The 50 best films of the noughties

By Robbie Collin

EVERY FILM critic worth their salt has a list of the best movies of the last ten years. Now it's time for those of us who AREN'T worth our salt to chip in too.

Here's my own personal top 50. If you agree, disagree, or hate me for missing out YOUR fave film of the decade let me know in the comments box below .. or on Twitter at twitter.com/robbiereviews.

50. TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE (2004, Trey Parker)

THE South Park boys slaughtered sacred cows left, right and centre in this jaw-dropping send-up of the US fight for freedom. Best vomiting scene in a movie, ever. Best song about Aids in a movie, ever. Best puppet sex scene in a movie, ever. Are you getting the picture?

49. THE INCREDIBLES (2004, Brad Bird)

TOPPED by other, more recent Pixar efforts, this tale of a family of secret superheroes still has the power to spellbind six years on.

48. MILK (2008, Gus Van Sant)

SEAN Penn's note-perfect performance wins this brilliant biopic of Harvey Milk, the US's first openly gay politician, a place on the chart all by itself.

47. AMERICAN GANGSTER (2007, Ridley Scott)

HUGELY underrated Ridley Scott crime epic starring Denzel Washington as New York's real-life heroin kingpin Frank Lucas.

46. A SERIOUS MAN (2009, Joel and Ethan Coen)

HEARTBREAKINGLY cruel black comedy in which an innocent Jewish professor's life starts crumbling around his ears. Top drawer Coens genius.

45. THE HURT LOCKER (2009, Kathryn Bigelow)

The first (only) decent film about the Iraq War, as seen through the eyes of a cocky young bomb disposal expert.

44. ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY (2004, Adam McKay)

ABSURDLY quotable Will Ferrell comedy about a dim-witted news presenter. Sixty percent of the time it makes me laugh, every time.

43. MONSTERS, INC. (2001, Pete Docter and David Silverman)

THE graphics are looking a bit sketchy these days, but this family tale of monsters who collect 'scream energy' from kids is still bursting with heart and brilliant gags.

42. MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (2003, Peter Weir)

FRESH from bringing down the Roman Emperor in Gladiator, Russell Crowe went a-sailing round South America. The result? Two Oscars, four Baftas, and a hell of a lot of salt water in his ears. Good work.

41. HERO (2002, Zhang Yimou)

DAZZLING martial arts epic that upped the stakes for Hollywood fight sequences, even more than Crouching Tiger did two years earlier. If getting kicked in the face was poetry, this would be Shakespeare.

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