The Greatest Movies of the New Millennium

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Ranked #474 in Movies & TV, #11,086 overall

Note: this site is still under construction. An editorial is still on the way.

Criteria:

1) Must have been released on or after January 1, 2000.

2) Must have been nominated for at least one Academy Award*.

3) At least a 60% approval from the critics on Rotten Tomatoes. (A "fresh" rating.)

4) At least a score of 61 on Metacritic. (A score in the green.)

*For fairly obvious reasons, the following Academy Awards do not count toward eligibility: Best Documentary, Best Short Subject Documentary, Best Original Song, Best Animated Short Film, and Best Live Action Short Film.

Obviously, cross-referencing criteria #2 with criteria #3 and #4 creates a limited number of eligible films (the limitations provided by criteria #1 is a given). If you are interested in seeing the list of eligible films, go to the bottom of the page, where you'll find the candidates sorted alphabetically by year. You may be surprised at the number of eligible movies, as 187 films released from 2000-2006 are eligible. If you need ideas of movies to rent I would advise checking over the list.

The List 

  1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  2. Gladiator (2000)
  3. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
  4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  5. City of God (2003)
  6. The Pianist (2002)
  7. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
  8. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
  9. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
  10. Shrek (2001)
  11. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  12. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
  13. Munich (2005)
  14. Downfall (2004)
  15. The Prestige (2006)
  16. Traffic (2000)
  17. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
  18. Children of Men (2006)
  19. The Departed (2006)
  20. No Country for Old Men (2007)
  21. Road to Perdition (2002)
  22. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  23. United 93 (2006)
  24. The Incredibles (2004)
  25. Almost Famous (2000)
  26. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
  27. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
  28. Memento (2001)
  29. Milk (2008)
  30. Eastern Promises (2007)
  31. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
  32. Borat (2006)
  33. Finding Nemo (2003)
  34. Black Hawk Down (2001)
  35. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
  36. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
  37. There Will Be Blood (2007)
  38. The Dark Knight (2008)
  39. Erin Brockovich (2000)
  40. Ray (2004)
  41. Finding Neverland (2004)
  42. Frost/Nixon (2008)
  43. Capote (2005)
  44. American Gangster (2007)
  45. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  46. Batman Begins (2005)
  47. Into the Wild (2007)
  48. Hero (2002)
  49. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
  50. Y Tu Mama Tambien (2002)
  51. Walk the Line (2005)
  52. WALL·E (2008)
  53. Mystic River (2003)
  54. Minority Report (2002)
  55. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
  56. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  57. Cast Away (2000)
  58. Ratatouille (2007)
  59. Frozen River (2008)
  60. Seabiscuit (2003)
  61. Atonement (2007)
  62. The Counterfeiters (2007)
  63. The Wrestler (2008)
  64. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
  65. The Lives of Others (2006)
  66. Chicago (2002)
  67. The Queen (2006)
  68. Lost in Translation (2003)
  69. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
  70. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
  71. The Constant Gardener (2005)
  72. Michael Clayton (2007)
  73. Sideways (2004)
  74. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
  75. Amelie (2001)
  76. Amores perros (2000)
  77. The Aviator (2004)
  78. Cinderella Man (2005)
  79. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
  80. Spider-Man (2002)
  81. Closer (2004)
  82. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
  83. Juno (2007)
  84. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
  85. Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
  86. Gangs of New York (2002)
  87. Collateral (2004)
  88. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
  89. Talk to Her (2002)
  90. Mongol (2007)
  91. Blood Diamond (2006)
  92. Babel (2006)
  93. King Kong (2005)
  94. Chocolat (2000)
  95. Iron Man (2008)
  96. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
  97. The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
  98. The Illusionist (2006)
  99. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
  100. Training Day (2001)

Honorable Mentions 

Every year many good movies are inevitably snubbed by the Academy, so I wish to honor those movies now. They still meet the Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic requirements and would be eligible to make the list if they had just been nominated for an Oscar. Also included are movies that meet all the requirements (including the necessary Oscar nomination) but are not good enough to be in the top 100.
  • 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
  • Amazing Grace (2007)
  • Apocalypto (2006)
  • The Bank Job (2008)
  • Bolt (2008)
  • The Bourne Identity (2002)
  • The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
  • Breach (2007)
  • Burn After Reading (2008)
  • Casino Royale (2006)
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
  • The Class (2008)
  • Cold Mountain (2003)
  • Dan in Real Life (2007)
  • Dirty Pretty Things (2003)
  • Dreamgirls (2006)
  • Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
  • Gomorrah (2008)
  • Gran Torino (2008)
  • Hairspray (2007)
  • Happy Feet (2006)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
  • Hellboy (2004)
  • A History of Violence (2005)
  • In Bruges (2008)
  • Infernal Affairs (2002)
  • Inside Man (2006)
  • Insomnia (2002)
  • Jarhead (2005)
  • The Last King of Scotland (2006)
  • The Lookout (2007)
  • The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
  • Meet the Parents (2000)
  • Ocean's Eleven (2001)
  • Once (2007)
  • Pineapple Express (2008)
  • Rescue Dawn (2007)
  • The Savages (2007)
  • Shrek 2 (2004)
  • The Simpsons Movie (2007)
  • Sin City (2005)
  • Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
  • Space Cowboys (2000)
  • Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
  • Superman Returns (2006)
  • Syriana (2005)
  • Thank You for Smoking (2006)
  • V for Vendetta (2006)
  • The Visitor (2008)
  • Wedding Crashers (2005)
  • Zodiac (2007)

