250 Greatest Movies Of The 2000s

Scenes from the movies Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Spirited Away
Criteria: These Greatest Movies of the 2000s are ranked according to their initial and lasting acclaim, influence as well as initial and lasting popularity.

Last Updated: 2020-05-17
Greatest Movies Of The 2000s
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  Title - (Year, Director) (Leading Actors)
1. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(2003, Peter Jackson) (Elijah Wood, Sean Astin)
2. Spirited Away
(2001, Hayao Miyazaki) (Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino)
3. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
(2001, Peter Jackson) (Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen)
4. The Dark Knight
(2008, Christopher Nolan) (Christian Bale, Heath Ledger)
5. Mulholland Dr.
(2001, David Lynch) (Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring)
6. There Will Be Blood
(2007, Paul Thomas Anderson) (Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano)
7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
(2004, Michael Gondry) (Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet)
8. City of God
(2002, Fernando Meirelles) (Jonathan Haagensen, Alexandre Rodrigues)
9. No Country for Old Men
(2007, Ethan, Joel Coen) (Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin)
10. WALL·E
(2008, Andrew Stanton) (Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Fred Willard)
11. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(2000, Ang Lee) (Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh)
12. Finding Nemo
(2003, Andrew Stanton) (Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould)
13. Pan's Labyrinth
(2006, Guillermo del Toro) (Ariadna Gil, Ivana Baquero)
14. Brokeback Mountain
(2005, Ang Lee) (Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams)
15. Gladiator
(2000, Ridley Scott) (Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix)
16. Avatar
(2009, James Cameron) (Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver)
17. Memento
(2000, Christopher Nolan) (Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss)
18. Oldboy
(2003, Chan-wook Park) (Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu)
19. Inglourious Basterds
(2009, Quentin Tarantino) (Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz)
20. In the Mood for Love
(2000, Wong Kar-Wai) (Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai)
21. The Lives of Others
(2006, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck) (Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe)
22. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(2002, Peter Jackson) (Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen)
23. Up
(2009, Pete Docter) (Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer)
24. The Pianist
(2002, Roman Polanski) (Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay)
25. Million Dollar Baby
(2004, Clint Eastwood) (Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank)
26. Lost in Translation
(2003, Sofia Coppola) (Bill Murray, Scarlett Johnansson)
27. The Incredibles
(2004, Brad Bird) (Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter)
28. Caché
(2005, Michael Haneke) (Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou)
29. Talk to Her
(2002, Pedro Almodóvar) (Rosario Flores, Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti )
30. Amélie
(2001, Jean-Pierre Jeunet) (Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus)
31. The Hurt Locker
(2009, Kathryn Bigelow) (Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie)
32. The Departed
(2006, Martin Scorsese) (Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon)
33. Requiem for a Dream
(2000, Darren Aronofsky) (Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly)
34. Slumdog Millionaire
(2008, Danny Boyle) (Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor)
35. Amores Perros
(2000, Alejandro González Iñárritu) (Emilio Echavarrio, Gael Garcia Bernal)
36. Yi Yi
(2000, Edward Yang) (Wu Nien-Jen, Kelly Lee)
37. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
(2007, Cristian Mungiu) (Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu)
38. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
(2007, Julian Schnabel) (Mathieu Amalric, Marie-Josée Croze)
39. Children Of Men
(2006, Alfonso Cuaron) (Clive Owen, Julianne Moore)
40. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
(2003, Gore Verbinski) (Johnny Depp)
41. Kill Bill Vol. 1
(2003, Quentin Tarantino) (Uma Thurman, Vivica A. Fox)
42. Y tu mamá también
(2001, Alfonso Cuarón) (Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal)
43. Far From Heaven
(2002, Todd Haynes) (Dennis Quaid, Julianne Moore)
44. A Beautiful Mind
(2001, Ron Howard) (Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly)
45. The Royal Tenenbaums
(2001, Wes Anderson) (Ben Stiller, Gene Hackman)
46. Adaptation
(2002, Spike Jonze) (Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep)
47. Sideways
(2004, Alexander Payne) (Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church)
48. Dogville
