Subgenre Sampler
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Ginger Snaps (2000)
- Dir. John Fawcett
Feat. Emily Perkins, Katherine Isabelle, Mimi Rogers
- Canadian variation on the teen–horror model mixes the gene pool of adolescent angst with the werewolf genre, adopting lycanthropy as a metaphor…
Girlfight (2000)
- Dir. Karyn Kusama
Feat. Michelle Rodriguez
- A teenage girl breaks out of her working–class rut by training as a boxer, an arena that presents sexual prejudice as her chief opponent.…
Girls Can't Swim (Les filles ne savent pas nager) (2000)
- Dir. Anne-Sophie Birot
Feat. Isild Le Besco, Karen Alyx, Pascale Bussieres…
- Moody French coming–of–age drama about two girls, one who lives in the coastal town in Brittany, the other from the city.
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Gladiator (2000)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris…
- As good a Roman Sandal epic as ever there was, with a stoic and be–sandalled Russell Crowe refusing to carry over his loyalty to the new…
Gleaners and I, The (2000)
- Dir. Agnes Varda
- A widely–admired work by the godmother of French film, which essays the wastefulness of western society through a clutch of interviews with…
Godzilla Vs. Megaguiris (2000)
- Dir. Masaaki Tezuka
Feat. Shosuke Tanihara
- The 25th film in the Godzilla franchise and the second film in the Millennium series. While the film uses the Godzilla suit from Godzilla 2000, it is…
Golden Bowl, The (2000)
- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Nick Nolte, Uma Thurman, Kate Beckinsale…
- Ambitious adaptation of Henry James’ most complex novel, Merchant–Ivory recruiting Nick Nolte, Uma Thurman, Kate Beckinsale and Jeremy…
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
- Dir. Dominic Sena
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Robert Duvall
- A Jerry Bruckheimer remake of a cult 1974 film about car–thieves, with Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie boosting and revving–up a variety…
Gormenghast (TV Mini-series) (2000)
- Dir. Andy Wilson
Feat. Christopher Lee, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ian Richardson…
- Immaculately designed – if somewhat overstated – BBC rendition of Mervyn Peake's cult novel set in an immense castle where the…
Gospel According to Philip K. Dick, The (2000)
- Dir. Mark Steensland
- A loosely–assembled scan through the unusual life and mind of influential sci–fi writer Philip K. Dick, whose twisting literary…