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.

Although a box office disappointment when originally released, DreamWorks Animation's The Road to El Dorado, based on the Hugh Thomas novel, Conquest, Montezuma, Cortés and the Fall of Old Mexico, earned second place behind Erin Brockovich.

Disney's Dinosaur was the most expensive film that year and a box-office success. Cast Away was also a success at the box office, earning over $429,632,142 worldwide in ticket receipts.

Coyote Ugly opened at #4 in North American box office making $17.3 million in its opening weekend behind Space Cowboys, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and Hollow Man.

Top-grossing films[link]

These are the top grossing films that were first released in 2000. The top ten films of 2000, by worldwide gross in $USD, as well as the US & Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:

$ 567.123.4567 These numbers are taken from Box Office Mojo, including their 2000 Yearly Box Office Results.

2000 produced forty-six films that have grossed more than $100 million. Three films grossed more than $400 million.

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Awards[link]

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Dancer in the Dark, directed by Lars von Trier, Denmark

Grand Jury Prize (Sundance Film Festival):

Girlfight, directed by Karyn Kusama, United States
and You Can Count on Me, directed by Kenneth Lonergan, United States

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

The Circle, directed by Jafar Panahi, Iran

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Magnolia, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, United States

Films released in 2000[link]

U.S.A. unless stated

#

• 28 Days, starring Sandra Bullock and Viggo Mortensen
• 101 Reykjavík - (Iceland/Denmark/Norway)
• 102 Dalmatians, starring Glenn Close
• The 6th Day, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger

A-D[link]

• Aberdeen, starring Stellan Skarsgård and Lena Headey - (U.K./Norway)
• Across the Line, starring Brad Johnson
• Adventures in Wild California
• The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, starring Rene Russo and Robert De Niro
• Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue) - (Morocco)
• All the Pretty Horses, directed by Billy Bob Thornton, starring Matt Damon, Penélope Cruz, Henry Thomas
• Almost Famous, directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson
• American Psycho, directed by Mary Harron, starring Christian Bale, Chloë Sevigny, Willem Dafoe
• Amores perros (Love's a Bitch), starring Emilio Echevarría and Gael García Bernal - (Mexico)
• Adanggaman - (Burkina Faso/France/Switzerland)
• Angels of the Universe (Englar alheimsins) - (Iceland)
• Animal Factory, directed by Steve Buscemi, starring Willem Dafoe and Edward Furlong
• The Art of War, starring Wesley Snipes
• Autumn in New York, starring Richard Gere and Winona Ryder

B

• Baise-moi - (France)
• Bait, starring Jamie Foxx
• Bang Rajan - (Thailand) - the highest grossing film in Thai film history
• Barking Dogs Never Bite (Flandersui gae) - (South Korea)
• Battlefield Earth, starring John Travolta -- winner of 9 Razzie Awards including worst film of the decade (awarded in 2010)
• Battle Royale (Batoru rowaiaru) - (Japan)
• The Beach, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tilda Swinton - (U.K.)
• Beans (Fasulye) - (Turkey)
• Beautiful, directed by Sally Field, starring Minnie Driver
• Bedazzled, starring Brendan Fraser
• Before Night Falls, starring Javier Bardem and Johnny Depp
• Best in Show, directed by Christopher Guest, starring Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard and Jane Lynch
• Beyond (Svinalängorna) - (Sweden)
• Big Momma's House, starring Martin Lawrence
• Billy Elliot, directed by Stephen Daldry and starring Jamie Bell and Julie Walters - (U.K.)
• Blackboards (Takhté siah) - (Iran)
• Boiler Room, starring Vin Diesel and Giovanni Ribisi
• El Bola (Pellet) - (Spain)
• Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, directed by Joe Berlinger
• Bootmen - (Australia)
• Bounce, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck
• Boys and Girls, starring Freddie Prinze Jr.
• Bread and Roses, directed by Ken Loach - (U.K.)
• Bread and Tulips (Pane e tulipani), starring Bruno Ganz - (Italy)
• Bring it On, starring Kirsten Dunst
• The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
• Brother, directed by Takeshi Kitano, starring Takeshi and Omar Epps - (U.S.A./Japan)
• Brother 2 (Brat 2) - (Russia)
• Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey - (Hong Kong)