(2003, Lars von Tier) (Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall)
49. Let the Right One In
(2008, Tomas Alfredson) (Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar)
50. A History of Violence
(2005, David Cronenberg) (Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris)
51. Ratatouille
(2007, Brad Bird) (Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt)
52. District 9
(2009, Neill Blomkamp) (Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope)
53. Mystic River
(2003, Clint Eastwood) (Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon)
54. The Wrestler
(2008, Darren Aronofsky) (Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei)
55. A Prophet
(2009, Jaques Audiard) (Niels Arestrup, Alaa Oumouzoune, Tahar Rahim)
56. The White Ribbon
(2009, Michael Haneke) (Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch)
57. Little Miss Sunshine
(2006, Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris) (Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear)
58. Waltz With Bashir
(2008, Ari Folman) (Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag)
59. Iron Man
(2008, Jon Favreau) (Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard)
60. Almost Famous
(2000, Cameron Crowe) (Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson)
61. Werckmeister Harmonies
(2000, Béla Tarr) (Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla)
62. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
(2005, Cristi Puiu) (Doru Ana, Monica Barladeanu, Alina Berzunteanu)
63. Casino Royale
(2006, Martin Campbell) (Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench)
64. 28 Days Later
(2002, Danny Boyle) (Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston)
65. Hero
(2002, Zhang Yimou) (Jet Li, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Maggie Cheung)
66. Memories of Murder
(2003, Bong Joon-ho) (Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim, Roe-ha Kim)
67. Shrek
(2001, Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson) (Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz)
68. Fantastic Mr. Fox
(2009, Wes Anderson) (George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray)
69. Milk
(2008, Gus Van Sant) (Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch)
70. Gran Torino
(2008, Clint Eastwood) (Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley)
71. The Aviator
(2004, Martin Scorsese) (Leonardo Dicaprio, Cate Blanchett)
72. Downfall
(2004, Oliver Hirschbiegel) (Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch)
73. Shaun of the Dead
(2004, Edgar Wright) (Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield)
74. Howl's Moving Castle
(2004, Hayao Miyazaki) (Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin)
75. Spider Man 2
(2004, Sam Raimi) (Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst)
76. Kill Bill Vol. 2
(2004, Quentin Tarantino) (Uma Thurman, David Carradine)
77. Before Sunset
(2004, Richard Linklater) (Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy)
78. Good Night and Good Luck
(2005, George Clooney) (David Strathairn, George Clooney)
79. Persepolis
(2007, Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi) (Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux)
80. Atonement
(2007, Joe Wright) (Keira Knightley, James McAvoy)
81. Borat
(2006, Larry Charles) (Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian)
82. Kung Fu Hustle
(2004, Stephen Chow) (Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen, Qiu Yuen)
83. Moulin Rouge
(2001, Baz Luhrmann) (Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor)
84. Dancer in the Dark
(2000, Lars von Trier) (Bjork, Catherine Deneuve)
85. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
(2000, Joel Coen) (George Clooney, John Turturro)
86. Bowling for Columbine
(2002, Michael Moore) (Michael Moore, Charlton Heston, Marilyn Manson)
87. Russian Ark
(2002, Alexander Sokurov) (Sergey Dreyden, Mariya Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy)
88. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(2004, Alfonso Cuaron) (Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint)
89. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
(2001, Steven Spielberg) (Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law)
90. Donnie Darko
(2001, Richard Kelly) (Jake Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell)
91. Zodiac
(2007, David Fincher) (Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo)
92. Letters From Iwo Jima
(2006, Clint Eastwood) (Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya)
93. Juno
(2007, Jason Reitman) (Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner)
94. The Triplets of Belleville
(2003, Sylvain Chomet) (Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda)
95. House of Flying Daggers
(2004, Yimou Zhang) (Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang)
96. Tropical Malady
(2004, Apichatpong Weerasethakul) (Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee)
97. Traffic
(2000, Steven Soderbergh) (Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro)
98. The Return
