Creekin111's Top 250 Ranked (US/UK) Narrative Theatrical Films of the 2000's
*some adjusted from my 2008 list. Still have a few more to see in 2009. Foreign films excluded ('Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', Pan's Labyrinth, City of God, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Downfall, Dancer in the Dark, Once, The Machinist... etc). I cheated by combining trilogies and sequels. Here's my rankings in some hope of help for a viewer's quest to find their cinematic treasures of the last decade.
My top 250 American/British narrative feature length films 2000-2009
A+ films (Legendary)
1.Lord of the Rings, The: The Fellowship of the Ring/The Two Towers/Return of the King 2001/2002/2003
A films (Excellent)
2.Gladiator 2000
3.No Country for Old Men 2007
4.Aviator, The 2004
5.Beautiful Mind, A 2001
6.Million Dollar Baby 2004
7.There Will be Blood 2007
8.Pianist, The 2002
9.Inglorious Basterds 2009
A- (Great)
10.Mystic River 2003
11.Chicago 2002
12.Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003
13.Gangs of New York 2002
14.Letters From Iwo Gima 2006
15.Slumdog Millionaire 2008
16.Catch Me if You Can 2002
17.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
18.Departed, The 2006
19.Memento 2000
20.Children of Men 2006
21.Finding Nemo 2003
22.Kill Bill: Volume 1 & 2 2003/2004
23.Up in the Air 2009
24.Shrek 2001
25.Requiem for a Dream 2000
26.Gosford Park 2001
27.House of Sand and Fog, The 2003
28.Wall-e 2008
29.Crash 2005
30.Sin City 2005
31.Hotel Rwanda 2004
32.Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The 2008
33.Mulholland Dr. 2001
B+ Films (Very Good)
34.Up 2009
35.Dark Knight, The 2008
36.Almost Famous 2000
37.Atonement 2007
38.Ray 2004
39.Adaptation 2002
40.Juno 2007
41.Good Night and Good Luck 2005
42.Babel 2006
43.Hurt Locker, The 2009
44.Frost/Nixon 2008
45.Ratatouille 2007
46.Cast Away 2000
47.Munich 2005
48.Black Hawk Down 2001
49.Spider-Man/Spider-Man 2 2002/2004
50.Brokeback Mountain 2005
51.Gran Torino 2008
52.Amercian Psycho 2000
53.Royal Tenenbaums, The 2001
54.Avatar 2009
55.Wrestler, The 2008
56.Training Day 2001
57.Incredibles, The 2004
58.Doubt 2008
59.Little Miss Sunshine 2006
60.Traffic 2000
61.Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire 2009
62.Blood Diamond 2006
63.Reader, The 2008
64.United 93 2006
65.Seabiscuit 2003
66.Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Ware-Rabbit 2005
67.Shaun of the Dead 2004
68.Hangover, The 2009
69.King Kong 2005
70.Cold Mountain 2003
71.Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakstan 2006
72.3:10 to Yuma 2007
73.Sideways 2004
74.Prestige, The 2006
75.Tropic Thunder 2008
76.American Splendor 2003
77.Minority Report 2002
78.Little Children 2006
79.Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007
80.O Brother Where Art Thou? 2000
81.Capote 2005
82.Billy Elliot 2000
83.Messenger, The 2009
84.Frailty 2001
85.Notes on a Scandal 2006
86.About Schmidt 2002
87.American Gangster 2007
88.Erin Brockovich 2000
89.Star Trek 2009
90.Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead 2007
91.Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003
92.Michael Clayton 2007
93.Lost in Translation 2003
94.Serious Man, A 2009
95.Queen, The 2006
96.Walk the Line 2005
97.Chocolat 2000
B Films (Good)
98.Pursuit of Happyness 2006
99.North Country 2005
100.Cinderella Man 2005
101.21 Grams 2004
102.High Fidelity 2000
103.Iron Man 2008
104.Snatch 2000
105.Star Wars - Episode II & III 2002/2005
106.Man Who Wasn't There, The 2001
107.In Bruges 2008
108.Far From Heaven 2002
109.Knocked Up 2007
110.Collateral 2005
111.Defiance 2008
112.Mrs. Henderson Presents 2005
