The Patriot (2000)

The Patriot (2000)

[7] After his young son is murdered by a sadistic British officer, a peaceful colonial farmer forms a militia to exact vengeance during the American Revolution. Armed with a strong, emotionally potent screenplay by Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan, Fly…
American Psycho (2000)

American Psycho (2000)

[6] Christian Bale (Empire of the Sun) plays a homicidal Wall Street playboy in this Bret Easton Ellis adaptation directed by Mary Harron. By day, Bale's character, Patrick Bateman, engages in banal chit-chat with other yuppies. They compare dicks --…
Hollow Man (2000)

Hollow Man (2000)

[6] Elisabeth Shue (Adventures in Babysitting) stars as a scientist working on an invisibility experiment for the U.S. military in this thriller from director Paul Verhoeven (Spetters, RoboCop). Things are looking good until her brilliant cohort and ex-boyfriend, played by…
Meet the Parents (2000)

Meet the Parents (2000)

[7] Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro headline this 'comedy of errors' flick about a male nurse seeking permission from an ex-CIA agent to take his daughter's hand in marriage. Formula comedies usually fail or succeed on the strength of casting.…
Chuck & Buck (2000)

Chuck & Buck (2000)

[7] Mike White (The Good Girl, Orange County) wrote and stars in this disturbing but poignant drama about an emotionally stunted young man named Buck who develops an obsession for an old childhood friend named Chuck (Chris Weitz). After Buck's…
The Beach (2000)

The Beach (2000)

[7] Leonardo DiCaprio stars as an American tourist in Thailand who follows a secret map to an island where a small community has gone off the grid in an island paradise. Of course, all paradises are destined to become lost…
The Dish (2000)

The Dish (2000)

[6] Sam Neill headlines this true story about a small Australian community that played a key role in the 1969 Apollo moon landing. Neill plays the manager of the Parkes radio satellite observatory, home of the largest steerable parabolic antennae…
The Watcher (2000)

The Watcher (2000)

[2] James Spader and Keanu Reeves star in this tired, busily boring, and wretchedly made thriller about a serial killer who likes to play games with the FBI agent on his trail. I can't fault Spader for doing his best…
Sexy Beast (2000)

Sexy Beast (2000)

[7] Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, and Ian McShane star in this stylish and darkly comic story about a retired safecracker (Winstone) whose former mentor (Kingsley) shows up demanding that they team up for one more hit. Kingsley steals the show…
Dirty Pictures (2000)

Dirty Pictures (2000)

[6] James Woods stars as the museum director taken to court when photographs from Robert Mapplethorpe's 1990 exhibit were accused of being obscene in Cincinnati, Ohio. Diana Scarwid and Craig T. Nelson also star in this made-for-cable movie that incorporates…