I'm afraid I haven't documented my preferences as systematically as theoffice - and I have certainly tried to forget the disappointments - but a list of some favourite movies of the last 5 years would read something like this:
2006 The Bothersome Man, Jens Lien Driving with My Wife's Lover, Kim Tai-Sik Reprise, Joachim Trier Every Other Week, Måns Herngren, Felix Herngren, Hannes Holm, Hans Ingemansson Das Leben der Anderen, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Das Fräulein, Andrea Staka Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing, Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck
2007 You, The Living, Roy Andersson No Country For Old Men, Ethan and Joel Coen Estômago - A Gastronomic Story, Marcos Jorge
2008 Still Walking, Kore-Eda Hirokazu Troubled Water, Erik Poppe Der Architekt, Ina Weisse Maman est chez le coiffeur, Léa Pool Jalainur, Zhao Ye Eldorado, Bouli Lanners
2009 Mr Nobody, Jaco van Dormael Shinboru, Hitoshi Matsumoto Mother, Bong Joon-Ho Lourdes, Jessica Hausner A Single Man, Tom Ford Moon, Duncan Jones Dogtooth, Yorgos Lanthimos Alamar, Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio Up in the Air, Jason Reitman Fantastic Mr Fox, Wes Anderson Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold
2010: Inception, The Social Network (best of the year), Iron Man 2, Unthinkable and I can only imagine "Black Swan" will beat everything 2009: Up in the Air (best of the year, but it was a weak year), The Orphan, Young Victoria, Sherlock Holmes, Inglourious Basterds, Whatever Works, The Road, Mr. Nobody 2008: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (best one), Frost/Nixon, Doubt, In Bruges, Changeling, Burn after Reading, Milk, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Revolutionary Road 2007: Eastern Promises, Lars and the Real Girl, Babel, The Queen, Notes on a Scandal, The pursuit of happyness, The Departed, the Prestige, Atonement, Michael Clayton(best one), Sweeney Todd 2006: Brokeback Mountain (best one!!), Constant Gardener, Match Point
Movies I hated in recent years: Antichrist, Kick-Ass, Mamma Mia, The Hurt Locker, Avatar, Gone baby Gone, The Happening, Captivity, District 9 Overhyped ones: Shutter Island, No country for old men, Slumdog Millionaire
2006: Borat, Pan's Labyrinth, children of men, the Departed, inside man, the prestige, united 93 2007: 3:10 to yuma,300,into the wild, planet terror, sweeny todd, there will be blood 2008: body of lies, burn after reading, the dark knight, in bruges, the hurt locker, pride glory, the curieus case of benajmin button 2009: avatar, district 9, the hangover, inglourious bastards, un prophete, the road, sherlock holmes, fantastic mr fox 2010: the a-team, the expendables, inception, kick ass, the social network, unthinkable
2010: Kick-ass, how to train your dragon 2009: Inglourious basterds, up, district 9, defendor 2008: in bruges, blindness, let the right one in, robot chicken star wars ;) fanboys 2007: el orfananto, hot fuzz, planet terror, death at a funeral 2006: little miss sunshine, lucky # slevin, el laberinto del fauno, prestige, severance, v for vendetta 2005: Adams æbler, sin city, thank you for smoking 2004: garden state, butterfly effect, crash, shaun of the dead, Så som i himmelen 2003: big fish, dogville, cold mountain 2002: kung pow, road to perdition, equilibrium 2001: donnie darko, zoolander, moulin rouge, monsters inc 2000: battle royale, the emperor's new groove, snatch, requiem for a dream 1999: american beauty, boondock saints, dogma, fight club, in kina spiser de hunde, sixths sense 1998: big lebwoski, ...
I think it is hard to judge which movie is better, or the best in a year/decade so i just list some movies i really enjoyed in the last years ;)
2010: Inception, Four Lions, Monsters, Kick-Ass 2009: Inglourious Basterds, 500 Days of Summer, A Single Man, Thirst, Mr Nobody, An Education, Coraline, Zombieland, Fish Tank, Up in the air 2008: Let the right one in; Love Exposure (Ai no mukidashi); The Good, the Bad, the Weird; Dark Knight; Slumdog Millionaire; JCVD; Ip Man; Burn After Reading; Death Proof; Planet Terror 2007: Into the wild, Babel, Reign over me, No Country for Old men, Juno, Hot Fuzz, Gone Baby Gone 2006: I'm a cyborg but that's ok, Science of Sleep, Little Miss Sunshine, Cashback, Casino Royale, Paprika, Prestige, Once
Some movies I liked: 2010: Inception, Shutter Island, Alice in Wonderland 2009: Inglourious Basterds, Zombieland, (500) Days of Summer, An Education, Avatar, Doghouse, Flickan som lekte med elden, Luftslottet som sprängdes, Män som hatar kvinnor, Komt een vrouw bij de dokter, The Hangover 2008: Låt den rätte komma in, Changeling, In Bruges, Iron Man, Pineapple Express, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2007: Into the Wild, Bridge to Terabithia , Stardust, Planet Terror, [Rec], Atonement, El orfanato, Hot Fuzz, Juno 2006: Zwartboek, 300, Crank, El laberinto del fauno, Little Miss Sunshine, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Smokin' Aces, The Prestige, V for Vendetta
Still have a lot of movies on my to-watch list though.
Better not to watch:
2010: 2009: The Forgotten Ones, Het geheim van Mega Mindy, Did You Hear About the Morgans? 2008: Quantum of Solace, One, Two, Many, Meet the Spartans 2007: Homo Erectus 2006: Pledge This!, Ultraviolet, She's the Man
Really quick lists so propably I missed some good movies. All lists are in alphabetically order.
2006: Babel Casino Royale Clerks II Inland Empire La science des reves Ne le dis a personne The Departed The Illusionist The Prestige V for Vendetta
2007: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Death at a Funeral Eastern Promises Gone Baby Gone Hallam Foe Michael Clayton No Country for Old Men Sunshine The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford There Will Be Blood
2008: Burn After Reading Changeling Gran Torino In Bruges Revolutionary Road RocknRolla Synecdoche, New York Taken The Dark Knight The Reader
2009: Antichrist Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte Inglourious Basterds Män som hatar kvinnor Moon The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus The Limits of Control The Men Who Stare at Goats Un prophete Watchmen
2010 (so far): Green Zone Kick-Ass Machete Shutter Island The Ghost Writer
Come on, there must be some people out there who have some less well known favourites... What brilliant recent Taiwanese, Hungarian, Russian, Chilean movies should we start looking for?
Zwartboek (2006) English title: Blackbook, Dutch WW2 movie Oorlogswinter (2008) English title: Winter in Wartime, also a Dutch WW2 movie Loft (2008) a Dutch/Belgian movie Adams Æbler (2005) English title: Adam's Apples, surpreme Danish comedy (only watch if you like pitch black humour:)) Død Snø (2009) English title: Dead Snow, brilliant Norwegian nazi zombie comedy