William David Lee, ESQ.

The Top 10 Films of 2007

1. There Will Be Blood (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson) 2. American Gangster (dir. Ridley Scott) 3. Once (dir. John Carney) 4. 3:10 To Yuma (dir. James Mangold) 5. Michael Clayton (dir. Tony Gilroy) 6. Ratatouille (dir. Brad Bird) 7. Grindhouse (dirs. Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino) 8. Control (dir. Anton Corbijn) 9. No Country For Old Men (dir. Joel & Ethan Coen) 10. Eastern Promises (dir. David Cronenberg)

Honorable Mentions: 4 Days 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Hot Fuzz, I'm Not There, Juno, Persepolis, The Savages, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

The Top 10 Films of 2006

1. United 93 (dir. Paul Greengrass) 2. Children of Men (dir. Alfonso Cuaron) 3. Flags of Our Fathers/Letters from Iwo Jima (dir. Clint Eastwood) 4. Casino Royale (dir. Martin Campbell) 5. Pan's Labyrinth (dir. Guillermo del Toro) 6. The Good German (dir. Steven Soderbergh) 7. The Departed (dir. Martin Scorsese) 8. Thank You For Smoking (dir. Jason Reitman) 9. The Illusionist (dir. Neil Burger) 10. Half Nelson (dir. Ryan Fleck)

Honorable Mentions: Clerks II, An Inconvenient Truth, Inside Man, The Last King of Scotland, Marie Antoinette, The Prestige, The Queen, Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story, Volver

The Top 10 Films of 2005

1. Sin City (dir. Robert Rodriguez) 2. Batman Begins (dir. Christopher Nolan) 3. The Constant Gardener (dir. Fernando Meirelles) 4. The 40-Year Old Virgin (dir. Judd Apatow) 5. A History of Violence (dir. David Cronenberg) 6. Munich (dir. Steven Spielberg) 7. Good Night, and Good Luck (dir. George Clooney) 8. Serenity (dir. Joss Whedon) 9. Crash (dir. Paul Haggis) 10. Grizzly Man (dir. Werner Herzog)

Honorable Mentions: Brick, Brokeback Mountain, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Junebug, The Proposition, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Tony Takitani

The Top 10 Films of 2004

1. Hotel Rwanda (dir. Terry George) 2. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (dir. Quentin Tarantino) 3. A Very Long Engagement (dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet) 4. Garden State (dir. Zach Braff) 5. Spider-Man 2 (dir. Sam Raimi) 6. Bad Education (dir. Pedro Almodovar) 7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (dir. Michel Gondry) 8. The Motorcycle Diaries (dir. Walter Salles) 9. Collateral (dir. Michael Mann) 10. Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (dir. Kang Je-gyu)

Honorable Mentions: 2046, House of Flying Daggers, Kekexili: Mountain Patrol, Kung Fu Hustle, Million Dollar Baby, The Sea Inside, Shaun of the Dead

The Top 10 Films of 2003

1. Oldboy (dir. Park Chan-wook) 2. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (dir. Quentin Tarantino) 3. The Dreamers (dir. Bernardo Bertolucci) 4. Mystic River (dir. Clint Eastwood) 5. American Splendor (dir. Shari Berman & Robert Pulcini) 6. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (dir. Takeshi Kitano) 7. Baadasssss! (dir. Mario Van Peebles) 8. Coffee and Cigarettes (dir. Jim Jarmusch) 9. Finding Nemo (dir. Andrew Stanton) 10. Lost in Translation (dir. Sofia Coppola)

Honorable Mentions: 21 Grams, Bubba Ho-tep, The Cooler, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, Open Range, The Shape of Things

The Top 10 Films of 2002

1. City of God (dirs. Fernando Meirelles & Katia Lund) 2. About Schmidt (dir. Alexander Payne) 3. Minority Report (dir. Steven Spielberg) 4. Hero (dir. Zhang Yimou) 5. 24 Hour Party People (dir. Michael Winterbottom) 6. Infernal Affairs (dirs. Lau Wai-keung & Siu Fai Mak) 7. Road to Perdition (dir. Sam Mendes) 8. Lilo & Stitch (dirs. Chris Sanders & Dean DuBlois) 9. Roger Dodger (dir. Dylan Kidd) 10. Adaptation (dir. Spike Jonze)

Honorable Mentions: Gangs of New York, The Kid Stays in the Picture, Spider-Man, Talk to Her, Together

The Top 10 Films of 2001

1. Y Yu Mama Tambien (dir. Alfonso Cuaron) 2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (dir. Peter Jackson) 3. Memento (dir. Christopher Nolan) 4. Amelie (dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet) 5. The Man Who Wasn't There (dir. Joel & Ethan Coen) 6. Spirited Away (dir. Hayao Miyazaki) 7. The Royal Tenenbaums (dir. Wes Anderson) 8. Shaolin Soccer (dir. Stephen Chow) 9. Made (dir. Jon Favreau) 10. Ghost World (dir. Terry Zwigoff)

Honorable Mentions: Brotherhood of the Wolf, Millennium Actress, Monsters Inc., My Sassy Girl, Sexy Beast, Waking Life

The Top 10 Films of 2000

1. In the Mood for Love (dir. Wong Kar-wai) 2. Dancer in the Dark (dir. Lars Von Trier) 3. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (dir. Joel & Ethan Coen) 4. Amores Perros (dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu) 5. Requiem for a Dream (dir. Darren Aronofsky) 6. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (dir. Ang Lee) 7. Joint Security Area (dir. Park Chan-wook) 8. Battle Royale (dir. Kinji Fukasaku) 9. Unbreakable (dir. M. Night Shyamalan) 10. High Fidelity (dir. Stephen Frears)

Honorable Mentions: Almost Famous, American Psycho, Best in Show, Panic, The Princess and the Warrior, Traffic