William (Patrick Fugit) is a nerdy teen who gets the chance to cover rock 'n' roll for Rolling Stone Magazine in the late Sixties. Encouraged by the critic Lester Bangs (Philip Seymour Hoffman), he goes on tour with the band Stillwater, which is fronted by the charismatic Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup). William's intellectual mother (Frances McDormand) is horrified, but William is in heaven as he gets to know musicians, groupies (Anna Paquin and Fairuza Balk), and even falls in love with the most notorious groupie of all, Penny Lane (Kate Hudson). Directed by Cameron Crowe. With Zooey Deschanel and Michael Angarano. Categories: Drama, Music. Year: 2000.
2000 in Almost Famous
Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) has it all: a designer wardrobe, a luxury apartment and more money than he can spend. But, beneath the surface, Bateman struggles to fit in with his Wall Street cohorts. And, the harder he tries, the more unhinged he becomes and the less control he has over the bloody urges that make him feel like an individual. Directed by Mary Harron. With Willem Dafoe, Reese Witherspoon and Chloë Sevigny. Categories: Drama, Horror, Comedy, Thriller. Year: 2000.
2000 in American Psycho
Octavio (Gael García Bernal) wants to run away with his sister-in-law (Vanessa Bauche), but after a dogfight goes bad he runs a red light and causes a violent accident. Octavio hits Daniel (Álvaro Guerrero), a businessman who has abandoned his family, and Valeria (Goya Toledo), a beautiful model who loses her leg in the accident. The collision is witnessed by El Chiro (Emilio Echevarría), a homeless former revolutionary who is trying to reconnect with his daughter. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Foreign Film. Year: 2000.
2000 in Amores Perros
In the future, the nation of Japan is on the brink of collapse. As teenage violence climbs out of control, the government enacts a radical new plan to isolate select groups of students on a small island and force them to fight each other to the death. Shuya (Tatsuya Fujiwara), Noriko (Aki Maeda) and Taro Yamamoto) are three students forced to fight on the island. Together, they must defeat the evil overlord Kitano (Takeshi Kitano) and win their freedom. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Foreign Film. Year: 2000.
2000 in Battle Royale
The life of Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas inspired this film. Javier Bardem, who won an Oscar for his performance in No Country for Old Men, stars as the writer, who was a strong supporter of the Castro regime until he realized he was gay. Persecuted for his sexual orientation, he became an outcast in the country he once loved and eventually moved to New York. Sean Penn and Johnny Depp play friends who had a significant impact on his life. Directed by Julian Schnabel. Categories: Biography, Drama. Year: 2000.
2000 in Before Night Falls
The owners of five show dogs are followed by a film crew as they head for the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show. With exuberance and eccentricities to spare, the owners give their take on the world of competitive dog shows and show just how far they're willing to go to make sure their four-legged friends win the top prize. Directed by Christopher Guest. With Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Parker Posey, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, John Michael Higgins, Jennifer Coolidge and Fred Willard. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2000.
2000 in Best in Show
Disenchanted by his life as a cop after his partner is killed, Boomer (Scott Wiper) quits his job to track down and marry his estranged ex-girlfriend and regain a sense of his life. But when he is caught in the middle of a case of mistaken identity, Boomer finds himself in a fight for his life with a vicious Chicago mob boss and a group of corrupt FBI agents. Directed by Scott Wiper. With Lou Diamond Phillips. Categories: Action. Year: 2000.
2000 in A Better Way to Die
In order to ensure another win at the cheerleading national championships, the former captain of the Toros cheerleading squad left the newly-elected captain, Torrence (Kirsten Dunst), with a routine stolen from the Clovers, a hip-hop style dance squad from the inner city. When the Clovers find out what has been going on, their captain, Iris (Gabrielle Union), makes a point of telling Torrence to stop using their routine. The Toros are then forced to create a new routine, employing unconventional elements and the gymnastic abilities of a feisty new team member, Missy (Eliza Dushku). Directed by Peyton Reed. With Jesse Bradford, Clare Kramer, Nicole Bilderback and Tsianina Joelson. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2000.
2000 in Bring It On
After a plane crash leaves FedEx executive Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) alone on a deserted island, he must start a new life and learn to provide himself with food and shelter. As the isolation wears upon him, Noland strikes up a friendship with a volleyball name Wilson, who washed up on the beach with some other FedEx packages. Noland eventually masters the island, but the thought of living alone without his fiancée (Helen Hunt) for the rest of his life forces him to take a chance on the open water and leads to his return to civilization. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Categories: Adventure, Drama. Year: 2000.