#1: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 

U.S. Release Date: December 17, 2003

Directed by Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $1.118 billion
Production Budget: $94 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: 94

11 Academy Award Nominations (11 wins):
Won: Best Picture
Won: Best Director
Won: Best Adapted Screenplay
Won: Best Art Direction
Won: Best Costume Design
Won: Best Film Editing
Won: Best Makeup
Won: Best Original Score
Won: Best Original Song - "Into The West"
Won: Best Sound Mixing
Won: Best Visual Effects

#2: Gladiator 

U.S. Release Date: May 5, 2000

Directed by Ridley Scott
Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $457 million
Production Budget: $103 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 78%
Metacritic: 64

12 Academy Award Nominations (5 wins):
Won: Best Picture
Won: Best Actor - Russell Crowe
Won: Best Costume Design
Won: Best Sound Mixing
Won: Best Visual Effects
Best Director
Best Supporting Actor - Joaquin Phoenix
Best Original Screenplay
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Original Score

#3: Million Dollar Baby 

U.S. Release Date: December 15, 2004

Directed by Clint Eastwood
Starring: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $216 million
Production Budget: $30 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Metacritic: 86

7 Academy Award Nominations (4 wins):
Won: Best Picture
Won: Best Director
Won: Best Actress - Hilary Swank
Won: Best Supporting Actor - Morgan Freeman
Best Actor - Clint Eastwood
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Film Editing

#4: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 

U.S. Release Date: December 19, 2001

Directed by Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian McKellen

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $871 million
Production Budget: $93 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 92

13 Academy Award Nominations (4 wins):
Won: Best Cinematography
Won: Best Makeup
Won: Best Original Score
Won: Best Visual Effects
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Supporting Actor - Ian McKellen
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Original Song - "May It Be"
Best Sound Mixing

#5: Cidade de Deus (City of God) 

U.S. Release Date: January 17, 2003

Directed by Fernando Meirelles
Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmina

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $27 million
Production Budget: $3.3 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Metacritic: 79

4 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing

#6: The Pianist 

U.S. Release Date: December 25, 2002

Directed by Roman Polanski
Starring: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $120 million
Production Budget: $35 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Metacritic: 85

7 Academy Award Nominations (3 wins):
Won: Best Director
Won: Best Actor - Adrien Brody
Won: Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Picture
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing

#7: Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) 

U.S. Release Date: December 8, 2000

Directed by Ang Lee
Starring: Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $213 million
Production Budget: $17 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
Metacritic: 93

10 Academy Award Nominations (4 wins):
Won: Best Foreign Language Film - Taiwan
Won: Best Art Direction
Won: Best Cinematography
Won: Best Original Score
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Original Song - "A Love Before Time"

#8: El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) 

U.S. Release Date: December 29, 2006

Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Sergi Lopez

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $83 million
Production Budget: $19 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Metacritic: 98

6 Academy Award Nominations (3 wins):
Won: Best Art Direction
Won: Best Cinematography
Won: Best Makeup
Best Foreign Language Film - Mexico
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Score

#9: Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (The Baader Meinhof Complex) 

U.S. Release Date: August 21, 2009

Directed by Uli Edel
Starring: Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck, Johanna Wokalek

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $476,270
Production Budget: N/A

Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
Metacritic: 76

1 Academy Award Nomination:
Best Foreign Language Film - Germany

#10: Shrek 

U.S. Release Date: May 16, 2001

Directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson
Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $484 million
Production Budget: $60 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 89%
Metacritic: 84

2 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Animated Feature
Best Adapted Screenplay

#11: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 

U.S. Release Date: December 18, 2002

Directed by Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $926 million
Production Budget: $93 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
Metacritic: 88

6 Academy Award Nominations (2 wins):
Won: Best Sound Editing
Won: Best Visual Effects
Best Picture
Best Art Direction
Best Film Editing
Best Sound Mixing

#12: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 

U.S. Release Date: December 21, 2007

Directed by Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $152 million
Production Budget: $50 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 87%
Metacritic: 82

3 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Art Direction
Best Actor - Johnny Depp
Best Costume Design

#13: Munich 

U.S. Release Date: December 23, 2005

Directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Geoffrey Rush

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $127 million
Production Budget: $70 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
Metacritic: 74

5 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Film Editing
Best Original Score

