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Good Movies From The 2000s: Titles That You Will Enjoy With Teen And Adult Audiences
Although not all of these movies are limited to a mature audience, most of these good movies from the 2000s will be most enjoyed by a group of adults or teenagers.
1. The King's Speech
2. Emma
3. The Queen
4. Ice Princess
5. Ella Enchanted
6. National Treasure
7. The Passion of the Christ
8. Secondhand Lions
9. The Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
10. Gods and Generals
11. The Patriot
For the most part, saving Ice Princess, Ella Enchanted, and Secondhand Lions, these are great movies to watch but either are boring for small children, frightening for small kids, or contain content that will go way over their heads.
Watch some great movies with your friends or find something the teenagers are sure to enjoy with this list of good movies from the 2000s here!
Good Movies From The 2000s #1: The King's Speech Tells The True Story Of King George VI And His Struggle To Overcome His Speech Impediment
I'm expected to--speak for--the country.--But I can't speak.
In the first movie on our good movies from the 2000s list, The King's Speech, Bertie (Collin Firth), as “only his family calls him”, has a stammer. But it’s okay since he’s the younger brother in the royal family and will never be called upon for public life.
It's a wonderful film, strong language aside, that speaks of the courage deep within the king that must come to the surface if he is to lead his nation during the troubling WWII times.
One of my favorite lines from this movie is when Bertie is watching a speech given by Hitler and his children ask him what he's saying and the king's response is, "I don't know, but he seems to be saying it--rather well."
That line itself really captures the spirit of the movie, with Bertie being always insecure about his own abilities, a hurdle which he must overcome if he is to be the leader his country needs in this time.
Good Movies From The 2000s #2: Emma, Jane Austen’s Matchmaker Who Isn’t Very Good At Judging Others’ Hearts
No, I cannot let you go without speaking my mind: Badly done, Emma!
Emma Woodhouse, as one of the most affluent members of her small town, rules her own life and tries to improve the lives of those less fortunate than she, especially their romantic lives.
Emma lives to find perfect matches and delights in the “success” that she meets.
When she tries her “gift” on two people she hardly knows, Emma begins to wonder whether it really is a gift or not.
This classic Jane Austen story follows the story of a very meddlesome young woman who learns to mind her own business.
One of those good movie 2000s movies the girls won't want to miss!
Good Movies From The 2000s #3: Covering The Tragic Story Of Princess Diana’s Death And The Royal Family’s Struggle To Cope In The Queen
That's how we do things in this country: quietly and with dignity. That's what the rest of the world has always admired us for.
In The Queen, the death of Princess Diana throws the entire royal family, but especially Queen Elizabeth (Hellen Mirren) into a whirlpool of emotions on how to respond. It is her wish and the wish of Diana's family to allow this tragedy to be passed over quietly with a private funeral.
But the will of the people tells a different story: they want a public funeral with all the pomp of a royal funeral for their once princess. Accordingly, the film follows the battle the queen had to wage with her people while deciding the best course of action regarding this sad incident.
4. Chase Your Dreams And Follow Your Heart Like Casey In Ice Princess
No, Mom, I’m giving up yours (dream), and I’m chasing mine.
Ice Princess follows the story of Casey, a science geek who has dreams of becoming an ice-skating star.
The odds don't look very bright for her as she is getting in at an older age than most skaters, she needs to keep it secret from her mom, would have to give up a Harvard scholarship, and the skating coach doesn't even like her, but she is willing to do everything she needs to follow her dream.
Perfect on this good movies from the 2000s list for its inspiring story of a girl that goes from boring to a fantastic star.
Good Movies From The 2000s #5: Anne Hathaway In The Movie That Tells You To Do What You Know Is Right No Matter What The Cost, Ella Enchanted
You're about to become king. You'll have the power to make a difference in the world, and you don't even care.
Ella (Anne Hathaway) has a problem, a BIG problem. At her birth, her fairy godmother gave her the "gift" of perfect (and blind) obedience. The reason this is a problem is that now Ella must do everything she is told, even if she knows it is wrong.
After her gift lands her into a few serious scrapes, Ella determines to find her fairy godmother and make her take back the gift. Along the way, she finds Slannen the Elf and Prince Charmont, both of whom are trying to escape who they are as well.
