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The Top 250 Movies of the 2000s
Global Ranking |
Movie Title |
Release Year |
Director |
MPAA Rating |
Your Ranking |
11 |
The Dark Knight |
2008 |
Christopher Nolan |
PG13 |
- |
40 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
2001 |
Peter Jackson |
PG13 |
- |
49 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
2003 |
Peter Jackson |
PG13 |
- |
72 |
Memento |
2000 |
Christopher Nolan |
R |
- |
74 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
2002 |
Peter Jackson |
PG13 |
- |
90 |
The Departed |
2006 |
Martin Scorsese |
R |
- |
95 |
Batman Begins |
2005 |
Christopher Nolan |
PG13 |
- |
100 |
Inglourious Basterds |
2009 |
Quentin Tarantino |
R |
- |
123 |
Shaun of the Dead |
2004 |
Edgar Wright |
R |
- |
129 |
Kill Bill Vol. 1 |
2003 |
Quentin Tarantino |
R |
- |
131 |
No Country for Old Men |
2007 |
Joel & Ethan Coen |
R |
- |
135 |
In the Mood for Love |
2000 |
Wong Kar-Wai |
PG |
- |
136 |
Gladiator |
2000 |
Ridley Scott |
R |
- |
143 |
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
2004 |
Michel Gondry |
R |
- |
144 |
Memories of Murder |
2003 |
Bong Joon Ho |
NR |
- |
164 |
Iron Man |
2008 |
Jon Favreau |
PG13 |
- |
171 |
The Prestige |
2006 |
Christopher Nolan |
PG13 |
- |
187 |
City of God |
2002 |
Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund |
R |
- |
198 |
WALL·E |
2008 |
Andrew Stanton |
PG |
- |
209 |
The Incredibles |
2004 |
Brad Bird |
PG |
- |
224 |
Finding Nemo |
2003 |
Andrew Stanton |
G |
- |
235 |
Kill Bill Vol. 2 |
2004 |
Quentin Tarantino |
R |
- |
236 |
Spirited Away |
2001 |
Hayao Miyazaki |
PG |
- |
238 |
Oldboy |
2003 |
Chan-wook Park |
R |
- |
239 |
The Bourne Identity |
2002 |
Doug Liman |
PG13 |
- |
243 |
Pan's Labyrinth |
2006 |
Guillermo del Toro |
R |
- |
244 |
Children of Men |
2006 |
Alfonso Cuarón |
R |
- |
246 |
Ocean's Eleven |
2001 |
Steven Soderbergh |
PG13 |
- |
253 |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
2000 |
Joel & Ethan Coen |
PG13 |
- |
257 |
There Will Be Blood |
2007 |
Paul Thomas Anderson |
R |
- |
264 |
Snatch. |
2000 |
Guy Ritchie |
R |
- |
272 |
Monsters, Inc. |
2001 |
Pete Docter |
G |
- |
278 |
Catch Me If You Can |
2002 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG13 |
- |
295 |
Let the Right One In |
2008 |
Tomas Alfredson |
R |
- |
303 |
Hot Fuzz |
2007 |
Edgar Wright |
R |
- |
313 |
Casino Royale |
2006 |
Martin Campbell |
PG13 |
- |
314 |
Amélie |
2001 |
Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
R |
- |
321 |
Star Trek |
2009 |
J.J. Abrams |
PG13 |
- |
332 |
Donnie Darko |
2001 |
Richard Kelly |
R |
- |
354 |
Up |
2009 |
Pete Docter, Bob Peterson |
PG |
- |
358 |
American Psycho |
2000 |
Mary Harron |
R |
- |
375 |
Band of Brothers |
2001 |
David Frankel, Mikael Salomon, Tom Hanks, David Leland, Richard Loncraine, David Nutter, Phil Alden Robinson, Tony To |
NR |
- |
380 |
28 Days Later... |
2002 |
Danny Boyle |
R |
- |
383 |
Moon |
2009 |
Duncan Jones |
R |
- |
386 |
In Bruges |
2008 |
Martin McDonagh |
R |
- |
398 |
V for Vendetta |
2006 |
James McTeigue |
R |
- |
411 |