2000 in Cast Away
Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez) is a psychotherapist who has mastered neurological synaptic transfer, a technique that allows her to access the minds of others while they are in an unconscious state. She is called upon by FBI agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn) to utilize her skill in order to access the inner workings of a comatose serial killer (Vincent D'Onofrio). Catherine must wade through the perverse thoughts of the disturbed man and race against time to save his latest victim. Directed by Tarsem Singh. With Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Colton James, Dylan Baker and Tara Subkoff. Categories: Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy, Drama. Year: 2000.
2000 in The Cell
When software mogul Eric Knox (Sam Rockwell) is kidnapped, Natalie (Cameron Diaz), Dylan (Drew Barrymore) and Alex (Lucy Liu), three beautiful private detectives, are tasked with the case by their mysterious boss Charlie (John Forsythe), whom they only speak to over an intercom. Aided by their handler Bosley (Bill Murray), these wild women use their patented mix of martial arts, disguises and playful hijinks to track down the culprits and make them pay. Directed by McG. With Kelly Lynch, Tim Curry, Crispin Glover, Luke Wilson, Matt LeBlanc and Tom Green. Categories:Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller, Based on a TV Series. Year: 2000.
2000 in Charlie's Angels
After Romanian dictator Nicolei Ceaucescu outlawed contraceptives and encouraged his people to have more children, thousands of children were born to broken or dysfunctional families in a nation full of political and economic instability. The result is a large and rapidly growing population of homeless children in the city of Bucharest. Directed by Edet Belzberg. Categories: Documentary. Year: 2000.
2000 in Children Underground
Mark "Chopper" Reed (Eric Bana) is an insanely violent small-time criminal who becomes a celebrity in Australia after writing an exaggerated account of his exploits. Chopper's gift for storytelling is shown as he relates trumped-up confessions of the crimes he has committed, which are interspersed with vivid flashbacks to his dirty deeds. Directed by Andrew Dominik. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Crime, Foreign Film. Year: 2000.
2000 in Chopper
Directed by David McNally. With Piper Perabo, Tyra Banks, Adam Garcia, Bridget Moynahan and Maria Bello. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music. Year: 2000.
2000 in Coyote Ugly
Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) is an unemployed single mom who convinces her lawyer (Albert Finney) to give her a job after he loses her case. When she begins to investigate the shady dealings of a local corporation, Erin uncovers a conspiracy involving contaminated water that is poisoning a nearby town. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Julia Roberts, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick and Albert Finney. Categories: Politics, Biography, Drama. Year: 2000.
2000 in Erin Brockovich
While boarding a flight for a school trip to France, Alex (Devon Sawa) has a terrifying premonition that the plane will explode. When events from his vision begin to happen for real, Alex becomes hysterical and tries to get everyone off the aircraft, but only succeeds in getting himself and some classmates thrown off the flight. When the plane does explode just after takeoff, Alex and his friends think that they have cheated death. But, after the survivors begin to die under mysterious circumstances, they realize that death has tracked them down and will not stop until their debt is paid. Directed by James Wong. With Ali Larter,Kerr Smith, Seann William Scott, Kristen Cloke and Amanda Detmer. Categories: Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy. Year: 2000.
2000 in Final Destination
Maximus (Russell Crowe), a once highly respected Roman general, is betrayed and put into slavery by Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), the son of the recently deceased emperor. Once in captivity, Maximus trains to be a gladiator and fights in battles staged at the Coliseum. The former general's fame grows as he wins battle after battle, but his true motivation is to avenge the murder of his wife and son by killing Commodus and returning the government of Rome its people. Directed by Ridley Scott. With Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris and Djimon Hounsou. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, History. Year: 2000.
2000 in Gladiator
Randall Raines (Nicolas Cage) is a legendary car thief who gets dragged into one last job when his brother, Kip (Giovanni Ribisi), winds up in debt with the vicious stolen car merchant Raymond Calitri (Christopher Eccleston). Tasked with stealing 50 different luxury cars in 4 days, Raines assembles a dream team of thieves (including Angelina Jolie, T.J. Cross, Will Patton, James Duval and Scott Caan) and tries to save his brother's life while dodging the shrewd detectives Castlebeck (Delroy Lindo) and Drycoff (Timothy Olyphant). Directed by Dominic Sena. Categories: Action, Crime, Thriller. Year: 2000.
