2000 in film
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible 2. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor. Dinosaur was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success.
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2000 by worldwide gross are as follows:| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Mission: Impossible 2 | Paramount | $546,388,108 |
| 2 | Gladiator | DreamWorks / Universal | $465,516,248 |
| 3 | Cast Away | 20th Century Fox / DreamWorks | $429,632,142 |
| 4 | What Women Want | Paramount | $374,111,707 |
| 5 | Dinosaur | Buena Vista | $349,822,765 |
| 6 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Universal | $346,524,444 |
| 7 | Meet the Parents | Universal / DreamWorks | $330,444,045 |
| 8 | The Perfect Storm | Warner Bros. | $328,711,434 |
| 9 | X-Men | 20th Century Fox | $296,339,528 |
| 10 | What Lies Beneath | DreamWorks / 20th Century Fox | $291,420,351 |
2000 box office records
- Chicken Run became the highest-grossing stop motion animated film ever.
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmass $55.1 million opening weekend became the highest debut for a Christmas-themed film. It had the highest opening weekend for a Jim Carrey film and a Ron Howard film, surpassing both Batman Forever and Ransom simultaneously.
Events
Award ceremonies
Awards
2000 films
By country/region
- List of American films of 2000
- List of Argentine films of 2000
- List of Australian films of 2000
- List of Bangladeshi films of 2000
- List of British films of 2000
- List of Canadian films of 2000
- List of Chinese films of 2000
- List of French films of 2000
- List of Hong Kong films of 2000
- List of Indian films of 2000
- * List of Assamese films of the 2000s
- * List of Bengali films of 2000
- * List of Hindi films of 2000
- * List of Kannada films of 2000
- * List of Malayalam films of 2000
- * List of Marathi films of 2000
- * List of Punjabi films of 2000
- * List of Tamil films of 2000
- * List of Telugu films of 2000
- List of Japanese films of 2000
- List of Mexican films of 2000
- List of Pakistani films of 2000
- List of Russian films of 2000
- List of South Korean films of 2000
- List of Spanish films of 2000
By genre/medium
- List of action films of 2000
- List of animated feature films of 2000
- List of avant-garde films of 2000
- List of crime films of 2000
- List of comedy films of 2000
- List of drama films of 2000
- List of horror films of 2000
- List of science fiction films of 2000
- List of thriller films of 2000
- List of western films of 2000
Births
- January 1
- *Ice Spice, American rapper and actress
- January 7 – Marcus Scribner, American actor
- January 8 – Noah Cyrus, American actress and singer
- January 9 – Gordon Maeda, Japanese actor
- January 10 – Reneé Rapp, American actress and singer
- January 11 – Jamie Bick, German actress
- January 17 – Chani, South Korean actor
- January 19 – Asahi Ito, Japanese actor
- January 26 – Ester Expósito, Spanish actress
- January 28 – Julia Lester, American actress
- January 30 - Markella Kavenagh, Australian actress
- February 5
- *Esmé Creed-Miles, English actress
- *Jordan Nagai, American former child voice actor
- February 9 – Evan Roe, American actor
- February 10 – Yara Shahidi, American actress
- February 12 – Asuka Kawazu, Japanese actress
- February 22 – Celia Rose Gooding, American actress and singer
- February 23 – Christian Martyn, Canadian actor
- February 25 - Tucker Albrizzi, American actor
- February 27 – Tsuyoshi Furukawa, Japanese singer and actor
- February 28 – Jonathan Daviss, American actor
