The 30 Greatest Films Of The 2000s, Ranked - Maxim

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The flip of the millennium delivered us some absolute garbage inside the cinemas. The Adventures of Pluto Nash assaulted our intelligence on every stage, Nicolas Cage turned from movement superstar to wig aficionado, and films with no rewatchability started getting nominated (and winning) Oscars—we’re searching at you, Million Dollar Baby and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. 

That’s not to mention there isn’t greatness to be observed on this decade, and we’re right here to help you battle through the dumpster-fireplace of 2000s films. We’ve cherry-picked the 30 best films of the decade (with trailers!) so you can find those you missed… or revisit the ones you adore.

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30. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

Ultimately cool and darkly humorous, The Life Aquatic is effortlessly our favorite Wes Anderson film, and that’s on the whole due to Bill Murray. A first rate ensemble forged, killer soundtrack and stunning visuals don’t harm either.

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A bleak appearance a the near future, Children of Men is an adventure for salvation amidst humanity’s ultimate bankruptcy. It’s a film that hits hard on all stages, from visceral scenes of urban warfare to its intestine-punch morality lesson.

This one makes the list for a unmarried sex scene. The rest of the film is quite proper too. Diane Lane, we’ll love you all the time.

Cloverfield was a phenomenon. Mysterious advertising pumped up its optimal, and the film in reality introduced. The perfect blend of handycam with high manufacturing exceptional, it took the monster film in an extremely good new direction. Fun reality; this is TJ Miller‘s (Silicon Valley, Deadpool) first movie. He’s the dude preserving the digicam the whole time.

26. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) 

Steve Carrell‘s breakout film remains humorous over a decade later. It additionally gave us the word Man-o-lantern, for which we’ll be for all time grateful.

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Is it just us, or is it entire bullshit that it’s 2017 and we haven’t gotten an Incredibles sequel yet however, by July, there might be 3 fucking Cars movies? We’ll wait patiently for the planned 2018 launch of Incredibles 2, but till then we’ll maintain loving the hell out of the authentic and surprise at how right a process Pixar did taking on superheroes.

24. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

You can’t forget about the reality that Curse of the Black Pearl single-handedly revived the pirate-movie style that have been dormant for a long time. And ignoring the high-quality stunts, set-pieces, and performance through Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow might additionally be a mistake.

We’ll overtly proclaim our love for this comedy disguised as a chick flick and all of its weird high school quirkiness, but Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, Lacey Chabert, a pre-break Lindsay Lohan and an remarkable supporting cast earn it a spot in this list.

Wolverine fights Batman… with magic! Christopher Nolan’s artful storytelling makes this tale of deception and one-upsmanship simply captivating.

The dystopian fake-documentary approximately extraterrestrial beings living on Earth became a first-rate film on its personal. When you understand it’s an allegory for apartheid? Mind. Blown.

Good luck watching this movie and no longer trying to be a rockstar. Cameron Crowe’s tale of a journey to manhood in the back of a tour bus is the sort of film you’ll never prevent appreciating.

Training Day’s in-your-face examine road justice nevertheless catches us off guard with the risk that Denzel introduced to the person. It’s one of the fine cop movies we got inside the 2000s.

The Hangover probable would had been better in this listing if they hadn’t run the franchise into the ground through making it a trilogy of rehashed jokes. We laughed our balls off the first time the boys visited Vegas even though, and we’ll stand by using it now regardless of what bad choices were made for the sequels. 

V’s tale of rise up against a government that’s more interested in serving itself than its human beings is one that feels even more poignant now than it did while it became released. Great moves scenes and an entire lot of flipping off Big Brother have made V stick with us.

Tarantino‘s kung fu homage become good as an entire, but Volume 1 was splendid on its personal, with awesome combat sequences and the fashion and flair which you’d count on from one of the excellent filmmakers out there. 

15. Shaun of the Dead (2004)