the reason to include Serenity with Dr Horrible is to make the point that what sets the best movies apart from the rest is writing, and few write better than Joss Whedon. what makes the Coen Bros (they didn't do anything top 35 in the whole decade? really?), Charlie Kaufman, Woody Allen (shush, haters) and the other top filmmakers stand out: writing. the reason most movies suck is that most scripts suck. it's a simple formula: get a good writer and your movie may not suck (although there are plenty of directors who will do their best to make it so).

I dunno about this list? A few that come to mind that I believe would bump a few off the list would be: No Country for Old Men (2007),Crash (2005), There Will be Blood (2007) Day-Lewis also killed in (2002) Gangs of New York. Korean film also made a showing in the 2000's with OldBoy (2003), and The Host (2006). I also find it hard to believe that neither Judd Apatow nor Wes Anderson made your list. Seems those two alone made quite an impact in American culture during the last decade....shit, I better stop thinking about this. Just so many movies! Hotel Rwanda, Dog Town and Z Boys, Slumdog Millionaire, Anchorman, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon....Walk Hard.... Arrgh!

Whoops! My bad, missed the 40 yr Old Virgin on your list. Sorry.

I think the Blair Witch Project should be mentioned, due to their unprecidented viral web marketing of a low budget film with no big name actors. Might also want to mention "the Cell" for doing crazy fantasy inspired special effects before Pan's Labrynth. Kind of annoyed that you bothered to mention any of the Star Wars movies, since if anything they demonstrated how out of touch George Lucas had become, both with his fanbase and innovations in special effects. There was nothing ground breaking about either movie.

"The Blair Witch Project" is from '99. I agree completely about "The Cell"

This and the underappreciated list made me smile and go "oh YEA!" Well played, sir.

I don't what anyone says "Freddy Got Fingered" was the funniest film of the decade. And what's with "Paul Blart" but no mention of "Observe And Report"?

The missing verb: "care."

I've come to believe that it's not necessarily sexually unsatisfied women who like Twilight. It's actually girls and women for whom romance sounds dreamy but for whom actual sex (organs and fluids and hair) is icky.

It will be great to watch Spider-man Turn Off The Dark, i have bought tickets from
http://ticketfront.com/event/Spider_man_Tu… looking forward to it.