Best movies of after 2000 that are oscar winners or nominees

Les Misérables(2012)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 32

In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.



Bridget Jones's Diary(2001)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 33

A British woman is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary.



The Quiet American(2002)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 42

An older British reporter vies with a young U.S. doctor for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman.



Cinderella(2015)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 34

When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her scheming step-sisters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger.



Changeling(2008)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 32

A grief-stricken mother takes on the LAPD to her own detriment when it tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child.



The Patriot(2000)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 32

Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son.



Transformers(2007)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 31

An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager.



Marie Antoinette(2006)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 33

The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.



Puss in Boots(2011)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 33

An outlaw cat, his childhood egg-friend and a seductive thief kitty set out in search for the eggs of the fabled Golden Goose to clear his name, restore his lost honor and regain the trust of his mother and town.



The Tempest(2010)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 55

Shakespeare's epic play is translated from page to screen, with the gender of the main character, Prospero, changed from male to female.



The Breadwinner(2017)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 73

A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.



U-571(2000)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 31

A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.



The Duchess(2008)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 31

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.



Iris(2001)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 38

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.



Katyn(2007)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 41

An examination of the Soviet slaughter of thousands of Polish officers and citizens in the Katyn forest in 1940.



Zelary(2003)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A nurse and her surgeon-lover are part of a resistance movement in 1940s Czechoslovakia. When they are discovered, her lover flees and she must find a place to hide. A patient whose life ...



Women Talking(2022)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.



The Man Who Sold His Skin(2020)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 57

His own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam, a Syrian refugee, will soon realize to have sold away more than just his skin.



Pearl Harbor(2001)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 22

A tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941.



Tár(2022)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 46

Set in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and first-ever female music director of a major German orchestra.




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