2001 Critics' Top Ten Lists (1 Viewer)

[Edwin Pereyra]

From the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards:

Best Picture

Mulholland Dr. (Universal Focus)

Runner-Up:

Apocalypse Now Redux (Miramax)

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

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Best Actor

Brian Cox, L.I.E. (Lot 47)

and

Denzel Washington, Training Day (Warner Bros.)

Runner-Up:

Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums (Touchstone)

and

Guy Pearce, Memento (Newmarket)

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Best Actress

Tilda Swinton, The Deep End (Fox Searchlight)

Runner-Up:

Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr. (Universal Focus)

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Best Supporting Actor

Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast (Fox Searchlight)

Runner-Up:

Steve Buscemi, Ghost World (MGM)

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Best Supporting Actress

Cameron Diaz, Vanilla Sky (Paramount)

Runner-Up:

Scarlett Johansson, Ghost World (MGM)

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Best Director

David Lynch, Mulholland Dr. (Universal Focus)

Runner-Up:

Peter Jackson, The Lord Of The Rings (New Line)

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Best Screenplay

Christopher Nolan, Memento (Newmarket)

Runner-Up:

Terry Zwigoff and Daniel Clowes, Ghost World (MGM)

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Best Foreign-Language Film

Amores Perros (Lions Gate)

Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu

Runner-Up:

In The Mood For Love (USA Films)

Directed by Wong Kar-Wai

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Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins, The Man Who Wasn't There (USA Films)

Runner-Up:

Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin, In The Mood For Love (USA Films)

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Best New Filmmaker

Daniel Cuesta, L.I.E. (Lot 47)

Runner-Up:

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Amores Perros (Lions Gate)

~Edwin

 

[Pete D]

Am I alone here - I thought Tailor of Panama was the worst movie I've seen in a few years.

I also though AI was a waste. The first half was good, then it went downhill.

 

[Mark Pfeiffer]

I'm really surprised to see Brian Cox get as many mentions as he has for L.I.E.. Not that he wasn't very good in it, but the fact that the film was so small and the subject matter so controversial, I didn't figure many would remember. No chance for an Academy nod, BTW.

Color me skeptical on Richard Corliss' top pick. I haven't seen Kandahar and know it's been getting good reviews, but its selection as best of the year strikes me that its topicality to current events may have been an overriding factor.

 

[Peter Kim]

Keep 'em coming, Edwin. I find these lists extremely insightful, not necessarily on their own, but as a compendium. When a movie starts to make its presence on more than one list, you get the idea it's not an anomaly, e.g., affects the reviewer for personal, singular reasons.

I'll try and obtain a copy of the latest Paper magazine for their top ten list. What I was able to skim struck me as very interesting...granted more of a art house flavor, but potential good films nonetheless.

Now the real fun is when you see a film on more than one top ten list and worst ten list. I love when a film polarizes the movie community.

 

[Aaron Hose]

Didn't the National Board of Review release a top ten recently (with Moulin Rouge at the top)? If so, could you add it to this thread, please?

 

[David Oliver]

Although I have not seen it, I am a bit surprised I have not seen A Beautiful Mind on a single list. My perception is that it is showing very strongly.

 

[John Beavers]

From the only Critic that really counts, the film going public:

TOP 10 DOMESTIC GROSSING FILMS OF 2001 -- 1/2/2001 to 12/9/2001

1) Shrek DreamWorks $267,652,016

2) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Warner Bros $239,659,542

3) Rush Hour 2 New Line $226,023,478

4) Monsters, Inc. Buena Vista $212,391,025

5) The Mummy Returns Universal $202,007,640

6) Pearl Harbor Buena Vista $198,539,855

7) Jurassic Park III Universal $181,138,725

8) Planet of the Apes Fox $179,396,060

9) Hannibal MGM $165,091,986

10) American Pie 2 Universal $145,065,350

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

From the only Critic that really counts, the film going public

And if we let them run amuck, we'll get only pan and scan DVDs too.
~Edwin

 

[MichaelPe]

