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 2026-08-05 · Ratings from TMDB
Titles are ranked by TMDB audience rating with a minimum vote threshold, then checked for relevance to the release decade.
2004 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 3,897 votes
When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La Fleur to fight back: dodgeball. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2002 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 2,217 votes
Not only is Jessica Spencer the most popular girl in school -- she is also the meanest. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2009 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 3,449 votes
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2001 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 1,077 votes
Jamal and Silas, two ordinary guys who smoke something magical, pass their college entrance exams with flying colors and end up at Harvard. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2002 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 574 votes
Balto and his daughter Aleu embark on a journey of adventure and self discovery. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2001 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 914 votes
Eric and Ramzy are working as window washers at the Montparnasse skyscraper in Paris. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2007 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 598 votes
After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager discovers the only person who might be able help him is his attacker. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2008 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 10,364 votes
Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2005 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 1,792 votes
When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the standoff, even as his own family is held captive by the mob. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2005 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 1,578 votes
Hotshot gambler Jake Green is long on bravado and seriously short of common sense. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2002 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 1,441 votes
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2006 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 1,321 votes
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2005 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 1,758 votes
David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2001 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 534 votes
Giulia and Carlo have been happy together for three years, but Giulia's announcement that she is pregnant sends him into a secret panic. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2005 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 746 votes
Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2001 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 1,500 votes
When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2003 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 1,247 votes
Honey Daniels dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2002 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 898 votes
A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer who has been AWOL for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2001 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 2,091 votes
After the harrowing death of his partner, forensic psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross cannot forgive himself and has retreated to the peace of retirement. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2008 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 8,657 votes
Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.