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Best Thriller Movies of the 2000s, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
233 thriller films from the 2000s are in our catalog; the 50 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 7.8. Biggest split between audiences and critics: The Butterfly Effect, 7.6 on IMDb against 30 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 Departed '2006 | Drama / Thriller / Crime | 8.5 | 91% | 85 | 8.2 | Martin Scorsese |
| 3 | Inglourious Basterds '2009 | Drama / Thriller / War | 8.4 | 89% | 69 | 8.2 | Quentin Tarantino |
| 4 | Memento '2000 | Mystery / Thriller | 8.4 | 94% | 83 | 8.2 | Christopher Nolan |
| 5 | Oldboy '2003 | Thriller / Mystery | 8.3 | 82% | 78 | 8.2 | Park Chan-wook |
| 6 | No Country for Old Men '2007 | Crime / Thriller / Western | 8.2 | 93% | 92 | 7.9 | Joel Coen |
| 7 | V for Vendetta '2006 | Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 8.1 | 73% | 62 | 7.9 | James McTeigue |
| 8 | The Lives of Others '2006 | Drama / Thriller | 8.4 | 92% | 89 | 8.0 | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck |
| 9 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 '2004 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 8.0 | 84% | 83 | 7.9 | Quentin Tarantino |
| 10 | Sin City '2005 | Crime / Thriller | 8.0 | 76% | 74 | 7.5 | Robert Rodriguez |
| 11 | Casino Royale '2006 | Action / Thriller | 8.0 | 94% | 80 | 7.6 | Martin Campbell |
| 12 | The Bourne Ultimatum '2007 | Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller | 8.0 | 92% | 85 | 7.4 | Paul Greengrass |
| 13 | Blood Diamond '2006 | Drama / Thriller / Action | 8.0 | 64% | 64 | 7.6 | Edward Zwick |
| 14 | Mystic River '2003 | Thriller / Drama / Mystery / Crime | 7.9 | 89% | 84 | 7.7 | Clint Eastwood |
| 15 | Children of Men '2006 | Sci-Fi / Thriller / Action | 7.9 | 92% | 84 | 7.6 | Alfonso Cuarón |
| 16 | The Bourne Identity '2002 | Action / Mystery / Thriller | 7.8 | 84% | 68 | 7.5 | Doug Liman |
| 17 | Memories of Murder '2003 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 8.1 | - | 82 | 8.1 | Bong Joon Ho |
| 18 | Amores Perros '2000 | Drama / Thriller | 8.0 | 93% | 83 | 7.7 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu |
| 19 | Mulholland Drive '2001 | Thriller / Drama / Mystery | 7.9 | 83% | 87 | 7.8 | David Lynch |
| 20 | The Secret in Their Eyes '2009 | Mystery / Thriller / Drama | 8.2 | 89% | 80 | 8.0 | Juan José Campanella |
| 21 | Zodiac '2007 | Crime / Mystery / Thriller | 7.7 | 90% | 79 | 7.5 | David Fincher |
| 22 | Ocean's Eleven '2001 | Thriller / Crime | 7.7 | 83% | 74 | 7.5 | Steven Soderbergh |
| 23 | American Psycho '2000 | Thriller / Drama / Crime | 7.6 | 69% | 64 | 7.4 | Mary Harron |
| 24 | Taken '2008 | Action / Thriller | 7.7 | 60% | 51 | 7.4 | Pierre Morel |
| 25 | The Bourne Supremacy '2004 | Action / Drama / Thriller | 7.7 | 81% | 73 | 7.3 | Paul Greengrass |
| 26 | Minority Report '2002 | Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller | 7.6 | 89% | 80 | 7.4 | Steven Spielberg |
| 27 | Man on Fire '2004 | Action / Drama / Thriller | 7.7 | 39% | 47 | 7.5 | Tony Scott |
| 28 | The Butterfly Effect '2004 | Sci-Fi / Thriller | 7.6 | 34% | 30 | 7.6 | J. Mackye Gruber |
| 29 | Infernal Affairs '2002 | Drama / Thriller / Crime | 8.0 | 94% | 75 | 7.8 | Alan Mak Siu-fai |
| 30 | The Others '2001 | Horror / Mystery / Thriller | 7.6 | 85% | 74 | 7.6 | Alejandro Amenábar |
| 31 | Serenity '2005 | Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller | 7.8 | 82% | 74 | 7.4 | Joss Whedon |
| 32 | Dogville '2003 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 8.0 | 70% | 61 | 7.7 | Lars von Trier |
| 33 | Lucky Number Slevin '2006 | Drama / Thriller / Crime / Mystery | 7.7 | - | 53 | 7.5 | Paul McGuigan |
| 34 | 28 Days Later '2002 | Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 7.5 | 87% | 73 | 7.2 | Danny Boyle |
| 35 | The Machinist '2004 | Thriller / Drama | 7.6 | 77% | 61 | 7.5 | Brad Anderson |
| 36 | Inside Man '2006 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.6 | 86% | 76 | 7.4 | Spike Lee |
| 37 | Road to Perdition '2002 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.6 | 82% | 72 | 7.4 | Sam Mendes |
| 38 | Collateral '2004 | Drama / Crime / Thriller | 7.5 | 86% | 71 | 7.2 | Michael Mann |
| 39 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo '2009 | Drama / Thriller / Crime / Mystery | 7.8 | 85% | 76 | 7.5 | Niels Arden Oplev |
| 40 | Eastern Promises '2007 | Thriller / Crime / Mystery | 7.6 | 89% | 83 | 7.3 | David Cronenberg |
| 41 | The Hurt Locker '2008 | Drama / Thriller / War | 7.5 | 96% | 95 | 7.2 | Kathryn Bigelow |
| 42 | Lord of War '2005 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.6 | 62% | 62 | 7.4 | Andrew Niccol |
| 43 | The Illusionist '2006 | Fantasy / Drama / Thriller / Romance | 7.5 | 74% | 68 | 7.3 | Neil Burger |
| 44 | 21 Grams '2003 | Drama / Crime / Thriller | 7.6 | 80% | 70 | 7.3 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu |
| 45 | Traffic '2000 | Thriller / Drama / Crime | 7.5 | 93% | 86 | 7.1 | Steven Soderbergh |
| 46 | Battle Royale '2000 | Drama / Thriller / Action | 7.5 | 90% | 81 | 7.3 | Kinji Fukasaku |
| 47 | Unbreakable '2000 | Thriller / Drama / Mystery | 7.3 | 71% | 62 | 7.1 | M. Night Shyamalan |
| 48 | Match Point '2005 | Drama / Romance / Thriller | 7.6 | 77% | 72 | 7.4 | Woody Allen |
| 49 | Equilibrium '2002 | Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 7.3 | 40% | 33 | 7.1 | Kurt Wimmer |
| 50 | Law Abiding Citizen '2009 | Drama / Crime / Thriller | 7.4 | 26% | 34 | 7.4 | F. Gary Gray |
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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