The 5th Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, given on January 4, 2000, honored the best in film for 2000. Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic won three awards.

Best Film:

Traffic

Best Director:

Steven Soderbergh – Erin Brockovich and Traffic

Best Actor:

Geoffrey Rush – Quills

Best Actress:

Ellen Burstyn – Requiem for a Dream

Best Supporting Actor:

Benicio del Toro – Traffic

Best Supporting Actress:

Frances McDormand – Almost Famous and Wonder Boys

Best Cast:

State and Main

Best Screenplay:

David Mamet – State and Main

Best Animated Film:

Chicken Run

Best Cinematography:

Peter Pau – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Best Documentary Film:

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

Best Foreign Language Film:

Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) – Taiwan/Hong Kong/USA/China

Best Score:

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Pauline Kael Breakout Award:

Kate Hudson – Almost Famous

Golden Orange for Outstanding Contribution to Film:

William Packer (producer) and Rob Hardy (director), who created the movie Trois and devised a barnstorming distribution plan circumventing the usual Hollywood obstacles for African-American filmmakers.