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Gigantic
Gigantic (1999) on 21 january 2000
, 1h20
Directed by Sebastian Schipper
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Frank Giering, Florian Lukas, Julia Hummer
Rating75% 3.797823.797823.797823.797823.79782
Paragraph 175
Paragraph 175 (2000) on 22 january 2000

Directed by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur l'homosexualité, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Documentary films about World War II, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Rupert Everett
Rating76% 3.837923.837923.837923.837923.83792
Les homosexuels ont été comme tant d'autres les victimes du régime hitlérien. Ils étaient persécutés en vertu du paragraphe 175 du code pénal allemand. Ce paragraphe, datant de 1871, condamnait à la prison "les actes contre nature" entre hommes.
Jaded
Jaded (1998) on 18 january 2000
, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Carla Gugino, Aida Turturro, Richard Bright, Catherine Dent, Christopher McDonald, Rya Kihlstedt
Rating54% 2.7052952.7052952.7052952.7052952.705295
Megan (Carla Gugino), is found naked and lying unconscious on a beach. It is presumed that Megan was raped and a local detective (Aida Turturro) begins investigating. As the investigation continues, it is discovered that Megan was raped by two women. This presents the local authorities with the legal dilemma of whether women can be convicted of rape.
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, 1h39
Directed by Rodrigo García
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz, Calista Flockhart, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Valeria Golino
Rating63% 3.1964953.1964953.1964953.1964953.196495
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her consists of five stories or vignettes, tied together loosely to envision the complexity of incomplete communications about life, family, and love. We glimpse the lives of five women, each facing problems such as loneliness, dissatisfaction, longing, and or desire. Rodrigo García, in his first-time directing, assembled this film with a loaded cast of actresses who can tell you everything you need to know just by their body language and facial expressions. Their individual stories show us what “things you can tell just by looking at her”.
Down to You
Down to You (2000) on 21 january 2000
, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Freddie Prinze, Jr., Julia Stiles, Selma Blair, Ashton Kutcher, Rosario Dawson, Zak Orth
Rating50% 2.502272.502272.502272.502272.50227
Sophomore Al Connelly (Freddie Prinze Jr.) meets the girl of his dreams, freshman Imogen (Julia Stiles), and true love abounds. The two engage on a whirlwind courtship—they pick a song based on the records from Al's parents, eat a cake together, and even make love. Imogen's fear of lost youth causes her to push away from Al, and they go their separate ways after Imogen cheats on Al at a party. Al attempts to rebound from the relationship, determined to forget Imogen, and he goes to desperate measures to do so, including suicide by shampoo and problems with his career. In the end, Imogen finds Al when she hears of his attempted suicide and she brings him a book cover that she illustrated featuring the two of them. The two reconcile their differences and get back together showing that love can be obtained. The story is told from the points of view of both Al and Imogen.
Up, Up, and Away
Up, Up, and Away (2000) on 22 january 2000
, 1h36
Directed by Robert Townsend
Genres Action
Themes Superhero films, Children's films
Actors Robert Townsend, Michael J. Pagan, Alex Datcher, Sherman Hemsley, Kevin Connolly, Olivia Burnette
Rating54% 2.7039152.7039152.7039152.7039152.703915
The movie tells the story of Scott Marshall (Michael J. Pagan), the son of two great superheroes, Bronze Eagle and Warrior Woman. All of his family members are gifted with superpowers. His father, Bronze Eagle (Robert Townsend), has the gift of flight. His mother, Warrior Woman (Alex Datcher), has the power of superhuman strength and superior hand-to-hand combat skills. His brother, Silver Charge, is gifted with superhuman speed, electrical and magnetism manipulation. His little sister, Molly (Arreale Davis), who constantly shows off her powers, much to her family's annoyance, has both x-ray vision and heat vision. His grandfather, Edward (Sherman Hemsley), is known as the "Steel Condor", and has the ability of superhuman strength, invulnerability and flight (though at his old age, he flies slower than cars), and has an ongoing feud with Superman.
Two Family House
Two Family House (2000) on 21 january 2000
, 1h44
Directed by Raymond De Felitta
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Michael Rispoli, Kelly Macdonald, Kathrine Narducci, Kevin Conway, Matt Servitto, Vincent Pastore
Rating71% 3.5931953.5931953.5931953.5931953.593195
An unseen narrator (who we gradually come to learn is telling the story of his mother and step-father's romance) looks back to the year 1956, in the Elm Park neighborhood of Staten Island, New York, to one Buddy Visalo (Rispoli), an Italian guy with "Ralph Kramdenesque" dreams. Buddy is a wannabe crooner (with a voiceover provided by Andrew Poretz). Buddy had nearly been discovered by Arthur Godfrey ten years earlier (shown in flashback) when he performed at a USO show while in the service. His fiancée, Estelle (Narducci), gave him a Hobson's choice: “Who's it gonna be, Buddy, Arthur Godfrey or me?” In a decision he’ll live to regret the rest of his life, he chooses Estelle, and over the next 10 years tries all sorts of schemes to get ahead. “I just wanna be somebody!” he’ll declare.
