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What are the best 00s movies? The Decade of 00s sparked several new trends in the Film Industry. Not only have several sub genres become hugely popular among film goers but also the standard of acting changed. Actors with chiseled and muscular body were preferred more over actors with a normal physique. Thanks to Brad Pitt and Christian Bale who were not only praised for their acting but also for their alpha male physiques in Fight Club and American Psycho. It inspired several other actors and the many popular actors were seen in six packs or eight packs in the 00s decade. Also actors like Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Daniel Day-Lewis gave a new edge to method acting where not only the emotions but the also the look of the character matters.

The decade of 00s made several sub genres popular and the most popular among them was Zombie Sub Genre. Hundreds of Zombie movies were released in the 00s decade and many of them gained a huge cult following. Zombie movies performed much better than slasher movies (both sub genres of Horror) in the 00s decade.

Another Sub Genre that found new heights of fame and fan following in the 00s decade was SUPERHERO genre. The decade saw near about 50 plus superhero movies and almost all of them was blockbuster on box office. This was not surprising to Box office pundits as the technology was highly developed in the 00s and everyone was expecting that Superhero movies will be loved by fans more than any other genre.

Apocalyptic, Disaster and Post apocalyptic movies were also loved by fans. But if you take a look on the highest grossing film of the 00s decade you will find that the list is full of Animated movies. Fans loved CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) movies and Film Production studios like DreamWorks, Disney and Pixar took full benefit of it. Fantasy movies were also loved by fans and I would say lucky were the kids who grew up with Harry Potter in the 00s.

The leading directors of Hollywood in the 00s decade were – Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, Peter Jackson, Ang Lee, Clint Eastwood, Danny Boyle and Steven Soderbergh. Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, James Cameroon and Martin Scorsese added more classic films under their badge in the 00s decade. The Most popular actors of 00s decade were – Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Brad Pitt, Heath Ledger, Sean Penn, Christian Bale, Denzel Washington, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, Daniel Radcliffe and Robert Pattinson. The Most Popular actresses of 00s decade were – Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Charlize Theron, Hilary Swank, Angelina Jolie, Megan Fox, Reese witherspoon, Kate Winslet and Sandra Bullock.

Here is the list of Top 100 Greatest Films from the 00s decade:

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100. Twilight

Director – Catherine Hardwicke
Cast – Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Peter Facinelli, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke
IMDB Rating – 5.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 49%
Release Date – 20 November 2009
Box Office – $393.6 million
Genre – Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Awards – None
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99. War of the Worlds

Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Dakota Fanning, Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin
IMDB Rating – 6.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 75%
Release Date – 28 June 2005
Box Office – $591.7 million
Genre – Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
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98. Ice Age

Director – Chris Wedge
Cast – Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 77%
Release Date – 3 May 2002
Box Office – $383.3 million
Genre – Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – None
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97. Meet the Parents

Director – Jay Roach
Cast – Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Robert De Niro, James Rebhorn, Owen Wilson, Jon Abrahams
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – 6 October 2000
Box Office – $330.4 millio
Genre – Comedy, Romance
Awards – None
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96. King Kong

Director – Peter Jackson
Cast – Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Jack Black, Jamie Bell, Colin Hanks, Lobo Chan
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – 5 December 2005
Box Office – $550.5 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Drama
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
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95. The 40 Year old Virgin

Director – Judd Apatow
Cast – Catherine Keener, Steve Carell, Seth Rogen, Jane Lynch, Paul Rudd
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 11 August 2005
Box Office – $177.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Romance
Awards – NOne
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94. The Bourne Supermacy

Director – Paul Greengrass
Cast – Franka Potente, Matt Damon, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban, Gabriel Mann, Joan Allen
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 15 July 2004
Box Office – $288.5 million
Genre – Action, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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93. The Butterfly Effect

Director – Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber
Cast – Melora Walters, Ashton Kutcher, William Lee Scott, Elden Henson, Amy Smart, Cameron Bright, Eric Stoltz
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 33%
Release Date – 23 April 2004
Box Office – $96.1 million
Genre – Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Awards – None
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92. The Others

