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Please note that this space will be under heavy construction for a very long time. The following is an ever-evolving list of all the films I've seen, ranked from best to worst by year. Hard work, I know.

2003:
 
01. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
02. Big Fish
03. Lost in Translation
04. Mystic River
05. In America
06. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
07. Finding Nemo
08. Seabiscuit
09. Hulk
10. Once Upon a Time in Mexico
11. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
12. Pirates of the Caribbean
13. Dark Water
14. X2
15. The Matrix Reloaded
16. Bruce Almighty
17. El Cid, la Leyenda
18. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
 
2002:
 
01. Punch-Drunk Love
02. The Pianist
03. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
04. Minority Report
05. The 25th Hour 
06. Signs
07. Road to Perdition
08. Solaris
09. Catch Me If You Can
10. The Eye (Jian Gui)
11. The Ring
12. Frailty
13. Spider-Man
14. Ice Age
15. Red Dragon
16. Eight-Legged Freaks
17. We Were Soldiers
18. Attack of the Clones
19. Men in Black II
20. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
21. Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
22. Bad Company
23. Spy Kids 2
24. Die Another Day
25. Resident Evil
26. The Scorpion King
27. Jason X
28. Extreme Ops
29. XxX
 
2001:
 

01. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

02. Memento

03. Mulholland Dr.

04. Donnie Darko

05. A.I.

06. The Others

07. Black Hawk Down

08. Shrek

09. Tape 

10. A Beautiful Mind

11. Monsters Inc.

12. Atlantis: The Lost Empire

13. Jurassic Park III

14. Along Came a Spider

15. Rush Hour 2

16. Planet of the Apes

17. Cats and Dogs

18. Evolution

19. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

20. The Mummy Returns

21. The Fast and the Furious

22. Jeepers Creepers

23. Lara Crfot: Tomb Raider

24. Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles

25. Pearl Harbor

 

2000:

 

01. Unbreakable

02. Requiem for a Dream

03. Wonder Boys

04. Gladiator

05. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

06. Cast Away

07. Fantasia 2000

08. Chicken Run

09. Shanghai Noon

10. The Patriot

11. Proof of Life

12. Meet the Parents

13. X-Men

14. U-571

15. Shaft

16. Mission Impossible 2

17. The Kid

18. Dinosaur

19. Red Planet

20. The 6th Day

21. What Lies Beneath

22. The Perfect Storm

23. Miss Congeniality

24. Vertical Limit

25. Road Trip

26. Big Momma's House

27. Charlie's Angels

28. Pitch Black

29. Dungeons and Dragons 

30. Battlefield Earth

31. Pokemon 2000

 

1999:

 

01. The Sixth Sense 
02. The Matrix 
03. The Straight Story
04. Fight Club
05. The Iron Giant 
06. Sleepy Hollow 
07. The Hurricane
08. Being John Malkovich
09. Three Kings
10. Toy Story 2
11. The Ninth Gate
12. Man on the Moon
13. Tarzan
14. Entrapment
15. The Mummy
16. Galaxy Quest
17. Analyze This
18. Deep Blue Sea
19. The World Is Not Enough
20. My Favorite Martian
21. Lake Placid
22. Virus
23. Wild Wild West
24. American Pie
25. The Haunting
26. Stuart Litte
27. Universal Soldier: The Return
28. She's All That
29. Baby Geniuses
30. Pokemon: The First Movie
 
1998:
 
01. Saving Private Ryan
02. Life is Beautiful
03. The Truman Show
04. Pi
05. The Thin Red Line
06. Antz
07. Buffalo '66
08. The Prince of Egypt
09. A Bug's Life
10. Mulan
11. Small Soldiers
12. Fallen
13. Armageddon
14. Blade
15. X Files
16. Rush Hour
17. Wrongfully Accused
18. Psycho
19. Enemy of the State
20. Mercury Rising
21. Six Days, Seven Nights
22. Deep Rising
23. Godzilla
 
1997:
 
01. Titanic
02. Gattaca
03. The Game
04. The Devil's Advocate
05. Men in Black
06. Starship Troopers
07. The Fifth Element
08. Good Will Hunting
09. Hercules
10. Air Force One
11. The Jackal
12. Seven Years in Tibet
13. The Lost World
14. Tomorrow Never Dies
15. George of the Jungle
16. Flubber
17. Double Team
18. Bean
19. Batman and Robin
20. Home Alone 3
21. An American Werewolf in Paris
22. Anaconda
 
1996:
 
01. Jerry Maguire
02. The English Patient
03. Shine
04. Mission Impossible
05. Ransom
06. Mars Attacks!
07. Scream
08. Nutty Professor
09. The Rock
10. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
11. Independence Day
12. Eraser
13. Twister
14. Jack
15. Daylight
16. Spy Hard
17. Space Jam
18. Dragonheart
19. 101 Dalmatians
20. Chain Reaction
21. Matilda
22. Jingle all the Way
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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