Best of The 00s, a list by HD Movie Lists

6.6

/179832/

71

/4793/

70

/4408/

3.3

/215077/

31

/247/

Audience

52

/374087/

42

/36/

1.5

age 16+

After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.

71

7.6

/670529/

76

/23728/

72

/13491/

3.4

/366940/

70

/250/

Audience

77

/770031/

57

/34/

3.0

age 14+

Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.

81

7.9

/1385616/

78

/59031/

75

/30664/

3.6

/1323437/

82

/337/

Audience

82

/1387588/

83

/38/

4.0

age 13+

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.

77

7.5

/117705/

74

/2001/

72

/1474/

3.9

/79610/

86

/198/

Audience

81

/58361/

77

/35/

3.0

age 17+

The life of George Falconer, a British college professor, is reeling with the recent and sudden loss of his longtime partner. This traumatic event makes George challenge his own will to live as he seeks the console of his close girl friend Charley, who is struggling with her own questions about life.

74

7.3

/167801/

74

/3923/

71

/3966/

3.3

/66322/

76

/245/

Audience

75

/212080/

74

/34/

3.5

age 12+

Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.

79

7.4

/349264/

72

/6628/

68

/3451/

3.6

/135134/

90

/288/

Audience

79

/228709/

83

/36/

4.0

age 17+

Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.

69

7.1

/146443/

71

/2991/

73

/3381/

3.4

/113135/

64

/158/

Audience

62

/194694/

58

/31/

3.5

age 17+

When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.

72

7.2

/254015/

72

/6259/

70

/3623/

3.6

/117288/

74

/217/

Audience

68

/248720/

64

/33/

3.5

age 16+

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.

76

7.1

/36755/

69

/631/

67

/399/

3.6

/8469/

90

/162/

Audience

75

/21626/

77

/32/

3.5

age 17+

Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone, to give notice to the families of fallen soldiers. The Sergeant is drawn to Olivia Pitterson, to whom he has delivered news of her husband’s death.

73

7.2

/12778/

73

/236/

66

/134/

3.4

/1992/

79

/131/

Audience

76

/6971/

64

/32/

3.5

age 17+

The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopted child and is now a successful lawyer, but her personal life lacks warmth. Lucy and her husband have failed to conceive and now hope to adopt a baby to make their family complete.

59

6.2

/137532/

63

/3535/

59

/2116/

3.0

/60557/

51

/218/

Audience

39

/239180/

54

/33/

3.5

age 16+

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.

68

6.7

/108482/

68

/2743/

64

/1755/

3.5

/139205/

73

/268/

Audience

57

/298897/

71

/37/

3.0

age 9+

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.

77

7.5

/620765/

77

/25153/

73

/11849/

3.5

/673556/

89

/259/

Audience

86

/644221/

73

/31/

3.0

age 17+

Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.

64

6.8

/153894/

67

/3227/

63

/2618/

3.2

/47575/

64

/197/

Audience

60

/295911/

65

/30/

age 15+

A travelling theatre company has more to it than meets the eye. It is an imaginary world commanded by the mind of Doctor Parnassus and the audience is in for more than just a show.

78

7.0

/149789/

69

/2776/

67

/1983/

3.9

/141450/

89

/225/

Audience

68

/63280/

88

/38/

4.0

age 17+

It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.

55

5.5

/151063/

60

/5517/

59

/3578/

3.4

/604815/

46

/215/

Audience

35

/359689/

47

/29/

3.0

age 18+

Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader takes evil to a whole new level after she's possessed by a sinister demon. Now it's up to her best friend to stop Jennifer's reign of terror before it's too late.

68

6.5

/67424/

64

/1629/

61

/830/

3.3

/36042/

80

/231/

Audience

44

/359331/

66

/37/

4.0

age 15+

A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.

68

7.0

/128792/

71

/2673/

66

/2003/

3.4

/120096/

78

/227/

Audience

70

/363657/

66

/34/

2.5

age 13+

Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.

79

7.9

/716364/

77

/19417/

74

/9037/

3.8

/336446/

90

/314/

Audience

82

/1179153/

81

/36/

3.0

age 17+

Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.

85

8.4

/1582173/

82

/36050/

82

/21477/

4.3

/1696865/

89

/336/

Audience

88

/777733/

69

/36/

4.0

age 17+

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

87

8.4

/51420/

80

/1068/

79

/573/

4.0

/14901/

95

/133/

Audience

94

/25778/

84

/26/

4.0

age 14+

The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free divers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate the hidden cove in Japan, shining light on a dark and deadly secret. The shocking discoveries were only the tip of the iceberg.

80

7.8

/376506/

78

/12694/

75

/5427/

3.9

/221942/

90

/197/

Audience

89

/101154/

67

/29/

3.5

age 14+

With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident however, he wakens to find that he is not alone.

