10 2000s Masterpieces That Were Instant All-Timers

Some movie masterpieces take time to reach that status. They need some distance for audiences and/or critics to realize just how brilliant or ahead of their time they truly are. There are plenty of those kinds of movies that came out in the 2000s that are now rightly considered classics, like David Fincher's Zodiac. There were also plenty that were lauded back that have had their shine dull in the ensuing years. And then there are those movies that were called masterpieces right out of the gate, and they've been doing victory laps ever since.