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Best Movies of the 2000s, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
800 films from the 2000s are in our catalog; the 100 best are ranked below. Top of the list is The Dark Knight ('2008), at 9.1 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 8.0. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Remember the Titans, 7.8 on IMDb against 48 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Knight '2008 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 9.1 | 94% | 85 | 8.5 | Christopher Nolan |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King '2003 | Fantasy / Action | 9.0 | 94% | 94 | 8.5 | Peter Jackson |
| 3 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring '2001 | Fantasy / Action | 8.9 | 91% | 92 | 8.4 | Peter Jackson |
| 4 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers '2002 | Fantasy / Action | 8.8 | 95% | 87 | 8.4 | Peter Jackson |
| 5 | Gladiator '2000 | Action / Drama | 8.5 | 80% | 67 | 8.2 | Ridley Scott |
| 6 | The Prestige '2006 | Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi | 8.5 | 77% | 66 | 8.2 | Christopher Nolan |
| 7 | The Departed '2006 | Drama / Thriller / Crime | 8.5 | 91% | 85 | 8.2 | Martin Scorsese |
| 8 | City of God '2002 | Drama / Crime | 8.6 | 91% | 79 | 8.4 | Fernando Meirelles |
| 9 | The Pianist '2002 | Drama / War | 8.5 | 95% | 85 | 8.4 | Roman Polanski |
| 10 | Inglourious Basterds '2009 | Drama / Thriller / War | 8.4 | 89% | 69 | 8.2 | Quentin Tarantino |
| 11 | Spirited Away '2001 | Animation / Fantasy | 8.6 | 96% | 96 | 8.5 | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 12 | Memento '2000 | Mystery / Thriller | 8.4 | 94% | 83 | 8.2 | Christopher Nolan |
| 13 | WALL·E '2008 | Animation / Sci-Fi | 8.4 | 95% | 95 | 8.1 | Andrew Stanton |
| 14 | Up '2009 | Animation / Comedy | 8.3 | 98% | 88 | 8.0 | Pete Docter |
| 15 | Requiem for a Dream '2000 | Crime / Drama | 8.3 | 80% | 71 | 8.0 | Darren Aronofsky |
| 16 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind '2004 | Sci-Fi / Drama / Romance | 8.3 | 93% | 89 | 8.1 | Michel Gondry |
| 17 | Batman Begins '2005 | Drama / Crime / Action | 8.2 | 85% | 70 | 7.7 | Christopher Nolan |
| 18 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 '2003 | Action / Crime | 8.2 | 85% | 69 | 8.0 | Quentin Tarantino |
| 19 | Finding Nemo '2003 | Animation | 8.2 | 99% | 90 | 7.8 | Andrew Stanton |
| 20 | Oldboy '2003 | Thriller / Mystery | 8.3 | 82% | 78 | 8.2 | Park Chan-wook |
| 21 | No Country for Old Men '2007 | Crime / Thriller / Western | 8.2 | 93% | 92 | 8.0 | Joel Coen |
| 22 | Snatch '2000 | Crime / Comedy | 8.2 | 74% | 55 | 7.8 | Guy Ritchie |
| 23 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl '2003 | Fantasy / Action | 8.1 | 79% | 63 | 7.8 | Gore Verbinski |
| 24 | Catch Me If You Can '2002 | Drama / Crime | 8.1 | 96% | 75 | 8.0 | Steven Spielberg |
| 25 | A Beautiful Mind '2001 | Drama / Romance | 8.2 | 74% | 72 | 7.9 | Ron Howard |
| 26 | 3 Idiots '2009 | Drama / Comedy | 8.4 | 94% | 67 | 8.0 | Rajkumar Hirani |
| 27 | V for Vendetta '2006 | Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 8.1 | 73% | 62 | 7.9 | James McTeigue |
| 28 | Pan's Labyrinth '2006 | Fantasy / Drama / War | 8.2 | 95% | 98 | 7.8 | Guillermo del Toro |
| 29 | Amélie '2001 | Comedy / Romance | 8.2 | 90% | 70 | 7.9 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| 30 | The Lives of Others '2006 | Drama / Thriller | 8.4 | 92% | 89 | 8.0 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck |
