2000 in film

The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor (Russell Crowe).

There were also several popular action films, including X-Men and Shanghai Noon. In the comedy realm, there was Me, Myself & Irene and Meet the Parents.

Dinosaur was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success.

Highest-grossing films

Events

Award ceremonies

• 5th Empire Awards

>Awards

2000 Wide-release films

Januaryâ€"March

Aprilâ€"June

Julyâ€"September

Octoberâ€"December

Films released in 2000

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• 28 Days
• 101 Reykjavík
• 102 Dalmatians
• The 6th Day

A-D

A

• A Better Way to Die
• Across the Line, starring Brad Johnson
• Adventures in Wild California
• The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, starring Rene Russo, Jason Alexander and Robert De Niro
• Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets
• All the Pretty Horses, directed by Billy Bob Thornton, starring Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz
• Almost Famous, directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit, Anna Paquin, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Frances McDormand
• American Psycho, directed by Mary Harron, starring Christian Bale, Reese Witherspoon, Jared Leto and Willem Dafoe
• Amores perros (Love's a Bitch), directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, starring Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal and Adriana Barraza
• Adanggaman
• Animal Factory, directed by Steve Buscemi, starring Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Tom Arnold and Mickey Rourke
• The Art of War, starring Wesley Snipes
• Autumn in New York, starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder

B

• Baise-moi, directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi
• Bait, starring Jamie Foxx
• Baller Blockin
• Bang Rajan - the highest grossing film in Thai film history
• Battlefield Earth, starring John Travolta, Barry Pepper and Forest Whitaker â€" Winner of 9 Razzie Awards including worst film of the decade (awarded in 2010)
• Battle Royale, directed by Kinji Fukasaku, starring Takeshi Kitano
• Beautiful, directed by Sally Field, starring Minnie Driver, Joey Lauren Adams and Kathleen Turner
• Bedazzled, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley and Frances O'Connor
• Before Night Falls, directed by Julian Schnabel, starring Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp and Sean Bean
• Best in Show, directed by and starring Christopher Guest, with Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Jane Lynch and Parker Posey
• Big Momma's House, starring Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Terrence Howard and Paul Giamatti
• Billy Elliot, directed by Stephen Daldry and starring Jamie Bell and Julie Walters
• Blue's Big Musical Movie
• Boiler Room, starring Vin Diesel and Giovanni Ribisi
• Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, directed by Joe Berlinger
• Bootmen, starring Adam Garcia and Sam Worthington
• A Boy Named Sue
• Bounce, starring Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow
• Boys and Girls
• Bring it On, directed by Peyton Reed, starring Kirsten Dunst, Gabrielle Union and Eliza Dushku
• The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy, starring Timothy Olyphant, Zach Braff, John Mahoney, Nia Long and Mary McCormack
• Brother, directed by Takeshi Kitano

C

• La Captive, directed by Chantal Akerman
• Cast Away, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks and Helen Hunt
• Cecil B. Demented, directed by John Waters, starring Melanie Griffith and Stephen Dorff
• The Cell, directed by Tarsem Singh, starring Jennifer Lopez and Vince Vaughn
• Center Stage
• Charlie's Angels, directed by McG starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu and Bill Murray
• Chicken Run, directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park with the voices of Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Timothy Spall and Miranda Richardson
• Chocolat, directed by Lasse Hallström, starring Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina and Judi Dench
• The Circle (دایره), directed by Jafar Panahi
• The Claim, directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Wes Bentley, Milla Jovovich, Sarah Polley, Peter Mullan and Nastassja Kinski
• Code Unknown, directed by Michael Haneke, starring Juliette Binoche
• Coming Out
• La comunidad, starring Carmen Maura
• The Contender, starring Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Gary Oldman and Christian Slater
• Coyote Ugly, starring Piper Perabo, Maria Bello, Tyra Banks and John Goodman
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon directed by Ang Lee, starring Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi
• Cruel Intentions 2, starring Amy Adams and Mimi Rogers

D

• Dancer in the Dark, directed by Lars von Trier, starring Björk, Peter Stormare and David Morse
• The Day I Became a Woman
• Devils on the Doorstep (鬼子來了), directed by Jiang Wen
• Digimon: The Movie
• Dinosaur, directed by Ralph Zondag and Eric Leighton with the voices of D. B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis and Samuel E. Wright
• Divided We Fall (Musíme si pomáhat)
• Djomeh
• Down to You, starring Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Julia Stiles
• Dr. T & the Women, directed by Robert Altman, starring Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern, Kate Hudson and Liv Tyler
• Dude, Where's My Car?, starring Ashton Kutcher, Sean William Scott and Jennifer Garner
• Duets, directed by Bruce Paltrow, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Maria Bello, Paul Giamatti and Huey Lewis
• Dungeons & Dragons, starring Jeremy Irons, Thora Birch and Marlon Wayans
• Dracula 2000, starring Gerard Butler and Christopher Plummer
• Durian Durian (榴槤飄飄), directed by Fruit Chan