#14: Der Untergang (Downfall) 

U.S. Release Date: February 18, 2005

Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $92 million
Production Budget: N/A

Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Metacritic: 82

1 Academy Award Nomination:
Best Foreign Language Film - Germany

#15: The Prestige 

U.S. Release Date: October 20, 2006

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $109 million
Production Budget: $40 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 75%
Metacritic: 66

2 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography

#16: Traffic 

U.S. Release Date: December 27, 2000

Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $207 million
Production Budget: $48 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 86

5 Academy Award Nominations (4 wins):
Won: Best Director
Won: Best Supporting Actor - Benicio Del Toro
Won: Best Adapted Screenplay
Won: Best Film Editing
Best Picture

#17: A Beautiful Mind 

U.S. Release Date: December 21, 2001

Directed by Ron Howard
Starring: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $313 million
Production Budget: $58 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 77%
Metacritic: 72

8 Academy Award Nominations (4 wins):
Won: Best Picture
Won: Best Director
Won: Best Supporting Actress - Jennifer Connelly
Won: Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Actor - Russell Crowe
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup
Best Original Score

#18: Children of Men 

U.S. Release Date: December 25, 2006

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Starring: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $69 million
Production Budget: $76 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Metacritic: 84

3 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing

#19: The Departed 

U.S. Release Date: October 6, 2006

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $289 million
Production Budget: $90 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 86

5 Academy Award Nominations (4 wins):
Won: Best Picture
Won: Best Director
Won: Best Adapted Screenplay
Won: Best Film Editing
Best Supporting Actor - Mark Wahlberg

#20: No Country for Old Men 

U.S. Release Date: November 9, 2007

Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Starring: Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $162 million
Production Budget: $25 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Metacritic: 90

8 Academy Award Nominations (4 wins):
Won: Best Picture
Won: Best Director
Won: Best Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem
Won: Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing

#21: Road to Perdition 

U.S. Release Date: July 12, 2002

Directed by Sam Mendes
Starring: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $181 million
Production Budget: $80 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 82%
Metacritic: 72

6 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Cinematography
Best Supporting Actor - Paul Newman
Best Art Direction
Best Original Score
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing

#22: Requiem for a Dream 

U.S. Release Date: October 6, 2000

Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $7 million
Production Budget: $4.5 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 78%
Metacritic: 68

1 Academy Award Nomination:
Best Actress - Ellen Burstyn

#23: United 93 

U.S. Release Date: April 28, 2006

Directed by Paul Greengrass
Starring: N/A

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $76 million
Production Budget: $15 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Metacritic: 90

2 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Director
Best Film Editing

#24: The Incredibles 

U.S. Release Date: November 5, 2004

Directed by Brad Bird
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $631 million
Production Budget: $92 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
Metacritic: 90

4 Academy Award Nominations (2 wins):
Won: Best Animated Feature
Won: Best Sound Editing
Best Original Screenplay
Best Sound Mixing

#25: Almost Famous 

U.S. Release Date: September 15, 2000

Directed by Cameron Crowe
Starring: Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Patrick Fugit

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $47 million
Production Budget: $60 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
Metacritic: 90

4 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Original Screenplay
Best Supporting Actress - Kate Hudson
Best Supporting Actress - Frances McDormand
Best Film Editing

#26: Vals Im Bashir (Waltz with Bashir) 

U.S. Release Date: December 25, 2008

Directed by Ari Folman
Starring: Ari Folman, Serge Lalou

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $11 million
Production Budget: $1.5 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
Metacritic: 91

1 Academy Award Nomination:
Best Foreign Language Film - Israel

#27: Letters from Iwo Jima 

U.S. Release Date: December 20, 2006

Directed by Clint Eastwood
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $68 million
Production Budget: $19 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Metacritic: 89

4 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Sound Editing
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay

#28: Memento 

U.S. Release Date: March 16, 2001

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $39 million
Production Budget: $9 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: 80

2 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Original Screenplay
Best Film Editing

#29: Milk 

U.S. Release Date: November 26, 2008

Directed by Gus Van Sant
Starring: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $54 million
Production Budget: $20 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: 84

8 Academy Award Nominations:
Won: Best Actor - Sean Penn
Won: Best Original Screenplay
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Supporting Actor - Josh Brolin
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Original Score

#30: Eastern Promises 

U.S. Release Date: September 14, 2007

Directed by David Cronenberg
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $54 million
Production Budget: N/A

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
Metacritic: 82

1 Academy Award Nomination:
Best Actor - Viggo Mortensen

#31: Good Night, and Good Luck. 

