Best movies of 2001

Actors : Jessica Capshaw, Denise Richards, Marley Shelton, David Boreanaz,
Directors : Jamie Blanks,

Five women are stalked by an unknown assailant while preparing for Valentine's Day.

Actors : Jessica Biel, Fred Ward, Matthew Lillard, Freddie Prinze Jr.,
Directors : Michael Tollin,

A rich girl whose family summers on Cape Cod has a romance with a local poor boy who hopes to become a major league baseball player.

Actors : Max Beesley, Mariah Carey, Eric Benét, Da Brat,
Directors : Vondie Curtis-Hall,

A young singer dates a disc jockey who helps her get into the music business, but their relationship become complicated as she ascends to super stardom.

Actors : Matt O'Leary, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Bill Paxton,

A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions led to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons."

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Ann Magnuson, Damir Andrei,
Directors : Kasi Lemmons,

A cave-dwelling man sets out to track down the killer of a homeless boy, and bring him to justice.

Actors : Hector Elizondo, Jacqueline Obradors, Tamara Mello, Judy Herrera,
Directors : Maria Ripoll,

A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food but not for life.

Actors : Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Julianna Margulies, Olivia Williams,
Directors : George Hickenlooper,

A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.

Actors : Leelee Sobieski, Albert Brooks, Rutanya Alda, Natasha Braisewell,
Directors : Christine Lahti,

A 17-year-old girl has a troubled relationship with a 49-year-old man.

Actors : Christian Berkel, Oliver Stokowski, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Moritz Bleibtreu,
Directors : Oliver Hirschbiegel,

For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without using physical violence.

Actors : Iben Hjejle, Tom Watson, Ian Holm, Tim McInnerny,
Directors : Alan Taylor,

During Napoleon's exile on St. Helena, some loyalists hire a look-alike to swap places with the deposed emperor. While the impostor lives in luxury on the island, the real Napoleon returns to Paris in order to retake the throne.

Actors : Sebastian Koch, Heino Ferch, Alexandra Maria Lara, Nicolette Krebitz,
Directors : Roland Suso Richter,

Based on a true story a group of East Berliners escaping to the West. Harry Melchior was a champion East German swimmer at odds with the system under which he has already been imprisoned. ...

Actors : Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, Judi Dench,
Directors : Richard Eyre,

True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Actors : Toshio Furukawa, Scott Weinger, Yuka Imoto, Kei Kobayashi,
Directors : Rintaro,

Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.

Actors : Chris Kattan, Vinessa Shaw, Peter Berg, Peter Falk,
Directors : Rob Pritts,

The loser son of a Mafia honcho must go undercover for the FBI.

Actors : Michael T. Weiss, Snoop Dogg, Clifton Powell, Pam Grier,
Directors : Ernest R. Dickerson,

Over 20 years after his death by a gunshot, Jimmy Bones comes back as a ghost to wreak revenge on those who killed him and to clean up his neighborhood.

Actors : Patricia Clarkson, Jake Weber, Erik Per Sullivan, John Speredakos,
Directors : Larry Fessenden,

George is a high-strung professional photographer who is starting to unravel from the stress of his work with a Manhattan advertising agency. Needing some time away from the city, Jake, his...

Actors : Jerry O'Connell, Jake Busey, Shannon Elizabeth, Horatio Sanz,
Directors : Gregory Poirier,

Seven years ago, a bunch of friends make a bet that'll give the last remaining bachelor a ton of money. Now, after losing a ton of money at a Vegas Casino, Michael Delaney has to quickly ...

Actors : Shane Edelman, Peter Sarsgaard, Balthazar Getty, Molly Parker,
Directors : Wayne Wang,

A couple checks into a suite in Las Vegas. In flashbacks we see that he's a computer whiz on the verge of becoming a dot.com millionaire, she's a lap dancer at a club. He's depressed, ...

Actors : Kevin Corrigan, James Le Gros, Maura Tierney, Christopher Walken,
Directors : Billy Morrissette,

A modernized retelling of "MacBeth" set in 1970s suburban Pennsylvania. Joe McBeth, an unambitious hamburger stand employee, is driven to success by his scheming wife.

Actors : Olivier Gourmet, Emmanuelle Devos, Olivier Perrier, Vincent Cassel,
Directors : Jacques Audiard,

She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.