Our Top 10's of 2001 -- Time To Throw Down (1 Viewer)

[Brian Lawrence]

Refined & Updated 11/10/02 (Now that I have seen every film from 2001 that I wish to see and have had a little more time to think it over, this is my final completed list for 2001)
01 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

02 Princess and the Warrior

03 Mulholland Dr.

04 Ghost World

05 The Others

06 Josie and the Pussycats

07 A.I.

08 Moulin Rouge

09 The Road Home

10 Ginger Snaps

 

[Dave_P.]

1. Shrek
2. Black Hawk Down
3. Shallow Hal
4. Rat Race
5. crazy/beautiful
6. The Royal Tenenbaums
7. The Hole
8. Mulholland Drive
9. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
10. The Gift

 

[Brian Lawrence]

Mulholland Dr. & Waking Life enter my top 5, pushing Memento & No Mans Land off of my Top 10.

 

[Rich Romero]

Well, I'm WAY late to this thread and I STILL won't be able to give you a definitive Top 10. I expect to revise this list many times as I have many films yet to see. I've seen many more films than the following six but I feel none besides these are worthy of being called favorites as I feel the others would just be replaced. Well, here ya go.
1: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Excellent movie. This is one of those films like Star Wars that will most definitely be remembered for years to come. Peter Jackson finally makes a movie better than Dead/Alive.
2: Memento
Amazingly original and innovative, this movie gets better everytime I watch it. Not only is it smart, well directed, and entertaining, but it's also pretty damn funny (atleast I thought so).
3: Black Hawk Down
One of the greatest war movies ever, and certainly the best looking one. Ridley Scott holds nothing back, showing all the brutalities of combat. Really captures the look and feel of Mogadishu, but what else would you expect from a Ridley Scott film?
4: Artificial Intelligence
Spielberg took a risk, and it payed off. I love the futuristic world that he and Kubrick created. Let's not forget Teddy, one of the coolest movie character ever.
5: A Beautiful Mind
Russell Crowe is brilliant as John Nash. He carries the movie through it's length easily. This movie didn't deserve Best Picture, but how Denzel beat out Russell is a mystery to me.
6: The Royal Tenebaums
Having finally seen this film I can appreciate all the fuss it's been getting around here. Very funny, very original style of comedy mixed in with a very stylized look.
7: Hannibal
Better than Silence of the Lambs which I thought was good but not as great as everyone says. Anthony Hopkins is BETTER in his role as Hannibal Lecter.
8: Blow
Johnny Depp is the only thing that holds this movie together. An un-interesting story made interesting by Johnny Depp's performance. This one is in the same boat as A Beautiful Mind, decent movie made good by a great performance. I expect this to be knocked off the list.

 

[MatthiasK]

My favorite 10 of 2001:
1. A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2. Memento

3. Lost & Delerious

5. Waking Life

6. Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring

7. Shrek

8. Black Hawk Down

9. Moulin Rouge

10. The Deep End

 

[Marko_J]

this will be quick

1) LOTR

2) The Royal Tenenbaums

3) Memento

4) the gift (was it 2001?)

5) Godsford park

6) Shreck

7) Amelie

8) Mulholland Drive

8) Monsters inc.

9) The Others

10) Ocean's eleven

worst (no particular order, they all suck...)

1) Not another teen...

2) Evolution

3) American pie

4) all the Freddie Prinz jr movies, teen-comedies all together

5) Planet of apes

6) Pearl harbour

7) JP III

8) Harry Potter

9) Freddy got fingered

10) Tomb Rider

A.I. is not the worst, but it's closer to negative mark than to positive...

