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The Scorecard Review Movie Awards: Best of the Decade (Almost) - COMPLETE RESULTS

Jeff Bayer

The Scorecard Review Movie Awards: Best of the Decade (Almost) - COMPLETE RESULTS

The decade is over (and has been for a year). Now, we finally know what The Scorecard Review readers believe were the best of the best in the TSR Movie Awards. There were 501 total voters who voted. Yes, I know it's not technically a decade. We've been doing The Scorecard Review Movie Awards for eight years and decided it was time for a "Best of," hence the "(Almost)."

If there is one thing we learned, it was The Decade of the Ledger, Heath Ledger. Ellen Page, Lord of the Rings, Meryl Streep, Avatar and Leonardo DiCaprio all had their moments as well. I will offer complete commentary on each individual category so stay tuned for that.

Look for The 9th Annual TSR Movie Awards in February 2011.

The Scorecard Review Movie Awards: Best of the Decade (Almost) - winner in bold

1. Best Blockbuster (from the Top 10 Money Makers of each year)
answered question 460
skipped question
41
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - Spider-Man
1.3% 6
2002 - Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
4.8% 22
2003 - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
28.7% 132
2003 - Finding Nemo
3.0% 14
2004 - The Incredibles
1.1% 5
2004 - Spider-Man 2
1.7% 8
2005 - Batman Begins
2.0% 9
2005 - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
1.7% 8
2006 - Happy Feet
0.4% 2
2006 - Casino Royale
2.2% 10
2007 - The Bourne Ultimatum
2.8% 13
2007 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2.8% 13
2008 - The Dark Knight
34.3% 158
2008 - Wall-E
5.2% 24
2009 - Star Trek
2.8% 13
2009 - Up
5.0% 23
2. Funniest
answered question 442
skipped question
59
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - My Big Fat Greek Wedding
6.6% 29
2002 - Super Troopers
1.6% 7
2003 - Old School
2.3% 10
2003 - Bad Santa
2.7% 12
2004 - Dodgeball
1.8% 8
2004 - The Incredibles
7.0% 31
2005 - The Wedding Crashers
4.1% 18
2005 - The Aristocrats
0.2% 1
2006 - Little Miss Sunshine
10.9% 48
2006 - Borat
7.9% 35
2007 - Juno
14.3% 63
2007 - Superbad
6.8% 30
2008 - Tropic Thunder
9.3% 41
2008 - Forgetting Sarah Marshall
3.4% 15
2009 - In the Loop
1.8% 8
2009 - The Hangover
19.5% 86
3. Saddest
answered question 437
skipped question
64
Response Percent Response Count
2003 - In America
2.5% 11
2003 - Cold Mountain
4.8% 21
2004 - The Notebook
8.0% 35
2004 - Finding Neverland
13.7% 60
2005 - Brokeback Mountain
20.6% 90
2005 - The Constant Gardener
4.3% 19
2006 - Letters From Iwo Jima
5.3% 23
2006 - The Pursuit of Happyness
5.7% 25
2007 - Away From Her
4.1% 18
2007 - Gone Baby Gone
4.1% 18
2008 - Milk
5.3% 23
2008 - Gran Torino
6.9% 30
2009 - Precious
12.4% 54
2009 - The Messenger
2.3% 10
4. Scariest
answered question 407
skipped question
94
Response Percent Response Count
2004 - Open Water
3.2% 13
2004 - Saw
11.3% 46
2005 - Skeleton Key
2.0% 8
2005 - The Exorcism of Emily Rose
6.4% 26
2006 - The Descent
8.1% 33
2006 - Hostel
3.4% 14
2007 - No Country for Old Men
21.6% 88
2007 - The Orphanage
5.7% 23
2008 - Cloverfield
3.2% 13
2008 - Let the Right One In
7.6% 31
2009 - Paranormal Activity
22.6% 92
2009 - Drag Me to Hell
4.9% 20
5. Best Visuals - not special effects
answered question 426
skipped question
