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A Dog's Will (2000)
Plot Summary:
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small Northeast Brazil town. But when they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary, before they are admitted to paradise
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Western
Country: Brazil
Plot tags: religion, priest, poverty, social differences, clergy, unfulfilled love, race against time, hopes, rich and poor, society, district attorney, social relations, partner, odd couple, buddies, righting the wronged, amusement park, bishop, virgin mary, lawyer, dark humor, life after death, court, law, great ending
Gladiator (2000)
Plot Summary:
In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to the throne, Maximus is set to be executed. He escapes, but is captured by slave traders. Renamed Spaniard and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the death with other men for the amusement of paying audiences
Duration: 155 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 16000000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Malta, Morocco
Plot tags: revenge, ancient rome, roman empire, vengeance, sword fight, ancient history, gladiator, freedom, slavery, courage, warrior, ancient world, battlefield, pride and honor, emperor, lone hero, roman, tragic hero, violence, knight, peplum, death of protagonist, combat, master warrior, swords and armor
Memento (2000)
Plot Summary:
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby snaps Polaroids of people and places, jotting down contextual notes on the backs of photos to aid in his search and jog his memory. He even tattoos his own body in a desperate bid to remember
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 13000000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: memory loss, amnesia, plot twist, vengeance, twists and turns, memory, murder, revenge, psychology, paranoia, whodunit, haunted by the past, investigation, trippy, photograph, uncover truth, hidden truth, life is a bitch, murder mystery, identity, insanity, existentialism, great ending, mental disorder, life changing
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Plot Summary:
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 883000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: addiction, drug abuse, heroin, drug addiction, insanity, junkie, mental illness, drug, depression, dream, drug addict, loneliness, hallucination, subculture, degradation, drug trip, downfall, life is a bitch, existentialism, tragic event, drug use, drug dealing, decadence, bad trip, sex scene
Snatch (2000)
Plot Summary:
The second film from British director Guy Ritchie. Snatch tells an obscure story similar to his first fast-paced crazy character-colliding filled film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” There are two overlapping stories here – one is the search for a stolen diamond, and the other about a boxing promoter who’s having trouble with a psychotic gangster
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 894000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: heist, gangster, gambling, organized crime, caper, robbery, criminal heroes, cons and scams, sarcasm, master criminal, boxing, crime gone awry, underground fighting, mafia, nothing goes right, violent, disorder, group of criminals, bookies, graphic violence, theft, diamond, boxer, violence, gunfight
Yi Yi: A One and a Two... (2000)
Plot Summary:
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries
Duration: 173 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, Japan
Plot tags: midlife crisis, first love, existentialism, wedding, children, dysfunctional family, coma, lovers reunited, love, photography, marital crisis, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, family values, infidelity, introspection, love triangle, parents and children, love and romance, couples, dying, human nature, elevator, high school, pregnant bride, destiny
Hera Pheri (2000)
Plot Summary:
Three unemployed men find the answer to all their money problems when they receive a call from a kidnapper. However, things do not go as planned
Duration: 156 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: kidnapping, rescue, rivalry, unemployment, mistaken identity, love and romance, fall in love, nothing goes right, buddies, couple relations, gangster, bank, telephone call, ransom, duel, hindu, police, friendship, deception, lie, chase, friendship between men, girl, debt, sikh
Love's a Bitch (2000)
Plot Summary:
Three different people in Mexico City are catapulted into dramatic and unforeseen circumstances in the wake of a terrible car crash: a young punk stumbles into the sinister underground world of dog fighting; an injured supermodel's designer pooch disappears into the apartment's floorboards; and an ex-radical turned hit man rescues a gunshot Rotweiler
Duration: 154 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 250000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Plot tags: multiple storylines, dog, forbidden love, machismo, rottweiler, hitman, siblings relations, multiple perspectives, betrayal, vengeance, marital problem, relationships, melancholy, marriage, divorce, robbery, dog fighting, human nature, violence, young woman, life is a bitch, danger, accident, trapped, tragedy
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Plot Summary:
A melancholy story about the love between a woman and a man who live in the same building and one day find out that their husband and wife had an affair with each other. More and more the two meet during their daily lives as they determine that they both don’t want to be lonely in their marriage
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 163000
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, France
Plot tags: loneliness, adultery, infidelity, forbidden love, marriage, love affair, unrequited love, love, newspaper, human nature, food, art, betrayal, tragedy, life & death, love story, storytelling, sensuality, neighbor, obsession, culture clash, coincidence, guilt, asian, lovers
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
Plot Summary:
