Want to know the best 2001 Movies? How about the worst 2001 Movies? Curious about 2001 Movies did at the box office or which 2001 Movies picked up the most Oscar® nominations and Oscar® wins? Need to know which 2001 Movies movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
2001 Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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- Sort by how 2001 Movies were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
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- Sort 2001 Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
The top 25 earners in World Wide Box Office for 2001
Our Yearly Review Pages
- 1939 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Gone With The Wind
- 1946 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Best Years of Our Lives
- 2011 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Help
- 2012 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Argo
- 2013 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Gravity
- 2014 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? American Sniper
- 2015 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Martian
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I saw 55 including 21 of top 24. 10s and favorites:LOTR: the fellowship of the ring, a beautiful mind, . no 10s not favorite. 9s and favorites monsters inc(anime, gasp, best ever), lara croft tomb raider. 9s not favorites: k-pax, shrek(anime gasp), I am sam , swordfish, knights tale, spy game, Americas sweethearts. a disappointing year for me in movies, so many misses. hidden gems:, bridget jones, ali, , serendipity , kate and leopold, the shipping news, hearts in atlantis, life as a house( 8s), the man who wasn’t there, bandits, the last castle(7s)
Hey bob cox….I appreciate all the comments on all of these yearly reviews….in hindsight…I wish I would have released them one at a time….but the feeling of getting it done took over. 55 is about average compared to your other tally counts of this decade. I would agree…that overall this was a weak year for movies. A Beautiful Mind is well done….yet I have never re-visited that movie. I was glad when Ron Howard got his Oscar….but his winning seemed to slow down his career. Before the win…almost every single one of his movies was amazing. After the win…the became somewhat average. I have somehow managed to miss The Shipping News…but one day I will check that one out. Good stuff as always.
For 2001 I only have listed films through the letter H for the Bronx and Manhattan. Here are 95 (again!!!) 2001 films I saw in cinemas.
15 MINUTES
3000 MILES TO GRACELAND
A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
ALI
ALONG CAME A SPIDER
AMERICAN PIE 2
AMERICA’S SWEETHEARTS
ANGEL EYES
ANIMAL, THE
ANTITRUST
ATLANTIS THE LOST EMPIRE
BANDITS
BEAUTIFUL MIND
BEHIND ENEMY LINES
BLACK KNIGHT
BLOW
BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY
CAPTAIN CORELLI’S MANDOLIN
CATS AND DOGS
CORKY ROMANO
CROCODILE DUNDEE IN LOS ANGELES
CURSE OF THE JADE SCORPION
DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE
DON’T SAY A WORD
DOWN TO EARTH
DR. DOLITTLE 2
DRIVEN
ENEMY AT THE GATES
EVOLUTION
EXIT WOUNDS
FAST AND THE FURIOUS
FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN
FORSAKEN, THE
FREDDY GOT FINGERED
FROM HELL
GET OVER IT
GLASS HOUSE
GLITTER
GOSFORD PARK
HANNIBAL
HARDBALL
HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE
HEAD OVER HEELS
HEARTBREAKERS
HEARTS IN ATLANTIS
HEIST, THE
JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK
JOE DIRT
JOE SOMEBODY
JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS
JURASSIC PARK III
JUST VISITING
KATE AND LEOPOLD
KNIGHT’S TALE
K-PAX (seen in Roswell, New Mexico on my honeymoon)
LARA CROFT, TOMB RAIDER
LAST CASTLE
LEGALLY BLONDE
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
MAX KEEBLE’S BIG MOVE
MONKEYBONE
MONSTERS INC.