U.S. Release Date: October 7, 2005

Directed by George Clooney
Starring: David Strathairn, George Clooney

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $51 million
Production Budget: $7 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: 80

6 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor - David Strathairn
Best Original Screenplay
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography

#32: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 

U.S. Release Date: November 3, 2006

Directed by Larry Charles
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $261 million
Production Budget: $18 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Metacritic: 89

1 Academy Award Nomination:
Best Adapted Screenplay

#33: Finding Nemo 

U.S. Release Date: May 30, 2003

Directed by Andrew Stanton
Starring: Albert Brooks, Ellen Degeneres, Willem Dafoe

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $864 million
Production Budget: $94 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 98%
Metacritic: 89

4 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Animated Feature
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Score
Best Sound Editing

#34: Black Hawk Down 

U.S. Release Date: December 28, 2001

Directed by Ridley Scott
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $172 million
Production Budget: $92 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
Metacritic: 74

4 Academy Award Nominations (2 wins):
Won: Best Film Editing
Won: Best Sound Mixing
Best Director
Best Cinematography

#35: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 

U.S. Release Date: November 14, 2003

Directed by Peter Weir
Starring: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $210 million
Production Budget: $150 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
Metacritic: 81

10 Academy Award Nominations (2 wins):
Won: Best Cinematography
Won: Best Sound Editing
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup
Best Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects

#36: Little Miss Sunshine 

U.S. Release Date: July 26, 2006

Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Ferris
Starring: Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Alan Arkin

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $100 million
Production Budget: $8 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Metacritic: 80

4 Academy Award Nominations (2 wins):
Won: Best Supporting Actor - Alan Arkin
Won: Best Original Screenplay
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actress - Abigail Breslin

#37: There Will Be Blood 

U.S. Release Date: December 26, 2007

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $76 million
Production Budget: $25 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
Metacritic: 92

8 Academy Award Nominations (2 wins):
Won: Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis
Won: Best Cinematography
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Art Direction
Best Film Editing
Best Sound Editing

#38: The Dark Knight 

U.S. Release Date: July 18, 2008

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $1.001 billion
Production Budget: $185 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: 82

8 Academy Award Nominations (2 wins):
Won: Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger
Won: Best Sound Editing
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup
Best Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects

#39: Erin Brockovich 

U.S. Release Date: March 17, 2000

Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $256 million
Production Budget: $52 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
Metacritic: 73

5 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Actress - Julia Roberts
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Supporting Actor - Albert Finney
Best Original Screenplay

#40: Ray 

U.S. Release Date: October 29, 2004

Directed by Taylor Hackford
Starring: Jamie Foxx

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $123 million
Production Budget: $40 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 81%
Metacritic: 73

6 Academy Award Nominations (2 wins):
Won: Best Actor - Jamie Foxx
Won: Best Sound Mixing
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing

#41: Finding Neverland 

U.S. Release Date: November 12, 2004

Directed by Marc Forster
Starring: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $116 million
Production Budget: $25 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
Metacritic: 67

7 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Original Score
Best Picture
Best Actor - Johnny Depp
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing

#42: Capote 

U.S. Release Date: September 30, 2005

Directed by Bennett Miller
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $49 million
Production Budget: $7 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Metacritic: 88

5 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Supporting Actress - Catherine Keener
Best Adapted Screenplay

#43: Frost/Nixon 

U.S. Release Date: December 5, 2008

Directed by Ron Howard
Starring: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $27 million
Production Budget: $25 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Metacritic: 80

5 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor - Frank Langella
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Film Editing

#44: American Gangster 

U.S. Release Date: November 2, 2007

Directed by Ridley Scott
Starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $265 million
Production Budget: $100 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 79%
Metacritic: 76

2 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Supporting Actress - Ruby Dee
Best Art Direction

#45: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 

U.S. Release Date: March 19, 2004

Directed by Michel Gondry
Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $72 million
Production Budget: $20 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 89

2 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Original Screenplay
Best Actress - Kate Winslet

#46: Batman Begins 

U.S. Release Date: June 15, 2005

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $371 million
Production Budget: $150 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
Metacritic: 70

1 Academy Award Nomination:
Best Cinematography

#47: Into the Wild 

U.S. Release Date: September 21, 2007

Directed by Sean Penn
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Catherine Keener, Hal Holbrook

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $56 million
Production Budget: $15 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 83%
Metacritic: 73

2 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Supporting Actor - Hal Holbrook
Best Film Editing

#48: Ying xiong (Hero) 

U.S. Release Date: August 27, 2004

Directed by Zhang Yimou
Starring: Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $177 million
Production Budget: $31 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: 84

1 Academy Award Nomination:
Best Foreign Language Film - China

#49: Hotel Rwanda 

U.S. Release Date: December 22, 2004

Directed by Terry George
Starring: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $33 million
Production Budget: $17.5 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Metacritic: 79

3 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Actor - Don Cheadle
Best Supporting Actress - Sophie Okonedo
Best Original Screenplay

#50: Y tu mamá también 

U.S. Release Date: March 15, 2002

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Starring: Maribel Verdu, Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $33 million
Production Budget: $5 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Metacritic: 88

1 Academy Award Nomination:
Best Original Screenplay

#51: Walk the Line 

U.S. Release Date: November 18, 2005

Directed by James Mangold
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $186 million
Production Budget: $28 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 83%
Metacritic: 72

