Best movies of 2001

Actors : Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan, Eddie Kaye Thomas,
Directors : Tom Green,

An unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he begins to spread rumors that his father is sexually abusing Freddy.

Actors : Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Audrey Tautou, Lorella Cravotta,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Jeunet,

Amélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.

Actors : Stockard Channing, Frederick Weller, Mary Testa, Julia Stiles,
Directors : Patrick Stettner,

Two businesswomen bond and reveal their inner natures while getting carried away on a revenge attack against an accused rapist.

Actors : Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Eduardo Noriega,
Directors : Guillermo del Toro,

After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets that he must uncover.

Actors : Brittany Daniel, Dennis Miller, Adam Beach, David Spade,
Directors : Dennie Gordon,

After being abandoned by his parents at the Grand Canyon, Joe Dirt tells the story of his journey to find his parents.

Actors : Julie Bowen, Kelly Lynch, Tim Allen, Greg Germann,
Directors : John Pasquin,

When Joe is beat up by a co-worker in front of his daughter on "Bring Your Child To Work Day", he decides to fight back.

Actors : Marianne Basler, Hélène de Fougerolles, Jeanne Balibar, Sergio Castellitto,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

Quick-witted, well-read cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre, romanticism and theft.

Actors : Edward Norton, Angela Bassett, Robert De Niro, Marlon Brando,
Directors : Frank Oz,

An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.

Actors : Brooke Smith, Marylouise Burke, Mark Woodbury, Michael Kaycheck,
Directors : Daniel Minahan,

A TV program selects people at random to kill one another for fame and their freedom.

Actors : Hugh Grant, Renée Zellweger, Gemma Jones, Colin Firth,
Directors : Sharon Maguire,

A British woman is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary.

Actors : Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards, Haley Joel Osment,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.

Actors : Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Justin Chambers, Catherine Deneuve,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

Alexander Dumas' novel is updated with an eastern influence as D'Artagnan attempts to join the king's elite guards, the Royal Musketeers, and find the man who killed his parents.

Actors : Michelle Williams, Ella Jones, Anna Popplewell, Anna Friel,
Directors : Sandra Goldbacher,

Two best friends grow up on the Isle of Wight and in Brighton in the 1970s and 1980s.

Actors : Freddie Prinze Jr., Shalom Harlow, Ivana Milicevic, Monica Potter,
Directors : Mark Waters,

A young woman is attracted to a man despite her thinking she's seen him kill someone.

Actors : Colin Farrell, Scott Caan, Ali Larter, Gabriel Macht,
Directors : Les Mayfield,

When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is ...

Actors : Stephen Chow, Yat-Fei Wong, Wei Zhao, Man-Tat Ng,
Directors : Stephen Chow,

A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.

Actors : Jason Davis, Ashley Johnson, Andrew Lawrence, Rickey D'Shon Collins,
Directors : Chuck Sheetz,

TJ and company must save summer vacation from disappearing forever.

Actors : Angela Lindvall, Jeremy Davies, Élodie Bouchez, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Roman Coppola,

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, Patricia Clarkson, Glenn Close, Mary Kay Place,
Directors : Rose Troche,

A series of overlapping stories about four suburban families dealing with different maladies. Esther Gold's life is consumed by caring for her comatose son; Jim Train is sent into a ...

Actors : Chris Klein, Sally Field, Heather Graham, Orlando Jones,
Directors : J.B. Rogers,

Young orphan Gilly (Klein) finds out his lover Jo (Graham) may actually be his biological sister. After they break up he discovers he's not related and travels across the country to stop ...