Director – Alejandro Amenábar
Cast – Fionnula Flanagan, Nicole Kidman, Elaine Cassidy, James Bentley, Christopher Eccleston, Alakina Mann
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 2 August 2001
Box Office – $209.9 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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91. Zombieland

Director – Ruben Fleischer
Cast – Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin, Emma Stone
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – 2 October 2009
Box Office – $102.4 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Horror
Awards – None
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90. Saw

Director – James Wan
Cast – Danny Glover, Cary Elwes, Monica Potter, Ken Leung, Michael Emerson, Leigh Whannell, Tobin Bell
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 49%
Release Date – 1 October 2004
Box Office – $103.9 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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89. Cast Away

Director – Robert Zemeckis
Cast – Nick Searcy, Helen Hunt, Tom Hanks
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes –
Release Date – 7 December 2000
Box Office – $429.6 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Romance
Awards – None
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88. I Robot

Director – Alex Proyas
Cast – Bridget Moynahan, Will Smith, James Cromwell, Alan Tudyk, Bruce Greenwood, Chi McBride
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 56%
Release Date – 13 August 2004
Box Office – $347.2 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
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87. 28 Days Later…

Director – Danny Boyle
Cast – Naomie Harris, Cillian Murphy, Megan Burns, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher Eccleston
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 1 November 2002
Box Office – $82.7 million
Genre – Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
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86. Children of Men

Director – Alfonso Cuarón
Cast – Michael Caine, Julianne Moore, Charlie Hunnam, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 22 September 2006
Box Office – $70 million
Genre – Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Awards – None
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85. Lost in Translation

Director – Sofia Coppola
Cast – Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Fumihiro Hayashi, Anna Faris, Giovanni Ribisi
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 9 September 2003
Box Office – $119.7 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

84. Juno

Director – Jason Reitman
Cast – Jennifer Garner, Michael Cera, Ellen Page, J. K. Simmons, Allison Janney, Jason Bateman
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – 4 December 2007
Box Office – $231.4 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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83. Oldboy

Director – Park Chan-wook
Cast – Kang Hye-jung, Yoo Ji-tae, Choi Min-sik
IMDB Rating – 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 21 November 2003
Box Office – $15 million[
Genre – Action, Drama, Mystery
Awards – None
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82. (500) Days of Summer

Director – Marc Webb
Cast – Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 17 July 2009
Box Office – $60.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama, Romance
Awards – None
Plot –

81. The Ring

Director – Gore Verbinski
Cast – Brian Cox, Martin Henderson, Naomi Watts
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 71%
Release Date – Gore Verbinski
Box Office – $249.3 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
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80. The Lives of Others

Director – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Cast – Ulrich Tukur, Sebastian Koch, Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe
IMDB Rating – 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 9 May 2008
Box Office – $77.3 million
Genre – Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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79. Live Free or Die Hard

Director – Len Wiseman
Cast – Justin Long, Timothy Olyphant, Bruce Willis, Maggie Q, Cliff Curtis
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 82%
Release Date – 22 June 2007
Box Office – $383.5 million
Genre – Action, Thriller
Awards – None
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78. Minority Report

Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Tom Cruise, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, Colin Farrell
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 2 August 2002
Box Office – $358.4 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Mystery
Awards – None
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77. Hot Fuzz

Director – Edgar Wright
Cast – Nick Frost, Simon Pegg
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 14 February 2007
Box Office – $80.7 million
Genre – Action, Comedy, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –

76. Little Miss Sunshine

Director – Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton
Cast – Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano, Toni Collette
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 26 July 2006
Box Office – $100.5 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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75. Monsters Inc.

Director – Pete Docter
Cast – Steve Buscemi, John Goodman, Jennifer Tilly, Billy Crystal, James Coburn
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 2 November 2001
Box Office – $577.4 million
Genre – Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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74. Catch me if You Can

Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Leonardo DiCaprio, Nathalie Baye, Martin Sheen
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 25 December 2002
Box Office – $352.1 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
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73. Ratatouille

Director – Brad Bird
Cast – Peter O’Toole, Patton Oswalt, Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, Brad Garrett, Will Arnett, Lou Romano
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 28 June 2007
Box Office – $620.7 millio
Genre – Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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72. O Brother Where Art Thou?

