
2000
Almost Famous
A coming-of-age road trip where rock stardom and honesty collide — and a fifteen-year-old is the heart of the whole racket.
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2000
A coming-of-age road trip where rock stardom and honesty collide — and a fifteen-year-old is the heart of the whole racket.
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2000
A razor-sharp satire whose teeth still bite — mostly because Patrick Bateman never stopped talking.
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2000
A class, a collar and one boy who refuses to play.
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2000
A working-class coming-of-age about a boy who trades gloves for dance shoes and refuses to apologise for wanting more.
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2000
One man, a volleyball and a clock that finally runs out.
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2000
Three women, a lot of wirework and one very loud sense of fun.
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2000
Ginger leads, the flock follows — and those chickens still make a terrific getaway.
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2000
Li Mu Bai wants to give up the sword. The movie refuses to let him.
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2000
A missing car, two obliging doofuses and a Rubik’s-cube alien — juvenile, daft and oddly loyal.
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2000
A teenage premonition, a list of unlucky survivors and a stubborn refusal to accept 'accident' as an answer.
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2000
One soldier’s private vengeance becomes public theatre — and the arena decides who really rules.
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2000
Brotherhood, burnout and one obsessive Mustang — the film that turned a car into a character.
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2000
A split self, a frantic road trip and more than a few very Farrelly laughs.
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2000
Awkward, anxious, and alarmingly watchable — Greg Focker meets the in‑laws, and nothing is the same again.
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2000
Memory as a plot device, a life-saver and a weapon.
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2000
A true-life dive into stubbornness, authority and what it costs a man to be allowed to belong.
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2000
A tomboy FBI agent, a crown, and a very reluctant makeover — Gracie Hart is why Miss Congeniality still sparks joy.
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2000
Duty, danger and stunt-savvy spectacle — Ethan Hunt goes personal, and the world holds its breath.
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2000
A handful of strangers, a planet that hates daylight and one criminal you reluctantly need to survive.
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2000
A hard-nosed coach, a town in turmoil and a football team taught to become something more than winners.
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2000
A panicked cross-country scramble to save a relationship — and everyone's dignity.
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2000
Final-girl energy, gross-out gags and a wink at Scream — Scary Movie still knows how to make you cringe and chuckle.
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2000
A cut‑fast, laugh‑meaning crime caper where a lost diamond, a bare‑knuckle boxer and a bloke called Turkish keep everything moving.
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2000
A sun-drenched promise that unravels into something darker — and all because of a map and a restless young man.
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2000
An entitled emperor, a patient villager and a llama-shaped lesson in humility — still hilarious and oddly wise.
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2000
A quiet superhero origin about a man who walks away from a train and then has to decide who he is.
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2000
A rom‑com with a literal ear for gender — and a lead who still makes its fantasy feel oddly persuasive.
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2000
The rewind button disappeared, the picture got sharper and suddenly every movie came with a menu.
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2000
A superhero movie about being othered — with a very angry Canadian in the middle of it.
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