Saw these on Rotten Tomatoes:



Gene Seymour's Top 10 (Newsday)

1. Mulholland Drive
2. Apocalypse Now Redux
3. In The Bedroom
4. Ghost World
5. Sexy Beast
6. The Caveman's Valentine
7. Waking Life
8. In The Mood For Love
9. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
10. Memento

Jan Stuart's Top 10 (Newsday)

1. In The Bedroom
2. Memento
3. Amores Perros
4. Southern Comfort
5. Donnie Darko
6. The Day I Became A Woman
7. Together
8. Startup.com
9. Mulholland Drive
10. Monster's Ball

John Anderson's Top 10 (Newsday)

1. Apocalypse Now Redux
2. Shrek
3. In The Bedroom
4. Mulholland Drive
5. In The Mood For Love
6. Cure
7. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
8. The Royal Tenenbaums
9. Fighter
10. The Gleaners and I

 

[Brajesh Upadhyay]

Have a look @ my site for more critics' lists...

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

Here are the Broadcast Film Critics Association nominees:

BEST PICTURE:

Ali

Beautiful Mind, A

In the Bedroom

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Man Who Wasn't There, The

Memento

Moulin Rouge

Mulholland Drive

Shipping News, The

Shrek

BEST ACTOR:

Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind

Sean Penn - I Am Sam

Will Smith - Ali

BEST ACTRESS:

Nicole Kidman - Moulin Rouge

Sissy Spacek - In the Bedroom

Renee Zellweger - Bridget Jones's Diary

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Jim Broadbent - Iris

Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast

Jon Voight - Ali

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind

Cameron Diaz - Vanilla Sky

Marisa Tomei - In the Bedroom

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE:

Gosford Park

Ocean's Eleven

The Royal Tenenbaums

BEST DIRECTOR:

Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind

Peter Jackson - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Baz Luhrmann - Moulin Rouge

BEST SCREENPLAY:

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - The Man Who Wasn't There

Akiva Goldsman - A Beautiful Mind

Christopher Nolan - Memento

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS:

Dakota Fanning - I Am Sam

Haley Joel Osment - A.I.

Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:

Monsters, Inc.

Shrek

Waking Life

BEST FAMILY FILM (live action):

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

The Princess Diaries

Spy Kids

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:

Band of Brothers

Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows

The Mists of Avalon

BEST ACTOR IN A PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:

Hank Azaria - Uprising

James Franco - James Dean

Barry Pepper - 61*

BEST ACTRESS IN A PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION:

Judy Davis - Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows

Salma Hayek - In the Time of Butterflies

Emma Thompson - Wit

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

Amelie

In the Mood for Love

No Man's Land

BEST SONG:

May It Be - Enya - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

There You'll Stay - Faith Hill - Pearl Harbor

Until - Sting - Kate & Leopold

Vanilla Sky - Paul McCartney - Vanilla Sky

BEST COMPOSER:

Howard Shore - Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

John Williams - A.I. and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Christopher Young - The Shipping News

~Edwin

 

[Mark Pfeiffer]

BFCA--The Shipping News? Are you kidding me? Looks like Lasse Hallstrom has pulled another one over the eyes of the voters again. I didn't expect this film to get any mention after I saw this strictly middling drama. So it goes...

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

The San Diego Film Critics Society weighs in:

Best Picture

Ghost World (MGM)

Directed by Terry Zwigoff

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Best Actor

Guy Pearce, Memento (Newmarket)

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Best Actress

Thora Birch, Ghost World (MGM)

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Best Supporting Actor

Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast (Fox Searchlight)

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Best Supporting Actress

Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr. (Universal Focus)

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Best Director

Terry Zwigoff, Ghost World (MGM)

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Best Original Screenplay

Richard Kelly, Donnie Darko (Newmarket)

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Best Adapted Screenplay

Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff, Ghost World (MGM)

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Best Foreign-Language Film

Amélie (Miramax)

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins, The Man Who Wasn't There (USA Films)

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Best Production Design

Moulin Rouge (Fox)