Almost Famous |
2000 |
Cameron Crowe |
R |
- |
424 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
2003 |
Gore Verbinski |
PG13 |
- |
438 |
Serenity |
2005 |
Joss Whedon |
PG13 |
- |
443 |
Requiem for a Dream |
2000 |
Darren Aronofsky |
NC17 |
- |
448 |
Sin City |
2005 |
Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino |
R |
- |
464 |
The Bourne Ultimatum |
2007 |
Paul Greengrass |
PG13 |
- |
469 |
The Bourne Supremacy |
2004 |
Paul Greengrass |
PG13 |
- |
473 |
The Wrestler |
2008 |
Darren Aronofsky |
R |
- |
474 |
Spider-Man |
2002 |
Sam Raimi |
PG13 |
- |
493 |
Superbad |
2007 |
Greg Mottola |
R |
- |
495 |
Minority Report |
2002 |
Steven Spielberg |
PG13 |
- |
503 |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
2004 |
Alfonso Cuarón |
PG |
- |
517 |
High Fidelity |
2000 |
Stephen Frears |
R |
- |
519 |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy |
2004 |
Adam McKay |
PG13 |
- |
520 |
District 9 |
2009 |
Neill Blomkamp |
R |
- |
525 |
X-Men |
2000 |
Bryan Singer |
PG13 |
- |
529 |
Zombieland |
2009 |
Ruben Fleischer |
R |
- |
534 |
The Hangover |
2009 |
Todd Phillips |
R |
- |
546 |
Lost in Translation |
2003 |
Sofia Coppola |
R |
- |
552 |
The Lives of Others |
2006 |
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck |
R |
- |
553 |
Ratatouille |
2007 |
Brad Bird |
G |
- |
559 |
Gangs of New York |
2002 |
Martin Scorsese |
R |
- |
560 |
Brick |
2005 |
Rian Johnson |
R |
- |
572 |
Slumdog Millionaire |
2008 |
Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan |
R |
- |
573 |
Little Miss Sunshine |
2006 |
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris |
R |
- |
587 |
Cast Away |
2000 |
Robert Zemeckis |
PG13 |
- |
592 |
Once |
2006 |
John Carney |
R |
- |
595 |
Howl's Moving Castle |
2004 |
Hayao Miyazaki |
PG |
- |
599 |
The Royal Tenenbaums |
2001 |
Wes Anderson |
R |
- |
603 |
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang |
2005 |
Shane Black |
R |
- |
620 |
A Beautiful Mind |
2001 |
Ron Howard |
PG13 |
- |
621 |
The 40-Year-Old Virgin |
2005 |
Judd Apatow |
R |
- |
631 |
The Devil's Backbone |
2001 |
Guillermo del Toro |
R |
- |
634 |
Watchmen |
2009 |
Zack Snyder |
R |
- |
635 |
Battle Royale |
2000 |
Kinji Fukasaku |
NR |
- |
665 |
(500) Days of Summer |
2009 |
Marc Webb |
PG13 |
- |
668 |
Fantastic Mr. Fox |
2009 |
Wes Anderson |
PG |
- |
681 |
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
2007 |
Julian Schnabel |
PG13 |
- |
682 |
Before Sunset |
2004 |
Richard Linklater |
R |
- |
684 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
2000 |
Ang Lee |
PG13 |
- |
686 |
Yi Yi: A One and a Two |
2000 |
Edward Yang |
NR |
- |
689 |
Shrek |
2001 |
Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson |
PG |
- |
694 |
Spider-Man 2 |
2004 |
Sam Raimi |
PG13 |
- |
695 |
Synecdoche, New York |
2008 |
Charlie Kaufman |
R |
- |
700 |
Unbreakable |
2000 |
M. Night Shyamalan |
PG13 |
- |
708 |
Gran Torino |
2008 |
Clint Eastwood |
R |
- |
713 |
300 |
2007 |
Zack Snyder |
R |
- |
721 |
The Pianist |
2002 |
Roman Polanski |
R |
- |
732 |
Adaptation |
2002 |
Spike Jonze |
R |
- |
743 |
