Your Oscar ballot: Best Picture nominees of the Aughts

2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2001: A Beautiful Mind
2002: The Two Towers
2003: Lost in Translation
2004: Sideways
2005: Brokeback Mountain
2006: Letters from Iwo Jima
2007: No Country for Old Men
2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009: Inglorious Basterds


Never knew how poor this decade was for the nominees. In the 90s I had at least one favorite for every year but here I only really like Crouching Tiger, Lost in Translation, and Sideways.

Confident in A Beautiful Mind, No Country for Old Men, and Inglorious Basterds but they're light compared to those 90s classics.

The rest (4 out of 10) are just the best from the 5 underwhelming choices.

2003 had 3 classics that were nominated so that was the good year.

2000: Erin Brockovich
2001: In the Bedroom
2002: Chicago
2003: Lost in Translation
2004: Finding Neverland
2005: Crash
2006: The Departed
2007: There Will Be Blood
2008: Milk
2009: Inglourious Basterds

2003 was the last year with 3 classics in a Best Picture lineup. I find that interesting. The last GREAT GREAT year, maybe????


ROTK, Master of Commander, Lost in Translation..... they could've gone any of those - and I'd call it a good choice. Elephant is the main unnominated classic from that year. I also really like Matchstick Men. I like Oldboy too, but more when I was younger. Also The Brown Bunny, Intolerable Cruelty, The Animatrix, and Thirteen.

I'm usually missing one pick from each year

2000: Gladiator
2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003: Lost in Translation
2004: The Aviator
2005: Brokeback Mountain
2006: Little Miss Sunshine
2007: Juno
2008: Slumdog Millionaire
2009: Inglorious Basterds

2000: Gladiator
2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003: The Lord of the rings: The Return of the King
2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005: King Kong
2006: The Prestige
2007: No Country for Old Men
2008: The Dark Knight
2009: Inglourious Basterds

You failed the assignment good sir.

2000: Couching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2001: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002: Gangs of New York
2003: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2004: The Aviator
2005: Brokeback Mountain
2006: The Departed
2007: No Country For Old Men
2008: Frost/Nixon
2009: Inglorious Basterds

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Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
The Hours
Mystic River
The Aviator
Brokeback Mountain
Little Miss Sunshine
There Will Be Blood
The Curious Case on Benjamin Button
Inglourious Basterds

What an odd list

2000 - Gladiator. The line-up is solid. Would have liked to see Almost Famous and O' Brother in there. Gladiator wins because it packs the biggest emotional punch and something you can watch over and over again.

2001 - A Beautiful Mind. Solid line-up. Memento would have been a great additional. My logic for ABM is the same logic for Gladiator.

2002 - Gangs of New York. All of these are really good, except for The Hours. As much as I loved Chicago, GONY is one of those big and sprawling epics we rarely see. The film gets better and better every viewing, and the more you look at it, the more depth you see in the characters, plot, history, and film-making. Chicago and The Pianist are probably the easiest to understand.

2003 - Seabiscuit. This one is a tough call. King, Mystic River, and LIT are quite good -- I have seen them all at least 4 times (And I rarely re-watch movies). But the one I would most want to watch again is Seabiscuit.

2004 - The Aviator. Great line-up. I love all of these films. But The Aviator had the most memorable moments, particularly the end and the scenes with Kate Becknisale.

2005 - One of the worst Best Picture line-ups of all-time. I am going to pick the best of the worst, which is Munich. A History of Violence would have been my pick, if it was nominated.

2006 - Little Miss Sunshine by a nose. The Departed comes very very close.

2007 - Michael Clayton. Not the biggest No Country or TWBB fan. Clayton was the most memorable for me. Love Swinton, Wilkinson, and Clooney here.

2008 - Can I say tie? Slumdog Millionaire and Frost/Nixon are my favorites. Going to go rebel and say Frost/Nixon.

2009 - Up. Hands down. Lets not even debate this one.