91. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Thomas Jahn
Actors: Til Schweiger, Jan Josef Liefers, Thierry van Werveke, Moritz Bleibtreu, Huub Stapel, Rutger Hauer
92. The Ninth Gate
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner, Barbara Jefford, Jack Taylor
Plot: A less than reputable book dealer is hired by the obsessive Balkan to track down the other two copies of a book he owns, supposedly granting unlimited power, but complications both natural and supernatural hinder his mission.
93. Shanghai Noon
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tom Dey
Actors: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Brandon Merrill, Roger Yuan, Xander Berkeley
Plot: When Princess Pei Pei is kidnapped from the Forbidden City, Imperial Guard Chon Wang feel it is his personal mission to rescue her. Tracking her to America, he makes it to Nevada before becoming separated from his group. A cowboy named Roy O'Bannon joins him, and the two form an unlikely partnership as they go after the princess on their own.
94. The Interview
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Craig Monahan
Actors: Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin, Michael Caton, Aaron Jeffery, Paul Sonkkila, Peter McCauley
95. U-571
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, David Keith, Thomas Kretschmann
Plot: During WWII, the Allies must crack the Nazi's war codes in order to get the upper hand and win the war. When a crippled U-Boat calls for help, the US sees their chance to capture the Nazi's 'enigma coding machine.'
96. Animal Factory
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steve Buscemi
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Danny Trejo, Mark Boone Junior, Seymour Cassel, Mickey Rourke
Plot: A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.
97. Paragraph 175
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Actors: Rupert Everett, Klaus Müller, Karl Gorath, Pierre Seel, Heinz F., Annette Eick
Plot: Paragraph 175 tells of a gap in the historical record and reveals the lasting consequences, as told through personal stories of gay men and women who lived through it, including: Karl Gorath; Gad Beck, the half-Jewish resistance fighter who spent the war helping refugees escape Berlin; Annette Eick, the Jewish lesbian who escaped to England with the help of a woman she loved; Albrecht Becker, German Christian photographer, who was arrested and imprisoned for homosexuality, then joined the army on his release because he "wanted to be with men"; and Pierre Seel, the French Alsatian teenager, who watched as his lover was eaten alive by dogs in the camps.
98. The Whole Nine Yards
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Actors: Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet
Plot: Nick is a struggling dentist in Canada. A new neighbor moves in, and he discovers that it is Jimmy "The Tulip" Teduski. His wife convinces him to go to Chicago and inform the mob boss who wants Jimmy dead.
99. Hamlet
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Almereyda
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora, Sam Shepard, Bill Murray, Liev Schreiber
Plot: The Gen X adaptation of Hamlet stars Ethan Hawke has the brooding Prince of Denmark -- "Denmark" being a big corporation in contemporary NYC and Hawke the slacker son of the dead CEO.
100. Taxi 2
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gérard Krawczyk
Actors: Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard, Emma Wiklund, Bernard Farcy, Jean-Christophe Bouvet