Infernal Affairs |
2002 |
Wai-keung Lau, Alan Mak |
R |
- |
753 |
Big Fish |
2003 |
Tim Burton |
PG13 |
- |
762 |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
2001 |
Chris Columbus |
PG |
- |
767 |
Juno |
2007 |
Jason Reitman |
PG13 |
- |
780 |
X2 |
2003 |
Bryan Singer |
PG13 |
- |
783 |
Training Day |
2001 |
Antoine Fuqua |
R |
- |
791 |
The Hurt Locker |
2008 |
Kathryn Bigelow |
R |
- |
796 |
The Fall |
2006 |
Tarsem Singh |
R |
- |
803 |
Paprika |
2006 |
Satoshi Kon |
R |
- |
804 |
A Prophet |
2009 |
Jacques Audiard |
R |
- |
812 |
Avatar |
2009 |
James Cameron |
PG13 |
- |
815 |
Mother |
2009 |
Bong Joon Ho |
NR |
- |
826 |
Black Hawk Down |
2001 |
Ridley Scott |
R |
- |
828 |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford |
2007 |
Andrew Dominik |
R |
- |
836 |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
2005 |
Mike Newell |
PG13 |
- |
843 |
Mulholland Dr. |
2001 |
David Lynch |
R |
- |
849 |
Zodiac |
2007 |
David Fincher |
R |
- |
854 |
The Secret in Their Eyes |
2009 |
Juan José Campanella |
R |
- |
887 |
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance |
2002 |
Chan-wook Park |
R |
- |
909 |
Collateral |
2004 |
Michael Mann |
R |
- |
914 |
Tropic Thunder |
2008 |
Ben Stiller |
R |
- |
924 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
2009 |
David Yates |
PG |
- |
926 |
Best in Show |
2000 |
Christopher Guest |
NR |
- |
938 |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
2007 |
David Yates |
PG13 |
- |
949 |
Primer |
2004 |
Shane Carruth |
PG13 |
- |
950 |
Up in the Air |
2009 |
Jason Reitman |
R |
- |
958 |
Ip Man |
2008 |
Wilson Yip |
NR |
- |
960 |
A History of Violence |
2005 |
David Cronenberg |
R |
- |
965 |
The Station Agent |
2003 |
Tom McCarthy |
R |
- |
973 |
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days |
2007 |
Cristian Mungiu |
NR |
- |
976 |
Gone Baby Gone |
2007 |
Ben Affleck |
R |
- |
977 |
A Serious Man |
2009 |
Joel & Ethan Coen |
R |
- |
986 |
The White Ribbon |
2009 |
Michael Haneke |
R |
- |
991 |
Walk the Line |
2005 |
James Mangold |
PG13 |
- |
1002 |
Amores Perros |
2000 |
Alejandro González Iñárritu |
R |
- |
1006 |
Eastern Promises |
2007 |
David Cronenberg |
R |
- |
1009 |
Lady Vengeance |
2005 |
Chan-wook Park |
R |
- |
1015 |
In the Loop |
2009 |
Armando Iannucci |
NR |
- |
1017 |
Into the Wild |
2007 |
Sean Penn |
R |
- |
1018 |
Taken |
2008 |
Pierre Morel |
PG13 |
- |
1020 |
You Can Count on Me |
2000 |
Kenneth Lonergan |
R |
- |
1045 |
Caché |
2005 |
Michael Haneke |
R |
- |
1046 |
Dear Zachary |
2008 |
Kurt Kuenne |
NR |
- |
1049 |
Mary and Max |
2009 |
Adam Elliot |
PG |
- |
1051 |
Y Tu Mamá También |
2001 |
Alfonso Cuarón |
NR |
- |
1055 |
Hedwig and The Angry Inch |
2001 |
John Cameron Mitchell |
R |
- |
1058 |
Mystic River |
2003 |
Clint Eastwood |
R |
- |
1060 |
Knocked Up |
2007 |
Judd Apatow |
R |
- |
1071 |
3:10 to Yuma |
2007 |
James Mangold |
R |
- |
1073 |
Road to Perdition |
2002 |
Sam Mendes |
R |
- |
1104 |
School of Rock |
2003 |
Richard Linklater |
PG13 |
- |
1124 |
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith |
2005 |
