2000: Year in Review
Fritz Golden Superlatives

1. Beau Travail (dir: Claire Denis; US release date)

2. The Virgin Suicides (dir: Sofia Coppola; US release date)

3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (dir: Ang Lee)

4. Yi Yi (dir: Edward Yang)

5. Wonder Boys (dir: Curtis Hanson)

6. The House of Mirth (dir: Terence Davies)

7. Requiem for a Dream (dir: Darren Aronofsky)

8. Jesus' Son (dir: Alison Maclean; US release date)

9. Cast Away (dir: Robert Zemeckis)

10. Bring It On (dir: Peyton Reed)

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): Almost Famous (dir: Cameron Crowe),  Chuck & Buck (dir: Miguel Arteta), Girl on the Bridge (dir: Patrice Leconte), High Fidelity (dir: Stephen Frears), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (dir: Joel Coen), Shadow of the Vampire (dir: E. Elias Merhige), Traffic (dir: Steven Soderbergh), Unbreakable (dir: M. Night Shyamalan), Water Drops on Burning Rocks (dir: Francois Ozon) and You Can Count on Me (dir: Kenneth Lonergan)

Best Film of the Year: Beau Travail
Director: Claire Denis Producer: Patrick Grandperret
US Distributor: New Yorker Films

Best Director:
Claire Denis, Beau Travail
2. Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
3. Sofia Coppola, The Virgin Suicides
4. Robert Zemeckis, Cast Away
5. Darren Aronofsky, Requiem for a Dream

Best Actor:
Tom Hanks, Cast Away
2. Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys
3. Christian Bale, American Psycho
4. Javier Bardem, Before Night Falls
5. Billy Crudup, Jesus' Son

Best Actress:
Gillian Anderson, The House of Mirth
2. Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
3. Michelle Rodriguez, Girlfight
4. Björk, Dancer in the Dark
5. Iben Hjejle, High Fidelity

Best Supporting Actor:
Robert Downey, Jr., Wonder Boys
2. Willem Dafoe, Shadow of the Vampire
3. Tobey Maguire, Wonder Boys
4. Brad Pitt, Snatch.
5. Jack Black, High Fidelity

Best Supporting Actress:
Frances McDormand, Wonder Boys AND Almost Famous
2. Jodhi May, The House of Mirth
3. Kate Hudson, Almost Famous
4. Zhang Ziyi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
5. Lupe Ontiveros, Chuck & Buck

Best Original Screenplay:
Unbreakable — M. Night Shyamalan
2. You Can Count on Me — Kenneth Lonergan
3. Yi Yi — Edward Yang
4. Almost Famous – Cameron Crowe
5. Bring it On — Jessica Bendinger

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Virgin Suicides — Sofia Coppola
2. Jesus’ Son – Oren Moverman, Elizabeth Cuthrell and David Irrutia
3. O Brother, Where Art Thou? — Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
4. Wonder Boys – Steve Kloves
5. High Fidelity – D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack and Scott Rosenberg

Best Cinematography:
Requiem for a Dream – Matthew Libatique
2. O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Roger Deakins
3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Peter Pau
4. Beau Travail — Agnes Godard
5. Traffic – Steven Soderbergh

Best Original Score:
Requiem for a Dream – Clint Mansell
2. Hamlet — Carter Burwell
3. The Virgin Suicides — Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel
4. Traffic — Cliff Martinez
5. O Brother, Where Art Thou? — T. Bone Burnett

Best Film Editing:
Requiem for a Dream — Jay Rabinowitz
2. The Virgin Suicides — Melissa Kent and James Lyons
3. Snatch. – Jon Harris
4. High Fidelity — Mick Audsley
5. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tim Squyres

Best Production Design:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon — Tim Yip
2. The Cell — Tom Foden and Tessa Posnansky
3. O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Dennis Gassner and Nancy Haigh
4. The House of Mirth – Don Taylor and John Bush
5. Gladiator — Arthur Max and Crispian Sallis

Best Costume Design:
The Cell — Eiko Ishioka and April Napier
2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tim Yip
3. The House of Mirth — Monica Howe
4. Shadow of the Vampire — Caroline de Vivaise
5. X-Men — Louise Mingenbach

Best Visual Effects
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2. Gladiator
3. The Perfect Storm

Best Sound
Requiem for a Dream
2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
3. Gladiator

Best Makeup
Shadow of the Vampire
2. The Cell
3. Requiem for a Dream

Best Documentary Feature:
Errol Morris, Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

Best Animated Feature:
Peter Lord and Nick Park, Chicken Run

*NEW CATEGORY*

Best Limited Series:
Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, and Ryszard Chutkowski, The Dekalog

• the Best Limited Series category was created due to the rise in prestige auteur-driven serial narratives; the first year being 2000 because that’s when Krzysztof Kieslowski’s masterful series of films, The Dekalog, first became available in the United States via home video. In most instances, this award is only eligible in this category in its own distinctive arena, unless, like The Dekalog or Small Axe, they are a series of films that don’t continue a serial (episodic) narrative throughout the runtime. In those cases, in addition to being eligible here, the singular films are also available to be recognized for individual films (see A Short Film About Killing, Lovers Rock, etc.). If the work is part of a serial, the achievement will stand to be recognized here. Awards are given to the creator (often the writer or director of the entire work), the director(s)/writer(s) of multiple parts of the anthology, and the main producer(s) of each entry.

Best Ensemble Cast:
Wonder Boys

Orson Welles' Best First Feature:
Sofia Coppola, The Virgin Suicides

Best Ensemble Cast (dir: Curtis Hanson; in alphabetical order): Jane Adams, Michael Cavadias, Michael Douglas (pictured), Robert Downey, Jr., Katie Holmes (pictured), Richard Knox, Frances McDormand, Tobey Maguire, Richard Thomas, Rip Torn and Alan Tudyk

Best First Feature: Kirsten Dunst (pictured) in Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides

RECAP

W I N S :
Requiem for a Dream — 4,
Wonder Boys — 3, Beau Travail — 2, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon — 2, The Virgin Suicides — 2, Almost Famous — 1, Cast Away — 1, The Cell — 1, Chicken Run — 1, The Dekalog — 1, House of Mirth— 1, Mr. Death — 1, The Shadow of the Vampire — 1, Unbreakable — 1

M U L T I P L E
N O M I N A T I O N S :

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon — 9,
Requiem for a Dream — 7, Wonder Boys — 7, House of Mirth — 5, The Virgin Suicides — 5, High Fidelity — 4, O Brother, Where Art Thou? — 4, Almost Famous — 3, Beau Travail — 3, Cast Away — 3, The Cell — 3, Gladiator — 3, Jesus’ Son — 3, The Shadow of the Vampire — 3, Bring it On — 2, Snatch — 2, Traffic — 2, Yi Yi — 2

the year-end project:
2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1940 - 1949, 1930 - 1939, 1920 - 1929 + Superlatives Index

Best of the Decade:
2010s, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s