Best movies of after 2000 that are oscar winners or nominees

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 : Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy,
Directors : Bryan Singer,

A chronicle of the years leading up to Queen's legendary appearance at the Live Aid (1985) concert.

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 : 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 : Jason Clarke, Carey Mulligan, Jonathan Banks, Garrett Hedlund,
Directors : Dee Rees,

Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.

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 : Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven,
Directors : Stephen Daldry,

A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.

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 : 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 : Jonathan Tucker, Tommy Lee Jones, 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.

Actors : Ed Harris, Peter Sarsgaard, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman,
Directors : Maggie Gyllenhaal,

A woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.

Actors : Anne Hathaway, Karen Disher, George Lopez, Jesse Eisenberg,
Directors : Carlos Saldanha,

When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with the bird of his dreams.

Actors : Quinton Aaron, Tim McGraw, Sandra Bullock, Jae Head,
Directors : John Lee Hancock,

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio,
Directors : Adam McKay,

Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

Actors : David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, Lisa Hannigan, Fionnula Flanagan,
Directors : Tomm Moore,

Ben, a young Irish boy, and his little sister Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal, go on an adventure to free the fairies and save the spirit world.

Actors : Ed Harris, Dragos Bucur, Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess,
Directors : Peter Weir,

Siberian gulag escapees travel 4,000 miles by foot to freedom in India.

Actors : Daniel Craig, Jamie Bell, Liev Schreiber, Alexa Davalos,
Directors : Edward Zwick,

Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and about 1,000 Jewish non-combatants.

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 : Willie Watson, Clancy Brown, Tim Blake Nelson, Danny McCarthy,

An anthology film comprised of six stories, each dealing with a different aspect of life in the Old West.

Actors : Thierry Neuvic, Bryce Dallas Howard, Cécile De France, Matt Damon,
Directors : Clint Eastwood,

A drama centered on three people -- a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy -- who are touched by death in different ways.