2000 in Gone in Sixty Seconds
Directed by Diane Keaton. With Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow, Diane Keaton and Walter Matthau. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2000.
2000 in Hanging Up
Even though he's living out his dream by running a record shop with his music obsessed employees Dick (Todd Louiso) and Barry (Jack Black), Rob Gordon (John Cusack) isn't quite satisfied with hs life because he has yet to find true love. After his latest girlfriend (Iben Hjejle) walks out on him, Rob decides to track down the five women who meant the most to him in order to figure out what he's doing wrong. What he finds is that whether he like sit or not, it might just be time for him to grow up. Directed by Stephen Frears. With Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joan Cusack and Tim Robbins. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance. Year: 2000.
2000 in High Fidelity
The Grinch (Jim Carrey), a curmudgeonly recluse who hates Christmas, becomes annoyed with the out-of-control holiday festivities in Whoville, the town that lies below his cave dwelling on Mt. Crumpit. But, after conspiring put an end to the town's holiday cheer by stealing all of their presents and decorations, he learns that the spirit of Christmas goes much deeper than tinsel and toys. Directed by Ron Howard. With Jeffrey Tambor, Taylor Momsen, Christine Baranski, Molly Shannon and Clint Howard. Categories: Family, Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Christmas Classics. Year: 2000.
2000 in How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Jake Schram (Ben Stiller) and Brian Finn (Edward Norton) have been best friends since they were kids. When Anna Reilly (Jenna Elfman), a childhood friend who is now a beautiful corporate exective, comes into town, she reawakens old feelings and a long-standing rivalry between her two old pals. Complicating matters in this love triangle is that fact that Jake is now a Rabbi and Brian is a Roman Catholic priest. Directed by Edward Norton. With Anne Bancroft, Eli Wallach and Milos Forman. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2000.
2000 in Keeping the Faith
Before WWI, Rannulph Junuh (Matt Damon) had a perfect golf swing, but the ravages of battle have striped him of his innocence and his love for the the game. Returning to Savannah, Junuh learns that his former fiancée Adele Invergordon (Charlize Theron) is hosting a golf tournament featuring the greats of the day. Although he initially turns down Adele's invitation to participate, Junah has a change of heart when a mysterious caddy named Bagger Vance (Will Smith) appears seemingly from nowhere, teaching Junuh the secret of mastering the difficulties of both golf and life. Directed by Robert Redford. With Bruce McGill and Jack Lemmon. Categories: Drama, Romance, Sports. Year: 2000.
2000 in The Legend of Bagger Vance
Little Nicky (Adam Sandler), a kind-hearted demon who has an angel for a mother (Reese Witherspoon) and the Devil as a father (Harvey Keitel), leaves his home in Hell to stop his evil brothers Adrian (Rhys Ifans) and Cassius (Tommy 'Tiny' Lister) from wreaking havoc on the unsuspecting citizens of New York City. With the gates of Hell frozen over and the Devil disintegrating from the lack of new souls, Nicky has one week to find a way to get his brothers home, or neither Hell nor Earth will never be the same. Directed by Steven Brill. With Allen Covert, Peter Dante and Robert Smigel. Categories: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance. Year: 2000.
2000 in Little Nicky
Charlie Baileygates (Jim Carrey) is a helpful Rhode Island state trooper, a loving father and an all-around good guy. The only problem is that he has a split personality and at a moment's notice he can turn into Hank, a maniacal, aggressive bullie. Assigned to escort an alleged fugitive named Irene (Renée Zellweger) to upstate New York, Charlie struggles to keep Hank under control and does his best to win over Irene's heart. Directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly. With Anthony Anderson, Chris Cooper, Richard Jenkins and Robert Forster. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2000.
2000 in Me, Myself & Irene
Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) plans to ask his girlfriend (Teri Polo) to marry him. But, first, Greg will have to win over her ultra-protective father (Robert De Niro) during his first visit to the family home. Greg, a male nurse, is eager to please, but impressing a former CIA agent is anything but easy. Of course, everything that can go wrong does, including the disappearance of the family's beloved and talented cat. Directed by Jay Roach. With Blythe Danner and Owen Wilson. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2000.
2000 in Meet the Parents
Cuba Gooding Jr. stars as Carl Brashear, the first African-American man to serve as a Navy SEAL. Coming from a poor family, Carl faced an uphill battle to achieve his goal, and it became even more challenging after he lost part of his leg in an accident. His mentor in the Navy, Billy Sunday (Robert De Niro), was a tough taskmaster opposed to the idea of African Americans being trained as divers who gradually came to respect Carl. Charlize Theron plays Billy's wife. Directed by George Tillman Jr Categories: Biography, Drama. Year: 2000.