C

• La Captive, directed by Chantal Akerman - (France/Belgium)
• Captains of April (Capitães de Abril) - (Portugal)
• Cast Away, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks
• Cecil B. Demented, directed by John Waters, starring Melanie Griffith
• The Cell, starring Jennifer Lopez, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vince Vaughn
• Center Stage, directed by Nicholas Hytner
• Charlie's Angels, starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu
• Chicken Run - (U.K.)
• Chinese Coffee, directed by and starring Al Pacino
• Chocolat directed by Lasse Hallström, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Chopper, starring Eric Bana - (Australia)
• Chunhyang - (South Korea)
• The Circle (Dayereh), directed by Jafar Panahi - (Iran/Italy/Switzerland)
• The Claim, starring Wes Bentley, Milla Jovovich and Nastassia Kinski - (Canada/U.K.)
• Code Unknown (Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages), directed by Michael Haneke, starring Juliette Binoche - (France/Germany/Romania)
• Coming Out (Faneronomai) - (South Korea)
• La comunidad (Common Wealth), starring Carmen Maura - (Spain)
• The Contender, starring Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Sam Elliott, Christian Slater, Gary Oldman
• Coyote Ugly
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long), directed by Ang Lee and starring Chow Yun-fat, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi - (Tai/U.S.A./HK/Ch)
• Cruel Intentions 2

D

• Dancer in the Dark,directed by Lars von Trier, starring Bjork - (Denmark)
• The Day I Became a Woman (Roozi ke zan shodam) - (Iran)
• Dead or Alive 2: Tôbôsha, directed by Takashi Miike - (Japan)
• Demobbed (DMB) - (Russia)
• Devils on the Doorstep (Guizi lai le), directed by Jiang Wen - (China)
• Die Bad (Jukgeona hokeun nabbeugeona) - (South Korea)
• 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
• The Dish, starring Sam Neill - (Australia)
• Ditto (Donggam) - (South Korea)
• Divided We Fall (Musíme si pomáhat) - (Czech Republic)
• Djomeh - (Iran)
• A Dog's Will (O Auto da Compadecida) - (Brazil)
• Down to You, starring Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Julia Stiles
• Dr. T & the Women, starring Richard Gere
• Dracula 2000, starring Gerard Butler and Christopher Plummer
• Dude, Where's My Car?, starring Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott
• Duets, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis
• Dungeons & Dragons, starring Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans and Jeremy Irons
• Durian Durian (榴槤飄飄), directed by Fruit Chan - (Hong Kong)

E-K[link]

• 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, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart
• Escaflowne: The Movie (エスカフローネ) - (Japan)
• VeggieTales: Esther, the Girl Who Would Be Queen
• Eureka - (Japan)
• An Everlasting Piece, directed by Barry Levinson
• Everybody's Famous! - (Belgium/Netherlands)

F

• Faat Kiné, directed by Ousmane Sembène - (Senegal)
• Face (顔) - (Japan)
• Faithless (Trolösa), directed by Liv Ullmann - (Sweden)
• The Family Man, starring Nicolas Cage
• Final Destination - (Canada/U.S.A.)
• Finding Forrester, starring Sean Connery
• Flickering Lights (Blinkende Lygter) - (Denmark)
• For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, starring Andy García
• Forbidden Fruit - (Germany/Zimbabwe)
• The Foul King (반칙왕), directed by Kim Ji-woon - (South Korea)
• Frequency, starring Dennis Quaid

G

• Gangster No. 1, starring Malcolm McDowell and Paul Bettany - (U.K.)
• Get Carter, starring Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson, Alan Cumming, Michael Caine
• Get Ready to Be Boyzvoiced - (Norway)
• The Gift, starring Cate Blanchett
• Ginger Snaps - (Canada)
• The Girl - (U.S.A./France)
• Girlfight, starring Michelle Rodriguez
• Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• The Gleaners and I (Les glaneurs et la glaneuse), directed by Agnès Varda - (France)
• The Goddess of 1967 - (Australia)
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (Gojira tai Megagirasu Jī Shōmetsu Sakusen) - (Japan)
• The Golden Bowl, directed by James Ivory - (U.K./U.S.A./France)
• Gone in 60 Seconds, starring Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie
• Gossip, starring James Marsden and Kate Hudson
• Greenfingers, starring Clive Owen and Helen Mirren - (U.K.)
• Gun Shy, starring Liam Neeson