Sunday, December 31, 2000

Critical Consensus: The Films Of 2000 (Fung)

Critic Top Ten Lists - 2000
compiled by Alex Fung

[1] Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [40½] Ang Lee 1835.677
[2] You Can Count On Me [11] Kenneth Lonergan 1215.741
[3] Traffic [15] Steven Soderbergh 1042.018
[4] Almost Famous [10½] Cameron Crowe 1001.371
[5] Wonder Boys [4] Curtis Hanson 767.712
[6] Dancer In The Dark [7] Lars von Trier 763.134
[7] Yi Yi (A One And A Two...) [14] Edward Yang 675.883
[8] Erin Brockovich [1] Steven Soderbergh 657.856
[9] Requiem For A Dream [3] Darren Aronofsky 627.036
[10] Chicken Run [2] Peter Lord and Nick Park 563.763

[11] Gladiator [2] Ridley Scott 550.400
[12] Beau Travail [11] Claire Denis 523.942
[13] Croupier [4] Mike Hodges 494.800
[14] High Fidelity [0] Stephen Frears 483.053
[15] O Brother, Where Art Thou? [3½] Joel Coen 451.600
[16] The House Of Mirth [3] Terence Davies 446.700
[17] Billy Elliot [1] Stephen Daldry 375.912
[18] Nurse Betty [1] Neil LaBute 367.709
[19] Before Night Falls [3] Julian Schnabel 353.509
[20] The Wind Will Carry Us [4] Abbas Kiarostami 352.100

[21] The Virgin Suicides [0] Sofia Coppola 320.909
[22] Quills [1] Philip Kaufman 313.766
[23] Cast Away [1] Robert Zemeckis 306.500
[24] The Color Of Paradise [3] Majid Majidi 268.944
[25] L'Humanité [1] Bruno Dumont 260.100
[26] Best In Show [0] Christopher Guest 256.323
[27] Ghost Dog [0] Jim Jarmusch 245.478
[28] George Washington [2] David Gordon Green 243.342
[29] In The Mood For Love [1] Wong Kar-wai 242.300
[30] Jesus' Son [0] Alison Maclean 233.851

[31] Hamlet [4] Michael Almereyda 215.600
[32] Chuck & Buck [1] Miguel Arteta 214.704
[33] Ratcatcher [1] Lynne Ramsay 202.200
[34] A Time For Drunken Horses [1] Bahman Ghobadi 171.709
[35] Not One Less [0] Zhang Yimou 170.615
[36] Shadow Of The Vampire [1] E. Elias Merhige 166.700
[37] State And Main [1] David Mamet 162.900
[38] Girlfight [1] Karyn Kusama 161.695
[39] Girl On The Bridge [1] Patrice Leconte 159.044
[40] Thirteen Days [0] Roger Donaldson 156.800

[41] Unbreakable [1] M. Night Shyamalan 154.767
[42] The Filth And The Fury [0] Julien Temple 153.750
[43] Time Regained [1] Raoul Ruiz 148.320
[44] Bamboozled [0] Spike Lee 141.251
[45] Time Code [1] Mike Figgis 125.900
[46] Wonderland [1] Michael Winterbottom 122.500
[47] Human Resources [0] Laurent Cantet 122.342
[48] Pola X [1] Leos Carax 119.400
[49] Sunshine [0]István Szabó 117.800
[50] After Life [1] Hirokazu Kore-eda 114.953

Number of first place votes indicated in bracket following title.
List generated with data as of 01/01/28