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Body Of Work

Steve Buscemi

~Edwin

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

Here Seth Paxton's favorite critic - Jeffrey Wells:

1. Memento (Christopher Nolan)

2. In The Bedroom (Todd Field)

3. Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer)

4. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch)

5. A Beautiful Mind (Ron Howard)

6. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)

7. Monster's Ball (Marc Forster)

8. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff)

9. No Man's Land (Danis Tanovic)

10. Lumumba (Raoul Peck)

11. Amores Perros (Alejandro González Iñárittu)

12. Ali (Michael Mann)

13. Lantana (Ray Lawrence)

14. Our Lady Of The Assassins (Barbet Schroeder)

15. Moulin Rouge (Baz Luhrmann)

16. Shrek (Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson)

17. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson)

18. Vanilla Sky (Cameron Crowe)

19. Il Mio Viaggio In Italia (Martin Scorsese)

20. Gosford Park (Robert Altman)

~Edwin

 

[Jay E]

From the only Critic that really counts, the film going public:
TOP 10 DOMESTIC GROSSING FILMS OF 2001 -- 1/2/2001 to 12/9/2001
1) Shrek DreamWorks $267,652,016
2) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Warner Bros $239,659,542
3) Rush Hour 2 New Line $226,023,478
4) Monsters, Inc. Buena Vista $212,391,025
5) The Mummy Returns Universal $202,007,640
6) Pearl Harbor Buena Vista $198,539,855
7) Jurassic Park III Universal $181,138,725
8) Planet of the Apes Fox $179,396,060
9) Hannibal MGM $165,091,986
10) American Pie 2 Universal $145,065,350

Thank God I don't read the film going public for it's reviews

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

Here are the picks from the Toronton Film Critics Association:

Best Film

Memento (Newmarket)

Directed by Christopher Nolan

Runners-Up:

Amélie (Miramax)

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Mulholland Dr. (Universal Focus)

Directed by David Lynch

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Best Male Performance

Ed Harris, Pollock (Sony Pictures Classics)

Runners-Up:

John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig And The Angry Inch (Fine Line)

Jack Nicholson, The Pledge (Warner Bros.)

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Best Female Performance

Thora Birch, Ghost World (MGM)

Runners-Up:

Gillian Anderson, The House Of Mirth (Sony Pictures Classics)

Tilda Swinton, The Deep End (Fox Searchlight)

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Best Male Supporting Performance

Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast (Fox Searchlight)

Runners-Up:

Steve Buscemi, Ghost World (MGM)

Ian McKellen, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (New Line)

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Best Female Supporting Performance

Scarlett Johansson, Ghost World (MGM)

Runners-Up:

Laura Linney, The House Of Mirth (Sony Pictures Classics)

Gwyneth Paltrow, The Royal Tenenbaums (Touchstone)

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Best Director

David Lynch, Mulholland Dr. (Universal Focus)

Runners-Up:

Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Amélie (Miramax)

Peter Jackson, The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (New Line)

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Best Screenplay

Christopher Nolan, Memento (Newmarket)

Runners-Up:

Terry Zwigoff and Daniel Clowes, Ghost World (MGM)

Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson, The Royal Tenenbaums (Touchstone)

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Best First Feature

Sexy Beast (Fox Searchlight)

Directed by Jonathan Glazer

Runners-Up:

Amores Perros (Lions Gate)

Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu

In The Bedroom (Miramax)

Directed by Todd Field

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Best Canadian Film

Last Wedding

Directed by Bruce Sweeney

Runners-Up:

Ginger Snaps

Directed by John Fawcett

The Uncles

Directed by Jim Allodi

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Clyde Gilmour Award

James Quandt

~Edwin

 

[teapot2001]

Kenneth Turan--L.A. Times:

1. The Lord of the Rings

2. In the Bedroom

3. Memento

4. Black Hawk Down

5. The Deep End

6. Shrek

7. Divided We Fall/Together

8. Sexy Beast

9. Va Savoir

10. Lumumba

Kevin THomas--L.A. Times:

