Best Comedy Drama Films of 2000
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
Although Things You Can ... You Can Tell made its debut on cable television, although it was originally intended to be a theatrical release. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Isn't She Great
Jacqueline Susann spent a ... Lane as Mansfield; David Hyde Pierce, Stockard Channing, John Cleese, and Sarah Jessica Parker round out the supporting cast. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Dr. T & The Women
Director Robert Altman reteams ... on and off the fairways. Dr. T had its North American Premiere at the 2000 Toronto International Film Fest. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Trumpet of the Swan
E.B. White's children's story ... by noted jazz artist Marcus Miller; rock & roll pioneer Little Richard also contributed a song to the soundtrack. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
28 Days
In this romantic comedy, ... and Azura Skye play Gwen's fellow rehab inmates, and legendary roots rock band NRBQ performs at the wedding reception. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
A group of trailblazing ... easy task. The Last of the Blonde Bombshells also stars Leslie Caron, Olympia Dukakis, and jazz vocalist Cleo Laine. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Dress Code
Shirley MacLaine makes her ... experience behind the camera; she previously made the Oscar-nominated documentary The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Where the Heart Is
Pregnant 17-year-old Novalee Nation ... novel by Billie Letts, Where the Heart Is also features Keith David, Joan Cusack, Richard Nance, and Heather Kafka. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Trixie
Alan Rudolph directed and ... role as Kirk Stans, a flamboyant lounge singer. Trixie had its world premiere at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
How To Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
Somewhere in L.A., Peter ... benevolent stalker (Jared Harris), his neighbors' incessantly noisy dog, and the flighty cast and crew of his latest play. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Lucky Numbers
While lots of people ... Kattan, Ed O'Neill, and Bill Pullman; Nora Ephron, who previously worked with Travolta on the comedy hit Michael, directed. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
The Family Man
In this whimsical romantic ... with his newly appointed life as a family man. The Family Man also stars Saul Rubinek and Jeremy Piven. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
The Replacements
The 1987 National Football ... has to contend with replacements of her own), and football commentators John Madden and Pat Summerall appear as themselves. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Enemies of Laughter
How does a man ... documentary about Paul, Peter Falk and Bea Arthur as Paul's parents, and cameos from Marilu Henner and Kathy Griffin. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Play It to the Bone
After covering baseball in ... fighting each other. Play It to the Bone also features Lolita Davidovich, Lucy Liu, Tom Sizemore, and Robert Wagner. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Nurse Betty
After two acclaimed independent ... film was shown in competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the prize for Best Screenplay. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Gun Shy
In this action-laced comedy, ... of harm's way under increasingly dangerous circumstances. Gun Shy marked the feature directorial debut of television veteran Eric Blakeney. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Almost Famous
Writer and director Cameron ... a journalist. Almost Famous' original score was composed by Nancy Wilson of Heart (who is also Crowe's wife). [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
The Next Best Thing
Best buddies Abbie (Madonna), ... Don McLean's "American Pie" and one other song for the soundtrack, which was released on her own Maverick imprint. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Coyote Ugly
An aspiring musician becomes ... with, and Tyra Banks, Melanie Lynskey, Bridget Moynahan, and Izabella Miko as the barmaids; action-film titan Jerry Bruckheimer produced. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Stardom
French Canadian director Denys ... such an honor; it would go on to open the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival before its theatrical premiere. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Steal This Movie
Steal This Movie! is ... Rubin, Troy Garity as Tom Hayden, and Jeanne Tripplehorn as Joanna Lawrenson, who became romantically involved with Barry Freed. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
The Jolly Boys' Last Stand
Wedding bells break up ... Last Stand was shot on digital video, and later transferred to film for theatrical release in the United Kingdom. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Sam the Man
Before he broke out ... The film's cast, filled with notable and lesser-known New York actors, includes George Plimpton, Griffin Dunne, and Rob Morrow. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Return to Me
In this romantic comedy, ... supporting role as Grace's best friend Megan; the cast also includes Robert Loggia, James Belushi, and David Alan Grier. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Skipped Parts
In this comedy-drama, a ... have not prepared him for. Skipped Parts is based on the novel of the same name by Tim Sandlin. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
High Fidelity
A man discovers that ... Sara Gilbert as Dick's new girlfriend, who gets a crash course in U.K. punk bands that influenced Green Day. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Duets
Director Bruce Paltrow teams ... was originally cast in Speedman's role but withdrew after he and Paltrow announced the end of their off-camera relationship. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Lakeboat
Renowned character actor Joe ... -- and occasionally tragic -- lives they lead. This film premiered at the 2000 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Love's Labour's Lost
Actor/director Kenneth Branagh sets ... is forgotten and the chase is on. Love's Labour's Lost also features Nathan Lane, Timothy Spall, and Paul Whitehouse. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Born Romantic
In modern-day London, three ... of British writer/director David Kane, who made his feature debut with the similarly themed This Year's Love in 1999. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Sex & Mrs. X
A reporter learns some ... importance of self-confidence as she looks for new love. Sex & Mrs. X first aired on April 10, 2000. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
What's Cooking?
