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Comedies of 2000

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Nurse Betty

Nurse Betty is a 2000 American black comedy directed by Neil LaBute, starring Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock, and Greg Kinnear; it won Cannes Best Screenplay 2000 and a 2001 Golden Globe for Zellweger.

O Auto da Compadecida

O Auto da Compadecida is a 2000 Brazilian comedy-drama film by Guel Arraes, adapted from Ariano Suassuna's 1955 play and a 1999 TV Globo miniseries, starring Matheus Nachtergaele and Selton Mello; Brazil's most-seen film of 2000.

Return to Me

Return to Me is a 2000 American romantic comedy directed by Bonnie Hunt, starring David Duchovny and Minnie Driver in a story of a heart transplant.

Road Trip

Road Trip is a 2000 American comedy film directed by Todd Phillips, about a college student racing from Ithaca to Austin to intercept a mailed sex tape.

Saving Grace (2000 film)

Saving Grace (2000) is a British crime comedy directed by Nigel Cole, written by Craig Ferguson and Mark Crowdy, starring Brenda Blethyn as a widow who grows marijuana to pay her late husband's debts; Sundance audience award winner.

Sin Dejar Huella

Sin Dejar Huella (Without a Trace), also filmed as Que no quede huella, is María Novaro's 2000 Mexican-Spanish road movie in which art smuggler Ana and single mother Aurelia flee from Ciudad Juárez to Cancún, pursued by a corrupt federal and narcos, winning Sundance's Latin America Cinema Award.

Snow Day

Snow Day is a 2000 American family comedy film directed by Chris Koch and starring Mark Webber and Zena Grey, released by Paramount Pictures on February 11, 2000.

State and Main

State and Main (2000) is a David Mamet ensemble comedy, also described as a screwball showbiz satire, about a Hollywood film crew shooting The Old Mill in Waterford, Vermont; starring Hoffman, Macy, Baldwin, and Parker, it won ensemble and screenplay awards.

The Broken Hearts Club

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy is Greg Berlanti's 2000 directorial debut, a Sony Pictures Classics comedy-drama about six gay friends in West Hollywood, starring Timothy Olyphant, Dean Cain, Zach Braff, and John Mahoney; it won a 2001 GLAAD Media Award.

The Dish

The Dish (2000) is an Australian comedy-drama by Working Dog, directed by Rob Sitch, starring Sam Neill, dramatizing the Parkes radio telescope's role in the Apollo 11 moonwalk broadcast; Honeysuckle Creek actually aired the first minutes.

The Family Man

The Family Man is a 2000 American romantic fantasy comedy-drama directed by Brett Ratner, starring Nicolas Cage as a Wall Street trader shown the family life he gave up.

The Ladies Man (2000 film)

The Ladies Man (2000) is a Reginald Hudlin romantic comedy starring Tim Meadows as his SNL radio-host character Leon Phelps. Released October 13, 2000 by Paramount, it grossed $13.7 million worldwide and scored a Metascore of 22.

The Replacements (film)

The Replacements is a 2000 American sports comedy directed by Howard Deutch, starring Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman as a replacement-team quarterback and coach during a fictional football strike, loosely based on the 1987 NFL strike; it grossed $44.7M and scored 41% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Wet Dreams (몽정기)

Wet Dreams (몽정기, Mongjunggi) is a 2002 South Korean teen sex comedy directed by Jung Cho-shin, starring Lee Beom-su and Kim Seon-ah, set in 1988, with 2.5 million admissions and a 2005 sequel.

What Women Want

What Women Want is a 2000 American romantic comedy directed by Nancy Meyers, starring Mel Gibson as an ad man who can hear women's thoughts.

Winner Takes All (大赢家)

Winner Takes All (大贏家) is a 2000 Hong Kong comedy directed by Clifton Ko, starring Sam Hui as conman Wong Tai-chin, Karl Maka as the bald detective, Nicholas Tse, Ruby Lin, Alec Su, and Joey Yung; released 29 January 2000, 91 minutes, HK$10,030,582 box office. Distinct from the 2020 Chinese film of the same Chinese title.

Wonder Boys (film)

Wonder Boys is a 2000 American comedy-drama directed by Curtis Hanson, adapted by Steve Kloves from Michael Chabon's 1995 novel, starring Michael Douglas as stalled novelist Grady Tripp; it won Bob Dylan an Oscar for "Things Have Changed" and grossed $19.4 million in the US.