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On the Beach
On the Beach (2000) on 28 may 2000
, 3h15
Directed by Russell Mulcahy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about religion, Transport films, Submarine films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Armand Assante, Bryan Brown, Rachel Ward, Grant Bowler, Jacqueline McKenzie, Steve Bastoni
Rating68% 3.4417053.4417053.4417053.4417053.441705
The USS Charleston (SSN-704), a 688i variant Los Angeles-class submarine, is equipped with a caterpillar drive and is on station following a nuclear exchange, and is under the command of Captain Dwight Towers.
Kikujiro
Kikujiro (1999) on 26 may 2000
, 2h1
Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Seafaring films, Transport films, Le thème des vacances, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Yūko Daike, Masayuki Suzuki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Akaji Maro
Rating76% 3.847183.847183.847183.847183.84718
Masao, who lives alone with his grandmother in an old Shitamachi area of Tokyo, receives a package, and in looking for a seal finds a photo of his long lost mother. He finds her address in Toyohashi, several hundred miles to the west. Leaving home to see his mother, he meets his grandmother's neighbors, Kikujiro and his wife. Kikujiro's wife forces Kikujiro to accompany Masao on a journey to see his mother, telling Masao's grandmother that they are going to the beach.
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible II (2000) on 24 may 2000
, 2h3
Directed by John Woo
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Motocyclette
Actors Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh, John Polson
Rating61% 3.0501853.0501853.0501853.0501853.050185
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), while vacationing, is alerted by the IMF that someone has used his identity to assist Russian bio-chemical expert Dr. Vladimir Nekhorvich (Rade Serbedzija) of Biocyte Pharmaceuticals to enter the United States, only to kill him in a subsequent plane crash. Nekhorvich, an old friend of Ethan, had forewarned the IMF of his arrival, planning to deliver a new bioweapon, Chimera, and its cure, Bellerophon, both of which he was forced to develop by Biocyte, into the IMF's hands. With his death, IMF is worried that the virus is out in the open, believing that rogue IMF agent Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) is responsible. IMF assigns Ethan to recover it. Ethan is told that he can use two members of his team to help him, but the third person to help him must be Nyah Nordoff-Hall (Thandie Newton), a professional thief presently operating in Seville, Spain, as she will be able to get close to Ambrose, being an ex-girlfriend.
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000) on 24 may 2000
, 1h52
Directed by Trần Anh Hùng
Origin Vietnam
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Đỗ Thị Hải Yến
Rating71% 3.5930953.5930953.5930953.5930953.593095
On the anniversary of their mother's death, three sisters in contemporary Hanoi meet to prepare a memorial banquet. After the banquet, the calm exteriors of the sisters' lives begin to give way to more turbulent truths, which will affect their seemingly idyllic relationships. The eldest sister has a small boy nicknamed Little Mouse, and botanical photographer husband Quoc, who is prone to long absences from home. The middle sister has recently discovered that she is pregnant to her husband Kien, who is a writer suffering from writer's block. The flirtatious youngest sister constantly fantasises about being pregnant, and lives with her brother Hai, for whom she has a deep affection. With the brilliant Vietnamese summer as a setting Vertical Ray of the Sun is beautiful from beginning to end, a charming, slow-paced, face value, family saga film.
Shanghai Noon
Shanghai Noon (2000) on 26 may 2000
, 1h50
Directed by Tom Dey
Origin USA
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Buddy films
Actors Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Xander Berkeley, Walton Goggins, Yu Rongguang
Rating65% 3.2982153.2982153.2982153.2982153.298215
In 1881, Chon Wang (Chan) is a Chinese Imperial Guard in the Forbidden City. After Princess Pei-Pei, for whom Wang has affection, is abducted and taken to the United States, the Emperor of China sends three of his guards to retrieve her. Wang is not one of the three, but he tells the Captain of the Imperial Guards that it was his fault the princess was kidnapped and insists on joining them. The Captain first refuses, but when the Royal Interpreter, Wang's uncle, offers to allow Wang to come help with the baggage, the Captain agrees in the hopes that the "foreign devils" would get rid of Wang. In Nevada, Roy O'Bannon (Wilson) is an outlaw who, with his gang, hijacks the train Wang is on. When Wallace, a member of Roy's gang, kills Wang's uncle, Wang chases the outlaws down. However, the gang is well-armed and Wang's only choice is to unhinge the cars and get away on the engine. In the process, Wallace takes over the gang from Roy, and they leave him buried up to his chin in the desert sand. Meanwhile, Pei-Pei, who was tricked into believing she was freely escaping her arranged marriage in China, finds out she has been kidnapped by an agent of Lo Fong, who ran away from the Forbidden City and was viewed as a traitor by the Chinese.
Picking Up the Pieces
Picking Up the Pieces (2000) on 26 may 2000
, 1h35
Directed by Alfonso Arau
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, David Schwimmer, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Cheech Marin
Rating47% 2.350512.350512.350512.350512.35051
Tex (Woody Allen), a butcher who kills his unfaithful wife Candy (Sharon Stone). After cutting up the body, Tex buries most of her body parts in the desert in New Mexico. A blind woman accidentally trips over Candy's hand, which has not been buried. Picking it up, her sight is restored, and she proclaims the hand to be the "Hand of the Virgin Mary."
Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice, 1h1
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Kotono Mitsuishi, Terri Hawkes, Masami Kikuchi, Megumi Hayashibara, Katie Griffin, Michie Tomizawa
Rating76% 3.843333.843333.843333.843333.84333
An extraterrestrial entity named Princess Snow Kaguya (プリンセス・スノー・カグヤ, Purinsesu Sunō Kaguya) arrives on Earth in an attempt to freeze it, but a fragment of her comet has been lost and she is unable to proceed without it. She has her henchwomen, the Snow Dancers, search for the missing fragment. In Tokyo, a young astronomer named Kakeru Ōzora (宇宙 翔, Ōzora Kakeru) finds the fragment and keeps it in his observatory to study it further.
Dirty Pictures
Dirty Pictures (2000) on 27 may 2000
, 1h44
Directed by Frank Pierson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors James Woods, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid, Leon Pownall, David Huband, Rachael Crawford
Rating64% 3.244973.244973.244973.244973.24497
Un directeur de musée de Cincinnati est jugé en 1990 pour avoir exposé des photographies sadomasochistes prises par Robert Mapplethorpe.
Hum To Mohabbat Karega
Hum To Mohabbat Karega (2000) on 26 may 2000

Directed by Kundan Shah
Genres Thriller, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Bobby Deol, Karisma Kapoor, Johnny Lever, Rohit Roy, Sadashiv Amarapurkar, Shakti Kapoor
Rating31% 1.587031.587031.587031.587031.58703
Raju is a waiter in a popular hotel. He is in love with Geeta (Karisma Kapoor), a famous news anchor. He is obsessed with her news segment. His big dream is to meet and marry her one day. He is assigned to feed the hotel customers, and meets Mr. Desai who is also staying in his hotel. On his way out of Mr Desai's hotel room, he sees an unknown stranger named Ketu (Shakti Kapoor) going into his room. By the time Raju gets on the bottom floor, he sees blood dripping down from the top, and sees Mr Desai lying dead on the side of his room window. To investigate the murder, is assigned to Geeta who comes to the hotel to interview people. Raju is dying to meet her, and the only chance to meet his love, is to lie. Besides, she is engaged to her channel's head Rohit (Rohit Roy).