 

[PatrickDA]

Best Picture of 2001

- A.I. : Artificial Intelligence

1st Runner-Up - The Princess and the Warrior

2nd Runner-Up - Gosford Park

3rd Runner-Up - The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring

4th Runner-Up - Black Hawk Down

5th Runner-Up - The Others

6th Runner-Up - Hedwig and the Angry Inch

7th Runner-Up - Lagaan : Once Upon a Time in India

8th Runner-Up - Mulholland Drive

9th Runner-Up - Sexy Beast

10th Runner-Up - Ali

Best Director of 2001

- Steven Spielberg, A.I. : Artificial Intelligence

1st Runner-Up - Tom Tykwer, The Princess and the Warrior

2nd Runner-Up - Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring

3rd Runner-Up - Ridley Scott, Black Hawk Down, Hannibal

4th Runner-Up - Robert Altman, Gosford Park

5th Runner-Up - Michael Mann, Ali

6th Runner-Up - Alejandro Amenábar, The Others

7th Runner-Up - David Lynch, Mulholland Drive

8th Runner-Up - John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

9th Runner-Up - Ashutosh Gowariker, Lagaan : Once Upon a Time in India

10th Runner-Up - Jonathan Glazer, Sexy Beast

Best Actor of 2001

- Sean Penn, I Am Sam

1st Runner-Up - Haley Joel Osment, A.I. : Artificial Intelligence

2nd Runner-Up - John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch

3rd Runner-Up - Benno Fürmann, The Princess and the Warrior

4th Runner-Up - Ray Winstone, Sexy Beast

5th Runner-Up - Will Smith, Ali

6th Runner-Up - Denzel Washington, Training Day

7th Runner-Up - Guy Pearce, Memento

8th Runner-Up - Kenneth Branagh, How To Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

9th Runner-Up - Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums, Heist

10th Runner-Up - Robert Redford, Spy Game, The Last Castle

Best Actress of 2001

- Nicole Kidman (The Others / Moulin Rouge)

1st Runner-Up - Franka Potente (The Princess and the Warrior)

2nd Runner-Up - Tilda Swinton (The Deep End)

3rd Runner-Up - Naomi Watts (Mulholland Dr.)

4th Runner-Up - Audrey Tautou (Amélie)

5th Runner-Up - Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones's Diary)

6th Runner-Up - Sissy Spacek (In the Bedroom)

7th Runner-Up - Kate Winslet (Iris)

8th Runner-Up - Michelle Pfeiffer (I Am Sam)

9th Runner-Up - Judi Dench (Iris)

10th Runner-Up - Cate Blanchett (Charlotte Gray)

Best Supporting Actor of 2001

- Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast

1st Runner-Up - Ian McKellen, The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring

2nd Runner-Up - Jude Law, A.I. : Artificial Intelligence

3rd Runner-Up - John Hurt, Captain Corelli's Mandolin

4th Runner-Up - Sean Bean, The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring

5th Runner-Up - Andy Garcia, Ocean's Eleven

6th Runner-Up - Jeremy Northam, Gosford Park

7th Runner-Up - Emilio Echevarría, Amores Perros

8th Runner-Up - Ian Holm, From Hell, The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring

9th Runner-Up - Clive Owen, Gosford Park

10th Runner-Up - Jon Voight, Ali

Best Supporting Actress of 2001

- Maggie Smith, Gosford Park

1st Runner-Up - Frances O'Connor, A.I. : Artificial Intelligence

2nd Runner-Up - Emily Watson, Gosford Park

3rd Runner-Up - Helen Mirren, Gosford Park

4th Runner-Up - Fionnula Flanagan, The Others

5th Runner-Up - Marisa Tomei, In the Bedroom

Best Screenplay of 2001

- Gosford Park

1st Runner-Up - A.I. : Artificial Intelligence

2nd Runner-Up - The Princess and the Warrior

3rd Runner-Up - Mulholland Drive

4th Runner-Up - The Others

5th Runner-Up - Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Best Film Editing of 2001

- Black Hawk Down

1st Runner-Up - Ali

2nd Runner-Up - The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring

3rd Runner-Up - The Princess and the Warrior

4th Runner-Up - Memento

5th Runner-Up - A.I. : Artificial Intelligence

Best Cinematography of 2001

- Andrew Lesnie, The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring

1st Runner-Up - Janusz Kaminski, A.I. : Artificial Intelligence

2nd Runner-Up - Emmanuel Lubezki, Ali

3rd Runner-Up - Slawomir Idziak, Black Hawk Down

4th Runner-Up - Javier Aguirresarobe, The Others

5th Runner-Up - Bruno Delbonnel, Amelie

Best Costume Design of 2001

- Moulin Rouge

1st Runner-Up - The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring

2nd Runner-Up - A.I. : Artificial Intelligence

3rd Runner-Up - Hedwig and the Angry Inch

4th Runner-Up - The Golden Bowl

5th Runner-Up - The Others

Best Production Design of 2001

- A.I. : Artificial Intelligence

1st Runner-Up - The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring

2nd Runner-Up - Moulin Rouge

3rd Runner-Up - Hedwig and the Angry Inch

4th Runner-Up - The Others

5th Runner-Up - Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Best Sound of 2001