113.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Chamber of Secrets/Prisoner of Azkaban 2001/2002/2004
114.Apocalypto 2006
115.Kinsey 2004
116.Crazy Heart 2009
117.Wonder Boys, The 2000
118.Illusionist, The 2006
119.Last King of Scotland, The 2006
120.25th Hour, The 2002
121.In the Bedroom 2001
122.Education, An 2009
123.Changeling 2008
124.Grindhouse 2007
125.Casino Royale 2006
126.Descent, The 2005
127.Big Fish 2003
128.Kingdom of Heaven 2005
129.Finding Neverland 2004
130.40-Year-Old Virgin, The 2005
131.Transformers 2007
132.Revolutionary Road 2008
133.Batman Begins 2005
134.Superbad 2007
135.Sherlock Holmes 2009
136.Hustle and Flow 2005
137.Road to Perdition 2002
138.Frozen River 2008
139.Boiler Room 2000
140.Away From Her 2007
141.(500) Days of Summer 2009
142.Match Point 2005
143.Others, The 2001
144.History of Violence, A 2007
145.Into the Wild 2007
146.Signs 2002
147.Thank You for Smoking 2005
148.Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum, The 2002/2004/2007
149.Transamerica 2005
150.Inside Man 2006
151.Artificial Intelligence: A.I. 2001
152.Narc 2002
153.Enemy at the Gates 2001
154.Memoirs of a Gesha 2005
155.Rachel Getting Married 2008
156.Junebug 2005
157.Last Samurai, The 2003
158.X-Men/X2 2000/2003
159.Monster's Ball 2001
160.Savages, The 2007
161.District 9 2009
162.Bad Santa 2004
163.28 Days Later 2002
164.Devil Wear's Prada, The 2006
165.Sexy Beast 2000
166.Ghost World 2001
167.Squid and the Whale, The 2005
168.Happy Feet 2006
169.Hot Fuzz 2007
170.We Were Soldiers 2002
171.Polar Express, The 2004
172.Unbreakable 2000
173.Lars and the Real Girl 2007
174.Constant Gardner, The 2005
175.Flags of Our Fathers 2006
176.Hours, The 2002
177.Milk 2008
178.World's Fastest Indian, The 2005
179.Cars 2006
180.Blind Side, The 2009
181.Syriana 2005
182.Half Nelson 2006
183.Terminal, The 2004
184.Chicken Run 2000
185.Chronicles of Narnia, The: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2005
186.Closer 2004
187.Monster 2003
188.Pollock 2000
189.Matchstick Men 2003
190.Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The 2007
191.Frequency 2000
192.Lord of War 2005
193.Bolt 2008
194.Devil's Rejects, The 2005
195.Burn After Reading 2008
196.School of Rock 2003
197.Zodiac 2007
198.Garden State 2004
199.Ring, The 2002
200.Weather Man, The 2005
201.Gone Baby Gone 2007
202.Monsters Inc. 2001
203.Exorcism of Emily Rose, The 2005
204.Dreamgirls 2006
205.My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2002
206.Invictus 2009
207.Love Actually 2003
208.Monster House 2006
209.Charlie Wilson's War 2007
210.Ocean's 11 2001
211.Patriot, The 2000
212.Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005
213.Team America: World Police 2004
214.Kung Fu Panda 2008
215.Identity 2003
216.Contender, The 2000
217.Live Free or Die Hard 2007
218.Moon 2009
219.Black Snake Moan 2006
220.Cooler, The 2003
221.Visitor, The 2008
222.Panic Room 2002
223.Score, The 2001
224.Coraline 2009
225.Best in Show 2000
226.Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2008
227.You Can Count on Me 2000
228.Pride and Prejudice 2005
B- films (Above Average - Average)
229.Simpsons Movie, The 2007
230.Hellboy/Hellboy 2: The Golden Army 2004/2008
231.Vicky Christina Barcelona 2008
232.Golden Compass, The 2007
233.Corpse Bride 2005
234.Intolerable Cruelty 2003
235.Donnie Darko 2001
236.Zombieland 2009
237.Happy-Go-Lucky 2008
238.Moulin Rouge! 2001
239.Watchmen 2009
240.Secret Window 2004
241.Over the Hedge 2006
242.Blow 2001
243.V for Vendetta 2005
244.I am Legend 2007
245.Public Enemies 2009
246.Iris 2001
247.Eastern Promises 2007
248.8 Mile 2002
249.Red Eye 2005
250.Ali 2003
100 Honorable Mention/Guilty Pleasures
B- films (Above Average - Average) cont.
