50 Movies of the last decade

So we have gone through a full decade already and we have had a great 10 years of great movies with some standing out as some of the best movies ever made.

So i thought why not tell you 50 movies what i thought were some of the best of the last decade.

What i've done is choose 5 movies from each year with some honourable mentions thrown in for some good measure.
Oh yeh one more thing before i tell you some of the best movies these are in no order and while some of them might be a strange choice these are movies you should watch from the last 10 years not the overall best movies.

So without further ado have a look to see if any of these catches your eyes.

2000
Pitch Black - Bringing Vin Diesel to the screen for the first time in a really tense and smart Sci-Fi action horror we were shown how a movie could be made on a small budget with unkown actors.
X-Men - Superhero movies always got stick for treating the audience like kids however when the first X-Men movie came out it showed you that a Superhero movie can also be for adults as well
Final Destination - It wasn't until the year 2000 until we started to get good old fashioned edge of your seat thrillers like this one again.
American Psycho - Who would of known that a small horror movie would give us the future Batman, well American Psycho brought Christian Bale to the forefront by showing us in a light that you have never seen him in since.
Tigerland - Again this movie was a debut for a future huge actor in the shape of Colin Farrell however this would still remain as his grittiest role and a one that will surprise you.

2001
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone - 2001 was the first year that the boy wizard hit our screen and who would of guessed thats his movies would be one of the biggest franchises ever.
Lord of the Rings the Fellowship of the Ring - Just like Harry Potter who would of guessed that the Lord of the Rings trilogy would be huge however unlike Harry Potter this for me was one of the best movies ever.
Sherk - In 2001 a big huge green ogre in the shape of Shrek shot on to our screens and thank god for Dreamworks it turned out to be a brilliant kids/adult animated movie.
Battle Royale - Not on for the kids Battle Royale is a really brutal and harsh movie and it shows the world in a different light (The movie by the way has subtitles).
Ginger Snaps - If Twilight had came out the same time as this movie it would of pissed all over it as this is a fantastic werewolf movie that shows how well one can be done.
Honourable Mention - Session 9.

2002
The Bourne Identity - I really do hate the Bond movies and this for me showed you how a spy thriller should be made, it also showed me that Matt Damon can act.
Donnie Darko - If you are not in the mood for a thriller that makes you think however if you can watch them tehn this has to be the top of your list and it also made a name for Richard Kelly (who hasn't done anything as big as this yet).
Lord of the Rings the Two Towers - The second of the trilogy turned out to be just as epic as the first and made our mouths water for the third and finally part.
Spirited Away - I'm a huge animation fan however i never heard of Studio Ghibli until this masterpiece had crossed my eyes and i've loved every one of the studios movies since.
Dog Soldiers - Who said the brits couldn't do a horror movie needs to slap themselves in the face after this brilliant werewolf movie came out, it also kicked started the career of the brilliant Neil Marshall.
Honourable Mention - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

2003
Finding Nemo - I couldn't leave this brilliant heart warming animated movie off my list as ever single time i see it i have a big smile on my face at the end.
28 Days Later - Trying to do a zombie movie with a bit of a difference is a hard thing however Danny Boyle managed to do that and more by not only making a smart movie but brining new life into a genre that was dying.
Pirates of the Caribbean the Curse of the Black Pearl - If you wanted to give yourself a hard task try and make a movie based on a theme park ride and make it a good one well guess what this turned out to be better than anybody expected by being a 100% pure entertaining ride in itself.
Lord of the Rings Return of the King - The final part of the trilogy turned out to be the best and most epic, plus i'm not ashamed to admit that i cryed at the end of it.
Wrong Turn - Not only do i love animated movies but horror is my true genre and this was a fantastic straight forward story of survival against evil that you never thought exsisted.

2004
Dawn of the Dead - Remakes are always a hard thing to do especially on a movie that a lot of people loved however this showed you how a remake can be done but it also blasted the original out of the water in every shape and form.
Hellboy - Who would of thought that a big red superhero with horns would make a really good film, well he did but also having a master in the form of Del Toro behind him made him even better.
Shaun of the Dead - If i left this off the list then i would of been killed by a few friends so it's a good job that i loved the ZomRomCom as well then.
Team America World Police - Everything that Matt Stone and Trey Parker do to me are gold and this turned to be just as good as most of there stuff that they do, oh and it also gave us some fantastic songs that stick in your head.
Saw - Do you want to play a game became such an iconic saying and this was the movie that started it all and it's surprising to hear that it cost under 1 million pounds to make.
Honourable Mentions - The Borune Supremacy, Mean Creek.