75
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - Chicago
7.0% 30
2002 - Road to Perdition
2.6% 11
2003 - Cold Mountain
3.1% 13
2003 - Last Samurai
4.7% 20
2004 - Sideways
0.5% 2
2004 - Finding Neverland
6.6% 28
2005 - Memoirs of a Geisha
5.9% 25
2005 - The Constant Gardener
0.9% 4
2006 - Children of Men
8.7% 37
2006 - The Last King of Scotland
0.9% 4
2007 - There Will Be Blood
10.8% 46
2007 - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
4.9% 21
2008 - The Dark Knight
22.8% 97
2008 - Slumdog Millionaire
8.7% 37
2009 - Inglourious Basterds
8.5% 36
2009 - Earth
3.5% 15
6. Best Visuals - special effects
answered question 441
skipped question
60
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
5.2% 23
2002 - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
1.1% 5
2003 - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
21.1% 93
2003 - Matrix Reloaded
1.8% 8
2004 - Spider-Man 2
1.4% 6
2004 - House of Flying Daggers
1.4% 6
2005 - Sin City
2.9% 13
2005 - King Kong
1.6% 7
2006 - Pan's Labyrinth
7.3% 32
2006 - The Fountain
1.6% 7
2007 - 300
2.0% 9
2007 - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
5.7% 25
2008 - The Dark Knight
8.2% 36
2008 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5.0% 22
2009 - Avatar
30.6% 135
2009 - Star Trek
3.2% 14
7. Best Music in a Film (musical score and songs)
answered question 427
skipped question
74
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - Chicago
14.8% 63
2002 - About a Boy
3.5% 15
2003 - Love Actually
8.4% 36
2003 - School of Rock
6.1% 26
2004 - Ray
4.4% 19
2004 - Garden State
6.3% 27
2005 - Walk the Line
13.6% 58
2005 - Hustle & Flow
1.4% 6
2006 - Happy Feet
3.0% 13
2006 - Dreamgirls
3.7% 16
2007 - Once
7.0% 30
2007 - Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
1.9% 8
2008 - Slumdog Millionaire
8.4% 36
2008 - Defiance
0.9% 4
2009 - Crazy Heart
4.0% 17
2009 - (500) Days of Summer
12.4% 53
8. Best Ending
answered question 432
skipped question
69
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - Catch Me if You Can
3.9% 17
2002 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
9.5% 41
2003 - Big Fish
4.2% 18
2003 - Love Actually
5.3% 23
2004 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
12.0% 52
2004 - Fahrenheit 9/11
1.6% 7
2005 - A History of Violence
8.8% 38
2005 - Match Point
2.1% 9
2006 - The Departed
10.4% 45
2006 - The Prestige
10.9% 47
2007 - Michael Clayton
1.2% 5
2007 - The Bourne Ultimatum
3.0% 13
2008 - Wall-E
5.3% 23
2008 - Slumdog Millionaire
6.7% 29
2009 - Inglourious Basterds
12.3% 53
2009 - Moon
2.8% 12
9. Best Animated
answered question 429
skipped question
72
Response Percent Response Count
2005 - Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
4.9% 21
2005 - Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride
9.3% 40
2006 - Happy Feet
4.4% 19
2006 - Cars
4.4% 19
2007 - Persepolis
1.9% 8
2007 - Ratatouille
10.3% 44
2008 - Wall-E
27.5% 118
2008 - Kung Fu Panda
5.4% 23
2009 - Up
23.1% 99
2009 - Fantastic Mr. Fox
8.9% 38
10. Best Documentary
answered question 383
skipped question
118
Response Percent Response Count
2006 - An Inconvenient Truth
23.2% 89
2006 - Jesus Camp
7.3% 28
2007 - No End in Sight
1.0% 4
2007 - Sicko
15.7% 60
2008 - Man on Wire
15.7% 60
2008 - Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About his Father
5.7% 22
2009 - The Cove
16.4% 63
2009 - Food, Inc.