5 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Actress - Reese Witherspoon
Best Actor - Joaquin Phoenix
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Sound Mixing

#52: WALL·E 

U.S. Release Date: June 27, 2008

Directed by Andrew Stanton
Starring: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $521 million
Production Budget: $180 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
Metacritic: 93

6 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Animated Feature
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Score
Best Original Song - "Down to Earth"
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing

#53: Mystic River 

U.S. Release Date: October 8, 2003

Directed by Clint Eastwood
Starring: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Marcia Gay Harden

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $156 million
Production Budget: $25 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
Metacritic: 84

6 Academy Award Nominations (2 wins):
Won: Best Actor - Sean Penn
Won: Best Supporting Actor - Tim Robbins
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Supporting Actress - Marcia Gay Harden
Best Adapted Screenplay

#54: Minority Report 

U.S. Release Date: June 21, 2002

Directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $358 million
Production Budget: $102 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Metacritic: 80

1 Academy Award Nomination:
Best Sound Editing

#55: Slumdog Millionaire 

U.S. Release Date: November 12, 2008

Directed by Danny Boyle
Starring: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $377 million
Production Budget: $15 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Metacritic: 86

10 Academy Award Nominations (8 wins):
Won: Best Picture
Won: Best Director
Won: Best Adapted Screenplay
Won: Best Cinematography
Won: Best Film Editing
Won: Best Original Score
Won: Best Original Song - "Jai Ho"
Won: Best Sound Mixing
Best Original Song - "O Saya"
Best Sound Editing

#56: Spider-Man 2 

U.S. Release Date: June 30, 2004

Directed by Sam Raimi
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $783 million
Production Budget: $200 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 83

3 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Visual Effects
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing

#57: Cast Away 

U.S. Release Date: December 22, 2000

Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $429 million
Production Budget: $90 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 87%
Metacritic: 73

2 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Actor - Tom Hanks
Best Sound Mixing

#58: Ratatouille 

U.S. Release Date: June 29, 2007

Directed by Brad Bird
Starring: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $621 million
Production Budget: $150 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
Metacritic: 96

5 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Animated Feature
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Score
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing

#59: Frozen River 

U.S. Release Date: August 1, 2008

Directed by Courtney Hunt
Starring: Melissa Leo, Misty Upham

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $5 million
Production Budget: $1 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
Metacritic: 82

2 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Actress - Melissa Leo
Best Original Screenplay

#60: Seabiscuit 

U.S. Release Date: July 25, 2003

Directed by Gary Ross
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $148 million
Production Budget: $87 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 78%
Metacritic: 72

7 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Sound Mixing

#61: Atonement 

U.S. Release Date: December 7, 2007

Directed by Joe Wright
Starring: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $127 million
Production Budget: $30 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
Metacritic: 85

7 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Original Score
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actress - Saoirse Ronan
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design

#62: Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters) 

U.S. Release Date: February 22, 2008

Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky
Starring: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $18 million
Production Budget: N/A

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: 78

1 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Foreign Language Film - Austria

#63: The Wrestler 

U.S. Release Date: December 17, 2003

Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $44 million
Production Budget: $6 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 98%
Metacritic: 81

2 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Actor - Mickey Rourke
Best Supporting Actress - Marisa Tomei

#64: Gone Baby Gone 

U.S. Release Date: October 19, 2007

Directed by Ben Affleck
Starring: Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $30 million
Production Budget: $19 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 72

1 Academy Award Nomination:
Best Supporting Actress - Amy Ryan

#65: Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) 

U.S. Release Date: February 9, 2007

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Starring: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $75 million
Production Budget: $2 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: 89

1 Academy Award Nomination (1 win):
Won: Best Foreign Language Film - Germany

#66: Chicago 

U.S. Release Date: December 27, 2002

Directed by Rob Marshall
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $306 million
Production Budget: $45 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
Metacritic: 82

13 Academy Award Nominations (6 wins):
Won: Best Picture
Won: Best Supporting Actress - Catherine Zeta-Jones
Won: Best Art Direction
Won: Best Costume Design
Won: Best Film Editing
Won: Best Sound Mixing
Best Director
Best Actress - Renee Zellweger
Best Supporting Actor - John C. Reilly
Best Supporting Actress - Queen Latifah
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Original Song - "I Move On"

#67: The Queen 

U.S. Release Date: September 30, 2006

Directed by Stephen Frears
Starring: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $122 million
Production Budget: N/A

Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
Metacritic: 91

6 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Actress - Helen Mirren
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Best Costume Design
Best Original Score

#68: Lost in Translation 

U.S. Release Date: September 12, 2003

Directed by Sofia Coppola
Starring: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $119 million
Production Budget: $4 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Metacritic: 89

4 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Original Screenplay
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor - Bill Murray

