IMDb's 'Top Rated Films of the New Millennium' list
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 7:05PM | By Franck Tabouring 
And the winner is... "The Dark Knight," of course. Christopher Nolan's second "Batman" flick took the No. 1 spot of IMDb's list of its top rated films of the new millennium. To be honest, that really doesn't surprise me much. That said, some of the films in here I didn't necessarily expect to make the cut.
I am quite surprised to see "The Lives of Others" in here, although it clearly deserves a spot because it's a masterpiece. I wasn't prepared to see "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" in here either. I'm also really glad "City of God" made it in there, because that one was my favorite film of 2002. So was "The Departed" for 2006.
Enjoy the list below, and feel free to share your own thoughts about this selection. Here's IMDb's short pre-list description:
In our latest Power of Film feature, we chronicle the The Top Rated Films of the New Millennium, looking at the 15 films made since 2000 that our users have rated as the best of the new millennium.
15. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
14. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
13. Spirited Away (2001)
12. The Pianist (2002)
11. The Lives of Others (2006)
10. The Departed (2006)
9. Amélie (2001)
8. WALL-E (2008)
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
6. Memento (2000)
5. Up (2009)
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
3. City of God (2002)
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
1. The Dark Knight (2008)
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well, i expected the dark knight to show up on place #1 as well but i have to say that i don't think that's a good thing. that movie's success IMO is bound way too tightly to heath ledger's fate. i think it's a mistake to judge a movie by anothing other than the movie itself. i thought it was great but #1? hardly...
personally, i'd rather see requiem for a dream up there because to me, it's about as close to perfect as one can get. but... it's also to be expected that you'd find big blockbusters with huge budgets and amazing effects on the top places. while these here do have quite a bit artistic merit IMO (and i was pretty surprised about how critical wall-e was...), i still consider content being more important than aesthetics.
and with respect to that - just reverse the list (and take out amelie - i just don't know how that awful thing got anywhere...) and you pretty much got it.