Kevin Laforest

Montreal Film Journal

Instant classics from the '00s, a few more semi-recent greats, sentimental favorites, comedies, and a whole lotta genre movies... Here goes:

• Moulin Rouge (2001) ..Baz Luhrmann
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) ..Peter Jackson
  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) ..Peter Jackson
  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) ..Peter Jackson
• Dogville (2003) ..Lars von Trier
• There Will Be Blood (2007) ..Paul Thomas Anderson
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) ..Quentin Tarantino
  Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) ..Quentin Tarantino
• Almost Famous (2000) ..Cameron Crowe
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) ..Michel Gondry
• Signs (2002) ..M. Night Shyamalan
• The Fountain (2006) ..Darren Aronofsky
• Che (2008) ..Steven Soderbergh

• Malcolm X (1992) ..Spike Lee
• Se7en (1995) ..David Fincher
• The Shawshank Redemption (1994) ..Frank Darabont
• The Thin Red Line (1998) ..Terrence Malick
• Talk Radio (1988) ..Oliver Stone

• Forrest Gump (1994) ..Robert Zemeckis
• Say Anything... (1989) ..Cameron Crowe
• Magnolia (1999) ..Paul Thomas Anderson
• Léolo (1992) ..Jean-Claude Lauzon
• Pump Up the Volume (1990) ..Allan Moyle
• My Neighbour Totoro (1988) .. Miyazaki Hayao
• The Iron Giant (1999) ..Brad Bird

• The Big Lebowski (1998) ..The Coen Brothers
• South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999) ..Trey Parker
• Coming to America (1988) ..John Landis
• The Producers (1968) ..Mel Brooks
• Groundhog Day (1993) ..Harold Ramis
• Ed Wood (1994) ..Tim Burton
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) ..John Hughes
• When Harry Met Sally... (1989) ..Rob Reiner
• Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) ..Jay Roach

• Back to the Future (1985) ..Robert Zemeckis
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) ..Michael Curtiz & William Keighley
• Die Hard (1988) ..John McTiernan
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) ..Steven Spielberg
• Hard-Boiled (1992) ..John Woo
• The Killer (1989) ..John Woo
• The Street Fighter (1974) .. Ozawa Shigehiro
• Drunken Master II (1994) ..Liu Chia-Liang
• Twelve Monkeys (1995) ..Terry Gilliam
• Possession (1981) ..Andrzej Zulawski
• Seconds (1966) ..John Frankenheimer
• Darkman (1990) ..Sam Raimi
• Edward Scissorhands (1990) ..Tim Burton
• Aliens (1986) ..James Cameron
• The Omega Man (1971) ..Boris Sagal
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) ..Henry Selick
• The Evil Dead (1981) ..Sam Raimi
• Scarface (1983) ..Brian De Palma
• Starship Troopers (1997) ..Paul Verhoeven