2005
Sin City - Frank Millers work is really hard to bring to live as it has such a unique style that it becomes hard to copy how ever Sin City managed to bring his style to the screen in such a brilliantly violent way that the directors need a pat on the back for it.
Jarhead - Until Jarhead came out i wasn't a huge fan of war movies however this tackled the subject in a different way and it worked 100% by being all about the characters and not just about war.
The Descent - Neil Marshalls second movie turned out to be better than his first by giving us a really dark a claustrophobic move that hadn't been seen for a very long time.
Batman Begins - The first outing of Batman under Christopher Nolan not only added breathe to the franchise but injected some new and even darker that what had been seen before.
Serenity - Basing a movie on a TV programme that had been cancelled is a risky thing to do however this turned out to be a fantastic sci-fi action comedy movie that might of shown why the TV series should not of been ended.
Honourable Mention - Haute Tension (High Tension/Switchblade Romance), Howls Moving Castle.

2006
Children of Men - A post apocalypse drama that was all about the characters and not about the special effects thats what this movie was about and it turned to be a brilliant and raw epic of a movie.
Crank - A completely insane of a movie thats all about having a great time over anything else and it turned out to be just that.
Hostel - Probably the movie that started the horrible named torture porn genre turned out to be more about survival and how people cope in a really bad situation.
Severance - A comedy horror is not a bad thing and this movie showed you why that sometimes they work by being just as entertaining as it is gory.
Slither - Just like Severance this was more about the comedy than the horror however Slither also had some scenes of pure blink and you'll miss it moments.
Honourable Mentions - Evil Aliens, Isolation, Reeker, The Hills Have Eyes (remake), The History Boys.

2007
30 Days of Night - A Vampire movie that is all about survival of a small town sounds boring however if you add buckets of gore and some tension then you have a fanatstic movie and this is that movie.
Hot Fuzz - A buddy cop movie sounds boring however when you take the team behind Shaun of the Dead and make a buddy cop movie then you know you are going to hit gold and hit gold they did.
The Bourne Ultimatum - The final part of the Bourne Trilogy turned out to be the best by being tense very tense and having some great set pieces, plus it showed bond more than a thing or two.
The Simpsons Movie - Who would of thought that 20 years ago a yellow skinned family would turn out to be the most important family in history so when a movie was announced it had to be something special and it turned out that the Simpsons Movie is that good.
Zodiac - I love movies that make you think and during 2007 there wasn't a movie that made you think more than this one so it was a good job that there was also a brilliant movie behind everything.
Honourable Mentions - Ils (Them), Tales from Earthsea, Die Hard 4.0, I am Legend, Planet Terror, Superbad, Transformers.

2008
Cloverfield - 2008 was the year when there was a lot of movies that was shot on handy cams however Cloverfield turned out to be the best one by keeping you involved in it from the start all the way to the end.
El Orfanato (the Orphanage) - Del Toro is a master in my eyes and this movie shows you why by being beautiful and poignant all in one and like return of the king this was the only other movie of the last decade that made me cry.
Hellboy 2 : The Golden Army - The second of Del Toro's movie this year and a sequel to a fantastic movie turned out to be justy as much fun as the original.
REC - A small Spanish zombie movie that is shot on a handy cam and for a very small budget showed up the big boys this year by being really really scary and gory and also one of the only movies this year that kept me on the edge of my seat.
The Dark Knight - The second Batman movie that feature Christian Bale also turned out to be one of the last ever movies for Heath Ledger as the Joker and for me and like many others he stole the show by being utterly insane and adding even more darkness to a very edgy comic book movie.
Honourable Mentions - Wanted, Donkey Punch, Doomsday, Frontiere(s) (frontiers), Quarantine, The Children, The Waiting Room.

2009
District 9 - Not only a movie that was all about the survival of a unknown race but also a eye opener to how people treat other people, District 9 turned out to be a breathtaking and striking movie that keeps your eyes glued to the screen.
Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tranatino has always been a director that could give a damn what people think of his movies and is always on bored to try something new and this turned out to be one of the freshes takes on WW2 thats ever been shown on the movie screens for a very long time.
James Camerons Avatar - Released at the end of last year Avatar not only was one of the best movies of last year it's one of the best of the decade.
After taking 14 years off Cameron came back with a huge bang by brining us his magnum opus that has to been seen to be believed.
Let the Right Ones In - By taking a beautiful love story between two 12 year olds and mixing a bit of a vampire movie in might sound like another Twilight rip off but this turned out to be more than that it was one fantastic and heartwarming movies i have ever seen.
If you don't mind subtitles then this is the movie you should see as it is one of the best of all time and not just this decade.
Star Trek - How do you take a series that was becoming stale and make it better, simple give it to the man that has reinvented drama on TV and you have a Star Trek movie that not only makes Trekkies/Trekkers proud but also shows those Sci-Fi doubters that this genre isn't just for geeks it can be for everybody to enjoy.
Honourable Mentions - Zombieland, Doghouse, Drag Me To Hell, Role Models, The Hurt Locker, Watchmen, Moon.

Well thats it for the 50 movies and more you should have watched from the last decade if i've missed any of the list let me know what you think should be there.