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The 100 Best Movies of the 2000s Decade - IndieWire

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  • Matthew Fox and Emile Hirsch in Speed Racer (2008)

    1. Speed Racer

    20082h 15mPG37Metascore
    6.1 (81K)
    Young driver, Speed Racer, aspires to be champion of the racing world with the help of his family and his high-tech Mach 5 automobile.
    DirectorsLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsEmile HirschMatthew FoxChristina Ricci
  • Battle Royale (2000)

    2. Battle Royale

    20001h 54mNot Rated81Metascore
    7.5 (201K)
    In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
    DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTatsuya FujiwaraAki MaedaTarô Yamamoto
  • Meg Ryan in In the Cut (2003)

    3. In the Cut

    20031h 59mR47Metascore
    5.4 (27K)
    A New York City writing professor, Frannie Avery, has an affair with a police detective who is investigating the murder of a beautiful young woman in her neighborhood.
    DirectorJane CampionStarsMeg RyanMark RuffaloJennifer Jason Leigh
  • O Fantasma (2000)

    4. O Fantasma

    20001h 27mUnrated36Metascore
    5.7 (4.2K)
    Sérgio, a gay garbage collector, lives alone with his dog, leading a promiscuous lifestyle. Despite coworker Fátima's attraction, he rejects her advances, becoming obsessed with another man instead.
    DirectorJoão Pedro RodriguesStarsRicardo MenesesBeatriz TorcatoAndre Barbosa
  • Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell in Miami Vice (2006)

    5. Miami Vice

    20062h 12mR66Metascore
    6.1 (127K)
    Based on the 1980s TV action/drama, this update focuses on vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs as their respective personal and professional lives become dangerously intertwined.
    DirectorMichael MannStarsColin FarrellJamie FoxxGong Li
  • Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge! (2001)

    6. Moulin Rouge!

    20012h 7mPG-1366Metascore
    7.6 (307K)
    A poor Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a beautiful courtesan and nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke.
    DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsNicole KidmanEwan McGregorJohn Leguizamo
  • Bae Doona, Aki Maeda, Yû Kashii, and Shiori Sekine in Linda Linda Linda (2005)

    7. Linda Linda Linda

    20051h 54mTV-PG71Metascore
    7.5 (5K)
    A music group of girls need to learn to play a song before the school festival.
    DirectorNobuhiro YamashitaStarsBae DoonaAki MaedaYû Kashii
  • Tarnation (2003)

    8. Tarnation

    20031h 28mUnrated87Metascore
    7.1 (6.8K)
    Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8 film, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more - culled from nineteen years of his life.
    DirectorJonathan CaouetteStarsJonathan CaouetteRenee LeblancAdolph Davis
  • Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eric Stoltz, and Laura Linney in The House of Mirth (2000)

    9. The House of Mirth

    20002h 15mPG78Metascore
    7.0 (8.3K)
    A woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.
    DirectorTerence DaviesStarsGillian AndersonDan AykroydEleanor Bron
  • All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)

    10. All About Lily Chou-Chou

    20012h 26mUnrated73Metascore
    7.5 (13K)
    The problematic lives of teenager students for whom the singer Lily Chou-Chou's dreamy music is the only way to escape an alienating, violent and insensitive society.
    DirectorShunji IwaiStarsHayato IchiharaShûgo OshinariAyumi Ito
  • My Winnipeg (2007)

    11. My Winnipeg

    20071h 20mNot Rated84Metascore
    7.5 (5.8K)
    Fact, fantasy and memory are woven seamlessly together in this portrait of film-maker Guy Maddin's home town of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
    DirectorGuy MaddinStarsDarcy FehrAnn SavageLouis Negin
  • Daniel Craig in Casino Royale (2006)

    12. Casino Royale

    20062h 24mPG-1380Metascore
    8.0 (718K)
    After earning a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, in Montenegro.
    DirectorMartin CampbellStarsDaniel CraigEva GreenJudi Dench
  • George Clooney in Michael Clayton (2007)

