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by: Paul Tassi Dec. 3, 2009

Entertainment Weekly has assembled their Best Everything of Decade list, which is “The 100 greatest movies, TV shows, albums, books, characters, scenes, songs, dresses, videos, and trends that entertained us over the past 10 years.”

How exactly do you compare a great TV show to a song to a fabulous dress? I’ve no idea, but here’s how their top 20 breaks down:

1) A Boy Named Harry Potter

2) The Sopranos

3) YouTube

4) The Lord of the Rings

5) Lost

6) The College Dropout, Kanye West

7) iPod

8) The Daily Show

9) American Idol

10) Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” video

11) Brokeback Mountain

12) A Scoundrel named Capt. Jack Sparrow

13) Arrested Development

14) Gladiator

15) The Road, Cormac McCarthy

16) Facebook

17) The Dark Knight

18) The clothes from SATC

19) “The Landlord” video

20) Buffy The Vampire Slayer, “The Body”

Wow, I guess Beyonce really did have one of the greatest videos OF ALL TIME. But seeing as we’re a movie site, how do you feel about LORD OF THE RINGS, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, GLADIATOR and THE DARK KNIGHT being the movie picks for the list, and I guess Harry Potter and Jack Sparrow as well, if you expand the definition? I’m surprisingly alright with those actually, as they have been some of my favorite films of the past ten years.

I’m also pumped that “The Daily Show,” “Lost” and “Arrested Development” made the top twenty, but I would sub in the “The Wire” for “The Sopranos.” If anything, this has list  taught me that EW and I have pretty similar tastes in pop culture. 

To see the whole list, pick up the actual issue when it hits stands tomorrow.

Source: EW

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Extra Tidbit: Every viral video on the planet and you pick The Landlord? Ehhh.

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PSUDelVec
11:30AM on 12/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Lame
It's hard enough to justify ranking pieces of pop culture in order when sticking to one genre (movies, music, etc.) and this list is quite inane. What's the criteria of judgement that youtube and Gladiator share? And EW never misses the opportunity to jump on Joss Whedon's dick. No offense, BTVS fans.
It's hard enough to justify ranking pieces of pop culture in order when sticking to one genre (movies, music, etc.) and this list is quite inane. What's the criteria of judgement that youtube and Gladiator share? And EW never misses the opportunity to jump on Joss Whedon's dick. No offense, BTVS fans.
 
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jekupka
10:21AM on 12/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I can think of 20 different movies alone over the past decade that were better than brokeback mountain. I say that is truly an OVERrated flick.
I can think of 20 different movies alone over the past decade that were better than brokeback mountain. I say that is truly an OVERrated flick.
 
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TheCanadian
9:11AM on 12/05/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
@ skip...
I am laughing right now, because I can't determine whether the person who "thumbs up'ed" your post was agreeing that the list was spot on...



or that you are a huge asshole.
I am laughing right now, because I can't determine whether the person who "thumbs up'ed" your post was agreeing that the list was spot on...



or that you are a huge asshole.
 
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Fancyclaps
9:52AM on 12/04/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
awesome idea for a list
GO LOST!
GO LOST!
 
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solo the hut
6:09AM on 12/04/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
say whaaat..??
kanye west? wtf???!!
kanye west? wtf???!!
 
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skip_m
10:53PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Wow...
I guess I'm a huge asshole, because I seem to think that minus a couple of personal choices, they pretty much hit the nail on the head.
I guess I'm a huge asshole, because I seem to think that minus a couple of personal choices, they pretty much hit the nail on the head.
 
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skip_m
10:45PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Wow...
I guess I'm a huge asshole, because I seem to think that minus a couple of personal choices, they pretty much hit the nail on the head.
I guess I'm a huge asshole, because I seem to think that minus a couple of personal choices, they pretty much hit the nail on the head.
 
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TheCanadian
10:10PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
also...
HUUUGE miss...



Battlestar Galactica?
HUUUGE miss...



Battlestar Galactica?
 
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TheCanadian
10:10PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
absolutely...
The Wire was WAY better than The Sopranos...not even close...



Glad to see BTVS on there, and "The Body" at that...



where's the love for Dr. Horrible?
The Wire was WAY better than The Sopranos...not even close...



Glad to see BTVS on there, and "The Body" at that...



where's the love for Dr. Horrible?
 
