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The Best Movies of 2001 - Original Release   (148 Most Notable)

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 RATING    TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 1 for 2001, # 117 Overall Y tu mamá también 2001 Cuarón, Alfonso Mexico / USA DO
# 2 for 2001, # 188 Overall Mulholland Dr. 2001 Lynch, David France / USA DOS
# 3 for 2001, # 201 Overall Amélie 2001 Jeunet, Jean-Pierre France / Germany DBS
# 4 for 2001, # 213 Overall Spirited Away 2001 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan DS
# 5 for 2001, # 227 Overall The Lord of the Rings:
Fellowship of the Ring
2001 Jackson, Peter New Zealand / USA DBOS
# 6 for 2001, # 427 Overall Moulin Rouge! 2001 Luhrmann, Baz Australia / USA DBOS
# 7 for 2001, # 467 Overall Lagaan 2001 Gowariker, Ashutosh India Y
# 8 for 2001, # 630 Overall Shrek 2001 Adamson, Andrew / Jenson, Vicky USA DB
# 9 for 2001, # 705 Overall No Man's Land 2001 Tanovic, Danis Bosnia-Herzegovina / Slovenia / Italy / France / UK / Belgium DOP
# 10 for 2001, # 734 Overall The Piano Teacher 2001 Haneke, Michael France / Austria D
# 11 for 2001, # 738 Overall Gosford Park 2001 Altman, Robert UK / USA / Germany / Italy YO
# 12 for 2001, # 770 Overall The Fast Runner 2001 Kunuk, Zacharias Canada Y
# 13 for 2001, # 854 Overall Monsoon Wedding 2001 Nair, Mira India / USA / France / Italy / Germany DBOPS
# 14 for 2001, # 858 Overall In the Bedroom 2001 Field, Todd USA YOP
# 15 for 2001, # 879 Overall Ghost World 2001 Zwigoff, Terry USA / UK / Germany YOP
# 16 for 2001, # 897 Overall A Beautiful Mind 2001 Howard, Ron USA DBS
# 17 for 2001, # 908 Overall The Son's Room 2001 Moretti, Nanni Italy / France Y
# 18 for 2001, # 953 Overall Lantana 2001 Lawrence, Ray Australia / Germany DOPS
# 19 for 2001, # 1071 Overall Kandahar 2001 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran / France YOP
# 20 for 2001, # 1084 Overall A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2001 Spielberg, Steven USA DBS
# 21 for 2001, # 1091 Overall Donnie Darko 2001 Kelly, Richard USA DBS
# 22 for 2001, # 1122 Overall The Man Who Wasn't There 2001 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA YBO
# 23 for 2001, # 1150 Overall Nowhere in Africa 2001 Link, Caroline Germany Y
# 24 for 2001, # 1272 Overall Time Out 2001 Cantet, Laurent France Y
# 25 for 2001, # 1359 Overall Waking Life 2001 Linklater, Richard USA D
# 26 for 2001, # 1387 Overall Behind the Sun 2001 Salles, Walter Brazil / France / Switzerland Y
# 27 for 2001, # 1430 Overall What Time Is It There? 2001 Tsai, Ming-liang Taiwan / France Y
# 28 for 2001, # 1454 Overall Dogtown and Z-Boys 2001 Peralta, Stacy USA DBOS
# 29 for 2001, # 1485 Overall Ocean's Eleven 2001 Soderbergh, Steven USA DB
# 30 for 2001, # 1545 Overall Monster's Ball 2001 Forster, Marc USA / Canada YBOP
# 31 for 2001, # 1553 Overall Last Orders 2001 Schepisi, Fred UK / Germany D
# 32 for 2001, # 1750 Overall Black Hawk Down 2001 Scott, Ridley USA DBOS
# 33 for 2001, # 1753 Overall The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 Anderson, Wes USA DOPS
# 34 for 2001, # 1770 Overall Winged Migration 2001 Perrin, Jacques / Cluzaud, Jacques / Debats, Michel France / Italy / Germany / Spain / Switzerland DO
# 35 for 2001, # 1811 Overall The Grey Zone 2001 Nelson, Tim Blake USA D
# 36 for 2001, # 1827 