#69: Catch Me If You Can 

U.S. Release Date: December 25, 2002

Directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $351 million
Production Budget: $52 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
Metacritic: 76

2 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Supporting Actor - Christopher Walken
Best Original Score

#70: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 

U.S. Release Date: June 4, 2004

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $795 million
Production Budget: $130 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 89%
Metacritic: 81

2 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Original Score
Best Visual Effects

#71: The Constant Gardener 

U.S. Release Date: August 31, 2005

Directed by Fernando Meirelles
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $82 million
Production Budget: $25 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 83%
Metacritic: 82

4 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Supporting Actress - Rachel Weisz
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Film Editing
Best Original Score

#72: Michael Clayton 

U.S. Release Date: October 5, 2007

Directed by Tony Gilroy
Starring: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $92 million
Production Budget: $25 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
Metacritic: 82

7 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Supporting Actress - Tilda Swinton
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor - George Clooney
Best Supporting Actor - Tom Wilkinson
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Score

#73: Sideways 

U.S. Release Date: October 22, 2004

Directed by Alexander Payne
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $109 million
Production Budget: $16 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
Metacritic: 94

5 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Supporting Actor - Thomas Haden Church
Best Supporting Actress - Virginia Madsen

#74: The Bourne Ultimatum 

U.S. Release Date: August 3, 2007

Directed by Paul Greengrass
Starring: Matt Damon, Joan Allen, David Strathairn

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $442 million
Production Budget: $110 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 85

3 Academy Award Nominations (3 wins):
Won: Best Film Editing
Won: Best Sound Editing
Won: Best Sound Mixing

#75: Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie) 

U.S. Release Date: November 2, 2001

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $173 million
Production Budget: $10 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
Metacritic: N/A

5 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Foreign Language Film - France
Best Original Screenplay
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Sound Mixing

#76: Amores perros 

U.S. Release Date: March 30, 2001

Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Starring: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $20 million
Production Budget: $2 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 83

1 Academy Award Nomination:
Best Foreign Language Film - Mexico

#77: The Aviator 

U.S. Release Date: December 17, 2004

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Alan Alda

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $213 million
Production Budget: $110 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 89%
Metacritic: 77

11 Academy Award Nominations (5 wins):
Won: Best Supporting Actress - Cate Blanchett
Won: Best Art Direction
Won: Best Cinematography
Won: Best Costume Design
Won: Best Film Editing
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Supporting Actor - Alan Alda
Best Original Screenplay
Best Sound Mixing

#78: Cinderella Man 

U.S. Release Date: June 3, 2005

Directed by Ron Howard
Starring: Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $108 million
Production Budget: $88 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
Metacritic: 69

3 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Supporting Actor - Paul Giamatti
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup

#79: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 

U.S. Release Dates: December 25, 2008

Directed by David Fincher
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $332 million
Production Budget: $150 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 72%
Metacritic: 69

13 Academy Award Nominations (3 wins):
Won: Best Art Direction
Won: Best Makeup
Won: Best Visual Effects
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor - Brad Pitt
Best Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Original Score
Best Sound Mixing

#80: Spider-Man 

U.S. Release Date: May 3, 2002

Directed by Sam Raimi
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $821 million
Production Budget: $139 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
Metacritic: 73

2 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects

#81: Closer 

U.S. Release Date: December 3, 2004

Directed by Mike Nichols
Starring: Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Natalie Portman

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $115 million
Production Budget: $27 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 68%
Metacritic: 65

2 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Supporting Actor - Clive Owen
Best Supporting Actress - Natalie Portman

#82: Diarios de motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diaries) 

U.S. Release Date: September 24, 2004

Directed by Walter Salles
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $57 million
Production Budget: N/A

Rotten Tomatoes: 82%
Metacritic: 75

2 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Original Song - "Al Otro Lado Del Rio"
Best Adapted Screenplay

#83: Juno 

U.S. Release Date: December 5, 2007

Directed by Jason Reitman
Starring: Ellen Page, Michael Cera

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $231 million
Production Budget: $7.5 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 81

4 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Original Screenplay
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actress - Ellen Page

#84: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 

U.S. Release Date: July 9, 2003

Directed by Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $654 million
Production Budget: $140 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 79%
Metacritic: 64

5 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Actor - Johnny Depp
Best Makeup
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects

#85: Charlie Wilson's War 

U.S. Release Date: December 21, 2007

Directed by Mike Nichols
Starring: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $118 million
Production Budget: $75 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 82%
Metacritic: 69

1 Academy Award Nomination:
Best Supporting Actor - Phillip Seymour Hoffman

#86: Gangs of New York 

U.S. Release Date: December 20, 2002

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $193 million
Production Budget: $100 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 77%
Metacritic: 72

10 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Original Screenplay
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Original Song - "The Hands That Built America"

#87: Collateral 

U.S. Release Date: August 6, 2004

Directed by Michael Mann
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $217 million
Production Budget: $65 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
Metacritic: 71

