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Includes films in U.S. commercial release between Jan. 1, 2000, and Dec. 31, 2000.
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28 Days Dir. Betty Thomas. With Sandra Bullock, Dominic West, Viggo Mortensen D
The 6th Day Dir. Roger Spottiswoode. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tony Goldwyn C–
8½ Women Dir. Peter Greenaway. With John Standing, Matthew Delamere, Polly Walker C
An Affair of Love Dir. Frédéric Fonteyne. With Nathalie Baye, Sergi López, Paul Pavel B
Almost Famous Dir. Cameron Crowe. With Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup C+
American Psycho Dir. Mary Harron. With Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny B
Bamboozled Dir. Spike Lee. With Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett-Smith B
The Beach Dir. Danny Boyle. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen C
Beau travail Dir. Claire Denis. With Denis Lavant, Grégoire Colin, Michel Subor A
Before Night Falls Dir. Julian Schnabel. With Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez B+
Best in Show Dir. Christopher Guest. With Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Christopher Guest B
Billy Elliot Dir. Stephen Daldry. With Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters D+
Blood Simple [Reissue] Dir. Joel Coen. With John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya A–
Boesman & Lena Dir. John Berry. With Angela Bassett, Danny Glover, Willie Jonah C
Boiler Room Dir. Ben Younger. With Giovanni Ribisi, Nicky Katt, Vin Diesel B–
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 Dir. Joe Berlinger. With Jeff Donovan, Kim Director F
Bounce Dir. Don Roos. With Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joe Morton C
Bring It On Dir. Peyton Reed. With Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford B+
La Captive Dir. Chantal Akerman. With Stanislas Merhar, Sylvie Testud, Olivia Bonamy B+
Cast Away Dir. Robert Zemeckis. With Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy C
Cecil B. DeMented Dir. John Waters. With Stephen Dorff, Melanie Griffith, Alicia Witt C–
The Cell Dir. Tarsem Singh. With Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio A–
Center Stage Dir. Nicholas Hytner. With Amanda Schull, Zoë Saldana, Susan May Pratt C+
Charlie's Angels Dir. McG. With Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu B+
Chicken Run Dirs. Peter Lord & Nick Park. Animated. Voice of Julia Sawalha C+
Chocolat Dir. Lasse Hallström. With Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Judi Dench C–
Chuck & Buck Dir. Miguel Arteta. With Mike White, Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros B+
The Claim Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Peter Mullan, Sarah Polley, Wes Bentley B+
Claire Dolan Dir. Lodge Kerrigan. With Katrin Cartlidge, Colm Meaney, Vincent D'Onofrio A–
The Color of Paradise Dir. Majid Majidi. With Mohsen Ramezani, Hossein Mahjoub B
Come Undone Dir. Sébastien Lifshitz. With Jérémie Elkaïm, Stéphane Rideau B
The Contender Dir. Rod Lurie. With Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges C
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Dir. Ang Lee. With Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh A–
Croupier Dir. Mike Hodges. With Clive Owen, Gina McKee, Alex Kingston B–
Dancer in the Dark Dir. Lars von Trier. With Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse A
Dark Days Dir. Marc Singer. Documentary about below-ground homeless communities A–
Dôlè Dir. Imunga Ivanga. With David Nguema Nkoghe, Emile Mepango Matala C+
Dr. T. & the Women Dir. Robert Altman. With Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Laura Dern B
The Emperor's New Groove Dir. Mark Dindal. Animated. Voices of David Spade C+
Erin Brockovich Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart A–
Everything Put Together Dir. Marc Forster. With Radha Mitchell, Justin Louis D+
The Exorcist [Reissue] Dir. William Friedkin. With Ellen Burstyn, Jason Miller, Linda Blair A–
The Five Senses Dir. Jeremy Podeswa. With Mary-Louise Parker, Daniel MacIvor, Nadia Litz C
George Washington Dir. David Gordon Green. With Donald Holden, Candace Evanofski B
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Dir. Jim Jarmusch. With Forest Whitaker, John Tormey A
The Gift Dir. Sam Raimi. With Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Greg Kinnear D–
Girlfight Dir. Karyn Kusama. With Michelle Rodriguez, Jaime Tirelli, Santiago Douglas B
Gladiator Dir. Ridley Scott. With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen C+
Hamlet Dir. Michael Almereyda. With Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora B
High Fidelity Dir. Stephen Frears. With John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black B–
Hollow Man Dir. Paul Verhoeven. With Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin C
The House of Mirth Dir. Terence Davies. With Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Anthony LaPaglia B+
L'Humanité Dir. Bruno Dumont. With Emmanuel Schotté, Séverine Caneele, Philippe Tullier C+
If These Walls Could Talk 2 Dirs. Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge, Anne Heche C+
I'm the One that I Want Dir. Lionel Coleman. Concert Documentary. With Margaret Cho B+
Jesus' Son Dir. Alison Maclean. With Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Denis Leary B–