| 31 | There Will Be Blood '2007 | Drama | 8.2 | 91% | 93 | 8.1 | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 32 | Ratatouille '2007 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 8.1 | 96% | 96 | 7.8 | Brad Bird |
| 33 | Monsters, Inc. '2001 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 8.1 | 96% | 79 | 7.9 | Pete Docter |
| 34 | Gran Torino '2008 | Drama | 8.1 | 81% | 73 | 8.0 | Clint Eastwood |
| 35 | Million Dollar Baby '2004 | Drama | 8.1 | 90% | 86 | 8.0 | Clint Eastwood |
| 36 | Howl's Moving Castle '2004 | Fantasy / Animation | 8.2 | 88% | 82 | 8.4 | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 37 | Avatar '2009 | Sci-Fi / Action | 7.9 | 81% | 83 | 7.6 | James Cameron |
| 38 | The Incredibles '2004 | Action / Animation | 8.0 | - | 90 | 7.7 | Brad Bird |
| 39 | Slumdog Millionaire '2008 | Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 92% | 84 | 7.7 | Danny Boyle |
| 40 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 '2004 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 8.0 | 84% | 83 | 7.9 | Quentin Tarantino |
| 41 | Donnie Darko '2001 | Fantasy / Drama / Mystery | 8.0 | 88% | 88 | 7.8 | Richard Kelly |
| 42 | Sin City '2005 | Crime / Thriller | 8.0 | 76% | 74 | 7.5 | Robert Rodriguez |
| 43 | Casino Royale '2006 | Action / Thriller | 8.0 | 94% | 80 | 7.6 | Martin Campbell |
| 44 | Iron Man '2008 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.9 | 94% | 79 | 7.7 | Jon Favreau |
| 45 | Into the Wild '2007 | Drama | 8.0 | 83% | 73 | 7.8 | Sean Penn |
| 46 | The Bourne Ultimatum '2007 | Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller | 8.0 | 92% | 85 | 7.4 | Paul Greengrass |
| 47 | Downfall '2004 | Drama / War | 8.2 | 90% | 82 | 7.9 | Oliver Hirschbiegel |
| 48 | The Pursuit of Happyness '2006 | Drama | 8.0 | 67% | 64 | 7.9 | Gabriele Muccino |
| 49 | Blood Diamond '2006 | Drama / Thriller / Action | 8.0 | 64% | 64 | 7.6 | Edward Zwick |
| 50 | District 9 '2009 | Sci-Fi | 7.9 | 90% | 81 | 7.5 | Neill Blomkamp |
| 51 | Shrek '2001 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 7.9 | 89% | 84 | 7.8 | Andrew Adamson |
| 52 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban '2004 | Fantasy | 7.9 | 90% | 82 | 8.0 | Alfonso Cuarón |
| 53 | Hotel Rwanda '2004 | Drama / War | 8.1 | 91% | 79 | 7.7 | Terry George |
| 54 | Star Trek '2009 | Sci-Fi / Action | 7.9 | 94% | 82 | 7.4 | J.J. Abrams |
| 55 | Mystic River '2003 | Thriller / Drama / Mystery / Crime | 7.9 | 89% | 84 | 7.7 | Clint Eastwood |
| 56 | Cast Away '2000 | Drama | 7.8 | 88% | 74 | 7.7 | Robert Zemeckis |
| 57 | Hachi: A Dog's Tale '2009 | Drama | 8.1 | 64% | - | 8.0 | Lasse Hallström |
| 58 | Children of Men '2006 | Sci-Fi / Thriller / Action | 7.9 | 92% | 84 | 7.6 | Alfonso Cuarón |
| 59 | Big Fish '2003 | Fantasy / Drama | 7.9 | 76% | 58 | 7.7 | Tim Burton |
| 60 | The Bourne Identity '2002 | Action / Mystery / Thriller | 7.8 | 84% | 68 | 7.5 | Doug Liman |
| 61 | Memories of Murder '2003 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 8.1 | - | 82 | 8.1 | Bong Joon Ho |
| 62 | Before Sunset '2004 | Drama / Romance | 8.1 | 95% | 91 | 7.8 | Richard Linklater |
| 63 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button '2008 | Drama / Fantasy / Romance | 7.8 | 72% | 70 | 7.6 | David Fincher |
| 64 | The Notebook '2004 | Romance / Drama | 7.8 | 55% | 53 | 7.9 | Nick Cassavetes |
| 65 | Shaun of the Dead '2004 | Horror / Comedy | 7.8 | 92% | 76 | 7.5 | Edgar Wright |
| 66 | In Bruges '2008 | Comedy / Drama / Crime | 7.9 | 84% | 67 | 7.5 | Martin McDonagh |