2000 in Men of Honor
A group of alienated Los Angeles residents come together after a young man's death in this atmospheric film by Wim Wenders. Mel Gibson plays a detective investigating the incident. Harris Yulin is the young man's wealthy father. Milla Jovovich plays a burned-out prostitute and Jeremy Davies is a suicidal young man who loves her. Directed by Wim Wenders. With Jimmy Smits. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2000.
2000 in The Million Dollar Hotel
The first manned mission to Mars fails catastrophically, killing every participating astronaut except for Commander Luke Graham (Don Cheadle). Commander Jim McConnell (Gary Sinise) leads a rescue mission, accompanied by Woody Blake (Tim Robbins), Phil Ohlmeyer (Jerry O'Connell) and Terri Fisher (Connie Nielsen), to discover what happened on the red planet. Instead of answers to the crew's disappearance, they find a mysterious intelligence that may be the key to existence in the universe. Directed by Brian De Palma. With Kavan Smith, Kim Delaney and Jill Teed. Categories: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Adventure. Year: 2000.
2000 in Mission to Mars
IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) must retrieve a deadly genetically created disease known as Chimera befre it is released on an unsuspecting public. Opposing him is a gang of terrorists led by a rogue IMF agent (Dougray Scott), who want nothing more than the destruction of humanity. During Hunt's work with the master thief Nyah (Thandie Newton), she is infected with the disease, forcing Hunt to step up his quest to save her life and the world. Directed by John Woo. With Ving Rhames, Anthony Hopkins and Dominic Purcell. Categories: Action, Thriller, Adventure. Year: 2000.
2000 in Mission: Impossible II
Caught while pulling a bill-switching scheme at a deli, Juan (Gastón Pauls) is saved when fellow con-artist Marcos (Ricardo Darín) pretends to be a policeman and drags him out of the store. Once the two are acquainted, Marcos enlists Juan in a plot to sell a forged set of extremely valuable rare stamps, the Nine Queens. Directed by Fabián Bielinsky. With Leticia Brédice, Tomás Fonzi and Graciela Tenenbaum. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Foreign Film. Year: 2000.
2000 in Nine Queens
When Everett Ulysses McGill (George Clooney) escapes from a chain gang with his friends, Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) and Pete (John Turturro), they set out on a journey through 1930s Mississippi to recover a stash of bank loot that Everett buried near his house. Based loosely on Homer's Odyssey, these bandits encounter a series of villains and prophets as they record a hit country song, attempt to win back Everett's ex-wife (Holly Hunter) and do their best to stay one step ahead of an otherworldly lawman (Daniel von Bargen). Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. With John Goodman and Charles Durning. Categories: Comedy, Adventure, Crime, Music. Year: 2000.
2000 in O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Jackson Pollock (Ed Harris) is a brilliant painter living in New York City in 1941. Struggling with alcoholism, his talent goes to waste until he meets Lee Krasner (Marcia Gay Harden), a fellow artist whose love for Pollock brings her to give up her own career to save his. What emerges is some of the most famous and popular artistic work of the twentieth century. Unfortunately, even the support of the people around him cannot save Pollock from his inner demons. Directed by Ed Harris. With Tom Bower, Jennifer Connelly, Bud Cort and Val Kilmer. Categories: Biography, Drama. Year: 2000.
2000 in Pollock
In 1970s Virginia, a black school and a white school are closed, forcing the students to integrate. Herman Boone (Denzel Washington), the football coach at the black school, is chosen over white coach Bill Yoast (Will Patton) to lead the football team. Facing racism and tension from students and adults alike, Boone must prove himself and show that integration is a vital step in the journey to racial understanding. Directed by Boaz Yakin. With Wood Harris, Hayden Panettiere, Ryan Hurst and Donald Faison. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2000.
2000 in Remember the Titans
As Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn), a lonely widow, uses prescription diet pills to prepare for a game show appearance that will never come, her son, Harry (Jared Leto), his girlfriend, Marion (Jennifer Connelly), and his best friend, Tyrone (Marlon Wayans), sink deeper and deeper into the vicious grip of heroin addiction. Facing a supply shortage in New York, Harry and Tyrone head out on the road to pull off a drug deal that they hope will be the answer to their prayers. Marion, left alone in her apartment, is forced to sacrifice her morals to score the heroin she so desperately needs. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. With Christopher McDonald and Suzanne Shepherd. Categories: Cult Classics, Crime, Drama, New York. Year: 2000.
