Best movies of after 2000 that are oscar winners or nominees

Shrek(2001)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 85

After his swamp is filled with magical creatures, Shrek agrees to rescue Princess Fiona for a villainous lord in order to get his land back.



Minority Report(2002)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 85

In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder.



The Pianist(2002)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.





Mystic River(2003)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 85

With a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives, three men are reunited by circumstance when one has a family tragedy.



The Lives of Others(2006)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 85

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.



The Queen(2006)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 88

After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.



Atonement(2007)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 86

Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a thirteen-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.



Juno(2007)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.



The Wrestler(2008)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.



Milk(2008)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 86

The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.



Elle(2016)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 89

A successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her.



Avengers: Infinity War(2018)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 83

The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.



Pain and Glory(2019)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 90

An aging film director suffering from chronic illness and writer's block reflects on his life.



Mank(2020)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 87

1930's Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane (1941).



Promising Young Woman(2020)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.



The Trial of the Chicago 7(2020)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 85

The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.



Tenet(2020)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 82

Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.



Spider-Man: No Way Home(2021)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 83

With Spider-Man's identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.



Turning Red(2022)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 86

A 13-year-old girl named Meilin turns into a giant red panda whenever she gets too excited.




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