- March 5 – Reiky de Valk, Dutch actor
- March 6 – Jacob Bertrand, American actor
- March 16 - Fernando Lindez, Spanish actor
- March 21
- *Lorenzo Zurzolo, Italian actor
- *Jace Norman, American actor
- March 22
- *Pawat Chittsawangdee, Thai actor
- *Zoe Terakes, Australian actor
- March 27
- *Halle Bailey, American actress
- *Sophie Nélisse, Canadian actress
- March 31 – Ruby Cruz, American actress
- April 9
- *Brenock O'Connor, English actor
- *Arthur Chen, American-born Chinese actor
- April 11
- *Milly Alcock, Australian actress
- *Morgan Lily, American actress and model
- April 13 – Suzanne Lindon, French actress and filmmaker
- April 16 – Bruna Carvalho, Brazilian actress
- April 20 – Abigail Duhon, American Christian musician and actress
- April 22 – Billy Price, English actor
- May 4 – Nicholas Hamilton, Australian actor
- May 5 - Chase Infiniti, American actress
- May 7 – Maxwell Perry Cotton, American actor
- May 13 – Antonio Cipriano, American actor
- May 18 – Addison Holley, Canadian actress
- May 23 – Ella Rappich, Swedish actress born in South Africa
- May 30 – Jared S. Gilmore, American actor
- June 1 – Willow Shields, American actress
- June 2 - Lilimar Hernandez, American actress
- June 9 - Hazel Moore, American actress
- June 13 – Daniella Perkins, American actress
- June 14 – Thomaz Costa, Brazilian actor
- June 15 – Ouyang Nana, Taiwanese actress, singer and musician
- June 17 – Odessa A'zion, American actress
- June 21 - Natalie Alyn Lind, American actress
- June 22 - Sean Kaufman, American actor
- June 23
- *Kim Hyunsoo, South Korean actress
- *Earl Cave, English actor
- *Caitlin Blackwood, Scottish actress
- June 25 – Iman Benson, American actress
- July 7 – Jamie Flatters, English actor and filmmaker
- July 8
- *Sophie Nyweide, American actress
- *Benjamin Stockham, American actor
- July 9 – Courtney Grosbeck, American actress and model
- July 13
- *Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Danish actor
- *Malia Pyles, American actress
- July 14 – Maia Reficco, American actress and singer
- July 15 – Julio Peña Fernández, Spanish actor
- July 16 – Jonathan Morgan Heit, American actor
- July 17 – Nico Liersch, German actor
- July 19 – Owen Joyner, American actor
- July 22 – Kaori Oinuma, Filipino-Japanese actress and model
- July 23 – Malte Gårdinger, Swedish actor
- July 25
- *Meg Donnelly, American actress
- *Preston Bailey, American actor
- July 26 – Thomasin McKenzie, New Zealand actress
- July 29 – Lino Facioli, Brazilian actor
- July 31 – Kim Sae-ron, South Korean actress
- August 3 – Landry Bender, American actress
- August 9 – Kim Hyang-gi, South Korean actress
- August 13 – Anthony Keyvan, American actor
- August 20 – Fátima Ptacek, American actress and activist
- August 22 - Thomas Weatherall, Australian actor
- August 24 – Griffin Gluck, American actor
- August 28 - Marissa Bode, American actress
- August 29 – Minami Hamabe, Japanese actress
- August 31 – Mia Jenkins, English actress
- September 1 - Cassady McClincy, American actress
- September 3 – Ashley Boettcher, American actress
- September 4 – Ruby Stokes, English actress
- September 9 – Charles Vandervaart, Canadian actor
- September 13 – Siddharth Nigam, Indian actor
- September 14 – Ritvik Sahore, Indian actor
- September 15 – Mallika Singh, Indian actress
- September 22 – Michael Rainey Jr., American actor
- September 25 – Anna Lambe, Canadian Inuk actress from Iqaluit, Nunavut
- September 28 – Frankie Jonas, American actor
- October 6
- *Klara Castanho, Brazilian actress
- *Addison Rae, American social media personality and actress
- *Isobelle Molloy, English actress