77

7.7

/845070/

76

/27038/

73

/16300/

3.6

/763686/

79

/241/

Audience

84

/944026/

73

/31/

3.5

age 17+

When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. Launching a frantic search for Doug, the trio perseveres through a nasty hangover to try to make it to the church on time.

63

6.5

/136432/

63

/2798/

66

/2463/

3.4

/156071/

54

/180/

Audience

55

/29408/

49

/34/

3.5

A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

85

8.1

/186693/

81

/3478/

78

/1860/

4.2

/99543/

95

/66/

Audience

92

/25299/

age 14+

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.

73

7.8

/695242/

77

/15383/

75

/12311/

3.6

/534401/

72

/258/

Audience

80

/691291/

70

/37/

2.5

age 15+

Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.

66

7.1

/259075/

71

/5555/

69

/3537/

3.3

/71359/

62

/199/

Audience

65

/239654/

56

/36/

3.0

age 16+

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.

74

7.3

/224862/

71

/2920/

69

/3664/

3.6

/117432/

67

/216/

Audience

71

/107112/

69

/38/

4.0

age 17+

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

72

7.6

/259649/

74

/3227/

74

/2919/

3.6

/84129/

63

/204/

Audience

79

/207105/

58

/38/

3.5

age 17+

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.

84

8.0

/877328/

78

/14273/

77

/10207/

3.9

/394003/

91

/291/

Audience

90

/1156164/

84

/36/

4.0

age 16+

A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".

82

7.5

/179791/

74

/2681/

72

/2101/

3.8

/80223/

93

/246/

Audience

89

/178209/

83

/39/

4.0

age 16+

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

86

8.5

/40651/

83

/1220/

81

/484/

4.3

/56469/

94

/51/

Audience

96

/7228/

82

/11/

age 16+

In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she's pregnant, one of Andrew's many close friends, Kurt Kuenne, begins this film, a gift to the child.

74

7.8

/265173/

75

/4839/

75

/3983/

3.7

/72877/

62

/209/

Audience

82

/227282/

63

/38/

3.5

age 17+

Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.

77

7.5

/98143/

76

/2122/

75

/1346/

4.2

/182775/

69

/195/

Audience

71

/57349/

67

/34/

4.0

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

83

7.8

/226666/

77

/4491/

75

/2775/

4.0

/152334/

98

/195/

Audience

90

/61768/

82

/30/

3.5

age 17+

Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor Eli, who only appears at night in the snow-covered playground outside their building.

62

6.3

/50017/

61

/676/

62

/584/

3.0

/16764/

58

/224/

Audience

42

/109644/

56

/36/

4.0

age 15+

The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up to his decision to invade Iraq.

82

7.7

/112437/

75

/1781/

72

/1118/

3.7

/41772/

93

/260/

Audience

88

/109945/

80

/38/

4.0

age 14+

For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost's team harboured doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.

84

7.5

/473505/

75

/9703/

72

/5371/

3.8

/206604/

97

/291/

Audience

84

/96508/

95

/37/

4.0

age 17+

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

71

7.6

/60230/

73

/1470/

70

/557/

3.2

/13899/

69

/156/

Audience

78

/39312/

56

/31/

3.5

age 16+

Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about their faith. Traveling around the world, Maher examines the tenets of Christianity, Judaism and Islam and raises questions about homosexuality, proof of Christ's existence, Jewish Sabbath laws, violent Muslim extremists.

69

7.0

/352984/

69

/6926/

66

/4497/

3.6

/303842/

78

/248/

Audience

65

/188232/

63

/37/

3.0

age 17+

When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo, and those in their orbit.

74

6.7

/51189/

65

/715/

62

/538/

3.6

/33517/

84

/204/

Audience

62

/37908/

85

/36/

4.0

age 17+

A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.

73

7.1

/447642/

71

/12206/

66

/5869/

3.6

/362837/

82

/253/

Audience

71

/297490/

71

/39/

3.5

age 17+

A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.

85

7.7

/58655/

77

/1353/

74

/818/

3.9

/35472/

100

/160/

Audience

87

/30202/

89

/31/

4.0

age 13+

On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour of performing on the wire, 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan, he was arrested. This fun and spellbinding documentary chronicles Philippe Petit's "highest" achievement.

77

7.6

/8499/

75

/187/

69

/109/

3.6

/4949/

85

/99/

Audience

82

/41200/

73

/28/

3.5

Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.

90

9.0

/2867834/

88

/73399/

85

/31692/

4.5

/2157434/

94

/347/

Audience

94

/1831566/

84

/39/

4.0

age 15+

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

85

8.0

/60375/

77

/1061/

77

/921/

4.0

/41255/

97

/155/

Audience

91

/44023/

91

/33/

3.5

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

53

6.1

/143441/

64

/3461/

61

/2277/

3.0

/158719/

49

/164/

Audience

48

/311644/

47

/27/

1.5

age 18+

After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.

80

7.5

/73524/

73

/1391/

72

/1068/

4.0

/59438/

90

/134/

Audience

83

/74361/

82

/25/