Best Depressing Movies & TV Series of the 2000s

3eyedraven's 20 top-rated depressing movies and TV series of the 2000s — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

The Wire 2002 ★ 8.6

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 ★ 8.1

Six Feet Under 2001 ★ 8.1

Prayers for Bobby 2009 ★ 8.1

Nobody Knows 2004 ★ 8.0

Mr. Nobody 2009 ★ 7.8

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009 ★ 7.7

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 ★ 7.7

The Reader 2008 ★ 7.5

Mulan: Rise of a Warrior 2009 ★ 7.5

Haibane Renmei 2002 ★ 7.7

The Wind That Shakes the Barley 2006 ★ 7.3

Irreversible 2002 ★ 7.2

Saikano 2002 ★ 7.5

Ghost World 2001 ★ 7.1

Manic 2002 ★ 6.8

The Girl Next Door 2007 ★ 6.6

Wonderland 2003 ★ 6.1

Disco Pigs 2001 ★ 5.7

Last Days 2005 ★ 5.6