- October 10 – Aedin Mincks, American actor
- October 12 - Mia Threapleton, British actress
- October 16 – David Rawle, Irish actor
- October 18
- *Sophie Thatcher, American actress
- *Conor Sherry, American actor
- October 26 – Ellery Sprayberry, American actress and voice
- October 27 – Lucie Zhang, French actress
- October 31 – Willow Smith, American singer and actress
- November 7 – Dara Reneé, American actress
- November 8 – Jade Pettyjohn, American actress
- November 10 – Mackenzie Foy, American model and actress
- November 13 – Sydney Agudong, American actress and singer
- November 18 – Arabella Morton, Australian actress
- November 21 - Isabel May, American actress
- November 22 – Auliʻi Cravalho, American actress and singer
- November 28
- *Jackson Yee, Chinese actor and singer
- *Kaitlyn Bernard, Canadian actress
- December 9
- *Spike Fearn, English actor
- *Jaren Lewison, American actor
- December 12
- *Devyn Nekoda, Canadian actress
- *Lucas Jade Zumann, American actor
- December 16
- *Rachelle Henry, American actress and filmmaker
- *Lance Lim, American actor
- December 18 – Korapat Kirdpan, Thai actor
- December 19 – Yuumi Kawai, Japanese actress
- December 28 – Larissa Manoela, Brazilian actress
- Khobe Clarke, Canadian actor
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 1 | George Carl | 83 | US | Actor, Comedian | Funny Bones |
| January | 5 | Vic Schoen | 83 | US | Composer, Arranger | |
| January | 7 | Klaus Wennemann | 59 | Germany | Actor | |
| January | 9 | Marguerite Churchill | 89 | US | Actress | |
| January | 10 | Arthur Batanides | 83 | US | Actor | |
| January | 11 | Helena Carter | 79 | US | Actress | |
| January | 12 | Marc Davis | 86 | US | Animator | |
| January | 15 | Fran Ryan | 83 | US | Actress | |
| January | 18 | Nancy Coleman | 87 | US | Actress | |
| January | 18 | Frances Drake | 87 | US | Actress | |
| January | 18 | Jester Hairston | 98 | US | Actor | |
| January | 19 | Hedy Lamarr | 85 | Austria | Actress | |
| January | 19 | Alan North | 79 | US | Actor | |
| January | 24 | Jeffrey Boam | 53 | US | Screenwriter | |
| January | 25 | Tom Pedigo | 53 | US | Set Decorator | |
| January | 28 | Tony Doyle | 58 | Ireland | Actor | |
| January | 28 | Joy Shelton | 77 | UK | Actress | |
| January | 28 | Kenneth Waller | 72 | UK | Actor | |
| January | 31 | Ralph Manza | 78 | US | Actor | |
| February | 1 | James N. Harrell | 81 | US | Actor | |
| February | 3 | Bonnie Cashin | 84 | US | Costume Designer | |
| February | 5 | Todd Karns | 79 | US | Actor | |
| February | 8 | Sidney Hayers | 78 | UK | Director | |
| February | 10 | George Jackson | 42 | US | Producer, Director | |
| February | 10 | Jim Varney | 50 | US | Actor | |
| February | 11 | Roger Vadim | 72 | France | Director, Screenwriter | |
| February | 12 | John London | 58 | US | Key Grip | |
| February | 16 | Marceline Day | 91 | US | Actress | |
| February | 16 | Lila Kedrova | 81 | Russia | Actress | |
| February | 17 | Miles White | 85 | US | Costume Designer | |
| February | 20 | Otello Martelli | 97 | Italy | Cinematographer | |
| February | 22 | John Kellogg | 83 | US | Actor | |
| February | 23 | Ofra Haza | 42 | Israel | Singer, Actress | |
| February | 23 | Joseph V. Perry | 69 | US | Actor | |
| February | 24 | Rosalind Keith | 83 | US | Actress | |
| February | 27 | George Duning | 92 | US | Composer | |
| March | 7 | Charles Gray | 71 | UK | Actor | |
| March | 10 | Judith Barrett | 91 | US | Actress | |
| March | 11 | Richard Collier | 80 | US | Actor | |
| March | 13 | Rex Everhart | 79 | US | Actor | |
| March | 15 | Wally Rose | 88 | US | Actor, Stuntman | |
