Michael Lee's Top Ten

1. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

   Was there any doubt? Fantastic, and it grows better the more I think about it.

2. Moulin Rouge

   I'm listening to the soundtrack as I write this. "El Tango de Roxanne" ensures that it gets a position on the list without trying. But then there's a bunch of other numbers as well. It takes some time to get used to, but it's grown on me more and more.

3. Amelie

   Very sweet and funny. Quirky too.

4. Ghost World

   After two rather romantic movies, we need something a bit more cynical, and this is it.

5. Shrek

6. Monsters, Inc

   The two animated computer features are both really good. I give the edge to Shrek, because I think it's a bit more sophisticated in its storyline compared to Monsters, Inc, which is a bit more of a children's film. But it is so close -- and that's the best thing about both of them.

7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

   A faithful enough adaptation of the book to get on the list.

8. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

   There are times that my life feels like a Kevin Smith film, and so while this movie is for fans only, which means that it's on the lower rungs of the list, it's still amusing enough to get there.

9. Vanilla Sky

   Any movie that uses both Radiohead and Peter Gabriel in their soundtrack has an edge for me. There is a lot of the movie that has appeared in other forums before, but who cares?

10. A.I: Artificial Intelligence

    Controversial? Yes. But it's very well made, and impressive for simultaneously being a Spielberg film and a Kubrick film -- something I would have thought impossible.

The worst: Ghosts of Mars

I didn't sit through enough of "Glitter" for it to qualify as a movie I've seen.