List of American films of 2000
A list of American films released in 2000. Gladiator won the Academy Award for Best Picture, the BAFTA Award for Best Film, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. Almost Famous won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Traffic won the Satellite Award for Best Film – Drama. Nurse Betty won the Satellite Award for Best Film – Musical or Comedy.
' won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. Reckless Indifference won the Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film.
You Can Count on Me and Girlfight won the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic. Long Night's Journey into Day won the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary. Magnolia won the Golden Bear.
Battlefield Earth won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 102 Dalmatians | Kevin Lima | Glenn Close, Gérard Depardieu, Alice Evans | Comedy, family | Walt Disney; preceded by 101 Dalmatians |
| 28 Days | Betty Thomas | Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen | Drama | Columbia Pictures |
| 3 Strikes | DJ Pooh | Brian Hooks, N'Bushe Wright | Comedy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| The 6th Day | Roger Spottiswoode | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Duvall | Science fiction | Columbia Pictures |
| Across the Line | Martin Spottl | Brad Johnson, Adrienne Barbeau, Brian Bloom | Thriller | Lionsgate |
| Adventures in Wild California | Greg MacGillivray | Jimmy Smits | Documentary | |
| The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | Des McAnuff | Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Robert De Niro, Piper Perabo, June Foray, Keith Scott | Comedy | Universal Studios; based on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show |
| All the Pretty Horses | Billy Bob Thornton | Matt Damon, Penélope Cruz, Henry Thomas, Lucas Black, Rubén Blades, Míriam Colón, Bruce Dern | Western | Columbia Pictures; based on Cormac McCarthy novel |
| Almost Famous | Cameron Crowe | Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit, Anna Paquin, Fairuza Balk | Comedy, Drama | DreamWorks; Winner of Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy |
| American Psycho | Mary Harron | Christian Bale, Chloë Sevigny, Willem Dafoe | Comedy, Thriller | Lionsgate; based on novel by Bret Easton Ellis |
| Animal Factory | Steve Buscemi | Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Mickey Rourke | Crime drama | Franchise Pictures |
| The Art of War | Christian Duguay | Wesley Snipes, Donald Sutherland | Action | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Autumn in New York | Joan Chen | Richard Gere, Winona Ryder | Romance | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Bait | Antoine Fuqua | Jamie Foxx, David Morse, Kimberly Elise | Action | Warner Bros. |
| The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack | Aiyana Elliott | Ramblin' Jack Elliott | Documentary | |
| Bamboozled | Spike Lee | Damon Wayans, Jada Pinkett Smith, Savion Glover, Michael Rapaport, Tommy Davidson | Satire | New Line Cinema |
| Battlefield Earth | Roger Christian | John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Barry Pepper | Science fiction | Warner Bros., based on L. Ron Hubbard novel; 7 Razzie awards including Worst Picture |
| The Beach | Danny Boyle | Leonardo DiCaprio, Virginie Ledoyen, Tilda Swinton | Adventure | 20th Century Fox; based on novel by Alex Garland |
| Beat | Gary Walkow | Courtney Love, Kiefer Sutherland | Drama | |
| Beautiful | Sally Field | Minnie Driver, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Kathleen Turner | Comedy | Destination Films |
| Beautiful Joe | Stephen Metcalfe | Sharon Stone, Billy Connolly | Comedy, Drama | |
| Bedazzled | Harold Ramis | Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley | Comedy | 20th Century Fox; based on Bedazzled |
| Before Night Falls | Julian Schnabel | Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp | Biography | |
| Best in Show | Christopher Guest | Parker Posey, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Michael Hitchcock, Jennifer Coolidge | Mockumentary | Warner Bros. |
| Big Momma's House | Raja Gosnell | Martin Lawrence, Paul Giamatti | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Big Tease | Kevin Allen | Craig Ferguson, Frances Fisher, Mary McCormack | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Bless the Child | Chuck Russell | Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Christina Ricci | Thriller | Paramount Pictures; based on book by Cathy Cash Spellman |
| Boiler Room | Ben Younger | Giovanni Ribisi, Nia Long, Vin Diesel, Ben Affleck | Drama | New Line Cinema |