| March | 25 | Jim Cash | 59 | US | Screenwriter | |
| March | 25 | Helen Martin | 90 | US | Actress | |
| March | 29 | John Baskcomb | 84 | UK | Actor | |
| April | ?? | Maurice Carter | 85–86 | UK | Art Director | |
| April | 2 | Greta Gynt | 83 | Norway | Actress | |
| April | 8 | Claire Trevor | 90 | US | Actress | |
| April | 10 | Arnold Johnson | 78 | US | Actor | |
| April | 10 | Peter Jones | 79 | UK | Actor | |
| April | 11 | Douglas Green | 79 | US | Second Unit Director | |
| April | 12 | Carmen Dillon | 91 | UK | Art Director | |
| April | 12 | Christopher Pettiet | 24 | US | Actor | |
| April | 13 | Peter Archer | 56 | Australia | Actor | Enter the Dragon |
| April | 21 | Susan Stephen | 68 | UK | Actress | |
| April | 25 | David Merrick | 88 | US | Producer | |
| May | 1 | Steve Reeves | 74 | US | Actor | |
| May | 3 | Lewis Allen | 94 | UK | Director | |
| May | 7 | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | 90 | US | Actor | |
| May | 10 | Bart the Bear | 23 | US | Actor | |
| May | 10 | Craig Stevens | 81 | US | Actor | |
| May | 11 | David Bretherton | 76 | US | Film Editor | |
| May | 11 | René Muñoz | 62 | Cuba | Actor, Screenwriter | |
| May | 13 | Paul Bartel | 61 | US | Actor, Director | |
| May | 20 | Edward Bernds | 94 | US | Director | |
| May | 21 | John Gielgud | 96 | UK | Actor | |
| May | 25 | Nicholas Clay | 53 | UK | Actor | |
| May | 25 | Francis Lederer | 100 | Austria-Hungary | Actor | |
| May | 26 | William McCaughey | 70 | US | Sound Engineer | |
| May | 26 | Samuel A. Taylor | 87 | US | Screenwriter | |
| May | 28 | Robert Fryer | 79 | US | Producer | |
| May | 29 | Aubrey Richards | 79 | UK | Actor | |
| May | 30 | Doris Hare | 95 | UK | Actress | |
| May | 30 | Bill Thomas | 78 | US | Costume Designer | |
| May | 31 | Walter Sparrow | 73 | UK | Actor | |
| June | 10 | Terry Forrestal | 52 | UK | Stuntman | |
| June | 10 | J. Watson Webb Jr. | 84 | US | Film Editor | |
| June | 11 | Elizabeth Lawrence | 77 | US | Actress | |
| June | 13 | John Bramall | 76 | UK | Sound Engineer | |
| June | 18 | Nancy Marchand | 71 | US | Actress | |
| June | 19 | Anton Gorchev | 60 | Bulgaria | Actor | |
| June | 24 | David Tomlinson | 83 | UK | Actor | |
| June | 27 | David Neal | 68 | UK | Actor | |
| June | 28 | Nils Poppe | 92 | Sweden | Actor | |
| June | 28 | Michael Ripper | 87 | UK | Actor | |
| June | 29 | John Abineri | 72 | UK | Actor | |
| June | 29 | Vittorio Gassman | 77 | Italy | Actor | |
| July | 1 | Walter Matthau | 79 | US | Actor | |
| July | 3 | Harold Nicholas | 79 | US | Dancer, Actor | |
| July | 3 | Kemal Sunal | 55 | Turkey | Actor | |
| July | 10 | Justin Pierce | 25 | UK | Actor | |
| July | 14 | Meredith MacRae | 56 | US | Actress | |
| July | 18 | Roberto Contreras | 71 | US | Actor | |
| July | 19 | James B. Clark | 92 | US | Director, Film Editor | |
| July | 22 | Eric Christmas | 84 | UK | Actor | |
| July | 27 | Don Weis | 78 | US | Director | |
| July | 30 | Nan Leslie | 74 | US | Actress | |
| July | 30 | Max Showalter | 83 | US | Actor | |
| August | 5 | Alec Guinness | 86 | UK | Actor | |
| August | 8 | Jess Barker | 88 | US | Actor | |
| August | 8 | John F. Warren | 91 | US | Cinematographer | |
| August | 9 | Lewis Wilson | 80 | US | Actor | |
| August | 10 | Joan Marsh | 86 | US | Actress | |
| August | 11 | Eddie Powell | 73 | UK | Stuntman | |
| August | 12 | Loretta Young | 87 | US | Actress | |
| August | 15 | Robert Swink | 82 | US | Film Editor | |
| August | 22 | Toru Tanaka | 70 | US | Actor | |
| August | 24 | Patricia Owens | 75 | Canada | Actress | |
