There's no denying that the Noughties brought with it an iconic era in movies. So Glamour has rounded up the best 2000s movies and where to watch them.
Above all, the 2000s gave us the golden standard when it comes to chick flicks, from How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days to A Cinderella Story and The Notebook, there's basically a must-watch romantic movie from the early Noughties for every day of the week, and then some.
The next instalment of the coming-of-rage series has cast big names from Heartstopper and Overcompensating.
But if you're looking for other genres from that era, fear not. Will Ferrell comedy Step Brothers, instant classic Lost In Translation and Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line also make up our exhaustive round-up.
Here's our round-up of the very best 2000s movies.
This is England
Year: 2006
Before Stephen Graham broke our hearts with Adolescence and Vicky McClure smashed undercover copping in Line of Duty, both British actors starred in Shane Meadows' This Is England, which follows a young boy who befriends a group of skinheads.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
The Princess Diaries
Year: 2001
A film that undoubtedly defined a generation, and launched the fabulous Anne Hathaway's career. She plays high school student Mia, who discovers she is the Princess of (fictional country) Genovia, and is swept up into royal lessons with none other than her grandmother, Queen Clarisse (played by Julia Andrews). Truly magical
Where to watch: Disney+
The Notebook
Year: 2004
Starring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling, we see two star-crossed lovers meet and fall in love one summer, only to be ripped apart. This one's a story of some loves enduring through a lifetime. Tissues at the ready for this one.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
American Psycho
Year: 2000
A defining moment in Christian Bale's incredible career where he plays Patrick Bateman, a murderous psychopathic investment banker who gives into a serial killing spree. Reese Witherspoon, Jared Leto, Chloë Sevigny and Willem Dafoe also star.
Where to watch: Disney+
(500) Days of Summer
Year: 2009
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel star in a charming take on a rom-com, flipping it on its head. Joseph is Tom, a hopeless romantic who falls for Zooey's summer, who is adamant she doesn't want a boyfriend. We are shown different stages of their time together, causing us to rethink how we view their (and our perspective on) romance.
Where to watch: Disney+
Mean Girls
Year: 2004
The movie that spawned a Broadway musical, as well as a musical movie. The original, starring Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey, Rachel McAdams and Amy Poehler, was an instant quotable classic.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Dreamgirls
Year: 2007
Starring Beyoncé and Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls sees the story of a trio of Black female soul singers who crossed over into the pop charts in the 1960s.
Where to watch: Paramount+
Bring It On
Year: 2001
The cheer movie to end all other cheer movies. Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union star as captains of rival cheerleader teams. Torrance (Dunst) discovers that her team's routine has been plagiarised, and must make some changes before the upcoming championships.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Freaky Friday
Year: 2003
Even more of a must watch now, considering the upcoming sequel! Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan star as warring mother and daughter who end up being cursed with a body swap. Hilarity, and a better understanding of each other, ensues.
Where to watch: Disney+
Juno
Year: 2007
Elliot Page, Michael Cera and Jennifer Garner star in this wonderful coming-of-age comedy drama, which sees a young woman get pregnant after an awkward sexual encounter with her long-time friend and admirer. Juno then makes a selfless decision when it comes to the child's future.
Where to watch: Disney+
Shaun of the Dead
Year: 2004
The first in a hilarious series of movies from Nick Frost and Simon Pegg. Shaun (Pegg) becomes the leader of a zombie-fighting pack when the undead take over his London neighbourhood..