1. L.I.E.

2. Our Lady of the Assassins

3. Ghost World

4. Amorres Perros

5. Donnie Darko

6. The Gleaners and I

7. Hedwig and the Angry Inch

8. Moulin Rouge

9. Burnt Money

10. The Circle/Baran

Stephen Holden--N.Y. Times:

1. In the Bedroom

2. Amores Perros

3. The Town is Quiet

4. Mulholland Drive

5. Gosford Park

6. Waking Life

7. Faithles

8. Hedwig and the Angry Inch

9. Shrek

10. A.I.

A.O. Scott--N.Y. Times:

1. A.I.

2. The Circle

3. Ghost World

4. Gosford Park

5. Our Song

6. The Gleaners and I

7. Sexy Beast

8. Baran

9. The Man Who Wasn't There

10. The Heart of the World

Dave Kehr--N.Y. Times:

1. The Royal Tenenbaums

2. The Tailor of Panama

3. Amelie

4. Waking Life

5. The Circle

6. Fat Girl

7. Shrek

8. The Lord of the Rings

9. A Chronicle of Corpses

10. Eureka

~T

 

[teapot2001]

Elvis Mitchell--N.Y. Times:

1. In the Mood for Love

2. Lumumba

3. Amores Perros

4. The Devil's Backbone

5. Monsters, Inc.

6. Va Savoir

7. Sexy Beast

8. Faat Kine

9. Amelie

10. Ghost World

~T

 

[BrianShort]

I've compiled a list of the titles that have appeared so far in the top 10 lists posted here. The only criteria is the title had to be in a top 10 list (so I didnt count most of the critic's circle awards, and only the top 10 of Jeffery Well's list was counted). The list shows the number of appearances in a top 10 list, and the position in any list didn't matter.

*ok if someone can help me to get this lined up correctly that would be great... apparently vbulliten doesn't like extra spaces cause it looks fine in the edit window.*

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Rank Appearances Title

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1 11 In the Bedroom

2 9 Amores Perros

3 9 Ghost World

4 9 Shrek

5 8 A.I.

6 8 Memento

7 8 Mulholland Drive

8 8 The Lord of the Rings

9 7 Amelie

10 7 Sexy Beast

11 6 Moulin Rouge

12 5 The Circle

13 5 The Royal Tenenbaums

14 5 Together

15 5 Waking Life

16 4 Ali

17 4 Black Hawk Down

18 4 Faithless

19 4 Fat Girl

20 4 Gosford Park

21 4 In the Mood for Love

22 4 Monsters, Inc.

23 4 The Man Who Wasn't There

24 3 A Beautiful Mind

25 3 Apocalypse Now Redux

26 3 Hedwig and the Angry Inch

27 3 Lumumba

28 3 The Gleaners and I

29 2 Baran

30 2 Code Inconnu

31 2 Divided We Fall

32 2 Donnie Darko

33 2 Lantana

34 2 Monster's Ball

35 2 Ocean's Eleven

36 2 Our Song

37 2 Startup.com

38 2 The Deep End

39 2 The Tailor of Panama

40 2 Va Savoir

41 2 Yi Yi

42 1 A Chronicle of Corpses

43 1 Burnt Money

44 1 Cure

45 1 Eureka

46 1 Faat Kine

47 1 Fighter

48 1 From Hell

49 1 George Washington

50 1 Kandahar

51 1 L.I.E.

52 1 Last Resort

53 1 Liam

54 1 No Man's Land

55 1 Our Lady of the Assassins

56 1 Songs From the Second Floor

57 1 Southern Comfort

58 1 The Cavenam's Valentine

59 1 The Day I Became A Woman

60 1 The Devil's Backbone

61 1 The Heart of the World

62 1 The Others

63 1 The Road Home

64 1 The Shipping News

65 1 The Town is Quiet

66 1 Vanilla Sky

67 1 Wet Hot American Summer

68 1 With A Friend Like Harry

 

[Dave Barth]

That's really helpful. Thanks!