2000 in film

The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible 2. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor (Russell Crowe).

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

Overview
2000 saw the releases of the first instalment of popular film series: X-Men, Unbreakable, Final Destination, Big Momma's House, Scary Movie, Meet the Parents, Pitch Black, Bring It On and Dungeons & Dragons.

Among the films based on TV shows are: Mission: Impossible 2, Traffic, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Charlie's Angels, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie and Thomas and the Magic Railroad.

The most acclaimed films of the year are: Gladiator, Traffic, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, American Psycho, Almost Famous and Erin Brockovich.

Highest grossing films
The top films released in 2000 by worldwide gross are as follows:

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.

Films released in 2000
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 * 28 Days
 * 101 Reykjavík
 * 102 Dalmatians
 * The 6th Day

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 * 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
 * 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 — Winner of 9 Razzie Awards including worst film of the decade (awarded in 2010)
 * Battle Royale, directed by Kinji Fukasaku, starring Takeshi Kitano
 * 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 (Bænken), directed by Per Fly
 * 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
 * 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 (دایره), 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
 * The Crow: Salvation, starring Kirsten Dunst, Eric Mabius, Fred Ward
 * 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
 * Ditto
 * 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, 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
 * Dracula 2000, starring Gerard Butler and Christopher Plummer
 * Durian Durian (榴槤飄飄), directed by Fruit Chan

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E-F G H J-K
 * El Bola (Pellet)
 * The Emperor's New Groove, directed by Mark Dindal with the voices of David Spade and John Goodman
 * Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
 * 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 (顔)
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Hanging Up, starring Diane Keaton and Meg Ryan
 * Happy Accidents
 * 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
 * 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 (Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok), 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
 * Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang), starring Stellan Skarsgård and Martine McCutcheon
 * VeggieTales: King George and the Ducky

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L M N-O P-Q
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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 2, 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
 * 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
 * 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 Winslet, Michael Caine and Joaquin Phoenix

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R S T U-V W X-Z
 * 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 (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
 * 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
 * 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
 * The Tao of Steve, starring Donal Logue
 * Terror Tract
 * Thirteen Days, starring Kevin Costner and Bruce Greenwood (as John F. Kennedy)
 * The Three Stooges
 * 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 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-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
 * 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-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

Film debuts

 * John Cena - Ready to Rumble
 * Michael Cera - Frequency
 * Paul Dano - The Newcomers
 * Chris Evans - The Newcomers
 * Topher Grace - Traffic
 * Jon Hamm - Space Cowboys
 * Chris Pratt - Cursed Part 3
 * Michelle Rodriguez - Girlfight
 * Zoe Saldana - Center Stage
 * Amber Valletta - Drop Back Ten
 * Kerry Washington - Our Song
 * Sam Worthington - Bootmen