MOULIN ROUGE
MUMMY RETURNS
OCEAN’S 11
OUT COLD
PEARL HARBOR
PRINCESS DIARIES
RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS (seen in Santa Fe on my honeymoon)
ROCK STAR
ROYAL TENANBAUMS
SAVE THE LAST DANCE
SAVING SILVERMAN
SAY IT ISN’T SO
SERENDIPITY
SHREK
SOMEONE LIKE YOU
SOUL SURVIVORS
SPY GAME
SWEET NOVEMBER
SWORDFISH
THE MAJESTIC
THE MEXICAN
THE MUSKETEER
THE ONE
THE OTHERS
THE SCORE
THIR13EEN GHOSTS
TOMCATS
TORTILLA SOUP
TOWN AND COUNTRY
VANILLA SKY
WE BOUGHT A ZOO
WEDDING PLANNER
ZOOLANDER
My best film was Tortilla Soup, somewhat out of sentimental value. It was the last film I saw at the Bayside Quad. The theater closed a week later. It was 3 blocks from where I lived but I was moving to another area in Bayside where we still have the AMC Bay Terrace, a 6 plex.
the following 35 2001 films I saw on DVD within a year of release.
AMERICAN OUTLAWS
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES
BLACK HAWK DOWN
BONES
BOSTON RED SOX: 100 YEARS OF BASEBALL HISTORY
CARMAN THE CHAMPION
ENIGMA
GHOST OF MARS
GHOST WORLD
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
HOW HIGH
IN THE BEDROOM
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (H.K.)
KINGDOM COME
KISS OF THE DRAGON
LAGAAN (INDIA)
LIFE AS A HOUSE
MADE
MEMENTO
MONSTER’S BALL
ONE NIGHT AT MCCOOL’S
ORIGINAL SIN
POOTIE TANG
RUSH HOUR 2
SCARY MOVIE 2
SEXY BEAST
SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON
SUMMER CATCH
TAILOR OF PANAMA
THE BODY
THE PLEDGE
TRAINING DAY
TRUMPET OF THE SWAN
TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME
WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER
The following 115 2001 films I have seen since 2003 on tape or TV.
ABLAZE (N.Z.)
ACCORDING TO SPENCER
AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE
AIR RAGE
ALL ABOUT YOU
AMERICAN ASTRONAUT
AMERICAN RHAPSODY
ASOTIA (IND.)
BACHELOR PARTY EXPOSED
BARBER, THE
BEETHOVEN’S 4TH
BIG BAD
BORN ROMANTIC (U.K.)
BOSTON RED SOX: 100 YEARS OF BASEBALL HISTORY
BROTHERS, THE
BUBBLE BOY
BUFFALO SOLDIERS
BUSINESS OF STRANGERS
BUYING THE COW
BY HOOK OR BY CROOK
CHARLOTTE GRAY (U.K.)
CHILLY DOGS (CAN-U.K.)
CLAM, THE (U.K.-FR-CAN.)
CODE CONSPIRACY
CON GAMES
COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE
CQ
CRIMSON RIVERS (FR.)
CRUSH
DADDY AND THEM
DANCING AT THE BLUE IGUANA
DEEP END
DEVIL’S BACKBONE (SP.)
DOGTOWN AND THE Z BOYS (DOC.)
DONNIE DARKO
DOUBLE TAKE
DYSFUNKTIONAL FAMILY
E-DREAMS (DOC.)
EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES
FINAL
FOCUS
FOURTH ANGEL
FRATERNITY, THE
FROM WITHIN
GAUDI AFTERNOON
GET WELL SOON
GHOSTS OF MARS
GODZILLA, MOTHRA, KING GHIDRA:GIANT MONSTERS ALL OUT ATTACK (JAP.)
GOOD ADVICE
HAIKU TUNNEL
HIDDEN AGENDA
HIP HOP LOCO
HORSE CRAZY
HUMAN NATURE
IMPOSSIBLE ELEPHANT
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (H.K.)
INDEPENDENT, THE
INVISIBLE CIRCUS
IRIS
JACKPOT
JIMMY SHOW
JOSEPH: KING OF DREAMS
KEEPSAKE
KIARA: THE BRAVE (INDIA)
KIDS WORLD
KILL ME LATER
L.I.E.
LAST RUN
LOST AND DELIRIOUS
LOST SKELETON OF CADAIRE
MAN WHO NEVER WAS
MARCO POLO: RETURN TO XANADU
MEEKSVILLE GHOST
METROPOLIS (JAP.)
MULHOLLAND DRIVE
MY FIRST MISTER
NUTCRACKER
ON THE LINE
ONE EYED KING
PAINTING, THE
PAROLE OFFICER
PAVILLION OF WOMEN
PHASE IV
PINERO
PRINVESSA (IT.)
