The trouble with most “Greatest Movies” lists is that they have to include boring old stuff from the 50’s that nobody actually wants to watch anymore.
Sure, there’s still a few good old flicks, but if I’m going to be renting a movie for the night I want something a bit more recent. With that in mind, I present the 100 greatest movies since the year 2000 (feel free to add your own picks in the comments):
28 Days Later (2002)
28 Weeks Later (2007)
300 (2006)
American Gangster (2007)
American Splendor (2003)
Amores Perros (2000)
Amélie (2001)
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (2007)
Aviator, The (2004)
Before Night Falls (2000)
Before Sunset (2004)
Believer, The (2001)
Big Fish (2003)
Black Snake Moan (2006)
Blow (2001)
Boiler Room (2000)
Borat (2006)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Capote (2005)
Children of Men (2006)
Chocolat (2000)
Cinderella Man (2005)
City of God (2002)
Closer (2004)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Departed, The (2006)
Descent, The (2005)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Downfall (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
Frozen River (2008)
Girlfight (2000)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
Host, The (2007)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Incredibles, The (2004)
Into the Wild (2007)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Ju-on: The Grudge (2003)
Juno (2007)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Kite Runner, The (2007)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Little Otik (2000)
Lives of Others, The (2006)
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Matchstick Men (2003)
Memento (2000)
Michael Clayton (2007)
Milk (2008)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Munich (2005)
Mystic River (2003)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Old School (2003)
Oldboy (2003)
Orphanage, The (2007)
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Pianist, The (2002)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Prestige, The (2006)
Pursuit of Happyness, The (2006)
Ratatouille (2007)
Ray (2004)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Return, The (2003)
Serenity (2005)
Sexy Beast (2000)
Sideways (2004)
Sin City (2005)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Snatch. (2000)
Spirited Away (2001)
Sunshine (2007)
Superbad (2007)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Syriana (2005)
Talk to Her (2002)
Talk to Me (2007)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Thirteen (2003)
Traffic (2000)
United 93 (2006)
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Wall-E (2008)
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How the hell can you make a list of the top movies but not have Transformers?! WTF is wrong with you?!
Hiya all
I think Twlight should be included but its not good unless you have read the books as there is more story behind it. I think the Matrix: Blade Trilogy; American Pie, Harry Potter, some r in the list that I wouldnt put in but the list has the main good films.
A few excellent movies. But the 100 greatest since 2000. NO !!
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. Who made ths list ?
This is only my opinion but I count around 20 that probably should be in there, over 50 that are very questionable, and over 20 that deffinately shouldn’t be in there. Im sorry but I dont think this list even comes close.
Please tell me this list wasn’t wrote by someone whos supposed to know about movies : )
Napoleon Dynamite !!! JESUS CHRIST !!!
i dont know where you people pulled twilight from its not on the list
Twilight wasn’t as bad as you all are making it out to. No it doesn’t belong on a top 100 list by any means, but it wasn’t terrible.
On a side note movies i would have included are…
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
any Pirates of the Caribbean movies
Sweeney Todd
Donnie Darko
Cast Away
Those are all the movies i enjoy, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
THE HANGOVER~! should defo be on that list, possibly one of the best comedys EVER! also the bourne movies – epic!
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WHAT ABOUT ZOMBIELAND!?!!!???!!!!!! THAT WAS A GREAT IF NOT THE BEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME
WHOEVER SAID NAPOLEON DYNAMITE IS A HORRIBLE MOVIE: WHAT THE HELL is WRONG with YOU!!!!!!!!!?????!?!?
The people who are bashing Twilight must not have read the movie, because that’s where you fall in love with the story. When the first movie was made the budget wasn’t big because alot wasn’t expected of it. But now that it is a hit, New Moon and the next 2 are going to be awesome!
Shit TYPO. I meant read the BOOKS not the movie
why is troy not on this great film, gd say a few more such as catch me if you can gladitor etc