| ' | Joe Berlinger | Kim Director, Jeffrey Donovan, Erica Leerhsen | Horror | Artisan Entertainment; preceded by The Blair Witch Project |
| Bounce | Don Roos | Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow | Drama | Miramax Films |
| Boys and Girls | Robert Iscove | Claire Forlani, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jason Biggs | Comedy | Dimension Films |
| Bring It On | Peyton Reed | Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Gabrielle Union, Jesse Bradford | Comedy | Universal Studios |
| ' | Greg Berlanti | Ben Weber, Timothy Olyphant, Zach Braff | Comedy | |
| Brother | Takeshi Kitano | Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps | Crime drama | Shochiku Co., Ltd. |
| Cast Away | Robert Zemeckis | Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Cecil B. Demented | John Waters | Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Maggie Gyllenhaal | Comedy | Artisan Entertainment |
| The Cell | Tarsem Singh | Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio | Science fiction | New Line Cinema |
| Center Stage | Nicholas Hytner | Amanda Schull, Peter Gallagher, Ethan Stiefel | Musical | Columbia Pictures |
| Charlie's Angels | McG | Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Sam Rockwell, Tim Curry, Crispin Glover | Action | Based on TV series of same name; Remake of 1976 film |
| Cherry Falls | Geoffrey Wright | Brittany Murphy, Michael Biehn, Jesse Bradford | Thriller | |
| Chinese Coffee | Al Pacino | Al Pacino, Jerry Orbach | Drama | Chal Productions; based on story by Ira Lewis |
| Chocolat | Lasse Hallström | Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin, Johnny Depp | Romance | Miramax Films |
| Chuck & Buck | Miguel Arteta | Chris Weitz, Mike White, Maya Rudolph | Comedy | Artisan Entertainment |
| The Contender | Rod Lurie | Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Gary Oldman, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott, Kathryn Morris, Mike Binder | Drama | DreamWorks |
| Coyote Ugly | David McNally | Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, Tyra Banks, John Goodman | Comedy | Touchstone Pictures |
| The Crew | Michael Dinner | Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds, Dan Hedaya | Comedy | Touchstone Pictures |
| The Crossing | Robert Harmon | Jeff Daniels, Roger Rees, Sebastian Roché, Steven McCarthy | Historical Drama | A & E |
| ' | Mamoru Hosoda, Minoru Hosoda | Lara Jill Miller, Joshua Seth, Bob Glouberman | Animation, Adventure | 20th Century Fox, Saban Entertainment, Toei Animation; based on Digimon Adventure |
| Dinosaur | Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag | D. B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis | Animation | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Down to You | Kris Isacsson | Freddie Prinze, Jr., Julia Stiles | Comedy | Miramax Films |
| Dr. T & the Women | Robert Altman | Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern, Shelley Long, Tara Reid, Kate Hudson | Romantic comedy | Artisan Entertainment |
| Dracula 2000 | Patrick Lussier | Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller | Horror | Dimension Films |
| Drowning Mona | Nick Gomez | Bette Midler, Jamie Lee Curtis, Danny DeVito, Neve Campbell | Comedy | Destination Films |
| Dude, Where's My Car? | Danny Leiner | Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott | Comedy | Miramax Films |
| Duets | Bruce Paltrow | Maria Bello, Andre Braugher, Paul Giamatti, Huey Lewis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angie Dickinson | Drama, Musical | Hollywood Pictures |
| Dungeons & Dragons | Courtney Solomon | Jeremy Irons, Thora Birch, Tom Baker, Marlon Wayans | fantasy | New Line Cinema; based on Dungeons & Dragons |
| The Emperor's New Groove | Mark Dindal | David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton | Animation | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Erin Brockovich | Steven Soderbergh | Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart | Biography | Academy Award for Roberts |
| An Everlasting Piece | Barry Levinson | Barry McEvoy, Brían F. O'Byrne, Anna Friel, Billy Connolly | Comedy | |
| The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Tammy Faye Bakker, RuPaul | Documentary | |
| The Family Man | Brett Ratner | Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle | Drama | Universal Pictures |
| Final Destination | James Wong | Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Seann William Scott | Horror | New Line Cinema |
| Finding Forrester | Gus Van Sant | Sean Connery, Rob Brown, Anna Paquin | Drama | Columbia Pictures |
