Alex's Decade Awards

I'm going to do something slightly different with today's blog. Instead of simply making a top ten or twenty for the decade, I'm going to present an entire awards edition.

Best Ensemble Film of the Decade
The Departed (2006)
The Contender (2000)
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Traffic (2000)

Best Film Score of the Decade
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Sunshine (2007)

Best Film Editing
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Constant Gardener (2005)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Departed (2006)
Traffic (2000)

Best Cinematography
Gangs of New York (2002)
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
The Prestige (2006)
City of God (2003)

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Departed (2006)
Children of Men (2006)
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Traffic (2000)
In the Bedroom (2001)

Best Original Screenplay
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
The Edge of Heaven (2008)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bello, A History of Violence (2005)
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton (2007)
Laura Linney, The Squid and the Whale (2005)
Hiam Abbas, The Visitor (2008)

Best Supporting Actor
Gary Oldman, The Contender (2000)
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight (2008)
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children (2006)
Peter Saarsgaard, Shattered Glass (2003)
Benecio Del Toro, Traffic (2000)

Best Actress
Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich (2000)
Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom (2001)
Charlize Theron, Monster (2003)
Laura Linney, You Can Count on Me (2000)

Best Actor
Ralph Fiennes, The Constant Gardener (2005)
Christian Bale, American Psycho (2000)
Tom Wilkinson, In the Bedroom (2001)
Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood (2007)

Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron, Children of Men (2006)
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Martin Scorcese, The Departed (2006)
Peter Jackson, Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Uli Edel, Der Baader Meinhof Complex (2009)

Best Film
Children of Men (2006)
The Departed (2006)
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
In the Bedroom (2001)
Der Baader Meinhof Complex (2009)