Best award winning movies with an old-fashioned story from 2000s

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with an old-fashioned story from 2000s! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with an old-fashioned story from 2000s, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 21 Grams (2003)

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.

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2003-09-06 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro

Rating

rating icon 7.328
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #11 for
    Multiple POV
  2. Ranked #48 for
    tour de force
  3. Ranked #58 for
    confusing

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21 Grams trailer
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2 Memento (2000)

Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

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2000-10-11 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss

Rating

rating icon 8.181
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #67 for
    exceptional
  2. Ranked #82 for
    masterful story
  3. Ranked #95 for
    with sleight of hand

Trailer

Memento trailer
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3 Persepolis (2007)

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.

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2007-06-27 | Animation / Drama

Cast

Chiara Mastroianni, Danielle Darrieux

Rating

rating icon 7.899
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #101 for
    rambunctious
  2. Ranked #114 for
    prosaic
  3. Ranked #184 for
    tour de force

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Persepolis trailer
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4 Coraline (2009)

Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.

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2009-02-05 | Animation / Family

Cast

Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher

Rating

rating icon 7.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #48 for
    Claymation
  2. Ranked #105 for
    freak show
  3. Ranked #107 for
    like Fantastic Mr. Fox

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Coraline trailer
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5 Amores Perros (2000)

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog.

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2000-06-16 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal

Rating

rating icon 7.629
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #43 for
    tour de force
  2. Ranked #47 for
    drama queen
  3. Ranked #72 for
    like The Revenant

Trailer

Amores Perros trailer
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6 In the Bedroom (2001)

Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler, a music teacher. His son is involved in a love affair with a local single mother. As the beauty of Maine's brief and fleeting summer comes to an end, these characters find themselves in the midst of unimaginable tragedy.

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2001-11-23 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #86 for
    Oscar-worthy performance
  2. Ranked #110 for
    shoo in
  3. Ranked #110 for
    great acting

Trailer

In the Bedroom trailer
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7 American Splendor (2003)

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

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2003-08-15 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis

Rating

rating icon 7.179
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #101 for
    techno-geek
  2. Ranked #112 for
    exceptional
  3. Ranked #118 for
    masterful story

Trailer

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8 Hero (2002)

During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had made an attempt on the king's life three years ago.

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2002-07-22 | Drama / Adventure

Cast

Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Rating

rating icon 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #23 for
    swordsmanship
  2. Ranked #38 for
    gun fu
  3. Ranked #69 for
    with mercenaries

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Hero trailer
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9 Mother (2009)

A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.

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2009-05-28 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin

Rating

rating icon 7.725
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #62 for
    like Mr. Brooks
  2. Ranked #71 for
    innocent man
  3. Ranked #105 for
    masterpiece

Trailer

Mother trailer
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10 City of God (2002)

In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.

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2002-08-30 | Drama / Crime

Cast

Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino

Rating

rating icon 8.425
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #69 for
    like Scarface
  2. Ranked #71 for
    great sound effects
  3. Ranked #77 for
    masterpiece

Trailer

City of God trailer
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