Overall Monsters, Inc. 2001 Docter, Pete / Silverman, David / Unkrich, Lee USA DB
# 37 for 2001, # 1858 Overall Bridget Jones's Diary 2001 Maguire, Sharon UK / France DB
# 38 for 2001, # 1870 Overall Baran 2001 Majidi, Majid Iran D
# 39 for 2001, # 1896 Overall Read My Lips 2001 Audiard, Jacques France D
# 40 for 2001, # 1917 Overall The Others 2001 Amenábar, Alejandro Spain / France / USA DB
# 41 for 2001, # 1979 Overall Fat Girl 2001 Breillat, Catherine France / Italy DB
# 42 for 2001, # 1992 Overall I'm Going Home 2001 de Oliveira, Manoel France / Portugal Y
# 43 for 2001, # 1999 Overall The Experiment 2001 Hirschbiegel, Oliver Germany D
# 44 for 2001, # 2034 Overall 13 Conversations About One Thing 2001 Sprecher, Jill USA YO
# 45 for 2001, # 2057 Overall Lovely & Amazing 2001 Holofcener, Nicole USA YO
# 46 for 2001, # 2084 Overall Storytelling 2001 Solondz, Todd USA Y
# 47 for 2001, # 2122 Overall Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 Columbus, Chris UK / USA DBOPS
# 48 for 2001, # 2140 Overall Me Without You 2001 Goldbacher, Sandra UK / Germany D
# 49 for 2001, # 2181 Overall Bully 2001 Clark, Larry USA / France Y
# 50 for 2001, # 2190 Overall In Praise of Love 2001 Godard, Jean-Luc France / Switzerland Y
# 51 for 2001, # 2245 Overall The Devil's Backbone 2001 del Toro, Guillermo Spain / Mexico D
# 51 for 2001, # 2245 Overall i am sam 2001 Nelson, Jessie USA DS
# 51 for 2001, # 2245 Overall L.I.E. 2001 Cuesta, Michael USA D
# 51 for 2001, # 2245 Overall My First Mister 2001 Lahti, Christine Germany / USA D
# 51 for 2001, # 2245 Overall Pauline & Paulette 2001 Debrauwer, Lieven Belgium / France / Netherlands D
# 51 for 2001, # 2245 Overall Promises 2001 Bolado, Carlos / Shapiro, Justine / Goldberg, B.Z. USA D
# 51 for 2001, # 2245 Overall Startup.com 2001 Hegedus, Chris / Noujaim, Jehane USA DOP
# 52 for 2001, # 2261 Overall Invincible 2001 Herzog, Werner UK / Germany / Ireland / USA YS
# 53 for 2001, # 2266 Overall Wit 2001 Nichols, Mike UK / USA Y
# 54 for 2001, # 2272 Overall The Pledge 2001 Penn, Sean USA YOPS
# 55 for 2001, # 2276 Overall Kissing Jessica Stein 2001 Herman-Wurmfeld, Charles USA DOS
# 56 for 2001, # 2278 Overall The Dish 2001 Sitch, Rob Australia DOP
# 57 for 2001, # 2295 Overall The Believer 2001 Bean, Henry USA Y
# 58 for 2001, # 2322 Overall The Score 2001 Oz, Frank / De Niro, Robert USA / Germany DOS
# 59 for 2001, # 2324 Overall Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001 Mitchell, John Cameron USA DOPS
# 59 for 2001, # 2324 Overall Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 p.m. 2001 Lanzmann, Claude France
# 59 for 2001, # 2324 Overall Trembling Before G-D 2001 Dubowski, Sandi Simcha Israel / France / USA D
# 60 for 2001, # 2325 Overall La ciénaga 2001 Martel, Lucrecia Argentina / France / Spain D
# 60 for 2001, # 2325 Overall Roberto Succo 2001 Kahn, Cédric France / Switzerland
# 60 for 2001, # 2325 Overall Zoolander  New at Films101! 2001 Stiller, Ben USA / Australia / Germany DS
# 61 for 2001, # 2371 Overall The Deep End 2001 Siegel, David / McGehee, Scott USA DO
# 61 for 2001, # 2371 Overall Heist 2001 Mamet, David Canada / USA DOP
# 62 for 2001, # 2378 Overall The Cat's Meow 2001 Bogdanovich, Peter Canada / Germany / UK Y
# 62 for 2001, # 2378 Overall The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein 2001 Gianvito, John USA Y
# 62 for 2001, # 2378 Overall Operai, contadini 2001 Straub, Jean-Marie / Huillet, Danièle France / Italy
# 62 for 2001, # 2378 Overall Où gît votre sourire enfoui? 