1408 2007
300 2006
50 First Dates 2004
About a Boy 2002
Across the Universe 2007
Adventureland 2009
American Pie 2 2001
Beerfest 2006
Bend It Like Beckham 2002
Beowulf 2007
Beyond the Sea 2004
Body of Lies 2008
Brick 2005
Broken Flowers 2005
Bruce Almighty 2003
Brüno 2009
Clerks 2 2006
Cloverfield 2008
Coach Carter 2005
Da Vinci Code, The 2006
Dark Blue 2002
Die Another Day 2002
Disturbia 2007
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 2004
Drag Me to Hell 2009
Elf 2003
Equilibrium 2002
Finding Forrester 2000
Fun with Dick and Jane 2005
Funny People 2009
Hannibal 2001
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle 2004
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire/Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 2005/2009
Hidalgo 2004
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The 2005
Hostel 2005
Hulk/Incredible Hulk, The 2003/2008
I, Robot 2004
Ice Age/Ice Age: The Meltdown/Dawn of the Dinosaurs 2002/2006/2009
I'm Not There 2007
In America 2004
In the Loop 2009
In the Valley of Elah 2007
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008
Insomnia 2002
Island, The 2005
Italian Job, The 2003
Jackass/Jackass Number Two 2002/2006
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 2001
Jurassic Park III 2001
Kite Runner, The 2007
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events 2004
Lilo and Stitch 2002
Man on Fire 2004
Matrix Reloaded, The 2003
Meet the Parents 2000
Mighty Heart, A 2007
Millions 2004
Night at the Museum 2006
Notebook, The 2004
Ocean's Twelve 2004
Old School 2003
Open Range 2003
Paranormal Activity 2007/2009
Passion of the Christ, The 2004
Pay It Forward 2000
Perfect Storm, The 2000
Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest 2006
Prairie Home Companion, A 2006
Proposition, The 2005
Punch-Drunk Love 2002
Quiet American, The 2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence 2002
Red Dragon 2002
Robots 2005
Rookie, The 2002
Rules of Attraction 2002
Scary Movie 2000
Seven Pounds 2008
Shrek 2 2004
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 2004
Slither 2006
Seraphim Falls 2007
Space Cowboys 2000
Spiderwick Chronicles, The 2008
State of Play 2009
Stranger Than Fiction 2006
Synecdoche, New York 2008
Talladega Nights 2006
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 2003
Three Brothers 2005
U-571 2000
Vanilla Sky 2001
Valkyrie 2008
Venus 2006
W. 2008
Wanted 2008
War of the Worlds 2005
X-Men: The Last Stand 2006
Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2008
US/UK films pending...
Informant, The 2009
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The 2009
Last Station, The 2009
Nine 2009
Pirate Radio 2009
Road, The 2009
Single Man, A 2009
Sugar 2009
Where the Wild Things Are 2009
Young Victoria, The 2009
Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2008
Duchess, The 2008
Last Chance Harvey 2008
X-Files, The: I Want to Believe 2008
Miracle of St. Anna, The 2008
RocknRolla 2008
Brave One, The 2007
Breach 2007
Darjeeling Limited, The 2007
Enchanted 2007
Hairspray 2007
Sunshine 2007
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 2007
Bobby 2006
Crank 2006
Fountain, The 2006
Glory Road 2006
Grandma's Boy 2006
Hollywoodland 2006
We Are Marshall 2006
Breakfast on Pluto 2005
Green Street Hooligans 2005
Hard Candy 2005
In Her Shoes 2005
Proof 2005
Before Sunset 2004
Butterfly Effect, The 2004
Dead Man's Shoes 2004
De-Lovely 2004
Maria Full of Grace 2004
Meet the Fockers 2004
Miracle 2004
Vera Drake 2004
Dogville 2003
Girl with a Pearl Earring 2003
Luther 2003
Peter Pan 2003
Shattered Glass 2003
Station Agent, The 2003
Thirteen 2003
Veronica Guerin 2003
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 2002
Frida 2002
Nicholas Nickleby 2002
Secretary 2002
Spider 2002
Whale Rider 2002
Buffalo Soldiers 2001
Deep End 2001
Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001
L.I.E. 2001
Life as a House 2001
Shipping News, The 2001
Waking Life 2001
Before Night Falls 2000
Quills 2000
Remember the Titans 2000
Saving Grace 2000
Shadow of the Vampire 2000
Genres/Sub-Genres (Each film listed only once.)