Kenyan-born, London-educated Indian filmmaker ... her Americanized children after she discovers condoms in her eldest daughter's jacket and a gun in her son's room. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Maze
An artist with Tourette's ... the film Other Voices. In addition to directing and starring in Maze, the Northern Exposure star co-wrote and co-produced. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Boys and Girls
In this romantic comedy, ... Maryland woods in The Blair Witch Project. Director Robert Iscove also worked with Prinze on She's All That (1999). [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
A Texas Funeral
William Blake Herron directs ... secrets including the family's bizarre ear-fetish. This film won the Jury Prize at the 2000 L.A. Independent Film Festival. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Timecode
Director Mike Figgis helmed ... Code 2000 also features Kyle MacLachlan, Holly Hunter, Julian Sands, Steven Weber, Danny Huston, Viveka Davis, and Laurie Metcalf. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
In The Weeds
At a restaurant located ... break free of his manipulative girlfriend, a diamond ring goes missing, and a creme brulee meets an unfortunate fate. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Beautiful
Academy Award-winning actress Sally ... she looks a lot more like Mona than Ruby. Beautiful also features Kathleen Robertson, Bridgette Wilson, and Leslie Stefanson. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Bamboozled
Writer and director Spike ... the world of network television, Spike Lee and cinematographer Ellen Kuras shot the entire film using digital video equipment. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Chuck & Buck
Following his critically acclaimed ... soon forget. Chuck & Buck was one of the most talked about films at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Sunset Strip
The days when glam ... rock scene in his scripts for The Doors and Dudes; Adam Collis made his directorial debut with this film. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Strictly Sinatra
A nobody walks a ... a gig -- Tony refuses to listen to him. Strictly Sinatra also stars Tommy Flanagan and Richard E. Grant. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Mary and Rhoda
Mary Richards (Mary Tyler ... death of Mary's husband and Rhoda's divorce. Both try to jumpstart their dormant careers and reconnect with their daughters. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Big Eden
Arye Gross plays an ... an espresso-brewing outdoorsman who owns the town's general store and cooks meals for the stroke-addled grandpa Sam (George Coe). [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
The Young Girl and the Monsoon
Actor and author of ... her mother goes on a three-month long honeymoon. This film was screened at the 2000 L.A. Independent Film Festival. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
The Taste of Others
Agnes Jaoui co-writes and ... is nothing but an ill-tempered philistine with bad taste, Clara rejects him until Castella charms her off her feet. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Perfect Game
A group of youthful ... confidence nearly as badly as they do. Perfect Game was produced for the Disney Channel, where it originally aired. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Seven Girlfriends
In this romantic comedy, ... director Paul Lazarus, who has a background in such TV series as Friends, Melrose Place, and Beverly Hills 90210. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
The Photographer
Several stalwarts of the ... debut feature with a wide array of notable N.Y.C. character actors, including John Heard, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Tom Noonan. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Frankie and Hazel
Two friends get their ... give. Frankie and Hazel was directed by actress-turned-filmmaker JoBeth Williams; it was produced for the Showtime premium cable network. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Disappearing Acts
In this drama based ... network HBO, Disappearing Acts also stars John Amos and CCH Pounder; Lisa Jones wrote the screenplay from McMillan's novel. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Fast Food Fast Women
Amos Kollek directs this ... Geffner), a stripper with a master's degree. This film was shown in competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Gilmore Girls: Season 01
It took a great ... proposal. There was, however, no doubt that critics and fans alike had thoroughly taken Gilmore Girls to their hearts. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
About Adam
Gerard Stembridge directs this ... first, but eventually she also yields to his wiles. This film was screened at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Loser
After making Fast Times ... marked a reunion for Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari, who starred together in the hit teen comedy American Pie. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
Greg Berlanti directs this ... he is. Romantic misunderstandings, drug dalliances, and hugs follow. This film was screened at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Greenfingers
A fish-out-of-water comedy in ... Greenfingers made its North American premiere at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival before making the U.S. festival rounds. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Whatever It Takes