| 67 | Amores Perros '2000 | Drama / Thriller | 8.0 | 93% | 83 | 7.6 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu |
| 68 | The Secret in Their Eyes '2009 | Mystery / Thriller / Drama | 8.2 | 89% | 80 | 8.0 | Juan José Campanella |
| 69 | Hot Fuzz '2007 | Crime / Action / Comedy | 7.8 | 91% | 81 | 7.6 | Edgar Wright |
| 70 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone '2001 | Fantasy | 7.7 | 80% | 65 | 7.9 | Chris Columbus |
| 71 | The Hangover '2009 | Comedy | 7.7 | 79% | 73 | 7.3 | Todd Phillips |
| 72 | Mulholland Drive '2001 | Thriller / Drama / Mystery | 7.9 | 83% | 87 | 7.8 | David Lynch |
| 73 | The Last Samurai '2003 | Drama / Action / War | 7.8 | 65% | 55 | 7.6 | Edward Zwick |
| 74 | Little Miss Sunshine '2006 | Comedy / Drama | 7.8 | 91% | 80 | 7.7 | Valerie Faris |
| 75 | Almost Famous '2000 | Drama / Musical | 7.9 | 91% | 90 | 7.5 | Cameron Crowe |
| 76 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith '2005 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.7 | 79% | 68 | 7.5 | George Lucas |
| 77 | Training Day '2001 | Action / Crime / Drama | 7.8 | 74% | 71 | 7.5 | Antoine Fuqua |
| 78 | American Gangster '2007 | Drama / Crime | 7.8 | 81% | 76 | 7.6 | Ridley Scott |
| 79 | Zodiac '2007 | Crime / Mystery / Thriller | 7.7 | 90% | 79 | 7.5 | David Fincher |
| 80 | Apocalypto '2006 | Action / Drama | 7.9 | 65% | 68 | 7.7 | Mel Gibson |
| 81 | Ocean's Eleven '2001 | Thriller / Crime | 7.7 | 83% | 74 | 7.5 | Steven Soderbergh |
| 82 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire '2005 | Fantasy | 7.7 | 88% | 81 | 7.8 | Mike Newell |
| 83 | American Psycho '2000 | Thriller / Drama / Crime | 7.6 | 69% | 64 | 7.4 | Mary Harron |
| 84 | Taken '2008 | Action / Thriller | 7.7 | 60% | 51 | 7.4 | Pierre Morel |
| 85 | Lost in Translation '2003 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | 7.7 | 95% | 91 | 7.4 | Sofia Coppola |
| 86 | 300 '2007 | Action / War | 7.6 | 61% | 52 | 7.2 | Zack Snyder |
| 87 | In the Mood for Love '2000 | Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 92% | 87 | 8.1 | Wong Kar-Wai |
| 88 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon '2000 | Drama / Action | 7.8 | 96% | 94 | 7.4 | Ang Lee |
| 89 | Moon '2009 | Sci-Fi / Drama | 7.8 | 90% | 67 | 7.6 | Duncan Jones |
| 90 | Fantastic Mr. Fox '2009 | Animation / Comedy | 7.9 | 93% | 83 | 7.8 | Wes Anderson |
| 91 | Minority Report '2002 | Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller | 7.6 | 89% | 80 | 7.4 | Steven Spielberg |
| 92 | The Bourne Supremacy '2004 | Action / Drama / Thriller | 7.7 | 81% | 73 | 7.3 | Paul Greengrass |
| 93 | The Wrestler '2008 | Drama / Romance | 7.9 | 99% | 80 | 7.5 | Darren Aronofsky |
| 94 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? '2000 | Comedy / Crime | 7.7 | 78% | 69 | 7.3 | Joel Coen |
| 95 | Superbad '2007 | Comedy | 7.6 | 88% | 76 | 7.3 | Greg Mottola |
| 96 | Atonement '2007 | Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 83% | 85 | 7.6 | Joe Wright |
| 97 | Black Hawk Down '2001 | Action / War | 7.7 | 77% | 74 | 7.4 | Ridley Scott |
| 98 | Remember the Titans '2000 | Drama | 7.8 | 72% | 48 | 7.7 | Boaz Yakin |
| 99 | Mary and Max '2009 | Animation / Comedy / Drama | 8.1 | 96% | 72 | 7.9 | Adam Elliot |
| 100 | Pride & Prejudice '2005 | Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 87% | 82 | 8.1 | Joe Wright |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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