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

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

Oldboy

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

758pts

3

The Departed

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

632pts

4

Mystic River

Clint Eastwood's 2003 crime thriller about three childhood friends reunited by a murder.

488pts

5

Memories of Murder

Bong Joon-ho's 2003 atmospheric thriller following detectives chasing Korea's first serial killer.

488pts

6

Panic Room

David Fincher's 2002 thriller trapping a mother and daughter in a fortified room during a home invasion.

487pts

7

Children of Men

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

379pts

8

Zodiac

David Fincher's 2007 procedural thriller chronicling the hunt for the real Zodiac killer in San Francisco.

379pts

9

A History of Violence

David Cronenberg's 2005 thriller about a small-town diner owner whose violent past resurfaces.

379pts

10

Inside Man

Spike Lee's 2006 heist thriller centered on a meticulously planned Manhattan bank robbery.

227pts

11

Phone Booth

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

227pts

12

Collateral

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

227pts

13

Memento

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

1pts

14

The Prestige

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

1pts

15

Cache

Michael Haneke's 2005 French thriller about a couple terrorized by anonymous surveillance tapes.

1pts

16

The Bourne Ultimatum

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

1pts

17

Munich

Steven Spielberg's 2005 thriller following a Mossad team hunting the perpetrators of the 1972 Munich attack.

1pts

18

Gone Baby Gone

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

1pts