| The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | Brian Levant | Mark Addy, Stephen Baldwin, Kristen Johnston, Jane Krakowski, Alan Cumming, Joan Collins, Harvey Korman | Comedy | Universal Studios; preceded by The Flintstones |
| ' | Joseph Sargent | Andy García, Mía Maestro, Gloria Estefan | Biography | |
| Frequency | Gregory Hoblit | Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel | Science fiction | New Line Cinema |
| Get Carter | Stephen T. Kay | Sylvester Stallone, Rhona Mitra, Michael Caine, Rachael Leigh Cook, Miranda Richardson, Mickey Rourke | Action | Warner Bros.; based on Get Carter |
| The Gift | Sam Raimi | Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank | Thriller | Paramount Classics |
| The Girl | Sande Zeig | Claire Keim, Agathe De La Boulaye | Romance | Artistic License; based on The Girl by Monique Wittig |
| Girlfight | Karyn Kusama | Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Calderón | Drama | Winner of Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Gladiator | Ridley Scott | Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Richard Harris, Djimon Hounsou, Oliver Reed | Action, Drama, Epic, | Winner of Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe for Best Picture; Oscar for Crowe; Remake of 1992 film |
| The Golden Bowl | James Ivory | Kate Beckinsale, James Fox, Anjelica Huston, Nick Nolte | Drama | |
| Gone in 60 Seconds | Dominic Sena | Nicolas Cage, Giovanni Ribisi, Angelina Jolie, Robert Duvall | Action | Touchstone Pictures; based on Gone in 60 Seconds |
| Gossip | Davis Guggenheim | James Marsden, Lena Headey, Norman Reedus, Kate Hudson, Marisa Coughlan, Joshua Jackson | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Gun Shy | Eric Blakeney | Liam Neeson, Oliver Platt, Andrew Lauer | Action | |
| Hamlet | Michael Almereyda | Ethan Hawke, Diane Venora, Julia Stiles | Drama | Based on Hamlet by William Shakespeare |
| Hanging Up | Diane Keaton | Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau | Comedy | Columbia Pictures |
| Held Up | Steve Rash | Jamie Foxx, Nia Long | Comedy | |
| Here on Earth | Mark Piznarski | Chris Klein, Leelee Sobieski, Josh Hartnett | Drama | |
| High Fidelity | Stephen Frears | John Cusack, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Joan Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Lili Taylor | Comedy | based on novel by Nick Hornby |
| ' | Douglas Aarniokoski | Adrian Paul, Christopher Lambert | Science fiction | preceded by ' |
| Hollow Man | Paul Verhoeven | Elisabeth Shue, Kevin Bacon, Josh Brolin | Science fiction, Horror | based on The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells |
| The House of Mirth | Terence Davies | Gillian Anderson, Laura Linney, Dan Aykroyd | Drama | |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Ron Howard | Jim Carrey, Christine Baranski, Jeffrey Tambor, Molly Shannon, Taylor Momsen | Family, Fantasy | based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss; highest-grossing film of 2000 |
| How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog | Michael Kalesniko | Kenneth Branagh, Robin Wright Penn | Comedy | |
| I Dreamed of Africa | Hugh Hudson | Kim Basinger, Eva Marie Saint | Drama | based on I Dreamed of Africa by Kuki Gallmann |
| Icebreaker | David Giancola | Sean Astin, Stacy Keach, Bruce Campbell | Action | |
| The In Crowd | Mary Lambert | Susan Ward, Lori Heuring, Matthew Settle | Thriller | |
| ' | Mark Jonathan Harris | the kindertransport | Documentary | winner Academy Award for Best Documentary |
| Isn't She Great | Andrew Bergman | Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, John Cleese, Stockard Channing, David Hyde Pierce, Amanda Peet | Biography, Comedy | Story of Jacqueline Susann |
| Ivans Xtc | Bernard Rose | Danny Huston, Peter Weller | Drama | |
| Joe Gould's Secret | Stanley Tucci | Ian Holm, Stanley Tucci, Hope Davis | Drama | based on story by Joseph Mitchell |
| Just One Night | Alan Jacobs | Timothy Hutton, Maria Grazia Cucinotta | Comedy | |
| Keeping the Faith | Edward Norton | Ben Stiller, Jenna Elfman, Edward Norton | Comedy | |
| The Kid | Jon Turteltaub | Bruce Willis, Lily Tomlin, Jean Smart, Spencer Breslin | Family | |
| The Ladies Man | Reginald Hudlin | Tim Meadows, Billy Dee Williams, Will Ferrell | Comedy | based on Saturday Night Live character |
| The Last Producer | Burt Reynolds | Burt Reynolds, Rod Steiger, Benjamin Bratt | Drama | |
| Legacy | Tod Lending | life in Chicago ghettos | Documentary | |
| The Legend of Bagger Vance | Robert Redford | Matt Damon, Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jack Lemmon | Drama | based on novel by Steven Pressfield |