Intern
Intern (2000) on 21 january 2000
, 1h30
Directed by Michael Lange
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes La mode
Actors Dominique Swain, Joan Rivers, Peggy Lipton, Kathy Griffin, Gwyneth Paltrow, James Urbaniak
Rating45% 2.261522.261522.261522.261522.26152
The plot centers around Jocelyn Bennett (Swain), an intern at the fictional New York City magazine, Skirt. Horribly mistreated, overworked, and underpaid, Jocelyn lives for Skirt. When a spy begins to hand over Skirt's spreads and story ideas to its rival glossy, Vogue, Skirt magazine finds itself in a bind. Desperate to apprehend the spy and save the name of Skirt, Jocelyn makes it her mission. Along the way, she meets Paul Rochester (Ben Pullen), the British art director at Skirt, with whom she has much in common. When she finds herself falling in love, one thing stands in her way: Paul's supermodel girlfriend, Resin (Leilani Bishop). Resin then dumps Paul for another model, and Paul and Jocelyn get engaged.
Unspeakable
Unspeakable (2000) on 23 january 2000
, 1h21
Directed by Chad Ferrin
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Crime
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Transgender in film, Serial killer films, Films about disabilities, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Richard Gunn, Howard Shore, Chad Ferrin
Rating39% 1.9888751.9888751.9888751.9888751.988875
On his way home from a party, James Fhelleps is involved a car crash that kills his daughter Heather, and leaves his wife Alice disfigured, paralyzed and catatonic. While James aimlessly wanders the city, Alice is cared for by Barry, a coprophilic physical therapist who sexually abuses her. One day, James gives a prostitute named Emmy Bruzze a lift to her house, where James experiences a psychotic break when Emmy tries to seduce him, resulting in him killing her. As James stares at Emmy's body in shock, it begins speaking to him in Heather's voice, begging for help and claiming that God is keeping her from him. James returns home, gets rid of all religious objects in the house, and holds a conversation with Alice, who he is convinced communicates with him telepathically.
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000) on 21 january 2000
, 2h48
Directed by Aziz Mirza
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Juhi Chawla, Shahrukh Khan, Johnny Lever, Paresh Rawal, Shakti Kapoor, Atul Parchure
Rating61% 3.0518853.0518853.0518853.0518853.051885
Ajay Bakshi (Shahrukh Khan) is a successful loudmouthed reporter, working for a reputed news channel. His father was a freedom fighter living on a measly pension. Ajay thinks that his fathers ideal & sacrifices have given him nothing. He has no respect for his father's ideals, which his father still sticks to. The rival news channel ropes in Ria Banerjee (Juhi Chawla) as his answer.
Shower
Shower (1999) on 21 january 2000
, 1h32
Directed by Zhang Yang
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Pu Cunxin
Rating74% 3.743853.743853.743853.743853.74385
An aged father known to everyone as Old Liu (played by Zhu Xu) and his younger, mentally challenged son Liu Erming (Jiang Wu) run and live in a traditional bathhouse for men in an old district in Beijing. The bathhouse provides a variety of peripheral services, including haircut, massage, shaving, fire cupping, even old-style pedicure, to a motley group of regular customers, many of whom are retired old Beijingers. The patrons usually spend their entire day, day after day, in the bathhouse, engaging in a game of Chinese chess or cricket fighting. As such, they have formed close bonds not only with one another, but also with Old Liu, who is manager, staff, mediator in squabbles, and marriage consultant all in one. One of the patrons is a man who sings 'O Sole Mio in the shower, but when he goes to sing it in public he loses his ability, until Erming provides him with a shower from a hose. Another patron is Mr. Zhang, whose marriage has been in trouble ever since his wife ran after a thief while naked, and Old Liu arranges a reconciliation by having the man find his wife in the bath. After the bathhouse closes in the evening, Old Liu and Erming go for their daily jog around the neighbourhood, after which they engage in a contest to hold their breath in water as they bathe. Even simple tasks such as cleaning up the bathhouse are tremendous fun for the duo, both of whom behave like little children at these times.
