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The BEST Films of 1993-2006

By Garth Franklin Friday December 29th 2006 03:04AM

My Top Ten of 2006

  1. The Queen
  2. Dreamgirls
  3. Pan's Labyrinth
  4. Casino Royale
  5. Children of Men
  6. The Departed
  7. Borat
  8. Little Miss Sunshine
  9. United 93
  10. Inside Man Other Personal Favourites in 2006: , V for Vendetta, Volver

My Top Ten of 2005

  1. Brokeback Mountain
  2. Batman Begins
  3. A History of Violence
  4. Good Night, and Good Luck
  5. Munich
  6. The Constant Gardener
  7. Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
  8. Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire
  9. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
  10. Syriana Other Personal Favourites in 2005: The 40 Year Old Virgin, The Aristocrats, Assault on Precinct 13, Broken Flowers, Capote, Casanova, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Cinderella Man, Corpse Bride, Crash, Hostage, Howl's Moving Castle, In Her Shoes, The Interpreter, Jarhead, Kingdom of Heaven, King Kong, Land of the Dead, Layer Cake, The Matador, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Murderball, Mysterious Skin, Pride and Prejudice, Prime, Red Eye, Sahara, Sin City, Walk the Line, War of the Worlds, The Weather Man, Wedding Crashers, Wolf Creek

My Top Ten of 2004

  1. Closer
  2. The Incredibles
  3. Kinsey
  4. Hotel Rwanda
  5. Killl Bill, Volume Two
  6. Collateral
  7. The Aviator
  8. Shaun of the Dead
  9. The Bad Education
  10. Sideways Other Personal Favourites in 2004: 13 Going on 30, Anchorman, Being Julia, The Bourne Supremacy, The Butterfly Effect, Cellular, Dawn of the Dead, The Day After Tomorrow, Dodgeball, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fahrenheit 9/11, Finding Neverland, Garden State, The Girl Next Door, Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban, Hidalgo, I Robot, Layer Cake, The Manchurian Candidate, Man on Fire, Mean Girls, Meet the Fockers, Million Dollar Baby, The Motorcycle Diaries, Napoleon Dynamite, Saw, Shrek II, Spanglish, Spartan, Spider-Man 2, Super Size Me

My Top Ten of 2003

  1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  2. Finding Nemo
  3. Shattered Glass
  4. Lost in Translation
  5. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  6. Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World
  7. The Fog of War
  8. X2: X-Men United
  9. Phone Booth
  10. Swimming Pool Other Personal Favourites in 2003: American Splendor, Bad Santa, The Barbarian Invasions, Basic, Big Fish, Bright Young Things, Cabin Fever, Calendar Girls, Cold Mountain, Freaky Friday, Gothika, Hulk, Identity, The Italian Job, Kill Bill Volume I, The Last Samurai, Love Actually, The Matrix Reloaded, Monster, Mystic River, Oldboy, Old School, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Open Water, Out of Time, Runaway Jury, The Rundown, The School of Rock, Seabiscuit, Something's Gotta Give, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Touching the Void, Veronica Guerin, Willard

My Top Ten of 2002

  1. Chicago
  2. Bowling for Columbine
  3. The Quiet American
  4. Catch Me If You Can
  5. The Ring
  6. About a Boy
  7. Punch-Drunk Love
  8. 28 Days Later
  9. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  10. Talk to Her
    Other Personal Favourites in 2002: About Schmidt, Adaptation, Bend It Like Beckham, The Bourne Identity, Changing Lanes, City of God, Dark Blue, Death to Smoochy, Far from Heaven, Gangs of New York, The Good Girl, Hero, The Hours, Insomnia, The Kid Stays in the Picture, Minority Report, Panic Room, The Pianist, Rabbit Proof Fence, Red Dragon, Road to Perdition, The Rules of Attraction, Signs, Spider-Man, The Sum of All Fears, Super Troopers, Unfaithful, Whale Rider

My Top Ten of 2001

  1. Spirited Away
  2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  3. Donnie Darko
  4. Mulholland Drive
  5. The Others
  6. Y Tu Mama Tambien
  7. Shrek
  8. The Deep End
  9. Amelie
  10. Training Day Other Personal Favourites in 2001: American Pie 2, A Beautiful Mind, The Believer, Black Hawk Down, Blow, Bridget Jones' Diary, The Cat's Meow, Charlotte Gray, Enemy at the Gates, Enigma, Frailty, Gosford Park, Heartbreakers, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Heist, In the Bedroom, Iris, Joy Ride, A Knight's Tale, Lantana, Legally Blonde, Life as a House, Monster's Ball, Monsters Inc., Moulin Rouge, Ocean's Eleven, The Princess Diaries, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Score, Spy Game, Zoolander