| August | 25 | Jack Nitzsche | 63 | US | Composer | |
| August | 29 | Rose Hobart | 94 | US | Actress | |
| August | 30 | Joseph H. Lewis | 93 | US | Director | |
| September | 2 | Ishaq Bux | 83 | India | Actor | |
| September | 2 | Jean Speegle Howard | 73 | US | Actress | |
| September | 3 | Edward Anhalt | 86 | US | Screenwriter | |
| September | 3 | Walt Stanchfield | 81 | US | Animator | |
| September | 7 | Gian Luigi Polidoro | 73 | Italy | Director | |
| September | 10 | Mary Colquhoun | 59 | UK | Casting Director | |
| September | 12 | Juan Ibáñez | 83 | Mexico | Director | |
| September | 12 | Gary Olsen | 55 | Australia | Actor, Key Grip | |
| September | 14 | Beah Richards | 80 | US | Actress | |
| September | 19 | Ann Doran | 89 | US | Actress | |
| September | 19 | Gloria Talbott | 69 | US | Actress | |
| September | 26 | Richard Mulligan | 67 | US | Actor | |
| October | 2 | Richard Liberty | 68 | US | Actor | |
| October | 6 | Richard Farnsworth | 80 | US | Actor | |
| October | 9 | David Dukes | 55 | US | Actor | |
| October | 10 | Emile Kuri | 93 | Mexico | Set Decorator | |
| October | 11 | Sam O'Steen | 76 | US | Film Editor | |
| October | 12 | Gordon Stulberg | 76 | Canada | Studio Executive | - |
| October | 13 | Jean Peters | 73 | US | Actress | |
| October | 15 | Vincent Canby | 76 | US | Film Critic | None; critiqued films for The New York Times |
| October | 17 | Walter Shenson | 81 | UK | Producer, Director | |
| October | 18 | Julie London | 74 | US | Actress, Singer | |
| October | 18 | Sidney Salkow | 89 | US | Director | |
| October | 18 | Gwen Verdon | 75 | US | Actress, Dancer | |
| October | 21 | Mort Briskin | 86 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | |
| October | 22 | Anthony Chinn | 69 | Guyana | Actor | |
| October | 24 | Pasquale Cajano | 79 | Italy | Actor | |
| October | 26 | Muriel Evans | 90 | US | Actress | |
| October | 28 | Anthony Lee | 39 | US | Actor | |
| October | 30 | Steve Allen | 78 | US | Actor | |
| October | 30 | Elizabeth Bradley | 83 | UK | Actress | |
| October | 31 | Ring Lardner Jr. | 85 | US | Screenwriter | |
| November | 1 | Allan Surtees | 75 | UK | Actor | |
| November | 3 | Leonardo Benvenuti | 77 | Italy | Screenwriter | |
| November | 11 | Rayford Barnes | 80 | US | Actor | |
| November | 22 | Christian Marquand | 73 | France | Actor, Director | |
| November | 26 | Carlo Simi | 76 | Italy | Costume Designer, Production Designer | |
| November | 27 | Anne Barton | 76 | US | Actress | |
| November | 27 | George Wells | 91 | US | Screenwriter | |
| November | 29 | Margaret Early | 80 | US | Actress | |
| December | 4 | Chet Douglas | 64 | US | Actor | |
| December | 6 | Werner Klemperer | 80 | Germany | Actor | |
| December | 10 | Marie Windsor | 80 | US | Actress | |
| December | 11 | Don Devlin | 70 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | |
| December | 11 | David Lewis | 84 | US | Actor | |
| December | 11 | N. Richard Nash | 87 | US | Screenwriter | |
| December | 12 | George Montgomery | 84 | US | Actor | |
| December | 14 | Uldis Pūcītis | 63 | Latvia | Actor, Director | |
| December | 16 | Margo Moore | 69 | US | Actress | |
| December | 20 | Richard Hazard | 79 | US | Composer, Orchestrator | |
| December | 22 | Stuart Lancaster | 80 | US | Actor | |
| December | 23 | Billy Barty | 76 | US | Actor | |
| December | 23 | Noor Jehan | 75 | Pakistan | Singer, Actress | |
| December | 26 | Leo Gordon | 78 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | |
| December | 26 | Jason Robards | 77 | US | Actor | |
| December | 30 | Julius J. Epstein | 91 | US | Screenwriter |