| Little Nicky | Steven Brill | Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel | Comedy | |
| The Little Vampire | Uli Edel | Jonathan Lipnicki, Richard E. Grant, Rollo Weeks | Comedy | based on novel by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg |
| Long Night's Journey into Day | Deborah Hoffmann, Frances Reid | the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-Apartheid South Africa | Documentary | winner of Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Loser | Amy Heckerling | Jason Biggs, Mena Suvari, Greg Kinnear | Comedy | |
| Lost Souls | Janusz Kamiński | Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin | Horror | |
| Love & Basketball | Gina Prince-Bythewood | Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Dennis Haysbert | Drama | |
| Lucky Numbers | Nora Ephron | John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth, Michael Moore | Crime | |
| Maryam | Ramin Serry | Mariam Parris, Shaun Toub, Shohreh Aghdashloo | Drama | |
| Maze | Rob Morrow | Rob Morrow, Laura Linney, Craig Sheffer | Drama | |
| Me, Myself & Irene | Peter and Bobby Farrelly | Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger, Robert Forster, Chris Cooper | Comedy | |
| Meet the Parents | Jay Roach | Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Owen Wilson | Comedy | |
| Memento | Christopher Nolan | Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano | Thriller | based on Memento Mori by Jonathan Nolan |
| Men of Honor | George Tillman, Jr. | Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Charlize Theron | Biography | |
| Mercy Streets | John Gunn | Eric Roberts, Cynthia Watros, Stacy Keach | Action | |
| The Million Dollar Hotel | Wim Wenders | Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich, Mel Gibson, Jimmy Smits | Drama | |
| Miss Congeniality | Donald Petrie | Sandra Bullock, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Caine, William Shatner, Candice Bergen | Comedy | |
| Mission to Mars | Brian De Palma | Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen, Jerry O'Connell, Kim Delaney | Science fiction | based on Mission to Mars |
| ' | John Woo | Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh, Brendan Gleeson | Action | preceded by ' highest-worldwide-grossing film of 2000 |
| My Dog Skip | Jay Russell | Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Kevin Bacon | Family | based on My Dog Skip by Willie Morris |
| My 5 Wives | Sidney J. Furie | Rodney Dangerfield, Jerry Stiller, Molly Shannon | Comedy | |
| The Next Best Thing | John Schlesinger | Rupert Everett, Madonna, Benjamin Bratt | Comedy | |
| Next Friday | Steve Carr | Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Don Curry | Comedy | preceded by Friday |
| Nothin' 2 Lose | Barry Bowles | Brian Hooks | Comedy | |
| ' | Peter Segal | Eddie Murphy, Janet Jackson, Larry Miller, Wanda Sykes | Comedy | preceded by The Nutty Professor |
| Nurse Betty | Neil LaBute | Morgan Freeman, Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock, Greg Kinnear | Comedy | Satellite Award for Best Film – Musical or Comedy |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Joel and Ethan Coen | George Clooney, Tim Blake Nelson, John Turturro, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Charles Durning | Comedy | based on Odyssey by Homer |
| The Opportunists | Myles Connell | Christopher Walken, Vera Farmiga, Cyndi Lauper | Crime drama | |
| The Original Kings of Comedy | Spike Lee | stand-up comedy of Steve Harvey, D. L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, Bernie Mac | Documentary | |
| Our Song | Jim McKay | Kerry Washington, Melissa Martinez | Drama | |
| Panic | Henry Bromell | William H. Macy, Neve Campbell, Donald Sutherland | Crime drama | |
| Passion of Mind | Alain Berliner | Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgård | Drama | |
| The Patriot | Roland Emmerich | Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper, Tom Wilkinson | War | 3 Oscar nominations |
| Pay It Forward | Mimi Leder | Haley Joel Osment, Helen Hunt, Kevin Spacey, James Caviezel, Angie Dickinson, Jon Bon Jovi | Drama | based on novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde |
| The Perfect Storm | Wolfgang Petersen | George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, John C. Reilly, Karen Allen | Adventure | based on book by Sebastian Junger |
| Picking Up the Pieces | Alfonso Aráu | Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, David Schwimmer | Comedy | |
| Pitch Black | David Twohy | Vin Diesel, Keith David, Cole Hauser | Science fiction | |
