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The Brothers
The Brothers is a 2001 American comedy-drama directed and written by Gary Hardwick, starring Morris Chestnut, Shemar Moore, Bill Bellamy, and D.L. Hughley as friends facing commitment; Screen Gems release grossing $27.5 million.
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 Good Girl
The Good Girl is a 2002 American comedy-drama directed by Miguel Arteta and written by Mike White, starring Jennifer Aniston and Jake Gyllenhaal as co-workers whose affair darkens.
The Hot Chick
The Hot Chick is a 2002 American body-swap comedy directed by Tom Brady, starring Rob Schneider as a thief who swaps bodies with a popular high school girl.
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 Master of Disguise
The Master of Disguise is a 2002 American comedy starring Dana Carvey as a waiter who must use his family's gift for disguise to rescue his kidnapped parents.
The New Guy
The New Guy (2002) is an American teen comedy directed by Ed Decter, starring DJ Qualls as Dizzy Harrison, who reinvents himself as Gil Harris with help from inmate Luther (Eddie Griffin). Grossed $29M domestic on a $13M budget; Metascore 24.
The Parole Officer
The Parole Officer is a 2001 British comedy-crime film directed by John Duigan, starring Steve Coogan as probation officer Simon Garden, framed for murder who robs a bank vault with three reformed clients to recover CCTV evidence.
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.
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Royal Tenenbaums: 2001 American comedy-drama, Wes Anderson's third feature, co-written with Owen Wilson. Gene Hackman fakes illness to rejoin his estranged family of former prodigies; Oscar-nominated screenplay, Golden Globe for Hackman.
The Rules of Attraction (film)
The Rules of Attraction (2002) is Roger Avary's film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's 1987 novel, starring James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, and Ian Somerhalder as students in a love triangle at fictional Camden College; released by Lions Gate, rated R after an NC-17 dispute.
The Son of the Bride
The Son of the Bride (El hijo de la novia) is Juan José Campanella's 2001 Argentina–Spain comedy-drama starring Ricardo Darín, about a son staging his parents' church wedding; it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
The Wash (2001 film)
The Wash is a 2001 American action-comedy film directed by DJ Pooh, starring Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg as roommates working at a Los Angeles car wash.
The Wedding Planner
The Wedding Planner is a 2001 American romantic comedy directed by Adam Shankman, starring Jennifer Lopez as a wedding planner who falls for a client's groom, Matthew McConaughey.
Thunderpants
Thunderpants (2002) is a British children's comedy directed by Peter Hewitt, starring Bruce Cook as flatulent Patrick Smash and Rupert Grint as friend Alan A. Allen; PG-rated, 87 minutes, IMDb 3.8/10.
Two Can Play That Game
Two Can Play That Game is a 2001 American romantic comedy written and directed by Mark Brown, starring Vivica A. Fox and Morris Chestnut. Released by Screen Gems on September 7, 2001, it grossed $22.2 million domestically and holds 40% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Two Weeks Notice
Two Weeks Notice is a 2002 American romantic comedy written and directed by Marc Lawrence, starring Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant, released by Warner Bros. on December 20, 2002.
Waterboys (ウォーターボーイズ)
Waterboys (ウォーターボーイズ) is a Japanese franchise about high school boys doing synchronized swimming: a 2001 Shinobu Yaguchi film starring Satoshi Tsumabuki, based on Kawagoe High School's real men's synchro performance, followed by Fuji TV dramas in 2003, 2004, 2005, and the new Waterboys 2027 series.
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.
Wet Hot American Summer
Wet Hot American Summer (2001) is a David Wain and Michael Showalter cult comedy set on the last day of Camp Firewood in 1981, starring Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, and Bradley Cooper, a box office failure that later spawned two Netflix prequel series.
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.
Wu Yen (钟无艳)
Wu Yen (鍾無艷, Chung Mou Yim) is a 2001 Hong Kong Lunar New Year comedy-fantasy by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, starring Anita Mui as a cross-dressed Emperor Qi, Sammi Cheng as the warrior Wu Yen, and Cecilia Cheung as a gender-shifting fox fairy.
XX/XY
XX/XY is a 2002 American independent drama and the feature debut of writer-director Austin Chick, starring Mark Ruffalo, Maya Stange, and Kathleen Robertson; it premiered at Sundance and was theatrically released in 2003.
Zoolander
Zoolander is a 2001 American satirical comedy starring Ben Stiller as a dimwitted male model brainwashed into an assassination plot alongside Owen Wilson, which later became a cult classic.