Best to Worst — alternate saved annual film ranking

Best To Worst

1) The Magdalene Sisters 4 (A)

2) Whale Rider 4 (A)

3) Nowhere in Africa 4 (A)

4) Lost In Translation 4 (A)

5) The Hulk 4 (A-)

6) Seabiscuit 4 (A-)

7) The Quiet American 3 ½ (A-)

8) Mystic River 3 ½ (A-)

9) The Shape of Things 3 ½ (A-)

10) Bend it Like Beckham 3 ½ (B+)

Intolerable Cruelty 3 ½ (B+)

Finding Nemo 3 ½ (B+)

American Splendor 3 ½ (B+)

Sweet Sixteen 3 ½ (B+)

Blue Car 3 ½ (B+)

Raising Victor Vargas 3 ½ (B+)

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not 3 ½ (B+)

Northfork 3 ½ (B+)

Open Range 3 ½ (B+)

Holes 3 ½ (B+)

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 3 ½ (B+)

The Matrix Reloaded 3 ½ (B+)

Spider 3 ½ (B+)

Better Luck Tomorrow 3 (B)

Kill Bill 3 (B)

How to Deal 3 (B)

Freaky Friday 3 (B)

Anything Else 3 (B)

A Mighty Wind 3 (B)

Winged Migration 3 (B)

Down With Love 3 (B)

The Life of David Gale 3 (B)

Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (B)

The Italian Job 3 (B)

Runaway Jury 3 (B)

Charlie’s Angels 2: Full Throttle 3 (B)

S.W.A.T. 3 (B)

Veronica Guerin 3 (B)

Old School 3 (B)

The In-Laws 3 (B)

Hollywood Homicide 3 (B)

Shanghai Knights 3 (B)

Levity 3 (B)

Identity 3 (B)

2 Fast 2 Furious 3 (B-)

Tears of the Sun 3 (B-)

28 Days Later 2 ½ (B-)

Matchstick Men 2 ½ (B-)

The School of Rock 2 ½ (B-)

All the Real Girls 2 ½ (B-)

Confidence 2 ½ (B-)

Freddy Vs. Jason 2 ½ (B-)

Uptown Girls 2 ½ (B-)

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life 2 ½ (B-)

Head of State 2 ½ (B-)

Narc 2 ½ (B-)

Le Divorce 2 ½ (C+)

Alex and Emma 2 ½ (C+)

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 2 ½ (C+)

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star 2 ½ (C+)

Agent Cody Banks 2 ½ (C+)

Once Upon a Time in Mexico 2 ½ (C+)

Bringing Down the House 2 ½ (C+)

Phone Booth 2 ½ (C+)

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 2 ½ (C+)

X2: X-Men United 2 (C+)

Chasing Papi 2 (C)

What a Girl Wants 2 (C)

The Medallion 2 (C)

The Rundown 2 (C)

Secondhand Lions 2 (C)

Spy Kids 3D: Game Over 2 (C)

Daredevil 2 (C)

National Security 2 (C)

Just Married 2 (C)

Cold Creek Manor 2 (C-)

Willard 2 (C-)

Basic 2 (C-)

The Recruit 2 (C-)

Biker Boyz 2 (C-)

Anger Management 2 (C-)

Dark Blue 2 (C-)

Dumb and Dumberer 1 ½ (C-)

The Lizzie McGuire Movie 1 ½ (C-)

10) Johnny English 1 ½ (D+)

9) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 1 ½ (D+)

8) View From the Top 1 ½ (D+)

7) Wrong Turn 1 ½ (D+)

6) Malibu’s Most Wanted 1 ½ (D+)

5) From Justin to Kelly 1 (D)

4) Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde ½ (D)

3) Kangaroo Jack ½ (D-)

2) Bruce Almighty ½ (D-)

1) My Boss’s Daughter ½ (D-)

Best Performances

Actress: 1. Nora-Jane Noone in The Magdalene Sisters, 2. Scarlet Johansson in Lost in Translation 3. Keisha Castle-Hughes in Whale Rider, 4. Christina Ricci in Anything Else 

Actor: 1. Rawiri Paratene in Whale Rider, 2. Michael Cane in The Quiet American, 3. Bill Murray in Lost in Translation 4. Paul Giamatti in American Splendor

Supporting Actress: 1. Keira Knightley in Bend it like Beckham, 2. Jennifer Connelly in Hulk, 3. Hope Davis in American Splendor, 4. Annette Bening in Open Range

Supporting Actor: 1. Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Brendon Gleeson in 28 Days Later, 3. Oliver Martinez in S.W.A.T., 4. Jon Voight in Holes

Summer’s Best (FINAL)

The Magdalene Sisters

Whale Rider

The Hulk

Seabiscuit

Finding Nemo

American Splendor

Northfork

Open Range

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

How To Deal

Mixed Count: 22

Positive Count: 44

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