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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- 2010
127 Hours
Wilderness · Desert · Undergrounddir. Danny Boyle - 2002
25th Hour
Urbandir. Spike Lee - 2002
28 Days Later
Urban · Ruraldir. Danny Boyle - 2009
A Prophet
Urban · Undergrounddir. Jacques Audiard - 2009
About Elly
Coastal Seadir. Asghar Farhadi - 2002
About Schmidt
Suburban · Ruraldir. Alexander Payne - 2004
Before Sunset
Urbandir. Richard Linklater - 2014
Boyhood
Suburban · Urbandir. Richard Linklater - 2005
Caché
Urbandir. Michael Haneke - 2004
Collateral
Urbandir. Michael Mann - 2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Urban · Suburbandir. Michel Gondry - 2008
Frozen River
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Courtney Hunt - 2013
Fruitvale Station
Urbandir. Ryan Coogler - 2004
Garden State
Suburbandir. Zach Braff - 2008
Gran Torino
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 2005
Grizzly Man
Wildernessdir. Werner Herzog - 2019
Hotel Mumbai
Urbandir. Anthony Maras - 2005
Hustle & Flow
Urbandir. Craig Brewer - 2001
In the Bedroom
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Todd Field - 2010
Incendies
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 2002
Infernal Affairs
Urbandir. Alan Mak Siu-Fai - 2002
Insomnia
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Christopher Nolan - 2007
Juno
Suburbandir. Jason Reitman - 2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Urban · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino - 2012
Killing Them Softly
Urbandir. Andrew Dominik - 2017
Lady Bird
Suburbandir. Greta Gerwig - 2005
Lady Vengeance
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook - 2016
Lion
Urban · Ruraldir. Garth Davis - 2006
Little Miss Sunshine
Suburban · Desertdir. Jonathan Dayton - 2003
Lost in Translation
Urbandir. Sofia Coppola - 2000
Memento
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 2003
Memories of Murder
Ruraldir. Bong Joon Ho - 2004
Million Dollar Baby
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood - 2011
Moneyball
Urbandir. Bennett Miller - 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 - 2003
Oldboy
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook - 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 - 2002
Signs
Ruraldir. M. Night Shyamalan - 2008
Slumdog Millionaire
Urbandir. Danny Boyle - 2000
Snatch
Urbandir. Guy Ritchie - 2006
Still Life
Urbandir. Jia Zhangke - 2002
Sweet Home Alabama
Rural · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Andy Tennant - 2002
Talk to Her
Urbandir. Pedro Almodóvar - 2009
The Blind Side
Suburban · Urbandir. John Lee Hancock - 2008
The Dark Knight
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 2006
The Departed
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2010
The Fighter
Urbandir. David O. Russell - 2006
The Host
Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho - 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 - 2005
Tsotsi
Urbandir. Gavin Hood - 2000
Unbreakable
Urbandir. M. Night Shyamalan - 2006
Volver
Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar - 2012
Wadjda
Urbandir. Haifaa al-Mansour - 2005
War of the Worlds
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg - 2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Suburbandir. Lynne Ramsay - 2010
Winter's Bone
Rural · Mountaindir. Debra Granik
Frequently asked
How many movies are set in the 2000s?
Kinora's catalogue lists 68 films set in the 2000s, spanning 2000–2019.
What are some movies set in the 2000s?
Films set in the 2000s in our catalogue include 127 Hours (2010), 25th Hour (2002), 28 Days Later (2002), A Prophet (2009), and About Elly (2009).
What is the oldest movie set in the 2000s?
Memento (2000) is the earliest film set in the 2000s in our catalogue; the most recent is Hotel Mumbai (2019).