- Black Hawk Down

1st Runner-Up - The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring

2nd Runner-Up - A.I. : Artificial Intelligence

3rd Runner-Up - Ali

4th Runner-Up - Gosford Park

5th Runner-Up - Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Best Soundtrack of 2001

- A.I. : Artificial Intelligence

1st Runner-Up - The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring

2nd Runner-Up - Hedwig and the Angry Inch

3rd Runner-Up - Black Hawk Down

4th Runner-Up - The Others

5th Runner-Up - Gosford Park

 

[ZacharyTait]

My top 10 of 2001:
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Honorable Mention:
In the Bedroom
Monsters Inc.
Amores Perros
Monster's Ball
Amelie
Bridget Jones' Diary
The Dish
The Majestic
Special Mention: Apocalypse Now Redux. While the longer version isn't as good as the original, it still serves as a reminder when Hollywood didn't dumb down it's movies to the lowest common denominator.

 

[schmidtt]

Best of 2001
1. In the Bedroom

2. Gosford Park

3. In the Mood for Love

4. Mulholland Drive

5. Memento

6. Last Orders

7. The Man Who Wasn't There

8. Domestic Violence

9. Amores Perros

10. Hedwig & the Angry Inch

Edited by schmidtt - 8/15/2009 at 06:39 pm GMT

 

[Tim Glover]

Todd, good list. Can we expect your 2007 list in 2013? ....Just kidding.

 

[Nathan V]

I'll add my top ten while we're at it-
1. Ali: Director's Cut (Michael Mann) - Ignore people who say this is something other than a masterpiece. Watch it again. It's not about Ali; it's about the experience of what it was to be Ali, for those 10 years. Mann's mood, ambience, perceptiveness is beyond description. Unquestionably some of his best work. The film is paced to perfection. Will Smith will never top this performance. The definitive filmic statement on the African-American experience in both Africa and America. It has a perceptiveness that is sorely missing from other similarly themed efforts (Malcolm X being an obvious example; as much as I love Spike Lee, thank the heavens he didn't get to direct this). The director's cut, just 7 minutes longer, strengthens the Howard Cosell relationship, which makes quite a difference, has a few alternate angles and line readings, and adds a few more of those "Mann moments" we all love.
2. Mulholland Drive (Lynch) - The man at his finest; a dark, beautiful stream of words and images that our unconscious understands very well, even if our brains don't. A great concept, a great indictment of Hollywood, something I can identify with strongly. The beginning of Naomi Watts.
3. Black Hawk Down (Scott) - Ridley took the intensity of SPR's opening and extended it to feature length. This is the definitive filmic statement on the reality of combat. Yes, it whitewashes certain aspects relating to the specific event; I say who cares. We know the facts. As filmmaking, it's brilliant.
4. In The Bedroom (Field) - He proved with Little Children that he's not a one-hit wonder- both are masterpieces. Despite the subject matter, I find this one compulsively watchable; the ending is immensely satisfying for some reason.
5. Amores Perros (A. G. I.) - The rawness of the narratives is extraordinary. The use of music, particularly during a scene where 2 storylines pass by each other on the street, is fantastic. Allegedly, this is the first film to do bleach bypass. Also, isn't this a 2000 release?
6. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes) -
"Are you trying to steal my woman?"
"I beg your pardon."
"You heard me, Coltrane."
"'Coltrane'"?
"What?"
"Did you just call me Coltrane?"
"No."
"You didn't?"
"No."
"Okay..."
"But if I did, you wouldn't be able to do anything about it, would you?"
7. Man Who Wasn't There, The (Coens) - a great drama with a great vibe, great photography, good characters, and a perfect ending. What could be better? Also, a rare film centered around a quiet person. And it's worth repeating: great photography.
8. LOTR: FOTR (Jackson) - there's no denying the lasting impact the series already has. This is the most watchable installment for me. Classical filmaking with new technology at its best. Whatever flaws these films may have are as nothing to the achievements that they are. Watch Eragon for hilarious and pathetic proof of the respect the LOTR films deserve, whatever qualms we may have with them.
9. In The Mood for Love (WKW) - There's something about that last scene, where he goes up to the mountain, that just kills me. The pain, the suppression of that bursting feeling, not knowing what to do with it, and being petrified to allow yourself near that level of emotion again- any man can identify with this. Taken as a whole, this and 2046 are some of the most perceptive films on illuminating relationships from the male perspective.
10. Hannibal (Scott) - Nearly the only example of horror film as art film. It's not like Silence of the Lambs, and it isn't supposed to be. It does what a good sequel should do- takes the characters in new directions, reinterprets the material, buliding on what was before to explore new places. Ridley positively drenches the film with atmosphere. Check out those scenes in Italy.
11. A.I. (Steve) - People should still be talking about this film, but they aren't. It's a great one, sci-fi for adults, layered in terms of both themes and story content (for the last time: they're not aliens!), and heartbreaking. A fascinating melding of 2 great minds.
Regards,
Nathan

