The Top 250 Movies of the 2000s

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The Top 250 Movies of the 2000s
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Ranking		 Movie Title Release
Year		 Director MPAA
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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 -
73 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson PG13 -
89 The Departed 2006 Martin Scorsese R -
95 Batman Begins 2005 Christopher Nolan PG13 -
100 Inglourious Basterds 2009 Quentin Tarantino R -
126 Shaun of the Dead 2004 Edgar Wright R -
130 Kill Bill Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino R -
132 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 -
145 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 Michel Gondry R -
146 Memories of Murder 2003 Bong Joon Ho NR -
165 Iron Man 2008 Jon Favreau PG13 -
173 The Prestige 2006 Christopher Nolan PG13 -
187 City of God 2002 Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund R -
199 WALL·E 2008 Andrew Stanton PG -
211 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird PG -
226 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton G -
235 Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki PG -
237 Kill Bill Vol. 2 2004 Quentin Tarantino R -
238 Oldboy 2003 Chan-wook Park R -
240 The Bourne Identity 2002 Doug Liman PG13 -
243 Children of Men 2006 Alfonso Cuarón R -
244 Pan's Labyrinth 2006 Guillermo del Toro R -
249 Ocean's Eleven 2001 Steven Soderbergh PG13 -
254 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000 Joel & Ethan Coen PG13 -
257 There Will Be Blood 2007 Paul Thomas Anderson R -
263 Snatch. 2000 Guy Ritchie R -
272 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Pete Docter G -
280 Catch Me If You Can 2002 Steven Spielberg PG13 -
296 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 -
323 Star Trek 2009 J.J. Abrams PG13 -
333 Donnie Darko 2001 Richard Kelly R -
356 Up 2009 Pete Docter, Bob Peterson PG -
359 American Psycho 2000 Mary Harron R -
380 Band of Brothers 2001 David Frankel, Mikael Salomon, Tom Hanks, David Leland, Richard Loncraine, David Nutter, Phil Alden Robinson, Tony To NR -
381 28 Days Later... 2002 Danny Boyle R -
387 In Bruges 2008 Martin McDonagh R -
389 Moon 2009 Duncan Jones R -
398 V for Vendetta 2006 James McTeigue R -
413 Almost Famous 2000 Cameron Crowe R -
424 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski PG13 -
439 Serenity 2005 Joss Whedon PG13 -
445 Requiem for a Dream 2000 Darren Aronofsky NC17 -
450 Sin City 2005 Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino R -
466 The Bourne Ultimatum 2007 Paul Greengrass PG13 -
469 The Bourne Supremacy 2004 Paul Greengrass PG13 -
475 Spider-Man 2002 Sam Raimi PG13 -
477 The Wrestler 2008 Darren Aronofsky R -
492 Superbad 2007 Greg Mottola R -
497 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg PG13 -
508 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 Alfonso Cuarón PG -
517 High Fidelity 2000 Stephen Frears R -
518 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 Adam McKay PG13 -
524 District 9 2009 Neill Blomkamp R -
527 X-Men 2000 Bryan Singer PG13 -
535 Zombieland 2009 Ruben Fleischer R -
537 The Hangover 2009 Todd Phillips R -
548 Lost in Translation 2003 Sofia Coppola R -
556 Ratatouille 2007 Brad Bird G -
557 The Lives of Others 2006 Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck R -
561 Gangs of New York 2002 Martin Scorsese R -
564 Brick 2005 Rian Johnson R -
573 Slumdog Millionaire 2008 Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan R -
575 Little Miss Sunshine 2006 Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris R -
585 Cast Away 2000 Robert Zemeckis PG13 -
593 Once 2006 John Carney R -
595 Howl's Moving Castle 2004 Hayao Miyazaki PG -
600 The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 Wes Anderson R -
607 Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang 2005 Shane Black R -
622 A Beautiful Mind 2001 Ron Howard PG13 -
624 The 40-Year-Old Virgin 2005 Judd Apatow R -
627 The Devil's Backbone 2001 Guillermo del Toro R -
