2000 in film

Overview

Highest-grossing films

2000 box office records

• Chicken Run became the highest-grossing stop motion animated film ever.
• Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas's opening weekend became the highest debut for a Christmas-themed film.

  Events

Award ceremonies

Awards

2000 Wide-release films

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Films released in 2000

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• 101 Reykjavík, directed by Baltasar Kormákur, starring Victoria Abril, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, and Hanna María Karlsdóttir
• 102 Dalmatians, directed by Kevin Lima, starring Glenn Close, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Evans, Tim McInnerny, and Gérard Depardieu
• 28 Days, directed by Betty Thomas, starring Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West, Elizabeth Perkins, Steve Buscemi, and Diane Ladd.
• The 6th Day, directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rooker, Sarah Wynter, and Robert Duvall

  A

• A Better Way to Die, directed by Scott Wiper, starring Andre Braugher, Scott Wiper, Jack Conley, and Carmen Argenziano
• Across the Line, directed by Martin Spottl, starring Brad Johnson, Sigal Erez, Brian Bloom, Adrienne Barbeau, and J. C. Quinn
• Adanggaman, directed by Roger Gnoan M'Bala, starring Rasmané Ouédraogo
• Adventures in Wild California, documentary film, directed by Greg MacGillivray, narrated by Jimmy Smits
• The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, directed by Des McAnuff, starring June Foray, Keith Scott, Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Randy Quaid, Kel Mitchell, Kenan Thompson, Piper Perabo, and Robert De Niro
• Ali Zaoua, directed by Nabil Ayouch, starring Saïd Taghmaoui
• 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, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, starring Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal and Adriana Barraza
• Animal Factory, directed by Steve Buscemi, starring Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Tom Arnold and Mickey Rourke
• The Art of War, directed by Christian Duguay, starring Wesley Snipes, Anne Archer, Maury Chaykin, Marie Matiko, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Michael Biehn, and Donald Sutherland
• Autumn in New York, directed by Joan Chen, starring Richard Gere, and Winona Ryder

  B

• Baise-moi, directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi, starring Karen Lancaume, and Raffaëla Anderson
• Bait, directed by Antoine Fuqua, starring Jamie Foxx, David Morse, Doug Hutchinson, Kimberly Elise, David Paymer, Mike Epps, Robert Pastorelli, and Jamie Kennedy
• Baller Blockin, directed by Steven Esteb, starring B.G., Birdman, Jeanette Branch, Juvenile, Jerry Katz, Terence Rosemore, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Turk, Shawanna Washington, and Lil Wayne.
• Bang Rajan, directed by Tanit Jitnukul, starring Winai Kraibutr, Jaran Ngamdee, and Bongkoj Khongmalai. The highest-grossing film in Thai film history
• Battle Royale, directed by Kinji Fukasaku, starring Takeshi Kitano
• Battlefield Earth, directed by Roger Christian, starring John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates, Richard Tyson, and Sabine Karsenti. Winner of 9 Golden Raspberry Awards including worst film of the decade.
• The Beach, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton and Robert Carlyle
• 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
• The Bench, directed by Per Fly, starring Jesper Christensen
• 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, directed by Raja Gosnell, starring Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Terrence Howard and Paul Giamatti
• Billy Elliot, directed by Stephen Daldry and starring Jamie Bell and Julie Walters
• Bless the Child, directed by Chuck Russell, starring Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Angela Bettis, Rufus Sewell, Christina Ricci, and Holliston Coleman
• Blue's Big Musical Movie, directed by Todd Kessler, starring Steven Burns, Traci Paige Johnson, and Ray Charles
• Boiler Room, starring Vin Diesel and Giovanni Ribisi
• ', directed by Joe Berlinger
• Bootmen, starring Adam Garcia and Sam Worthington
• 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
• , 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
• The Chaos Factor, starring Antonio Sabàto Jr., Fred Ward, Kelly Rutherford, R. Lee Ermey
• 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
• Chopper, starring Eric Bana
• The Circle, directed by Jafar Panahi
• Circus, starring John Hannah, Famke Janssen, Fred Ward, Peter Stormare, Tiny Lister, Amanda Donohoe, Eddie Izzard
• 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
• '', starring Kirsten Dunst, Eric Mabius, Fred Ward