14.9% 57
11. Best Screenplay - Original
answered question 434
skipped question
67
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2.3% 10
2002 - Gangs of New York
4.6% 20
2003 - In America
0.9% 4
2003 - Lost in Translation
3.9% 17
2004 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
17.5% 76
2004 - The Incredibles
3.9% 17
2005 - Crash
4.8% 21
2005 - The Squid and the Whale
1.2% 5
2006 - Little Miss Sunshine
6.2% 27
2006 - The Queen
4.4% 19
2007 - Juno
15.7% 68
2007 - Once
0.9% 4
2008 - Wall-E
7.1% 31
2008 - In Bruges
4.1% 18
2009 - Inglourious Basterds
18.7% 81
2009 - The Hurt Locker
3.7% 16
12. Best Screenplay - Adapted
answered question 432
skipped question
69
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - The Pianist
6.0% 26
2002 - About a Boy
2.3% 10
2003 - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
25.5% 110
2003 - Mystic River
2.8% 12
2004 - Million Dollar Baby
3.2% 14
2004 - Finding Neverland
7.4% 32
2005 - Capote
0.7% 3
2005 - Brokeback Mountain
8.8% 38
2006 - The Departed
9.3% 40
2006 - The Last King of Scotland
1.9% 8
2007 - No Country for Old Men
10.9% 47
2007 - Away From Her
1.4% 6
2008 - Slumdog Millionaire
6.5% 28
2008 - Doubt
6.9% 30
2009 - In the Loop
1.9% 8
2009 - Up in the Air
4.6% 20
13. Best Cameo
answered question 426
skipped question
75
Response Percent Response Count
2004 - Neal Patrick Harris - Harold and Kumar
18.8% 80
2004 - Lance Armstrong - Dodgeball
5.4% 23
2007 - Ryan Seacrest - Knocked Up
2.1% 9
2007 - Keith Richards - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
26.3% 112
2008 - Robert Downey Jr. - The Incredible Hulk
8.2% 35
2008 - Samuel L. Jackson - Iron Man
5.9% 25
2009 - Bill Murray - Zombieland
29.8% 127
2009 - Tyler Perry - Star Trek
3.5% 15
14. Most Disappointing
answered question 415
skipped question
86
Response Percent Response Count
2003 - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
5.8% 24
2003 - The Hulk
7.2% 30
2004 - The Big Bounce
0.2% 1
2004 - Hildalgo
2.4% 10
2005 - Bewitched
8.2% 34
2005 - Be Cool
1.7% 7
2006 - Eragon
8.0% 33
2006 - The Da Vinci Code
11.3% 47
2007 - Spider-Man 3
14.2% 59
2007 - The Golden Compass
11.3% 47
2008 - The Happening
9.6% 40
2008 - The Spirit
4.3% 18
2009 - Terminator Salvation
9.6% 40
2009 - Bruno
6.0% 25
15. Best Action Hero/Superhuman/Villain
answered question 442
skipped question
59
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - Aragorn - Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
17.2% 76
2002 - Spider-Man - Spider-Man
1.8% 8
2003 - Legolas - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
2.3% 10
2003 - Wolverine - X2
2.3% 10
2004 - Jason Bourne - The Bourne Identity
4.5% 20
2004 - The Bride - Kill Bill Vol. 2
4.1% 18
2005 - Batman - Batman Begins
2.5% 11
2005 - Mal - Serenity
2.5% 11
2006 - James Bond - Casino Royale
3.4% 15
2006 - Jaquar Paw - Apocalypto
0.2% 1
2007 - Anton Chigurh - No Country for Old Men
3.6% 16
2007 - Jason Bourne - The Bourne Ultimatum
3.8% 17
2008 - The Joker - The Dark Knight
39.6% 175
2008 - Iron Man - Iron Man
4.8% 21
2009 - Colonel Hans Landa - Inglourious Basterds
6.6% 29
2009 - James T. Kirk - Star Trek
0.9% 4
16. Best Supporting Actor
answered question 441
skipped question
60
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York
9.3% 41
2002 - Chris Cooper - Adaptation
2.9% 13
2003 - Tim Robbins - Mystic River
1.4% 6
2003 - Ken Watanabe - Last Samurai
1.1% 5
2004 - Clive Owen - Closer
2.3% 10
2004 - Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
4.3% 19
2005 - George Clooney - Syriana
1.6% 7
2005 - Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
4.8% 21
2006 - Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
1.1% 5
2006 - Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
2.3% 10
2007 - Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
7.3% 32
2007 - Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
1.4% 6
2008 - Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
40.6% 179
2008 - Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
5.7% 25
2009 - Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
12.9% 57
2009 - Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
