Tha 10 Best Of The Past 10

In honor of Tzameti, the best film I've seen all year. I have decided to introduce the discussion of the 10 best films from Europe from the last decade.(96-06 that is). Only one per director allowed.
So in random order
1. Run Lola Run dir Tom Tykwer
Franka Potente speeds like an Opel in a fushia haze to save her man who owes some criminals mad cash. Loud, frenetic and absurdly addictive, it pulses like the techno that scores it. It's the only film I've seen at the movies in it's first run three times.

2. All About My Mother by Pedro Almodovar
It's the best Almodovar film of this decade, though not my favorite of his whole filmography. It's kind of a full circle work for him. There are trans, miracles, kitsch, drama, and one of his original stars. Loud, colorful, interesting, it's the typical Almodovar film.

3. El Crimen Ferpecto by Alex de la Iglesia
It reminds me of the British series Are You Being Served?, due to it's setting and screwball style. But, it's also way darker and beautiful to watch. Basically its about this brilliant/lecherous salesman who takes out his main rival only to end up in a relationship/fight with one of the ugly women he's ignored in his department. This movie is one of the funniest I've seen in many years, but I think you can say that about about every fucking de la Iglesia film.

4. Amelie by Jean Pierre Jeunet
Uh it's Amelie, you've probably seen it. But anyway it's that cute Audrey Tautou as an unorthadox/magical woman who decides to help people. And of course there is also romance. Everything just works in it. Style, Color, Dialogue, Characters, everything.

5. Irreversible by Gaspar Noe.
It's backwards(yes like Memento, but with a point.) ABSURDLY HARSH. See the caps, I mean it. Put it this way, It's hard for ME to watch it and I like harsh shit. Monica Bellucci is in a nice relationship, something AWFUL happens, revenge must be served. It's by far the hardest to watch/most interesting film of the decade.(Aside from possibly Noe's other film I Stand Alone.)

6.Russian Ark by Alexander Sokurov
It's all one shot. The whole movie. And that doesn't mean it's staring at a wall. It winds and works its way through the whole Hermitage and massive set pieces. The movie itself kinda plays out like The Divine Comedy by Dante with two men traveling through death? time? who knows.

7. Layer Cake by Matthew Vaughn
Tight, harsh, dark, sleek. Daniel Craig is Mr. Fucking X and he's a drug pusher who ends up in mad shit looking for a girl and trying get rid of stolen pills. It's all style and is a writer's wet dream with the immense amount of plot twists.(Think one every five minutes.)

8. Scarlet Diva by Asia Argento
Ok it's not pretty, but it's BY FAR the most interesting semi autobiographical ever. It's uncompromising, sometimes showing the actress/director in the worst light, hardcore sex, drugged. It's not really about anything, just "I'm an actress this is how I live, deal with it."

9. Trainspotting by Danny Boyle
Boyle is still one of the world's best. Shallow Grave made him big. Trainspotting made him bigger.(It also saved Primal Scream.) It's back when Ewan McGregor was cool and drugs were bad. Well this film made them bad. It's about Scottish junkies struggling with sex, drugs and money, but u knew that since every one has seen it.

10.Tzumeti by Gela Babulanov
The newest film that sparked the whole discussion. Georgian/Russian coproduction. It's very film noirish with it's black and white negative and long shadows. Has that Herzog esque style of placing the camera and letting people do stuff. It's about a young workman who intercepts a letter that leads him step by step into crazy money and a dark world.

So feel free comment, disagree. It's all good here.