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As 2026 looms, the opportunity-slash-excuse to look back at 2000 films for their 25th anniversary is nearing a close. Now, every single year we can note the 25th anniversary of certain movies. The difference here, though, is that most years aren’t the start of the new millennium. So, given the roundness of the number, we were thinking we might pick our top-five films of 2000. Here’s the thing, though. We couldn’t even find five really good movies for the year 2000. This may be one of the worst film years in history.
The best film is O Brother, Where Art Thou?, which isn’t a top-five Coen Brothers movie. It’s very good, possibly even great, but it’s the best of the bunch. The Best Picture winner at the Oscars for 2000 was Gladiator. Again, a good movie, but by no means a remarkable one. This is also the year that, famously, Steven Soderbergh went against himself at the Oscars for Erin Brockovich and Traffic. Again, good, solid filmmaking, but not great.
In terms of blockbuster movies and popcorn flicks, in 2000 we got the atrocious live-action How the Grinch Stole Christmas. We got the worst Mission: Impossible movie. What Women Want is asinine. X-Men is solid, but far from a remarkable superhero movie. In terms of audience plays and breezy movies from 2000, Miss Congeniality is charming. Cast Away is impressive, and Tom Hanks is good. Shanghai Noon is watchable. On the other hand, Battlefield Earth. Yeah.
So, well, we guess we’re saying good riddance to celebrating the 25th anniversary of the year 2000, at least when it comes to movies. This is definitely a below-average year, and with the benefit of hindsight feels particularly lackluster.
