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So much happened, its easy to forget about certain movies.
But which are actually the greatest underrated, mostly forgotten movies of the 2000s?
When the Y2K hysteria died down, the 2000s saw an array of existential challenges that haunted moviegoing audiences.
Here are the 32 greatest movies from the 2000s youve (probably) forgotten all about.
Hilarious and surprisingly heartwarming, its strange premise did not excite contemporary critics who gave the movie middling reviews.
Despite its hard and heavy premise, The Savages never fails to inspire a few laughs.
Lets face it, theres few things on Earth thats as funny as family.
Despite collecting a few Oscar nominations to its name, The Savages has largely gone overlooked.
Treasure Planet (2002)
Since theDisneyRenaissance, the famed studio can sometimes look invincible.
But not everything its made has been a hit.
Because it is that.
John Cho and Kal Penn co-star as best friends and roommates whose craving for fast food goes awry.
One Hour Photo was a hit with critics singling out Williams captivating performance.
We should be so glad that he did.
You dont get the John Cena in Blockers and Peacemaker without seeing him cut his teeth in 12 Rounds.
(2004)
The raunchy teen comedy meets religious satire in Brian Dannellys wickedly hilarious Saved!.
That was an unfathomably huge deal in 2008.
Perhaps it was timing.
Positivity was quite hard to maintain in the late 2000s, and its only gotten harder since.
But Unleashed packs as much heart as it does hard-hitting punches.
(Seriously, just watch his transformation.
I dare you to not be amazed by what Carrey can do with his face.)
Its not that you cant make a vulgar comedy like Me, Myself & Irene anymore.
Its that nobody can pull it off so well.
Adams has her Oscars, and Blunt has been in everything from Disney musicals to Christopher Nolan epics.
Nevertheless, Sunshine Cleaning succeeds as a radiant mid-aughts indie with unfathomable star power.
In the years since its release however, Titan A.E.
Even now, its ending is still so frightening in its aggressive nature.
Starring Alexa Vega and Paul Sorvino as well as Paris Hilton in a minor role Repo!
Its still a worthwhile watch, even if youre no longer a 17-year-old belting out showtunes after rehearsals.
A true maximalist bombardment to the senses that a certain family could never dream to keep pace.
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Rotoscoping is not a new animation technique.
In a near-future United States, an undercover officer struggles to separate reality from substance-induced hallucinations.
