2000 in almost all respects was a start to a new millennium that seemed more like a whimper of indifference that the start of a glorious new thousand years. With few exceptions (even in the mainstream) there have been almost no runaway box-office sensations of the year, no arthouse breakthroughs, no genre films that really set the world on fire. Even the Top 10 list below is one that one has had to stretch to pull together – in any other year most of the films there would be on the bottom half of a Top 10 List.

(See also: Box-Office Top 10 for 2000)

Mars Movies – Mission to Mars and Red Planet
Hong Kong Martial Arts/Swordplay – Charlie’s Angels, tv’s Freedom, Dracula 2000 and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Revivals of 1970s Occult Movies – Bless the Child, Lost Souls, The Irrefutable Truth About Demons, the re-release of The Exorcist
Aztec Animation Films – The Road to El Dorado and The Emperor’s New Groove
Magical Realist Films About Transcendental Cooking – Woman on Top and Chocolat
Sequels and Parodies of Teenage Slasher Films – Scream 3, Urban Legends: Final Cut, Scary Movie
A Return of Superheroes – Unbreakable, X-Men