Best Movies of Last Few Years

For the last 10+ years I've kept a list of my favorite movies from each year. (And early on, I kept a list of Siskel and Ebert's lists too.) Here they are:

2006 Best:
Lynn: United 93, The Departed, Casino Royale, The Illusionist, American Dreamz, Pan’s Labyrinth, Apocalypto, Borat, Little Children, Monster House, The Queen, The Painted Veil, Notes on a Scandal, Children of Men, Borat, Volver


2005 Best:
Lynn: The New World, Pride and Prejudice, Munich, Downfall, Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Lords of Dogtown, Walk the Line, Rize, Match Point, Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Serenity, Syriana, A History of Violence, March of the Penguins, The Producers, Mad Hot Ballroom, Red Eye, Sahara


2004 Best:
Lynn: Sideways, Hotel Rwanda, Hidalgo, Being Julia, Fahrenheit 9/11, Osama, The Village, Touching the Void, Finding Neverland, Garden State, Goodbye Lenin, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Open Water, Cellular, Monseiur Ibrahim, The Butterfly Effect, A Very Long Engagement

2003 Best:
Lynn: The Magdalene Sisters, In America, The Barbarian Invasions, Lost in Translation, Love Actually, Spellbound, A Mighty Wind, Return of the King, Pirates of the Caribbean, House of Sand and Fog, Finding Nemo, Master and Commander, Calendar Girls, View from the Top, Down with Love, Identity, Intolerable Cruelty, 21 Grams, Seabiscuit, Mystic River, Monster, Cold Mountain
Ebert: Monster, Lost in Translation, American Splendor, Finding Nemo, Master and Commander, Mystic River, Owning Mahowney, The Son, Whale Rider, In America; runners-up: All the Real Girls, The Barbarian Invasions, Better Luck Tomorrow, Elephant, Girl with a Pearl Earring, House of Sand and Fog, Kill Bill Vol. 1, The Man on the Train, Matchstick Men, May, Northfork, Nowhere in Africa, Safe Conduct, Russian Ark; documentaries: Stevie, Winged Migration, Amandla, Spellbound
Roeper: In America, Mystic River, Lost in Translation, 21 Grams, Elephant, The Barbarian Invasions, The Station Agent, Whale Rider, Monster, Seabiscuit

2002 Best:
Lynn: Adaptation, Two Towers, Dogtown and Z-Boys, The Hours, Chicago, 8 Mile, Punch-Drunk Love, Barbershop, Y Tu Mamá También, Moonlight Mile, Spirited Away, Gangs of New York, Catch Me If You Can, About Schmidt; honorable mention: Cat's Meow, City by the Sea, Importance of Being Earnest, Lovely and Amazing, Minority Report, Nicholas Nickleby, The Quiet American, Monsoon Wedding, All or Nothing, Secretary, About a Boy
Ebert: Minority Report, City of God, Adaptation, Far from Heaven, 13 Conversations about One Thing, Y Tu Mamá También, Invincible, Spirited Away, All or Nothing, The Quiet American
Roeper: Gangs of New York, 25th Hour, Minority Report, Y Tu Mamá También, Adaptation, Signs, Rabbit-Proof Fence, About Schmidt, One Hour Photo, About a Boy

2001 Best:
Lynn: Fellowship of the Ring, Gosford Park, Bridget Jones’ Diary, Enemy at the Gates, Memento, The Others, Amelie, With a Friend Like Harry, Vanilla Sky, Original Sin; also Monster’s Ball, Waking Life, Amores Perros, Happy Accidents
Ebert: Monster’s Ball, Black Hawk Down, In the Bedroom, Ghost World, Mulholland Drive, Waking Life, Innocence, Wit, A Beautiful Mind, Gosford Park
Roeper: Memento, Vanilla Sky, Mulholland Drive, A Beautiful Mind, In the Bedroom, Amores Perros, Dinner Rush, Happy Accidents, The Deep End, Shallow Hall

2000 Best:
Lynn: Before Night Falls, Best of Show, O Brother Where Art Thou, Hamlet, You Can Count on Me, Meet the Parents, Frequency, Sunshine, Proof of Life, What Women Want
Ebert: Almost Famous, Wonder Boys, You Can Count on Me, Traffic, George Washington, The Cell, High Fidelity, Pollock, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Requiem for a Dream
Roeper: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Traffic, The Claim, The Contender, Wonder Boys, Finding Forrester, You Can Count on Me, Sunshine, Cast Away, Almost Famous

1999 Best
Lynn: Election, Boys Don’t Cry, Being John Malkovich, Sleepy Hollow, Bringing Out the Dead, Notting Hill, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Sweet and Lowdown, The Sixth Sense, The Straight Story
Ebert: Being John Malkovich, Magnolia, Three Kings, Boys Don't Cry, Bringing Out the Dead, Princess Mononoke, The War Zone, American Beauty, Topsy Turvy, The Insider

1998 Best
Siskel: Babe: Pig in the City, The Thin Red Line, Pleasantville, Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love, The Truman Show, Antz, Simon Birch, There’s Something about Mary, Waking Ned Devine
Ebert: Dark City, Pleasantville, Saving Private Ryan, A Simple Plan, Happiness, Elizabeth, Babe: Pig in the City, Shakespeare in Love, Life Is Beautiful, Primary Colors
Lynn: Shakespeare in Love, Ever After, Beloved, Prince of Egypt, Life Is Beautiful, Saving Private Ryan, Little Voice, Mulan, Mask of Zorro, Sliding Doors

1997 Best
Siskel: The Ice Storm, LA Confidential, Wag the Dog, In the Company of Men, The End of Violence, The Full Monty, The Sweet Hereafter, Good Will Hunting, Mrs. Brown, As Good As It Gets
Ebert: Eve’s Bayou, The Sweet Hereafter, Boogie Nights, Maborosi, Jackie Brown, Fast Cheap and Out of Control, LA Confidential, In the Company of Men, Titanic, Wag the Dog
Lynn: Waiting for Guffman, Chasing Amy, Boogie Nights, The Ice Storm, Ulee’s Gold, LA Confidential, My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Apostle, In the Company of Men, The Full Monty

1996 Best
Siskel: Fargo, Secrets and Lies, Breaking the Waves, The English Patient, Lone Star, Looking for Richard, Paradise Lost, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Kingpin, Bound
Ebert: Fargo, Breaking the Waves, Secrets and Lies, Lone Star, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Bound, Hamlet, Everyone Says I Love you, Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam, Big Night
Lynn: Secrets and Lies, Hamlet, The English Patient, Angels and Insects, Jerry Maguire, Romeo and Juliet, Shine, The Truth about Cats and Dogs, Ransom, Extreme Measures

1994 Best
Siskel: Hoop Dreams, Pulp Fiction, Ed Wood, 32 Short Films, Quiz Show, Forrest Gump, Vanya on 42nd Street, Shawshank Redemption, Red Rock West, Little Women.
Ebert: Hoop Dreams, Blue White Red, Ed Wood, Forrest Gump, The Last Seduction, Fresh, The Blue Kite, Natural Born Killers, The New Age, Quiz Show.
Lynn: Hoop Dreams, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, The Last Seduction, Heavenly Creatures, The Making of “. . . And God Spoke,” White/Red, Leni Riefenstahl, Strawberry and Chocolate, Shadowlands