Action
1.Gladiator 2000
2.Kill Bill: Volume 1 & 2 2003/2004
3.Sin City 2005
4.Dark Knight, The 2008
5.Spider-Man/Spider-Man 2 2002/2004
6.Blood Diamond 2006
7.Iron Man 2008
8.Casino Royale 2006
9.Batman Begins 2005
10.Sherlock Holmes 2009
Adventure
1.Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003
2.Cast Away 2000
3.King Kong 2005
4.Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003
5.Apocalypto 2006
6.Into the Wild 2007
7.Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest 2006
8.Hidalgo 2004
9.Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 2004
10.Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008
Animation
1.Finding Nemo 2003
2.Shrek 2001
3.Wall-e 2008
4.Up 2009
5.Ratatouille 2007
6.Incredibles, The 2004
7.Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Ware-Rabbit 2005
8.Happy Feet 2006
9.Polar Express, The 2004
10.Cars 2006
Biography
1.Aviator, The 2004
2.Beautiful Mind, A 2001
3.Catch Me if You Can 2002
4.Ray 2004
5.American Splendor 2003
6.Capote 2005
7.Erin Brockovich 2000
8.Queen, The 2006
9.Walk the Line 2005
10.Pursuit of Happyness 2006
Comedy
1.Almost Famous 2000
2.Adaptation 2002
3.Juno 2007
4.Royal Tenenbaums, The 2001
5.Little Miss Sunshine 2006
6.Shaun of the Dead 2004
7.Hangover, The 2009
8.Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakstan 2006
9.Sideways 2004
10.Tropic Thunder 2008
Crime
1.No Country for Old Men 2007
2.Gangs of New York 2002
3.Slumdog Millionaire 2008
4.Departed, The 2006
5.Requiem for a Dream 2000
6.Gran Torino 2008
7.Training Day 2001
8.Traffic 2000
9.American Gangster 2007
10.Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead 2007
Drama
1.There Will be Blood 2007
2.Mystic River 2003
3.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
4.Up in the Air 2009
5.House of Sand and Fog, The 2003
6.Crash 2005
7.Hotel Rwanda 2004
8.Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The 2008
9.Good Night and Good Luck 2005
10.Frost/Nixon 2008
Fantasy
1.Lord of the Rings, The: The Fellowship of the Ring/The Two Towers/Return of the King 2001/2002/2003
2.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Chamber of Secrets/Prisoner of Azkaban 2001/2002/2004
3.Big Fish 2003
4.Chronicles of Narnia, The: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2005
5.Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005
6.Golden Compass, The 2007
7.Spiderwick Chronicles, The 2008
8.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire/Half Blood Prince 2005/2009
9.Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events 2004
10.Night at the Museum 2006
Horror
1.Amercian Psycho 2000
2.Frailty 2001
3.Grindhouse 2007
4.Descent, The 2005
5.Others, The 2001
6.28 Days Later 2002
7.Devil's Rejects, The 2005
8.Ring, The 2002
9.Exorcism of Emily Rose, The 2005
10.Identity 2003
Musical/Music Fictional Non-Animated
1.Chicago 2002
2.Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007
3.Crazy Heart 2009
4.Hustle and Flow 2005
5.Dreamgirls 2006
6.School of Rock 2003
7.Moulin Rouge! 2001
8.8 Mile 2002
9.Prairie Home Companion, A 2006
10.Across the Universe 2007
Mystery
1.Memento 2000
2.Gosford Park 2001
3.Mulholland Dr. 2001
4.Doubt 2008
5.Prestige, The 2006
6.Illusionist, The 2006
7.Changeling 2008
8.Unbreakable 2000
9.Zodiac 2007
10.Gone Baby Gone 2007
Romance
1.Atonement 2007
2.Cold Mountain 2003
3.Chocolat 2000
4.(500) Days of Summer 2009
5.Memoirs of a Gesha 2005
6.My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2002
7.Love Actually 2003
8.Pride and Prejudice 2005
9.Vicky Christina Barcelona 2008
10.Intolerable Cruelty 2003
Sci-Fi
1.Children of Men 2006
2.Avatar 2009
3.Minority Report 2002
4.Star Trek 2009
5.Star Wars - Episode II & III 2002/2005
6.Transformers 2007
7.Signs 2002
8.Artificial Intelligence: A.I. 2001
9.District 9 2009
10.Frequency 2000
Sport
1.Million Dollar Baby 2004
2.Wrestler, The 2008
3.Seabiscuit 2003
4.Cinderella Man 2005
5.World's Fastest Indian, The 2005
6.Blind Side, The 2009
7.Invictus 2009
8.Ali 2003
9.Coach Carter 2005
10.Bend It Like Beckham 2002
War
1.Pianist, The 2002
2.Inglorious Basterds 2009
3.Letters From Iwo Gima 2006
4.Hurt Locker, The 2009
5.Black Hawk Down 2001
6.Defiance 2008
7.Kingdom of Heaven 2005
8.Enemy at the Gates 2001
9.Last Samurai, The 2003
10.We Were Soldiers 2002
Western
1.Brokeback Mountain 2005
2.3:10 to Yuma 2007
3.Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The 2007
4.Open Range 2003
5.Seraphim Falls 2007
6.Proposition, The 2005
C+ films (Average - Below Average)
7.Claim, The 2000
8.Appaloosa 2008
9.Missing, The 2003
10.All the Pretty Horses 2000
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