The 10 Best Movies of 2000

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ang Lee turns action into poetry and shares best-movie prize (close races are in) with…
…Almost Famous
A boy's life in rock becomes a triumph for Cameron Crowe.

2. Gladiator: Ridley Scott's sly epic makes a classic hero of Russell Crowe. Are we not entertained?

3. Traffic: And you thought they stopped making scorching muckrakers? Steven Soderbergh disagrees.

4. Billy Elliot: Stephen Daldry's sleeper hit lets Jamie Bell dance to glory.

5. Croupier: A gamble from Mike Hodges and star Clive Owen that pays off as Y2K's coolest bet.

6. You Can Count On Me: Kenneth Lonergan's tale of siblings (Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo) hits where it hurts.

7. The House of Mirth:  The turn of the last century is revitalized by Terence Davies and fireball Gillian Anderson.

8. State and Main: David Mamet takes a comic bite out of the Hollywood hand that feeds him -- ouch!

9. Best in Show: Blue-ribbon laughs as master satirist Christopher Guest goes to the dogs.

10. Requiem for a Dream: Darren Aronofsky's virtuosity and the acting of Ellen Burstyn elevate a harrowing tale of addiction to exhilarating art.

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