Best Movies List of 2000s

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Aggregate Rating: 283 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 94 | Earnings: $377.02M

Lead Role: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, | Director: Peter Jackson,

Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Aggregate Rating: 280 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 92 | Earnings: $313.84M

Lead Role: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, | Director: Peter Jackson,

A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle Earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Aggregate Rating: 275 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 88 | Earnings: $340.48M

Lead Role: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, | Director: Peter Jackson,

While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.

The Dark Knight (2008)

Aggregate Rating: 272 | Imdb: 9 | Metascore: 82 | Earnings: $533.32M

Lead Role: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, | Director: Christopher Nolan,

When the menace known as the Joker emerges from his mysterious past, he wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, the Dark Knight must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Aggregate Rating: 272 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 91 | Earnings: $74.27M

Lead Role: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, | Director:

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Aggregate Rating: 272 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 89 | Earnings: $34.13M

Lead Role: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Gerry Robert Byrne, | Director: Michel Gondry,

When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a procedure to have each other erased from their memories. But it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.

The Departed (2006)

Aggregate Rating: 270 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 85 | Earnings: $132.37M

Lead Role: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, | Director: Martin Scorsese,

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.

Inception (2010)

Aggregate Rating: 262 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 74 | Earnings: $292.57M

Lead Role: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe, | Director: Christopher Nolan,

A thief, who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology, is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO.

Avatar (2009)

Aggregate Rating: 258 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 83 | Earnings: $760.51M

Lead Role: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, | Director: James Cameron,

A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

Batman Begins (2005)

Aggregate Rating: 253 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 70 | Earnings: $205.34M

Lead Role: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson, | Director: Christopher Nolan,

After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from the corruption that Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it.

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Aggregate Rating: 252 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 69 | Earnings: $120.52M

Lead Role: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mélanie Laurent, | Director:

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.

Ratatouille (2007)

Aggregate Rating: 252 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 96 | Earnings: $206.44M

Lead Role: Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, | Director:

A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant.

Gladiator (2000)

Aggregate Rating: 252 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 67 | Earnings: $187.67M

Lead Role: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, | Director: Ridley Scott,

When a Roman General is betrayed, and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.

Memento (2000)

Aggregate Rating: 251 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 80 | Earnings: $25.53M

Lead Role: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior, | Director: Christopher Nolan,

A man juggles searching for his wife's murderer and keeping his short-term memory loss from being an obstacle.

The Prestige (2006)

Aggregate Rating: 249 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 66 | Earnings: $53.08M

Lead Role: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, | Director: Christopher Nolan,

After a tragic accident two stage magicians engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion whilst sacrificing everything they have to outwit the other.

Up (2009)

Aggregate Rating: 246 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 88 | Earnings: $292.98M

Lead Role: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger, Christopher Plummer, | Director:

Seventy-eight year old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his home equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Aggregate Rating: 245 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 85 | Earnings: $227.14M

Lead Role: Matt Damon, Edgar Ramírez, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles, | Director: Paul Greengrass,

Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless CIA official and his agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.

The Incredibles (2004)

Aggregate Rating: 241 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 90 | Earnings: $261.44M

Lead Role: Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Jason Lee, | Director: Brad Bird,

A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Aggregate Rating: 239 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 86 | Earnings: $100.42M

Lead Role: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, | Director: Clint Eastwood,

A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Aggregate Rating: 238 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 83 | Earnings: $66.21M

Lead Role: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, | Director: Quentin Tarantino,

The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.