The year 2000 not only marked the beginning of the 21st century, but also saw the production of many classic films that have remained among the greatest and highest-rated films of all time.
Many early releases of popular film series such as X-Men, Destinationas well as Horror were released this year, but from an extensive list of great films to choose from, rotten tomatoes narrowed the list down to the top 10 that had an impact on the film industry.
“Chicken Escape”
chicken escape is a stop-motion animated comedy film that tells the story of a group of British chickens whose lives depend on the grueling daily work of laying eggs. Their owners, Mr and Mrs Tweedy (Tony Haygarth as well as Miranda Richardson) will eat them as chicken pies if they stop laying eggs. Their lives change when American Rooster Rocky RhodesMel Gibson), crashes in his chicken coop. Since Rocky seems to be the only chicken that can fly, the leader of the British chickens, Ginger (Julia Savaglia), pleads with Rocky to teach him and the rest of his chicken coop how to fly free.
With a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 97%, chicken escape was voted one of the highest rated films, if not the best film of 2000, and later became the highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time. It grossed a total of $227 million against a production budget of $42 million to $45 million.
‘Yi Yi’
Yi Yi Taiwanese drama film told from the different points of view of three members of the same family, a father and a New Jersey engineer (Wu Nien-jen), Ting-Ting’s teenage daughter (Kelly Lee), and little son Yang-Yang (Jonathan Chang). While NJ struggles to feel content with his profession and tries to move into the video game business, Ting-Ting and Yang-Yang grapple with the challenges many young people face while taking care of their father’s mother-in-law NJ, who is in coma.
Director Yi Yi, Edward Yanreceived recognition as Best Director at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, where the film debuted, and also won the Palme d’Or (the highest award given at the Cannes Film Festival). Yi Yi has a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
‘For memory’
Considered one of Christopher Nolanbest work, Souvenirs follows a man named Leonard (Guy Pearce) and his attempts to find the perpetrator who raped and killed his wife Katherine (Jorja Fox). However, his task is made more difficult by anterograde amnesia, a rare condition in which a person is unable to create new memories after having amnesia from an incident or accident. Although he can recall memories and events of his life before the accident, he cannot remember what happened ten minutes ago and how, where, when, and why everything he does.
Met a lot of positive reviews from viewers and film critics, Souvenirs received a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Five years after the film’s release in 2005. Writers Guild of America included Souvenirs in the list of 101 greatest screenplays ever written.
“The Taste of Others”
The taste of others French film directed and written, starring Agnes Jaoui. The film tells the story of a successful businessman Castella (Jean-Pierre Bacri), who, out of boredom, agrees to the proposal of his wife Anglick (Christian Millet) an invitation to the play “Berenice” by Racine. Instead of focusing on the series, he falls in love with lead actress Clara (Ann Alvaro).
When he decides to attend another performance by Clara and later joins her for dinner after the show, his infatuation with her intensifies and his relationship with his wife, Angelica, diverges. What makes the film unique is the comedic approach to a somewhat controversial case. The site also gave the film an impressive score of 98%.
‘You can count on me’
You can count on me is a drama film written and directed (his directorial debut) Kenneth Lonergan. Sammy (Laura Linney), works in a bank and takes care of Rudy’s eight-year-old son (Rory Culkin). When Sammy’s brother TerryMark Ruffalo) visits her and decides to stay with her, Terry forms a close relationship with Rudy and they bond well. At work, Sammy fights with his new manager and reconciles with his old boyfriend Bob (Matthew Broderick) while trying to juggle between helping his brother get his life back on track and protecting his son at all costs.
The film shows the struggle of a single mother balancing her own life, as well as the need to consider the lives of others around her. It has a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
‘Traffic’
Traffic is a film that explores America’s war on drugs and tells in three separate but related stories. The first story involves two police officers, Javier Rodriguez (Benicio del Toro) and his partner Manolo Sanchez (Jacob Vargas), which conclude that General Salazar (Thomas Milian), a high-ranking Mexican official, is secretly involved in corruption and cartels.
The second storyline is about Ohio Judge Robert Wakefield.Michael Douglas), who is assigned the title of king of drugs: the man who controls drug control policy. Although he takes his profession seriously, Wakefield is unaware that his daughter is addicted to heroin. The final storyline surrounds two DEA agents, Montel Gordon (Don Cheadle) and Ray Castro (Luis Guzman) who pursue his wife Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones), who, upon learning that her imprisoned husband is a drug lord, turns to her underworld and continues to profit from her business. Traffic It has a 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and has been nominated for approximately 150 awards, including Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
‘High accuracy’
High accuracy Romantic comedy about the life of owner Rob Gordon (John Cusack) from a failing record store in Chicago, where he spends a lot of time with his friend Barry Judd (Jack Black). Gordon’s only driving force in life is his encyclopedic knowledge of pop music and culture, but when his longtime girlfriend Laura (Iben Heile) ends their relationship abruptly, he explores his previous failed romances and the reasons behind those breakups.
Gordon discovers that he has never taken anything seriously and always has one foot out the door, a recurring pattern that is present in his romantic life and personal ambitions. High accuracy received many positive reviews from film critics such as Roger Ebert, Desson Howeas well as Stephen Holden and has positive reviews from the general public with a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
“Best in Show”
You may recognize the iconic duo from Shitts Creekbut Eugene Levy as well as Katherine O’Hara collaborated and starred together in eight films and shows, and one of them was Best in Show. The pseudo-documentary comedy follows the five contestants of the nation’s most anticipated dog competition, the Mayflower Dog Show.
Five members and owners with remarkably distinct personalities: middle-class Florida couple Jerry and Cookie Fleck (Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara), yuppie couple (young urban professional) Meg and Hamilton Swan (Parker Posey as well as Michael Hitchcock) and gay couple Scott Donlan and Stefan Vanderhoof (John Michael Higgins as well as Michael McKean) are proud of their dogs and compete against each other in America’s most highly anticipated dog show. With a 93% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Best in Show is a popular comedy with an attractive plot and a talented cast.
“Dark Days”
Mark SingerX dark days is a documentary about the life of the homeless living among Manhattan’s underground tunnels that are no longer in use. dark days had to be filmed for two and a half years due to financial difficulties and the protection of tunnel residents who were threatened with forced eviction from the Amtrak tunnel.
dark days received three awards at the Sundance Film Festival, namely: Audience Award: Documentary, Excellence in Cinematography: Documentary and Freedom of Expression Award. Dark Days has a 94% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
“Filth and Fury”
Filth and fury is a British punk-fashion rock documentary made up of never-before-seen archival footage of the Sex Pistols. it’s also the director Julien Templethe second film about the group, the first The Great Rock and Roll Scam.
It explores the rise, fall, and ultimately fall of the Sex Pistols. Most rock documentaries are based on interviews with surviving band members. Filth and fury received a 95% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Source: Collider