638 Watchmen 2009 Zack Snyder R -
640 Battle Royale 2000 Kinji Fukasaku NR -
670 Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 Wes Anderson PG -
673 (500) Days of Summer 2009 Marc Webb PG13 -
681 Yi Yi: A One and a Two 2000 Edward Yang NR -
682 Before Sunset 2004 Richard Linklater R -
683 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007 Julian Schnabel PG13 -
686 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Ang Lee PG13 -
689 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson PG -
692 Synecdoche, New York 2008 Charlie Kaufman R -
693 Spider-Man 2 2004 Sam Raimi PG13 -
700 Unbreakable 2000 M. Night Shyamalan PG13 -
710 Gran Torino 2008 Clint Eastwood R -
718 300 2007 Zack Snyder R -
723 The Pianist 2002 Roman Polanski R -
734 Adaptation 2002 Spike Jonze R -
751 Infernal Affairs 2002 Wai-keung Lau, Alan Mak R -
752 Big Fish 2003 Tim Burton PG13 -
762 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 Chris Columbus PG -
769 Juno 2007 Jason Reitman PG13 -
781 X2 2003 Bryan Singer PG13 -
787 Training Day 2001 Antoine Fuqua R -
793 The Hurt Locker 2008 Kathryn Bigelow R -
797 The Fall 2006 Tarsem Singh R -
798 Paprika 2006 Satoshi Kon R -
801 A Prophet 2009 Jacques Audiard R -
811 Avatar 2009 James Cameron PG13 -
816 Mother 2009 Bong Joon Ho NR -
829 Black Hawk Down 2001 Ridley Scott R -
831 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 -
842 Mulholland Dr. 2001 David Lynch R -
849 Zodiac 2007 David Fincher R -
856 The Secret in Their Eyes 2009 Juan José Campanella R -
898 Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 2002 Chan-wook Park R -
915 Collateral 2004 Michael Mann R -
916 Tropic Thunder 2008 Ben Stiller R -
933 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009 David Yates PG -
938 Best in Show 2000 Christopher Guest NR -
947 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 David Yates PG13 -
957 Primer 2004 Shane Carruth PG13 -
960 Up in the Air 2009 Jason Reitman R -
961 Ip Man 2008 Wilson Yip NR -
964 A History of Violence 2005 David Cronenberg R -
975 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 2007 Cristian Mungiu NR -
976 The Station Agent 2003 Tom McCarthy R -
980 Gone Baby Gone 2007 Ben Affleck R -
985 A Serious Man 2009 Joel & Ethan Coen R -
996 Walk the Line 2005 James Mangold PG13 -
1004 In the Loop 2009 Armando Iannucci NR -
1006 Amores Perros 2000 Alejandro González Iñárritu R -
1008 Eastern Promises 2007 David Cronenberg R -
1016 The White Ribbon 2009 Michael Haneke R -
1020 You Can Count on Me 2000 Kenneth Lonergan R -
1022 Lady Vengeance 2005 Chan-wook Park R -
1023 Taken 2008 Pierre Morel PG13 -
1025 Into the Wild 2007 Sean Penn R -
1042 Mary and Max 2009 Adam Elliot PG -
1051 Caché 2005 Michael Haneke R -
1059 Y Tu Mamá También 2001 Alfonso Cuarón NR -
1060 Dear Zachary 2008 Kurt Kuenne NR -
1065 Mystic River 2003 Clint Eastwood R -
1068 Knocked Up 2007 Judd Apatow R -
1069 Hedwig and The Angry Inch 2001 John Cameron Mitchell R -
1076 3:10 to Yuma 2007 James Mangold R -
1078 Road to Perdition 2002 Sam Mendes R -
1106 School of Rock 2003 Richard Linklater PG13 -
1133 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2005 George Lucas PG13 -
1136 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002 Chris Columbus PG -
1137 Talk to Her 2002 Pedro Almodóvar R -
1142 Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2008 Nicholas Stoller R -
1143 Million Dollar Baby 2004 Clint Eastwood PG13 -
1145 [REC] 2007 Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza R -
1155 Hunger 2008 Steve McQueen NR -
1158 Milk 2008 Gus Van Sant R -
1163 The Proposition 2005 John Hillcoat R -
1177 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 2006 Mamoru Hosoda NR -
1178 Tokyo Godfathers 2003 Satoshi Kon PG13 -
1187 Millennium Actress 2001 Satoshi Kon PG -
1197 The Orphanage 2007 J.A. Bayona R -
1200 This Is England 2006 Shane Meadows NR -
1203 Thank You for Smoking 2005 Jason Reitman R -
1214 Elf 2003 Jon Favreau PG -
1226 Sherlock Holmes 2009 Guy Ritchie PG13 -
1229 Grizzly Man 2005 Werner Herzog R -
1231 Persepolis 2007 Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi PG13 -
