Top Ten of 2000

This list was made in early 2001, but posted on 11 November 2015 and backdated to 1 January 2001.

1. Traffic dir. Steven Soderbergh

2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon dir. Ang Lee

3. Almost Famous dir. Cameron Crowe

4. You Can Count on Me dir. Kenneth Lonergan

5. State and Main dir. David Mamet

6. Requiem for a Dream dir. Darren Aronofsky

7. Wonder Boys dir. Curtis Hanson

8. Thirteen Days dir. Roger Donaldson

9. Gladiator dir. Ridley Scott

10. Shadow of the Vampire dir. E. Elias Merhige

All films seen from 2000 (based on U.S. commercial release)

* review available on this site

+ from my collection

^ no U.S. theatrical release

all films in bold received at least one Oscar nomination

100 Girls dir. Michael Davis

28 Days dir. Betty Thomas

All the Pretty Horses dir. Billy Bob Thornton

+Almost Famous dir. Cameron Crowe

American Psycho dir. Mary Harron

Bamboozled dir. Spike Lee

The Beach dir. Danny Boyle

Bedazzled dir. Harold Ramis

Before Night Falls dir. Julian Schnabel

Best in Show dir. Christopher Guest

Billy Elliot dir. Stephen Daldry

Boiler Room dir. Ben Younger

^The Book that Wrote Itself dir. Liam O. Mochain

The Boondock Saints dir. Troy Duffy

Bounce dir. Don Roos

Bring It On dir. Peyton Reed

Cast Away dir. Robert Zemeckis

The Cell dir. Tarsem Singh

Charlie's Angels dir. McG

Chicken Run dir. Nick Park and Peter Lord

Chocolat dir. Lasse Hallström

The Contender dir. Rod Lurie

*+Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon dir. Ang Lee

Dancer in the Dark dir. Lars von Trier

Dr. T and the Women dir. Robert Altman

Dracula 2000 dir. Patrick Lussier

Dude, Where's My Car? dir. Danny Leiner

Erin Brockovich dir. Steven Soderbergh

The Family Man dir. Brett Ratner

Final Destination dir. James Wong

Finding Forrester dir. Gus Van Sant

Frequency dir. Gregory Hoblit

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai dir. Jim Jarmusch

The Gift dir. Sam Raimi

Gladiator dir. Ridley Scott

Gone in Sixty Seconds dir. Dominic Sena

*+High Fidelity dir. Stephen Frears

Hollow Man dir. Paul Verhoeven

The House of Mirth dir. Terence Davies

How the Grinch Stole Christmas dir. Ron Howard

If These Walls Could Talk 2 dir. Martha Coolidge, Jane Anderson, and Anne Heche

Jesus' Son dir. Alison McLean

Keeping the Faith dir. Edward Norton

The Legend of Bagger Vance dir. Robert Redford

Loser dir. Amy Heckerling

Me, Myself, and Irene dir. Peter and Bobby Farrelly
Meet the Parents dir. Jay Roach
Men of Honor dir. George Tillman Jr.
Mission to Mars dir. Brian De Palma
*+Mission: Impossible 2 dir. John Woo
My Dog Skip dir. Jay Russell
Nurse Betty dir. Neil LaBute
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps dir. Peter Segal
+O Brother, Where Art Thou dir. Joel Coen
The Original Kings of Comedy dir. Spike Lee
*Paradise Lost 2: Revelations dir. Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
The Patriot dir. Roland Emmerich
Pay It Forward dir. Mimi Leder
The Perfect Storm dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Pollock dir. Ed Harris
Proof of Life dir. Taylor Hackford
Quills dir. Philip Kaufmann
Reindeer Games dir. John Frankenheimer
Remeber the Titans dir. Boaz Yakin
+Requiem for a Dream dir. Darren Aronofsky
Road Trip dir. Todd Phillips
Romeo Must Die dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak
Saving Grace dir. Nigel Cole
Scary Movie dir. Keenan Ivory Wayans
Scream 3 dir. Wes Craven
+Shadow of the Vampire dir. E. Elias Merhige
Shaft dir. John Singleton
Shanghai Noon dir. Tom Dey
The Skulls dir. Rob Cohen
Small Time Crooks dir. Woody Allen
Snatch dir. Guy Ritchie
Space Cowboys dir. Clint Eastwood
*+State and Main dir. David Mamet
*+Thirteen Days dir. Roger Donaldson
Tigerland dir. Joel Schumacher
+Traffic dir. Steven Soderbergh
U-571 dir. Jonathan Mostow
Unbreakable dir. M. Night Shyamalan
The Virgin Suicides dir. Sofia Coppola
What Planet Are You From? dir. Mike Nichols
What Women Want dir. Nancy Meyers
Whatever It Takes dir. David Raynr
What's Cooking? dir. Gurinder Chadha
The Whole Nine Yards dir. Jonathan Lynn
+Wonder Boys dir. Curtis Hanson
X-Men dir. Bryan Singer
You Can Count on Me dir. Kenneth Lonergan