(2003, Andrey Zvyagintsev) (Vladimir Garin, Ivan Dobronravov)
99. Capote
(2005, Bennett Miller) (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Chris Cooper)
100. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
(2003, Peter Weir) (Russell Crowe)

101. Up in the Air
(2009, Jason Reitman) (George Clooney, Vera Farmiga)
102. Collateral
(2004, Michael Mann) (Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Dennis Farina)
103. Big Fish
(2003, Tim Burton) (Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup)
104. Punch-Drunk Love
(2002, Paul Thomas Anderson) (Adam Sandler, Emily Watson)
105. Grizzly Man
(2005, Werner Herzog) (Timothy Treadwell, Amie Huguenard, Werner Herzog)
106. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(2008, David Fincher) (Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett)
107. The Secret in Their Eyes
(2009, Juan José Campanella) (Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil)
108. Coraline
(2009, Henry Selick) (Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman)
109. Into the Wild
(2007, Sean Penn) (Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener)
110. The Host
(2006, Bong Joon-ho) (Kang-ho Song, Hee-Bong Byun, Hae-il Park)
111. The Queen
(2006, Stephen Frears) (Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Michael Sheen)
112. A Serious Man
(2009, Joel and Ethan Coen) (Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick)
113. Munich
(2005, Steven Spielberg) (Eric Bana, Geoffrey Rush, Daniel Craig)
114. The Bourne Ultimatum
(2007, Paul Greengrass) (Matt Damon, Edgar Ramírez, Joan Allen)
115. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
(2007, Andrew Dominik)
116. Batman Begins
(2005, Christopher Nolan) (Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe)
117. 2046
(2004, Wong Kar-Wai) (Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Ziyi Zhang, Faye Wong)
118. Ghost World
(2001, Terry Zwigoff) (Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson)
119. The Piano Teacher
(2001, Michael Haneke) (Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel)
120. The Bourne Supremacy
(2004, Paul Greengrass) (Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Joan Allen)
121. Volver
(2006, Pedro Almodóvar) (Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas)
122. Sin City
(2005, Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller) (Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis)
123. The Hangover
(2009, Todd Philips) (Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha)
124. Departures
(2008, Yôjirô Takita) (Masahiro Motoki, Ryôko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki)
125. In Bruges
(2008, Martin McDonagh) (Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ciarán Hinds)
126. United 93
(2006, Paul Greengrass) (David Alan Basche, Olivia Thirlby, Liza Colón-Zayas )
127. Synecdoche, New York
(2008, Charlie Kaufman) (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton)
128. Star Trek
(2009, J.J. Abrams) (Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg)
129. Battle Royale
(2000, Kinji Fukasaku) (Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto)
130. Eastern Promises
(2007, David Cronenberg) (Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen)
131. Elephant
(2003, Gus Van Sant) (Elias McConnell, Alex Frost, Eric Deulen)
132. Walk the Line
(2005, James Mangold) (Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon)
133. Infernal Affairs
(2002, Andrew Lau & Alan Mak) (Andy Lau, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung)
134. Hot Fuzz
(2007, Edgar Wright) (Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman)
135. The Hours
(2002, Stephen Daldry) (Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep)
136. Chicago
(2002, Rob Marshall) (Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger)
137. The Class
(2008, Laurent Cantet) (François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene)
138. Moon
(2009, Duncan Jones) (Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott)
139. Babel
(2006, Alejandro González Iñárritu) (Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Akhzam)
140. Gomorrah
(2008, Matteo Garrone) (Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Abbruzzese, Toni Servillo)
141. The Prestige
(2006, Christopher Nolan) (Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale)
142. Billy Elliot
(2000, Stephen Daldry) (Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood)
143. Erin Brockovich
(2000, Steven Soderbergh) (Julia Roberts, Albert Finney)
144. American Psycho
(2000, Mary Harron) (Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas)
145. Saw
(2004, James Wan) (Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover)
146. The Man Without a Past
(2002, Aki Kaurismäki) (Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Annikki Tähti)
147. Once
(2007, John Carney) (Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh)
148. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
(2005, Nick Park & Steve Box)
149. In the Bedroom
(2001, Todd Field) (Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek)
