Last Updated on 25 March 2024
I searched the Internet for lists of the best or greatest movies released between 2000 and 2009. Criteria included the movies being ranked, not just listed, and generally created by groups, whether teams or committees or based on general public voting (like Ranker.com).
I was able to find 28 lists. I took the 28 lists and added all their content into a spreadsheet, noting the rank of every film. I ended up averaging the rankings each movie got (there were 318 that were on at least 2 lists) and dividing that average by a factor of the number of lists that movie was on. The lowest score meant a high ranking average on many lists. The complete spreadsheet is attached at the bottom.
The movies that were on the most lists (out of 28) were:
- The Dark Knight (2008) – 23 lists
- There Will Be Blood (2007) – 23 lists
- No Country for Old Men (2007) – 22 lists
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) – 21 lists
- Spirited Away (2001) – 21 lists
- Almost Famous (2000) – 20 lists
- Memento (2000) – 19 lists
- The Departed (2006) – 19 lists
- Children of Men (2006) – 19 lists
- Lost in Translation (2003) – 19 lists
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) – 18 lists
- Inglourious Basterds (2009) – 18 lists
- Mulholland Drive (2001) – 18 lists
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) – 17 lists
- Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) – 17 lists
Here are links to the lists I used along with dates the lists were created:
- FilmAffinity – 23 Mar 2023
- IMDb – 20 Mar 2023
- The Digital Fix – 27 Feb 2023
- ShortList – 24 Feb 2023
- Men’s Gear – 28 Dec 2022
- GlobStart – 1 Nov 2022
- The Cinemaholic – 3 Jul 2022
- Far Out Magazine – 21 Feb 2022
- ONE37pm – 23 Nov 2021
- The Cinema Archives – 19 Jun 2021
- Ranker.com – 26 May 2021
- 24/7 Wall St. – 11 May 2021
- Complex – 9 Mar 2021
- Little White Lies – 24 Sep 2020
- World of Reel – 22 May 2020
- Films Fatale – 6 Apr 2020
- StudioBinder – 21 Feb 2020
- The Guardian (UK) – 13 Sep 2019
- Mental Floss – 10 Apr 2019
- Rotten Tomatoes – 30 Nov 2018
- Newsweek – 31 Aug 2018
- Maxim – 17 Apr 2017
- Decider – 24 Aug 2016
- Letterboxd – 1 Jul 2014
- Paste Magazine – 3 Nov 2009
- FlickChart – no date
- Top Tens – no date