Best Thriller / Mystery Movies of the 2000s

Added on by C. Maoxian.

These are the best thriller / mystery movies of the 2000s according to John Farr. I’ve arranged them chronologically below:

English-language movies:

  1. Sexy Beast (2000)

  2. Snatch (2000)

  3. The Contender (2000)

  4. Traffic (2000)

  5. Gosford Park (2001)

  6. Memento (2001)

  7. Mullholland Drive (2001)

  8. The Deep End (2001)

  9. The Bourne Identity (2002)

  10. Bloody Sunday (2002)

  11. Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

  12. Insomnia (2002)

  13. One Hour Photo (2002)

  14. Road to Perdition (2002)

  15. Elephant (2003)

  16. Mystic River (2003)

  17. Shattered Glass (2003)

  18. Maria Full of Grace (2004)

  19. Omagh (2004)

  20. The Machinist (2004)

  21. The Staircase (2004)

  22. Brick (2005)

  23. The Constant Gardner (2005)

  24. The Illusionist (2006)

  25. The Last King of Scotland (2006)

  26. United 93 (2006)

  27. American Gangster (2007)

  28. Boy A (2007)

  29. Breach (2007)

  30. Michael Clayton (2007)

  31. No Country for Old Men (2007)

  32. Zodiac (2007)

  33. Frozen River (2008)

  34. Julia (2008)

  35. Man on Wire (2008)

  36. The Square (2008)

Foreign-language movies:

  1. A Matter of Taste (2000) (French)

  2. Lumumba (2000) (French)

  3. Under the Sand (2000) (French)

  4. With a Friend Like Harry (2000) (French)

  5. My Father and I (2001) (French)

  6. Nine Queens (2001) (Spanish)

  7. Safe Conduct (2001) (French)

  8. The Devil’s Backbone (2001) (Spanish)

  9. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2002) (French)

  10. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) (Korean)

  11. Cautiva (2003) (Spanish)

  12. Crimson Gold (2003) (Persian)

  13. Good Morning, Night (2003) (Italian)

  14. I’m Not Scared (2003) (Italian)

  15. Memories of Murder (2003) (Korean)

  16. Osama (2003) (Dari)

  17. The CIty of No Limits (2003) (Spanish)

  18. The Return (2003) (Russian)

  19. A World Without Thieves (2004) (Mandarin)

  20. Bad Education (2004) (Spanish)

  21. Kontroll (2004) (Hungarian)

  22. Red Lights (2004) (French)

  23. Shutter (2004) (Thai)

  24. The Edukators (2004) (German)

  25. 13 Tzameti (2005) (French)

  26. Caché (2005) (French)

  27. L’Enfant (2005) (French)

  28. Paradise Now (2005) (Arabic)

  29. Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005) (German)

  30. The Method (2005) (Spanish)

  31. Black Book (2006) (Dutch)

  32. Paprika (2006) (Japanese)

  33. Tell No One (2006) (French)

  34. The Lives of Others (2006) (German)

  35. Cargo 200 (2007) (Russian)

  36. Katyn (2007) (Polish)

  37. Lust, Caution (2007) (Mandarin)

  38. Secret Sunshine (2007) (Korean)

  39. Under the Bombs (2007 (Arabic)

  40. Volver (2007) (Spanish)

  41. Gomorrah (2008) (Italian)

  42. Just Another Love Story (2008) (Danish)

  43. Let the Right One In (2008) (Swedish)

  44. Revanche (2008) (German)

  45. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) (German)

  46. A Prophet (2009) (French)

  47. Mother (2009) (Korean)

  48. Rapt (2009) (French)

  49. Sin Nombre (2009) (Spanish)

  50. The Double Hour (2009) (Italian)

  51. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) (Swedish)

  52. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) (Spanish)

  53. The White Ribbon (2009) (German)

  54. Troubled Water (2009) (Danish)