So, I was thinking back to the film tournament I held a couple of years ago. For the young'ns that don't know, it was a fun and exciting event in the history of this forum that brought our collective movie-loving minds together to decide on which film we thought was the best of all time, much to my stressed-out school-mode mind. Even though it resulted in the same collective answer as that of the IMDb Top 250, I still thought it was a great time.

The reason why I started thinking back to this particular event was because I stumbled upon a couple of film forums that used a collective voting system to determine which of our favorite films were the best, either of all-time or in specific areas (decade, genre, etc.). It was interesting to see the results of the users' tastes, and it never dawned on me that Spillio Andrew C. tried to do the very same thing. But quickly, almost pathetically, it ended on a wimper and was never seen again. 

But now, dear friends, I'm having that crazy inspiration I had back with the inception of the film tournament, only with this new system I've taken an interest in. I'm thinking we should enact on this technique of aggregation so that we can see our tastes come together, and not just a simple matter of pick-and-choose like last time. It could provide us with the same fun and excitment like the tournament, only in a more complex manner.

I call it...

THE SPILL.COM FILM LISTS PROJECT!!!!

So, I'm creating this thread for now as an open discussion for whether this would interest anyone and if they're up for it, as well as questions. For now, just post a simple "Yes" or "No" to inform me if you want to participate. Review the procedure below, and tell me what you think.

PROCEDURE:

1.) Each person participating must compile a list of no more or less than 50 films that fit the criteria for the specific list project, ranked from 1 to 50 based on preference (with no ties). 2.) A #1 placement for a film on a list gives that film 50 points. A #2 placement gives the film 49 points, etc. 3.) The 50 films with the most points make the final list. Films with the same point totals tie. If the 50th highest ranked film is tied with other films, the final list will include all films tied with it. 4.) There will be a deadline that will mark the end of the listing process, to which I will gather the lists up and do the numbers. How long this will take, I do not know.

 

I think we'll start with our favorites of the 2000s decade to start out small, and maybe work our way up to other decades, genres, or maybe even all-time.

See you then!

*UPDATE*
The results are in! I present to you:

SPILL.COM'S FAVORITE FILMS
OF THE 2000s!!!!

 

50. [REC] (Jaume Balagueró/Paco Plaza, 2007) -- 67 votes

 

48= The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008) -- 69 votes

 

48=  Battle Royale (Finji Fukasaku, 2000) -- 69 votes

47. Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog, 2005) -- 70 votes

43=  Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, 2009) -- 72 votes

43=  The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006) -- 72 votes

43=  Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood, 2006) -- 72 votes

 

43=  Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) -- 72 votes

 

42. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008) -- 73 votes

 

40= Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007) -- 74 votes

 

40= One Hour Photo (Mark Romanek, 2002) -- 74 votes

 

38= Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001) -- 75 votes

 

38= Monsters Inc. (Peter Docter/David Silverman/Lee Unkrich, 2001) -- 75 votes

 

36= Snatch (Guy Ritchie, 2000) -- 77 votes

 

36= The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002) -- 77 votes

 

35. Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, 2000) -- 78 votes

 

34. Training Day (Antoine Fuqua, 2001) -- 79 votes

 

32= In Bruges (Martin McDonagh, 2008) -- 82 votes

 

32= A Prophet (Jacques Audiard, 2009) -- 82 votes

 

31. About Schmidt (Alexander Payne, 2002) -- 83 votes

 

30. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008) -- 84 votes

29. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007) -- 85 votes

 

28. Moon (Duncan Jones, 2009) -- 87 votes

 

27. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001) -- 88 votes

 

25= The Prestige (Christopher Nolan, 2006) -- 90 votes

 

25= Irreversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002) -- 90 votes

 

24. United 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006) -- 94 votes

 

23. The Pianist (Roman Polanski, 2002) -- 95 votes

22. Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005) -- 97 votes

 

19= Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004) -- 101 votes

 

19= Kill Bill vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004) -- 101 votes

 

19= Collateral (Michael Mann, 2004)-- 101 votes

 

18. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000) -- 102 votes

 

17. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003) -- 104 votes

 

16. Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007) -- 109 votes

 

15. 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002) -- 115 votes

 

13= Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009) -- 119 votes

 

13= The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006) -- 119 votes

 

12. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001) -- 123 votes

 

11. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000) -- 128 votes

 

10. District 9 (Neil Blomkamp, 2009) -- 159 votes

 

9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004) -- 166 votes

8. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003) -- 173 votes

7. No Country for Old Men (Joel Coen/Ethan Coen, 2007) -- 187 votes

6. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003) -- 188 votes

 

5. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006) -- 240 votes

 

4. City of God (Fernando Meirelles, 2002) -- 251 votes

 

3. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) -- 264 votes

 

2. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006) -- 273 votes

 

1. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007) -- 307 votes