1.1% 5
17. Best Supporting Actress
answered question 436
skipped question
65
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - Kathy Bates - About Schmidt
1.6% 7
2002 - Meryl Streep - Adaptation
5.3% 23
2003 - Renee Zellweger - Cold Mountain
4.6% 20
2003 - Maria Bello - Cooler
1.6% 7
2004 - Cate Blancett - Elizabeth
5.7% 25
2004 - Natalie Portman - Closer
7.1% 31
2005 - Amy Adams - Junebug
3.2% 14
2005 - Laura Linney - The Squid and the Whale
1.1% 5
2006 - Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
26.8% 117
2006 - Cate Blanchett - Notes of a Scandal
4.1% 18
2007 - Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
6.0% 26
2007 - Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
4.6% 20
2008 - Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
4.1% 18
2008 - Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
6.4% 28
2009 - Mo'Nique - Precious
8.3% 36
2009 - Melanie Laurent - Inglourious Basterds
9.4% 41
18. Best Actor
answered question 445
skipped question
56
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - Adrien Brody - The Pianist
8.5% 38
2002 - Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt
1.1% 5
2003 - Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
2.5% 11
2003 - Sean Penn - Mystic River
3.1% 14
2004 - Jamie Foxx - Ray
3.4% 15
2004 - Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
10.3% 46
2005 - Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
3.4% 15
2005 - Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
5.4% 24
2006 - Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
10.8% 48
2006 - Aaron Eckhart - Thank You For Smoking
2.0% 9
2007 - Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
18.0% 80
2007 - Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
13.0% 58
2008 - Sean Penn - Milk
6.3% 28
2008 - Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
5.4% 24
2009 - Michael Sheen - The Damned United
1.3% 6
2009 - Sam Rockwell - Moon
5.4% 24
19. Best Actress
answered question 440
skipped question
61
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - Renee Zellweger - Chicago
2.0% 9
2002 - Nicole Kidman - The Hours
3.9% 17
2003 - Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider
1.4% 6
2003 - Samantha Morton - In America
0.7% 3
2004 - Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
8.9% 39
2004 - Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland
5.9% 26
2005 - Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
7.7% 34
2005 - Charlize Theron - North Country
2.0% 9
2006 - Judi Dench - Notes of a Scandal
2.7% 12
2006 - Helen Mirren - The Queen
8.9% 39
2007 - Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
9.1% 40
2007 - Ellen Page - Juno
18.6% 82
2008 - Meryl Streep - Doubt
7.5% 33
2008 - Kate Winslet - The Reader
6.4% 28
2009 - Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
10.2% 45
2009 - Carey Mulligan - An Education
4.1% 18
20. Best Acting - Entire Cast
answered question 432
skipped question
69
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - Chicago
3.7% 16
2002 - The Hours
12.5% 54
2003 - Mystic River
4.2% 18
2003 - In America
0.9% 4
2004 - Finding Neverland
6.3% 27
2004 - Aviator
2.1% 9
2005 - Walk the Line
4.9% 21
2005 - Capote
0.7% 3
2006 - Little Miss Sunshine
11.6% 50
2006 - The Departed
12.5% 54
2007 - No Country for Old Men
5.8% 25
2007 - There Will Be Blood
4.2% 18
2008 - The Dark Knight
13.2% 57
2008 - Milk
1.2% 5
2009 - Inglourious Basterds
12.5% 54
2009 - Up in the Air
3.9% 17
21. Best Movie
answered question 428
skipped question
73
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - The Pianist
3.7% 16
2002 - The Hours
6.5% 28
2003 - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
24.5% 105
2003 - Lost in Translation
1.2% 5
2004 - Ray
0.7% 3
2004 - Million Dollar Baby
1.2% 5
2005 - Brokeback Mountain
7.2% 31
2005 - Capote
0.5% 2
2006 - The Departed
8.6% 37
2006 - Little Miss Sunshine
3.0% 13
2007 - No Country for Old Men
5.6% 24
2007 - Juno
8.2% 35
2008 - Wall-E
4.0% 17
2008 - The Dark Knight
17.1% 73
2009 - Inglourious Basterds
5.6% 24
2009 - The Hurt Locker
2.3% 10
22. Actor of the Year (multiple roles)
