Best Movies of 2000
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
GladiatorThe film that dragged the epic out of mothballs, and Russell Crowe carries every ounce of it.Read the review
American PsychoBale turns corporate emptiness into physical comedy so precise that a weak third act barely dents it.
Requiem for a DreamAronofsky's addiction film is a formal assault that earns most of its cruelty, with Ellen Burstyn giving one of the great performances of its decade.
Almost FamousCrowe writes his own adolescence with enough honesty to admit the band was never worth it, and the bus scene is perfect.
MementoA structural stunt that earns itself, telling the story backwards so the audience shares the amnesia.
SnatchGuy Ritchie remakes his own debut with more money, bigger stars and a better villain, and the formula shows through every whip pan.
In the Mood for LoveAn affair told entirely through what is refused, framed through doorways for ninety-eight minutes.
X-MenThe film that proved comic book adaptations could be played straight, built on two stage knights and a newcomer who understood his part instantly.
Remember the TitansWashington and Patton are playing something far tougher than the Bruckheimer package built around them will allow.
ShaftJeffrey Wright's Peoples Hernandez is the best thing in a cop picture too scattered to keep up with its own villain.