150. Monsters, Inc.
(2001, Pete Docter) (Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Mary Gibbs)
151. Catch Me if You Can
(2002, Steven Spielberg) (Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks)
152. The Son
(2002, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne) (Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart)
153. L'Enfant
(2005 Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne) (Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard)
154. Gangs of New York
(2002, Martin Scorsese) (Daniel Day Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio)
155. The Others
(2001, Alejandro Amenábar) (Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston)
156. The Squid and the Whale
(2005, Noah Baumbach) (Owen Kline, Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney)
157. 21 Grams
(2003, Alejandro González Iñárritu) (Sean Penn, Naomi Watts)
158. Gosford Park
(2001, Robert Altman) (Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon)
159. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
(2003, Kim Ki-duk) (Ki-duk Kim, Yeong-su Oh)
160. Precious
(2009, Lee Daniels) (Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton)
161. (500) Days of Summer
(2009, Marc Webb) (Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
162. Superbad
(2007, Greg Mottola) (Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse)
163. Syndromes and a Century
(2006, Apichatpong Weerasethakul) (Nantarat Sawaddikul)
164. The Constant Gardener
(2005, Fernando Meirelles) (Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz)
165. Black Book
(2006, Paul Verhoeven) (Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman)
166. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(2007, Tim Burton) (Johnny Depp)
167. About Schmidt
(2002, Alexander Payne) (Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney)
168. Minority Report
(2002, Steven Spielberg) (Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton)
169. Snatch
(2000, Guy Ritchie) (Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro)
170. X-Men
(2000, Bryan Singer) (Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen)
171. Pride & Prejudice
(2005, Joe Wright) (Keira Knightley, Donald Sutherland)
172. An Education
(2009, Lone Scherfig) (Carey Mulligan, Olivia Williams)
173. The Barbarian Invasions
(2003, Denys Arcand) (Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau)
174. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(2001, Chris Columbus) (Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint)
175. Man on Wire
(2008, James Marsh) (Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau)
176. Ocean's Eleven
(2001, Steven Soderbergh) (George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts)
177. Match Point
(2005, Woody Allen) (Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer)
178. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
(2005, Judd Apatow) (Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd)
179. Mother
(2009, Bong Joon-ho) (Hye-ja Kim, Won Bin, Goo Jin)
180. Michael Clayton
(2007, Tony Gilroy) (George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson)
181. This Is England
(2006, Shane Meadows) (Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley)
182. Love Actually
(2003, Richard Curtis) (Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson)
183. Cast Away
(2000, Robert Zemeckis) (Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt)
184. The Orphanage
(2007, Juan Antonio Bayona) (Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep)
185. American Gangster
(2007, Ridley Scott) (Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor)
186. King Kong
(2005, Peter Jackson) (Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody)
187. Black Hawk Down
(2001, Ridley Scott) (Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor)
188. Lagaan: Once upon a Time in India
(2001, Ashutosh Gowariker) (Aamir Khan, Raghuvir Yadav)
189. My Winnipeg
(2007, Guy Maddin) (Darcy Fehr, Ann Savage, Louis Negin)
190. Ponyo
(2008, Hayao Miyazaki) (Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Tomoko Yamaguchi)
191. 25th Hour
(2002, Spike Lee) (Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Philip Seymour Hoffman)
192. Blissfully Yours
(2002, Apichatpong Weerasethakul) (Kanokporn Tongaram, Min Oo)
193. Hunger
(2008, Steve McQueen) (Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw, Brian Milligan)
194. Cloverfield
(2008, Matt Reeves) (Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan)
195. In the Loop
(2009, Armando Iannucci) (Tom Hollander, Peter Capaldi, James Gandolfini)
196. Dogtooth
(2009, Yorgos Lanthimos) (Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia)
197. American Splendor
(2003, Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman) (Paul Giamatti)
198. The Fog of War
(2003, Errol Morris) (Robert McNamara, John F. Kennedy)
199. Road to Perdition
(2002, Sam Mendes) (Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Rob Maxey)
200. Vera Drake
