Good unreleased films 2000 to 2009

Here are the some of the better films I saw this decade that did not get regular distribution in the US. By regular distribution I mean films that did not get a week long theatrical play date in New York and/or Los Angeles.
All of these films could have been seen at festivals and some had a two day run at places like the Anthology Film Archive in New York - and most all are available on DVD.

Of course, there are many, many more films that could make this list. But this is a list of what I managed to see [and like] over the last decade.


Battle Royale [2000]
Be With Me [2005]
La Captive [2000]
In The City of Sylvia [2007]
Johanna [2005]
Mysterious Object at Noon [2000]
One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich [2000]
Photos to Send [2002]
Secret Sunshine [2007]
The Silence Before Bach [2007]
Turning Gate [2002]

Best films 2008 & 2009

This decade flew by and the films kept coming. But here we are at the end. Will these films hold up in ten years? Perhaps. I enjoyed them at the time.
>2008
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days...
Alexandra
The Edge of Heaven
Man on Wire
Red Belt
Tell No One
Time Crimes
Vicky Christina Barcelona
Waltz with Bashir
Woman on the Beach
Yella


>2009*
Avatar
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Beeswax
Il Divo
In The Loop
Flame & Citron
Jerichow
The Last Station
Lemon Tree
Revanche
Soul Power

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*Subject to change a bit...

Best films 2006 & 2007

Just past half way with the decade in full swing plenty of good titles were being released.
>2006
Army of Shadows*
Children of Men
The Departed
Half Nelson
Miami Vice
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
La Moustache
Notes on a Scandal
The Prestige
Thank You For Smoking
This Film Not Yet Rated
Tzameti
* a 1969 film finally released in the US.


>2007
After The Wedding
Atonement
Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Eastern Promises
Juno
The Lives of Others
Michael Clayton
Offside
Once
Planet Terror [full version]
There Will Be Blood

Best films 2004 & 2005

Mid-decade had plenty of good films. In fact, maybe too many. It is tough narrowing it all down to only 10. So I'll just include as many as I feel are necessary.
>2004
Blind Shaft
Bright Leaves
Collateral
The Corporation
Distant
Dogville
Enduring Love
Endless Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hero
Moolaade
Notre musique
Reconstruction
Secret Things


>2005
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Best of Youth
Campfire
Capote
The Devil's Miner
The Edukators
Forty Shades of Blue
Head-On
A History of Violence
Kontrol
Munich
The New World
Tropical Malady

Best films 2002 & 2003

Early in the 2000's the films were going strong.
>2002
The Fast Runner
Femme Fatale
I'm Going Home
Intacto
Late Marriage
Read My Lips
Sex and Lucia
The Sleepy Time Gal
Spirited Away
Talk to Her
War Photographer
Y Tu Mama Tambien


>2003
demonlover
Divine Intervention
The Fog of War
Japon
Lilya 4-Ever
Lost in Translation
The Man Without a Past
The Man on the Train
The Mother
Rivers & Tides
The Son
The Station Agent
Veronica Guerin

Best films 2000 & 2001

The only way to consider what the best films of the decade were is to make a list of the top ten [or so] year by year.
It was a heck of a good decade. I'll do one post each day this week.
>2000
Aimee & Jaquire
Beau travail
Croupier
The Girl on The Bridge
Humanite
Human Resources
The Idiots
It All Starts Today
Pollock
Ratcatcher
Traffic
Yi Yi
Wonder Boys
You Can Count on Me


>2001
Amelie
Amores Perros
La Cienaga
Chunhyang
Code Unknown
The Gleaners and I
In The Mood For Love
Last Resort
The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring
Memento
Mulholland Drive
Under The Sand
Wisconsin Death Trip

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I will try to be consistent with one rule and that is the film needs to have been released for a regular run in either NY or LA the year it is listed. If it played at a festival or was released in another country in an earlier year then it does not count until the year it gets an actual release in the US.