  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, directed by Jiang Wen
• Dinosaur, directed by Ralph Zondag and Eric Leighton with the voices of D. B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis and Samuel E. Wright
• Ditto
• Divided We Fall
• 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
• Dracula 2000, starring Gerard Butler and Christopher Plummer
• Dude, Where's My Car?, starring Ashton Kutcher, Seann 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
• Durian Durian, directed by Fruit Chan

  E–F

• El Bola
• The Emperor's New Groove, directed by Mark Dindal with the voices of David Spade and John Goodman
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• 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
• 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 All Time
• ', starring Andy García
• Forbidden Fruit
• The Foul King, 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 Accidents
• Happy Times
• Help! I'm a Fish
• 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
• , 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

  I-K

• Il Mare
• 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
• Joint Security Area, directed by Park Chan-wook
• 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
• King George and the Ducky
• Kiss Kiss , starring Robert Downey Jr and Val Kilmer

  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 Lemmon
• 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
• 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
• , 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
• Nothin' 2 Lose
• Nurse Betty, directed by Neil LaBute, starring Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock and Greg Kinnear
• , starring Eddie Murphy and Janet Jackson
• 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
• 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 Winslet, Michael Caine and Joaquin Phoenix

  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
• The Replacements, starring Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman
• 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, Fred Ward and Seann William Scott
• Le Roi Danse
• Romeo Must Die, starring Jet Li and Aaliyah
• Rules of Engagement, directed by William Friedkin, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce and Ben Kingsley

  S

• Sade
• 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
• The Smokers
• 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
• Thirteen Days, starring Kevin Costner and Bruce Greenwood
• Thomas and the Magic Railroad, directed by Britt Allcroft, starring Alec Baldwin, Peter Fonda, Didi Conn, Mara Wilson and Thomas the Tank Engine
• The Three Stooges
• Tigerland, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Colin Farrell
• The Tigger Movie
• Timbrels and Torahs
• Time of Favor
• Timecode, directed by Mike Figgis, Salma Hayek, Stellan Skarsgård, 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 – 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
• 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
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• What Lies Beneath, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford
• What Planet Are You From?, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, John Goodman, Greg Kinnear, Linda Fiorentino and Ben Kingsley
• What Women Want, directed by Nancy Meyers, starring Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei and Alan Alda
• Whipped, starring Amanda Peet
• The Whole Nine Yards, directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet and Michael Clarke Duncan
• Wonder Boys, directed by Curtis Hanson, starring Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes and Robert Downey Jr.

  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

  Births

• January 8 - Noah Cyrus, American actress
• February 10 - Yara Shahidi, American actress
• March 6 - Jacob Bertrand, American actor
• March 21 - Jace Norman, American actor
• April 9 - Jackie Evancho, American singer and actress
• April 11 - Morgan Lily, American actress and model
• May 30 - Jared S. Gilmore, American actor
• June 1 - Willow Shields, American actress
• July 28 - Emily Hahn, American actress
• August 3 - Landry Bender, American actress
• September 28 - Frankie Jonas, American actor
• October 31 - Willow Smith, American singer, actress and dancer
• November 10 - Mackenzie Foy, American model and actress
• November 22 - Auli'i Cravalho, American actress and singer

  Notable deaths

Film debuts

• Malin Åkerman - The Skulls
• Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot
• John Cena - Ready to Rumble
• Michael Cera - Frequency
• Sacha Baron Cohen - The Jolly Boys' Last Stand
• Paul Dano - The Newcomers
• Chris Evans - The Newcomers
• Isla Fisher - Out of Depth
• Scott Foley - Scream 3
• Topher Grace - Traffic
• Jon Hamm - Space Cowboys
• Rachel Nichols - Autumn in New York
• Josh Peck - Snow Day
• Busy Philipps - The Smokers
• Chris Pratt - Cursed Part 3
• Michelle Rodriguez - Girlfight
• Zoe Saldana - Center Stage
• Kristen Stewart - The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
• Amber Valletta - Drop Back Ten
• Daniella Van Graas - Autumn in New York
• Kerry Washington - Our Song
• Sam Worthington - Bootmen