Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Do they still make em like they used to?


I recently had a conversation with someone about the quality of movies these days and to a degree had to agree with their comment, "they don't make good movies anymore". After thinking about this I had to agree that the frequency of good film-making is probably at a all-time low, but there are still good movies being made, problem is that you now have to seek them out. I decided to make things easy my listing a few of the truly great films over the past 5 years (2003-2008). These are not films that I think are "the best" necessarily, but perhaps a few that may have slipped through the cracks, while others were highly successful in critical and commercial circles.

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (2005) Directors Cut ONLY!
MUNICH (2005)
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (2007)
MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007)
MASTER AND COMMANDER (2003)
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007)
SUNSHINE (2007)
THE DEPARTED (2006)
CHILDREN OF MEN (2006)
HALF NELSON (2006)
BRICK (2005)
THE ILLUSIONIST (2006)
V FOR VENDETTA (2005)
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (2006)
THE FOUNTAIN (2006)
BREACH (2007)
APOCALYPTO (2006)
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (2005)
EASTERN PROMISES (2007)
CINDERELLA MAN (2005)
COLLATERAL (2004)
THE GRIZZLY MAN (2005)
THE FOG OF WAR (2003)
THE MAGDALENE SISTERS (2003)
SECONDHAND LIONS (2003)
THE BRAVE ONE (2007)
FREEDOM WRITERS (2007)

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