Girlfight
Girlfight (2000) on 22 january 2000
, 1h50
Directed by Karyn Kusama
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Michelle Rodríguez, Paul Calderon, Ray Santiago, Louis Guss, Tara Strong, Shannon Walker Williams
Rating66% 3.3462753.3462753.3462753.3462753.346275
Diana Guzman is a Brooklyn teenager whose hot temper gets her into trouble at school as she repeatedly starts fights with other students. Her frustration stems from her unhappy home life; she lives in a public housing estate with her brother Tiny and their single father, Sandro. Sandro pays for Tiny's boxing training in hopes of his becoming a professional boxer, although Tiny would prefer to be an artist. After visiting Tiny's gym and intervening in a spar to defend him, Diana asks the trainers to let her box, too. She is told she can train there, but not compete in actual fights. When she learns that she cannot afford coaching from Tiny's trainer, Hector Soto, she asks her father for an allowance but he tells her to get a job. She resorts to stealing his money instead and returns to the gym, where Hector begins to teach her the basics of boxing.
Our Song
Our Song (2000) on 21 january 2000

Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Kerry Washington, Melissa Martínez, Anna Simpson, Chuck Cooper, Marlene Forte
Rating67% 3.392813.392813.392813.392813.39281
Our Song follows three high school girls over one summer in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The girls, Lanisha (Kerry Washington), Maria (Melissa Martinez), and Joycelyn (Anna Simpson) are best friends and confidants. They have different family situations, different romantic interests, different moral codes and their own unique dreams.
What's Cooking?
What's Cooking? (2000) on 20 january 2000
, 1h49
Directed by Gurinder Chadha
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Cooking films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick, Joan Chen, Victor Rivers, Julianna Margulies, Douglas Spain
Rating67% 3.3955553.3955553.3955553.3955553.395555
On Thanksgiving day, four ethnically diverse families -- Vietnamese, Latino, Jewish, and African American — gather for the traditional meal. Each family has its own distinct way of cooking the traditional holiday meal and its own set of problems.
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story, 2h
Directed by Lloyd Kramer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Actors Penelope Ann Miller, Mercedes Ruehl, Rena Owen, Janet-Laine Green, Robert Clark, Lori Hallier
Rating56% 2.8004052.8004052.8004052.8004052.800405
The story follows the saga of a 35-year old teacher who quickly falls in love with a 13-year old student she comes to believe is her soul mate. The 13-year old student is a troubled artist Vili (Omar Anguiano). Their relationship begins in Mary Kay's classroom, when she sees that Vili is a very talented artist. She later confides in him that her father, whom she loves very much, has cancer. Her husband, Steve Letourneau, was not supportive upon hearing this information at all, simply asking Mary Kay sarcastically what he was supposed to do about it. As Mary Kay begins to trust Vili more and more, the more forceful his flirtation becomes.
A Map of the World
A Map of the World (1999) on 21 january 2000
, 2h5
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, David Strathairn, Chloë Sevigny, Marc Donato, Sara Rue
Rating64% 3.247033.247033.247033.247033.24703
Alice Goodwin (Sigourney Weaver) is a school nurse who lives with her husband Howard (David Strathairn) and two girls on a small dairy farm in Wisconsin. After the death of the daughter of her friend Theresa Collins (Julianne Moore) on Alice's property, the couple watch helplessly as the community turns against them. To make matters worse, Alice finds herself fighting charges of child abuse.
The Idiot Returns
The Idiot Returns (1999) on 18 january 2000

Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Anna Geislerová, Tatiana Vilhelmová, Jiří Macháček, Anna Polívková
Rating71% 3.5920553.5920553.5920553.5920553.592055
Frantisek ne connait rien de la vie : jusqu'ici, il a passé toute son existence derrière les murs d’un asile psychiatrique. En conséquence tout ce qu’il voit et entend est pour lui une première expérience. De retour au pays, il est du coup le témoin privilégié d’un quadrille amoureux : Olga est éprise d’Emil qui est incapable de choisir entre deux femmes. Sa rivale, Anna, qui n’est autre que sa propre sœur, a une liaison avec le frère d’Emil. Tour à tour confident, témoin et souffre douleur, l’Idiot aime tout le monde et comprend mieux les gens qu’ils ne se comprennent eux-mêmes.
Joe Gould's Secret
Joe Gould's Secret (2000) on 21 january 2000
, 1h44
Directed by Stanley Tucci
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ian Holm, Patricia Clarkson, Hope Davis, Susan Sarandon, Celia Weston, Stanley Tucci
Rating65% 3.2962153.2962153.2962153.2962153.296215
Set in Manhattan in the early 1940s, the film focuses on the relationship between Joseph Mitchell, a writer for The New Yorker, and Joe Gould, an aging, bearded, disheveled bohemian and Harvard University graduate who wanders through the streets of Greenwich Village carrying a tattered portfolio and demanding donations to "The Joe Gould Fund". At times Gould is calmly sweet and perceptive, at others he's a pathological liar and an obnoxious drunk, and he frequently experiences sudden outbursts of rage. Earning occasional financial support from poet E. E. Cummings, portrait painter Alice Neel, Village Vanguard founder Max Gordon, and art gallery owner Vivian Marquie, among others, Gould is able to secure a nightly room in flophouses until an anonymous benefactor arranges accommodations in a residential hotel for him.