My Top Ten of 2000

  1. Traffic
  2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  3. Best in Show
  4. Requiem for a Dream
  5. Memento
  6. Almost Famous
  7. Gladiator
  8. Shadow of the Vampire
  9. Cast Away
  10. Erin Brockovich Other Personal Favourites in 2000: American Psycho, Before Night Falls, Billy Elliott, Chocolat, Chicken Run, The Contender, Final Destination, Girlfight, Meet the Parents, Miss Congeniality, Nurse Betty, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Patriot, The Perfect Storm, Quills, Shanghai Noon, Snatch, Thirteen Days, U-571, Unbreakable, What Lies Beneath, Wonder Boys, X-Men

My Top Ten of 1999

  1. American Beauty
  2. The Insider
  3. The Talented Mr. Ripley
  4. The Matrix
  5. Toy Story 2
  6. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
  7. Fight Club
  8. Notting Hill
  9. Three Kings
  10. Election Other Personal Favourites in 1999: All About My Mother, American Pie, Analyze This, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Being John Malkovich, The Blair Witch Project, The Boondock Saints, Bowfinger, Cruel Intentions, Dick, Election, The End of the Affair, Entrapment, Galaxy Quest, Girl Interrupted, Go, Magnolia, Man on the Moon, The Mummy, The Ninth Gate, Office Space, Payback, The Sixth Sense, The Thomas Crown Affair, Trick, True Crime, The Virgin Suicides, The World is Not Enough

My Top Ten of 1998

  1. American History X
  2. Elizabeth
  3. The Big Lebowski
  4. The Truman Show
  5. Run, Lola, Run
  6. A Bug's Life
  7. Gods and Monsters
  8. The Siege
  9. Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
  10. Out of Sight Other Personal Favourites in 1998: Antz, Armageddon, BASEketball, Blade, Dark City, Enemy of the State, Fallen, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Get Real, Half Baked, Halloween: H20, Happiness, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, The Mask of Zorro, The Negotiator, Pi, Pleasantville, Primary Colors, Rushmore, Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love, There's Something About Mary, The Thin Red Line, Velvet Goldmine, Very Bad Things, The Wedding Singer, Wild Things, The X-Files Movie

My Top Ten of 1997

  1. As Good as it Gets
  2. Wag the Dog
  3. Chasing Amy
  4. L.A. Confidential
  5. The Ice Storm
  6. The Game
  7. Contact
  8. Devil's Advocate
  9. Boogie Nights
  10. Kiss the Girls Other Personal Favourites in 1997: Air Force One, The Butcher Boy, Cube, Face/Off, The Full Monty, Gattaca, Life is Beautiful, Men in Black, My Best Friend's Wedding, The Peacemaker, Princess Mononoke, Private Parts, The Rainmaker, The Saint, Starship Troopers, Suicide Kings, Titanic, Tomorrow Never Dies, Waiting for Guffman

My Top Ten of 1996

  1. The English Patient
  2. Trainspotting
  3. Primal Fear
  4. Sense and Sensibility
  5. Star Trek: First Contact
  6. Mission: Impossible
  7. The Rock
  8. Scream
  9. The People vs. Larry Flynt
  10. The Birdcage Other Personal Favourites in 1996: The Arrival, Beautiful Thing, Daylight, Eraser, Executive Decision, Evita, Fargo, The First Wives Club, The Ghost and The Darkness, Happy Gilmore, Independence Day, Jerry Maguire, Mars Attacks, Ransom, Romeo + Juliet, Shine, A Time to Kill

My Top Ten of 1995

  1. The Usual Suspects
  2. Se7en
  3. Goldeneye
  4. Heat
  5. Braveheart
  6. Copycat
  7. The Quick and the Dead
  8. 12 Monkeys
  9. Rob Roy
  10. Casino Other Personal Favourites in 1995: The American President, Apollo 13, Bad Boys, The Basketball Diaries, The City of Lost Children, Clueless, Empire Records, Higher Learning, Just Cause, Kids, Species, To Die For, Toy Story

My Top Ten of 1994

  1. Pulp Fiction
  2. Quiz Show
  3. The Lion King
  4. Four Weddings & A Funeral
  5. Leon: The Professional
  6. The Adventures of Priscilla
  7. Serial Mom
  8. Muriel's Wedding
  9. The Shawshank Redemption
  10. Forrest Gump Other Personal Favourites in 1994: Clear and Present Danger, The Client, Disclosure, Ed Wood, Heavenly Creatures, Interview with the Vampire, The Last Seduction, Legends of the Fall, Maverick, New Nightmare, Once Were Warriors, Reality Bites, Shallow Grave, Speed, Swimming with Sharks, True Lies

My Top Ten of 1993

  1. Schindler's List
  2. The Fugitive
  3. Groundhog Day
  4. Tombstone
  5. Philadelphia
  6. In the Name of the Father
  7. Jurassic Park
  8. Short Cuts
  9. In the Line of Fire
  10. Falling Down Other Personal Favourites in 1993: Addams Family Values, Cliffhanger, Cool Runnings, Dave, Demolition Man, Falling Down, The Firm, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Pelican Brief, The Piano, The Remains of the Day, Rising Sun, Six Degrees of Separation, Sleepless in Seattle

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