A hilarious and entertaining comedy on our list of good movies from the 2000s that the entire family will enjoy.
6. The Adventure Of A Lifetime In Search For The Treasure Of The Nation With Nicholas Cage In National Treasure
Why can't they just say, "go to this place, here's the treasure, spend it wisely"?
Because that would be just too easy. National Treasure follows an adamant American and dedicated treasure hunter, Ben Gates, as he seeks treasure buried on U.S. soil by the Knights Templars 180 years ago.
But it isn't easy as he finds that every barrier in history is in his way, love, thugs and the U.S. government.
7. The Greatest Movie From The 2000s And All Film History: Mel Gibson’s The Passion Of The Christ
Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ is the most feeling and accurate depiction of Christ's passion and death that has ever been made into film. This film follows the events of Christ's Passion from the Agony in the Garden through Resurrection morning.
It tells the misery of Jesus and His Most Sorrowful Mother in her role as co-Redemptrix up Calvary Hill.
Good Movies From The 2000s #8: Secondhand Lions Teaches The Values Of How To Be A Man
So, you two disappeared for forty whole years. Where were you?
When Walter's widowed mother decides to go "looking for another job", she leaves him with his two great uncles, bachelors who have just returned after disappearing for forty years.
But leaving him there isn't just a babysitting venture. Walter is supposed to get his uncles to like him and confide to him where their rumored treasure, "millions", is hidden.
What his mother doesn't know is that the two old men have more secrets than their money: stories of what they were doing all those years.
These stories let Walter in on the adventures the two found in Africa: danger, war, and love. It is ultimately the tale of a young man finding out what it means to be a man through his two rough uncles.
9. For Anyone Who Likes Pirate Lore, The Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Is Sure To Entertain
You better start believing in ghost stories, Miss Turner. You're in one!
Although it does have some questionable content, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, is a pretty good Disney movie that will entertain audiences, particularly teenage boy audiences. Although it is a little frightening for small children, this movie is really meant to be a comedy.
10. The Movie That Tells The Story Of The Beginning Of The American Civil War And The True Issues That Caused It: Gods and Generals
There's nothing so much like God on earth as a general on his battlefield.
Gods and Generals is the film that follows the beginning of the American Civil War and its causes.
The film focuses mainly on General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (Stephen Lang) and his relationship with General Robert E. Lee (Robert Duvall) and the sorrow that the tearing apart of the nation caused these two men.
An ardent American with the values of the South close to his heart, General Jackson knows that he could never march against the states that seceded from the union.
When Virginia also secedes, he does all in his power to fight for the rights of the Confederacy. To him and General Lee, this fight is a continuation of the American War for Independence, the stating and defense of the rights of their nation.
On the other side of the coin, Lawrence Chamberlain, after teaching as a professor for several years, offers his assistance in serving the Union Army.
He expects a post in giving motivational speeches and is, instead, surprised to receive a serving officer position. Colonel Chamberlain must quickly transfer from his quiet life to one of an officer leading soldiers into battle.
This is the beginning of a three-part series of the American Civil War with the second film in the series being Gettysburg.
Unfortunately, the makers never made the last film in the series, The Last Full Measure. Personally, we like Gettysburg much better than Gods and Generals for its storytelling edge and lack of emotional Protestant prayers.
Being among our good movies from the 2000s, however, it really doesn't bother us that much.
Points to Consider: This movie is really sad. There is a big stress on how this war was truly brother against brother, especially the Irish Brigade scene. If you don't like sad movies, don't watch this one.
On another note, there is a little bit of a romance going with General Jackson and his wife including some scenes when they are touching each other, a scene with them in bed together and kissing.
11. Last On Our List Of Good Movies From The 2000s With An Inspiring Patriotic Spirit For Mature Audiences: The Patriot
If you mean by patriot, am I angry about taxation without representation, well, yes I am. Should the American colonies govern themselves independently? I believe that they can, and they should.
Ben Martin never wanted to go back to war. After the French and Indian war, nothing would be more pleasant to him than to live in peace making rocking chairs (if he could ever make one that doesn't break!)
But when his boys feel strongly called to fight in the American war for Independence, Ben finds that he must make a choice: play the coward and stay where he's comfortable or sacrifice everything to defend the new nation.
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