Best movies of 2000s on amazon prime

The Scorpion King(2002)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A desert warrior rises up against the evil army that is destroying his homeland. He captures the enemy's key sorcerer, takes her deep into the desert and prepares for a final showdown.



Paycheck(2003)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 62

What seemed like a breezy idea for an engineer to net him millions of dollars, leaves him on the run for his life and piecing together why he's being chased.



Guess Who(2005)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 64

A young woman, Theresa, brings her boyfriend, Simon, home to meet her parents and surprise them with the news of their engagement. Another surprise: Simon is white.



Hart's War(2002)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A law student becomes a lieutenant during World War II, is captured and asked to defend a black prisoner of war falsely accused of murder.



Walking Tall(2004)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 61

A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.



Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!(2004)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A small-town girl wins a date with a male celebrity through a contest. When the date goes better than expected, a love triangle forms between the girl, the male celebrity, and the girl's best friend.



My Bloody Valentine(2009)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 61

Tom returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine's night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one that believes he's innocent.



Takers(2010)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A group of bank robbers find their multi-million dollar plan interrupted by a hard-boiled detective.



Wicker Park(2004)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A young Chicago advertising executive believes a woman he sees in a café is his long-lost love. His belief leads to obsession, as he puts his life on hold in order to trail her.



Underworld: Evolution(2006)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 54

Picking up directly from the previous film, vampire warrior Selene and the half werewolf Michael hunt for clues to reveal the history of their races and the war between them.



Underworld: Rise of the Lycans(2009)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 54

An origins story centered on the centuries-old feud between the race of aristocratic vampires and their onetime slaves, the Lycans.



Art School Confidential(2006)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.



Barbershop 2: Back in Business(2004)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Why not spend another day with the crew at Calvin's shop in the South Side of Chicago?



The Love Guru(2008)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 54

Pitka, an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge is to settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.



Head of State(2003)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 59

When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, Washington, D.C. alderman, Mays Gilliam is unexpectedly picked as his replacement.



Employee of the Month(2006)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 52

A slacker competes with a repeat winner for the "Employee of the Month" title at work, in order to gain the affections of a new female employee.



Where the Truth Lies(2005)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 59

Karen O'Connor, a young journalist known for her celebrity profiles, is consumed with discovering the truth behind a long-buried incident that affected the lives and careers of showbiz team Vince Collins and Lanny Morris.



Copying Beethoven(2006)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A fictionalized account of the last year of Beethoven's life.



Gamer(2009)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 46

In a future mind-controlling game, death row convicts are forced to battle in a 'Doom'-type environment. Convict Kable, controlled by Simon, a skilled teenage gamer, must survive thirty sessions in order to be set free. Or won't he?



Love Happens(2009)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 53

A widower whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best-selling self-help guru, falls for the hotel florist where his seminar is given, only to learn that he hasn't yet truly confronted his wife's passing.




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