Complex's The 100 Best Films of the Complex Decade
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Complaining about the film world’s lack of originality and daringness would feel shameful if it wasn’t so damn easy to find reasons to grumble. And the last 10 years, which have seen a multitude of trends come and go, A-list movie stars continually fail to open non-franchise movies, and the box office dominance of one Harry Potter, have given us plenty reasons to criticize. For instance, we’d need at least four hands to count the number of lifeless and inept horror remakes that genre fans have been assaulted with, and you know it’s slow creatively in Hollywood when Spider-Man gets completely rebooted (with this summer’s The Amazing Spider-Man) a mere five years after a $337-million-earning sequel (2007’s Spider-Man 3).
As you can tell, though, it’s a celebration around the Complex offices these days, after 10 years doin' it, and doin' it well, and when it came time to reflect upon the films that best represent our brand’s decade-long run, one fact became clear: For all of the whining movie purists do these days, those of us who painstakingly seek out quality over instant accessibility have more cause for elation than bitching.
Thanks to names like Judd Apatow, David Fincher, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Joel and Ethan Coen, as well as sick genre purveyors from countries such as France and Spain, the last 10 years have collectively been catnip for us reel folks. See for yourselves as we count down The 100 Best Movies Of The Complex Decade.
(Complex Magazine)
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The Dark Knight
2008, in 27 top lists Check -
3 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003, in 29 top lists Check -
31 new
Inception
2010, in 21 top lists Check -
67 new
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004, in 28 top lists Check -
10 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002, in 26 top lists Check -
18 new
El laberinto del fauno
2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check -
5 new
No Country for Old Men
2007, in 23 top lists Check -
1 new
There Will Be Blood
2007, in 20 top lists Check -
42 new
Inglourious Basterds
2009, in 17 top lists Check -
38 new
Oldeuboi
2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check -
56 new
Cidade de Deus
2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check -
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003, in 18 top lists Check -
29 new
The Departed
2006, in 20 top lists Check -
73 new
Lost in Translation
2003, in 19 top lists Check -
17 new
Black Swan
2010, in 12 top lists Check -
21 new
Drive
2011, in 8 top lists Check -
20 new
Toy Story 3
2010, in 16 top lists Check -
9 new
The Social Network
2010, in 13 top lists Check -
7 new
Children of Men
2006, in 12 top lists Check -
34 new
Up
2009, in 16 top lists Check -
80 new
The Incredibles
2004, in 13 top lists Check -
46 new
Das Leben der Anderen
2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check -
53 new
Shaun of the Dead
2004, in 13 top lists Check -
49 new
Låt den rätte komma in
2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check -
37 new
Brokeback Mountain
2005, in 21 top lists Check -
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Zodiac
2007, in 14 top lists Check -
100 new
Sin City
2005, in 10 top lists Check -
19 new
District 9
2009, in 10 top lists Check -
59 new
Iron Man
2008, in 7 top lists Check -
39 new
Little Miss Sunshine
2006, in 7 top lists Check -
33 new
Million Dollar Baby
2004, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Hurt Locker
2008, in 13 top lists Check -
24 new
Hugo
2011, in 6 top lists Check -
65 new
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010, in 6 top lists Check -
23 new
28 Days Later...
2002, in 9 top lists Check -
81 new
Casino Royale
2006, in 7 top lists Check -
32 new
Sideways
2004, in 8 top lists Check -
76 new
(500) Days of Summer
2009 — a.k.a. 500 Days of Summer, in 3 top lists Check -
58 new
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Wrestler
2008, in 3 top lists Check -
28 new
Le scaphandre et le papillon
2007 — a.k.a. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, in 7 top lists Check -
63 new
Star Trek
2009, in 5 top lists Check -
64 new
Gangs of New York
2002, in 5 top lists Check -
74 new
The Hangover
2009, in 5 top lists Check -
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Superbad
2007, in 5 top lists Check -
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300
2006, in 6 top lists Check -
61 new
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make...
2006, in 8 top lists Check -
89 new
Collateral
2004, in 6 top lists Check -
92 new
Saw
2004, in 6 top lists Check -
40 new
A Serious Man
2009, in 8 top lists Check
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