Critically acclaimed movies of 2000s on netflix

Brokeback Mountain(2005)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 88

The story of a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys, and their lives over the years.



Up in the Air(2009)

Combined Rating:
91
Combined Critics Rating: 87

Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job traveling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest and a new hire.



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 Aviator(2004)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 82

A biopic depicting the early years of legendary Director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.



Spider-Man(2002)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 81

When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family.



Scott Pilgrim vs. the World(2010)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart.



Road to Perdition(2002)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

Bonds of loyalty are put to the test when a hitman's son witnesses what his father does for a living.



Seabiscuit(2003)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 79

True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.



Shutter Island(2010)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 77

In 1954, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer, who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane.



Closer(2004)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.



Monster House(2006)

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Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 75

Three teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster.



Pineapple Express(2008)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A process server and his marijuana dealer wind up on the run from hitmen and a corrupt police officer after he witnesses his dealer's boss murder a competitor while trying to serve papers on him.



Wedding Crashers(2005)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 74

John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, a pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when John meets and falls for Claire Cleary.



Friends with Money(2006)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 74

After she quits her lucrative job, Olivia finds herself unsure about her future and her relationships with her successful and wealthy friends.



Troy(2004)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 72

An adaptation of Homer's great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved.



Monsters vs. Aliens(2009)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A woman transformed into a giant after she is struck by a meteorite on her wedding day becomes part of a team of monsters sent in by the U.S. government to defeat an alien mastermind trying to take over Earth.



The Mist(2007)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.



Coach Carter(2005)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with 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?



21(2008)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 65

"21" is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.




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