Best movies of 2000s

Harsh Times(2005)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A tough-minded drama about two friends in South Central Los Angeles and the violence that comes between them.



The History Boys(2006)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 72

An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.



Melinda and Melinda(2004)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Two alternating stories, one comedy and the other tragedy, about Melinda's attempts to straighten out her life.



Lady in the Water(2006)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 61

Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.



Jersey Girl(2004)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 63

After his career is sidelined by an unexpected tragedy and a personal blow-up, a single man must take care of his precocious daughter.



The Forgotten(2004)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 63

After being told that their children never existed, a man and woman soon discover there is a much bigger enemy at work.



Thumbsucker(2005)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 71

Justin throws himself and everyone around him into chaos when he attempts to break free from his addiction to his thumb.



Wolf Creek(2005)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 64

Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are befriended by a local who turns out to be a sadistic psychopath and will plunge them into a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture.



Last Days(2005)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A Seattle musician's life and career are reminiscent to those of Kurt Cobain.



Alfie(2004)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A cockney womanizer learns the hard way about the dangers of his actions.



Paradise Now(2005)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 70

Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.



The Legend of Zorro(2005)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Alejandro de la Vega (Banderas) -- and his wife, Elena (Zeta-Jones) -- to take action.



The Assassination of Richard Nixon(2004)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 70

Based on real life events, Assassination is set in 1974 and centers on a businessman who decides to take extreme measures to achieve his American dream.



A Good Year(2006)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A British investment broker inherits his uncle's chateau and vineyard in Provence, where he spent much of his childhood. He discovers a new laid-back lifestyle as he tries to renovate the estate to be sold.



Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason(2004)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she's dreamed of having.



House of Wax(2005)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.



Accepted(2006)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.



Spartan(2004)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 68

The investigation into a kidnapping of the daughter of a high-ranking US government official.



Prime(2005)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.



Mrs Henderson Presents(2005)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 75

Laura Henderson buys an old London theater and opens it up as the Windmill, a performance hall which goes down in history for, among other things, its all-nude revues.




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