Best movies of after 2000 that are oscar winners or nominees

Philomena(2013)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.



Straight Outta Compton(2015)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.



Nocturnal Animals(2016)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A wealthy art gallery owner receives a draft of her ex-husband's new novel, and once she starts reading it she just cannot put it down.



Lion(2016)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.



Captain Fantastic(2016)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent.



The Two Popes(2019)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Behind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict XVI and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church.



How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World(2019)

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Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, he must seek "The Hidden World", a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first.



Mulan(2020)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Jet Li, Li Gong, Gong Li, Donnie Yen, Yifei Liu,
Niki Caro,

A young Chinese maiden disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father.



News of the World(2020)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home.



One Night in Miami...(2020)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 88

A fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s.



West Side Story(2021)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 89

An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.



Gladiator(2000)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 76

When a Roman General is betrayed, and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.



Cast Away(2000)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A FedEx executive must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island.



Amores perros(2000)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities, all in the name of love.



Monster(2003)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 79

Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.



Ray(2004)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 79

The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.



The Squid and the Whale(2005)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Follows two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.



Cinderella Man(2005)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

The story of James Braddock, a supposedly washed-up boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s.



The Prestige(2006)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 76

After a tragic accident two stage magicians engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion whilst sacrificing everything they have to outwit the other.



Apocalypto(2006)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 77

As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate.




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