2 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Supporting Actor - Jamie Foxx
Best Film Editing

#88: Le Scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) 

U.S. Release Date: November 30, 2007

Directed by Julian Schnabel
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $18 million
Production Budget: N/A

Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: 92

4 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing

#89: Hable con ella (Talk to Her) 

U.S. Release Date: November 22, 2002

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $51 million
Production Budget: N/A

Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Metacritic: 86

2 Academy Award Nominations: (1 win)
Won: Best Original Screenplay
Best Director

#90: Mongol 

U.S. Release Date: June 6, 2008

Directed by Sergei Bodrov
Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Sun Honglei

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $26 million
Production Budget: $18 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 87%
Metacritic: 74

1 Academy Award Nomination:
Best Foreign Language Film - Kazakhstan

#91: Blood Diamond 

U.S. Release Date: December 8, 2006

Directed by Edward Zwick
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $171 million
Production Budget: $100 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 63%
Metacritic: 63

5 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Supporting Actor - Djimon Hounsou
Best Film Editing
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing

#92: Babel 

U.S. Release Date: October 27, 2006

Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Rinko Kikuchi

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $135 million
Production Budget: $25 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 68%
Metacritic: 69

7 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Original Score
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Supporting Actress - Adrianna Barraza
Best Supporting Actress - Rinko Kikuchi
Best Original Screenplay
Best Film Editing

#93: King Kong 

U.S. Release Date: December 14, 2005

Directed by Peter Jackson
Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $549 million
Production Budget: $207 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
Metacritic: 81

4 Academy Award Nominations (3 wins):
Won: Best Sound Editing
Won: Best Sound Mixing
Won: Best Visual Effects
Best Art Direction

#94: Chocolat 

U.S. Release Date: December 15, 2000

Directed by Lasse Hallström
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $152 million
Production Budget: $25 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 62%
Metacritic: 64

5 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Actress - Juliette Binoche
Best Supporting Actress - Judi Dench
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Score

#95: Iron Man 

U.S. Release Date: May 2, 2008

Directed by Jon Favreau
Starring: Robert Downey, Jr., Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $585 million
Production Budget: $140 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 79

2 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Sound Editing
Best Visual Effects

#96: Monsters, Inc. 

U.S. Release Date: November 2, 2001

Directed by Peter Docter, David Silverman and Lee Unkrich
Starring: John Goodman, Billy Crystal

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $525 million
Production Budget: $115 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Metacritic: 78

4 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Original Song - "If I Didn't Have You"
Best Animated Feature
Best Original Score
Best Sound Editing

#97: The Devil Wears Prada 

U.S. Release Date: June 30, 2006

Directed by David Frankel
Starring: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $325 million
Production Budget: $35 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 75%
Metacritic: 62

2 Academy Award Nominations:
Best Actress - Meryl Streep
Best Costume Design

#98: The Illusionist 

U.S. Release Date: August 18, 2006

Directed by Neil Burger
Starring: Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $86 million
Production Budget: $16.5 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
Metacritic: 68

1 Academy Award Nomination:
Best Cinematography

#99: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 

U.S. Release Date: November 18, 2005

Directed by Mike Newell
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $896 million
Production Budget: $150 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 89%
Metacritic: 81

1 Academy Award Nomination:
Best Art Direction

#100: Training Day 

U.S. Release Date: October 5, 2001

Directed by Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke

Worldwide Box Office Gross: $104 million
Production Budget: $45 million

Rotten Tomatoes: 72%
Metacritic: 70

2 Academy Award Nominations (1 win):
Won: Best Actor - Denzel Washington
Best Supporting Actor - Ethan Hawke

Eligible Movies from 2000 

  1. Almost Famous
  2. Amores Perros
  3. Before Night Falls
  4. Billy Elliot
  5. Cast Away
  6. Chocolat
  7. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  8. Divided We Fall
  9. Erin Brockovich
  10. Gladiator
  11. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  12. The Patriot
  13. Pollock
  14. Quills
  15. Requiem for a Dream
  16. Shadow of the Vampire
  17. Space Cowboys
  18. The Taste of Others
  19. Traffic
  20. U-571
  21. Wonder Boys
  22. You Can Count On Me

Eligible Movies from 2001 

  1. Ali
  2. Amélie
  3. Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
  4. A Beautiful Mind
  5. Black Hawk Down
  6. Bridget Jones' Diary
  7. Elling
  8. Ghost World
  9. Gosford Park
  10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  11. In the Bedroom
  12. Iris
  13. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
  14. Lagaan
  15. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  16. The Man Who Wasn't There
  17. Memento
  18. Monsters, Inc.
  19. Monster's Ball
  20. Moulin Rouge!
  21. Mulholland Dr.
  22. No Man's Land
  23. The Royal Tenenbaums
  24. Sexy Beast
  25. Shrek
  26. The Son of the Bride

