Movies that Richard Roeper selected as the best movie of the year from 2000- to present
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- DirectorAng LeeStarsChow Yun-FatMichelle YeohZiyi ZhangA young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.2. Traffic (Steven Soderbergh)
3. The Claim (Michael Winterbottom)
4. The Contender (Rod Lurie)
5. Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson)
6. Finding Forrester (Gus Van Sant)
7. You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan)
8. Sunshine (Istvan Szabo)
9. Cast Away (Robert Zemeckis)
10. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe) - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsGuy PearceCarrie-Anne MossJoe PantolianoLeonard Shelby, an insurance investigator, suffers from anterograde amnesia and uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife, which is the last thing he remembers.2. Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe)
3. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch)
4. A Beautiful Mind (Ron Howard)
5. In the Bedroom (Todd Field)
6. Amores Perros (Alegandro G. Innaritu)
7. Dinner Rush (Bob Giraldi)
8. Happy Accidents (Brad Anderson)
9. The Deep End (Scott McGehee & David Siegel)
10. Shallow Hal (Bobby & Peter Farrelly) - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioCameron DiazDaniel Day-LewisIn 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher; his father's killer.2. 25th Hour (Spike Lee)
3. Minority Report (Steven Spielberg)
4. Y Tu Mama Tambien (Alfonso Cuaron)
5. Adaptation (Spike Jonze)
6. Signs (M. Night Shyamalan)
7. Rabbit-Proof Fence (Philip Noyce)
8. About Schmidt (Alexander Payne)
9. One Hour Photo (Mark Romanek)
10. About a Boy (Chris & Paul Weitz) - DirectorJim SheridanStarsPaddy ConsidineSamantha MortonDjimon HounsouA family of Irish immigrants adjust to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.2. Mystic River (Clint Eastwood)
3. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola)
4. 21 Grams (Alejandro G. Innaritu)
5. Elephant (Gus Van Sant)
6. The Barbarian Invasions (Denys Arcand)
7. The Station Agent (Tom McCarthy)
8. Whale Rider (Niki Caro)
9. Monster (Patty Jenkins)
10. Seabiscuit (Gary Ross) - DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsDon CheadleSophie OkonedoJoaquin PhoenixPaul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry)
3. The Aviator (Martin Scorsese)
4. Sideways (Alexander Payne)
5. House of Flying Daggers (Yimou Zhang)
6. Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood)
7. The Terminal (Steven Spielberg)
8. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino)
9. Spanglish (James L. Brooks)
10. Collateral (Michael Mann) - DirectorStephen GaghanStarsGeorge ClooneyMatt DamonAmanda PeetA politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved in and affected by it.2. The New World (Terence Malick)
3. Crash (Paul Haggis)
4. Munich (Steven Spielberg)
5. Nine Lives (Rodrigo Garcia)
6. Capote (Bennett Miller)
7. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee)
8. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg)
9. Walk the Line (James Mangold)
10. The 40-Year-Old-Virgin (Judd Apatow) - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioMatt DamonJack NicholsonAn undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.2. The Queen (Stephen Frears)
3. Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood)
4. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
5. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck)
6. Babel (Alejandro G. Innaritu)
7. Notes on a Scandal (Richard Eyre)
8. The Good Sheperd (Robert De Niro)
9. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris)
10. Blood Diamond (Edward Zwick) - DirectorTony GilroyStarsGeorge ClooneyTilda SwintonTom WilkinsonA law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.2. No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen)
3. The Lookout (Scott Frank)
4. Juno (Jason Reitman)
5. American Gangster (Ridley Scott)
6. Gone Baby Gone (Ben Affleck)
7. Zodiac (David Fincher)
8. Superbad (Greg Mottola)
9. Once (John Carney)
10. Paris, je t'aime (Olivier Assayas,etc.) - DirectorDanny BoyleLoveleen TandanStarsDev PatelFreida PintoSaurabh ShuklaA teenager from the slums of Mumbai becomes a contestant on the show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati?' When interrogated under suspicion of cheating, he revisits his past, revealing how he had all the answers.2. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan)
3. The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky)
4. In Bruges (Martin McDonagh)
5. I've Loved You So Long (Philippe Claudel)
6. Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood)
7. Milk (Gus Van Sant)
8. The Visitor (Tom McCarthy)
9. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Nicholas Stoller)
10. Frozen River (Courtney Hunt) - DirectorJim SheridanStarsJake GyllenhaalNatalie PortmanTobey MaguireWhile on tour in Afghanistan, Sam's helicopter is shot down and he is presumed dead. Back home, it is his screw-up brother who looks after the family. Sam does return, but with a lot of excess baggage.2. Up in the Air (Jason Reitman)
3. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)
4. (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb)
5. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
6. Up (Pete Docter)
7. Avatar (James Cameron)
8. Adventureland (Greg Mottola)
9. An Education (Lone Scherfig)
10. The Informant (Steven Soderbergh) - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.2. The Fighter (David O. Russell)
3. The Social Network (David Fincher)
4. The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko)
5. The Town (Ben Affleck)
6. Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich)