This story takes place in a small town on the Hungarian Plain. In a provincial town, which is surrounded with nothing else but frost. It is bitterly cold weather — without snow. Even in this bewildered cold hundreds of people are standing around the circus tent, which is put up in the main square, to see — as the outcome of their wait — the chief attraction, the stuffed carcass of a real whale. The people are coming from everywhere. From the neighboring settlings, even from quite far away parts of the country. They are following this clumsy monster as a dumb, faceless, rag-wearing crowd. This strange state of affairs — the appearance of the foreigners, the extreme frost — disturbs the order of the small town. Ambitious personages of the story feel they can take advantage of this situation. The tension growing to the unbearable is brought to explosion by the figure of the Prince, who is pretending facelessness. Even his mere appearance is enough to break loose destructive emotions
Duration: 145 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Mystery
Country: Hungary, Italy, Germany, France
Plot tags: surrealism, circus, delusion, musician, magic realism, philosophy, social relations, village life, danger, small town life, european, small town, husband wife relationship, violence, politics, god, mental disorder, art, faith, underground, family relations, spirituality, minimalism, changing lives, moving
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physically-skilled, teenage nobleman's daughter, who is at a crossroads in her life
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 279000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China
Plot tags: martial arts, sword fight, wuxia, fight, kung fu, sword, master warrior, female martial artist, tough girl, warrior, monastery, heroine, one against many, unspoken love, swords and armor, martial artist, female warrior, love, hand to hand combat, aristocracy, disguise, mountain, villainess, swordsman, tragic hero
Nine Queens (2000)
Plot Summary:
An Argentinian crime drama revolving around a sheet of rare stamps (the Nine Queens)
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Plot tags: plot twist, heist, swindle, manipulation, partner, crime gone awry, twists and turns, justice, police, robbery, mind game, criminal heroes, partners in crime, con men, great ending, cons and scams, gambling, impostor, hustler, betrayal, spaniard, whodunit, murder, criminal, bank robber
Almost Famous (2000)
Plot Summary:
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater – fronted by lead guitar Russell Hammond and lead singer Jeff Bebe William
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 289000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Plot tags: coming of age, journalism, rock and roll, musician, on the road, rock music, music, rock, musician's life, fame, road trip, manic pixie dream girl, singer, drug, travel, adolescence, journalist, music band, rock band, writers, music industry, aspiring writer, rock musician, friendship, music business
Hey Ram (2000)
Plot Summary:
Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country. He sets out to kill him
Duration: 186 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History
Country: India
Plot tags: assassination, political unrest, violence, religious intolerance, muslim, destiny, danger, independence, revenge, husband wife relationship, religion, politics, integration, sex crime, hindu, vengeance, rape, sex scene, sacrifice, surrealism, ethnic conflict, interracial friendship, non violence, social commentary, anti hero
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Plot Summary:
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, escaping life's troubles - even if just for a moment - by dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings
Duration: 140 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, USA, UK, France, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway
Plot tags: factory worker, life is a bitch, blindness, death sentence, immigrant, destiny, tragedy, secret, hanging, tragic hero, dancing, music, death, existentialism, disability, storytelling, murder, blind character, fighting illness, human spirit, friendship, young woman, self sacrifice, daydreamer, financial problem
Cast Away (2000)
Plot Summary:
Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny island with nothing but some flotsam and jetsam from the aircraft's cargo
Duration: 143 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 626000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: survival, loneliness, isolation, island, stranded on an island, desert island, survivor, air disaster, lost at sea, courage, solitude, determination, hopes, ocean, imaginary friend, stranded, human spirit, disaster, desperation, beautiful scenery, wilderness survival, sole survivor, castaway, hunger, remote island
Remember the Titans (2000)
Plot Summary:
After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 228000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Plot tags: racism, african american, civil rights, american football, high school, racial tension, racial prejudice, football, against the odds, prejudice, racial slur, friendship, high school football, coach, underdog, teacher, culture clash, hopes, human spirit, school, segregation, motivation, happy ending, high school sports, sport team
J.S.A.: Joint Security Area (2000)
Plot Summary:
In the DMZ separating North and South Korea, two North Korean soldiers have been killed, supposedly by one South Korean soldier. But the 11 bullets found in the bodies, together with the 5 remaining bullets in the assassin's magazine clip, amount to 16 bullets for a gun that should normally hold 15 bullets. The investigating Swiss/Swedish team from the neutral countries overseeing the DMZ suspects that another, unknown party was involved - all of which points to some sort of cover up. The truth is much simpler and much more tragic
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: military, investigation, tragedy, friendship, soldier, war, politics, vengeance, justice, suicide, undercover, political conspiracy, assassination, state affairs, dishonesty, cold war, murder mystery, asian, murder, tragic event, violence, swat team, motivation, father, conspiracy
Billy Elliot (2000)
Plot Summary:
Set against the background of the 1984 Miner's Strike, Billy Elliot is an 11 year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, inner conflict, and standing on his toes!