2000 in Requiem for a Dream
Thinking that his long-distance girlfriend, Rachel (Rachel Blanchard), is cheating on him, Josh Parker (Breckin Meyer) makes the mistake of hooking up with Beth (Amy Smart), a sweet coed who isn't shy in front of a video camera. About the same time that Josh learns that Tiffany has been hard to reach because her grandfather died, he also discovers that his friend, Rubin (Paulo Costanzo), accidentally mailed a tape of his late-night indiscretions to Tiffany, thinking it was one of Josh's frequent video messages. With his love life in the balance, Josh gathers up his pals and heads out on a mission to get back the tape, while still taking time to party along the way. Directed by Todd Phillips. With Seann William Scott, DJ Qualls and Tom Green. Categories: Comedy, Adventure. Year: 2000.
2000 in Road Trip
Thirty years after Colonel Terry Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) saved his life in Vietnam, Colonel Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones) is asked to defend his old friend in a military court. On trial for a rescue mission that went terribly wrong, Childers chooses Hodges as his lawyer, trusting him as a brother Marine who knows the pressures and risks of battle. But, as the case develops, Hodges begins to have doubts about the man who saved him all those years ago. Directed by William Friedkin. With Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley and Bruce Greenwood. Categories: Action, Drama, War. Year: 2000.
2000 in Rules of Engagement
This is a spoof of all the teen slasher movies that were popular in the late Nineties, especially the Sceam series and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Anna Faris, Marlon Wayans, Shannon Elizabeth, Carmen Electra and Kurt Fuller star as some of the stalked teens who may or may not be killers themselves. You don't have to have seen the movies being parodied to get some laughs out of Scary Movie. Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. With Masked Killer and Lochlyn Munro. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2000.
2000 in Scary Movie
Hoping her tragic past is behind her, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) works from her Northern California home as a women's crisis counselor. But, she soon discovers that a bloodthirsty killer is on the loose on the set of "Stab 3," the third movie based on the brutal events Sidney lived through. As the body count rises, Sidney is eventually lured out of hiding and back to Los Angeles to help the police track down the killer. Directed by Wes Craven. With David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey, Parker Posey, Jenny McCarthy, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Kennedy. Categories: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2000.
2000 in Scream 3
When a Chinese princess (Lucy Liu) is kidnapped in the Old West, a warrior (Jackie Chan), is sent to find her. Owen Wilson plays a train robber who becomes the warrior's unlikely partner in the search. Cultural and language differences between the two rescuers make for a lot of comic moments and there is also a great deal of martial-arts action. Directed by Tom Dey. With Xander Berkeley. Categories: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western. Year: 2000.
2000 in Shanghai Noon
Ray (Woody Allen) is a small-time criminal, married to the equally lowbrow Frenchy (Tracy Ullman). When he gets lucky and pulls off a huge bank heist, he and Frenchy are rich beyond their wildest dreams. But now that they have money, Frency longs for class. Then they meet David (Hugh Grant), an art expert with suave manners who sees an opportunity to make a score of his own, by stealing Frenchy away from Ray. But David may be underestimating the former bank robber. Directed by Woody Allen. With Tony Darrow and Michael Rapaport. Categories: Comedy, Crime. Year: 2000.
2000 in Small Time Crooks
To set things straight with a ruthless gangster named Brick Top (Alan Ford), Turkish (Jason Statham), an unlicensed boxing promoter, and his friend Tommy (Stephen Graham) must convince Mickey (Brad Pitt), an unintelligible Irish pikey, to throw an upcoming fight. But, with an 86-caret diamond on the loose in London's criminal underworld and a cast of crooks hot on its trail, things don't quite go according to Turkish's plan. While he and Tommy try to save themselves from being fed to Brick Top's pigs, Mickey sets out to get revenge on the men responsible for his mother's murder. Directed by Guy Ritchie. With Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina and Vinnie Jones. Categories: Crime, Comedy, Sports, Thriller. Year: 2000.
2000 in Snatch
Musician and life-long surfer Jack Johnson tries his hand at filmmaking, capturing an around-the-globe surf trip with a group of friends. Starting in Hawaii, where Johnson caught his first wave as a child, the group seeks out the best waves on the ocean before returning home. The soundtrack features material from Johnson, as well as G. Love, Finley Quaye and others. Directed by Jack Johnson. Categories: Documentary, Sports. Year: 2000.
