Top Tens: 2000

I came across this from a blog that I've been a devoted reader of - http://lightsinthedusk.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/top-ten-2001.html. I felt that for once I should join in form my fellow blogger's lead in putting up my own top tens for each year. This is worth doing as I've been doing a grander scale version of this on Letterboxed for EVERY film I've seen per year, the list for 2000 available here - http://letterboxd.com/coheed/list/my-personal-2000-ranked-digital-camera-at/. My choices, if I was to return to this within a year or so, could likely change in some areas, and there are certainly films that may surprise some in their placement on this list that I need to rewatch. But its worth using this for myself too, along with the larger scale list, as a mirror of what my tastes are in cinema, particularly significant recently as I've desired to rid of myself of time wasting activities and wanting to devote my free time to what I actually love. There's no point anymore in wasting hours on films I'm not going to like because they were acclaimed, so it'll better to learn from these lists, going from 2000 to 2013 first, what my tastes actually are. And if they change as time passes, it'll hopefully because I've learnt from this activity and watched films and other work I thought were great.

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Ranking 2000

(In Order as of 12th April 2014)

Werckmeister Harmonies 
(Dirs. Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, 2000)

Eureka (Dir. Shinji Aoyama, 2000)

Malice@Doll (Dir. Keitarou Motonaga, 2000)

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Dir. Joel Coen, 2000)

Battle Royale (Dir. Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)

In Absentia (Dirs. The Quay Brothers, 2000/Short)

Monkey Drummer (Dir. Chris Cunningham, 2000/Short) 

In The Mood For Love (Dir. Wong Kar-Wai, 2000)

Songs from the Second Floor (Dir. Roy Andersson, 2000)

Blackboards (Dir. Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000) 

Honorable Mentions:

At the Height of Summer aka. The Vertical Ray of the Sun (Dir. Anh Hung Tran, 2000)
Gaea Girls (Dirs. Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams, 2000)
Origins of the 21st Century (Dir. Jean-Luc Godard, 2000/Short)

Any recommendations for films to see would be welcomed.

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