7. 127 Hours (Danny Boyle)
8. True Grit (Joel & Ethan Coen)
9. The King's Speech (Tom Hooper)
10. Somewhere (Sofia Coppola) - DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsRyan GoslingCarey MulliganBryan CranstonA mysterious Hollywood action film stuntman gets in trouble with gangsters when he tries to help his neighbor's husband rob a pawn shop while serving as his getaway driver.2. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
3. Contagion (Steven Soderbergh)
4. The Tree of Life (Terence Malick)
5. The Descendants (Alexander Payne)
6. Young Adult (Jason Reitman)
7. Source Code (Duncan Jones)
8. Moneyball (Bennett Miller)
9. The Beaver (Jodie Foster)
10. Hugo (Martin Scorsese) - DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsJessica ChastainJoel EdgertonChris PrattA chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.2. Argo (Ben Affleck)
3. The Grey (Joe Carnahan)
4. Life of Pi (Ang Lee)
5. The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan)
6. Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino)
7. Flight (Robert Zemeckis)
8. The Sessions (Ben Lewin)
9. Prometheus (Ridley Scott)
10. Lincoln (Steven Spielberg) - DirectorDavid O. RussellStarsChristian BaleAmy AdamsBradley CooperA con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild F.B.I. Agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and the Mafia.2. Out of the Furnace (Scott Cooper)
3. Mud (Jeff Nichols)
4. Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron)
5. The Spectacular Now (James Ponsoldt)
6. Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass)
7. Nebraska (Alexander Payne)
8. All is Lost (J.C. Chandor)
9. 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)
10. The Counselor (Ridley Scott) - DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEllar ColtranePatricia ArquetteEthan HawkeThe life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.2. Interstellar (Christopher Nolan)
3. Locke (Steven Knight)
4. Birdman (Alejandro G. Innaritu)
5. The Drop (Michael Roskam)
6. Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)
7. A Most Wanted Man (Anton Corbjin)
8. Foxcatcher (Bennett Miller)
9. A Most Violent Year (J.C. Chandor)
10. Guardians of the Galaxy (James Gunn) - DirectorLenny AbrahamsonStarsBrie LarsonJacob TremblaySean BridgersA little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.2.Inside Out (Pete Docter & Ronnie Del Carmen)
3. The Revenant (Alejandro G. Innaritu)
4. The Big Short (Adam McKay)
5.Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller)
6.The Hateful Eight (Quentin Tarantino)
7. Sicario (Denis Villeneuve)
8. Spotlight (Tom McCarthy)
9. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (J.J. Abrams)
10. Straight Outta Compton (F. Gary Gray) - DirectorKenneth LonerganStarsCasey AffleckMichelle WilliamsKyle ChandlerA depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.2. Hell or High Water (David Mackenzie)
3. Moonlight (Barry Jenkins)
4. La La Land (Damien Chazelle)
5. Sully (Clint Eastwood)
6. Lights Out (David F. Sandberg)
7. Zootopia (Byron Howard & Rich Moore)
8.The Infiltrator (Brad Furman)
9. Silence (Martin Scorsese)
10. Arrival (Denis Villeneuve) - DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsFrances McDormandWoody HarrelsonSam RockwellA mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.2. The Post (Steven Spielberg)
3. Wind River (Taylor Sheridan)
4. Dunkirk (Christopher Nolan)
5. Baby Driver (Edgar Wright)
6. Blade Runner 2049 (Denis Villeneuve)
7. The Big Sick (Michael Showalter)
8. Molly's Game (Aaron Sorkin)
9. It (Andy Muschietti)
10. Detroit (Kathryn Bigelow) - DirectorSteve McQueenStarsViola DavisMichelle RodriguezElizabeth DebickiFour women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.2. Roma (Alfonso Cuaron)
3. BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee)
4. Leave No Trace (Debra Granik)
5. Lean on Pete (Andrew Haigh)
6. A Star is Born (Bradley Cooper)
7. Black Panther (Ryan Coogler)
8. Blindspotting (Carlos Lopez Estrada)
9. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Bob Persichetti,Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman)
10. Mission: Impossible- Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie) - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroAl PacinoJoe PesciAn illustration of Frank Sheeran's life, from W.W.II veteran to hit-man for the Bufalino crime family and his alleged assassination of his close friend Jimmy Hoffa.2. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino)
3. The Farewell (Lulu Wang)
4. Uncut Gems (Josh & Benny Safdie)
5. Waves (Trey Edward Shults)
6. Booksmart (Olivia Wilde)
7. Fast Color (Julia Hart)
8. Little Women (Greta Gerwig)
9. Parasite (Bong Joon-ho)
10. Queen & Slim (Melina Matsoukas) - DirectorChloé ZhaoStarsFrances McDormandDavid StrathairnLinda MayA woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.2. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Aaron Sorkin)
3. News of the World (Paul Greengrass)
4. Soul (Pete Docter)
5. Da 5 Bloods (Spike Lee)
6. The Midnight Sky (George Clooney)
7. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (George C. Wolfe)
8. Saint Frances (Alex Thompson)
9. Let Them All Talk (Steven Soderbergh)
10. Palm Springs (Max Barbakow) - DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsJude HillLewis McAskieCaitríona BalfeA young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsBrendan FraserSadie SinkTy SimpkinsA reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsCillian MurphyEmily BluntMatt DamonA dramatization of the life story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who had a large hand in the development of the atomic bombs that brought an end to World War II.