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2006 Was 20 Years Ago — The Movies That Defined the 2000s
Casino Royale. The Departed. The Prestige. Pirates of the Caribbean. The Devil Wears Prada. Twenty years later, 2006 looks like one of the defining movie years of the 2000s.
Published 17 September 2026
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10 Movies That Defined 2000
The year that opened a new decade gave us Roman epics, fractured thrillers, superheroes, serial killers and some genuinely fearless filmmaking.
2026-08-23
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Why 00s Horror Movies Were So Damn Good
Zombies ran, ghosts crossed oceans, traps got nastier and horror stopped obeying one set of rules. The 2000s were gloriously all over the place.
2026-08-23
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The Greatest Movie Soundtracks of the 00s
From mixtape culture to iPods, the 2000s gave movies songs that escaped the cinema and followed us everywhere.
2026-08-23
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Why Was Harry Potter Such a Huge Hit?
Eight films, a generation growing up alongside its characters and a world audiences never seemed ready to leave. How did Harry Potter become the defining movie phenomenon of the 2000s?
2026-08-23
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