E-K

E-F

• The Emperor's New Groove, directed by Mark Dindal with the voices of David Spade and John Goodman
• Erin Brockovich, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Julia Roberts, Aaron Eckhart and Albert Finney
• Escaflowne: The Movie
• VeggieTales: Esther, the Girl Who Would Be Queen
• An Everlasting Piece, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Barry McEvoy and Billy Connolly
• Faat Kiné, directed by Ousmane Sembène
• Face (é¡")
• The Family Man, directed by Brett Ratner, starring Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni and Don Cheadle
• Final Destination, directed by James Wong, starring Devon Sawa, Ali Larter and Seann William Scott
• Finding Forrester, directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Sean Connery, Rob Brown, Anna Paquin and F. Murray Abraham
• For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, starring Andy García
• Forbidden Fruit
• The Foul King (반칙왕), directed by Kim Jee-woon
• Frequency, starring Dennis Quaid

G

• Gangster No. 1, starring Malcolm McDowell, Paul Bettany and David Thewlis
• Get Carter, directed by Stephen Kay, starring Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson, Mickey Rourke and Michael Caine
• The Gift, directed by Sam Raimi, starring Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Hilary Swank, Greg Kinnear and Keanu Reeves
• Ginger Snaps
• The Girl
• Girlfight, starring Michelle Rodriguez
• Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris and Oliver Reed
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
• Golden Bowl, The
• Gone in 60 Seconds, directed by Dominic Sena, starring Nicolas Cage, Christopher Eccleston, Robert Duvall and Angelina Jolie
• Gossip, starring James Marsden
• Greenfingers, starring Clive Owen and Helen Mirren
• Gun Shy, starring Liam Neeson

H

• Hanging Up, starring Diane Keaton and Meg Ryan
• Happy Times
• Here on Earth, starring Chris Klein and Josh Hartnett
• High Fidelity, directed by Stephen Frears, starring John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lisa Bonet Joan Cusack and Jack Black
• Highlander: Endgame, starring Adrian Paul and Christopher Lambert
• Hollow Man, directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, and Josh Brolin
• The House of Mirth, directed by Terence Davies, starring Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Laura Linney and Dan Aykroyd
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas, directed by Ron Howard, starring Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Molly Shannon and Taylor Momsen
• How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog, starring Kenneth Branagh and Robin Wright
• Help! I'm a Fish

J-K

• In the Mood for Love, directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung
• The Irrefutable Truth about Demons
• The Isle
• Italian for Beginners, directed by Lone Scherfig
• Ivans XTC, directed by Bernard Rose, starring Danny Huston and Peter Weller
• Keeping the Faith, directed by and starring Edward Norton, with Ben Stiller and Jenna Elfman
• The Kid, starring Bruce Willis, Lily Tomlin and Spencer Breslin
• Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang), starring Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd and Martine McCutcheon
• VeggieTales: King George and the Ducky

L-Q

L

• The Last Producer, directed by and starring Burt Reynolds, with Rod Steiger and Ann-Margret
• The Legend of Bagger Vance, directed by Robert Redford, starring Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron and Jack Lemon
• Little Nicky, directed by Steven Brill, starring Adam Sandler, Rhys Ifans, Harvey Keitel, Patricia Arquette and Rodney Dangerfield
• The Little Vampire, starring Jonathan Lipnicki and Richard E. Grant
• Longshot
• Loser, directed by Amy Heckerling, starring Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Dan Aykroyd and Greg Kinnear
• Love's Labour's Lost, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, with Alicia Silverstone, Emily Mortimer, Natascha McElhone and Nathan Lane
• Love & Basketball, starring Omar Epps

M

• Maryam
• Me, Myself & Irene, directed by the Farrelly brothers, starring Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger
• Meet the Parents, directed by Jay Roach, starring Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner and Owen Wilson
• Memento, directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Guy Pearce, Carrie Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano
• Men of Honor, starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding, Jr.
• Mercy Streets, starring Eric Roberts
• The Million Dollar Hotel, directed by Wim Wenders, starring Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich, and Mel Gibson
• Miss Congeniality, starring Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine and William Shatner
• Mission: Impossible II, directed by John Woo, starring Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton and Anthony Hopkins
• Mission to Mars, directed Brian De Palma, starring Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle and Gary Sinise
• Mr. Accident
• My Dog Skip, starring Diane Lane and Kevin Bacon

N-O

• The New Country
• The Next Best Thing, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Madonna, Rupert Everett and Neil Patrick Harris
• Next Friday, starring Ice Cube
• No Quarto da Vanda (Portugal)
• Nothin' 2 Lose
• Nurse Betty, directed by Neil LaBute, starring Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock and Greg Kinnear
• O Brother, Where Art Thou?, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring George Clooney, Holly Hunter, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson and John Goodman
• The Original Kings of Comedy, documentary directed by Spike Lee, starring Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, and Bernie Mac
• Our Song, starring Kerry Washington

