Best of the Decade, Volume 5: Wrapping it up

So, it occurred to me that 40 is a ridiculous number for a best of' list. Admittedly, my list was 40 movies long due to a clerical error and a bit of laziness (ie, by the time I realized that I didn't have 50 movies listed, I had already posted ten of them, and didn't feel like going back and redoing it all). So, as a little bonus, I figured I'd toss in ten honorable mentions that y'all can use to fill out my list to a respectable 50. They are, in alphabetical order:

Across the Universe (2007)
-directed by Julie Taymor
Antichrist (2009)
-directed by Lars Von Trier
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
-directed by Andrew Dominik
Away From Her (2007)
-directed by Sarah Polley
Capote (2005)
-directed by Bennett Miller
In Bruges (2008)
-directed by Martin McDonagh
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
-directed by Quentin Tarantino
Junebug (2005)
-directed by Phil Morrison
Monster (2003)
-directed by Patty Jenkins
There Will Be Blood (2007)
-directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Fun stats: counting those honorable mentions, the year with the most entries on the list is 2005 with seven entries (Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Grizzly Man, A History of Violence, Junebug, Munich, Sin City), and the year with the fewest entries is a tie between 2009 (Antichrist, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds) and 2006 (Children of Men, The Departed, Pan's Labyrinth).

Now, on to part 2: my unofficial Oscar ballot for the decade. The best in every subject. Also in alphabetical order, though the winner will be in bold. Also included, just for funsies, is an honorable mention. Because you can never have enough.
(note: The Lord of the Rings could dominate the tech categories, in that all three films probably deserve a place on the list. So as to promote spreading the wealth among films, if I feel a Rings movie deserves to be in the top 5, I've simply selected the installment of the trilogy that I feel best exemplifies the category at hand.)

Picture
Almost Famous
Billy Elliot
Black Hawk Down
Brokeback Mountain
Children of Men
City of God
Kill Bill
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Lost in Translation
Y Tu Mama, Tambien
Honorable Mention: Gosford Park

Director
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
Alfonso Cuaron, Children of Men
Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Ang Lee-Brokeback Mountain
Quentin Tarantino-Kill Bill
Honorable Mention: Ferndando Meirelles, City of God

Actor
Jamie Bell, Billy Elliot
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Sean Penn, Mystic River
Honorable Mention: Bill Murray, Lost in Translation

Actress
Ellen Burstyn, Requiem For a Dream
Ellen Page, Hard Candy
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Charlize Theron, Monster
Uma Thurman, Kill Bill
Honorable Mention: Julie Christie, Away From Her

Supporting Actor
David Carradine, Kill Bill
William Hurt, A History of Violence
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Tim Robbins, Mystic River
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Honorable Mention: Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men

Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Junebug
Kate Hudson, Almost Famous
Holly Hunter, Thirteen
Mo’Nique, Precious
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain
Honorable Mention: Meryl Streep, Adaptation

Original Screenplay
Almost Famous
Gosford Park
Kill Bill
Synecdoche, New York
Y Tu Mama, Tambien
Honorable Mention: Lost in Translation

Adapted Screenplay
Adaptation
Before Sunset
Brokeback Mountain
No Country For Old Men
The Virgin Suicides
Honorable Mention: The Departed

Art Direction
Avatar
Children of Men
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Fall
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Honorable Mention: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Costume Design
The Cell
The Fall
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Marie Antoinette
Moulin Rouge!
Honorable Mention: Memoirs of a Geisha

Visual Effects
Avatar
King Kong
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Honorable Mention: Transformers

Makeup
The Cell
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Pan’s Labyrinth
Honorable Mention: La Vie En Rose

Film Editing
Black Hawk Down
City of God
The Hurt Locker
No Country For Old Men
Slumdog Millionaire
Honorable Mention: The Departed

Cinematography
Roger Deakins-The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Rodrigo Prieto-Brokeback Mountain
Emmanuel Lubezki-Children of Men
Christopher Doyle-Hero
Eduard Grau-A Single Man
Honorable Mention: Slawomir Idziak, Black Hawk Down

Original Score (Four-way tie. Because I can't decide, and it's my blog.)
Alexandre Desplat-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Phillip Glass-The Hours
Howard Shore-The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Abel Korneziowski-A Single Man
James Newton-Howard-The Village
Honorable Mention: Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Sound Mixing
Avatar
Black Hawk Down
King Kong
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
WALL-E
Honorable Mention: Children of Men

Sound Effects Editing
Black Hawk Down
King Kong
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Transformers
WALL-E
Honorable Mention: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Animated Film
Finding Nemo
The Incredibles
Monsters, Inc.
WALL-E
Waltz With Bashir
Honorable Mention: Persepolis

Foreign Language Film
City of God-Brazil
Let The Right One In-Sweden
Pan’s Labyrinth-Mexico
Waltz With Bashir-Israel
Y Tu Mama, Tambien-Mexico
Honorable Mention: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon-Taiwan


Well, there we have it. Questions? Comments? Observations? Care to break that four-way music tie for me?