehako's rating:

6.7

30. Baz Luhrmann

#39

"Moulin Rouge" (2001)

#85

"Australia" (2008)

Stehako's rating:

7.2

31. Paul Greengrass

#41

"United 93" (2006)

#53

"The Bourne Ultimatum" (2007)

#57

"The Bourne Supremacy" (2004)

Stehako's rating:

8.3

32. Darren Aronofsky

#43

"Requiem for a Dream" (2000)

#65

"The Fountain" (2006)

Other Noteworthy Picture:

"The Wrestler" (2008)

Stehako's rating:

6.7

33. Rob Marshall

#46

"Chicago" (2002)

#61

"Nine" (2009)

Other Noteworthy Picture:

"Memoirs of a Geisha" (2005)

Stehako's rating:

7.5

34. Yimou Zhang

#47

"Hero" (2004)

#98

"House of Flying Daggers" (2004)

Other Noteworthy Picture:

"The Curse of the Golden Flower" (2007)

Stehako's rating:

7.9

35. Terry Gilliam

#48

"The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" (2009)

Stehako's rating:

8.3

36. Tim Burton

#50

"Big Fish" (2003)

#106

"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet St." (2007)

Other Noteworthy Picture:

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005)

Stehako's rating:

37. Guillermo del Toro

#54

"Pan's Labyrinth" (2006)

Stehako's rating:

8.5

38. Chan-wook Park

#56

"Oldboy" (2005)

Other Noteworthy Picture:

"2046" (2004)

Stehako's rating:

7.2

39. Judd Apatow

#58

"40-Year-Old Virgin" (2005)

Other Noteworthy Pictures:

"Knocked-Up" (2007)
"Funny People" (2009)

Stehako's rating:

8.6

40. David Lynch

#59

"Mulholland Dr." (2001)

Stehako's rating:

7.7

41. Jean-Pierre Jeunet

#60

"Amelie" (2001)

#74

"A Very Long Engagement" (2004)

Stehako's rating:

7.1

42. John Woo

#62

(For Parts 1 & 2)
"Red Cliff: Part I" (2008)
"Red Cliff: Part II" (2009)

Stehako's rating:

7.5

43. Guy Ritchie

#63

"Snatch" (2000)

Other Noteworthy Pictures:

"RocknRolla" (2008)
"Sherlock Holmes" (2009)

Stehako's rating:

7.1

44. Todd Haynes

#64

"I'm Not There" (2007)

Stehako's rating:

8.8

45. Charlie Kaufman

#68

"Synecdoche, New York" (2008)

Stehako's rating:

5.7

46. David Dobkin

#71

"Wedding Crashers" (2005)

Stehako's rating:

6.9

47. Ron Howard

#72

"Frost/Nixon" (2008)

Other Noteworthy Pictures:

"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000)
"Cinderella Man" (2005)

Stehako's rating:

6.5

48. Wolfgang Petersen

#73

"Troy" (2004)

Stehako's rating:

49. Paul Verhoeven

#75

"Black Book" (2007)

Stehako's rating:

50. Cameron Crowe

#79

"Almost Famous" (2000)

Other Noteworthy Picture:

"Vanilla Sky" (2001)

Stehako's rating:

My Favorite 119 Directorial efforts from 109 quality directors; PLUS other noteworthy works.

The independent director was out in full force this decade and by 2009 I finally saw a healthy group of female directors churning out impressive work. Of course Scorsese and the Coens dominated as they have in the past, showing no signs of slowing down.

Enjoy!