(2004, Mike Leigh) (Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney)

201. Inland Empire
(2006, David Lynch) (Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie)
202. High Fidelity
(2000, Stephen Frears) (John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso)
203. Platform
(2000, Jia Zhangke) (Hongwei Wang, Tao Zhao, Jing Dong Liang)
204. You Can Count on Me
(2000, Kenneth Lonergan) (Laura Linney, Matthew Broderick, Amy Ryan)
205. A Single Man
(2009, Tom Ford) (Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode)
206. Frost/Nixon
(2008, Ron Howard) (Frank Langella, Michael Sheen)
207. Spider Man
(2002, Sam Raimi) (Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst)
208. The Bourne Identity
(2002, Doug Liman) (Franka Potente, Matt Damon, Chris Cooper)
209. The Last Samurai
(2003, Edward Zwick) (Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly)
210. Training Day
(2001, Antoine Fuqua) (Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn)
211. Ray
(2004, Taylor Hackford) (Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King)
212. Paradise Now
(2005, Hany Abu-Assad) (Kais Nashif, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal)
213. Distant
(2002, Nuri Bilge Ceylan) (Muzaffer Özdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer)
214. Irréversible
(2002, Gaspar Noé) (Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel)
215. Still Life
(2006, Jia Zhangke) (Tao Zhao, Zhou Lan, Sanming Han)
216. Hotel Rwanda
(2004, Terry George) (Don Cheadle, Joaquin Phoenix)
217. Apocalypto
(2006, Mel Gibson) (Gerardo Taracena, Raoul Max Trujillo, Dalia Hernández)
218. Chicken Run
(2000, Peter Lord & Nick Park) (Mel Gibson, Miranda Richardson)
219. Waking Life
(2001, Richard Linklater) (Ethan Hawke, Trevor Jack Brooks, Lorelei Linklater)
220. Wonder Boys
(2000, Curtis Hanson) (Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand)
221. Cinderella Man
(2005, Ron Howard) (Russell Crowe, Paul Giamatti)
222. Sexy Beast
(2000, Jonathan Glazer) (Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane)
223. X2: X-Men United
(2003, Bryan Singer) (Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry)
224. Moolaadé
(2004, Ousmane Sembène) (Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra)
225. No Man's Land
(2001, Danis Tanovic) (Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Sovagovic)
226. The Devil's Backbone
(2001, Guillermo del Toro) (Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega)
227. Good Bye, Lenin!
(2003, Wolfgang Becker) (Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova)
228. Fahrenheit 9/11
(2004, Michael Moore) (Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Ben Affleck)
229. The Last King of Scotland
(2006, Kevin Macdonald) (James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker)
230. Crash
(2004, Paul Haggis) (Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon)
231. I'm Not There
(2007, Todd Haynes) (Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger)
232. Finding Neverland
(2004, Marc Forster) (Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet)
233. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
(2001, Zacharias Kunuk) (Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu)
234. Ten
(2002, Abbas Kiarostami) (Mania Akbari, Amin Maher, Kamran Adl)
235. The Motorcycle Diaries
(2004, Walter Salles) (Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo De la Serna)
236. The Sea Inside
(2004, Alejandro Amenábar) (Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas)
237. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(2005, Mike Newell) (Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson)
238. School of Rock
(2003, Richard Linklater) (Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack)
239. Songs from the Second Floor
(2000, Roy Andersson) (Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson)
240. Little Children
(2006, Todd Field) (Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson)
241. The Beat That My Heart Skipped
(2005, Jacques Audiard) (Romain Duris, Aure Atika)
242. Blood Diamond
(2006, Edward Zwick) (Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly)
243. Doubt
(2008, John Patrick Shanley) (Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams )
244. Shrek 2
(2004, Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury & Conrad Vernon) (Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy)
245. Meet the Parents
(2000, Jay Roach) (Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo)
246. Fish Tank
(2009, Andrea Arnold) (Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing)
247. Changeling
(2008, Clint Eastwood) (Angelina Jolie, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan)
248. The Reader
(2008, Stephen Daldry) (Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz)
249. The Devil Wears Prada
(2006, David Frankel) (Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Adrian Grenier)
250. 300
(2007, Zack Snyder) (Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham)








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