P-Q

• Panic, starring William H. Macy
• The Patriot, directed by Roland Emmerich, starring Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger
• Pay It Forward, directed by Mimi Leder, starring Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt and Haley Joel Osment
• Peppermint Candy, directed by Lee Chang-dong
• The Perfect Storm, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring George Clooney, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane and Mark Wahlberg
• Pitch Black, directed by David Twohy, starring Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell and Keith David
• Pokémon: The Movie 2000
• Pollock, directed by and starring Ed Harris, with Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer Connelly and Val Kilmer
• The Price of Milk, starring Karl Urban
• Prince of Central Park, starring Kathleen Turner
• Princes et princesses
• Proof of Life, directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan
• Psycho Beach Party, starring Lauren Ambrose
• Purely Belter, directed by Mark Herman
• Quills, directed by Philip Kaufman, starring Geoffrey Rush, Kate Windsor, Michael Caine and Joaquin Phoenix

R-Z

R

• Ready to Rumble, starring David Arquette
• Red Planet, starring Val Kilmer and Carrie-Anne Moss
• Relative Values, starring Julie Andrews and Colin Firth
• Remember the Titans, starring Denzel Washington
• Requiem for a Dream, directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Jennifer Connelly, Jared Leto, Marlon Wayans,Christopher McDonald and Ellen Burstyn
• Return to Me, starring David Duchovny and Minnie Driver
• The Road to El Dorado, directed by Bibo Bergeron and Don Paul with the voices of Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Kline
• Road Trip, directed by Todd Phillips, starring Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, Tom Green and Seann William Scott
• Le Roi Danse (The King is Dancing)
• Romeo Must Die, starring Jet Li and Aaliyah
• Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
• Rules of Engagement, directed by William Friedkin, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce and Ben Kingsley

S

• Sade
• Saving Grace, starring Brenda Blethyn, Martin Clunes, Bill Bailey and Craig Ferguson
• Scary Movie, directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, starring Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans
• Scream 3, directed by Wes Craven, starring Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Patrick Dempsey and Courteney Cox
• Seventeen Again, starring Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry
• Sexy Beast, directed by Jonathan Glazer, starring Ray Winstone, Ian McShane and Ben Kingsley
• Shadow of the Vampire, starring John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe and Eddie Izzard
• Shaft, directed by John Singleton, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Christian Bale, Jeffrey Wright and Richard Roundtree
• Shanghai Noon, starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson
• The Skulls
• Small Time Crooks, directed by and starring Woody Allen, co-starring Tracey Ullman, Jon Lovitz and Hugh Grant
• Snatch, directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Brad Pitt, Benicio del Toro, Jason Statham and Dennis Farina
• Some Voices
• Songcatcher, starring Janet McTeer
• Souls Protest
• Space Cowboys, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner
• The Specials, starring Thomas Haden Church and Rob Lowe
• Subconscious Cruelty
• Supernova, directed by Walter Hill, starring James Spader and Angela Bassett

T

• The Tao of Steve, starring Donal Logue
• Terror Tract
• The Beach, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton and Robert Carlyle
• The Replacements, starring Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman
• The Smokers
• Thirteen Days, starring Kevin Costner and Bruce Greenwood (as John F. Kennedy)
• Tigerland, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Colin Farrell
• Time of Favor
• Thomas and the Magic Railroad, directed by Britt Allcroft, starring Alec Baldwin, Peter Fonda, Didi Conn, Mara Wilson and Thomas the Tank Engine
• The Tigger Movie
• Timecode, directed by Mike Figgis, Salma Hayek, Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kyle MacLachlan, Saffron Burrows and Holly Hunter
• Titan A.E., directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman with the voices of Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Nathan Lane and Bill Pullman
• Traffic, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Cheadle, Dennis Quaid and Benicio del Toro â€" Winner of 4 Academy Awards & 2 Golden Globes
• Tripfall
• Turn It Up

U-V

• U-571, directed by Jonathan Mostow, starring Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Jon Bon Jovi and Harvey Keitel
• Unbreakable, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, starring Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, and Robin Wright
• Up at the Villa, starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne Bancroft and Sean Penn
• Urban Legends: Final Cut
• Vatel, directed by Roland Joffé, starring Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman and Tim Roth
• Vertical Limit, directed by Martin Campbell, starring Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton and Robin Tunney
• The Visit

W

• The Watcher, starring James Spader and Keanu Reeves
• The Way of the Gun, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, starring Ryan Phillippe, Benicio del Toro, Juliette Lewis, Taye Diggs, Nicky Katt, and James Caan
• Whipped, starring Amanda Peet
• Wonder Boys, directed by Curtis Hanson, starring Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes and Robert Downey, Jr.
• waydowntown
• What Lies Beneath, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford
• What Women Want, directed by Nancy Meyers, starring Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei and Alan Alda
• What Planet Are You From?, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, John Goodman, Greg Kinnear, Linda Fiorentino and Ben Kingsley
• The Whole Nine Yards, directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet and Michael Clarke Duncan

X-Z

• X-Men, directed by Bryan Singer, starring Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin and Ian McKellen
• Yi Yi, directed by Edward Yang

Notable deaths

Film debuts

References