My 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time List
1. Apocalypse Now
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Schindler’s List
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. Fight Club
6. The Godfather Part 1
7. Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
8. Reservoir Dogs
9. Full Metal Jacket
10. Psycho
11. Goodfellas
12. American Beauty
13. Terminator 2
14. Aliens
15. The Shining
16. The Godfather Part 2
17. Taken
18. Saving Private Ryan
19. Black Hawk Down
20. Clockwork Orange
21. Harry Brown
22. Inglorious Basterds
23. Taxi Driver
24. Forest Gump
25. Monty Python ‘The Holy Grail’
26. Back To The Future
27. The Great Escape
28. The Green Mile
29. Blade Runner
30. Die Hard
31. Monty Python ‘The Meaning Of Life’
32. Million Dollar Baby
33. Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
34. Snatch
35. No Country For Old Men
36. Trainspotting
37. Stand By Me
38. Toy Story
39. Twelve Monkeys
40. The Exorcist
41. Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
42. Rocky
43. Rambo ‘First Blood’
44. Blood Diamond
45. Silence Of The Lambs
46. The Bourne Identity
47. Shooter
48. The Dark Knight
49. Lord Of The Rings (trilogy)
50. Sixth Sense
51. Signs
52. Apocalypto
53. King Kong
54. Jaws
55. American Psycho
56. Point Break
57. Star Wars: Original Trio.
58. 2001: A Space Odyssey
59. Predator
60. The Thing
61. Spartacus
62. The Last King Of Scotland
63. District 9
64. Battle Royale
65. Pans Labyrinth
66. City Of God
67. Raising Arizona
68. Dawn Of The Dead (Directors Cut)
69. Manhunter
70. Scarface
71. The Terminator
72. The King Of Comedy
73. Hero
74. Erin Brockovich
75. Boyz N The Hood
76. Donnie Darko
77. Sexy Beast
78. Assassins
79. The Goonies
80. Being John Malkovich
81. Bonnie and Clyde
82. Braveheart
83. Escape To Victory
84. Chariots Of Fire
85. ET
86. Gladiator
87. Scent Of A Women
88. The French Connection
89. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
90. The Pianist
91. The Matrix
92. Gran Torino
93. The Elephant Man
94. No Country For Old Men
95. Kill Bill: Vol1
96. In Bruges
97. Letter From Iwo Jima
98. Deerhunter
99. The Departed
100. 28 Days Later
YAY Serenity!!!! I think you could make an exception for Fight Club though…. 1999 come on it’s not that much of a difference…
I agree with all dark knights peoples hot tub time machine a much more recent movie! hangover step brothers maybe even hot rod then theres all the die hards and bournes. just saying this is pretty much the dumbest list ever although some really good movies came out recently that he couldnt put on there
wheres annie! maybe she’ll appear tomorrow…..get it! hahahahahahaha
cartoon titanic too….that wasn’t a sinker!
SHawshank redemption. planet terror, cloverfield, UP and AVATAR, district 9, beowulf, hurtlocker!!!
If you are going on 21st century than nine of those movies should not be part of the list. The 21st century is 2001-2100.
Night at the Museum 1,2
Spiderman 1,2,3
Scary Movie 2,3,4
Saw 1,2,3,4,5,6
Men in Black 1,2
Die Hard
Avatar(duhh)
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Where the fuk is:
Gran Torino, Avatar, The Dark Knight, In Bruges, Shutter Island, quantom of solace, casino royale, collateral, jackass 1&2, v for vendetta!
Like ders sum 1s up der dat defo shud b dere: sweeney todd, munich, the pursuit of happyness, no country for old men, there will be blood, the departed, slumdog millionare, the prestige!
quite honestly most of the rest are questionable
The Machinist, Man On Fire, Training Day, The Kingdom, Apocalypto, Black Hawk Down and the Bourne Trilogy have to be there, along with a good few more!!
I don’t know why people keep asking for The Shawshank Redemption seeing as that was made in 1994!!
How could Borat, Napoleon Dynamite and Wall-E make it onto a greatest list??
(Casino Royale, Batman Begins??)
Oh and lastly, Almost Famous has to be on the list!!
The 100 Greatest Movies of the 21st Century
(From 2001 – 2100)
Um…HELLO!!!??? What about TWILIGHT and NEW MOON????
What about the Hangover??????!!! This list is definetly not good AT ALL!!!
They definetly need to update.
Yesssssssss i agreee step brothers, strange wilderness, Shreik, Stardust.
Dude u totally forgot letters from iwo jima…flag of our fathers… i am legend?
i really think a walk to remember,harry potter,notting hill must be there in the list
what about Four Brothers
where is the pokemon movie!!!!!!!!! just kiding. but honestly where is toy story 2 it was soo good. also where is collateral ? burn after reading was painful to watch personally i would rather watch the pokemon movie. it was pretty good 10 years ago but then again i was 6 :L
OMG :O Twilight is amazing its probably the most talked about movie since its release and also this new one that comes out 9th july england
its just guna rule so much and if you dont like it fair enough go watch shrek or something that turns you on hahahaha !!!
I think Twilight and New Moon should have been on here!! 2 of the best movies
Not a bad list, but the internet is full of “boring ” lists like this that only include new or relatively new movies…your comment about boring old movies from the 50’s tells me quite a lot about you as a movie fan. What came first? The chicken or the egg? Movies from yester year are what inspire modern day directors, they grew up idolising the actors and movie makers of the 50’s and 60’s when in fact some of the greatest and still greatest films of all time were made. Case in point….All of these films that i can think of off the top of my head are ALL better than EVERY one on your list.
1. Rashoman. 2. All about eve 3. Sunset boulevard 4. Ace in the hole 5. Street car named desire 6. High noon 7. The african queen 8. Ben hur 9. From here to eternity 10. Shane 11. Tokyo story 12. Rear window 13. Seven samurai 14. Kiss me deadly 15. East of eden 16. Night of the hunter 17. The searchers 18. The bridge over the river kwai 19. 12 angry men 20. Vertigo 21. Touch of evil 22. Anatomy of a murder 23. Some like it hot 24. North by northwest 25. Rio bravo
Time to take off the blinkers and wake up to some real movies dude and not the obvious, boring, uninspired, run of the mill crap that is the last 20 years bar the natural few greats.
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