Excellent
	1.	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
		utterly sublime
	2.	Primer
		Complex and compelling
	3.	Maria Full of Grace
		simple and stunning
	4.	Bad Education
		Almodovar at the top of his game
	5.	Before Sunset
		the romance is still there
	6.	Dogville
		cynical and brutal
	7.	Home of the Brave
		An exceptional and touching documentary
	8.	Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring
		beautiful setting, beautiful movie
	9.	Good Bye, Lenin!
		touching and funny - was robbed in the Oscar foreign film category, much like City of God
	10.	Stage Beauty
		Shakespeare in Love for the new millennium
	11.	Mean Creek
		chilling and tense teen movie
	12.	The Aviator
		The best of the biopic bunch
	13.	Crimson Gold
		A look at simmering class warfare in Tehran
	14.	The Motorcycle Diaries
		Rodrigo de la Serna steals the show
Good
	15.	Hotel Rwanda
		powerful and heartbreaking film
	16.	Son Frere
		several steps above the normal disease of the week movie
	17.	Finding Neverland
		warm, touching, and sublime
	18.	Enduring Love
		I forgot that "enduring" can also be a verb
	19.	A Home at the End of the World
		brilliant performances - touching and poignant
	20.	Born Into Brothels
		Informative and touching
	21.	The Incredibles
		The title says it all
	22.	Open Water
		highly effective as both a thriller and a drama
	23.	Sideways
		A buddy road movie that hits the mark
	24.	Touching the Void
		Still gripping even though the ending is known in the first frames
	25.	Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi
		A sweet, simple coming of age tale
	26.	Ocean's Twelve
		Just a plain old fun time
	27.	Million Dollar Baby
		Very well done, but formulaic.
