Are we movie compatible?

Let’s compare lists and find out!

I’ve grouped movies into three categories: great, very good and good. Since there’s a bazillion movies out there, I’ve selected only movies made after 2000 and that are in IMDb’s Top 250.

Each section below is sorted alphabetically. There’s no internal ranking in each group.

Great

  • Batman Begins (2005)
  • Finding Nemo (2003)
  • Inception (2010)
  • Monsters, Inc. (2001)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
  • Star Trek (2009)
  • The Dark Knight (2008)

Very Good

  • Gran Torino (2008)
  • How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
  • Ip Man (2008)
  • Memento (2000)
  • No Country for Old Men (2007)
  • Ratatouille (2007)
  • Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  • Snatch (2000)
  • The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
  • The Departed (2006)
  • The Incredibles (2004)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  • The Prestige (2006)
  • The Social Network (2010)
  • There Will Be Blood (2007)
  • Toy Story 3 (2010)
  • Up (2009)
  • WALL·E (2008)

Good

  • Amélie (2001)
  • Avatar (2009)
  • Big Fish (2003)
  • Black Swan (2010)
  • District 9 (2009)
  • Donnie Darko (2001)
  • Gladiator (2000)
  • Hotel Rwanda (2004)
  • In Bruges (2008)
  • Inglourious Basterds (2009)
  • Into the Wild (2007)
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
  • Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
  • Million Dollar Baby (2004)
  • Mystic River (2003)
  • Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
  • Shutter Island (2010)
  • Sin City (2005)
  • Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
  • Spirited Away (2001)
  • The Wrestler (2008)
  • V for Vendetta (2006)
  • X-Men: First Class (2011)

Movies I’ve Watched But Didn’t Make the Cut

  • Children of Men (2006)
  • City of God (2002)
  • Downfall (2004)
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  • Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
  • Infernal Affairs (2002)
  • Let the Right One In (2008)
  • Mary and Max (2009)
  • Oldboy (2003)
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
  • The Lives of Others (2006)
  • The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)

Movies I Have Not Watched

  • Amores Perros (2000)
  • Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003)
  • The King’s Speech (2010)
  • The Pianist (2002)

What do you think? Do we have similar movie tastes? Any movies you think I should watch?

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