2000 Movies
Take a nostalgic look back at the top movies of 2000, celebrating the films, directors and actors that defined the year and left a lasting legacy in the world of entertainment.
Gladiator
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed
Country: United States of America
Outline: When a Roman General is betrayed, and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.
A Place in the Sun
Directed by: George Stevens
Starring: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere
Country: United States of America
Outline: A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.
Cast Away
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez, Lari White
Country: United States of America
Outline: A FedEx executive must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island.
X-Men
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen
Country: United States of America
Outline: Two mutants come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
Meet the Parents
Directed by: Jay Roach
Starring: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner
Country: United States of America
Outline: Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare.
What Lies Beneath
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Katharine Towne, Miranda Otto
Country: United States of America
Outline: The wife of a university research scientist believes that her lakeside Vermont home is haunted by a ghost - or that she is losing her mind.
The Perfect Storm
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane
Country: United States of America
Outline: An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.
What Women Want
Directed by: Nancy Meyers
Starring: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda
Country: United States of America
Outline: After an accident, a chauvinistic executive gains the ability to hear what women are really thinking.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Directed by: Ron Howard
Starring: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Kelley, Jeffrey Tambor
Country: United States of America
Outline: On the outskirts of Whoville, there lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans on ruining the Christmas holiday for all of the citizens of the town.
Canada: A People's History
Starring: Lorne Cardinal, Paule Baillargeon, Torri Higginson, Jeff Page
Country: Canada
Outline: A dramatized comprehensive survey of the history of Canada.
Memento
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior
Country: United States of America
Outline: A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
Black Books
Written by: Dylan Moran
Starring: Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Outline: Bernard Black runs a book shop, though his customer service skills leave something to be desired. He hires Manny as an employee. Fran runs the shop next door. Between the three of them many adventures ensue.
Higher Ground
Directed by: Vera Farmiga
Outline: Former Wall Street mogul Peter Scarbrow becomes headmaster of Mount Horizon, a progressive school for teens at risk, high in the mountains of the Northwestern United States.
Requiem for a Dream
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Country: United States of America
Outline: The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.
Belonging
Directed by: Christopher Menaul
Outline: The program revolves around the lives of the Lewis family, and their various trials and tribulations in the changing environment of their South Wales town Bryncoed and modern Wales.
Einsatz in Hamburg
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Amores Perros
Directed by: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Starring: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero
Country: United States of America
Outline: A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life's harsh realities, all in the name of love.
In the Mood for Love
Directed by: Kar-Wai Wong
Starring: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Maggie Cheung, Ping Lam Siu, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
Country: United States of America
Outline: Two neighbors, a woman and a man, form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.
Gillette Soccer Saturday
Outline: Jeff Stelling and co keep up to date with Saturday's goals
Magnolia
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Country: United States of America
Outline: An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Hey Ram
Directed by: Kamal Haasan
Starring: Kamal Haasan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Hema Malini
Outline: Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country and sets out to kill him.
Dancer in the Dark
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Starring: Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare
Outline: An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.
Mysterious Ways
Directed by: Dan Garcia
Outline: Declan Dunn is an anthropology professor who believes in miracles and other wonders. When he hears of a miraculous thing he goes out to find out if it's an actual miracle. Peggy Fowler is ...
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Directed by: Ang Lee
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang
Country: United States of America
Outline: A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.
Almost Famous
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand
Country: United States of America
Outline: A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.
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