2000 Year in Review


2000 was a pretty weak year in film until a flurry of very good films were released in December at the end of the year. I've included my top 20. I've also listed some of my favourite performances for the year.



2000 Ten Best List

1 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2

Traffic

3

You Can Count On Me

4

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

5

Dancer In The Dark

6

Thirteen Days

7

New Waterford Girl

8

Gladiator

9

Almost Famous

10

Maelstrom


The Next 10: Honourable Mentions

11

High Fidelity

12

Shower

13

Chocolat

14

State and Main

15

Croupier

16

The Contender

17

Cast Away

18

Erin Brockovich

19

Black And White

20

The Emperor And The Assassin


The Most Overated Movies I Saw This Year

Quills

Wonder Boys

Billy Elliot


The Worst Movie I Saw This Year

Here On Earth




Outstanding Performance from a Lead Actress

Joan Allen

The Contender

Liane Balaban

New Waterford Girl

Juliette Binoche

Chocolat

Bjork

Dancer In The Dark

Marie-Josee Close

Maelstrom

Gong Li

The Emperor And The Assassin

Julia Roberts

Erin Brockovich

Laura Linney

You Can Count On Me

Tracey Ullman

Small Time Crooks

Michelle Yeoh

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon



Outstanding Performance from a Lead Actor

Jim Carrey

How The Grinch Stole Christmas

George Clooney

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Russell Crowe

Gladiator

John Cusack

High Fidelity

Albert Finney

Erin Brockovich

Bruce Greenwood

Thirteen Days

Tom Hanks

Cast Away

William H. Macy

State And Main

Gary Oldman

The Contender

Clive Owens

Croupier

Chow Yun-Fat

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon



Outstanding Performance from a
Supporting Actress


Judi Dench

Chocolat

Catherine Deneuve

Dancer In The Dark

Kate Hudson

Almost Famous

Helen Hunt

Dr. T And The Women

Frances McDormand

Almost Famous

Rebecca Pidgeon

State And Main

Julie Walters

Billy Elliot

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Traffic

Zhang Ziyi

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon



Outstanding Performance from a
Supporting Actor


Jack Black

High Fidelity

Jeff Bridges

The Contender

Chang Chen

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Don Cheadle

Traffic

Stephen Culp

Thirteen Days

Willem Dafoe

Shadow Of The Vampire

Benecio Del Toro

Traffic

Robert Downey Jr.

Wonder Boys

Charles Durning

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Miguel Ferrer

Traffic

Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Almost Famous / State And Main

Joaquin Phoenix

Quills / Gladiator

Oliver Reed

Gladiator

Mark Ruffalo

You Can Count On Me

Jeffrey Wright

Shaft

Zhu Xu

Shower




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