Ann Hornaday’s Best Films of the 2000s. How many have I seen?

Ann Hornaday from the Washington Post has proposed a list of the best 23 films of the 2000s. Let’s see which ones I’ve seen.

Movies I’ve seen:

• 25th Hour
• The Hurt Locker
• Michael Clayton
• Boyhood
• 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
• Old Joy
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• You Can Count on Me
• No Country for Old Men
• I’m Not There
• Dunkirk
• Mudbound
• Spotlight
• Stories We Tell
• The Royal Tenenbaums

Movies I’ve not yet seen, but plan to:

• Children of Men
• There Will Be Blood
• Hunger
• Spirited Away

Movies I most likely won’t watch:

• Pan’s Labyrinth–this movie has weirded me out for years.
• Minority Report–Tom Cruise is a no-go for me
• Son of Saul–I have trouble prioritizing movies depicting the holocaust
• The Fog of War–I’m sure this is a great documentary, but there just aren’t very many documentaries in my life.

Let’s look at what I’ve seen. Of the fifteen on the list…

I heartily recommend: 

Movies that are good movies to watch in general:

• Boyhood
• Old Joy
• You Can Count on Me
• Dunkirk
• Spotlight
• Stories we Tell
  
• The Royal Tenenbaums

Movies that are good, but tough to watch (tense, difficult subject matter, etc.)*

• The Hurt Locker
• 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
• No Country for Old Men
• Mudbound

*People would probably put Spotlight on this list, but it’s such a quality film, I think that overcomes the difficult subject matter.

Movies that I remember liking, but would have to watch again before recommending them:

• 25th Hour
• Michael Clayton
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• I’m Not There (I recall being overly tired while watching, which got in the way of my enjoyment) (Yep. Tired.)