Stunningly effective and thoroughly engrossing, Panic Room is a sturdy early 2000s single-location thriller featuring a great cast.
Oozing with mystery and sexual tension, Next Door AKA Naboer is a nasty psychological thriller in the vein of Hitchcock and Lynch.
Starring Jack Black, School of Rock is such a well-crafted and feel-good comedy that you will fall in love with it at first viewing.
If you're looking for a classically adventurous time travel movie, The Time Machine, based on the H.G. Wells novel is a perfect choice.
Not as pacey as the other slashers of the 2000s, House of Wax focuses on the creepy atmosphere and the bizarre nature of its main story.
Still visually stunning after all these years, Hollow Man is both a commercial science fiction movie and a fascinating character study.
Still relevant and one of the best historic epics, Troy is a visually impressive, compelling, and thought-provoking masterpiece.
A bit sloppy and forgettable but with a couple of cool gimmicks, 16 Blocks is a mildly entertaining action movie still worth checking out.
Black Hawk Down is still the best modern movie I've ever seen, some twenty years after its initial release. A fucking masterpiece.
Charming and funny, Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a beautifully animated movie following an expedition to find the lost island of Atlantis.
Despite its bizarre premise, The Core is a fun disaster movie following a group of scientists drilling their way to the center of the Earth.
A bit silly but still effective, Van Helsing is a fun and underrated creature feature honoring old-school monsters with style.
Under Wes Craven's direction, Red Eye, a generic thriller set aboard an airplane, became a perfectly watchable movie with great performances.
Nasty and visceral, The Hills Have Eyes 2 is a stand-alone sequel worth watching only if you're a fan of mutants vs. humans horrors.
Unapologetically flashy, Wanted is a brainless but highly entertaining action movie featuring Angelina Jolie and bending bullets.
Set in the Deep South where the supernatural still lives, The Skeleton Key is an atmospheric, simple, and effective occult horror movie.
Set aboard a huge spaceship in the distant future, Dracula 3000 is a hilarious so bad that it's good movie you have to see to believe.
Mildly entertaining, Journey to the Center of the Earth, 2008 edition, is a forgettable adventure into a place we don't see so often.
Hauntingly realistic and gripping, We Were Soldiers is a war movie showing the sheer brutality of the Vietnam war.
Featuring a nightmarish atmosphere, 1408 is a simple and effective single-location horror movie based on Stephen King's short story.