The2000s were a major decade for global filmmaking.

It’sdifficult to quite summarize just how popularHarry Potterwasand, to some extent, still is.

However, should it be considered the most decade-defining of the bunch?

Joker taking a card from his jacket and presenting it while smiling in The Dark Knight

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The Devil Wears Pradais stillone of the most watched films of the noughties.

Not many movies have been able to quitecapture the unrest and fears of the noughties likeChildren of Men.

With just one day to get themselves ready and find some booze, what could possibly go wrong?

Lohan in Mean Girls as Cady Heron smiling at a person offscreen from her desk in Mean Girls (2004)

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Truly, this is one of the decade’s most impactful works.

Like most of Miyazaki’s work,Spirited Awaydives intothemes universally relevant and paints dazzling pictures with them.

NEXT:17 Best Movies of the 2000s, Ranked According to IMDb

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Harry Potter looking in awe holding his first wand in Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone.

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Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly looking at something off-camera in her office in The Devil Wears Prada.

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Clive Owen ushers Clare Hope Ashitey away from soldiers as she holds a baby in Children of Men.

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Tony Stark giving a press conference in ‘Iron Man’.

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Joker (Heath Ledger) sits on a floor in an interrogation room with his back against a wall in The Dark Knight.

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Seth and Evan complaining to Fogell about his fake ID in Superbad.

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Caden looking up with a shocked expression in Synecdoche, New York.

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Chihiro standing among flowers and looking up in ‘Spirited Away’.

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Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day Lewis) with a dirty face and hat looking pensive in There Will Be Blood.

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone