San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2000
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5th SDFCS Awards
December 20, 2000
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Best Film:
Almost Famous
The 5th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, given by the San Diego Film Critics Society on December 20, 2000, honored the best in film for 2000.
Winners
- Best Actor:{{Cite news |date=December 29, 2000 |title='Gladiator', 'Brockovich' win Las Vegas film awards |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JMUxAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA2&dq=San%20Diego%20Film%20Critics%20Society%20Awards%202000&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q=San%20Diego%20Film%20Critics%20Society%20Awards%202000&f=false |access-date=February 21, 2025 |work=Lawrence Journal-World |pages=2}}
- Russell Crowe – Gladiator
- Best Actress (tie):
- Laura Linney – You Can Count on Me
- Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich
- Best Cinematography:
- Gladiator – John Mathieson
- Best Director:
- Cameron Crowe – Almost Famous
- Best Film:
- Almost Famous
- Best Foreign Language Film:{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}
- The Colour of Paradise (Rang-e khoda) • Iran
- Best Screenplay – Adapted:{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}
- Chocolat - Robert Nelson Jacobs
- Best Screenplay – Original:
- Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe
- Best Supporting Actor:
- Benicio del Toro – Traffic
- Best Supporting Actress:
- Frances McDormand – Almost Famous
- Body of Work Award:{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}
- Joaquin Phoenix – Gladiator, Quills and The Yards