Best 2001 Movies

Nabbeun namja Nabbeun namja
Nabbeun namja
IMDb: 6.6
103

A criminal who runs a brothel becomes obsessed with a beautiful college student. When she rejects him he sets her up by introducing her to a loan shark and when…

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Secretary Secretary
Secretary
IMDb: 6.9
107

A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.

I Am Sam I Am Sam
I Am Sam
IMDb: 7.6
132

Sam has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on…

Genre: Best 2001, Drama
The Majestic The Majestic
The Majestic
IMDb: 6.9
152

Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.

The Lord of the Rings the Fellowship of the Ring The Lord of the Rings the Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings the Fellowship of the Ring
IMDb: 8.9
179

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil…

The Shipping News The Shipping News
The Shipping News
IMDb: 6.7
1h 51min

An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

Iris Iris
Iris
IMDb: 7
91

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.

Winged Migration Winged Migration
Winged Migration
IMDb: 7.9
89

The cameras of Jacques Perrin fly with migratory birds: geese, storks, cranes. The film begins with spring in North America and the migration to the Arctic; the flight is a…

A Beautiful Mind A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind
IMDb: 8.2
135

At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually…

Ali Ali
Ali
IMDb: 6.7
157

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for…

Vanilla Sky Vanilla Sky
Vanilla Sky
IMDb: 6.9
136

David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in…

Oceans Eleven Oceans Eleven
Oceans Eleven
IMDb: 7.7
1h 56min

Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny’s hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal…

In the Bedroom In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom
IMDb: 7.4
130

Summertime on the coast of Maine, ”In the Bedroom” centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and…

Frailty Frailty
Frailty
IMDb: 7.2
100

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

Monster’s Ball Monster’s Ball
Monster’s Ball
IMDb: 7.1
1h 51min

Set in the southern USA, a racist white man, Hank, falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Ironically, Hank is a prison guard working on Death Row who…

Gosford Park Gosford Park
Gosford Park
IMDb: 7.2
2h 17min

Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.

Monsters Inc Monsters Inc
Monsters Inc
IMDb: 8.1
92

James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business… even though they’re more afraid of the children than they…

Man Who Wasn’t There Man Who Wasn’t There
Man Who Wasn’t There
IMDb: 7.5
116

A tale of passion, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife…

Life as a House Life as a House
Life as a House
IMDb: 7.4
125

When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his…

Genre: Best 2001, Drama
K-PAX K-PAX
K-PAX
IMDb: 7.4
120

Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away Planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own…

From Hell From Hell
From Hell
IMDb: 6.7
122

Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper’s prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits…

The Last Castle The Last Castle
The Last Castle
IMDb: 6.9
131

A Court Martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.

The Royal Tenenbaums The Royal Tenenbaums
The Royal Tenenbaums
IMDb: 7.6
110

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary — all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young…

Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
IMDb: 7
73

When Scooby and the gang get trapped in a video game created for them, they must fight against the ’Phantom Virus.’ To escape the game they must go level by…

Training Day Training Day
Training Day
IMDb: 7.7
122

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn’t what he appears.

Mulholland Drive Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Drive
IMDb: 7.9
147

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve…

Buffalo Soldiers Buffalo Soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers
IMDb: 6.7
98

Set just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Sgt. Ray Elwood is an American soldier stationed at a German army camp. A soldier because a judge gave…

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
IMDb: 6.8
104

When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them out of…

My Sassy Girl My Sassy Girl
My Sassy Girl
IMDb: 8
123

Based on a series of true stories posted by Ho-sik Kim on the Internet describing his relationship with his girlfriend. These were later transformed into a best-selling book and the…

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Ghost World Ghost World
Ghost World
IMDb: 7.3
111

Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record…

Legally Blonde Legally Blonde
Legally Blonde
IMDb: 6.4
96

Elle Woods has it all. She’s the president of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural blonde. She dates the…

The Score The Score
The Score
IMDb: 6.8
124

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

Shaolin Soccer Shaolin Soccer
Shaolin Soccer
IMDb: 7.3
113 min

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

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Artificial Intelligence AI Artificial Intelligence AI
Artificial Intelligence AI
IMDb: 7.2
146

David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a…

Bully Bully
Bully
IMDb: 6.9
113

After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend’s twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby’s often cruel…

Atlantis The Lost Empire Atlantis The Lost Empire
Atlantis The Lost Empire
IMDb: 6.9
95

The world’s most highly qualified crew of archaeologists and explorers is led by historian Milo Thatch as they board the incredible 1,000-foot submarine Ulysses and head deep into the mysteries…

Shrek Shrek
Shrek
IMDb: 7.9
90

It ain’t easy bein’ green — especially if you’re a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing…

The Piano Teacher The Piano Teacher
The Piano Teacher
IMDb: 7.5
131

Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.

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A Knight’s Tale A Knight’s Tale
A Knight’s Tale
IMDb: 7
132

William Thatcher, a peasant, is sent to apprentice with a Knight named Hector as a young boy. Urged by his father to ”change his Stars”, he assumes Sir Hector’s place…

Amélie Amélie
Amélie
IMDb: 8.3
122

At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie (Audrey Tautou) accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian…

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The Devil’s Backbone The Devil’s Backbone
The Devil’s Backbone
IMDb: 7.4
108

After losing his father, 10-year-old Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucia School, which shelters orphans of the Republican militia and politicians, and is taken in by the steely headmistress, Carmen,…

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Bridget Jones Diary Bridget Jones Diary
Bridget Jones Diary
IMDb: 6.8
97

A chaotic Bridget Jones meets a snobbish lawyer, and he soon enters her world of imperfections.

Blow Blow
Blow
IMDb: 7.5
124

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950’s. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the…

Enemy at the Gates Enemy at the Gates
Enemy at the Gates
IMDb: 7.5
131

Enemy at the Gates is a war film from Jean-Jacques Annaud from 2001 that takes place during the battle of Stalingard in World War II between the Russians and the…

Moulin Rouge! Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge!
IMDb: 7.6
128

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged…

Hannibal Hannibal
Hannibal
IMDb: 6.8
131

After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he’s discovered leaving a deserving few dead…

Brotherhood of the Wolf Brotherhood of the Wolf
Brotherhood of the Wolf
IMDb: 7
143

In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by…

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Tape Tape
Tape
IMDb: 7.2
86

A three-character ensemble piece set within the confines of a tawdry motor lodge in Lansing, Michigan. After 10 years apart, three disparate people come together to play out the unresolved…

Genre: Best 2001, Drama
Waking Life Waking Life
Waking Life
IMDb: 7.7
99

Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave…

Lost and Delirious Lost and Delirious
Lost and Delirious
IMDb: 6.8
1h 43min

Lost and Delirious is the story of three adolescent girls’ first love, their discovery of sexual passion, and their search for identities. Set in a posh, private boarding school surrounded…

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Donnie Darko Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
IMDb: 8
114

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

The Pledge The Pledge
The Pledge
IMDb: 6.8
123

A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter’s killer. Based on a story by Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt.