2000 in film

The year 2000 in film involved some significant events. The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible 2. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor (Russell Crowe). Dinosaur was the most expensive film of 2000 and a box-office success.

Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2000 by worldwide gross are as follows:

2000 box office records

 * Chicken Run became the highest-grossing stop motion animated film ever.
 * Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas's $55.1 million opening weekend became the highest debut for a Christmas-themed film. It had the highest opening weekend for a Jim Carrey film and a Ron Howard film, surpassing both Batman Forever and Ransom simultaneously.

By country/region

 * List of American films of 2000
 * List of Argentine films of 2000
 * List of Australian films of 2000
 * List of Bangladeshi films of 2000
 * List of British films of 2000
 * List of Canadian films of 2000
 * List of French films of 2000
 * List of Hong Kong films of 2000
 * List of Indian films of 2000
 * List of Bengali films of 2000
 * List of Hindi films of 2000
 * List of Kannada films of 2000
 * List of Malayalam films of 2000
 * List of Marathi films of 2000
 * List of Punjabi films of 2000
 * List of Tamil films of 2000
 * List of Telugu films of 2000
 * List of Japanese films of 2000
 * List of Mexican films of 2000
 * List of Pakistani films of 2000
 * List of Russian films of 2000
 * List of South Korean films of 2000
 * List of Spanish films of 2000

By genre/medium

 * List of action films of 2000
 * List of animated feature films of 2000
 * List of avant-garde films of 2000
 * List of crime films of 2000
 * List of comedy films of 2000
 * List of drama films of 2000
 * List of horror films of 2000
 * List of science fiction films of 2000
 * List of thriller films of 2000
 * List of western films of 2000

Births
March 5 – Reiky de Valk, Dutch actor (d. 2023)
 * January 7 – Marcus Scribner, American actor
 * January 8 – Noah Cyrus, American actress and singer
 * January 9 – Gordon Maeda, Japanese actor
 * January 10 – Reneé Rapp, American actress and singer
 * January 11 – Jamie Bick, German actress
 * January 17 – Chani, South Korean actor
 * January 19 – Asahi Ito, Japanese actor
 * January 21 – Eito Konishi, Japanese actor
 * January 26 – Ester Expósito, Spanish actress
 * January 28 – Julia Lester, American actress
 * January 30
 * Markella Kavenagh, Australian actress
 * Frida Argento, Swedish actress
 * February 5
 * Esmé Creed-Miles, English actress
 * Jordan Nagai, American former child voice actor
 * February 9 – Evan Roe, American actor
 * February 10 – Yara Shahidi, American actress
 * February 12 – Asuka Kawazu, Japanese actress
 * February 22 – Celia Rose Gooding, American actress and singer
 * February 23 – Christian Martyn, Canadian actor
 * February 25
 * Tucker Albrizzi, American actor
 * Laura Ann Kesling, American actress
 * February 27 – Tsuyoshi Furukawa, Japanese singer and actor
 * February 28 – Jonathan Daviss, American actor
 * March 6 – Jacob Bertrand, American actor
 * March 21
 * Lorenzo Zurzolo, Italian actor
 * Jace Norman, American actor
 * March 22
 * Pawat Chittsawangdee, Thai actor
 * Zoe Terakes, Australian actor
 * March 27
 * Halle Bailey, American actress
 * Sophie Nélisse, Canadian actress
 * March 31 – Ruby Cruz, American actress
 * April 9 – Brenock O'Connor, English actor
 * April 11
 * Milly Alcock, Australian actress
 * Morgan Lily, American actress and model
 * April 13 – Suzanne Lindon, French actress and filmmaker
 * April 16 – Bruna Carvalho, Brazilian actress
 * April 20 – Abigail Duhon, American Christian musician and actress
 * April 22 – Billy Price, English actor
 * May 4 – Nicholas Hamilton, Australian actor
 * May 7 – Maxwell Perry Cotton, American actor
 * May 13 – Antonio Cipriano, American actor
 * May 18 – Addison Holley, Canadian actress
 * May 23 – Ella Rappich, Swedish actress born in South Africa
 * May 30 – Jared S. Gilmore, American actor
 * June 1 – Willow Shields, American actress
 * June 2 - Lilimar Hernandez, American actress
 * June 13 – Daniella Perkins, American actress
 * June 14 – Thomaz Costa, Brazilian actor
 * June 15 – Ouyang Nana, Taiwanese actress, singer and musician
 * June 17 – Odessa A'zion, American actress
 * June 21 - Natalie Alyn Lind, American actress
 * June 22 - Sean Kaufman, American actor
 * June 23
 * Kim Hyunsoo, South Korean actress
 * Earl Cave, English actor
 * Caitlin Blackwood, Scottish actress
 * June 25 – Iman Benson, American actress
 * July 7 – Jamie Flatters, English actor and filmmaker
 * July 8 – Benjamin Stockham, American actor
 * July 9 – Courtney Grosbeck, American actress and model
 * July 13
 * Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Danish actor
 * Malia Pyles, American actress
 * July 14 – Maia Reficco, American actress and singer
 * July 15 – Julio Peña Fernández, Spanish actor
 * July 16 – Jonathan Morgan Heit, American actor
 * July 17 – Nico Liersch, German actor
 * July 19 – Owen Joyner, American actor
 * July 22 – Kaori Oinuma, Filipino-Japanese actress and model
 * July 23 – Malte Gårdinger, Swedish actor
 * July 25
 * Meg Donnelly, American actress
 * Preston Bailey, American Actor
 * July 26 – Thomasin McKenzie, New Zealand actress
 * July 29 – Lino Facioli, Brazilian actor
 * July 31 – Kim Sae-ron, South Korean actress
 * August 3 – Landry Bender, American actress
 * August 9 – Kim Hyang-gi, South Korean actress
 * August 16 – Lacey Dover, American actress
 * August 20 – Fátima Ptacek, American actress and activist
 * August 24 – Griffin Gluck, American actor
 * August 29 – Minami Hamabe, Japanese actress
 * August 31 – Mia Jenkins, English actress
 * September 1 - Cassady McClincy, American actress
 * September 3 – Ashley Boettcher, American actress
 * September 4 – Ruby Stokes, English actress
 * September 11 – Grayson Maxwell Gurnsey, Canadian actor
 * September 12 – Becky Zhu Wu, Mexican actress
 * September 13 – Siddharth Nigam, Indian actor
 * September 14 – Ritvik Sahore, Indian actor
 * September 15 – Mallika Singh, Indian actress
 * September 22 – Michael Rainey Jr., American actor
 * September 23 – Kalani Hilliker, American dancer and actress
 * September 25 – Anna Lambe, Canadian Inuk actress from Iqaluit, Nunavut
 * September 28 – Frankie Jonas, American actor
 * October 6
 * Klara Castanho, Brazilian actress
 * Addison Rae, American social media personality and actress
 * Isobelle Molloy, English actress
 * October 10 – Aedin Mincks, American actor
 * October 14 – Mekai Curtis, American actor
 * October 18
 * Sophie Thatcher, American actress
 * Conor Sherry, American actor
 * October 26 – Ellery Sprayberry, American actress and voice
 * October 27 – Lucie Zhang, French actress
 * October 31 – Willow Smith, American singer and actress
 * November 7 – Dara Reneé, American actress
 * November 8 – Jade Pettyjohn, American actress
 * November 10 – Mackenzie Foy, American model and actress
 * November 18 – Arabella Morton, Australian actress
 * November 22 – Auliʻi Cravalho, American actress and singer
 * November 28
 * Jackson Yee, Chinese actor and singer
 * Kaitlyn Bernard, Canadian actress
 * December 9 – Jaren Lewison, American actor
 * December 12
 * Devyn Nekoda, Canadian actress
 * Lucas Jade Zumann, American actor
 * December 16
 * Rachelle Henry, American actress and filmmaker
 * Lance Lim, American actor
 * December 18 – Korapat Kirdpan, Thai actor
 * December 19 – Yuumi Kawai, Japanese actress
 * December 28 – Larissa Manoela, Brazilian actress
 * Thomas Weatherall, Australian actor