For the past 11 years, weekly CTV film critic Jim Gordon has appeared on the 6 p.m. newscast to reveal his picks for the top 10 films of the year.

But this year, Gordon decided instead to say farewell to the Aughts by listing his favourite 20 films of the decade.

"It was difficult to keep the list to only 20 films," Gordon admitted. "Every year had it's memorable films, be they Hollywood, foreign, indie or documentary -- and many of those are on this list."

Here, in chronological order, are Gordon's picks for the top 20 films of the past decade:

MONSTERS BALL (2001)

Directed by Marc Forster. Starring Billy Bob Thornton and Halle Berry.

MOULIN ROUGE (2001)

Directed by Baz Luhrmann. Starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor.

BLOODY SUNDAY (2002)

Directed by Paul Greengrass. Starring James Nesbitt and Kevin McCorry.

ABOUT A BOY (2002)

Directed by Chris and Paul Weitz. Starring Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult.

ROAD TO PERDITION (2002)

Directed by Sam Mendes. Starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman and Jude Law.

MEMENTO (2002)

Directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Guy Pierce and Carrie-Anne Moss.

CITY OF GOD (2002)

Directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund. Starring Alexandre Rodrigues and Leandro Firmino.

THE PIANIST (2002)

Directed by Roman Polanksi. Starring Adrien Brody and Emilia Fox.

LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING (2003)

Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Elijah Wood and Viggo Mortensen.

MARIA FULL OF GRACE (2004)

Directed by Joshua Marston. Starring Catalina Sandino Moreno.

MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2005)

Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman.

ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM (2005)

Directed by Alex Gibney. Narrated by Peter Coyote.

CHILDREN OF MEN (2006)

Directed by Alfonso Cuar�n. Starring Clive Owen and Julianne Moore.

THE LIVES OF OTHERS (2006)

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Starring Ulrich M�he and Sebastian Koch.

UNITED 93 (2006)

Directed by Paul Greengrass. Starring Gary Commock and Polly Adams.

THE DEPARTED (2006)

Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson.

THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007)

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano.

ONCE (2007)

Directed by John Carney. Starring Glen Hansard and Mark�ta Irglov�.

4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS (2008)

Directed by Cristian Mongiu. Starring Anamaria Marinca and Laura Vasiliu.

EDGE OF HEAVEN (2008)

Directed by Fatih Akin. Starring Baki Davrak and Nurg�l Yesil�ay.

Tune in to CTV News at Six to see Jim Gordon discuss some of his top picks