Director – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast – Michael Badalucco, Charles Durning, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Chris Thomas King, George Clooney
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 77%
Release Date – 30 August 2000
Box Office – $72 million
Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Awards – None
Plot –

71. Pirates of the Caribbean: At the World’s end

Director – Gore Verbinski
Cast – Orlando Bloom, Bill Nighy, Johnny Depp, Chow Yun-Fat, Geoffrey Rush, Stellan Skarsgård, Keira Knightley
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 44%
Release Date – 1 June 2007
Box Office – $963.4 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Awards – None
Plot –

70. Blood Diamond

Director – Edward Zwick
Cast – Jennifer Connelly, Arnold Vosloo, Djimon Hounsou, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Sheen
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 63%
Release Date – 8 December 2006
Box Office – $171.7 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –

69. American Psycho

Director – Mary Harron
Cast – Christian Bale, Josh Lucas, Jared Leto, Bill Sage, Samantha Mathis, Willem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 68%
Release Date – 14 April 2000
Box Office – $34.3 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

68. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Director – David Fincher
Cast – Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Julia Ormond, Taraji P. Henson, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes –
Release Date – 10 December 2008
Box Office – $334 million
Genre – Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Awards – None
Plot –

67. Into the Wild

Director – Sean Penn
Cast – Marcia Gay Harden, Emile Hirsch, Catherine Keener, William Hurt, Brian Dierker, Vince Vaughn, Jena Malone
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 21 September 2007
Box Office – $56,822,960
Genre – Adventure, Biography, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

66. Mystic River

Director – Clint Eastwood
Cast – Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Laurence Fishburne, Laura Linney, Marcia Gay Harden, Kevin Bacon
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 66%
Release Date – 3 October 2003
Box Office – $156.8 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Mystery
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
Plot –

64. The Incredibles

Director – Brad Bird
Cast – Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Vowell, Jason Lee, Elizabeth Peña, Spencer Fox, Samuel L. Jackson
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 5 November 2004
Box Office – $633 million
Genre – Animation, Action, Adventure
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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63. Transformers

Director – Michael Bay
Cast – Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox, Anthony Anderson, Jon Voight, Tyrese Gibson, Rachael Taylor
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 58%
Release Date – 4 August 2007
Box Office – $709.7 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –

62. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Director – Gore Verbinski
Cast – Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgård, Kevin R. McNally, Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 53%
Release Date – 24 June 2006
Box Office – $1.066 billion
Genre – Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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61. Shaun of the Dead

Director – Edgar Wright
Cast – Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Simon Pegg, Penelope Wilton, Bill Nighy
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 29 March 2004
Box Office – $30 million
Genre – Comedy, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –

60. Dawn of the Dead

Director – Zack Snyder
Cast – Jake Weber, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer, Sarah Polley
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 75%
Release Date – 10 March 2004
Box Office – $102.3 million
Genre – Action, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –

59. City of God

Director – Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Cast – Leandro Firmino da Hora, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Alice Braga, Seu Jorge
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 30 August 2002
Box Office – $30.6 million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

58. American Gangster

Director – Ridley Scott
Cast – Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Josh Brolin, Armand Assante, Denzel Washington
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – 19 October 2007
Box Office – $266.5 million
Genre – Biography, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

57. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for make benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Director – Larry Charles
Cast – Ken Davitian, Sacha Baron Cohen
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 3 November 2006
Box Office – $262 million
Genre – Biography, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

56. Superbad

Director – Greg Mottola
Cast – Seth Rogen, Bill Hader, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Emma Stone, Martha MacIsaac
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 26 October 2007
Box Office – $169.9 million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
Plot –

