41-50

50 Keane
49 El Aura
48 Amores perros
47 Finding Nemo
46 The Incredibles
45 Guizi lai le (Devils on the Doorstep)
44 Inglourious Basterds
43 Tokyo!
42 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
41 United 93

Lodge Kerrigan has released three movies in the past 16 years.  Alejandro González Iñárritu has made three in 10 years.  My mathematical formula for ranking directors has a four film minimum, so these guys will just have to make more.  The Taymor/Tarsem/Selick group also falls short, but at least they have the "Don't rush me, I have to create a whole new world, after all!" excuse.  More tragically, Fabián Bielinsky died and Wen Jiang is suffering a slow death at the hands of the Chinese government.

Devils on the Doorstep is the only film I have seen so far that has ventured into the grandness of Kurosawaland, that wonderful place where everything seems bigger and greater and yet is fully grounded in details and humanity, filmic fractals to last a lifetime.

Three major 00s trends are also evidenced here: 9/11, the dominance of the fantasy franchise, and the growth of the animated film.