Movies Set in the 2000s
The 2000s on screen: flip phones and dial-up giving way to the always-online, post-millennial unease, the last gasp of physical media. These films are set in the 2000s — their stories unfold there — tagged by place, season, and the world each one builds.
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- 2007
[REC]
Urbandir. Jaume Balagueró - 2010
127 Hours
Wilderness · Desert · Undergrounddir. Danny Boyle - 2002
25th Hour
Urbandir. Spike Lee - 2002
28 Days Later
Urban · Ruraldir. Danny Boyle - 2007
28 Weeks Later
Urbandir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo - 2009
3 Idiots
Urban · Mountaindir. Rajkumar Hirani - 2004
3-Iron
Urbandir. Kim Ki-duk - 2007
30 Days of Night
Wilderness · Ruraldir. David Slade - 2005
A Bittersweet Life
Urbandir. Kim Jee-woon - 2009
A Prophet
Urban · Undergrounddir. Jacques Audiard - 2017
A Taxi Driver
Urbandir. Jang Hoon - 2009
About Elly
Coastal Seadir. Asghar Farhadi - 2002
About Schmidt
Suburban · Ruraldir. Alexander Payne - 2002
Antwone Fisher
Urbandir. Denzel Washington - 2004
Before Sunset
Urbandir. Richard Linklater - 2003
Big Fish
Ruraldir. Tim Burton - 2023
BlackBerry
Urbandir. Matt Johnson - 2014
Boyhood
Suburban · Urbandir. Richard Linklater - 2003
Bruce Almighty
Urbandir. Tom Shadyac - 2005
Caché
Urbandir. Michael Haneke - 2000
Cast Away
Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis - 2009
Castaway on the Moon
Island · Urbandir. Lee Hae-jun - 2009
Cell 211
dir. Daniel Monzón - 2024
Challengers
Urbandir. Luca Guadagnino - 2008
Cloverfield
Urban · Undergrounddir. Matt Reeves - 2004
Coffee and Cigarettes
Urbandir. Jim Jarmusch - 2004
Collateral
Urbandir. Michael Mann - 2009
Coraline
Ruraldir. Henry Selick - 2009
Crazy Heart
Ruraldir. Scott Cooper - 2016
Dangal
Ruraldir. Nitesh Tiwari - 2019
Dark Waters
Urban · Ruraldir. Todd Haynes - 2004
Dawn of the Dead
Suburban · Urbandir. Zack Snyder - 2008
Departures
Ruraldir. Yojiro Takita - 2009
Dogtooth
Ruraldir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Urban · Suburbandir. Michel Gondry - 2003
Finding Nemo
Coastal Seadir. Andrew Stanton - 2008
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Islanddir. Nicholas Stoller - 2008
Frozen River
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Courtney Hunt - 2013
Fruitvale Station
Urbandir. Ryan Coogler - 2004
Garden State
Suburbandir. Zach Braff - 2008
Gomorrah
Urbandir. Matteo Garrone - 2007
Gone Baby Gone
Urbandir. Ben Affleck - 2008
Gran Torino
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 2005
Grizzly Man
Wildernessdir. Werner Herzog - 2004
Hellboy
Urban · Undergrounddir. Guillermo del Toro - 2007
Hot Fuzz
Ruraldir. Edgar Wright - 2019
Hotel Mumbai
Urbandir. Anthony Maras - 2005
Hustle & Flow
Urbandir. Craig Brewer - 2007
I Am Legend
Urbandir. Francis Lawrence - 2008
In Bruges
Urbandir. Martin McDonagh - 2001
In the Bedroom
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Todd Field - 2010
Incendies
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 2002
Infernal Affairs
Urbandir. Alan Mak Siu-Fai - 2006
Inside Man
Urbandir. Spike Lee - 2002
Insomnia
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan - 2008
Iron Man
Desert · Urbandir. Jon Favreau - 2000
Joint Security Area
Ruraldir. Park Chan-wook - 2009
Julie & Julia
Urbandir. Nora Ephron - 2007
Juno
Suburbandir. Jason Reitman - 2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Urban · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2012
Killing Them Softly
Urbandir. Andrew Dominik - 2003
Kontroll
Underground · Urbandir. Nimród Antal - 2017
Lady Bird
Suburbandir. Greta Gerwig - 2005
Lady Vengeance
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook - 2002
Lilo & Stitch
Island · Coastal Seadir. Dean DeBlois - 2016
Lion
Urban · Ruraldir. Garth Davis - 2006
Little Miss Sunshine
Suburban · Desertdir. Jonathan Dayton - 2003
Lost in Translation
Urbandir. Sofia Coppola - 2004
Man on Fire
Urbandir. Tony Scott - 2011
Margin Call
Urbandir. J.C. Chandor - 2000
Memento
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 2003
Memories of Murder
Ruraldir. Bong Joon Ho - 2007
Michael Clayton
Urbandir. Tony Gilroy - 2002
Millennium Actress
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon - 2004
Million Dollar Baby
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 2011
Moneyball
Urbandir. Bennett Miller - 2006
Monster House
Suburbandir. Gil Kenan - 2001
Monster's Ball
Rural · Suburbandir. Marc Forster - 2016
Moonlight
Urbandir. Barry Jenkins - 2009
Mother
Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho - 2001
Mulholland Drive