55. Apocalypto

Director – Mel Gibson
Cast – Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernández, Mayra Sérbulo, Raoul Trujillo, Gerardo Taracena, Jonathan Brewer
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 66%
Release Date – 8 December 2006
Box Office – $120.7 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

54. District 9

Director – Neill Blomkamp
Cast – David James, Jason Cope, Mandla Gaduka, Vanessa Haywood, Sharlto Copley, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, Louis Minnaar
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – 11 September 2009
Box Office – $210.8 million[
Genre – Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –

53. Spider-Man

Director – Sam Raimi
Cast – Willem Dafoe, Tobey Maguire, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris, Kirsten Dunst
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – 24 May 2002
Box Office – $821.7 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –

52. Amelie

Director – Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast – Mathieu Kassovitz, Audrey Tautou
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 25 April 2001
Box Office – $174.2 million
Genre – Comedy, Romance
Awards – None
Plot –

50. I am Legend

Director – Francis Lawrence
Cast – Dash Mihok, Alice Braga, Will Smith
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 68%
Release Date – 5 December 2007
Box Office – $585.3 million
Genre – Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –

49. Troy

Director – Wolfgang Petersen
Cast – Brad Pitt, Brian Cox, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Orlando Bloom, Peter O’Toole, Eric Bana
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 54%
Release Date – 9 May 2004
Box Office – $497.4 million
Genre – Drama, History
Awards – None
Plot –

48. Ocean’s Eleven

Director – Steven Soderbergh
Cast – George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy García, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 82%
Release Date – 7 December 2001
Box Office – $450.7 million
Genre – Crime, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –

47. The Bourne Identity

Director – Doug Liman
Cast – Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Brian Cox, Matt Damon
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 6 June 2002
Box Office – $214 million[
Genre – Action, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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46. Snatch

45. Casino Royale

Director – Guy Ritchie
Cast – Benicio del Toro, Brad Pitt, Rade Sherbedgia, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Jason Flemyng, Jason Statham
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 73%
Release Date – 23 August 2000
Box Office – $83.6 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime
Awards – None
Plot –

44. Sherlock Holmes

Director – Guy Ritchie
Cast – Robert Downey Jr., Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Jude Law
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes –
Release Date – 25 December 2009
Box Office – $524 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Crime
Awards – None
Plot –

43. Watchmen

Director – Zack Snyder
Cast – Malin Åkerman, Carla Gugino, Billy Crudup, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes –
Release Date – 6 March 2009
Box Office – $185.3 million
Genre – Action, Drama, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –

42. V For Vendetta

Director – James McTeigue
Cast – John Hurt, Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 72%
Release Date – 23 February 2006
Box Office – $132.5 million
Genre – Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –

41. Requiem for a Dream

Director – Darren Aronofsky
Cast – Jennifer Connelly, Ellen Burstyn, Marlon Wayans, Jared Leto
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – 6 October 2000
Box Office – $7.4 million[
Genre – Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

40. Big Fish

Director – Tim Burton
Cast – Ewan McGregor, Helena Bonham Carter, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Albert Finney, Robert Guillaume
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 75%
Release Date – 26 March 2004
Box Office – $122.9 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Awards – None
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39. Inglorious Basterds

Director – Quentin Tarantino
Cast – Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Mélanie Laurent, Daniel Brühl
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes –
Release Date – 21 August 2009
Box Office – $321.5 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, War
Awards – None
Plot –

38. Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind

Director – Michel Gondry
Cast – Kate Winslet, Jim Carrey, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Wilkinson, Kirsten Dunst
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 19 March 2004
Box Office – $72.3 million
Genre – Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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37. Gran Torino

Director – Clint Eastwood
Cast – Clint Eastwood
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 12 December 2008
Box Office – $270 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – None
Plot –

36. No Country For Old Men

Director – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast – Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 4 November 2007
Box Office – $171.6 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –

35. Donnie Darko

Director – Richard Kelly
Cast – Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, James Duval, Patrick Swayze
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 19 January 2001
Box Office – $7.5 million
Genre – Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Awards – None
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34. Crash