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Shaggy89
8:34PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
EW is really going in the wrong direction. i wish it stuck with movies but its trying to be multi-entertainment n shit nowadays. I cancelled my subscription last month. Twilight was on the cover 3 times in the past month and i just said enough was enough
EW is really going in the wrong direction. i wish it stuck with movies but its trying to be multi-entertainment n shit nowadays. I cancelled my subscription last month. Twilight was on the cover 3 times in the past month and i just said enough was enough
 
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Heisenberg
7:41PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Whoever compiled that list needs to be shot...many times.
Whoever compiled that list needs to be shot...many times.
 
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OKMovieFan
5:15PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
The Wire over Sopranos?
I know to each his own. I liked The Wire, but I always thought The Sopranos was on a whole different level and laid the path for The Wire.
I know to each his own. I liked The Wire, but I always thought The Sopranos was on a whole different level and laid the path for The Wire.
 
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Snowboy
4:56PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Really? That piece of crap Beyonce video? I just vomited a little bit..



Glad to see that episode of Buffy made the list. That was truly a remarkable (and VERY grim) experience.
Really? That piece of crap Beyonce video? I just vomited a little bit..



Glad to see that episode of Buffy made the list. That was truly a remarkable (and VERY grim) experience.
 
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T DUBBS
4:54PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Kanye West in the top ten!?
Great. Thats just what his ego needed.
Great. Thats just what his ego needed.
 
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track100
4:34PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Fuck Beyonce
I'm sick of hearing about how hot she is. Her hair looks stupid and her unnaturally thin waste is disgusting. It makes my penis soft. And that video is shit (so is Swift). You know what rocks? This: [link]
I'm sick of hearing about how hot she is. Her hair looks stupid and her unnaturally thin waste is disgusting. It makes my penis soft. And that video is shit (so is Swift). You know what rocks? This: [link]
 
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JohnLocke2342
3:35PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
So pumped to see Lost in there at #5. One of the best television shows ever made. I can't believe it's ending this season for good.
So pumped to see Lost in there at #5. One of the best television shows ever made. I can't believe it's ending this season for good.
 
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Smiert Spionam
3:32PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Entertainment Weekly
....is run by a room full of chimps with a computer and a TV tuned to VH1.
....is run by a room full of chimps with a computer and a TV tuned to VH1.
 
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nickdoll
3:14PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
People Don't Have Any Patience
Can people not wait 1 month to make their fucking "best of decade lists?" Seriously, you wait 9 years and 11 months, would one more month hurt? What if Sherlock Holmes (doubt it) or Avatar (seriously doubt it) is one of the best movies of the decade? And you blew it? (I'm not suggesting this will happen, but why take the chance?)
Can people not wait 1 month to make their fucking "best of decade lists?" Seriously, you wait 9 years and 11 months, would one more month hurt? What if Sherlock Holmes (doubt it) or Avatar (seriously doubt it) is one of the best movies of the decade? And you blew it? (I'm not suggesting this will happen, but why take the chance?)
 
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jparrishh
3:13PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Wire > Sopranos
Mmm. Like the list, but The Wire is/was one of the greatest TV shows ever.
Mmm. Like the list, but The Wire is/was one of the greatest TV shows ever.
 
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ChrisWalken
2:41PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
That Buffy episode was a great tv episode. Not just for the show, but for tv in general.
That Buffy episode was a great tv episode. Not just for the show, but for tv in general.
 
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sumax
2:38PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
anythin with LOST in it ..iam stoked..brin on season 6 cant wait...
anythin with LOST in it ..iam stoked..brin on season 6 cant wait...
 
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FrozenSpark
2:37PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
What a horrible list
What a horrible list
 
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SoCalsFinest1
1:37PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Not a bad list, awesome that LOST made it, I would have it at #1 though, and I completly agree about substituting The Sopranos with The Wire although I also like the sopranos
Not a bad list, awesome that LOST made it, I would have it at #1 though, and I completly agree about substituting The Sopranos with The Wire although I also like the sopranos
 
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alucard_467
1:21PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
yesss, arrested development made the list!
yesss, arrested development made the list!
 
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EricW.
1:07PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
EW's lists are always so arbitrary. eyonce’s “Single Ladies” video? "The Landlord"? Are you kidding me? The only shocking thing is that they didn't shoehorn TWILIGHT in there.
EW's lists are always so arbitrary. eyonce’s “Single Ladies” video? "The Landlord"? Are you kidding me? The only shocking thing is that they didn't shoehorn TWILIGHT in there.
 
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fury159
12:58PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
How does EW do it? Throw darts at a board? Get tanked at happy hour and start writing them? Answers!
How does EW do it? Throw darts at a board? Get tanked at happy hour and start writing them? Answers!
 
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Ocelot_Snake
12:58PM on 12/03/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
hate that beyonce song
hate that beyonce song