Best movies of after 2000 that are oscar winners or nominees

Monsters, Inc.(2001)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 81

In order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, 2 monsters realize things may not be what they think.



The Florida Project(2017)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 92

Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.



Ghost World(2001)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 84

With only the plan of moving in together after high school, two unusually devious friends seek direction in life. As a mere gag, they respond to a man's newspaper ad for a date, only to find it will greatly complicate their lives.



Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2(2017)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill's true parentage.



Joker(2019)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

In Gotham City, mentally troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. This path brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego: the Joker.



Ready Player One(2018)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 81

When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune.



The Hateful Eight(2015)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 81

In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.



The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(2011)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.



Fences(2016)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.



How to Train Your Dragon(2010)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.



How to Train Your Dragon 2(2014)

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Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.



Another Round(2020)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 83

Four high school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.



Star Trek Beyond(2016)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

The U.S.S. Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the test.



Rise of the Planet of the Apes(2011)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives rise to a super-intelligent chimpanzee who leads an ape uprising.



Rango(2011)

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Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.



Big Hero 6(2014)

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Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 81

The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.



Luca(2021)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 81

On the Italian Riviera, an unlikely but strong friendship grows between a human being and a sea monster disguised as a human.



45 Years(2015)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 90

A married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receives shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives.



Solo: A Star Wars Story(2018)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

During an adventure into the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion.



Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them(2016)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.




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