List of LGBT-related films of 2000

This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films released in 2000. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.

Films

Title	Director	Country	Genre	Cast	Notes
101 Rent Boys	Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato	United States	Documentary
101 Reykjavík	Baltasar Kormákur	Iceland	Comedy	Victoria Abril, Hilmir Snær Guðnason and Hanna María Karlsdóttir
Before Night Falls	Julian Schnabel	United States	Drama	Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp and Héctor Babenco	Biopic of Reinaldo Arenas, based on his autobiography and the documentary Havana by Jana Boková
Benjamin Smoke	Jem Cohen Peter Sillen	United States	Documentary		Benjamin Smoke was an American singer-songwriter who fronted the Atlanta, Georgia bands Smoke and the Opal Foxx Quartet. He was a radical, gay rock 'n' roll performer, the documentary spans 10 years of his life.
Between Two Women	Steven Woodcock	United Kingdom	Drama	Barbara Marten, Andrina Carroll and Andrew Dunn
Big Eden	Thomas Bezucha	United States	Romance, drama	Arye Gross, Eric Schweig, Tim DeKay, Louise Fletcher, Corinne Bohrer, George Coe and Nan Martin
Billy Elliot	Stephen Daldry	United Kingdom France	Comedy, drama	Julie Walters, Gary Lewis, Jamie Bell, Jamie Draven, Stuart Wells and Adam Cooper
Borstal Boy	Peter Sheridan	United Kingdom Ireland	Romance, drama	Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Lee Ingleby, Michael York, Eva Birthistle, Mark Huberman, Ian McElhinney and Ronnie Drew	Based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Brendan Behan
A Boy Named Sue	Julie Wyman	United States	Documentary		This is the transition of Theo, a young adult, raised female, involved in a lesbian relationship, who undergoes various stages of a sex reassignment surgery (including a mastectomy and hormone therapy) to become male.
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy	Greg Berlanti	United States	Romance, comedy, drama	Zach Braff, Dean Cain, Andrew Keegan, Nia Long, Mary McCormack, Matt McGrath, Timothy Olyphant, Billy Porter, Justin Theroux, Ben Weber and John Mahoney
Burnt Money	Marcelo Piñeyro	Argentina	Crime, thriller	Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eduardo Noriega, Pablo Echarri, Leticia Brédice, Ricardo Bartis, Dolores Fonzi and Carlos Roffé	a.k.a. Plata quemada; based on the novel of the same name by Ricardo Piglia
Chuck & Buck	Miguel Arteta	United States	Comedy, drama	Mike White, Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros, Beth Colt and Paul Weitz
Common Ground	Donna Deitch	United States	Drama	Brittany Murphy, Jason Priestley, Steven Weber, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Edward Asner and James LeGros
Confusion of Genders	Ilan Duran Cohen	France	Romance, comedy, drama	Pascal Greggory, Nathalie Richard, Julie Gayet, Alain Bashung, Cyrille Thouvenin, Vincent Martinez and Marie Saint-Dizier
Daughters of the Sun	Maryam Shahriar	Iran	Drama	Altinay Ghelich Taghani, Soghra Karimi, Zahra Mohammadi and Habib Haddad
Drôle de Félix	Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau	France	Comedy, drama	Sami Bouajila, Patachou, Ariane Ascaride, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Charly Sergue and Maurice Bénichou	aka The Adventures of Felix
Eban and Charley	James Bolton	United Kingdom United States	Drama	Brent Fellows, Gio Black Peter, Nolan V. Chard and Ron Upton
En malas compañías	Antonio Hens	Spain	Short, comedy	Israel Rodríguez, Pablo Puyol, Antonio Álamo, Juan Carlos Rubio and Juanma Lara	aka. In Bad Company, named in English as Doors Cut Down
Forbidden Fruit	Sue Maluwa-Bruce	Germany Zimbabwe	Romance, drama		Short
Get Your Stuff	Max Mitchell	United States	Comedy, drama	Cameron Watson, Anthony Meindl, Elaine Hendrix, Patience Cleveland, Grady Hutt, Blayn Barbosa and Kimberly Scott
The Girl	Sande Zeig	United States France	Romance, drama	Claire Keim, Agathe De La Boulaye, Cyril Lecomte and Sandra Nkake
If These Walls Could Talk 2	Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge, Anne Heche	United States	Romance, drama	Vanessa Redgrave, Chloë Sevigny, Michelle Williams, Sharon Stone and Ellen DeGeneres
The Iron Ladies (Satree lek)	Youngyooth Thongkonthun	Thailand	Comedy	Jesdaporn Pholdee, Sahaphap Tor, Chaicharn Nimpulsawasdi, Giorgio Maiocchi, Ekachai Buranapanit, Kokkorn Benjathikoon, Shiriohana Hongsopon, Phomsit Sitthijamroenkhun, Sutthipong Sitthijamroenkhun and Anucha Chatkaew	Based on a true story of a gay/transgender volleyball team.[1]
Johnny Greyeyes	Jorge Manzano	Canada	Drama	Gail Maurice, Columpa Bobb
The Journey of Jared Price	Dustin Lance Black	United States	Romance, comedy, drama	Corey Spears, Josh Jacobson, Rocki Cragg, Steve Tyler
Just a Question of Love	Christian Faure	France Belgium	Drama	Cyrille Thouvenin, Stéphan Guérin-Tillié, Éva Darlan, Danièle Denie and Idwig Stéphane
Km. 0	Yolanda García Serrano, Juan Luis Iborra	Spain	Romance, comedy, drama	Mercè Pons, Carlos Fuentes, Elisa Matilla, Alberto San Juan, Silke, Tristán Ulloa, Jesús Cabrero, Concha Velasco, Miquel García Borda, Víctor Ullate, Jr., Cora Tiedra, Georges Corraface, Roberto Álamo and Armando del Río
The Law of Enclosures	John Greyson	Canada	Drama	Sarah Polley, Brendan Fletcher, Diane Ladd, Sean McCann	Based on the novel by Dale Peck
The Legend of Rita	Volker Schlöndorff	Germany	Romance, drama	Bibiana Beglau, Nadja Uhl, Martin Wuttke, Harald Schrott, Mario Irrek, Alexander Beyer and Jenny Schily
Marlene	Joseph Vilsmaier	Germany Italy	Biography, drama, musical	Katja Flint, Herbert Knaup, Heino Ferch, Hans Werner Meyer, Christiane Paul, Suzanne von Borsody and Armin Rohde	Biopic of German actress Marlene Dietrich
Mercy	Damian Harris	United States	Mystery, thriller	Ellen Barkin, Wendy Crewson, Peta Wilson, Karen Young, Julian Sands, Stephen Baldwin, Beau Starr and Marshall Bell	Based on the novel of the same name by David L. Lindsey
The Monkey's Mask	Samantha Lang	Australia	Crime, thriller	Susie Porter, Kelly McGillis, Abbie Cornish and Marton Csokas
Murderous Maids	Jean-Pierre Denis	France	Crime, drama	Sylvie Testud, Julie-Marie Parmentier, Isabelle Renauld, François Levantal, Dominique Labourier, Jean-Gabriel Nordmann, Marie Donnio and Nadia Barentin	a.k.a. Les blessures assassines; based on the novel L'affaire Papin by Paulette Houdyer, which chronicles the true story of sisters Christine and Léa Papin
The Next Best Thing	John Schlesinger	United States	Romanace, comedy, drama	Rupert Everett, Madonna, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Vartan, Josef Sommer and Lynn Redgrave
Nico and Dani	Cesc Gay	Spain	Romance, comedy, drama	Fernando Ramallo, Jordi Vilches, Marieta Orozco, Esther Nubiola and Chisco Amado
Once in a Lifetime	Susanne Bier	Denmark Sweden	Musical, comedy, drama	Helena Bergström, Jonas Karlsson, Björn Kjellman, Thomas Hanzon and Sissela Kyle
Our Lady of the Assassins	Barbet Schroeder	Spain France Colombia	Romantic, crime, drama	Germán Jaramillo, Anderson Ballesteros, Juan David Restrepo and Manuel Busquets	aka La virgen de los sicarios
Paragraph 175	Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman	United Kingdom Germany United States	Documentary		Narrated by Rupert Everett
The Perfect Son	Leonard Farlinger	Canada	Drama	Colm Feore, David Cubitt, Chandra West, John Boylan and Juan Chioran
The Phantom	João Pedro Rodrigues	Portugal	Drama	Ricardo Meneses, Beatriz Torcato and Andre Barbosa	aka O Fantasma
Presque rien	Sébastien Lifshitz	France Belgium	Romance, drama	Jérémie Elkaïm, Stéphane Rideau and Dominique Reymond	a.k.a. Come Undone and Almost Nothing
Punks	Patrik-Ian Polk	United States	Comedy, music	Seth Gilliam, Dwight Ewell, Jazzmun and Renoly Santiago
Red Dirt	Tag Purvis	United States	Romance, drama	Dan Montgomery Jr., Aleksa Palladino, Walton Goggins, Karen Black, Peg O'Keef, Glenn Shadix, Virgil Cunningham and Jo-Ann Robinson
Stardom	Denys Arcand	Canada France	Drama, comedy	Jessica Paré, Victoria Snow, Jessica Mackenzie, Macha Grenon, Joanne Vannicola, Charles Berling, Sophie Lorain and Dan Aykroyd
The Sea	Agustí Villaronga	Spain	Drama	Roger Casamajor, Bruno Bergonzini, Antònia Torrens, Hernán González, Juli Mira, Simón Andreu and Ángela Molina	a.k.a. El mar; based on a novel by Blai Bonet
Sordid Lives	Del Shores	United States	Comedy	Bonnie Bedelia, Delta Burke, Leslie Jordan, Beau Bridges, Beth Grant and Olivia Newton-John	Based on Shores' play of the same name, which includes elements of his real life
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her	García Rodrigo	United States	Romance, drama	Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz, Calista Flockhart, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Valeria Golino, Holly Hunter, Matt Craven, Gregory Hines and Miguel Sandoval
Together	Lukas Moodysson	Sweden Denmark Italy	Comedy, drama	Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist, Emma Samuelsson, Sam Kessel, Gustaf Hammarsten, Jessica Liedberg and Ola Rapace
Urbania	Jon Matthews	United States	Drama, thriller	Dan Futterman, Paige Turco, Samuel Ball, Josh Hamilton, Matt Keeslar and Alan Cumming	Co-written by Daniel Reitz, based on his play Urban Folk Tales
Water Drops on Burning Rocks	François Ozon	France	Drama	Bernard Giraudeau, Malik Zidi, Ludivine Sagnier and Anna Levine	Based on Rainer Werner Fassbinder's play Tropfen auf heisse Stene
What's Cooking?	Gurinder Chadha	United Kingdom United States	Comedy, drama	Joan Chen, Julianna Margulies, Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick, Alfre Woodard, Maury Chaykin, Estelle Harris, Dennis Haysbert, Lainie Kazan, Victor Rivers and Douglas Spain
Woman on Top	Fina Torres	United States	Romance, comedy	Penélope Cruz, Murilo Benício, Harold Perrineau Jr. and Mark Feuerstein
Wonder Boys	Curtis Hanson	United States	Comedy, drama	Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes, Rip Torn and Robert Downey Jr.	Based on the novel by Michael Chabon

References

1. Gearing, Julian. Sleeper hit with a heart, AsiaWeek; retrieved 2007-12-08