1234 Mysterious Skin 2004 Gregg Araki NC17 -
1236 Garden State 2004 Zach Braff R -
1237 Traffic 2000 Steven Soderbergh R -
1241 Punch-Drunk Love 2002 Paul Thomas Anderson R -
1242 The Last Samurai 2003 Edward Zwick R -
1253 Inside Man 2006 Spike Lee R -
1256 Dancer in the Dark 2000 Lars von Trier R -
1268 Blood Diamond 2006 Edward Zwick R -
1274 Sexy Beast 2000 Jonathan Glazer R -
1275 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring 2003 Ki-duk Kim R -
1278 Hero 2002 Yimou Zhang PG13 -
1299 Coraline 2009 Henry Selick PG -
1301 The King of Kong 2007 Seth Gordon PG13 -
1304 Little Children 2006 Todd Field R -
1305 Love Actually 2003 Richard Curtis R -
1307 Wedding Crashers 2005 David Dobkin R -
1313 Mean Girls 2004 Mark Waters PG13 -
1318 Munich 2005 Steven Spielberg R -
1320 Downfall 2004 Oliver Hirschbiegel R -
1322 Old School 2003 Todd Phillips R -
1335 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2004 Wes Anderson R -
1363 Sunshine 2007 Danny Boyle R -
1369 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie 2001 Shinichirô Watanabe NR -
1374 Black Dynamite 2009 Scott Sanders R -
1379 Hellboy 2004 Guillermo del Toro PG13 -
1382 Doubt 2008 John Patrick Shanley PG13 -
1386 Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005 George Clooney PG -
1388 The Fog of War 2003 Errol Morris PG13 -
1397 Pineapple Express 2008 David Gordon Green R -
1404 The Darjeeling Limited 2007 Wes Anderson R -
1405 The Squid and the Whale 2005 Noah Baumbach R -
1413 Hotel Rwanda 2004 Terry George PG13 -
1433 25th Hour 2002 Spike Lee R -
1438 Zoolander 2001 Ben Stiller PG13 -
1445 Timecrimes 2007 Nacho Vigalondo R -
1470 American Splendor 2003 Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini R -
1475 Wet Hot American Summer 2001 David Wain R -
1480 Ghost World 2001 Terry Zwigoff R -
1482 Enter the Void 2009 Gaspar Noé NR -
1484 Frost/Nixon 2008 Ron Howard R -
1493 The Host 2006 Bong Joon Ho NR -
1496 Mr. Nobody 2009 Jaco van Dormael NR -
1497 Remember the Titans 2000 Boaz Yakin PG -
1511 Ponyo 2008 Hayao Miyazaki G -
1514 Grindhouse 2007 Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino R -
1518 Man on Wire 2008 James Marsh PG13 -
1526 The Aviator 2004 Martin Scorsese PG13 -
1531 Dogtooth 2009 Yorgos Lanthimos NR -
1532 I Am Legend 2007 Francis Lawrence PG13 -
1541 The Piano Teacher 2001 Michael Haneke NR -
1543 Volver 2006 Pedro Almodóvar R -
1546 Stranger Than Fiction 2006 Marc Forster PG13 -
1570 Joint Security Area 2000 Chan-wook Park NR -
1577 A Single Man 2009 Tom Ford R -
1580 Kung Fu Hustle 2004 Stephen Chow R -
1584 Michael Clayton 2007 Tony Gilroy R -
1585 Bronson 2008 Nicolas Winding Refn R -
1588 Moulin Rouge 2001 Baz Luhrmann PG13 -
1591 Dodgeball 2004 Rawson Marshall Thurber PG13 -
1603 Irreversible 2002 Gaspar Noé NR -
1606 An Education 2009 Lone Scherfig PG13 -
1610 I Love You, Man 2009 John Hamburg R -
1612 Brokeback Mountain 2005 Ang Lee R -
1615 The Brothers Bloom 2008 Rian Johnson PG13 -
1621 Wonder Boys 2000 Curtis Hanson R -
1623 The Good, The Bad, The Weird 2008 Jee-woon Kim R -
1626 Waltz with Bashir 2008 Ari Folman R -
1627 Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog 2008 Joss Whedon NR -
1628 Sideways 2004 Alexander Payne R -
1634 Letters from Iwo Jima 2006 Clint Eastwood R -
1636 Meet the Parents 2000 Jay Roach PG13 -
1640 Good Bye Lenin! 2003 Wolfgang Becker R -
1643 Ichi the Killer 2001 Takashi Miike NR -
1645 Half Nelson 2006 Ryan Fleck R -
1646 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2009 Niels Arden Oplev NR -
1655 2046 2004 Wong Kar-Wai R -
1664 Inland Empire 2006 David Lynch R -
1673 Napoleon Dynamite 2004 Jared Hess PG -
1674 The Visitor 2007 Tom McCarthy PG13 -
1675 In America 2002 Jim Sheridan PG13 -
1686 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006 Gore Verbinski PG13 -
1689 In the Bedroom 2001 Todd Field R -
1693 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008 David Fincher PG13 -
1695 The Illusionist 2006 Neil Burger PG13 -
1698 Kung Fu Panda 2008 John Stevenson PG -

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