Eligible Movies from 2002 

  1. About a Boy
  2. About Schmidt
  3. Adaptation.
  4. Catch Me If You Can
  5. Chicago
  6. The Crime of Padre Amaro
  7. Far from Heaven
  8. Frida
  9. Gangs of New York
  10. Hero
  11. The Hours
  12. Lilo & Stitch
  13. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  14. The Man Without a Past
  15. Minority Report
  16. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  17. Nowhere in Africa
  18. The Pianist
  19. The Quiet American
  20. Road to Perdition
  21. Spider-Man
  22. Spirited Away
  23. Talk to Her
  24. Y Tu Mamá También

Eligible Movies from 2003 

  1. American Splendor
  2. The Barbarian Invasions
  3. Big Fish
  4. City of God
  5. Cold Mountain
  6. The Cooler
  7. Dirty Pretty Things
  8. Evil
  9. Finding Nemo
  10. Girl with a Pearl Earring
  11. House of Sand and Fog
  12. In America
  13. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  14. Lost in Translation
  15. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  16. Monster
  17. Mystic River
  18. Pieces of April
  19. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  20. Seabiscuit
  21. Something's Gotta Give
  22. Thirteen
  23. The Triplets of Belleville
  24. 21 Grams
  25. The Twilight Samurai
  26. Twin Sisters
  27. Whale Rider
  28. Zelary

Eligible Movies from 2004 

  1. The Aviator
  2. Before Sunset
  3. Being Julia
  4. Closer
  5. Collateral
  6. Downfall
  7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  8. Finding Neverland
  9. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  10. Hotel Rwanda
  11. House of Flying Daggers
  12. The Incredibles
  13. Kinsey
  14. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
  15. Maria Full of Grace
  16. Million Dollar Baby
  17. The Motorcycle Diaries
  18. Ray
  19. The Sea Inside
  20. Shrek 2
  21. Sideways
  22. Spider-Man 2
  23. Vera Drake
  24. A Very Long Engagement

Eligible Movies from 2005 

  1. Batman Begins
  2. Brokeback Mountain
  3. Capote
  4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  5. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
  6. Cinderella Man
  7. The Constant Gardener
  8. Crash
  9. Good Night, and Good Luck.
  10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  11. A History of Violence
  12. Howl's Moving Castle
  13. Hustle & Flow
  14. Joyeux Noel
  15. Junebug
  16. King Kong
  17. Match Point
  18. Mrs. Henderson Presents
  19. Munich
  20. North Country
  21. Paradise Now
  22. Pride & Prejudice
  23. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
  24. The Squid and the Whale
  25. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
  26. Syriana
  27. Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
  28. Tsotsi
  29. Walk the Line
  30. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
  31. War of the Worlds

Eligible Movies from 2006 

  1. After the Wedding
  2. Apocalypto
  3. Babel
  4. Blood Diamond
  5. Borat
  6. Cars
  7. Children of Men
  8. Curse of the Golden Flower
  9. Days of Glory
  10. The Departed
  11. The Devil Wears Prada
  12. Dreamgirls
  13. Flags of Our Fathers
  14. Half Nelson
  15. Happy Feet
  16. The Illusionist
  17. The Last King of Scotland
  18. Letters from Iwo Jima
  19. Little Children
  20. Little Miss Sunshine
  21. The Lives of Others
  22. Monster House
  23. Notes on a Scandal
  24. Pan's Labyrinth
  25. The Prestige
  26. The Pursuit of Happyness
  27. The Queen
  28. Superman Returns
  29. United 93
  30. Venus
  31. Volver
  32. Water

Eligible Movies from 2007 

  1. American Gangster
  2. Atonement
  3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  4. Away from Her
  5. Beaufort
  6. Charlie Wilson's War
  7. The Counterfeiters
  8. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  9. Eastern Promises
  10. Gone Baby Gone
  11. I'm Not There
  12. In the Valley of Elah
  13. Into the Wild
  14. Juno
  15. Katyn
  16. The Kite Runner
  17. La Vie en Rose
  18. Lars and the Real Girl
  19. Michael Clayton
  20. No Country for Old Men
  21. Persepolis
  22. Ratatouille
  23. The Savages
  24. Surf's Up
  25. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  26. There Will Be Blood
  27. 3:10 to Yuma
  28. 12

Eligible Movies from 2008 

  1. The Baader Meinhof Complex
  2. Bolt
  3. Changeling
  4. The Class
  5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  6. The Dark Knight
  7. Departures
  8. Doubt
  9. The Duchess
  10. Frost/Nixon
  11. Frozen River
  12. Happy-Go-Lucky
  13. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
  14. In Bruges
  15. Kung Fu Panda
  16. Milk
  17. Rachel Getting Married
  18. Revanche
  19. Revolutionary Road
  20. Slumdog Millionaire
  21. Tropic Thunder
  22. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  23. The Visitor
  24. WALL·E
  25. Waltz with Bashir
  26. Wanted
  27. The Wrestler

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