Director – Paul Haggis
Cast – Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Esposito, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Larenz Tate
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 74%
Release Date – 26 April 2005
Box Office – $98.4 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
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33. Shrek

Director – Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
Cast – Mike Myers, John Lithgow, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 22 April 2001
Box Office – $484.4 million
Genre – Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – None
Plot –

32. Taken

Director – Pierre Morel
Cast – Liam Neeson, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, Maggie Grace, Katie Cassidy, David Warshofsky, Holly Valance
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 58%
Release Date – 27 February 2008
Box Office – $226.8 million
Genre – Action, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –

31. Up

Director – Pete Docter
Cast – Jordan Nagai, Pete Docter, Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 11 September 2009
Box Office – $735.1 million
Genre – Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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30. The Pianist

Director – Roman Polanski
Cast – Frank Finlay, Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox, Michał Żebrowski, Maureen Lipman, Thomas Kretschmann
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 6 September 2002
Box Office – $120.1 million
Genre – Biography, Drama, Music
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
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29. Million Dollar Baby

Director – Clint Eastwood
Cast – Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Hilary Swank
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 15 December 2004
Box Office – $216.8 million
Genre – Drama, Sport
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
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28. Pan’s Labyrinth

Director – Guillermo del Toro
Cast – Sergi López, Doug Jones, Ivana Baquero, Álex Angulo, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes –
Release Date – 11 October 2006
Box Office – $83.3 million
Genre – Drama, Fantasy, War
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
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27. X-Men

Director – Bryan Singer
Cast – Hugh Jackman, James Marsden, Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 13 July 2000
Box Office – $296.3 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –

26. There will Be Blood

Director – Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast – Kevin J. O’Connor, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ciarán Hinds, Paul Dano
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 10 December 2007
Box Office – $76.2 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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25. The Bourne Ultimatum

Director – Paul Greengrass
Cast – David Strathairn, Matt Damon, Édgar Ramírez, Julia Stiles, Paddy Considine, Scott Glenn
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 25 July 2007
Box Office – $442.8 million
Genre – Action, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
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24. Batman Begins

Director – Christopher Nolan
Cast – Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Cillian Murphy, Katie Holmes, Christian Bale, Gary Oldman
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – May 31, 2005
Box Office – $375.2 million
Genre – Action, Adventure
Awards – None
Plot –

23. The Prestige

Director – Christopher Nolan
Cast – Michael Caine, Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Hall, Christian Bale, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 76%
Release Date – 17 October 2006
Box Office – $109.7 million
Genre – Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
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22. Slumdog Millionaire

Director – Danny Boyle
Cast – Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan, Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Madhur Mittal
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes –91%
Release Date – 30 August 2008
Box Office – $377.89 million
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – Won 8 Oscars
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21. The Notebook

Director – Nick Cassavetes
Cast – James Garner, Ryan Gosling, Sam Shepard, Rachel McAdams, Gena Rowlands
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 53%
Release Date – 25 June 2004
Box Office – $115.6 million
Genre – Drama, Romance
Awards – None
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20. Sin City

Director – Quentin Tarantino, Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Cast – Benicio del Toro, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 77%
Release Date – 1 April 2005
Box Office – $158.8 million
Genre – Crime, Thriller
Awards – None
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19. Ironman

Director – Jon Favreau
Cast – Terrence Howard, Shaun Toub, Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – April 14, 2008
Box Office – $585.2 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
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18. Spirited Away

Director – Hayao Miyazaki, Kirk Wise
Cast – Mari Natsuki, Rumi Hiiragi, Tsunehiko Kamijō, Miyu Irino, Takeshi Naito, Bunta Sugawara, Yasuko Sawaguchi
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 20 July 2001
Box Office – $365 million
Genre – Animation, Adventure, Family
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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17. Finding Nemo

Director – Andrew Stanton
Cast – Ellen DeGeneres, Willem Dafoe, Albert Brooks, Alexander Gould
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 99%
Release Date – 30 May 2003
Box Office – $940.3 million
Genre – Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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16. The Hangover