2000 in Thicker Than Water
In five separate stories, we witness the struggles and triumphs of a selection of women with wildly different backgrounds. Dr. Keener (Glenn Close) is trapped looking after her bedridden mother. Rebecca (Holly Hunter) realizes that most of her life is a masquerade. Rose (Kathy Baker) has her eyes set on an unusual lover-to-be. Christine (Calista Flockhart) suffers with as her lover wastes away from cancer. Finally, Kathy (Amy Brenneman) is a detective whose loneliness truly manifests after her sister Carol (Cameron Diaz) finds a partner. Directed by Rodrigo Garcia. With Matt Craven, Gregory Hines and Valeria Golino. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2000.
2000 in Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Directed by Roger Donaldson. With Kevin Costner and Bruce Greenwood. Categories: Drama, History, Thriller. Year: 2000.
2000 in Thirteen Days
Working to intercept drug shipments along the border, Mexican policeman Javier Rodriguez (Benicio Del Toro) and his partner are caught between their jobs and the temptation of power and money. Back in the US, Judge Robert Wakefield (Michael Douglas) is named as the new drug czar. As he prepares to supervise the country's task forces and partner with Mexico, he must deal with his increasingly drug-addicted teenage daughter Caroline (Erika Christensen). Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Cheadle, Luis Guzmán and Topher Grace. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2000.
2000 in Traffic
A US submarine is set to capture a German U-boat and that has a machine with the key to the Enigma Code on board. The young crew is terrified, knowing they may have been given a suicide mission. Matthew McConaughey is a young officer sure he is ready to command, but his superiors (Harvey Keitel and Bill Paxton) aren't so sure. Rocker Jon Bon Jovi plays a sailor who just wants to get home in one piece. Directed by Jonathan Mostow. Categories: Action, Drama, War. Year: 2000.
2000 in U-571
David Dunn (Bruce Willis), a depressed security guard, survives a violent train crash in which all other passengers were killed. And, more than that, he doesn't have a scratch on him. After returning to his family, Dunn finds an unsigned note asking if he's ever been sick. Dunn decides to investigate his health history and eventually tracks down the man who left the message, comic-art dealer Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson). As Dunn discovers his hidden strength, he learns that using his powers for good is the only thing that makes him feel normal. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. With Robin Wright Penn and Spencer Treat Clark. Categories: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller. Year: 2000.
2000 in Unbreakable
Extreme mountain climber Peter Garrett (Chris O'Donnell) must launch an extraordinary rescue effort up K2 in order to save his sister's (Robin Tunney) life. Confronting both his own limitations and the awesome power of nature's uncontrollable elements, Peter risks his life to save his sister and her summit team (Bill Paxton and Nicholas Lea) in a race against time. Directed by Martin Campbell. With Scott Glenn, Izabella Scorupco and Alexander Siddig. Categories: Action, Adventure, Thriller. Year: 2000.
2000 in Vertical Limit
Directed by Nancy Meyers. With Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Ashley Johnson, Marisa Tomei and Mark Feuerstein. Categories: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance. Year: 2000.
2000 in What Women Want
Directed by Jonathan Lynn. With Matthew Perry, Bruce Willis, Amanda Peet, Michael Clarke Duncan, Natasha Henstridge and Rosanna Arquette. Categories: Comedy, Crime. Year: 2000.
2000 in The Whole Nine Yards
Emma Riley (Holly Hunter) responds to an advertisement for a housekeeper and winds up in the middle of a jealous feud between her new employers, Wendell Goddard (Kiefer Sutherland) and his father Richard (Michael Moriarty). When Richard asks Emma to marry him, the tension comes to a head when it's revealed that Wendall is also in love with her. Directed by Alan Smithee. With Carrie Preston, Shirley Douglas and Sean McCann. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2000.
2000 in Woman Wanted
Michael Douglas stars as Tripp Grady, a celebrated novelist who teaches at a college. One weekend, he has to deal with several crises all at once, involving his wife, who leaves him suddenly; his girlfriend (Frances McDormand), who is married to his boss; his editor (Robert Downey Jr.), who wants to read his new manuscript; a troubled student (Tobey Maguire); and another student (Katie Holmes) with a crush on him. Based on the novel by Michael Chabon. Directed by Curtis Hanson. Categories: Drama, Comedy. Year: 2000.
2000 in Wonder Boys