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Top Films of the 2000s (#1-200)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 43
2 The Dark Knight 2008 Christopher Nolan 47
3 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 48
4 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 67
5 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 Michel Gondry 76
6 Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 79
7 WALL•E 2008 Andrew Stanton 82
8 Amélie 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 119
9 Mulholland Dr. 2001 David Lynch 124
10 City of God 2002 Fernando Meirelles 128
11 In the Mood for Love 2000 Kar-Wai Wong 135
12 Gladiator 2000 Ridley Scott 137
13 Memento 2000 Christopher Nolan 139
14 Pan's Labyrinth 2006 Guillermo del Toro 146
15 There Will Be Blood 2007 Paul Thomas Anderson 147
16 Brokeback Mountain 2005 Ang Lee 153
17 Lost in Translation 2003 Sofia Coppola 161
18 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton 168
19 Donnie Darko 2001 Richard Kelly 176
20 Up 2009 Pete Docter 188
21 No Country for Old Men 2007 Ethan and Joel Coen 189
22 Oldboy 2003 Chan-wook Park 190
23 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 Ang Lee 191
24 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird 205
25 The Lives of Others 2006 Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 218
26 The Departed 2006 Martin Scorsese 238
27 Children of Men 2006 Alfonso Cuarón 258
28 Requiem for a Dream 2000 Darren Aronofsky 259
29 Shaun of the Dead 2004 Edgar Wright 260
30 Avatar 2009 James Cameron 262
31 The Pianist 2002 Roman Polanski 269
32 Inglourious Basterds 2009 Quentin Tarantino 272
33 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2003 Quentin Tarantino 274
34 Before Sunset 2004 Richard Linklater 315
35 Million Dollar Baby 2004 Clint Eastwood 331
36 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski 344
37 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 353
38 Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann 357
39 The Bourne Ultimatum 2007 Paul Greengrass 384
40 Slumdog Millionaire 2008 Danny Boyle 394
41 Let the Right One in 2008 Tomas Alfredson 395
42 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Pete Docter 397
43 The Hurt Locker 2008 Kathryn Bigelow 399
44 Waltz with Bashir 2008 Ari Folman 400
45 Hidden 2005 Michael Haneke 409
46 Ratatouille 2007 Brad Bird 412
47 Batman Begins 2005 Christopher Nolan 414
48 Downfall 2004 Oliver Hirschbiegel 424
49 Y tu mamá también 2001 Alfonso Cuarón 426
50 Casino Royale 2006 Martin Campbell 431
51 The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 Wes Anderson 434
52 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004 Quentin Tarantino 439
53 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 Alfonso Cuarón 449
54 Amores perros 2000 Alejandro G. Iñárritu 457
55 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 2006 Larry Charles 458
56 Persepolis 2007 Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi 472
57 The Wrestler 2008 Darren Aronofsky 475
58 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 Adam McKay 491
59 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 Chris Columbus 503
60 A History of Violence 2005 David Cronenberg 509
61 Sin City 2005 Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez 515
62 Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg 516
63 District 9 2009 Neill Blomkamp 518
64 Juno 2007 Jason Reitman 522
65 A Beautiful Mind 2001 Ron Howard 524
66 Almost Famous 2000 Cameron Crowe 531
67 Dancer in the Dark 2000 Lars von Trier 532
68 Iron Man 2008 Jon Favreau 537
69 Yi yi: A One and a Two... 2000 Edward Yang 552
70 28 Days Later… 2002 Danny Boyle 553
71 The Prestige 2006 Christopher Nolan 555
72 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 Steve Box and Nick Park 563
73 Howl's Moving Castle 2004 Hayao Miyazaki 573
74 Gran Torino 2008 Clint Eastwood 577
75 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 2001 Steven Spielberg 593
76 Battle Royale 2000 Kinji Fukasaku 600
77 The Triplets of Belleville 2003 Sylvain Chomet 601
78 Sideways 2004 Alexander Payne 606
79 Little Miss Sunshine 2006 Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris 607
80 Hot Fuzz 2007 Edgar Wright 608
81 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2005 Judd Apatow 609
82 Chicago 2002 Rob Marshall 617
83 Star Trek 2009 J.J. Abrams 623
84 Dogville 2003 Lars von Trier 626
85 Grizzly Man 2005 Werner Herzog 629
86 Bowling for Columbine 2002 Michael Moore 630
87 Talk to Her 2002 Pedro Almodóvar 634
88 Love Actually 2003 Richard Curtis 636
89 Spider-Man 2 2004 Sam Raimi 652
90 Spider-Man 2002 Sam Raimi 655
91 Moon 2009 Duncan Jones 660
92 300 2006 Zack Snyder 666
93 Snatch. 2000 Guy Ritchie 673
94 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2007 Andrew Dominik 681
95 Infernal Affairs 2002 Wai-keung Lau and Alan Mak 685
96 Man on Wire 2008 James Marsh 689