answered question 440
skipped question
61
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - John C. Reily - Chicago, Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Good Girl
3.4% 15
2002 - Leonardo DiCaprio - Catch Me If You Can, Gangs of New York
6.8% 30
2003 - Sean Penn - Mystic River, 21 Grams
7.0% 31
2003 - Johnny Depp - Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Pirates of the Caribbean
19.3% 85
2004 - Mark Ruffalo - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Collateral, 13 Going on 30, We Don't Live Here Anymore
3.4% 15
2004 - Jamie Foxx - Ray, Collateral, Breakin' All the Rules
2.0% 9
2005 - Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow, Four Brothers, Get Rich or Die Tryin'
0.5% 2
2005 - Vince Vaughn - Wedding Crashers, Be Cool, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Thumbsucker
0.2% 1
2006 - Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed, Blood Diamond
21.8% 96
2006 - Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
1.6% 7
2007 - Michael Cera - Juno, Superbad
3.2% 14
2007 - Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War, The Savages, Before the Devil Knows Your Dead
7.0% 31
2008 - Robert Downey Jr. - Iron Man, Tropic Thunder, Charlie Bartlett
8.0% 35
2008 - Daniel Craig - Quantum of Solace, Defiance
1.6% 7
2009 - George Clooney - Men Who Stare At Goats, Up in the Air, Fantastic Mr. Fox
8.0% 35
2009 - Robert Downey Jr. - Sherlock Holmes, The Soloist
6.1% 27
23. Actress of the Year (multiple roles)
answered question 434
skipped question
67
Response Percent Response Count
2002 - Julianne Moore - The Hours, Far From Heaven
5.1% 22
2002 - Meryl Streep - The Hours, Adaptation
5.8% 25
2003 - Kiera Knightley - Pirates of the Caribbean, Love Actually, Bend in Like Beckam
8.1% 35
2003 - Renee Zellweger - Cold Mountain, Down With Love
0.9% 4
2004 - Kate Winslett - Finding Neverland, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
14.1% 61
2004 - Natalie Portman - Closer, Garden State
6.5% 28
2005 - Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line, Just Like Heaven
3.9% 17
2005 - Catherine Keener - Capote, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Interpreter
2.5% 11
2006 - Cate Blanchett - Babel, Notes of a Scandal
3.9% 17
2006 - Kate Winslett - The Holiday, All the King's Men, Little Children
4.1% 18
2007 - Jennifer Garner - Superbad, Juno
3.5% 15
2007 - Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age, I'm Not There
6.2% 27
2008 - Kate Winslett - Revolutionary Road, The Reader
13.6% 59
2008 - Meryl Streep - Doubt, Mamma Mia!
7.8% 34
2009 - Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia, It's Complicated, Fantastic Mr. Fox
9.9% 43
2009 - Amy Adams - Sunshine Cleaning, Night at the Museum 2, Julie & Julia, Moonlight Serenade
4.1% 18
24. Best Quote
answered question 436
skipped question
65
Response Percent Response Count
2005 - “God, I wish I knew how to quit you.” - Jack – Brokeback Mountain
12.2% 53
2005 - “Tattoo on her lower back? Might as well be a bullseye.” - Vince Vaughn – The Wedding Crashers
1.8% 8
2006 - "No one gets left behind! No one gets left behind!" - Steve Carell - Little Miss Sunshine
3.9% 17
2006 - "Michael Jordan plays ball. Charles Manson kills people. I talk. Everyone has a talent." - Aaron Eckhart - Thank You For Smoking
6.2% 27
2007 - What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss? - Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
5.5% 24
2007 - "I drink your milkshake. I drink it up." - Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
9.9% 43
2008 - "Why so serious?" - Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
28.9% 126
2008 - "You never go full retard." - Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
9.6% 42
2009 - “Your father was captain of a starship for twelve minutes. He saved 800 lives, including your mothers and yours. I dare you to do better.” – Bruce Greenwood – Star Trek
6.7% 29
2009 - “You probably heard we ain’t in the prisoner-takin’ business. We in the killin’ Nazi business. And cousin, business is a-boomin.” – Brad Pitt – Inglourious Basterds
15.4% 67

That's it, that's the list.