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 141000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: UK, France
Plot tags: coming of age, ballet, working class, father son relationship, dancing, gay, childhood, friendship, audition, poverty, follow your dream, boxing, dancer's life, mentor, teacher, dysfunctional family, prejudice, hopes, dance, children, dance class, dance school, gay friend, happy ending, lgbt
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Joker is back with a vengeance, and Gotham's newest Dark Knight needs answers as he stands alone to face Gotham's most infamous Clown Prince of Crime
Duration: 76 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, heroes, good versus evil, insanity, justice, save the day, fighting crime, secret identity, master villain, heroic mission, undercover, danger, aging, imaginary, righting the wronged, dystopian future, unlikely friendships, death, torture, murder, villain, mentor, violence, batman, multiverse
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Plot Summary:
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's 'Odyssey'
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 326000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: UK, France, USA
Plot tags: prison escape, blues, on the run, treasure hunt, small town, music, great depression, obsessive quest, country music, on the road, runaway, dark humor, satire, creativity, eccentricity, criminal heroes, husband wife relationship, prison, buddy, musician, dialogue, american history, storytelling, dancing, ku klux klan
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
Plot Summary:
D has been hired to track down Meier Link, a notoriously powerful vampire who has abducted a woman, Charlotte Elbourne. D's orders are strict - find Charlotte, at any cost. For the first time, D faces serious competition. The Markus Brothers, a family of Vampire Hunters, were hired for the same bounty. D Must intercept Meier and conquer hostile forces on all sides in a deadly race against time
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, Hong Kong, USA
Plot tags: vampire, supernatural, gory, danger, master warrior, bounty hunter, blood, obsessive quest, violent content, true love, half breed, missing person, werewolf, supernatural power, mutant, woman in danger, justice, supernatural being, vampire apocalypse, monster, betrayal, vampire human love, kidnapping, zombie, revenge
American Psycho (2000)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 690000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, dark humor, violence, materialism, mental illness, psycho killer, psycho, yuppie, hidden identity, serial murder, millionaire, nihilism, greed, cannibal, sadism, macabre, brutality, terror, murder, crazy, maniac
In July (2000)
Plot Summary:
Can Daniel follow the sun from Hamburg to the Bosporus by Friday to meet his love?
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Plot tags: on the road, travel, looking for love, hot and sexy, hitchhiker, summer vacation, male female relationship, theft, cigarette smoking, border crossing, true love, summer, fall in love, road trip, sun, journey, women, mathematics, muslim, nomad, destiny, discovery, in love, adventurer, lonely
Traffic (2000)
Plot Summary:
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle
Duration: 147 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 217000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Plot tags: organized crime, drug abuse, addiction, drug dealer, drug lord, drug addiction, drug traffic, drug cartel, drug, corruption, war on drugs, heroin, cop, police corruption, politics, gangster, drug addict, profanity, family problems, fighting crime, violence, assassin, social commentary, junkie, police
Brother 2 (2000)
Plot Summary:
Arriving in Moscow, Chechen veteran Danila (Sergei Bodrov Jr) meets Konstantin, an old friend who tells him that his twin brother has been forced into signing a crooked contract with a US ice hockey team. Soon after this meeting, Danila discovers Konstantin dead and he sets out to avenge his death; a journey that leads him to Chicago and a whole new experience
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Plot tags: mafia, organized crime, russian mafia, siblings relations, uncover truth, killer, gangster, immigrant, spoiled brat, vengeance, handgun, anti hero, violence, vigilantism, shooting, brother brother relationship, gang, conflict, exodus, underworld, hockey, criminal heroes, sexism, buddies, chess
You Can Count on Me (2000)
Plot Summary:
A single mother's life is thrown into turmoil after her struggling, rarely-seen younger brother returns to town
Duration: 111 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: workplace, adultery, small town, single mother, character study, childhood, love and romance, introspection, parents and children, family secret, hopes, free spirited, workplace romance, dialogue, parenthood, sibling relationship, brother sister relationship, bittersweet, siblings, drifter, psychopath, mother, underdog, slice of life, soul searching
Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
Plot Summary:
A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. A story about our need for love, our confusion, greatness and smallness and, most of all, our vulnerability. It is a story with many characters, among them a father and his mistress, his youngest son and his girlfriend. It is a film about big lies, abandonment and the eternal longing for companionship and confirmation
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Germany
Plot tags: surrealism, loneliness, multiple storylines, dark humor, existentialism, apocalypse, insanity, poetry, human nature, religions or cults, worldwide chaos, obsession, nordic, swedish, traffic jam, crucifix, european, philosophy, loser, guilt, poet, dream, changing lives, memory, humour
Flickering Lights (2000)
Plot Summary:
Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize, that they would like to stay there, start a new life
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Plot tags: gangster, friendship, heist, justice, group of criminals, one last job, going straight, criminal heroes, partner, career change, hopes, secret hideout, money, nordic, violence, dark humor, caper, doctor, restaurant, journey, runaway, organized crime, hung over, childhood trauma, drug abuse
Battle Royale (2000)
Plot Summary:
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 192000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: game of death, survival, death, teenager, dystopia, suicide, gory, desperation, island, cruelty, social commentary, school class, dystopian future, contests and competitions, jungle, gore, game, teacher, children, violent, massacre, satire, adolescence, friendship, murder