Here are some of my own for that same period:

2006: Little Children. The Kate Winslet Oscar nomination you likely never saw, this is one of the most brilliant literary adaptations you ever seen. Todd Field's second brilliant film; he has yet to make another.

2008: Frost/Nixon: I saw the original play on Broadway and didn't think the film version with the same two leads could add anything to it. I have rarely been so wrong. Frank Langella's manages to show Nixon as a human being not an imitation and Michael Sheen continues to demonstrate how undervalue an actor he is.

2011: Midnight in Paris. For all my problems with Woody Allen as a human being, at his peak he was an extraordinary director and this is by far one of his most wonderful films. We should stop looking back because something might be gaining on us.

2012: Silver Linings Playbook: This is where the world really met Jennifer Lawrence, and her performance is just the icing on one of the most nicely frosted cakes I've ever seen. Every time this film show up on TV I start watching it and I never regret it.

2013 Nebraska. Alexander Payne is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time, but its always hard for even the actors in them to know what genre they're making. Bruce Dern gives one of the most sorrowful performances of his career and Will fORTE finally demonstrated that he actually had presence as an actor. This will hit you in the gut even as it makes you laugh