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Golden Tomatoes: The 10 Best Movies for each of the Last 10 Years

RT highlights the best reviewed movie for each year we've been around.

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What better way to celebrate RT's 10^th
birthday than with a film retrospective that focuses on the very basis of our
existence? Take a look back, all the way through our
formative years, to see which movies had garnered the best critical responses.
Those of you who have been with us for a while now are already familiar with
our Golden Tomato Awards, and the memory of last year's winner might
still be fresh on your mind. But between a handful of animated features, a
political satire, and a sentimental turn from a wild comedian, you might find
one or two surprises in our list of each year's best-reviewed film.

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1998's Best-Reviewed: The Truman Show Media appropriation, voyeurism, ditching our jobs and sailing to Fiji — these are issues we mull over every day at Rotten Tomatoes. So it's fitting that The Truman Show, Peter Weir's gentle treatise on pop culture and art, is the movie to inaugurate the site. The movie stars Jim Carrey as meek Truman Burbank, an insurance adjustor slowly realizing his hometown a giant set, his life nothing more than televised pap. But just like everyone else, critics loved tuning in to The Truman Show: "Adventurous, provocative, even daring," wrote Kenneth Turan. And the movie demonstrated Carrey need not resort to falling out of a rhino's ass to make the audiences laugh and take home the box office; The Truman Show has heart, hijinks, and, according to Owen Glieberman, it turns "Carrey…into a postmodern Capra hero." Runners-Up: Shakespeare in Love, Antz, Saving Private Ryan Worst-Reviewed: Jawbreaker

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1999's Best-Reviewed: Toy Story 2 Rarely does a sequel outshine its predecessor, especially when the first installment has been universally hailed as a triumph; if there is a film for which this case can be made, however, it's Toy Story 2. After Pixar wowed audiences worldwide with its feature-length debut, Toy Story, people wondered how TS2 would measure up. So how did it fare? "The storytelling is so tight, urgent and inventive there doesn't seem to be a wasted moment," says David Ansen of Newsweek. "Not only is it just as visually stunning and witty as the first," writes Janelle Brown of Salon.com, "but it's funnier, more thoughtful and more grown-up." With a 100% Fresh rating based on 121 reviews, the continuing adventure of Woody, Buzz, and their crew of new and old friends is not only the best reviewed movie of 1999, it's the best ever featured on RT. Runners-Up: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Iron Giant, The Insider Worst-Reviewed: Chill Factor

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2000's Best-Reviewed: Chicken Run Even we were surprised this is 2000's best-reviewed movie, beating out tough competitors like Traffic, You Can Count on Me, High Fidelity, and Almost Famous. But then we cleared our heads: why not Chicken Run? It's fresh, it's funny, it's action-packed, and it's (as rumor has it) the movie that prompted the Academy to create the Best Animated Feature Oscar. As a story of chickens planning escape from a farm coop, critics found nothing to cluck at. "Before our disbelieving eyes, a pageant of jeopardy, romance and rescue unfolds," Kenneth Turan said, while David Ansen agreed: "There is something wonderfully improbable, anachronistic and quixotic about Chicken Run." Runners-Up: Traffic, Best in Show, You Can Count on Me Worst-Reviewed: Battlefield Earth

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2001's Best-Reviewed: Monster's Inc. What's the deal with some vocal weirdos crying foul about Wall-E's environmentalism when Pixar did it seven years earlier with Monster's Inc? Like Wall-E, Monster's Inc. is an odd love story (a father/daughter relationship between a monster a girl) with sharp commentary on human consumption and moral corruption (this time, the California energy crisis). And Monster's Inc. is the best-reviewed movie of its release year — again, just like Wall-E (though The Dark Knight is poised to deliver some Tomatometer justice). So remember, Pixar naysayers, to heed Lisa Alspector's call: "The analogy to our dependence on, say, oil is soon abandoned, the better to blur the distinction between abstract and concrete — something older viewers…may appreciate more than younger ones." Runners-Up: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, In the Bedroom, Memento Worst-Reviewed: Corky Romano

