One of the weakest years for film we've seen. By November, there hardly seemed a film worth crowing about. Luckily, some independent product at year-end made it possible to scrape together some Best films that are worth a viewing.
The Best of 2000
Movies
with an * were actually seen at a later date and appended to this list as to
where they WOULD have rated had I seen them during 2000.
| 1 | Requiem for a Dream |
| 2 2A |
You Can Count on Me Chuck and Buck* |
| 3 | High Fidelity |
| 4 | Almost Famous |
| 5 | State and Main |
| 6 6A |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Traffic* |
| 7 | Gladiator |
| 8 | The Contender |
| 9 | Dancer in the Dark |
| 10 | Jesus' Son |
The Good
| 11 | Nurse Betty |
| 12 12A |
Cast Away 13 Days* |
| 13 13A |
Mission Impossible 2 O Brother Where Art Thou* |
| 14 | Best in Show |
| 15 | The Tao of Steve |
| 16 | Unbreakable |
| 17 17A 17B |
X-Men Pollack* Chocolat* |
| 18 | Meet the Parents |
| 19 | Erin Brockovitch |
| 20 | Chicken Run |
| 21 | Shanghai Noon |
| 22 | Hollow Man |
| 23 23A |
Keeping the Faith The Family Man* |
| 24 | Wonder Boys |
| 25 25A |
Proof of Life Shadow of the Vampire* |
| 26 | Titan A.E. |
| 27 | The Patriot |
| 28 | Frequency |
| 29 | The Legend of Drunken Master |
| 30 | My Dog Skip |
The Usual
| 31 | Romeo Must Die |
| 32 | Remember the Titans |
| 33 | Charlie's Angels |
| 34 | Scary Movie |
| 35 | Shaft |
| 36 | Gone in 60 Seconds |
| 37 | Space Cowboys |
| 38 | The Grinch |
| 39 | The Sixth Day |
| 40 | Dinosaur |
The Not So Good
| 41 | The Perfect Storm |
| 42 | Pay it Forward |
| 43 | U571 |
| 44 | Coyote Ugly |
| 45 | Fantasia 2000 |
| 46 46A |
Me, Myself, and Irene Cecil B. Demented* |
| 47 | Bedazzled |
| 48 | What Lies Beneath |
| 49 | Vertical Limit |
| 50 50A |
Mission To Mars *Bamboozled |
| 51 | Small Time Crooks |
| 52 52A |
Dr. T and the Women Billy Elliot* |
| 53 | Red Planet |
| 54 | Rocky and Bullwinkle |
| 55 | Boiler Room |
| 56 | Groove |
| 57 | America Psycho |
| 58 | The Klumps |
| 59 | TimeCode |
*indicates film was seen later than the year 2000 but released in 2000.
Fine Films from 1999 first seen in 2000
| 1 | Boys Don't Cry |
| 2 | Sweet and Lowdown |
| 3 | Hurricane |
| 4 | CiderHouse Rules |
| 5 | Topsy Turvey |
| 6 | Tumbleweeds |
| 7 | Princess Monoke |
Not-so-Fine Films from 1999 first seen
in 2000
| 8 | Girl, Interupted |
| 9 | Blue Streak |
| 10 | Double Jeopardy |
Films seen in 2008 and beyond are all now housed on TroutcoBlog.
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