In this teen-oriented romantic ... expected. Produced under the title Got to Be You, Whatever It Takes also features Julia Sweeney and Colin Hanks. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Billy Elliot
Brassed Off meets My ... to send his son to London. This film is the directorial debut of renowned British stage director Stephen Daldry. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Love Beat the Hell Outta Me
Four African-American men learn ... parted ways with Glenn. Love Beat the Hell Outta Me also stars Clyde R. Jones and Charles Penland. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Woman on Top
Love, sex, and food ... TV cooking show, Passion Foods Live. Woman on Top was the first American film from Venezuelan director Fina Torres. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Off the Lip
Directed by Robert Mickelson, ... obstacles mount before her eyes, Kat begins to wonder who she's really searching for -- The Monk or herself? [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Dinner Rush
Music may be the ... directed by Bob Giraldi, a noted director of commercials and music videos who also enjoyed success as a restaurateur. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Happenstance
After a series of ... the weather all conspire to bring the characters together -- or drive them apart, as the case may be. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Pretty Devils
A poor little rich ... get even with her newly-former boyfriend. Both Axelle Ade-Pasdeloup and Olivia Bonamy made their screen debuts in Voyous Voyelles. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Scarlet Diva
Shot on digital video, ... father of her unborn child and find some sense of stability, Battista finds the truth about her one-time lover. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Sin Dejar Huella
Ana (Aitana Sanchez-Gijon) is ... the 2000 San Sebastian Film Festival, where it earned the title of "Thelmita y Luisita" in the Spanish press. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
The Goddess of 1967
Two young people with ... her impulsive eccentricity. The Goddess of 1967 was shown in competition at the 2000 Venice and Toronto film festivals. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Shadow Magic
Chinese-born, American-based director Ann ... hooked on the medium and committed to Wallace's scheme. This film was screened at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
The View From the Swing
Ted Whittaker (Todd Andrew ... when he was a boy. What results is a light-hearted role reversal and an eye opener for this father-to-be. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Whipped
In this independent comedy, ... with the same woman, Mia (Amanda Peet). Whipped was the feature debut for writer and director Peter M. Cohen. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Growing Up Brady
Did Greg and Marcia ... Brady Bunch of dysfunction. Growing up Brady was co-executive produced by none other than Greg Brady himself, Barry Williams. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
The Zeros
An off-center comedy composed ... Joe races through a bizarre, semi-futuristic landscape in attempt to find his beloved before he runs out of time. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Dancing in September
Reggie Rock Bythewood makes ... characters in an uncompromised, unvarnished manner, pressure from network execs and advertisers forces her to water down the plot. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Better Than Sex
Somewhere in Sydney, Josh ... he is forced to reconsider this initial assessment after their planned night together blossoms into a three-day whoopee fest. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Obra Maestra
Two struggling filmmakers land ... which was released earlier the same year -- so much so that Waters considered legal action against the producers. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
The Waiting Game
"What do you call ... debut feature for writer/director Ken Liotti, who helped finance the film by selling his record collection on the Internet. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Sakura Diaries [Anime OVA Series]
Touma arrives in Tokyo ... and Mieko apart, all the while pretending that he passed his entrance exams and has been accepted to college. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Double Parked
Stephen Kinsella directs this ... sex, drugs, and leading helpless teens astray. Soon Matt worships Bret, and he descends into a life of criminality. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
A Sudden Loss of Gravity
Ersatz auteur Todd Verow ... love you when you sit on my face." Somehow, they interact in a manner that loosely approximates a plot. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
The '70s
Four friends struggle to ... is loaded with period-appropriate hits, including classic tunes by Stevie Wonder, Jefferson Starship, Marvin Gaye, and Three Dog Night. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Astoria
Nick Efteriades directs this ... spiritual and emotional demise, he longs with aching intensity to join an archeological search for Alexander the Great's tomb. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Ataque Verbal
Seven pairs of people ... Verbal reunites much of the cast and crew from director Miguel Albaladejo's first film, 1999's surprise success Manolito Gafotas. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Downtown 81
Originally shot in 1980-81, ... Fauque rediscovered the film and cleaned it up in 1999. It was screened at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Oh! Soo-jung
