New millennium, new classic films with these best movies from the 2000s.
Welcome to our guide of the best movies of the 2000s. The 2000s were an interesting time for movies. Coming off the back of the '90s, which has a tonne of cool classics, the naughties decided to up the ante when it came to epic filmmaking.
UPDATE:Gladiator is currently second in our best movies of the 2000s guide but did you know that the movie nearly had a sequel, written by Nick Cave and was about Maximus Decimus Meridius in purgatory who is sent back to earth to kill Jesus. Yep, sounds terrible but according to Connie Nelson (who played Lucilla), a sequel is "still on the ledger". We're guessing if it does go ahead, then they won't be going with that script.
And why not? The 2000s an era of trying new things like fancy flip phones, nu metal and DVDs - that's right, it was the decade where home movie watching increased massively in quality and, thanks to advancements in CGI, truly epic movie series like Lord of the Rings.
There was more to the decade than you might remember, including a festival's worth of classic films, many of which are also the best movies on Netflix right now.
You'll find the best 35 movies of the 2000s below, according to the ShortList team. Upvote your favourite.
1. The Dark Knight
Year: 2008
While this tour de force was one of the all-time great Batman films and a demonstration of Christopher Nolan’s talents for producing a dense, claustrophobic, but epic movie, The Dark Knight will always be remembered for Heath Ledger’s astonishing performance as The Joker. It would turn out to be his final film.
In his own words, he played the character as a “psychopathic, mass murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy” and in doing so created one of the most iconic performances of all-time, recognised with his posthumous Oscar award.
2. The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
Year: 2003
Nothing less than a towering triumph of a movie, Return Of The King was a modern epic, and a fitting conclusion to the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.
Moviegoers flocked to see it. The film grossed over $1bn, and awards from the critics and fellow filmmakers rained down. Return of the King won all 11 Oscar it was nominated for, putting it level with Ben Hur and Titanic.
Giant battles, spellbinding storylines and heroic figures - Return Of The King had it all. Plus, the word “the” is in the title an impressive four times. Quite an achievement.
3. Gladiator
Year: 2000
Director Ridley Scott used the 1960s Hollywood classic Spartacus as the starting point for Gladiator, and created a cinematic epic which stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the epic historical films of yesteryear.
Gladiator features a suitably dynamic performance by Russell Crowe as the wronged Gladiator Maximus Decimus Meridius. The film was a box office smash, grossing $500m and bagging five Oscars. A bona fide old-school blockbuster, in every sense of the word.
Отредактировано MirEpanchin (2021-07-31 21:25:26)
