How much do I love cinema? I have a spreadsheet containing all 3500 movies I’ve seen in my lifetime, which includes my own personal rating. As a younger nerd, I would consume all the “movie books” by Leonard Maltin and Golden Retriever. I made lists of my favorite directors and actors. Roger Ebert is my spirit animal.

In the 2000s, I visited the theater often. I bought my favorite flicks on DVD. I scoured iMDB daily. I recommended movies to family, girlfriends, and of course, my cinephile pals.

Here’s one Gen X bald man’s 200 favorite movies of the 2000s, updated (mostly) daily….