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2002's Best-Reviewed: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Ironic, isn't it? The worst of The Lord of the Rings series is the only one to claim the best-reviewed title of its release year. Of course, when you're part of one of the greatest movie trilogies ever, being worst is a relative term. It simply suffers from being the middle child: The Two Towers doesn't have the charming innocence of the first nor the sweeping closure of the last, but it's still full of the epic grandeur and small character intimacies that distinguishes Peter Jackson's movies. As Carrie Rickey puts it, Jackson "is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees." Runners-Up: Catch Me If You Can, Spirited Away, Bowling for Columbine Worst-Reviewed: Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

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2003's Best-Reviewed: Finding Nemo Yep, Pixar strikes again! The unstoppable animation studio scored their fifth consecutive hit (and highest U.S. grosser to date) with Finding Nemo, the story of a neurotic clownfish traveling the ocean for his son. "A thing of beauty," gushes reviewer of the people Peter Travers, "Hugely entertaining and way cool." Finding Nemo was also Pixar's first effort to leave the Best Animated Feature ghetto and into more "prestigious" territory with a nomination for Best Screenplay. Runners-Up: Spellbound, The Fog of War, Capturing the Friedmans Worst-Reviewed: Gigli

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2004's Best-Reviewed: The Incredibles Nobody likes a worn-out pun, but sometimes they're so apt, you can't resist. The Incredibles is…really, really good. Like, "Pixar's best movie" good. An ode to superheroes that's also fearless in raising the action stakes in American animation, critics responded in kind. "Exemplary mixture of top-notch storytelling, visual razzle-dazzle, accessible humor, and involving action," said James Berardinelli. "[Feels] modern and classic at the same time," cheered Salon's Stephanie Zacharek. "The often wry and pointed dialogue reminded me of the glory days of radio," wrote Andrew Sarris. Modern and classic sensibilities? Visual razzle-dazzle combined with radio-reminiscent dialogue? No wonder both the young and old come out of the woodwork for Pixar. Runners-Up: Sideways, Hero, Maria Full of Grace Worst-Reviewed: Twisted

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2005's Best-Reviewed: Murderball Reflecting back just a few years, one wouldn't have thought that a small, independent documentary about a little-known sport could have streaked to the top of most critical lists. But that's exactly what happened when Murderball was released and people began to take notice. A gripping portrayal of competitive spirit and an insightful look into the lives of the sport's lively personalities, Murderball earned wide acclaim and secured its place as the best reviewed film of 2005. Jean Lowerison of San Diego Metropolitan wrote of it, "Murderball is a sports film, an inspirational piece and a portrait of people who face unusual challenges." Runners-Up: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Good Night, And Good Luck, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Worst-Reviewed: Alone in the Dark

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2006's Best-Reviewed: The Queen Not only did Helen Mirren earn herself a slew of top awards, including a Best Actress Oscar, when she owned the screen as Queen Elizabeth II in 2006's The Queen, but the film itself won several awards of its own all across the board. It was a stunning accomplishment for director Stephen Frears, who utilized elements of drama, humor, and social commentary to bring audiences a glimpse, albeit fictional, of royal life in the wake of Princess Diana's tragic passing. It's not surprising, then, to find out that The Queen was the best reviewed film of 2006, with a 97% Fresh rating based on an impressive 177 reviews. As Michael Booth of the Denver Post writes, "This imperial mix of wit, humor, and compassion manages to humanize at once the prickly worlds of royalty, politics, and popular culture." Runners-Up: Pan's Labyrinth, Casino Royale, The Departed Worst-Reviewed: Basic Instinct 2

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2007's Best-Reviewed: Ratatouille Pixar caps a decade of reviews domination with Ratatouille, the studio's unusual picture about a kitchen, a rat, and cross-species harmony and understanding. Production was the most troubled out of all Pixar's efforts (original director Jan Pinkava was replaced by animation guru Brad Bird), but effort was paid off in spades with major box office, a nomination for Best Screenplay and a win for Best Picture. Pixar takes a cheeky poke at professional critics with the Anton Ego character, but writers took the joke in stride: "Ratatouille never overwhelms, even though it's stocked with action, romance, historical content, family drama and serious statements about the creation of art," praised the San Francisco Chronicle. Runners-Up: No Country for Old Men, Once, The Band's Visit Worst-Reviewed: Because I Said So

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