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Cinema · 2000s Ranked

Best Films of the 2000s, Ranked by IQ Score

The international-cinema decade, Almodóvar, Cuarón, del Toro, Park Chan-wook, Wong Kar-wai all working at peak. Ranked by IQ Score.

The 2000s in cinema is the decade global cinema redefined American film's role in the medium. City of God (Brazil), Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico/Spain), Oldboy (South Korea), In the Mood for Love (Hong Kong), and Spirited Away (Japan) all earned Masterclass-tier IQ Scores against a backdrop of American independent renaissance.

Anchor picks: There Will Be Blood (2007) and No Country for Old Men (2007) are the canonical late-decade American entries, both Best Picture nominees, neither retroactively underrated. Mulholland Drive (2001) is the decade's most-cited interpretive puzzle. The Dark Knight (2008) is the genre-elevating entry that reset commercial superhero filmmaking's seriousness floor.

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