Virgin Stripped Bare by ... "The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even." The original Korean title is the far more prosaic Oh! Soo-jung. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
The Price of Milk
New Zealand filmmaker Harry ... Director Sinclair reportedly developed the story as an outline, with many elements devised as the film progressed during shooting. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Songs from the Second Floor
Songs From the Second ... visionaries as Samuel Beckett and Luis Buñuel, and though it certainly perplexed audiences, it also left them laughing uncontrollably. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Lost In The Pershing Point Hotel
Leslie Jordan writes and ... ex-con, and pimp. The two form a weird platonic and dependent relationship that eventually spirals into an opiate oblivion. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Together
The second feature from ... have a family again. When Rolf appears on the scene seeking reconciliation, it seems Eva may get her wish. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Girls Can't Swim
French filmmaker Anne-Sophie Birot ... a dark turn and leads to a tragic conclusion. Girls Can't Swim premiered at the 2000 Montreal Film Festival. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Divided We Fall
A man and a ... between herself and Josef. Musime Si Pomahat received its North American premiere at the 2000 Montreal World Film Festival. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Thomas In Love
A high-tech shut-in finds ... on video entirely in "first person," with the viewer seeing only what Thomas himself would see through his "vision-phone." [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Platform
The political and social ... either their old repertoire or their new material. Zhantai received its world premiere at the 2000 Venice Film Festival. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
La Perdición de los hombres
Arturo Ripstein's black comedy ... Hombres premiered at the 2000 San Sebastian Film Festival, where it won the festival's Golden Shell for "Best Film." [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Por La Libre
During a family dinner ... for his initiation into sex, and the cousins discover that Perla once enjoyed intimate relations with their beloved grandfather. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Journey of Jared Price
A young man moves ... video equipment, The Journey of Jared Price was the first feature film from writer and director Dustin Lance Black. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Needing You
Office politics and love ... a dashing dot-com mogul who seems to have it all and would like to take Kinki's hand in marriage. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Que Faisaient Les Femmes Pendant Que L'Homme Marchait Sur La Lune?
A young woman tries ... the first feature directed by Chris Vander Stappen), who won acclaim for the screenplay to Ma Vie en Rose. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Secret Society
Can a working-class wife ... something funny is going on, coming to the conclusion that his wife's mind had been overtaken by space aliens. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Besos Para Todos
This coming-of-age drama is ... do, especially since he has a girlfriend at home -- the tense and high-strung Rocio (Pilar Lopez de Ayala). [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Niea Under 7: Melancholy and Cast off Summer Bath
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Niea Under 7: Niea Under Seven Bath (The Former Part)
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You Are Here
A twentysomething office drone ... and how to get it. You Are Here was the first feature film from writer and director Jeff Winner. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Stalled
Stefan Haves directs the ... Deaver,Amy Lucas). Meanwhile, they meet the other townsfolk, including mechanic Pat (Lloyd Lowe Jr.) and stripper Leanne (Persia White). [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
All the Wrong Places
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Soul Food: Season 01
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Midnight Blue
Bobby Mardis' romantic comedy ... the love of the business' advertising director. Someone who knows all three of them begins to complicate the situation. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Emotional Backgammon
Actor Leon Herbert made ... Meanwhile, Mary also confers with a friend, Jane (Jacqueline de Peza), whose attitude towards men is not especially charitable. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Queer As Folk: Season 01
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Gravitation TV [Anime Series]
Shounen-ai, romantic love between ... any explicit sexual content. Sounen-ai, is in fact, popular in Japan among younger girls who find it sexually non-threatening. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Four Letter Words
The comedy Four Letter ... of them begin to see how they will need to mature in order to go out into the world. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Boys Be [Anime Series]
Six high school friends ... find that the sometimes fun, sometimes difficult experiences that make up life can leave them wiser in the end. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]
Boxes
In this film produced ... a series of boxes, and Besson has made it her mission to explore each and every one of them. [ best comedy drama films - 2000 ]Supplemental Navigation
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