It’s been almost 10 years since David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. made its debut in theaters, but it still holds a very high place in the hearts of L.A. film critics. Here’s is [via Indiewire] the L.A. Film Critics Association’s just-released Best of the ’00s list:

1. Mulholland Dr. -  David Lynch
2. There Will Be Blood -  Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -  Michel Gondry
4. Brokeback Mountain -  Ang Lee
5. No Country for Old Men -  Joel and Ethan Coen / Zodiac -  David Fincher (tie)
6. Yi Yi -  Edward Yang
7. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days – Cristian Mungiu / The Lord of the Rings – Peter Jackson (tie)
8. Spirited Away -  Hayao Miyazaki
9. United 93 – Paul Greengrass / Y Tu Mama Tambien -  Alfonso Cuaron (tie)
10. Sideways -  Alexander Payne

Hit the jump for my thoughts on their Top 10 as well as my personal list for the best of the last decade.

I’ve really enjoyed the lists I’ve posted this week and I hope you have too.  I keep notes year-round on everything I feel is worth noting about particular movies so I don’t forget and I can compile it into what (hopefully) makes or an informative read.  However, this list I’ve been dreading.  Unlike the other lists, there’s no real recommendation at work here.  It’s a list designed to highlight mostly beloved and established films.  It’s also difficult to factor in films of 2008 and 2009 because I don’t know their staying power.  Finally, it’s a list that will ultimately please no one because there’s no way I can narrow the hundreds of great films that have come out over the last ten years into twenty that I’ve determined are better than all the rest.  So why am I doing it?  I have my reasons.  They’re not very good ones, but I have them.

The decade is ending, these films left an impact on me, and so I’ll call them out for their greatness and accept that there were plenty of other movies that could have filled in just as easily.

Hit the jump to start the countdown.