6th Critics' Choice Awards

6th Critics' Choice Awards
Date	2001
Highlights
Best Film	Gladiator

The 6th Critics' Choice Awards, honoring the best filmmaking of 2000, were given in 2001.

Top 10 films

(alphabetical)

1. Almost Famous
2. Billy Elliot
3. Cast Away
4. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
5. Erin Brockovich
6. Gladiator (Academy Award for Best Picture)
7. Quills
8. Thirteen Days
9. Traffic
10. Wonder Boys

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Russell Crowe - Gladiator
• Best Actress:
  • Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich
• Best Animated Feature:
  • Chicken Run
• Best Composer:
  • Hans Zimmer - Gladiator and The Road to El Dorado
• Best Director:
  • Steven Soderbergh - Erin Brockovich and Traffic
• Best Family Film:
  • My Dog Skip
• Best Film:
  • Gladiator
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), China/Hong Kong
• Best Screenplay - Adapted:
  • Traffic - Stephen Gaghan
• Best Screenplay - Original:
  • Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe
• Best Song:
  • "My Funny Friend and Me" performed by Sting - The Emperor's New Groove
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Joaquin Phoenix - Gladiator and Quills
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Frances McDormand - Almost Famous and Wonder Boys
• Best Young Performer:
  • Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot

• Best Inanimate Object:
  • Wilson the Volleyball, Cast Away