    13. Michael Clayton

    20071h 59mR82Metascore
    7.2 (179K)
    A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.
    DirectorTony GilroyStarsGeorge ClooneyTilda SwintonTom Wilkinson
  • Morvern Callar (2002)

    14. Morvern Callar

    20021h 37mR78Metascore
    6.8 (12K)
    After her beloved boyfriend's suicide, a mourning supermarket worker and her best friend hit the road in Scotland, but find that grief is something that you can't run away from forever.
    DirectorLynne RamsayStarsSamantha MortonKathleen McDermottLinda McGuire
  • Waiting for Happiness (2002)

    15. Waiting for Happiness

    20021h 30m
    6.6 (1.1K)
    The story of two people who cross paths in Nouhadhibou.
    DirectorAbderrahmane SissakoStarsKhatra Ould Abder KaderMaata Ould Mohamed AbeidMohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed
  • Tale of Cinema (2005)

    16. Tale of Cinema

    20051h 29mNot Rated
    6.9 (2.1K)
    In Seoul, a suicidal student meets a young woman who decides to join him in his fatal gesture. Tongsu, an unsuccessful filmmaker, spots a beautiful young woman, who happens to be the lead actress in the film he has just seen.
    DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsKim Sang-kyungUhm Ji-wonLee Ki-woo
  • Chiara Caselli, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Alice Gautier, and Manelle Driss in Father of My Children (2009)

    17. Father of My Children

    20091h 50mNot Rated76Metascore
    6.8 (3K)
    A film producer struggles with suicidal despair.
    DirectorMia Hansen-LøveStarsLouis-Do de LencquesaingChiara CaselliAlice de Lencquesaing
  • Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

    18. Happy-Go-Lucky

    20081h 58mR84Metascore
    7.0 (42K)
    A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.
    DirectorMike LeighStarsSally HawkinsAlexis ZegermanSamuel Roukin
  • Ocean's Twelve (2004)

    19. Ocean's Twelve

    20042h 5mPG-1358Metascore
    6.5 (427K)
    Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's Eleven (2001).
    DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsGeorge ClooneyBrad PittJulia Roberts
  • Anaïs Reboux in Fat Girl (2001)

    20. Fat Girl

    20011h 26mNot Rated77Metascore
    6.4 (13K)
    Two sisters confront their sexual attitudes and experiences while on a family holiday.
    DirectorCatherine BreillatStarsAnaïs RebouxRoxane MesquidaLibero De Rienzo
  • As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)

    21. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    20004h 48m
    8.1 (1.6K)
    Director Jonas Mekas provides an intimate glimpse of his personal life by constructing a feature length narrative from over 30 years of private home movie footage.
    DirectorJonas MekasStarsJonas MekasStan BrakhageRobert Breer
  • Chase Ellison and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Mysterious Skin (2004)

    22. Mysterious Skin

    20041h 45mUnrated74Metascore
    7.6 (81K)
    Two pre-adolescent boys both experienced a strange event and later it affects their lives in different ways. One becomes a reckless, sexually adventurous prostitute, while the other retreats into a reclusive fantasy of alien abduction.
    DirectorGregg ArakiStarsBrady CorbetJoseph Gordon-LevittElisabeth Shue
  • Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, and Simon Pegg in Shaun of the Dead (2004)

    23. Shaun of the Dead

    20041h 39mR76Metascore
    7.9 (619K)
    The uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.
    DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostKate Ashfield
  • Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)

    24. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

    20012h 52mR91Metascore
    7.4 (7K)
    The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.
    DirectorZacharias KunukStarsNatar UngalaaqSylvia IvaluPeter-Henry Arnatsiaq
  • Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Daniel Brühl, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

    25. Inglourious Basterds

    20092h 33mR69Metascore
    8.4 (1.7M)
    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.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli Roth

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