Here is Mark’s top 10 films of the decade with 10 runners-up (cheater). Some of his choices seem perfectly reasonable, and others are completely baffling; pretty much his reaction to my list.
| Film | Director | |
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings | Peter Jackson |
| 2 | The Incredibles | Brad Bird |
| 3 | The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan |
| 4 | United 93 | Paul Greengrass |
| 5 | Billy Elliot | Stephen Daldry |
| 6 | Inglourious Basterds | Quentin Tarantino |
| 7 | Black Hawk Down | Ridley Scott |
| 8 | The Departed | Martin Scorsese |
| 9 | Amélie | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| 10 | Speed Racer | The Wachowski Brothers |
Ten spots are not nearly enough so here are my 10 runners-up:
| 300 | Zack Snyder |
| Catch Me If You Can | Steven Spielberg |
| The Hurt Locker | Kathryn Bigelow |
| In America | Jim Sheridan |
| In Bruges | Martin McDonagh |
| Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Peter Weir |
| No Country For Old Men | The Coen Brothers |
| Ocean’s Eleven | Steven Soderbergh |
| Pan’s Labyrinth | Guillermo del Toro |
| There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson |