Curated by SceneIt · United States
Revisit standout releases from 2000 through 2009, selected for viewers who want a strong starting point instead of an exhaustive catalog.
Updated 2026-08-04 · Ratings from TMDB
Titles are ranked by TMDB audience rating with a minimum vote threshold, then checked for relevance to the release decade.
2003 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 1,370 votes
Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2003 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 970 votes
In a tiny community enclosed by wheat fields, the adults shelter indoors, while six children venture out on their bikes across the scorched, deserted countryside. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2006 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 5,686 votes
Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2008 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 508 votes
Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2003 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 7,469 votes
Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2009 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 1,539 votes
In 1967, OSS 117 is sent to Brazil in order to retrieve a microfilm list of French Nazi sympathizers, only to once again unknowingly set foot into a bigger international intrigue. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2004 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 1,539 votes
Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2004 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 3,254 votes
There's trouble brewing in Bikini Bottom. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2000 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 536 votes
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2009 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 731 votes
United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame Superman and declare a $1 billion bounty on the heads of the Man of Steel and his ‘partner in crime’, Batman. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2006 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 997 votes
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2004 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 619 votes
A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2001 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 558 votes
A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2005 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 826 votes
The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2006 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 1,178 votes
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2009 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 718 votes
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2000 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 2,458 votes
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2003 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 6,272 votes
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his straight-A students the finer points of rock 'n' roll and the power of sticking it to the man. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2000 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 754 votes
Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2001 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 1,605 votes
Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.