Top Movies of 2000


The top movies of 2000 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

21. Chocolat

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Actors: Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche, Carrie-Anne Moss, Alfred Molina, Helene Cardona
Plot: A small chocolate candy store is opened in a small French village when the town beings to input their morals.

22. Dark Days

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marc Singer
Actors: Marc Singer
Plot: A documentary crew enters the dark, underground world of vagrants. In an East Coast subway tunnel, hundreds of would-be homeless have set up their own community using whatever scraps of construction material they can find. Community dwellers have provided for themselves electricity, tvs, stoves, even running water. This documentary makes for a surprising look at homeless people taking pride in a community they have helped to develop.

23. Unbreakable

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Actors: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn, Spencer Treat Clark, Charlayne Woodard
Plot: After being the sole survivor of a horrific train crash, and with nary a scratch, a man is approached by a stranger with a rare bone disease who deduces that he is a real-life super hero.

24. Billy Elliot

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Daldry
Actors: Jamie Bell, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven, Gary Lewis, Stuart Wells, Mike Elliot
Plot: Billy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.

25. Wonder Boys

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Curtis Hanson
Actors: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr., Katie Holmes, Rip Torn
Plot: A professor deals with his wife leaving him, and the pressure of writing a book.

26. The Emperor's New Groove

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Mark Dindal
Actors: David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Wendie Malick, Kellyann Kelso
Plot: An emperor wants to build a vacation spot on top of the villagers' hill. In the midst of this, he is being overthrown by his servants who want to see that he is never emperor again due to a firing. They change him into a lama and he has to figure out how to change back and keep his throne.

27. Quills

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Philip Kaufman
Actors: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Malahide
Plot: After controversy caused by publication of the Marquis de Sade's work, an optimistic young priest must give up control of his asylum to a doctor with alterior motives.

28. Ratcatcher

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lynne Ramsay
Actors: William Eadie, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, Michelle Stewart, Lynne Ramsay Jr., Leanne Mullen

29. Pitch Black

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Twohy
Actors: Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Claudia Black, Rhiana Griffith, Keith David
Plot: A deep space commuter vessel crashes onto an inhabited planet. The passengers must work as a team to survive this sun-scotched dessert planet and fight the creatures that live on it.

30. A Room for Romeo Brass

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shane Meadows
Actors: Martin Arrowsmith, Paddy Considine, Bob Hoskins, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure, Ben Marshall

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