Best Films Per Decade (Part One)

So I've decided I will compile a top ten list, per decade for film history (except the 10s, 20s and 30s which I combined together) and this first part will be for the 2010s (so far), 2000s and 1990s, so enjoy.

2010s (so far)

1. The Tree of Life (2011, Dir. Terrence Malick)

• No other director since Stanley Kubrick and 2001 has had a vision this stark, beautiful, audacious, grand, emotional and great.

1. Boyhood (2014, Dir. Richard Linklater)

• One thing few feature film directors have played with is time and no one has played with time like Richard Linklater. He may have done a great job with the Before Trilogy but Boyhood will be the movie he is remembered for.

1. Amour (2012, Dir Michael Haneke)

• Love is typically seen as a great thing but at times it can be very painful and no one has captured that like Michael Haneke in Amour.

1. The Master (2012, Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)

• When you think of 'buddies' when it comes to cinema, you probably think of buddy cop movies and such. The Master is about a man who has been affected by the war and a cult leader and their unlikely friendship.

1. Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013, Dir. Abdellatif Kechiche)

• Like Amour, this movie explores the pleasure and pain of love but it's more of a day to day look, with some brilliant acting.

1. The Social Network (2010, Dir. David Fincher)

• Most bio-pics come off as 'Oscar-Bait' but The Social Network feels like a Shakespearean Drama that is probably the only bio-pic directed by a true auteur.

1. Moonrise Kingdom (2012, Dir. Wes Anderson)

• If you want to watch a movie and just have fun while doing so, this is the one. Everything about this movie is unique.

1. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016, Dir. Richard Linklater)

• Normally it takes me about halfway through a movie if I like it or not, I knew this was a great movie once the movie started.

1. Toni Erdmann (2016, Dir. Maren Ade)

• If you only watch one three hour long, German comedy, make it this one. You won't regret it.

1. Paterson (2016, Dir, Jim Jarmusch)

• After thirty years of film making, it's not often directors get better, but Jim Jarmusch is currently topping his already great films.

2000s

1. Mulholland Dr (2001, Dir. David Lynch)

• If movie is one, it's re-watchable. The first two hours are your normal David Lynch movie, that is until you get to the last act and after that act, you'll want to watch this movie again and again and again and...

1. Children of Men (2006, Dir. Alfonso Curaon)

• While many movies give humanity hope, this one manages to do so in the way of it's main character played by Clive Owen but the real star of this movie is the story that says more about society more than any other movie from this decade.

1. Cache (2005, Dir. Michael Haneke)

• You don't need great, large set-pieces to make a great thriller, if you let one slow down, you get Michael Haneke's 'Cache', which will leave you scratching your head and it makes for great conversation.

1. Dogtooth (2009, Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)

• You might have loving parents or you might have parents like the ones in this film. Dogtooth fits under "thought provoking in the way, 'what would it like to be in that situation'"

1. Requiem for a Dream (2000, Dir. Darren Aronofsky)

• Want to do Drugs? Well maybe you should watch this movie first.

1. Adaption. (2002, Dir. Spike Jonze)

• Written by Charlie Kaufman, based on his time trying to adapt the novel The Orchid Thief, while his last movie Being John Malkovich is being shot.

1. Enter the Void (2009, Dir. Gaspar Noe)

• Well if you're into drugs (i'm not) you will like this movie when on drugs but I like the movie for how it's shot along with many other things.

1. The Wrestler (2008, Dir. Darren Aronofsky)

• There aren't many character movies that when you finish, it feels like that you've just seen a documentary but this is one of them.

1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (2007, Dir. Cristian Mungiu)

• If you only watch one Romanian movie (even if they are at an all-time high at the moment) this is the one but be warned it's a gut wrenching emotional journey.

1. Memories of Murder (2003, Dir. Bong Joon-Ho)

• A great cop procedural that isn't presented like an American movie because it doesn't use boring shot|reverse shot and the story isn't by the numbers.

1990s

1. Fight Club (1999, Dir. David Fincher)

• I can't talk about this one so you should just watch it for yourself.

1. Being John Malkovich (1999, Dir. Spike Jonze)

• Only Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman are able to create movies that ring true in nature to what the early pioneers did (a fantastical story that you just believed but you had the time of your life with) and Being John Malkcovich is where it all started.

1. Boogie Nights (1997, Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)

• If you thought Goodfellas lacked disco music, partying and an inside into the porn industry, Boogie Nights is for you.

1. The Truman Show (1998, Dir. Peter Weir)

• Simply this is the best Jim Carrey performance and one that he deserved an Oscar for. At times in this movie you will feel like someone watching Truman's life and scream at the movie.

1. The Matrix (1999, Dir. The Wachowskis)

• The only movie to mix martial arts, philosophy and anime together perfectly. Unlike its sequels and other action movies The Matrix concentrates on Neo's character to give us one of the most satisfying endings to an action movie ever.

1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991, Dir. Jonathan Demme)

• Most horror films are done using a by the number directing. Anticipation for scare. Relief (normally a cat). Then scare! The Silence of the Lambs scares it's audience in ways most people never notice. The way conversations are directed.

1. Toy Story 2 (1999, Dir. John Lasseter, Co-Dir. Ash Brannon and Lee Unkrich)

• While I do love Toy Story, I have a bit more nostalgia for its sequel which builds upon the original in everyway a sequel should and more.

1. The Straight Story (1999, Dir. David Lynch)

• Not many people would have expected a Disney movie directed by David Lynch but it happened and I can't name a reason why you shouldn't watch his most moving film.

1. The Thin Red Line (1998, Dir. Terrence Malick)

• While your average Joe might prefer Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line isn't a movie lead by its good looking actors or over sentimental plot and it shows in every scene.

1. Se7en (1995, Dir. David Fincher)

• You don't think Horror going into Se7en and you might not coming out but you should. Alien 3 might be an unloved child of the Alien series but Se7en is Fincher's real debut.

What will my top films of the 1980s, 70s and 60s be? Well you'll have to wait and see. However what films do you think I left out?