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
The Hangover
Year: 2009
Does this movie need any introduction? Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis star as three friends who wake up after a Las Vegas bachelor party with no recollection of the night before and a missing groom.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Legally Blonde
Year: 2001
With a prequel on its way, what better time to watch Legally Blonde? Reese Witherspoon stars as continually underestimated perky blonde Elle Woods, who gets into Harvard after being dumped by her boyfriend and takes the law school world by storm.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Super Bad
Year: 2007
A night of pure madness is guaranteed when a group of friends vow to see out their high school years in style. Cue the partying and disasters. Stars Jonah Hill and Michael Cera.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Step Brothers
Year: 2008
Will Ferrell at his very best. He stars alongside John C Reilly, where they play two middle-aged men who end up bunking in together after their respective parents get married.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Bridget Jones Diary
Year: 2001
The voice of a generation. Based on Helen Fielding's novel and starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant, the first Bridget Jones movie explores the life of a 30-something woman living in London in the early Noughties, and all the pressures and hilarity that come with it and her search for love.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
13 Going On 30
Year: 2004
Thirty and flirty and thriving… That's what Jenna thought her experience of turning 30 would be like. But when her 13-year-old self wishes she could skip ahead to that age, the life of a 30-year-old is definitely more complicated than she thought. Stars Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
A Cinderella Story
Year: 2004
Iconic, even after over 20 years. Hilary Duff stars as modern Cinderella Sam, who lives with her evil stepmother (Jennifer Coolidge) and stepsisters after her father tragically passed away. She strikes up a digital anonymous friendship with a boy at her high school, only to discover at a fancy dress school dance he is popular jock Austin Ames (Chad Michael Murray). They share a beautiful night together, but he doesn't recognise her in her costume. She flees to make it back by midnight, and he begins a campaign to find her.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days
Year: 2003
Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey sparkle in this one. She plays a ballsy, bored magazine journalist who wants to do more, he plays an ad exec looking to climb the ranks. Andy is assigned an article called “how to lose a guy in 10 days” and Matthew's Ben is chosen as the guinea pig she uses to drive him away, using all the examples what women do wrong in the dating game. Meanwhile, Ben is tasked by his boss to get a woman (Andy) to fall in love with him. Who will prevail?
Where to watch: Paramount+
She’s The Man
Year: 2006
Amanda Bynes stars as Viola, a football fanatic who poses as her brother Sebastian to play in his school football team when he ditches school for a few weeks. Things get complicated though when she falls for her team mate Duke (Channing Tatum).
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Love Actually
Year: 2003
The ultimate Christmas film, but we definitely still see it as a 2000s classic you can watch all year around.
Where to watch: Netflix
The Departed
Year: 2006
Undoubtedly one of the best films of the Noughties. Maybe ever. Starring Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen and Vera Farmiga, it follows the story of an undercover agent and a spy both trying to infiltrate Boston's deadliest Irish gang.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
The Devil Wears Prada
Year: 2006
Another 2000s classic that has a sequel coming our way very soon. Anne Hathaway plays Andy, a young aspiring journalist who interns at a high fashion magazine and is subjected to the wrath of its editor, Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep). Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci also star.
Where to watch: Disney+
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Year: 2004
A couple undergo a medical procedure so that they erase each other from their memories forever. Can science prevail over their love? Stars Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo and Elijah Wood.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Lost in Translation
Year: 2003
Actor Bob (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) connect in a hotel in Tokyo, alleviating each other's loneliness and forming an unlikely friendship.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Walk The Line
Year: 2005
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon play Johnny Cash and June Carter in a dramatisation of the singers' torrid romance.
Where to watch: Disney+
28 Days Later
Year: 2002
Starring Cillian Murphy, 28 Days Later looks at the lives of those who have survived the outbreak of a deadly virus that turns its victims into braindead killers. Sequel 28 Years Later, starring Jodie Comer, is coming later this year.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Memento
Year: 2000
Directed by Christopher Nolan, Memento tells the story of Leonard Shelby, who suffers from amnesia and must leave notes and other messages for himself as he investigates who killed his wife.
Where to watch: Channel 4
The Prestige
Year: 2006
Two magicians face off in a competition of who can create the biggest stage illusion, after a sudden tragedy blows them apart.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Love & Basketball
Year: 2000
A heart-warming story of two childhood friends who fall in love while trying to also chase their dreams to be basketball players.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Precious
Year: 2009
Starring Gabourey Sidibe, Precious tells the tale of an illiterate teenager – abused by her father and pregnant with her second child – who fights to be enrolled in different school, to take her life in a different direction.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Blood Diamond
Year: 2006
During the civil war in Sierra Leone, a diamond is discovered by a man named Solomon who is forced to work in the mines. When Danny (Leonardo DiCaprio) discovers this, he offers to help Solomon find his family in exchange for the diamond.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Save The Last Dance
Year: 2001
Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas and Kerry Washington star in this dance movie classic. Sara (Julia Stiles) and Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas) share a love for dance and each other, but also must navigate the realities of being an interracial couple.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
