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Needing You (孤男寡女)
Needing You (孤男寡女, Goo laam gwa lui) is a 2000 Hong Kong office romantic comedy directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, starring Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng; adapted from a radio play, it earned about HK$35 million and topped the 2000 Hong Kong box office.
Not Another Teen Movie
Not Another Teen Movie (2001) is a Columbia Pictures parody comedy directed by Joel Gallen, starring Chris Evans and Chyler Leigh, spoofing teen films like She's All That at John Hughes High; grossed $37.9M.
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.
One Fine Spring Day (봄날은 간다)
One Fine Spring Day (봄날은 간다, Bomnaleun ganda) is a 2001 Korean romantic drama by Hur Jin-ho starring Yoo Ji-tae and Lee Young-ae; a sound engineer and radio producer fall in love recording nature sounds, then part. Won Blue Dragon Best Film and Pusan FIPRESCI.
Orange County (film)
Orange County is a 2002 Paramount/MTV Films comedy directed by Jake Kasdan, written by Mike White, starring Colin Hanks, Schuyler Fisk, and Jack Black; a Stanford applicant fights a transcript error. Metascore 48, Tomatometer 47%.
Pootie Tang
Pootie Tang is a 2001 American comedy film written and directed by Louis C.K., adapted from a sketch on The Chris Rock Show and starring Lance Crouther as a gibberish-speaking hero.
Punch-Drunk Love
Punch-Drunk Love is Paul Thomas Anderson's 2002 romantic comedy-drama starring Adam Sandler as Barry Egan, his first dramatic role, with Emily Watson and Philip Seymour Hoffman; it won Cannes Best Director 2002 and grossed $17.8M.
Rat Race (film)
Rat Race (2001) is a Jerry Zucker ensemble comedy, written by Andy Breckman, released by Paramount on August 17, 2001, in which John Cleese's casino tycoon sends six contestants racing for $2 million in New Mexico; it grossed about $86.6 million worldwide and is a remake of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
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.
Save the Last Dance
Save the Last Dance is a 2001 American teen dance film directed by Thomas Carter, starring Julia Stiles as a ballerina who falls in love in Chicago.
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.
Saving Silverman
Saving Silverman is a 2001 American comedy directed by Dennis Dugan, in which two friends kidnap the domineering woman their best friend plans to marry, with Neil Diamond as himself.
Serendipity (film)
Serendipity is a 2001 American romantic comedy directed by Peter Chelsom, in which John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale play two strangers in New York who leave their reunion to fate.
Sex Is Zero (색즉시공)
Sex Is Zero (색즉시공) is a 2002 South Korean sex comedy directed by Yoon Je-gyun, starring Lim Chang-jung and Ha Ji-won; it drew 4,082,797 admissions and spawned the 2007 sequel Sex Is Zero: Season 2.
Shallow Hal
Shallow Hal is a 2001 American romantic comedy directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly, in which Jack Black's hypnotized character falls for Gwyneth Paltrow's Rosemary.
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.
Snow Dogs
Snow Dogs is a 2002 American family comedy directed by Brian Levant, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. as a Miami dentist who inherits sled dogs in Alaska.
Solino
Solino is a 2002 German-Italian drama directed by Fatih Akin, written by Ruth Toma, about the Amato family, Italian guest workers who open the Ruhr district's first pizzeria; brothers Gigi and Giancarlo split over love and a film career.
Sorority Boys
Sorority Boys is a 2002 American comedy directed by Wallace Wolodarsky, in which three wrongly accused fraternity brothers dress as women and pledge a sorority to clear their names.
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.
Stuart Little 2
Stuart Little 2 is a 2002 American live-action/computer-animated family comedy directed by Rob Minkoff, the sequel to Stuart Little (1999), with Michael J. Fox voicing Stuart.
Super Troopers
Super Troopers (2002) is a Broken Lizard cult comedy about prank-loving Vermont state troopers, directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, bought by Fox Searchlight at Sundance 2001, grossing $23.2 million and spawning sequels in 2018 and 2026.
Sweet Home Alabama (film)
Sweet Home Alabama (2002) is a Touchstone romantic comedy directed by Andy Tennant, starring Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, and Patrick Dempsey; a New York designer returns to Pigeon Creek, Alabama, for a divorce from her high school husband.
Sweet November (2001 film)
Sweet November is a 2001 American romantic drama directed by Pat O'Connor, starring Keanu Reeves as an advertising executive and Charlize Theron as the woman who offers to change his life in one month.
Swept Away (2002 film)
Swept Away (2002), also released internationally as Love, Sex, Drugs and Money, is Guy Ritchie's remake of Lina Wertmüller's 1974 Italian classic, starring Madonna and Adriano Giannini as castaways; it grossed under $600,000 domestically and won five Razzies including Worst Picture.
The Animal
The Animal is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Luke Greenfield, starring Rob Schneider as Marvin Mange, an evidence clerk rebuilt with animal organs after a car crash. Released June 1, 2001 by Columbia Pictures; grossed about $85 million worldwide despite poor reviews.
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.