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25 Watts
25 Watts (2001) is the debut feature of Uruguayan directors Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll, a black-and-white 16 mm comedy-drama following three idle Montevideo friends for 24 hours; it won the 2001 Rotterdam Tiger Award.
40 Days and 40 Nights
40 Days and 40 Nights is a 2002 romantic comedy directed by Michael Lehmann, starring Josh Hartnett as a man who vows to abstain from sex for Lent.
A Walk to Remember
A Walk to Remember is a 2002 American romantic drama film directed by Adam Shankman. It is based on the 1999 novel by Nicholas Sparks.
About a Boy (film)
About a Boy (2002), Weitz brothers comedy-drama starring Hugh Grant as Will Freeman and Nicholas Hoult as Marcus, adapted from Nick Hornby's novel; Oscar-nominated screenplay, AFI top ten of 2002, Badly Drawn Boy score.
About Schmidt
About Schmidt is a 2002 Alexander Payne comedy-drama starring Jack Nicholson as retired Omaha insurance actuary Warren Schmidt, loosely based on Louis Begley's 1996 novel; it won two Golden Globes and earned Oscar nominations for Nicholson and Kathy Bates.
Adaptation (film)
Adaptation. (2002) is Spike Jonze's comedy-drama written by Charlie Kaufman and his fictional twin Donald, both played by Nicolas Cage, about Kaufman's failed attempt to adapt Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief; Cooper won an Oscar.
Almost Famous
Almost Famous (2000) is Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical comedy-drama about a 15-year-old Rolling Stone writer touring with the fictional band Stillwater in 1973; it won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and holds a 90 Metascore.
Amélie
Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) is a 2001 French romantic comedy directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou as a shy Montmartre waitress who secretly helps those around her.
America's Sweethearts
America's Sweethearts is a 2001 American romantic comedy directed by Joe Roth, written by Billy Crystal and Peter Tolan, starring Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and John Cusack.
An Everlasting Piece
An Everlasting Piece (2000) is a Barry Levinson comedy written by and starring Barry McEvoy, about a Catholic and a Protestant selling toupees in 1980s Belfast; released by DreamWorks, it grossed about $75,000.
Angel Eyes (film)
Angel Eyes is a 2001 American romantic drama directed by Luis Mandoki, starring Jennifer Lopez as a Chicago police officer and Jim Caviezel as a drifter.
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra is a 2002 French comedy film adapted from the comic album by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It grossed over $131 million worldwide.
Autumn in New York (film)
Autumn in New York is a 2000 American romantic drama directed by Joan Chen, in which restaurateur Will Keane (Richard Gere) falls for a terminally ill younger woman (Winona Ryder).
Bamboozled
Bamboozled is Spike Lee's 2000 satirical comedy-drama in which TV writer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) pitches a blackface minstrel show that becomes a hit. Released by New Line, it grossed $2.2 million against a $10 million budget and was later restored by Criterion.
Bedazzled (2000 film)
Bedazzled (2000) is a Harold Ramis fantasy comedy remake of the 1967 Peter Cook-Dudley Moore film, starring Brendan Fraser as Elliot, who sells his soul to Elizabeth Hurley's Devil for seven wishes; grossed $90.4 million worldwide.
Beethoven's 4th (film)
Beethoven's 4th (2001) is a direct-to-video family comedy, the fourth Beethoven film, directed by David Mickey Evans, in which the St. Bernard swaps places with the look-alike dog Michelangelo of the wealthy Sedgewick family; it holds 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Bella Martha
Bella Martha (Mostly Martha, Ricetta d'amore) is a 2001 German-Austrian-Swiss-Italian romantic comedy-drama by Sandra Nettelbeck starring Martina Gedeck as a Hamburg head chef, Sergio Castellitto, and Maxime Foerste; Locarno premiere, 2002 European Film Award, remade as No Reservations (2007).
Bend It Like Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham: 2002 British comedy directed by Gurinder Chadha, starring Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley; Jess Bhamra, a British Indian Sikh teen, defies her parents to play football; grossed almost £60m on £3.5m and inspired UK women's football.
Best in Show (film)
Best in Show (2000) is a Christopher Guest mockumentary comedy, co-written with Eugene Levy, following five dog owners at the fictional Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show in Philadelphia; 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, $18.6M domestic gross.
Bewitched (2005 film)
Bewitched (2005) is a Nora Ephron romantic comedy-fantasy starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell as actors in a TV remake of the sitcom Bewitched, with Kidman's Isabel Bigelow a real witch. Released June 24, 2005 by Columbia Pictures; Metascore 34, 23% on Rotten Tomatoes, $62.3M US gross.
Big Fat Liar
Big Fat Liar is a 2002 American family comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, about a teenage liar whose stolen essay becomes a Hollywood hit movie.
Big Trouble (2002 film)
Big Trouble is a 2002 American ensemble comedy directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, based on Dave Barry's 1999 novel, and starring Tim Allen, Rene Russo, and Zooey Deschanel.
Birthday Girl (2001 film)
Birthday Girl (2001 film) is a British-American comedy-crime-thriller directed by Jez Butterworth. It stars Nicole Kidman as Sophia, a lonely bank clerk's Russian mail-order bride.
Black Knight (film)
Black Knight is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Gil Junger, in which Martin Lawrence plays an amusement-park worker who wakes up in 14th-century England.
Boys and Girls (2000 film)
Boys and Girls is a 2000 American romantic comedy directed by Robert Iscove, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Claire Forlani as two opposites who become friends, then lovers, in Berkeley.
Bring It On (film)
Bring It On (2000) is a Universal teen cheerleading comedy directed by Peyton Reed, written by Jessica Bendinger, starring Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union; Torrance discovers the Toros' routines were stolen from the East Compton Clovers.
Brown Sugar (2002 film)
Brown Sugar is a 2002 American romantic comedy directed by Rick Famuyiwa, starring Sanaa Lathan and Taye Diggs as two childhood friends whose love of hip-hop turns to romance.
Bubble Boy (film)
Bubble Boy (2001) is a Touchstone road-trip comedy directed by Blair Hayes, written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as immune-deficient Jimmy Livingston; $5 million gross, 32% Tomatometer, later cult status and a 2008 stage musical.
Cadet Kelly
Cadet Kelly is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Hilary Duff as a teen sent to a military academy run by her new stepfather, clashing with Christy Carlson Romano's Cadet Captain Stone; premiered March 8, 2002.
Cats & Dogs
Cats & Dogs is a 2001 American live-action family comedy directed by Lawrence Guterman and released by Warner Bros., in which cats and dogs wage a secret high-tech war that humans never notice.