| Pollock | Ed Harris | Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer Connelly | Biography | Story of Jackson Pollock; Oscar for Harden |
| Poor White Trash | Michael Addis | Sean Young, William Devane | Comedy | |
| Price of Glory | Carlos Ávila | Jimmy Smits | Drama | |
| Prince of Central Park | John Leekley | Kathleen Turner, Danny Aiello, Harvey Keitel | Family | |
| Proof of Life | Taylor Hackford | Russell Crowe, Meg Ryan, David Morse | Drama | |
| Psycho Beach Party | Robert Lee King | Thomas Gibson, Lauren Ambrose, Charles Busch | Comedy | based on Psycho Beach Party by Charles Busch |
| Quills | Philip Kaufman | Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine | Drama, Biography | based on Quills by Doug Wright |
| Ready to Rumble | Brian Robbins | David Arquette, Oliver Platt, Scott Caan | Comedy | |
| Reckless Indifference | William Gazecki | underage murder | Documentary | Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film |
| Red Planet | Antony Hoffman | Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tom Sizemore | Science fiction | |
| Reindeer Games | John Frankenheimer | Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron | Crime drama | |
| Remember the Titans | Boaz Yakin | Denzel Washington, Will Patton | Drama | |
| The Replacements | Howard Deutch | Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton | Comedy | |
| Requiem for a Dream | Darren Aronofsky | Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans | Drama | based on Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby, Jr. |
| Return to Me | Bonnie Hunt | Minnie Driver, David Duchovny, Carroll O'Connor | Romance | |
| The Road to El Dorado | Bibo Bergeron, Will Finn | Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez | Animation | |
| Road Trip | Todd Phillips | Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Tom Green, DJ Qualls, Amy Smart | Comedy | |
| Romeo Must Die | Andrzej Bartkowiak | Jet Li, Aaliyah, Delroy Lindo | Action | based on play by William Shakespeare |
| ' | Stig Berggvist, Paul Demeyer | Elizabeth Daily, Tara Strong, Cheryl Chase | Animation | preceded by The Rugrats Movie |
| Rules of Engagement | William Friedkin | Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce | War | |
| A Rumor of Angels | Peter O'Fallon | Vanessa Redgrave, Ray Liotta, Catherine McCormack, Ron Livingston | Drama | |
| The Scarecrow | Richard Rich | Shawn Hoffman, Belinda Montgomery, Ray Porter, Corey Feldman | Animation, Fantasy | Warner Bros. Family Entertainment |
| Scary Movie | Keenen Ivory Wayans | Marlon Wayans, Anna Faris, Carmen Electra | Comedy | |
| ' | Daniel Anker, Barak Goodman | the Scottsboro Boys case | Documentary | |
| Scream 3 | Wes Craven | David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Foley, Emily Mortimer | Horror | preceded by Scream 2 |
| Screwed | Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski | Norm Macdonald, Dave Chappelle, Danny DeVito | Comedy | |
| Seventeen Again | Jeffrey W. Byrd | Tamera Mowry, Tia Mowry, Maia Campbell | Comedy | |
| Sexy Beast | Jonathan Glazer | Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, James Fox | Crime drama | |
| Shadow of the Vampire | E. Elias Merhige | John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe | Drama | |
| Shaft | John Singleton | Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Richard Roundtree, Christian Bale | Action | preceded by Shaft |
| Shanghai Noon | Tom Dey | Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu | Comedy | |
| Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth | John Blanchard | Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Tom Arnold, Majandra Delfino | Comedy | |
| The Skulls | Rob Cohen | Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker | Thriller | |
| Small Time Crooks | Woody Allen | Woody Allen, Hugh Grant, Tracey Ullman | Comedy | |
| The Smokers | Kat Slater | Dominique Swain, Busy Philipps, Keri Lynn Pratt, Nicholas M. Loeb, Oliver Hudson | Drama | |
| Snatch | Guy Ritchie | Benicio del Toro, Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham, Dennis Farina | Crime | |
| Snow Day | Chris Koch | Chevy Chase, Chris Elliott, Mark Webber | Comedy | |
| Songcatcher | Maggie Greenwald | Janet McTeer, Aidan Quinn | Drama | |
| Sound and Fury | Josh Aronson | conflict between cochlear implants, deaf identity | Documentary | |
| Space Cowboys | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, James Cromwell, Loren Dean, Courtney B. Vance, William Devane | Drama | |
| The Specials | Craig Mazin | Thomas Haden Church, Rob Lowe, Jamie Kennedy | Comedy | |
