Best movies last two years

Some of my favorites:

A Very Long Engagement (French. Texture and beauty off the charts)
Station Agent (Excellent film)
Me and You and Everyone We Know (Outstanding script, etc.)
Vera Drake (Best actress maybe ever, dark, brooding film)
Paper Clips (documentary about the power of humanity)
Maria Full of Grace (Columbian - a must see)
Hero (Jet Li - like a pastel ballet)
Finding Neverland (Once again, Johnny Depp reigns)
City of God (Brazilian masterpiece)
Lost in Translation (Perfect acting, pacing, direction...)
Intimate Strangers (French - No fuss drama, with characters you love)
The Closet (French - Very funny comedy)
Swimming Pool (Great story, and always superb Charlotte Rampling)
Garden State (Funny, moving, great music...)
Before Sunset (one of the best love stories ever)
Control Room (excellent pictorial on journalistic spin tactics)
School of Rock (want to have fun?)
Transporter 2 (Caught you! I saw it twice.)

The documentary "Paper Clips" is quite powerful. I've seen it twice, and just can't get over how courageous it was for an entire town to so willingly break apart their own stereotypes.

Also, "Memories of Murder" was outstanding. It's a Korean film--based upon a true story--that recalls the strength of "Serpico" & the like. The acting is incredible.

Henry,
We just saw "Old Boy" yesterday. What a fantastic film! A little gruesome at times, but that's what the MUTE button is for, right?

Doug,
If you don't mention Sponge Bob, your daughter's gonna make you pay!

Henry,

Thanks so much for letting us in on the trilogy info. I'll have to see the others. And to answer your question, I'm an awful dancer.

Fotis_k, I've seen "Withnail and I" many times. Fantastic movie, in my opinion. Richard Grant, the lead actor, was also in another excellent movie called "How to Get Ahead in Advertising". Off the wall story about an advertising exec who grows a cyst that starts talking to him.

Another memorable film from the past two years was "Nowhere in Africa", a German film about a Jewish couple who move with their daughter to Africa to wait out the holocaust.

Henry,
I've just put "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" (#1) in my Netflix queue, and the next one (coming soon) in the trilogy is "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance." Can't wait! Thanks for letting us know.

Henry,
"Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" was outstanding. Just when I thought it was a simple film, it went deep!

I really liked "Swimming Pool" as well.

Have you seen Lady Vengeance yet?

We did see "Lady Vengeance". Absolutely incredible film. Unique, twisty, and visually stunning.

Others:
"The Best of Youth" (Italy) was superb.
"L'Enfant", the heart-breaking Belgian film by the Dardenne Brothers, who unlike Les Freres Coen, have yet to make a dud.