	28.	The Flight of the Phoenix
		surprisingly entertaining and effective
	29.	Tarnation
		very good, but not as groundbreakring as touted
	30.	Spanglish
		light, amusing entertainment
	31.	The Saddest Music in the World
		inventive, original, and funny
	32.	Garden State
		stellar debut from writer/director/star Zach Braff
	33.	House of Flying Daggers
		Beautiful to look at
	34.	The Story of the Weeping Camel
		surprisingly touching and engaging hybrid documentary
	35.	Closer
		Lots of great elements that don't seem to quite fit together for a great movie
	36.	The Return
		the arrival of a new Russian filmmaking talent
	37.	Kinsey
		The whole somehow doesn't add up to the sum of all its impressive parts
	38.	The Assassination of Richard Nixon
		Some great performances in a bit of an uneven movie
	39.	A Thousand Clouds of Peace
		slight narrative - full of style and beautiful to watch
	40.	Vera Drake
		An incredible lead performance anchors the film
	41.	A Very Long Engagement
		Jeunet's whimsical style doesn't quite mesh with this wartime story
	42.	Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
		A well done portrait of the man regardless of what you think about his politics
	43.	The Agronomist
		doc reflects the history of a country (Haiti) through the life of one man
	44.	Shaun of the Dead
		Apparently only the British know how to make zombie movies
	45.	The Bourne Supremacy
		sequel that tops the original
	46.	I Heart Huckabees
		Not quite brilliant, but fun and entertaining
	47.	Baadasssss!
		great look at independent filmmaking
	48.	The Five Obstructions
		gave me more respect for Dogme filmmaking
	49.	Seducing Doctor Lewis
		sweet, delightful, and funny
	50.	Time of the Wolf
		another dark look at humanity from Haneke, but not his greatest
	51.	Eurotrip
		engaging cast elevates this average teen comedy
Fair
	52.	Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
		Star Jamie Sives is reminiscent of Colin Farrell, but with charisma
	53.	Super Size Me
		insightful and entertaining, if a bit loaded
	54.	Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
		entertaining doc even if you aren't a fan of the music
	55.	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
		It takes a little too long to settle into the genre, but then it picks up
	56.	The Girl Next Door
		nice... but it's no Risky Business
	57.	Broadway: The Golden Age
		A nice overview of the history of Broadway
	58.	Saved!
		kinder, gentler satire
	59.	The Notebook
		conventional material elevated by talented filmmakers and cast
	60.	Napoleon Dynamite
		funny, but a little inconsistent
	61.	The Woodsman
		strong performances in a mediocre movie
	62.	The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
		extremely random, hit and miss
	63.	Open House
		the best real estate based musical yet
	64.	Easy
		fun romantic comedy
	65.	Facing Windows
		A solid, workman-like effort, but nothing special
	66.	The Manchurian Candidate
		very good, but feels a bit long
	67.	Cellular
		modestly engaging thriller
	68.	Seed of Chucky
		hits all the obvious gags, but adds several clever ones too
	69.	Strayed
		engaging period drama
	70.	Two Brothers
		the people get in the way of the cats
	71.	Intermission
		Colin Farrell is the biggest star, but Cillian Murphy steals the show
	72.	Saw
		makes the cut
	73.	Silver City
		one of the lesser John Sayles' films but still adequate
	74.	Orwell Rolls in His Grave
		Thought provoking doc that loses its focus a bit
	75.	The Brown Bunny
		after all the commotion, turns out to be simply decent
	76.	Ray
		great performance - monotonous movie
	77.	Collateral
		well made and well acted, but existential tale just didn't grab me
	78.	A Dirty Shame
		Enough amusing moments to make it entertaining
	79.	We Don't Live Here Anymore
		doesn't quite completely work despite some solid elements
	80.	National Treasure
		decent mindless fun
	81.	Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera
		A faithful adaptation with all the benefits and faults of the musical
	82.	The Reckoning
		Decent period mystery
	83.	A Slipping Down Life
		quirky humor, Lili Taylor and Guy Pearce are great
	84.	Being Julia
		Good payoff - but you've got to go a long way to get there
	85.	Coffee and Cigarettes
		uneven - some of the sketches are tedious but some are hilarious
	86.	The Lost Boys of Sudan
		sort of a Real World: Sudanese Refugees
	87.	Dawn of the Dead
		serviceable horror movie
	88.	Young Adam
		couldn't tell if it was supposed to be a comedy
	89.	Close Your Eyes
		A serviceable thriller
	90.	Control Room
		an interesting look, but doesn't dig deep enough
	91.	Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
		straight forward documentary film that runs a bit too long
	92.	Shrek 2
		didn't measure up to the original
	93.	Saints and Soldiers
		serviceable WWII drama
Poor
	94.	Hiding and Seeking
		Seemed too much like a home movie
	95.	Kill Bill Vol. 2
		A letdown after Volume 1
	96.	The Yes Men
		the subject seemed interesting, the film not as much
	97.	Grand Theft Parsons
		lacking in energy
	98.	The Mudge Boy
		has trouble finding a consistent tone
	99.	The Butterfly Effect
		admirable attempt that just didn't work for me
	100.	Intimate Strangers
		The central relationship just didn't work for me
	101.	Stepford Wives
		jumbled, didn't quite come together
	102.	Word Wars
		not quite as engaging as it could have been
	103.	Broken Lizard's Club Dread
		A big step down from Super Troopers
	104.	Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
		even grading on the genre curve, it is still lacking
	105.	Mean Girls
		not quite funny (or mean) enough
	106.	Kitchen Stories
		felt too full of Scandinavia in jokes
	107.	P.S.
		Sophomore slump for Dylan Kidd
	108.	SpongeBob SquarePants
		A few of the television episodes strung together would have been better
	109.	Team America: World Police
		Ultimately disappointing
	110.	The Passion of the Christ
		as a movie it lacks a dramatic narrative ark (er, arc)
	111.	Birth
		who thought this was a good idea?
	112.	Brother to Brother
		interesting premise, but surprisingly flat
	113.	The Day After Tomorrow
		Emmerich strikes (out) again.
	114.	Little Black Book
		Pretty much a total mess
	115.	The Punisher
		Only a bit better than Dolph's version
	116.	Alexander
		It's scary that at this ranking it was a lot better than I was expecting
	117.	Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
		just not funny
	118.	The Terminal
		Ironic from its title that I thought it would never end.
	119.	Father and Son
		the problem with a tone poem is that if you don't get the tone, there's nothing left
	120.	The Burial Society
		a thriller that's not quite thrilling enough
	121.	Love Me If You Dare
		it's hard to pull of a romantic comedy when neither lead is likeable
	122.	The Intended
		a riff on Heart of Darkness that gets bogged down
	123.	I'm Not Scared
		you should be
	124.	The Mother
		interesting premise, dull execution
Horrible
	125.	In Good Company
		so promising, yet so bad
	126.	Jersey Girl
		Plays like a (bad) tv movie
	127.	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
		so much eye candy, so painful to watch
	128.	The United States of Leland
		disappointingly pretentious
	129.	Highwaymen
		only using "Jesus Built my Hotrod" as a theme song could have saved it
	130.	Blade: Trinity
		please let this series remain a trilogy
	131.	Catwoman
		it made me hate my cat just a little
	132.	Starsky and Hutch
		how did it end? no really, i left halfway through to avoid self trepanation
	133.	Beyond the Sea
		a vanity project run amok

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