21st BSFC Awards ;br ;
December 17, 2000
Best Film: ;br ;
 Almost Famous 
The 21st Boston Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best in film of 2000.
Winners.
Best Picture.
1. Almost Famous ;br ;
2. "Yi Yi" ;br ;
3. "Erin Brockovich"
Best Actor.
1. Colin Farrell – "Tigerland" ;br ;
2. Javier Bardem – "Before Night Falls" ;br ;
3. Tom Hanks – "Cast Away" ;br ;
3. Mark Ruffalo – "You Can Count on Me"
Best Actress.
1. Ellen Burstyn – "Requiem for a Dream" ;br ;
2. Laura Linney – "You Can Count on Me" ;br ;
3. Julia Roberts – "Erin Brockovich"
Best Supporting Actor.
1. Fred Willard – "Best in Show" ;br ;
2. Jack Black – "High Fidelity" ;br ;
3. Albert Finney – "Erin Brockovich"
Best Supporting Actress.
1. Frances McDormand – "Almost Famous" and "Wonder Boys" ;br ;
2. Julie Walters – "Billy Elliot" ;br ;
3. Madeline Kahn – "Judy Berlin"
Best Director.
1. Cameron Crowe – "Almost Famous" ;br ;
2. Edward Yang – "Yi Yi" ;br ;
3. Steven Soderbergh – "Erin Brockovich" and "Traffic" ;br ;
3. Michael Winterbottom – "The Claim" and "Wonderland"
Best Screenplay.
1. Cameron Crowe – "Almost Famous" ;br ;
1. Steve Kloves – "Wonder Boys" ;br ;
3. Mike White – "Chuck &amp; Buck"
Best Cinematography.
1. Peter Pau – "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long") ;br ;
2. Agnès Godard – "Beau Travail" ;br ;
3. Alwin H. Kuchler – "The Claim" ;br ;
3. Matthew Libatique – "Tigerland" and "Requiem for a Dream"
Best Documentary.
1. The Eyes of Tammy Faye ;br ;
2. "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg" ;br ;
3. "Into the Arms of Strangers"
Best Foreign-Language Film.
1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) • China/Taiwan ;br ;
2. "Yi Yi" • Taiwan/Japan ;br ;
3. "The Color of Paradise" ("Rang-e khoda") • Iran
Best New Filmmaker.
1. Kenneth Lonergan – "You Can Count on Me" ;br ;
2. Stephen Daldry – "Billy Elliot" ;br ;
3. Eric Mendelsohn – "Judy Berlin"