Best movies of 2000s that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : John Goodman, David Spade, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton,
Directors : Mark Dindal,

Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his ex-administrator Yzma, and must now regain his throne with the help of Pacha, the gentle llama herder.

Actors : Goran Visnjic, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Denis Leary,

Set during the Ice Age, a sabertooth tiger, a sloth, and a wooly mammoth find a lost human infant, and they try to return him to his tribe.

Actors : Vanessa Hudgens, Nikki Reed, Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood,
Directors : Catherine Hardwicke,

A thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.

Actors : Billy Connolly, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Ken Watanabe,
Directors : Edward Zwick,

An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.

Actors : Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Jim Moret, Eugene Levy,
Directors : Christopher Guest,

Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.

Actors : Richard Graham, Imelda Staunton, Heather Craney, Jim Broadbent,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.

Actors : Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Jack Davenport,
Directors : Gore Verbinski,

Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.

Actors : Spencer Locke, Ryan Newman, Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner,
Directors : Gil Kenan,

Three teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster.

Actors : Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain,
Directors : Stephen Daldry,

Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.

Actors : Paul Schneider, Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Kerry Fox,
Directors : Jane Campion,

The three-year romance between 19th-century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne near the end of his life.

Actors : Samantha Morton, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone, Ben Foster,
Directors : Oren Moverman,

An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.

Actors : Oliver Maltman, Ruth Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

When a retired engineer is called upon to rescue a failing satellite, he insists that his equally old teammates accompany him into space.

Actors : Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Douglas,
Directors : Curtis Hanson,

An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.

Actors : Mario Van Peebles, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight,
Directors : Michael Mann,

A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.

Actors : Halle Berry, Taylor Simpson, Gabrielle Witcher, Billy Bob Thornton,
Directors : Marc Forster,

After a family tragedy, a racist prison guard reexamines his attitudes while falling in love with the African American wife of the last prisoner he executed.

Actors : Georges Siatidis, Filip Sovagovic, Rene Bitorajac, Branko Djuric,
Directors : Danis Tanovic,

Bosnia and Herzegovina during 1993 at the time of the heaviest fighting between the two warring sides. Two soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict, Nino and Ciki, become trapped in no man's land, whilst a third soldier becomes a living booby trap.

Actors : Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Matt Damon,
Directors : Robert De Niro,

The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.

Actors : Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush,
Directors : Gore Verbinski,

Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, find Jack Sparrow, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.

Actors : Tommy Lee Jones, Jonathan Tucker, Jason Patric, Charlize Theron,
Directors : Paul Haggis,

A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.