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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• 2002

  25th Hour

  New York City — 2000s
  Urbandir. Spike Lee
• 2002

  28 Days Later

  London — 2000s
  Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Danny Boyle
• 2001

  Amélie

  Paris — 1990s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• 2000

  Amores Perros

  Mexico City — 2000s
  Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
• 2007

  Atonement

  London — 1930s · 1940s · 2000s
  Rural · Urban · Coastal Sea · Undergrounddir. Joe Wright
• 2004

  Before Sunset

  Paris — 2000s
  Urbandir. Richard Linklater
• 2010

  Black Swan

  New York City — 2000s
  Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky
• 2014

  Boyhood

  Texas · Houston — 2000s · 2010s
  Urban · Suburban · Ruraldir. Richard Linklater
• 2005

  Caché

  Paris — 2000s · 1960s
  Urbandir. Michael Haneke
• 2004

  Collateral

  Los Angeles — 2000s
  Urbandir. Michael Mann
• 2004

  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  New York City · Boston — 2000s
  Suburban · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Michel Gondry
• 2013

  Gravity

  2000s
  Off Worlddir. Alfonso Cuarón
• 2005

  Grizzly Man

  Alaska — 1990s · 2000s
  Wildernessdir. Werner Herzog
• 2010

  Inception

  Los Angeles — 2000s
  Urban · Mountain · Off Worlddir. Christopher Nolan
• 2002

  Infernal Affairs

  Hong Kong — 1990s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Alan Mak Siu-Fai
• 2003

  Kill Bill: Vol. 1

  Tokyo · Okinawa — 1990s · 2000s
  Urban · Rural · Suburbandir. Quentin Tarantino
• 2017

  Lady Bird

  Sacramento · New York City — 2000s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Greta Gerwig
• 2005

  Lady Vengeance

  Seoul — 1990s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Park Chan-wook
• 2012

  Life of Pi

  Montreal · Pacific Ocean — 1970s · 2000s
  Coastal Sea · Island · Urbandir. Ang Lee
• 2003

  Lost in Translation

  Tokyo — 2000s
  Urbandir. Sofia Coppola
• 2000

  Memento

  Los Angeles — 2000s
  Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
• 2003

  Memories of Murder

  South Korea — 1980s · 2000s
  Rural · Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho
• 2011

  Midnight in Paris

  Paris — 2000s · 1920s · 1800s
  Urbandir. Woody Allen
• 2004

  Million Dollar Baby

  Los Angeles — 2000s
  Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
• 2011

  Moneyball

  Oakland · Boston — 2000s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Bennett Miller
• 2016

  Moonlight

  Miami · Atlanta — 1990s · 2000s · 2010s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Barry Jenkins
• 2009

  Mother

  South Korea — 2000s
  Rural · Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho
• 2001

  Mulholland Drive

  Los Angeles — 2000s
  Urbandir. David Lynch
• 2003

  Mystic River

  Boston — 1970s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
• 2003

  Oldboy

  South Korea — 1980s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Park Chan-wook
• 2002

  Punch-Drunk Love

  Los Angeles · Provo — 2000s
  Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
• 2007

  Ratatouille

  Paris — 2000s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Brad Bird
• 2008

  RocknRolla

  London — 2000s
  Urbandir. Guy Ritchie
• 2008

  Slumdog Millionaire

  Mumbai — 1990s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Danny Boyle
• 2000

  Snatch

  London · Antwerp — 2000s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Guy Ritchie
• 2001

  Spirited Away

  2000s
  Urban · Off Worlddir. Hayao Miyazaki
• 2006

  Still Life

  China — 2000s
  Urban · Rural · Coastal Seadir. Jia Zhangke
• 2002

  Talk to Her

  Madrid — 2000s
  Urbandir. Pedro Almodóvar
• 2008

  The Dark Knight

  2000s
  Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
• 2006

  The Host

  Seoul — 2000s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Bong Joon Ho
• 2019

  The Irishman

  Philadelphia · Chicago · Detroit — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 2001

  The Royal Tenenbaums

  New York City — 1970s · 1990s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Wes Anderson
• 2010

  The Social Network

  Boston · Palo Alto · New York City — 2000s
  Urbandir. David Fincher
• 2013

  The Wolf of Wall Street

  New York City · London — 1980s · 1990s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 2006

  Volver

  Madrid · La Mancha — 2000s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar
• 2001

  Y Tu Mamá También

  Mexico City · Mexico — 1990s · 2000s
  Urban · Rural · Coastal Seadir. Alfonso Cuarón
• 2000

  Yi Yi

  Taipei · Tokyo — 2000s
  Urbandir. Edward Yang