Joe Gould's Secret Dir. Stanley Tucci. With Stanley Tucci, Ian Holm, Hope Davis B–
Judy Berlin Dir. Eric Mendelsohn. With Edie Falco, Aaron Harnick, Barbara Barrie B
Keeping the Faith Dir. Edward Norton. With Ben Stiller, Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton B+
The Legend of Bagger Vance Dir. Robert Redford. With Matt Damon, Will Smith F
Love's Labour's Lost Dir. Kenneth Branagh. With Alessandro Nivola, Alicia Silverstone D+
Malèna Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore. With Giuseppe Sulfaro, Monica Bellucci, Luciano Federico D
Meet the Parents Dir. Jay Roach. With Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo C+
Mission to Mars Dir. Brian De Palma. With Tim Robbins, Gary Sinise, Connie Nielsen B–
The Next Best Thing Dir. John Schlesinger. With Rupert Everett, Madonna, Benjamin Bratt C–
Not I Dir. Neil Jordan. With Julianne Moore A–
Nurse Betty Dir. Neil LaBute. With Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear B–
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Dir. Joel Coen. With George Clooney, John Turturro C–
The Original Kings of Comedy Dir. Spike Lee. Concert Documentary. With Steve Harvey B
Paragraph 175 Dirs. Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman. Doc about Nazi persecution of gays B–
The Patriot Dir. Roland Emmerich. With Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs D
Pay It Forward Dir. Mimi Leder. With Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment C–
The Perfect Storm Dir. Wolfgang Petersen. With George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg B
La Petite vendeuse de soleil Dir. Djibril Diop Mambéty. With Lissa Baléra, Tañrou M'Baye A–
Pitch Black Dir. David Twohy. With Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser D
Pola X Dir. Léos Carax. With Guillaume Depardieu, Katerina Golubeva, Catherine Deneuve B+
Pollock Dir. Ed Harris. With Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Amy Madigan B+
Proof of Life Dir. Taylor Hackford. With Russell Crowe, Meg Ryan, David Morse B
Quills Dir. Philip Kaufman. With Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Michael Caine C–
Ratcatcher Dir. Lynne Ramsay. With William Eadie, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews B+
Requiem for a Dream Dir. Darren Aronofsky. With Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn B–
Revelations: Paradise Lost 2 Dirs. Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky. Documentary B
Scary Movie Dir. Keenen Ivory Wayans. With Anna Faris, Jon Abrahams, Marlon Wayans D+
Shadow of the Vampire Dir. E. Elias Merhige. With John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe B–
Shaft Dir. John Singleton. With Samuel L. Jackson, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale B
Small Time Crooks Dir. Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman, Elaine May C+
Snatch Dir. Guy Ritchie. With Jason Statham, Stephen Graham, Alan Ford, Benicio Del Toro B
State and Main Dir. David Mamet. With William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman C+
Sunshine Dir. István Szabó. With Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Jennifer Ehle C
Suzhou River Dir. Ye Lou. With Zhou Xun, Jia Hangsheng, Yao Anlian, Nai An B+
The Terrorist Dir. Santosh Sivan. With Ayesha Dharkar, Parmeshwaran, Banu Prakash C
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her Dir. Rodrigo García. With Glenn Close B–
Thirteen Days Dir. Roger Donaldson. With Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp C
Tigerland Dir. Joel Schumacher. With Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Shea Whigham C+
The Tigger Movie Dir. Jun Falkenstein. Animated. Voice of Jim Cummings C
A Time for Drunken Horses Dir. Bahman Ghobadi. With Ayoub Ahmadi, Amaneh Ekhtiar-dini A–
Timecode Dir. Mike Figgis. With Saffron Burrows, Salma Hayek, Jeanne Tripplehorn B–
Traffic Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Don Cheadle A–
Two Family House Dir. Raymond De Felitta. With Michael Rispoli, Kelly MacDonald C
U-571 Dir. Jonathan Mostow. With Matthew McConaughey, Harvey Keitel, Bill Paxton B
Unbreakable Dir. M. Night Shyamalan. With Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson C
Up at the Villa Dir. Philip Haas. With Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft B
The Virgin Suicides Dir. Sofia Coppola. With Kirsten Dunst, Kathleen Turner B–
Waking the Dead Dir. Keith Gordon. With Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Hal Holbrook C
What Lies Beneath Dir. Robert Zemeckis. With Michelle Pfeiffer, Harrison Ford C+
When the Sky Falls Dir. John Mackenzie. With Joan Allen, Patrick Bergin, Gerard Flynn C+
The Wind Will Carry Us Dir. Abbas Kiarostami. With Behzad Dourani, Bahman Ghobadi B
Wonder Boys Dir. Curtis Hanson. With Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand B
Wonderland Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Gina McKee, Molly Parker, Shirley Henderson B
X-Men Dir. Bryan Singer. With Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen C–
The Yards Dir. James Gray. With Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, James Caan B
Yi Yi (A One and a Two...) Dir. Edward Yang. With Wu Nianzhen, Kelly Lee B–
You Can Count on Me Dir. Kenneth Lonergan. With Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo A–


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