 

[Chris]

I love how you're on a first name basis with directors
Seriously though, I've thought about doing this also, reviving old threads, the one I keep thinking of pre-dates the web forums, but "Best Films of 1994". The reason why I think about it is because years later, I've had much more time to watch many more films from any given year, and so I feel as though films that would have been "lost gems" or foreign films that I didn't see until much later could now be judged, and the test of time really tells.

 

[Holadem]

Eh why not, I never did post a list...

1- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2- Mulholland Drive

3- Black Hawk Down

4- Y tu Mama Tambien

5- Beautiful Mind, A

Shrek

In the Mood for Love

The Others

Amores Perros

Ghost World

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H

 

[Holadem]

I love how you're on a first name basis with directors
Seriously though, I've thought about doing this also, reviving old threads, the one I keep thinking of pre-dates the web forums, but "Best Films of 1994". The reason why I think about it is because years later, I've had much more time to watch many more films from any given year, and so I feel as though films that would have been "lost gems" or foreign films that I didn't see until much later could now be judged, and the test of time really tells.

Good idea, start the thread(s), I am down .
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H

 

[Josh H]

I've almost gotten around to seeing everything from 2001 that is, you know, worth seeing. Though it has taken me about six years, I think I'm finally ready to put down my top 10 of 2001 list.
1. Memento
2. Mulholland Dr.
3. In the Bedroom
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
5. Moulin Rouge!
6. Gosford Park
7. The Man Who Wasn't There
8. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
9. Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulian
10. The Royal Tenenbaums
Honorable Mentions: L.I.E., Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
Some other mentions:
Best Director: Robert Altman- Gosford Park
Best Actor: John Cameron Mitchell- Hedwig and the Angry Inch / Russell Crowe- A Beautiful Mind
Best Actress: Naomi Watts- Mulholland Dr.
Best Supporting Actor: Steve Buscemi- Ghost World
Best Supporting Actress: Cameron Diaz- Vanilla Sky
Best Original Screenplay: Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson- The Royal Tenenbaums / Gerald Cuesta, Michael Cuesta, Stephen M. Ryder- L.I.E.
Best Adapted Screenplay: Robert Festinger, Todd Field- In the Bedroom
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins- The Man Who Wasn't There
Best Editing: Jill Bilcock- Moulin Rouge!
Best Art Direction: Stuart Craig- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Best Costume Design: Nglia Dickson, Richard Taylor- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Original Score: Yann Tiersen- Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Best Foreign Film: Y tu mamá también
Best Animated Film: Monsters, Inc.
Best Documentary Feature: Startup.com
Whooo...hopefully no more changes are necessary. Now I can finally start working on my 2002 list!