George Lucas |
PG13 |
- |
1130 |
Forgetting Sarah Marshall |
2008 |
Nicholas Stoller |
R |
- |
1131 |
[REC] |
2007 |
Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza |
R |
- |
1132 |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
2002 |
Chris Columbus |
PG |
- |
1133 |
Talk to Her |
2002 |
Pedro Almodóvar |
R |
- |
1135 |
Million Dollar Baby |
2004 |
Clint Eastwood |
PG13 |
- |
1149 |
Hunger |
2008 |
Steve McQueen |
NR |
- |
1150 |
Milk |
2008 |
Gus Van Sant |
R |
- |
1166 |
The Proposition |
2005 |
John Hillcoat |
R |
- |
1175 |
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time |
2006 |
Mamoru Hosoda |
NR |
- |
1176 |
Tokyo Godfathers |
2003 |
Satoshi Kon |
PG13 |
- |
1180 |
Millennium Actress |
2001 |
Satoshi Kon |
PG |
- |
1196 |
This Is England |
2006 |
Shane Meadows |
NR |
- |
1198 |
The Orphanage |
2007 |
J.A. Bayona |
R |
- |
1202 |
Thank You for Smoking |
2005 |
Jason Reitman |
R |
- |
1215 |
Elf |
2003 |
Jon Favreau |
PG |
- |
1221 |
Grizzly Man |
2005 |
Werner Herzog |
R |
- |
1223 |
Persepolis |
2007 |
Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi |
PG13 |
- |
1224 |
Sherlock Holmes |
2009 |
Guy Ritchie |
PG13 |
- |
1228 |
Mysterious Skin |
2004 |
Gregg Araki |
NC17 |
- |
1230 |
Garden State |
2004 |
Zach Braff |
R |
- |
1233 |
Traffic |
2000 |
Steven Soderbergh |
R |
- |
1237 |
Punch-Drunk Love |
2002 |
Paul Thomas Anderson |
R |
- |
1238 |
The Last Samurai |
2003 |
Edward Zwick |
R |
- |
1253 |
Inside Man |
2006 |
Spike Lee |
R |
- |
1255 |
Dancer in the Dark |
2000 |
Lars von Trier |
R |
- |
1260 |
Blood Diamond |
2006 |
Edward Zwick |
R |
- |
1271 |
Sexy Beast |
2000 |
Jonathan Glazer |
R |
- |
1272 |
Hero |
2002 |
Yimou Zhang |
PG13 |
- |
1276 |
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring |
2003 |
Ki-duk Kim |
R |
- |
1292 |
The King of Kong |
2007 |
Seth Gordon |
PG13 |
- |
1301 |
Love Actually |
2003 |
Richard Curtis |
R |
- |
1302 |
Little Children |
2006 |
Todd Field |
R |
- |
1303 |
Coraline |
2009 |
Henry Selick |
PG |
- |
1306 |
Wedding Crashers |
2005 |
David Dobkin |
R |
- |
1310 |
Mean Girls |
2004 |
Mark Waters |
PG13 |
- |
1313 |
Munich |
2005 |
Steven Spielberg |
R |
- |
1319 |
Downfall |
2004 |
Oliver Hirschbiegel |
R |
- |
1321 |
Old School |
2003 |
Todd Phillips |
R |
- |
1329 |
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou |
2004 |
Wes Anderson |
R |
- |
1355 |
Sunshine |
2007 |
Danny Boyle |
R |
- |
1362 |
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie |
2001 |
Shinichirô Watanabe |
NR |
- |
1370 |
Black Dynamite |
2009 |
Scott Sanders |
R |
- |
1377 |
Hellboy |
2004 |
Guillermo del Toro |
PG13 |
- |
1381 |
Doubt |
2008 |
John Patrick Shanley |
PG13 |
- |
1383 |
The Fog of War |
2003 |
Errol Morris |
PG13 |
- |
1384 |
Good Night, and Good Luck. |
2005 |
George Clooney |
PG |
- |
1393 |
Pineapple Express |
2008 |
David Gordon Green |
R |
- |
1399 |
The Darjeeling Limited |
2007 |
Wes Anderson |
R |
- |
1400 |
The Squid and the Whale |
2005 |
Noah Baumbach |
R |
- |
1404 |
Hotel Rwanda |
2004 |
Terry George |
PG13 |
- |
1428 |
25th Hour |
2002 |
Spike Lee |
R |
- |
