In the year 2000 more than 400 films released world wide but sadly not many films impressed audience and critics alike as they did in 1999. Though year 2000 was a great year for movies but as compared to the previous year 1999 it was still a dull year.
The year 1999 was a golden year for movies where we saw many critically acclaimed movies as American Beauty, Fight Club, Three Kings, Magnolia, Being John Malkovich, The Matrix, The Sixth Sense, The Green Mile and the list is so long that i could write a whole new post about.
Looks like Hollywood had already decided to give its best in 1999 and 2000 was just an after effect of what we saw in the golden year.
Still I would say that there were movies that made us cry, made us laugh and made us to love ourselves (Yup there were actually such movies).
In 2000 the main focus was on action and comedy and science fiction were of secondary concern. It was the beginning year of new decade so how could it not revolutionize a new Genre? The year 2000 re-invented the popular SUPERHERO genre and gave Hollywood the new mantra of box office success.
Also the year 2000 was a musical year as so many movies with great soundtrack were released in this year.
Here is a list of 50 Great Movies released in the year 2000. We tried to cover up almost all genres:
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50. The Cell
Director – Tarsem Singh
Cast – Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn
IMDB Rating – 6.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 46%
Release Date – 18 August 2000
Box Office – $104 Million
Genre – Horror, Sci Fi
Awards – None
Plot – An FBI agent enters the mind of a comatose killer to learn about the whereabouts of his latest victim.
49. Dude, Where’s My car?
Director – Danny Leiner
Cast – Ashton Kutcher, Sean William Scott, Jennifer Garner
IMDB Rating – 5.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 18%
Release Date – 15 August 2000
Box Office – $73.2 Million
Genre – Sci Fi, Comedy
Awards – None
Plot – The title itself is pretty much explanatory.
48. Frequency
Director – George Hoblit
Cast – Dennis Quaid, Jim Caviezel
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 70%
Release Date – 28 April 2000
Box Office – $68 Million
Genre – Mystery, Sci Fi
Awards – None
Plot – A Son tries to save his father’s life by instructing him through a cross-time connection.
47. Hollow Man
Director – Paul Verhoeven
Cast – Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue
IMDB Rating – 5.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 27%
Release Date – 4 August 2000
Box Office – $190 Million
Genre – Horror, Sci Fi
Awards – None
Plot – Through an experiment, a scientist becomes invisible but he also loses his humanity.
46. The Whole Nine Yards
Director – Jonathan Lynn
Cast – Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry
IMDB Rating – 6.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 45%
Release Date – 18 February 2000
Box Office – $106 Million
Genre – Crime, Comedy
Awards – None
Plot – A dentist tries to become informer about the mob who has shifted next door to him but things doesn’t turned out as planned.
45. How the Grinch Stole the Christmas
Director – Ron Howard
Cast – Jim Carrey, Bill Irwin
IMDB Rating – 6.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 46%
Release Date – 8 November 2000
Box Office – $345 Million
Genre – Comedy, Family
Awards – Oscar for Best Makeup
Plot – A grinch tries to destroy the spirit of christmas.
44. Miss Congeniality
Director – Donald Petrie
Cast – Sandra Bullock
IMDB Rating – 6.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 42%
Release Date – 22 December 2000
Box Office – $212 Million
Genre – Action, Comedy
Awards – None
Plot – An FBI agent signs up for Miss USA contest to uncover a terrorist squad.
43. The 6th Day
Director – Roger Spottiswoode
Cast – Arnold Scwarzenegger, Tony Goldwyn
IMDB Rating – 5.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 41%
Release Date – 28 October 2000
Box Office – $96 Million
Genre – Action, Sci Fi, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot – A man learns about the existence of his clone and the plan of all the clones to conquer the world.
42. Men of Honor
Director – George Tillman
Cast – Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr.
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 42%
Release Date – 10 November 2000
Box Office – $82 million
Genre – Drama, Biography
Awards – None
Plot – The amazing story of Carl Brashear who was first american african seal in US navy.
41. Charlie’s Angels
Director – McG
Cast – Drew Barrymore, Lucy liu, Cameron Diaz
IMDB Rating – 5.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 68%
Release Date – 22 October 2000
Box Office – $264 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – None
Plot – Three Martial arts expert women tries to steal an important software.