| Steal This Movie! | Robert Greenwald | Vincent D'Onofrio, Janeane Garofalo | Biography | based on To America with Love by Anita & Abbie Hoffman and on ' |
| Supernova | Walter Hill | James Spader, Angela Bassett | Science fiction | |
| The Tao of Steve | Jenniphr Goodman | Donal Logue | Comedy | |
| Terror Tract | Lance W. Dreesen | John Ritter, David DeLuise, Allison Smith | Comedy, horror | |
| Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Rodrigo García | Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz, Calista Flockhart, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman | Romance | |
| Thirteen Days | Roger Donaldson | Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Dylan Baker, Steven Culp, Len Cariou, Kevin Conway | Drama | based on The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis by Ernest R. May and Philip D. Zelikow |
| Thomas & the Magic Railroad | Britt Allcroft | Alec Baldwin, Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson | Family | |
| Tigerland | Joel Schumacher | Colin Farrell, Matthew Davis, Clifton Collins, Jr. | War | |
| The Tigger Movie | Jun Falkenstein | Jim Cummings, Nikita Hopkins, John Fiedler | Animation | |
| Timecode | Mike Figgis | Salma Hayek, Stellan Skarsgård, Holly Hunter | Drama | |
| Titan A.E. | Don Bluth, Gary Goldman | Matt Damon, Nathan Lane | Animation | |
| Traffic | Steven Soderbergh | Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones | Crime drama | based on Traffik; winner of Satellite Award for Best Film – Drama; Oscar for del Toro |
| Tripfall | Serge Rodnunsky | Eric Roberts, John Ritter, Rachel Hunter | Thriller | |
| Turn It Up | Robert Adetuyi | Pras, Ja Rule | Musical | |
| U-571 | Jonathan Mostow | Matthew McConaughey, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi | Action | |
| Unbreakable | M. Night Shyamalan | Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn | Thriller | |
| Under Suspicion | Stephen Hopkins | Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Monica Bellucci | Crime drama | based on Garde à vue and Brainwashed |
| Up at the Villa | Philip Haas | Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn | Drama | based on Up at the Villa by W. Somerset Maugham |
| John Ottman | Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis, Hart Bochner, | Horror | preceded by Urban Legend | |
| Vertical Limit | Martin Campbell | Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney | Thriller | |
| The Visit | Jordan Walker-Pearlman | Hill Harper, Billy Dee Williams, Rae Dawn Chong | Drama | |
| Waking the Dead | Keith Gordon | Jennifer Connelly, Billy Crudup | Drama | based on Waking the Dead by Scott Spencer |
| The Watcher | Joe Charbanic | James Spader, Keanu Reeves, Marisa Tomei | Thriller | |
| The Way of the Gun | Christopher McQuarrie | Benicio del Toro, Ryan Phillippe | Crime drama | |
| What Lies Beneath | Robert Zemeckis | Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joe Morton | Thriller | |
| What Planet Are You From? | Mike Nichols | Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, John Goodman, Greg Kinnear, Linda Fiorentino | Comedy, sci-fi | |
| What Women Want | Nancy Meyers | Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Alan Alda | Comedy | |
| Whatever It Takes | David Raynr | Shane West, Marla Sokoloff, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, James Franco | Comedy | based on Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand |
| Where the Heart Is | Matt Williams | Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack, Keith David, Sally Field | Comedy, drama | based on novel by Billie Letts |
| Where the Money Is | Marek Kanievska | Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney, Susan Barnes | Comedy, crime | |
| Whipped | Peter Cohen | Amanda Peet, Callie Thorne, Brian Van Holt | Comedy | |
| The Whole Nine Yards | Jonathan Lynn | Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Natasha Henstridge, Michael Clarke Duncan, Amanda Peet, Kevin Pollak | Comedy, crime | |
| Woman on Top | Fina Torres | Penélope Cruz | Comedy | |
| Wonder Boys | Curtis Hanson | Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes, Robert Downey, Jr. | Comedy, drama | based on novel by Michael Chabon; Academy Award for Best Song to Bob Dylan |
| X-Men | Bryan Singer | Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen | Action, sci-fi | based on the X-Men |
| The Yards | James Gray | Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Joaquin Phoenix, James Caan, Ellen Burstyn, Faye Dunaway | Crime drama | |
| You Can Count on Me | Kenneth Lonergan | Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Matthew Broderick | Drama | won Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |