The 18 Best Thriller Movies of the 2000s

Slow-burn procedurals, twist-stuffed mind-benders, and globe-trotting chases from a decade that quietly redefined suspense. Stone-cold classics share the bill with underrated gems. Where do you stand?

1. 1
   No Country for Old Men

   The Coen Brothers' 2007 neo-Western thriller about a hunter pursued by a relentless killer after stumbling on drug money.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Oldboy

   Park Chan-wook's 2003 South Korean revenge thriller about a man imprisoned for fifteen years without explanation.
   758pts
3. 3
   The Departed

   Scorsese's 2006 Boston crime thriller of a mole and an undercover cop on opposite sides of the law.
   632pts
4. 4
   Mystic River

   Clint Eastwood's 2003 crime thriller about three childhood friends reunited by a murder.
   488pts
5. 5
   Memories of Murder

   Bong Joon-ho's 2003 atmospheric thriller following detectives chasing Korea's first serial killer.
   488pts
6. 6
   Panic Room

   David Fincher's 2002 thriller trapping a mother and daughter in a fortified room during a home invasion.
   487pts
7. 7
   Children of Men

   Alfonso Cuarón's 2006 dystopian thriller set in a world where humanity has become infertile.
   379pts
8. 8
   Zodiac

   David Fincher's 2007 procedural thriller chronicling the hunt for the real Zodiac killer in San Francisco.
   379pts
9. 9
   A History of Violence

   David Cronenberg's 2005 thriller about a small-town diner owner whose violent past resurfaces.
   379pts
10. 10
    Inside Man

    Spike Lee's 2006 heist thriller centered on a meticulously planned Manhattan bank robbery.
    227pts
11. 11
    Phone Booth

    Joel Schumacher's 2002 real-time thriller about a man pinned in a phone booth by an unseen sniper.
    227pts
12. 12
    Collateral

    Michael Mann's 2004 thriller in which a cab driver is held hostage by a contract killer over one night.
    227pts
13. 13
    Memento

    Christopher Nolan's 2000 puzzle thriller told backwards through the eyes of a man with no short-term memory.
    1pts
14. 14
    The Prestige

    Christopher Nolan's 2006 thriller about two rival Victorian magicians locked in deadly obsession.
    1pts
15. 15
    Cache

    Michael Haneke's 2005 French thriller about a couple terrorized by anonymous surveillance tapes.
    1pts
16. 16
    The Bourne Ultimatum

    The 2007 globe-trotting spy thriller in which amnesiac agent Jason Bourne uncovers his origins.
    1pts
17. 17
    Munich

    Steven Spielberg's 2005 thriller following a Mossad team hunting the perpetrators of the 1972 Munich attack.
    1pts
18. 18
    Gone Baby Gone

    Ben Affleck's 2007 directorial debut, a Boston thriller about two detectives searching for a missing girl.
    1pts