97 Napoleon Dynamite 2004 Jared Hess 690
98 Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 Wes Anderson 694
99 V for Vendetta 2005 James McTeigue 705
100 Big Fish 2003 Tim Burton 711
101 Coraline 2009 Henry Selick 717
102 The Notebook 2004 Nick Cassavetes 732
103 X2 2003 Bryan Singer 736
104 The Bourne Supremacy 2004 Paul Greengrass 737
105 Letters from Iwo Jima 2006 Clint Eastwood 748
106 Mystic River 2003 Clint Eastwood 759
107 Atonement 2007 Joe Wright 771
108 Superbad 2007 Greg Mottola 777
109 Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001 John Cameron Mitchell 779
110 Hotel Rwanda 2004 Terry George 789
111 Ghost World 2001 Terry Zwigoff 797
112 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000 Joel Coen 806
113 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 2007 Cristian Mungiu 808
114 Mean Girls 2004 Mark Waters 815
115 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005 Mike Newell 827
116 Punch-Drunk Love 2002 Paul Thomas Anderson 829
117 Mary and Max 2009 Adam Elliot 837
118 A Prophet 2009 Jacques Audiard 842
119 The Hangover 2009 Todd Phillips 844
120 In Bruges 2008 Martin McDonagh 846
121 Best in Show 2000 Christopher Guest 849
122 Memories of Murder 2003 Bong Joon Ho 852
123 The Bourne Identity 2002 Doug Liman 854
124 American Psycho 2000 Mary Harron 855
125 Zoolander 2001 Ben Stiller 866
126 Into the Wild 2007 Sean Penn 870
127 Milk 2008 Gus Van Sant 886
128 Adaptation. 2002 Spike Jonze 888
129 Werckmeister Harmonies 2000 Béla Tarr 890
130 Serenity 2005 Joss Whedon 891
131 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007 Julian Schnabel 895
132 Hero 2002 Yimou Zhang 898
133 The Others 2001 Alejandro Amenábar 902
134 Brick 2005 Rian Johnson 919
135 Capturing the Friedmans 2003 Andrew Jarecki 924
136 The Gleaners & I 2000 Agnès Varda 926
137 The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara 2003 Errol Morris 929
138 Team America: World Police 2004 Trey Parker 936
139 Sexy Beast 2000 Jonathan Glazer 941
140 Once 2007 John Carney 942
141 The Devil's Backbone 2001 Guillermo del Toro 945
142 The White Ribbon 2009 Michael Haneke 946
143 Black Hawk Down 2001 Ridley Scott 947
144 Chicken Run 2000 Peter Lord and Nick Park 962
145 Waking Life 2001 Richard Linklater 970
146 Ocean's Eleven 2001 Steven Soderbergh 984
147 Catch Me If You Can 2002 Steven Spielberg 988
148 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007 Tim Burton 1006
149 Primer 2004 Shane Carruth 1011
150 United 93 2006 Paul Greengrass 1012
151 King Kong 2005 Peter Jackson 1027
152 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008 David Fincher 1029
153 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 David Yates 1030
154 Zodiac 2007 David Fincher 1037
155 Erin Brockovich 2000 Steven Soderbergh 1046
156 Murderball 2005 Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro 1051
157 High Fidelity 2000 Stephen Frears 1052
158 Remember the Titans 2000 Boaz Yakin 1053
159 Crash 2004 Paul Haggis 1054
160 3:10 to Yuma 2007 James Mangold 1059
161 Kung Fu Hustle 2004 Stephen Chow 1070
162 Bridget Jones's Diary 2001 Sharon Maguire 1091
163 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring 2003 Ki-duk Kim 1098
164 Far from Heaven 2002 Todd Haynes 1099
165 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 2005 Shane Black 1101
166 (500) Days of Summer 2009 Marc Webb 1106
167 Garden State 2004 Zach Braff 1112
168 Synecdoche, New York 2008 Charlie Kaufman 1123
169 Cinderella Man 2005 Ron Howard 1126
170 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003 Peter Weir 1130
171 The Orphanage 2007 J.A. Bayona 1131
172 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2005 George Lucas 1139
173 The Best of Youth 2003 Marco Tullio Giordana 1147
174 Road to Perdition 2002 Sam Mendes 1149
175 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002 Chris Columbus 1151
176 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009 David Yates 1153
177 Elf 2003 Jon Favreau 1154
178 Saw 2004 James Wan 1158
179 Ice Age 2002 Chris Wedge 1163
180 Taken 2008 Pierre Morel 1166
181 X-Men 2000 Bryan Singer 1167
182 Paprika 2006 Satoshi Kon 1168
183 Elephant 2003 Gus Van Sant 1170
184 Walk the Line 2005 James Mangold 1171
185 Miracle 2004 Gavin O'Connor 1172
186 Touching the Void 2003 Kevin Macdonald 1180
187 Monster 2003 Patty Jenkins 1183
188 Ali 2001 Michael Mann 1199
189 This Is England 2006 Shane Meadows 1205
190 Pride & Prejudice 2005 Joe Wright 1208
191 Bend It Like Beckham 2002 Gurinder Chadha 1211
192 La Vie en rose 2007 Olivier Dahan 1215
193 25th Hour 2002 Spike Lee 1219
194 Volver 2006 Pedro Almodóvar 1221
195 The Descent 2005 Neil Marshall 1228
196 The Sea Inside 2004 Alejandro Amenábar 1232
197 The Ring 2002 Gore Verbinski 1234
198 Ray 2004 Taylor Hackford 1239
199 Friday Night Lights 2004 Peter Berg and Josh Pate 1249
200 March of the Penguins 2005 Luc Jacquet 1252
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