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Ranking the films I watch

This is something of an experiment. I started it in September 2018.

I attempt to assign each film I watch a score 0-100. These correspond to the star ratings I had already been giving them, a 10 point range for each half-star rating. For example, 50-59 corresponds to 3 stars, with 53-56 representing a confident 3 stars, 57-59 representing a leaning toward 3.5 and 50-52 representing a leaning toward 2.5

I then rank the films according to those scores, making judgments within ties. And see how everything falls. Sometimes I decide I mis-scored something based on its ranking. I do not edit the score. I will make a note if I think the score was probably too high or too…

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There are 100 films in this list released in the 2000s.

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    1

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    6

  • Spider-Man 2

    22

  • Serenity

    23

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    26

  • Memento

    27

  • Love Actually

    28

  • Before Sunset

    36

  • The Dark Knight

    49

  • X2

    58

  • Taken

    59

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    68

  • Iron Man

    80

  • Amélie

    104

  • X-Men

    123

  • Spider-Man

    166

  • Batman Begins

    170

  • A History of Violence

    185

  • Spirited Away

    187

  • Good Night, and Good Luck.

    197

  • Pan's Labyrinth

    212

  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    224

  • Big Fish

    234

  • Sin City

    237

  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    243

  • Minority Report

    244

  • In the Mood for Love

    245

  • Casino Royale

    254

  • 25th Hour

    257

  • Moon

    264

  • Inside Man

    266

  • Primer

    276

  • Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

    285

  • Pride & Prejudice

    301

  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

    315

  • The Prestige

    319

  • Road to Perdition

    326

  • Walk the Line

    330

  • Thirst

    342

  • Zodiac

    364

  • Clerks II

    375

  • Lady Vengeance

    381

  • In the Cut

    387

  • Memories of Murder

    391

  • Avatar

    394

  • Monsters, Inc.

    414

  • Gladiator

    418

  • Panic Room

    440

  • Lilo & Stitch

    484

  • A Very Long Engagement

    501

  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

    505

  • The Wrestler

    512

  • Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

    514

  • 300

    518

  • Mother

    522

  • Spy Game

    524

  • Hitch

    548

  • Almost Famous

    563

  • The Day the Earth Stood Still

    566

  • The New World

    567

  • Lust, Caution

    570

  • Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

    572

  • Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

    583

  • Millennium Actress

    589

  • Catch Me If You Can

    603

  • Mystic River

    605

  • Frida

    645

  • Kingdom of Heaven

    648

  • Tokyo Godfathers

    653

  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

    691

  • Josie and the Pussycats

    692

  • The Squid and the Whale

    716

  • Déjà Vu

    736

  • Erin Brockovich

    769

  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    779

  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    780

  • House of Flying Daggers

    783

  • Bend It Like Beckham

    789

  • Solaris

    799

  • Underworld

    803

  • Rent

    819

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    838

  • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

    850

  • Ani*Kuri15: Good Morning

    881

  • Chicken Run

    887

  • Save the Last Dance

    893

  • V for Vendetta

    895

  • BURN·E

    920

  • Boundin'

    921

  • Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow

    927

  • The Punisher

    941

  • Your Friend the Rat

    946

  • Partly Cloudy

    957

  • Little Miss Sunshine

    963

  • Lifted

    970

  • The Devil Wears Prada

    977

  • The Bourne Identity

    986

  • Blade II

    996

  • The Island

    997

  • The Polar Express

    998