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Best Movies of the Decade: Roger Ebert's picks 9:58 AM PST The best-of-the-decade lists continue. Here are Roger Ebert's picks, starting with Synecdoche, New York, of which he says, "Synecdoche, New York is the best film of the decade. It intends no less than to evoke the strategies we use to live our lives. After beginning my first viewing in confusion, I began to glimpse its purpose and by the end was eager to see it again, then once again, and I am not finished."  Ebert's top 10, plus another 10 listed alphabetically are below.  You can read his interesting explanations for his top picks on his blog, or compare them with our critic's picks (the only overlap: No Country for Old Men).  --David Synecdoche, New York (2008) The Hurt Locker (2009) Monster (2004) Juno (2007) Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) Chop Shop (2008) The Son (2002) The 25th Hour (2003) Almost Famous (2000) My Winnipeg (2008) His other ten, alphabetically: Adaptation (2002) Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans (2009) City of God (2002) Crash (2004) Kill Bill Vol.1 and Vol. 2 (2003 + 2004) Minority Report (2002) No Country for Old Men (2007) Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Silent Light (2009) Waking Life (2001)

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