41. Fantasia 2000
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: James Algar, Gaëtan Brizzi
Actors: Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones, Bette Midler, James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury
Plot: Walt Disney's musical project is continued with a modern take on classical music.
42. Legend of Drunken Master, The ( Jui kuen II )
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chia-Liang Liu
Actors: Jackie Chan, Lung Ti, Anita Mui, Felix Wong, Chia-Liang Liu, Ken Lo
Plot: To battle a group of smugglers, dutiful son Fei-Hung must use his patented "Drunken Boxing" fighting style, in which a swig of alcohol empowers him to defeat his foes.
43. Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Actors: Forest Whitaker, Cliff Gorman, Henry Silva, Dennis Liu, John Tormey, Richard Portnow
Plot: A solitary modern day samuria who uses a gun instead of a sword is a hit man that is being chased after by the mob itself.
44. Finding Forrester
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gus Van Sant
Actors: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes, April Grace
Plot: Jamal is an inner-city African-American teen with prowess for basketball and writing. When a prep school accepts him, he finds it is more for his sports skill than his mind. When he befriends reclusive writer William Forrester, he not only brings the writer out of his shell, but finds his own dreams can become true.
45. Beau Travail
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claire Denis
Actors: Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Richard Courcet, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Adiatou Massudi
46. The Contender
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rod Lurie
Actors: Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott, William Petersen
47. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Anime/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Curt Geda
Actors: Will Friedle, Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Angie Harmon, Dean Stockwell, Teri Garr
Plot: Features the return of Batman's arch-nemesis, the Joker, who disappeared some 40 years before the film takes place. Wayne, who knows the reason for the Joker's long absence, is certain that this can't be the same man, and he and Terry set out to discover who he really is and what he's up to. Along the way, it is revealed what happened not only to the Joker, but also to several other Batman-related characters who have been absent from Batman Beyond, such as Batman's old sidekick Tim Drake.
48. Girl on the Bridge ( fille sur le pont, La )
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Patrice Leconte
Actors: Vanessa Paradis, Daniel Auteuil, Demetre Georgalas, Mireille Mossé, Catherine Lascault, Bertie Cortez
49. Malèna
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Actors: Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana, Pietro Notarianni, Gaetano Aronica
50. Ju-On: The Curse 2
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Actors: Yuuko Daike, Makoto Ashikawa, Kahori Fujii, Takako Fuji, Ryôta Koyama, Takashi Matsuyama
Plot: When something of unspeakable tragedy takes place the location becomes tainted and everyone that comes here get tainted by the evil as well. A husband murders his wife and child in jelous rage because he's convinced she is having an affair. The house become cursed and more people get tainted as they enter the house.