PROZAC NATION
QUICKSAND
RARE BIRDS (CAN.)
REVELATION
ROUTE 666
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER: ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS
RUSSIAN DOLL (AUSTRALIAN)
SESSION 9
SHAFT, THE
SHAOLIN SOCCER
SHIPMENT, THE
SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK
SPRING FORWARD
TARA
TART
TEXAS RANGERS
TIGER’S TAIL (IR-U.K.)
TO END ALL WARS
TOTALLY BLONDE
TRAIN QUEST
TRIUMPH OF LOVE (IT-U.K.)
TURBULENCE 3: HEAVY METAL
TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME
VERY ANNIE MARY
WASABI
WASH, THE
WENDIGO
WHO IS CLETUS TOUT?
WINGED MIGRATION (DOC.)
WOOLY BOYS
Hey Dan….awesome lists as always. So Tortilla Soup is your favorite…I will have to check that movie out. You and the 95….what a happy consequence that is. I see you have Who Is Cletis Tout? on your list….what did you think about that one? Not many people have seen that one. Amazing lists as always!
One of my top favorite films of the past 20 years was released in 2001 – The Fellowship of the Ring. I saw it three times at the cinema, which is rare for me. Usually once is enough for cinema viewing. Back in the 70s though I would happily watch the same films over and over at the cinema e.g. Jaws, Star Wars, The Omega Man, Enter the Dragon, Blazing Saddles and Naked Emmanuelle Rides Again.
There are 72 films on the chart I know I’ve seen, and 227 I haven’t seen! Looking at my files I have 81 films from 2001 in my movie collection.
Favorites include –
Atlantis The Lost Empire
Behind Enemy Lines
Black Hawk Down
Bridget Jones’s Diary
Enemy at the Gates
Fast and the Furious ,The
Final Fantasy – The Spirits Within
Hannibal
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
Jurassic Park III
Kiss of the Dragon
Knight’s Tale ,A
Lord of the Rings I -Fellowship of the Ring
Monsters inc
Mummy Returns ,The
Ocean’s Eleven
One ,The
Pearl Harbor
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Rush Hour 2
Shrek
Swordfish
13 Ghosts
Tomb Raider
Training Day
zz-China – Shaolin Soccer
zz-Japan Anime – Cowboy Bebop The Movie
zz-Japan Anime – Metropolis
zz-Japan Anime – Spirited Away
Bridget Jones’s Diary was my exes favorite, watched it a lot back then. (Notting Hill too)
Top rated films I haven’t seen include – Gosford Park, In the Bedroom and Ghost World.
My most watched films of 2001 since then are probably – Lord of the Rings, Final Fantasy, Fast and the Furious and Shrek.
Good to see one of the best manga anime movies at the top of the critics chart for once, but I would have preferred Lord of the Rings at the top.
Great work as always Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve. Thanks for checkng out one of our last yearly reviews. Not in triple digits for this year….very surprising….but with some work you can get there pretty quickly….lol. Looking at your favorites list. I am right there with you on Black Hawk Down, L.O.R., Swordfish, Final Fantasy (still looks amazing almost 20 years later) and Monsters Inc. (WoC’s influence).
Interesting that your ex liked Bridget Jones and Notting Hill…..been thinking it was about time to give the current “king of mush”…Mr. Richard Curtis his own page. He actually has not directed many movies….but has written some of the great mush movies of the last 25 years…Notting Hill, Bridget Jones Trilogy, Yesterday, About Time, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually. Good stuff as always.
I have seen 11 of the top 30 domestic grossers in the above charts. Here though are the 20 films that I most enjoyed.
Lord of the Rings
Jurassic Park 3
Beautiful Mind
Hannibal
The Others
Along Came a Spider**
Spy Game
The Pledge
The Score- exit screen Giant spellbinding us as usual
Don’t Say a Word
Serendipity***
Domestic Disturbance
Gosford Park
Jeepers Creepers
In the Bedroom
Amelie
From Hell
The Majestic
15 Minutes
Angel Eyes
Those 20 films meet with a mixed reception from Bruce’s rating sources but their average Cogerson rating is a comfortable better-than-good 65.35%. Anyway this is another very informative and worthwhile document.
