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#Ewan McGregor’s Best Movies from the 2000s, Ranked

“Ewan McGregor’s Best Movies from the 2000s, Ranked”

Active in the entertainment industry for almost 30 years now, Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has made his mark in the movie world. He first appeared in the British television serial Lipstick on Your Collar, then as young Obi-Wan Kenobi during the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy era. McGregor then had a string of hits throughout the late 90s and early 2000s, marking him as one of the top-billed actors of his generation.
Over the next couple of decades, he began building an impressive resume as an actor, starring with many other greats of his generation. Most recently, McGregor made his return to Obi-Wan with the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi. The series was announced in 2019, and after much anticipation, just celebrated its double-episode premiere on May 27. As each new episode rolls out for the Star Wars series, here’s a look at McGregor’s best movies from the 2000s, ranked.

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9 Incendiary

Michelle Williams, Ewan McGregor, and Matthew Macfayden all star in 2009’s Incendiary. Williams, portraying a young mother married to a bomb-disposal officer, is engaging in an affair with a reporter. Tragically, her husband and son are killed in a suicide bomb attack at an Arsenal F.C. game. Left to pick up the pieces and the grief this incident left behind her, she seeks out the identity of one of the perpetrators while pursuing the romance with the reporter.

8 Nora

Movies about writers are a popular choice when it comes to movie productions, and Nora, released in 2000, is not the exception to this role. Nora shifts its focus to the wife of Irish novelist James Joyce (portrayed here by McGregor), Nora Barnacle (Susan Lynch). Nora was the muse and inspiration behind many of Joyce’s stories, and, despite the initial resistance against a persistent Joyce, she eventually caves in and agrees to date him. What then ensues is a romance for the literary history books.

7 Big Fish

Tim Burton’s movie Big Fish may be one of his finest movies yet. It debuted on the big screen in 2003 and was adapted from a 1998 novel, also titled Big Fish, by Daniel Wallace. At Edward’s (McGregor) son’s wedding, he begins to reminisce about his past. His son, not believing his stories, thinks he is merely a storyteller, but as his father is dying of cancer, he sits down to listen to the entirety of his father’s life story. Full of romance, war, and travel, it is a remarkable tale.

6 Black Hawk Down

Black Hawk Down, despite historical inaccuracies, was a success when it came out. In 1993, the Somalian Civil War — a conflict still rampant in the region today — was outing the centralized government. The current United States president decides to send in a special force team to capture the leader of the Somali resistance, where their Black Hawk would be shot down. As a film, it does an excellent job of tugging and the heartstrings and garnering sympathy, although the movie has an agenda.

5 Cassandra’s Dream

Cassandra’s Dream is one of Woody Allen’s more underrated movies. Starring Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell, it depicts them as two brothers who have bought a boat at a suspiciously cheap price. They do not seem to know the origins of the name Cassandra in Greek mythology and name the boat after it, leading to a series of unfortunate events that can only end in tragedy.
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4 Young Adam

McGregor and Tilda Swinton star in David Mackenzie’s 2003 film Young Adam. Set in Scotland in 1953, a young man (McGregor) works on a barge with its operators. Their mundane routine is interrupted one day when they pull a girl’s body out of the water, and it turns out the young man knew her. Their relationship was complex, and, as it seems to appear, offers clues as to why she died.

3 I Love You Phillip Morris

In I Love You Phillip Morris, Jim Carrey portrays the con artist and prison escapee Steven Jay Russell. The story begins with a trope — he is on his deathbed — and then quickly transitions into his life’s story. He originally had a quote-on-quote standard life: he had a wife, was active at the church, and was a police officer. But when he quits his job and decides to live his life as he truly is — a gay man — he turns his back on the law for the sake of what he deems necessary.

2 Moulin Rouge!

If you were to ask someone what they thought about Moulin Rouge!, Baz Luhrmann’s follow-up to Romeo + Juliet, you will, per Film Inquiry, get some polarizing opinions. Regardless, it seems impossible to deny the stylistic journey the movie wrenches viewers through, bringing to life a story in a manner only done through the power of filmmaking. McGregor starred in the leading male role, Christian, opposite Nicole Kidman’s Satine.
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1 Down With Love

2003 was a fairly solid year for McGregor, and Down With Love completes and complements his filmography so far. Set in 1962, a woman (Renée Zellweger) who wants to be an author has just arrived in New York City. Her manuscript is revolutionary for its age — she encourages women to ditch the patriarchy and the rigid rules set by society — and it leads to a hotshot writer (McGregor) to help promote her cause. The classic enemies-to-lovers trope is then unleashed, creating an entertaining movie.


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