2001 Costa, Pedro / Lounas, Thierry France / Portugal
# 62 for 2001, # 2378 Overall Pistol Opera 2001 Suzuki, Seijun Japan Y
# 63 for 2001, # 2387 Overall Elling 2001 Næss, Petter Norway Y
# 63 for 2001, # 2387 Overall Son of the Bride 2001 Campanella, Juan José Argentina Y
# 63 for 2001, # 2387 Overall Zus & Zo 2001 van der Oest, Paula Netherlands Y
# 64 for 2001, # 2390 Overall Bitter Harvest 2001 Paskaljevic, Goran Italy / France / UK / Ireland D
# 64 for 2001, # 2390 Overall Dog Days 2001 Seidl, Ulrich Austria Y
# 64 for 2001, # 2390 Overall Eden 2001 Gitai, Amos Italy / Israel / France
# 64 for 2001, # 2390 Overall Heung gong yau gok hor lei wood 2001 Chan, Fruit Hong Kong / France / UK / Japan
# 64 for 2001, # 2390 Overall L'Après-midi d'un tortionnaire 2001 Pintilie, Lucian France / Romania / Gabon
# 64 for 2001, # 2390 Overall Light of My Eyes 2001 Piccioni, Giuseppe Italy D
# 64 for 2001, # 2390 Overall Loin 2001 Téchiné, André Spain / France
# 64 for 2001, # 2390 Overall Luna rossa 2001 Capuano, Antonio Italy
# 64 for 2001, # 2390 Overall The Navigators 2001 Loach, Ken UK / Germany / Spain Y
# 64 for 2001, # 2390 Overall Quem És Tu? 2001 Botelho, João Portugal
# 64 for 2001, # 2390 Overall Sauvage innocence 2001 Garrel, Philippe France / Netherlands
# 64 for 2001, # 2390 Overall Secret Ballot 2001 Payami, Babak Italy / Canada / Switzerland / Iran Y
# 64 for 2001, # 2390 Overall Suchwiin bulmyeong 2001 Kim, Ki-duk South Korea
# 64 for 2001, # 2390 Overall The Triumph of Love 2001 Peploe, Clare Italy / UK YO
# 65 for 2001, # 2391 Overall Autumn Spring 2001 Michalek, Vladimir Czech Republic YOP
# 65 for 2001, # 2391 Overall Dark Blue World 2001 Sverák, Jan Czech Republic / UK / Germany / Denmark / Italy Y
# 66 for 2001, # 2392 Overall The Warrior 2001 Kapadia, Asif UK / France / Germany D
# 67 for 2001, # 2394 Overall Frailty 2001 Paxton, Bill USA / Germany / Italy DS
# 67 for 2001, # 2394 Overall The Man from Elysian Fields 2001 Hickenlooper, George USA DOS
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 RATING    TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 67 for 2001, # 2394 Overall Metropolis 2001 Rintaro Japan D
# 67 for 2001, # 2394 Overall Rivers and Tides 2001 Riedelsheimer, Thomas Germany / Finland / UK D
# 68 for 2001, # 2395 Overall Maya 2001 Singh, Digvijay India D
# 69 for 2001, # 2400 Overall Legally Blonde 2001 Luketic, Robert USA DO
# 70 for 2001, # 2404 Overall Intacto 2001 Fresnadillo, Juan Carlos Spain DO
# 71 for 2001, # 2406 Overall Southern Comfort 2001 Davis, Kate USA D
# 72 for 2001, # 2409 Overall Intimacy 2001 Chéreau, Patrice France / UK / Germany / Spain DS
# 72 for 2001, # 2409 Overall Millennium Mambo 2001 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Taiwan / France D
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall Atlantis: The Lost Empire 2001 Trousdale, Gary / Wise, Kirk USA DOPS
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall Baby Boy 2001 Singleton, John USA DOS
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall The Center of the World 2001 Wang, Wayne USA DO
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall The Crimson Rivers 2001 Kassovitz, Mathieu France DB
