Лучшие ленты 2000-х годов по версии издания Paste Magazine:

Top-10:
1. City of God (2003)
2. Amélie (2001)
3. Almost Famous (2000)
4. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001, 2002, 2003)
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
6. Beau Travail (2000)
7. Lost In Translation (2003)
8. The Son (Le fils) (2002)
9. No Country For Old Men (2007)
10. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

11-20:
11. The Dark Knight (2008)
12. There Will Be Blood (2007)
13. Mulholland Drive (2001)
14. Up (2009)
15. Juno (2007)
16. Half Nelson (2006)
17. Memento (2000)
18. Syndromes and a Century (2006)
19. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (2007)
20. Elephant (2003)

21-30:
21. In the Loop (2009)
22. Dogville (2003)
23. Traffic (2000)
24. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
25. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
26. Ghost Dog (2000)
27. Caché (Hidden) (2005)
28. A History of Violence (2005)
29. Man on Wire (2008)
30. Once (2007)

31-40:
31. Gosford Park (2001)
32. Ratatouille (2007)
33. Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 (2003, 2004)
34. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
35. Junebug (2005)
36. Millions (2004)
37. Billy Elliot (2000)
38. Donnie Darko (2001)
39. Spirited Away (2001)
40. The Departed (2006)

41-50:
41. L’Enfant (2006)
42. The Last King of Scotland (2006)
43. In America (2004)
44. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
45. Whale Rider (2002)
46. Iraq in Fragments (2006)
47. Grizzly Man (2005)
48. Flight of the Red Balloon (Le voyage du ballon rouge) (2008)
49. High Fidelity (2000)
50. The Squid and the Whale (2005)