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000) on 21 january 2000
, 2h58
Directed by Rakesh Roshan
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Hrithik Roshan, Ameesha Patel, Anupam Kher, Dalip Tahil, Satish Shah, Mohnish Bahl
Rating68% 3.4489453.4489453.4489453.4489453.448945
Rohit (Hrithik Roshan) and his younger brother Amit are orphans living with a Christian couple Lily (Farida Jalal) and Anthony (Satish Shah). Rohit is an aspiring singer who works in a car showroom run by Malik (Dalip Tahil). One day he meets Sonia Saxena (Ameesha Patel), daughter of Mr. Saxena (Anupam Kher), when he goes to deliver a car to her home as her birthday present. Unknown to everybody, Saxena and Malik are running a drug cartel with help of two police officers (Mohnish Behl and Ashish Vidyarthi). Saxena is called "Sir Ji" (Sir) by the trio.
Beau Travail
Beau Travail (2000) on 21 january 2000
, 1h32
Directed by Claire Denis
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Richard Courcet, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Rating72% 3.646683.646683.646683.646683.64668
The film begins with the silhouettes of soldiers, being made to stand in the sun as an endurance test. It is the memory of master sergeant Galoup (Denis Lavant), from his new home in Marseille, where he writes his memoirs. He remembers the heat of north Africa, where he led his men under the command of Bruno Forestier (Michel Subor). We see numerous training scenes: assault courses; and securing of buildings. Much of the exercise has a ballet-like quality. This is set against a back-drop of traditional Djibouti life of the surrounding local people. Galoup says of Forestier:I admired him without knowing why. He retains a wristband with the word Bruno.
The Convent
The Convent (2000) on 21 january 2000
, 1h24
Directed by Mike Mendez
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Comedy horror films
Actors Adrienne Barbeau, Joanna Canton, Megahn Perry, Liam Kyle Sullivan, Kelly Mantle, David Gunn
Rating51% 2.554992.554992.554992.554992.55499
The film opens with a young Christine (Oakley Stevenson) breaking into a convent and systematically killing each and every nun she comes across before setting fire to the place and leaving. The scene then cuts to modern day, where it's established that the convent has since been abandoned and is a popular place for local college students to break in and vandalize, as it's reported to be haunted. It's particularly popular for sororities and fraternities to break in and try to spray paint their letters on the bell tower, which is where Clorissa (Joanna Canton) is headed that very night with her friends. She's joined by her old goth friend Mo (Megahn Perry), her nerdy brother Brant (Liam Kyle Sullivan), ex-fraternity brother Frijole (Richard Trapp), the cheerleader Kaitlin (Renée Graham) and her dog, and fraternity brothers Chad (Dax Miller) and Biff (Jim Golden).
Chuck & Buck
Chuck & Buck (2000) on 21 january 2000
, 1h36
Directed by Miguel Arteta
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros, Mike White, Paul Weitz, Maya Rudolph, Paul Sand
Rating65% 3.2959253.2959253.2959253.2959253.295925
Buck O'Brien (Mike White) is a 27-year-old amateur playwright with the maturity level of an adolescent. When Buck's mother dies unexpectedly, he invites his close childhood friend Chuck (Chris Weitz) to the funeral. Chuck (who is now calling himself "Charlie") is a successful music industry exec with a fiancée, Carlyn (Beth Colt). He and Buck experimented sexually with each other when they were 11, but Charlie has repressed these memories and acts as if they had not occurred. Chuck had moved away while they were still children, and Buck has pined after him ever since. During their awkward reunion, Buck makes a sexual advance on Charlie in the bathroom. Charlie rebuffs him, and returns to Los Angeles with Carlyn, but not before extending an obligatory invitation for Buck to visit him there. Buck then withdraws $10,000 from his bank account, packs up his car, and takes up residence in a motel in Los Angeles. He also begins scripting a play on a yellow legal pad: titled "Hank and Frank and the Witch", it is an obvious plea for Charlie's love.
Wonderland
Wonderland (1999) on 21 january 2000
, 1h48
Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Shirley Henderson, Gina McKee, Molly Parker, Ian Hart, Stuart Townsend, John Simm
Rating70% 3.546523.546523.546523.546523.54652
The film follows the lives of three London sisters and their family over five days, a long Guy Fawkes Night weekend in November. Waitress Nadia (McKee), "shy, with a backpack and her hair in girlish twists", spends all her time going on blind dates with rubbish men from personal ads, while her hairdresser sister Debbie (Henderson) struggles to raise her 11-year-old son without much help from his irresponsible father (Hart). Meanwhile, Molly (Parker) is pregnant but her husband Eddie (Simm) has left his job without telling her.