I've seen an enormous amount of movies this year, 60 by my count. That's way too many but that's enough to make what every critic makes at the end of the year, a list of the best and worst of the year. It's just the combined rankings from the two lists from the summer and fall from the left sidebar and the few movies I saw in the beginning of the year.

1. The Pianist - Roman Polanski's new take on the Jewish holocaust is one of the best on the subject. Adrien Brody masterfully brings realism to the picture.
2. Minority Report - Cruise and Spielberg team up to make a great movie for sci-fi fans as well as the mainstream audience.
3. Chicago - Sets the bar high for the continuing revival of the musical started by Moulin Rouge.
4. Gangs of New York - Captures 1860s New York superbly with Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role. Daniel Day-Lewis gives a masterful performance.
5. The Quiet American - Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser fight for the same girl in 1950s Vietnam.
6. About Schmidt - Jack Nicholson gives one of his finest performances ever. And the movie's pretty good too.
7. Punch-Drunk Love - Yes, that really is Adam Sandler toning down his slapstick comedy just a tad to let in some dramatic scenes.
8. Catch Me If You Can - Another DiCaprio flick with Tom Hanks this time. The chase and its inevitable end is entertaining and funny.
9. Y Tu Mama Tambien- Great coming-of-age story about two Mexican teenagers growing up by learning about themselves and an attractive woman.
10. Antwone Fisher- The power generated by poor Antwone can no longer be ignored in this true story directed by first-timer Denzel Washington.

Of the 60 movies I've seen, these are the top ten movies of the year through a composite ranking of 129 prominent critics (i.e. professionals, not a nobody like me) courtesy of moviecitynews.com

1. Y Tu Mama Tambien
2. About Schmidt
3. Adaptation
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
5. The Pianist
6. Chicago
7. Gangs of New York
8. The Hours
9. Punch-Drunk Love
10. Minority Report