Best Movies of 2002

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2. Road to Perdition
3. Bowling for Columbine
4. Rabbit-Proof Fence
5. Insomnia
6. Punch-Drunk Love
7. Chicago
8. Adaptation.
9. Signs
10. The Rookie

Best Musicals (Music)

Here's the other musical list. This one is based on the quality of their soundtracks:

1. Rent (2005)
2. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
3. A Goofy Movie (1995)
4. Newsies (1992)
5. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)
6. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
7. Mulan (1998)
8. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
9. The Little Mermaid (1989)
10. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Best Musicals (Film)

Melissa insisted that I make a list of movie musicals. I think she was mostly considering the soundtracks, whereas I tend to think of the filmmaking. So I'm going to compromise and make a list of each. Here are the movie musicals with the best filmmaking:

1. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
2. Fantasia (1940)
3. Chicago (2002)
4. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
5. The Lion King (1994)
6. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
7. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
8. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
9. Newsies (1992)
10. Aladdin (1992)
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Best Movies of 2003

1. Finding Nemo
2. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
4. Elf
5. Love Actually
6. Secondhand Lions
7. Big Fish
8. Whale Rider
9. The School of Rock
10. X2

Best Family Films

I left all the animated ones off this list, because they would dominate it, but at least this time all the movies are appropriate for every member of the family.

1. Babe (1995)
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
3. Fly Away Home (1996)
4. Elf (2003)
5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
6. Secondhand Lions (2003)
7. My Dog Skip (2000)
8. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
9. Iron Will (1994)
10. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

Best Animated Movies

In honor of Thanksgiving, I am doing a family theme. After all, let's face it. There are so few Thanksgiving movies and even fewer quality ones. So I decided to do animation. Be warned, these are not all appropriate for all ages, but about 70% or so are, just by the constraints of the genre. Update: my list has just been scrubbed of all Pixar movies since I gave them their own list and its really not fair to compare.

1. The Iron Giant (1999)
2. The Lion King (1994)
3. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)
4. Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
5. The Simpsons Movie (2007)
6. Corpse Bride (2005)
7. Antz (1998)
8. The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
9. Aladdin (1992)
10. A Goofy Movie (1995)

This is Melissa's list:

1. The Lion King (1994)
2. Finding Nemo (2003)
3. Toy Story (1995)
4. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
5. Mulan (1998)
6. Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
7. The Little Mermaid (1989)
8. Ratatouille (2007)
9. The Incredibles (2004)
10. Aladdin (1992)