1436 |
Zoolander |
2001 |
Ben Stiller |
PG13 |
- |
1441 |
Timecrimes |
2007 |
Nacho Vigalondo |
R |
- |
1454 |
Wet Hot American Summer |
2001 |
David Wain |
R |
- |
1472 |
American Splendor |
2003 |
Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini |
R |
- |
1474 |
Enter the Void |
2009 |
Gaspar Noé |
NR |
- |
1478 |
Frost/Nixon |
2008 |
Ron Howard |
R |
- |
1479 |
Ghost World |
2001 |
Terry Zwigoff |
R |
- |
1488 |
The Host |
2006 |
Bong Joon Ho |
NR |
- |
1494 |
Remember the Titans |
2000 |
Boaz Yakin |
PG |
- |
1503 |
Man on Wire |
2008 |
James Marsh |
PG13 |
- |
1505 |
Grindhouse |
2007 |
Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino |
R |
- |
1506 |
Mr. Nobody |
2009 |
Jaco van Dormael |
NR |
- |
1512 |
Ponyo |
2008 |
Hayao Miyazaki |
G |
- |
1519 |
The Aviator |
2004 |
Martin Scorsese |
PG13 |
- |
1527 |
I Am Legend |
2007 |
Francis Lawrence |
PG13 |
- |
1529 |
Dogtooth |
2009 |
Yorgos Lanthimos |
NR |
- |
1538 |
The Piano Teacher |
2001 |
Michael Haneke |
NR |
- |
1540 |
Volver |
2006 |
Pedro Almodóvar |
R |
- |
1544 |
Stranger Than Fiction |
2006 |
Marc Forster |
PG13 |
- |
1567 |
A Single Man |
2009 |
Tom Ford |
R |
- |
1572 |
Kung Fu Hustle |
2004 |
Stephen Chow |
R |
- |
1582 |
Michael Clayton |
2007 |
Tony Gilroy |
R |
- |
1583 |
Moulin Rouge |
2001 |
Baz Luhrmann |
PG13 |
- |
1585 |
Bronson |
2008 |
Nicolas Winding Refn |
R |
- |
1594 |
Dodgeball |
2004 |
Rawson Marshall Thurber |
PG13 |
- |
1596 |
The Brothers Bloom |
2008 |
Rian Johnson |
PG13 |
- |
1601 |
An Education |
2009 |
Lone Scherfig |
PG13 |
- |
1602 |
I Love You, Man |
2009 |
John Hamburg |
R |
- |
1606 |
Irreversible |
2002 |
Gaspar Noé |
NR |
- |
1611 |
Brokeback Mountain |
2005 |
Ang Lee |
R |
- |
1614 |
Wonder Boys |
2000 |
Curtis Hanson |
R |
- |
1615 |
Waltz with Bashir |
2008 |
Ari Folman |
R |
- |
1616 |
The Good, The Bad, The Weird |
2008 |
Jee-woon Kim |
R |
- |
1619 |
Sideways |
2004 |
Alexander Payne |
R |
- |
1620 |
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog |
2008 |
Joss Whedon |
NR |
- |
1627 |
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
2009 |
Niels Arden Oplev |
NR |
- |
1630 |
Letters from Iwo Jima |
2006 |
Clint Eastwood |
R |
- |
1632 |
Meet the Parents |
2000 |
Jay Roach |
PG13 |
- |
1633 |
Good Bye Lenin! |
2003 |
Wolfgang Becker |
R |
- |
1635 |
Joint Security Area |
2000 |
Chan-wook Park |
NR |
- |
1636 |
Half Nelson |
2006 |
Ryan Fleck |
R |
- |
1646 |
Ichi the Killer |
2001 |
Takashi Miike |
NR |
- |
1648 |
2046 |
2004 |
Wong Kar-Wai |
R |
- |
1656 |
Inland Empire |
2006 |
David Lynch |
R |
- |
1660 |
In America |
2002 |
Jim Sheridan |
PG13 |
- |
1663 |
Napoleon Dynamite |
2004 |
Jared Hess |
PG |
- |
1670 |
The Visitor |
2007 |
Tom McCarthy |
PG13 |
- |
1679 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |
2006 |
Gore Verbinski |
PG13 |
- |
1685 |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
2008 |
David Fincher |
PG13 |
- |
1686 |
Lars and the Real Girl |
2007 |
Craig Gillespie |
PG13 |
- |
1692 |
The Illusionist |
2006 |
Neil Burger |
PG13 |
- |
1696 |
Kung Fu Panda |
2008 |
John Stevenson |
PG |
- |