2000 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 2000. Top 30 & many honorables. Also a "Best in Film" ballot for select categories of 2000. Here's the countdown:






30.            HOLLOW MAN

29.            CHICKEN RUN

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28.                 HAMLET

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27.         IN VANDA'S ROOM

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26.            JESUS' SON

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25.             HUMANITÉ

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24.           TIME REGAINED

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23.          WONDER BOYS

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22.             DARK DAYS

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21.        MISSION TO MARS

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20.  KIRIKOU & THE SORCERESS

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                 GHOST DOG:
19. THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI

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18.
  A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES

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17.      THE YARDS [director's cut]

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                   O BROTHER,

16. WHERE ART THOU?

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15.     YOU CAN COUNT ON ME

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14.            OUTER SPACE

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13.   SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE

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12.      THE VIRGIN SUICIDES

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11.               CAST AWAY

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10.    REQUIEM FOR A DREAM

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9.             UNBREAKABLE

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8.       THE HOUSE OF MIRTH

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             CROUCHING TIGER,

7.    HIDDEN DRAGON

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6.             BEAU TRAVAIL

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5.    THE WIND WILL CARRY US

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4.         PEPPERMINT CANDY

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3.               THE MISSION

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2.      GEORGE WASHINGTON

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1.                     YI YI

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(other titles from 2000 I loved that could've placed)

SOUND AND FURY

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THE CAPTIVE

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BJORK: ALL IS FULL OF LOVE

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TRAFFIC

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AMERICAN PSYCHO

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AMORES PERROS

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DEAD OR ALIVE 2: BIRDS

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FLEX

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BEST IN SHOW

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REJECTED

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DANCER IN THE DARK

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THE LEGEND
OF DRUNKEN MASTER

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WINTER SLEEPERS

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CHUCK & BUCK

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NOT ONE LESS

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THE FOUL KING

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WAKING THE DEAD

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KIKUJIRO

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THE LITTLE THIEF

[LE PETIT VOLEUR]

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BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER

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GIRL ON THE BRIDGE

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POLA X

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ORPHANS

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KIPPUR

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FINAL DESTINATION

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THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE

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GEMINI

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BAMBOOZLED

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BRING IT ON

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U-571

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SET ME FREE

[EMPORTE-MOI]

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TABOO

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INTO ARMS OF STRANGERS:
STORIES OF THE KINDERTRANSPORT

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THE HEART OF THE WORLD

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THE TASTE OF OTHERS

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BROTHER

BEFORE NIGHT FALLS

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PARADISE LOST 2: REVELATIONS

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HIGH FIDELITY

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THE IDIOTS [DOGME # 2]

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ALMOST FAMOUS

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WHAT'S COOKING?

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CHARLIE'S ANGELS

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SEANCE

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ERIN BROCKOVICH

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QUILLS

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POLLOCK

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TIGERLAND

PITCH BLACK

BEYOND THE MAT

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2000 recap
TOP 30

1. YI YI (Yang)
2. GEORGE WASHINGTON (D.Gordon Green)
3. BEAU TRAVAIL (Denis)
4. PEPPERMINT CANDY (Chang-dong)
5. WIND WILL CARRY US (Kiarostami)
6. THE MISSION (To)
7. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Lee)
8. HOUSE OF MIRTH (Davies)
9. UNBREAKABLE (Shyamalan)
10. REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (Aronofsky)
11. CAST AWAY (Zemeckis)
12. VIRGIN SUICIDES (Sofia Coppola)
13. SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE (Merhige)
14. OUTER SPACE (Tscherkassky)
15. YOU CAN COUNT ON ME (Lonergan)
16. O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU (Coen bros)
17. THE YARDS (Gray)
18. WONDER BOYS (Hanson)
19. A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES (Ghobadi)
20. GHOST DOG (Jarmusch)
21. KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS (Ocelot)
22. MISSION TO MARS (De Palma)
23. TIME REGAINED (Ruiz)
24. DARK DAYS (Marc Singer)
25. HUMANITE (Dumont)
26. JESUS' SON (Alison Maclean)
27. IN VANDA'S ROOM (Costa)
28. HAMLET (Almereyda)
29. CHICKEN RUN (N.Park)
30. HOLLOW MAN (Verhoeven)

RUNNER-UP:
SOUND AND FURY (Aronson), THE CAPTIVE (Chantal Ackerman), ALL IS FULL OF LOVE (Cunningham), TRAFFIC (Soderbergh), AMERICAN PSYCHO (Mary Harron), AMORES PERROS (Innaritu), DEAD OR ALIVE 2 BIRDS (Miike), FLEX (Cunningham), BEST IN SHOW (Guest), REJECTED (Hertzfeldt), DANCER IN THE DARK (Von Trier), DRUNKEN MASTER II (Kar-leung/ Chan), WINTER SLEEPERS (Tykwer), CHUCK & BUCK (Arteta), NOT ONE LESS (Yimou), THE FOUL KING (Jee-woon), WAKING THE DEAD (K.Gordon), KIKUJIRO (Kitano), LE PETIT VOLEUR (Zonca), BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER (Babbit), GIRL ON THE BRIDGE (Leconte), POLA X (Carax), ORPHANS (Mullan), KIPPUR (Amos Gitai), FINAL DESTINATION (Wong), EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE (Dindal), GEMINI (Tsukamoto), BAMBOOZLED (Spike Lee), BRING IT ON (Reed), U-571 (Mostow), EMPORTE-MOI (Pool), TABOO (Oshima), INTO ARMS OF STRANGERS (Mark J. Harris), HEART OF THE WORLD (Maddin), TASTE OF OTHERS (Jaoui), BROTHER (Adam Elliot), BEFORE NIGHT FALLS (Schnabel), PARADISE LOST 2: REVELATIONS (Berlinger), HIGH FIDELITY (Frears), THE IDIOTS (Von Trier), ALMOST FAMOUS (Crowe), WHAT'S COOKING? (Gurinder Chadha), CHARLIE'S ANGELS (McG), SEANCE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa), ERIN BROCKOVICH (Soderbergh), QUILLS (P.Kaufman), POLLOCK (Ed Harris), TIGERLAND (Schumacher), PITCH BLACK (Twohy), BEYOND THE MAT (Blaustein)