Director – Todd Phillips
Cast – Heather Graham, Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Ed Helms
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 78%
Release Date – May 30, 2009
Box Office – $467.5 million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
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15. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Director – Peter Jackson
Cast – Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett, Elijah Wood, Bernard Hill, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin,
John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, David Wenham, Billy Boyd
IMDB Rating – 8.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 5 December 2002
Box Office – $926 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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14. The Departed

Director – Martin Scorsese
Cast – Martin Sheen, Leonardo DiCaprio, Anthony Anderson, Matt Damon, Ray Winstone, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 26 September 2006
Box Office – $291.5 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
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13. Kill Bill: Volume 2

Director – Quentin Tarantino
Cast – Michael Madsen, David Carradine, Uma Thurman, Gordon Liu, Daryl Hannah
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – April 8, 2004
Box Office – $152.2 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Thriller
Awards – None
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12. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Director – Peter Jackson
Cast – Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies, Elijah Wood, Liv Tyler, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, John Noble
IMDB Rating – 8.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 1 December 2003
Box Office – $1.120 billion
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Awards – Won 11 Oscars
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11. Wall-E

Director – Andrew Stanton
Cast – Elissa Knight, Fred Willard, Kathy Najimy, Ben Burtt, Jeff Garlin, John Ratzenberger
IMDB Rating – 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 21 June 2008
Box Office – $533.3 million
Genre – Animation, Adventure, Family
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Director – Chris Columbus
Cast – Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Richard Griffiths, Daniel Radcliffe, John Cleese, Fiona Shaw, Robbie Coltrane, John Cleese
IMDB Rating – 76.
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 4 November 2001
Box Office – $975.1 million
Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
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9. Avatar

Director – James Cameron
Cast – Stephen Lang, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana, Michelle Rodriguez
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 82%
Release Date – December 10, 2009
Box Office – $2.79 billion
Genre – Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
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8. 300

Director – Zack Snyder
Cast –
David Wenham, Gerard Butler, Dominic West, Lena Headey
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 60%
Release Date – 9 March 2007
Box Office – $456.1 million
Genre – Action, Drama, Fantasy
Awards – None
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7. A Beautiful Mind

Director – Ron Howard
Cast – Ed Harris, Paul Bettany, Judd Hirsch, Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly Adam Goldberg, Josh Lucas
IMDB Rating – 8.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 74%
Release Date – 13 December 2001
Box Office – $313 million
Genre – Biography, Drama
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
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6. Memento

Director – Christopher Nolan
Cast – Joe Pantoliano, Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss
IMDB Rating – 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 5 September 2000
Box Office – $39.7 million
Genre – Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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5. Gladiator

Director – Ridley Scott
Cast – Oliver Reed, Russell Crowe, Djimon Hounsou, Connie Nielsen, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 75%
Release Date – May 1, 2000
Box Office – $460.5 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Drama
Awards – Won 5 Oscars
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4. Kill Bill: Volume 1

Director – Quentin Tarantino
Cast – Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox, Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, David Carradine, Chiaki Kuriyama, Sonny Chiba, Michael Parks
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 10 October 2003
Box Office – $180.9 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Thriller
Awards – None
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3. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Director – Gore Verbinski
Cast – Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp, Jonathan Pryce, Geoffrey Rush, Keira Knightley
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – June 28, 2003
Box Office – $654.3 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Awards – None
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2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the ring

Director – Peter Jackson
Cast – Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Cate Blanchett, Billy Boyd, Elijah Wood, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies, Sean Bean, Orlando Bloom, Ian Holm
IMDB Rating – 8.8
Rotten Tomatoes –91%
Release Date – 10 December 2001
Box Office – $871.5 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
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1. The Dark Knight

Director – Christopher Nolan
Cast – Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart, Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman
IMDB Rating – 9
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – July 14, 2008
Box Office – $1.005 billion
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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This was our list of 100 most popular film of the 2000s decade. Which one among them was your favorite? Did we over rated any 00s movies or did we missed any film from the 2000s decade? If yes, then do let us know in comments.