Episode 194: The Best Films of the Decade (According to Us)

## Show Notes

We break down our TOP TEN FILMS OF THE DECADE in a very special episode of The Important Cinema Club podcast. What made the cut? What is a great movie you should see? How are we foolish not to include THAT motion picture? Listen to find out!
## Films Discussed

* *Police Story* (1985) Dir. Jackie Chan
* *Cape Fear* (1991) Dir. Martin Scorsese
* *Drunken Master II* (1994) Dir. Lau Kar-leung
* *The Rock* (1996) Dir. Michael Bay
* *Armageddon* (1998) Dir. Michael Bay
* *Versus* (2000) Ryuhei Kitamura
* *Surviving Christmas* (2004) Dir. Mike Mitchell
* *Transformers* (2007) Dir. Michael Bay
* *Murder* Party (2007) Dir. Jeremy Saulnier
* *The Informant* (2009) Dir. Steven Soderbergh
* *Little Fockers* (2010) Dir. Paul Weitz
* *Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives* (2010) Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
* *Who Killed Captain Alex?* (2010) Dir. Nabwana I.G.G.
* *Robot* (a.k.a. *Enthiran*) (2010) Dir. S. Shankar
* *In the Family* (2011) Dir. Patrick Wang
* *Haywire* (2011) Dir. Steven Soderbergh
* *The Color Wheel* (2011) Dir. Alex Ross Perry
* *Fast* *Five* (2011) Dir. Justin Lin
* *A Simple Life* (2011) Dir. Ann Hui
* *The Master* (2012) Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
* *Don’t Let the Riverbeast Get You* (2012) Dir. Charles Roxburgh
* *Eega* (2012) Dir. S.S. Rajamouli
* *Stray Dogs* (2012) Dir. Tsai Ming-liang
* *Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie* (2012) Dir. Tim Heidecker & Eric Wareheim
* *Inside Llewyn Davis* (2013) Dir. Joel & Ethan Coen
* *Pain and Gain* (2013) Dir. Michael Bay
* *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013) Dir. Martin Scorsese
* *Why Don't You Play In Hell* (2013) Dir. Sion Sono
* *Blue Ruin* (2013) Dir. Jeremy Saulnier
* *Inherent Vice* (2014) Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
* *God's Not Dead* (2014) Dir. Harold Cronk
* *Heaven Is For Real* (2014) Dir. Randall Wallace
* *Welcome to New York* (2014) Dir. Abel Ferrara
* *Listen Up, Philip* (2014) Dir. Alex Ross Perry
* *The Knick* (2014-2015) Dir. Steven Soderbergh - TV Series
* *Furious 7* (2015) Dir. James Wan
* *I* (2015) Dir. S. Shankar
* *Bahubali* (2015) Dir. S.S. Rajamouli
* *SPL II: A Time for Consequences* (2015) Dir. Soi Cheang
* *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015) Dir. George Miller
* *88:88* (2015) Dir. Isiah Medina
* *Cemetery of Splendor* (2015) Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
* *In Jackson Heights* (2015) Dir. Frederick Wiseman
* *Green Room* (2015) Dir. Jeremy Saulnier
* *13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi* (2016) Dir. Michael Bay
* *Resident Evil: The Final Chapter* (2016) Dir. Paul W.S. Anderson
* *Sully* (2016) Dir. Clint Eastwood
* *Ex Libris: New York Public Library* (2017) Dir. Frederick Wiseman
* *LBJ* (2017) Dir. Rob Reiner
* *Paradox* (2017) Dir. Wilson Yip
* *The Fate of the Furious* (2017) Dir. F. Gary Gray
* *Hold the Dark* (2018) Dir. Jeremy Saulnier
* *The 15:17 to Paris* (2018) Dir. Clint Eastwood
* *Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw* (2019) Dir. James Leitch
* *Saaho* (2019) Dir. Sujeeth

