# The best foreign films of the 2000s (Kinema Junpo)

Kinema Junpo's top ten foreign films of the 2000s, chosen in 2020 for the Japanese magazine's centenary: from number one, Memories of Murder, to In the Mood for Love, Gran Torino and The Dark Knight (with ties).

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- Aug 25, 2020 · kobeeiga
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## Top 13

1. **Memories of Murder (2003)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Bong Joon-ho. Detectives on the trail of the Hwaseong serial murders. Number one.
2. **Gran Torino (2008)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Clint Eastwood. A stubborn veteran and the Hmong boy next door. Number three.
3. **There Will Be Blood (2007)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Paul Thomas Anderson. Oilman Daniel Plainview. Number five.
4. **Infernal Affairs (2002)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. A mole in the police and a mole in the triad. Joint sixth.
5. **Yi Yi (2000)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Edward Yang. A Taipei family and eight-year-old Yang-Yang. Joint sixth.
6. **No Country for Old Men (2007)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Joel and Ethan Coen. The hitman Chigurh and the drug money. Joint ninth.
7. **Oasis (2002)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Lee Chang-dong. Love between an ex-convict and a woman with cerebral palsy. Joint ninth.
8. **Mystic River (2003)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Clint Eastwood. Three childhood friends in Boston and a murder. Joint ninth.
9. **In the Mood for Love (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Wong Kar-wai. Two neighbours in 1962 Hong Kong. Number two.
10. **The Dark Knight (2008)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Christopher Nolan. Batman and the Joker. Number four.
11. **West of the Tracks (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Wang Bing. A nine-hour documentary on the decline of Shenyang's industrial district. Joint ninth.
12. **Mulholland Drive (2001)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — David Lynch. Hollywood dreams and nightmares. Joint ninth.
13. **Million Dollar Baby (2004)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Clint Eastwood. An old trainer and a female boxer. Joint sixth.

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