**Oh Work Horse how could you give a lowly 47% rating to a film to which I was taken to celebrate my birthday – and especially one starring my Morg?
***Steve has already savaged me for liking “mush” like this!
Hey Bob….thanks for checking out my 2001 page. Well…..I enjoyed Serendipity as well….WoC and I re-watched that one pretty recently. Sometimes “mush” is needed. We tried to watch The Professor and the Madman last night…WoC gave up at the 75% mark….as at times….this movie about the first English dictionary got very gruesome….legs cut off, brutal medical procedures but the final straw for her was a scene involving castration. My point….is “mush” would have been much better last night.
I have seen all 20 that you singled out. Amelie is a fun movie. I just re-watched The Pledge yesterday…Jack’s is outstanding….though the ending is a downer. The Majestic was Jim Carrey’s first misfire after becoming a star….but I like it too. Sorry Along Came A Spider got rated so low…..hopefully your birthday party was fun….lol. Good stuff as always.
HI BRUCE
Thanks for you feedback to my comments about this page and to my posts in response to your 2002 and Glenda Jackson new pages. I’m naturally pleased that at last I have got some support for my liking of “mush” like Serendipity [is Steve aware that I no longer stand completely alone over mush?]
Indeed I have also received encouragement from another quarter with connections to this site – JK Simmons whom you recently profiled. I have just finished watching him in Hugh Grant’s 2014 The Rewrite and in it JK plays a renowned family man, but towards the end of the film he tells Hugh Grant about some of the he downsides of family life by saying something like “I have to watch a movie every night- all chick flicks!” It’s just a pity though that having made guys like me more fully aware of JK, you cease to respect him by excluding him from your overall site index!
By the way [Dan-like linking up the movie Grants] I just found out today that Archibald Alexander Leach was first in line for the lead in It’s a Wonderful Life but Frank Capra who had bought the rights of the movie from RKO vetoed Archie and chose my Jimmy instead. I can’t remember you telling us about that? Also Ginger Rogers apparently turned down the ultimate Donna Reed part.
Hey Bob….good trivia on Cary Grant and It’s A Wonderful Life…I had not heard that before. I remember that scene with J.K. and Hugh Grant in Rewrite….good scene and a good movie…too bad nobody saw that one. Good feedback as always.
I see by your daily post that you have completed the Yearly Reviews. Congratulations!
There are four reasons why I stopped watching current movies at the cinema/renting movies. For one thing, it is very expensive to go to the cinema. For another, most types of films made until the Oscar race is on don’t interest me anymore. Third, companies like Blockbuster went out of business. But the fourth and most significant is that TCM became available to Canada in the early 2000s and I discovered that I could watch all the movies I wanted on that channel.
I have seen 16 movies from 2001.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is A Beautiful Mind.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Lord of the Rings.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is I Am Sam.
Favourite 2001 Movies:
A Beautiful Mind
Gosford Park
Moulin Rouge!
Shrek
The Others
Bridget Jones’s Diary
Mulholland Drive
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Bandits
Other 2001 Movies I Have Seen:
Legally Blonde
Amelie
Monster’s Ball
Ghost World
Iris
K-Pax
I Am Sam
Hey Flora….it took almost a full day…..but decided to knock out the final years all on the same day…..many years ago…after I had done a 1946 and 1939 yearly review…you suggested a 1976 page…and then it became a “mission” to complete this bridge of classic years to current years….so thanks for the suggestion.
Thanks for sharing your 4 reasons for not watching as many current movies. Those decisions have made you an expert on classic movies. You sharing your knowledge has been greatly appreciated over the years.
As for 2001…16 seen is pretty good….especially due to your rules. I have seen….counting….I have seen 46 of the Top 50, 73 of the Top 100…..and a total of 114. I have seen all of your 16…..with Amelie and A Beautiful Mind being among my favorites. Last Orders with Michael Caine and Helen Mirren was pretty good….granted I am biased for sure. Great feedback as always.