## Discussion Notes

* These are not definitive lists, but personal favorites - what meant the most to our hosts
	+ Defined what they were interested in and the trends of the decade
	+ Mostly they're recommendation machines
		- Justin's list
		- Will's list
* Will - "I model my life after Peter Bogdonavich"
* *Cemetery of Splendor -*
	+ Great movie to drift in and out of
* *In the Family*
	+ Easy watching despite the seemingly heavy subject matter
* *Don’t Let the Riverbeast Get You*
	+ Contains the funniest joke of the decade
* *Ex Libris: New York Public Library*
	+ Will loves libraries!
* *Fast Five*
	+ Pure blockbuster film-making getting the formula right
* *The 15:17 to Paris*
	+ Clint Eastwood brings us Wiseau-esque performances from real people
	+ Justin makes a lengthy comparison to a dog turd
* *A Simple Life*
	+ Realistic slice-of-life movie made with Hong Kong megastars
* *Stray Dogs*
	+ A film best experienced by being trapped with it
* *Eega*
	+ A fly revenge movie with montages and musical numbers - it just works!
* *Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie*
	+ If you want to know what's wrong with the world, watch this movie
* *Why Don't You Play In Hell*
	+ A movie on the love of movie-making filled with enthusiasm
* *Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives*
	+ Contains one laser-eyed monkey man
* *Blue Ruin*
	+ Straightforward genre movie told deliberately
* *Welcome to New York*
	+ Gérard Depardieu at his slobbiest, and a great commentary on the hell-world that we live in
* *Listen Up, Philip*
	+ A film filled with personalities from Justin's Twitter feed
* *Who Killed Captain Alex?*
	+ No movie is better to create a great community experience
* *88:88*
	+ A difficult but moving Canadian experimental film
* *The Wolf of Wall Street*
	+ Best as Scorsese has ever been
* *SPL II: A Time for Consequences*
	+ An escalating martial arts film Justin has re-watched a dozen times

## Listener Letters

* Nathan -
	+ Found a solution to the twenty-year old murdered Christmas tree mystery!
		- *The Fir Tree* (1979) Dir. Martin Hunter
			* Based on Hans Christian Andersen story
		- Will - hearing the trees voice flung him back to kindergarten
* Suggestions for episodes: critic Manny Farber and director Delmer Daves
	+ Manny Farber - fuel for a termite art episode in the works
	+ Notable films of Delmer Daves
		- *Dark* *Passage* (1947)
		- *Jubal* (1956)
		- *3:10 to Yuma* (1957)
		- *The Badlanders* (1958)

## Post-Outro Discussion

* Our hosts talk the (new) new Ghostbusters
	+ There are no jokes - thanks Stranger Things
* When are thes nostalgia/remake fans going to die off?
* The first *Ghostbusters* - sloppy, but makes up for it on Bill Murray's charm
* Will is betting against the new remake
	+ Like Terminator or Predator, the corporate pie-charts demand a new one every five years
* Justin calls for a Batman Forever reboot - put Jim Carrey back in the leotard!
* The scourge of parents showing their kids the things they love, hoping they will love it too
* Films discussed
	+ *Animal House* (1978) Dir. John Landis
	+ *Days of Heaven* (1978) Dir. Terrence Malik
	+ *Ghostbusters* (1985) Dir. Ivan Reitman
	+ *Filmation's* *Ghostbusters* (1986) - Cartoon series
	+ *The* *Real* *Ghostbusters* (1986-1991) - Cartoon series
	+ *Monty* *Python* reunions (1989-2014)
	+ *Groundhog* *Day* (1993) Dir. Harold Ramis
	+ *Wet* *Hot* *American* *Summer* (2001) Dir. David Wain
	+ *Young* *Adult* (2011) Dir. Jason Reitman
	+ *Men* *Women* *and* *Children* (2014) Dir. Jason Reitman
	+ *Dumb* *and* *Dumber* *To* (2014) Dir. Bobby & Peter Farrelly
	+ New *Star* *Wars* movies (2015-2019)
	+ *Ghostbuster* (2016) Dir. Paul Feig
	+ *Ghostbusters: Afterlife* (2020) Dir. Jason Reitman