21 Best Movies Of The Past 20 Years (Including 2023)

So much has happened in the 21st century, it’s difficult to choose the best movies that have released in the past 20 years, but we’ve done it for Screen Rant’s 20th anniversary. Looking back on the past two decades, Hollywood clearly has become an industry driven by IP and focused on franchise-building. Much of that began decades ago when blockbusters like Jaws blew people away; it’s now been perfected. Still, having franchise-starters, sequels, and movies based on other IP doesn’t mean those films aren’t great, nor does it mean original stories aren’t also being made at the same time.