Urbandir. David Lynch - 2003
Mystic River
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 2004
Napoleon Dynamite
Ruraldir. Jared Hess - 2004
Night Watch
Urbandir. Timur Bekmambetov - 2000
Nine Queens
Urbandir. Fabián Bielinsky - 2004
Nobody Knows
Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda - 2001
Ocean's Eleven
Urbandir. Steven Soderbergh - 2003
Oldboy
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook - 2007
Once
Urbandir. John Carney - 2003
Ong-Bak
Urban · Ruraldir. Prachya Pinkaew - 2007
Paranormal Activity
Suburbandir. Oren Peli - 2009
Pontypool
Rural · Undergrounddir. Bruce McDonald - 2004
Primer
Suburbandir. Shane Carruth - 2002
Punch-Drunk Love
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 2007
Ratatouille
Urbandir. Brad Bird - 2008
RocknRolla
Urbandir. Guy Ritchie - 2004
Shaun of the Dead
Urbandir. Edgar Wright - 2004
Sideways
Ruraldir. Alexander Payne - 2002
Signs
Ruraldir. M. Night Shyamalan - 2008
Slumdog Millionaire
Urbandir. Danny Boyle - 2000
Snatch
Urbandir. Guy Ritchie - 2002
Spider-Man
Urbandir. Sam Raimi - 2004
Spider-Man 2
Urbandir. Sam Raimi - 2015
Spotlight
Urbandir. Tom McCarthy - 2006
Still Life
Urbandir. Jia Zhangke - 2002
Sweet Home Alabama
Rural · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Andy Tennant - 2002
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook - 2008
Synecdoche, New York
Urbandir. Charlie Kaufman - 2002
Talk to Her
Urbandir. Pedro Almodóvar - 2003
The Barbarian Invasions
Urbandir. Denys Arcand - 2015
The Big Short
Urbandir. Adam McKay - 2009
The Blind Side
Suburban · Urbandir. John Lee Hancock - 2004
The Butterfly Effect
Urban · Suburbandir. Eric Bress - 2008
The Chaser
Urbandir. Na Hong-jin - 2005
The Constant Gardener
Urban · Wildernessdir. Fernando Meirelles - 2008
The Dark Knight
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 2004
The Day After Tomorrow
Urban · Wildernessdir. Roland Emmerich - 2006
The Departed
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2005
The Descent
Underground · Mountaindir. Neil Marshall - 2010
The Fighter
Urbandir. David O. Russell - 2006
The Fountain
Off World · Wildernessdir. Darren Aronofsky - 2009
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Island · Ruraldir. Niels Arden Oplev - 2006
The Host
Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho - 2008
The Hurt Locker
Urban · Desertdir. Kathryn Bigelow - 2012
The Impossible
Coastal Seadir. J. A. Bayona - 2007
The Kite Runner
Urbandir. Marc Forster - 2004
The Notebook
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Nick Cassavetes - 2007
The Orphanage
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. J. A. Bayona - 2001
The Royal Tenenbaums
Urbandir. Wes Anderson - 2010
The Social Network
Urbandir. David Fincher - 2008
The Wrestler
Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky - 2009
Thirst
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook - 2003
Tokyo Godfathers
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon - 2000
Traffic
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Soderbergh - 2001
Training Day
Urbandir. Antoine Fuqua - 2007
Trick 'r Treat
Suburban · Ruraldir. Michael Dougherty - 2005
Tsotsi
Urbandir. Gavin Hood - 2000
Unbreakable
Urbandir. M. Night Shyamalan - 2003
Underworld
Urban · Undergrounddir. Len Wiseman - 2009
Up
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Pete Docter - 2009
Up in the Air
Urbandir. Jason Reitman - 2000
Vertical Limit
Mountain · Wildernessdir. Martin Campbell - 2008
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Urbandir. Woody Allen - 2006
Volver
Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar - 2012
Wadjda
Urbandir. Haifaa al-Mansour - 2001
Waking Life
Urbandir. Richard Linklater - 2008
Waltz with Bashir
Urbandir. Ari Folman - 2005
War of the Worlds
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Suburbandir. Lynne Ramsay - 2003
Whale Rider
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Niki Caro - 2010
Winter's Bone
Rural · Mountaindir. Debra Granik - 2012
Zero Dark Thirty
Urbandir. Kathryn Bigelow - 2009
Zombieland
Rural · Urbandir. Ruben Fleischer
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in the 2000s?
Kinora's catalogue lists 154 films set in the 2000s, spanning 2000–2024.
What are some movies set in the 2000s?
Films set in the 2000s in our catalogue include [REC] (2007), 127 Hours (2010), 25th Hour (2002), 28 Days Later (2002), and 28 Weeks Later (2007).
What is the oldest movie set in the 2000s?
Cast Away (2000) is the earliest film set in the 2000s in our catalogue; the most recent is Challengers (2024).