**Note: I deleted all of my old posts, but this was one I decided to keep from the previous iteration of the website, but it has been slightly amended.

Not necessarily the top, but what I believe are 35 essential movies to see from the decade (2000 - 2009) in no particular order:

Road to Perdition
Match Point
The Dark Knight
Amelie
City of God
Avatar
Gladiator
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Meet the Parents
The Fountain
Inglourious Basterds
Adaptation
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Count of Monte Cristo
Children of Men
Once
O’ Brother Where Art Thou
Borat
Brick
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Into the Wild
Bamboozled
Little Miss Sunshine
Mean Girls
RENT
Talladega Nights
The Incredibles
Memento
Gangs of New York
Lost in Translation
No Country for Old Men
Thank You for Smoking
There Will be Blood
Up in the Air

Close, a week too early, but you should still see it:
Galaxy Quest (Dec. 25, 1999)

Movies to See that will make you go WTF:
3. Y tu Mama Tambien
2. Deadgirl [Unrated Edition]
1. Ken Park

Movie I absolutely hated that everyone seemed to love (but now have forgotten about):

District 9