2000
Gladiator won easily, with almost twice as many votes as the 2nd place finisher, Memento .
2001
The first installment in the
Lord of the Rings trilogy,
The Fellowship of the Ring , won quite easily, with only slight competition from
Training Day .
2002
In a much closer vote,
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers narrowly edged past
Spider-Man , winning by a mere 2 votes!
2003
Wow! The final installment of the
Lord of the Rings trilogy,
The Return of the King smoked the competition, getting almost half of the votes, with
X2: X-Men United and
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl finishing in an extremely distant second and third.
2004
Spider-Man 2 won for 2004, finishing above fellow superhero flick
The Incredibles .
2005
Christopher Nolan's telling of Batman's origins,
Batman Begins dominated 2005, with over 50% of the vote.
2006
In an extremely close poll,
The Departed slipped past
Casino Royale ...by one vote!
2007
In the biggest surprise of the polls, Zach Snyder's
300 won for 2007, edgeing past
Transformers .
2008
A real shocker for 2008,
The Dark Knight won with 61% of the votes, with
Iron Man finishing well behind.
2009
District 9 edged out
Watchmen by one vote, but I'm moving Watchmen to the final round because 1) I need a 12th movie and 2) it's almost won and is a CBM, so...
2010
Nolan wins again!
Inception finished victorious, way ahead of
Toy Story 3 .
We now move to the final round. Below you'll find the 12 remaining films. Cast your vote for the best film of the 2000s!