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky 2001 Cox, Paul Sweden / Australia / Germany / Netherlands D
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001 Sakaguchi, Hironobu / Sakakibara, Moto USA / Japan DOS
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall Hearts in Atlantis 2001 Hicks, Scott USA DOPS
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall Joy Ride 2001 Dahl, John USA DS
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall Kwik Stop 2001 Gilio, Michael USA D
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall Lost and Delirious 2001 Pool, Léa Canada D
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall The Majestic 2001 Darabont, Frank USA DS
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall My Father and I 2001 Fontaine, Anne Spain / France D
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall O 2001 Nelson, Tim Blake USA DS
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall The Seagull's Laughter 2001 Guðmundsson, Ágúst Iceland / Germany / UK D
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall The Sleepy Time Gal 2001 Münch, Christopher USA D
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall A Song for Martin 2001 August, Bille Sweden / Germany / Denmark D
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall Spy Kids 2001 Rodriguez, Robert USA DOPS
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall The Tailor of Panama 2001 Boorman, John USA / Ireland DBOPS
# 73 for 2001, # 2411 Overall Tape 2001 Linklater, Richard USA D
# 74 for 2001, # 2414 Overall Inch'Allah dimanche 2001 Benguigui, Yamina France / Algeria D
# 74 for 2001, # 2414 Overall Khaled 2001 Massombagi, Asghar Canada D
# 74 for 2001, # 2414 Overall Made 2001 Favreau, Jon USA DOS
# 74 for 2001, # 2414 Overall Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days 2001 Specht, Patty Ivins USA D
# 74 for 2001, # 2414 Overall Mein Stern 2001 Grisebach, Valeska Germany / Austria
# 75 for 2001, # 2419 Overall Ali 2001 Mann, Michael USA DOS
# 75 for 2001, # 2419 Overall The Shipping News 2001 Hallström, Lasse USA / Canada DOPS
# 76 for 2001, # 2420 Overall Chaos 2001 Serreau, Coline France D
# 76 for 2001, # 2420 Overall The Legend of Suriyothai 2001 Yukol, Chatrichalerm Thailand D
# 77 for 2001, # 2421 Overall American Desi 2001 Pandya, Piyush Dinker USA / India D
# 78 for 2001, # 2422 Overall Life as a House 2001 Winkler, Irwin USA DOPS
# 79 for 2001, # 2425 Overall No Such Thing 2001 Hartley, Hal Iceland / USA D
# 80 for 2001, # 2428 Overall Blow 2001 Demme, Ted USA DBOPS
# 80 for 2001, # 2428 Overall Iris 2001 Eyre, Richard UK / USA DOPS
# 80 for 2001, # 2428 Overall Mostly Martha 2001 Nettelbeck, Sandra Italy / Germany / Austria / Switzerland DO
# 81 for 2001, # 2432 Overall Pearl Harbor 2001 Bay, Michael USA DBOPS
NR Hannibal 2001 Scott, Ridley UK / USA DOPS
NR Jurassic Park III 2001 Johnston, Joe USA DBS
NR Late Marriage 2001 Koshashvili, Dover Israel / France D
NR The Mummy Returns 2001 Sommers, Stephen USA DBOS
NR Planet of the Apes 2001 Burton, Tim USA DBOS
NR Rush Hour 2 2001 Ratner, Brett USA DOS
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V   VHS
Y   Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
B   Blu-ray Disc
O   On Demand Video Download
P   Preview Trailer
S   Soundtrack
 
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