Best movies of 2001
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- DirectorRichard KellyStarsJake GyllenhaalJena MaloneMary McDonnellAfter narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.Grade: A+
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodIan McKellenOrlando BloomA meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.Grade: A
- DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsDenzel WashingtonEthan HawkeScott GlennA rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.Grade: A
- DirectorAndrew AdamsonVicky JensonStarsMike MyersEddie MurphyCameron DiazA mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre, who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back.Grade: A
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.2001 redux director cut
- DirectorPete DocterDavid SilvermanLee UnkrichStarsBilly CrystalJohn GoodmanMary GibbsIn order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, two monsters realize things may not be what they think.Grade: A
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsMaribel VerdúGael García BernalDaniel Giménez CachoIn Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.Grade: A
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTadanobu AsanoNao ÔmoriShin'ya TsukamotoAs sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving.Grade: A-
- DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsAlexa PenaVegaDaryl SabaraAntonio BanderasUsing high tech gadgets, two kids have to save their reactivated OSS top spy parents when they're taken by an evil, high tech enemy.Grade: A-
- DirectorBill PaxtonStarsBill PaxtonMatthew McConaugheyPowers BootheA mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to destroy people who were in fact "demons."Grade: B+
very underrated with great twist - DirectorRob CohenStarsVin DieselPaul WalkerMichelle RodriguezLos Angeles police officer Brian O'Conner must decide where his loyalty really lies when he becomes enamored with the street racing world he has been sent undercover to destroy.Grade: B+
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsDaniel RadcliffeRupert GrintEmma WatsonAn orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.Grade: B+
- DirectorBen StillerStarsBen StillerOwen WilsonChristine TaylorAt the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.Grade: B+
- DirectorTed DemmeStarsJohnny DeppPenélope CruzFranka PotenteThe story of how George Jung, along with the Medellín Cartel headed by Pablo Escobar, established the American cocaine market in the 1970s in the United States.Grade: B+
- DirectorShin'ichirô WatanabeMary Elizabeth McGlynnTensai OkamuraStarsBeau BillingsleaMelissa FahnNicholas GuestA terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it's up to the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit.Grade: 89
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsGeorge ClooneyBrad PittJulia RobertsDanny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.Grade: B+
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsGene HackmanGwyneth PaltrowAnjelica HustonThe eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.Grade: B+
- DirectorBrian HelgelandStarsHeath LedgerMark AddyRufus SewellAfter his master dies, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, creates a new identity for himself as a knight.Grade: B+
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsMaggie SmithRyan PhillippeMichael GambonSet in the 1930s, a group of pretentious rich and famous get together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.Grade: B+
- DirectorMira NairStarsNaseeruddin ShahLillete DubeyShefali ShahA stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.Grade: B+
- DirectorGary TrousdaleKirk WiseStarsMichael J. FoxJim VarneyCorey BurtonA young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.Grade: B+
- DirectorTony ScottStarsRobert RedfordBrad PittCatherine McCormackRetiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.Grade: B+
- DirectorJohn SingletonStarsAlexsandra WrightTyrese GibsonTaraji P. HensonIn South Central L.A., a misguided 20-year-old African-American man, a "baby boy", faces the commitments of real life.Grade: B
- DirectorSean PennStarsJack NicholsonBenicio Del ToroPatricia ClarksonA retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.Grade: B
- DirectorJim StenstrumStarsScott InnesJoe AlaskeyBob BergenWhen 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 level and defeat the game once and for all.Grade: B
- DirectorDavid WainStarsJaneane GarofaloDavid Hyde PierceMichael ShowalterSet on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.Grade: B
- DirectorGlen HillPete MichelsPeter ShinStarsSeth MacFarlaneAlex BorsteinSeth GreenBrian becomes a drug-sniffing dog for police to get out of a rut after taking the advice of his therapist, but the cocaine may be more than he can handle.Part 1 and 2 with Brian's Hollywood.
Grade: Great two part classics family guy episode, would be higher if it was longer. - DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsKirsten DunstCary ElwesEdward HerrmannSemi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924.Grade: B
- DirectorRobert LuketicStarsReese WitherspoonLuke WilsonSelma BlairElle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school. While she is there, she figures out that there is more to her than just looks.Grade: B
- DirectorAlbert HughesAllen HughesStarsJohnny DeppHeather GrahamIan HolmAfter five ritualistic murders are committed in 1888 London, Inspector Abberline's assignment is to investigate the "Jack the Ripper" murders. Along with a string of mutilated prostitutes, he uncovers a conspiracy involving the government.Grade: B
- DirectorMichael CuestaStarsBrian CoxPaul DanoBruce AltmanA 15-year-old Long Island boy loses everything and everyone he knows, soon becoming involved in a relationship with a much older man.Grade: B
- DirectorJohn A. DavisStarsDebi DerryberryRob PaulsenMegan CavanaghAn eight-year-old boy genius and his friends must rescue their parents after the adults are abducted by aliens.Grade: B-
- DirectorJ.B. RogersStarsJason BiggsSeann William ScottShannon ElizabethJim and his friends are now in college, and they decide to meet up at the beach house for some fun.Grade: B-
- DirectorStephen HerekStarsMark WahlbergJennifer AnistonDominic WestLead singer of a tribute band becomes lead singer of the real band he idolizes.Grade: B-
- DirectorBrett RatnerStarsJackie ChanChris TuckerJohn LoneCarter and Lee head to Hong Kong for a vacation, but become embroiled in a counterfeit money scam.Grade: B-
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsJosh HartnettEwan McGregorTom SizemoreThe story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis.Grade: B-
- DirectorJon FavreauStarsVince VaughnJon FavreauJoe GoossenTwo aspiring boxers, life-long friends, get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.Grade: B-
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsBruce WillisBilly Bob ThorntonCate BlanchettTwo bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.Grade: B-
- DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoClaude MakiOmar EppsA Japanese gangster is exiled to Los Angeles where his brother lives with a small but respectable multi-racial gang, who he inspires to expand their influence.(2001) release date
Grade: B- - DirectorKevin SmithStarsJason MewesKevin SmithAmy NobleThe comic "Bluntman and Chronic" is based on real-life stoners Jay and Silent Bob, so when they get no profit from a big-screen adaptation, they set out to wreck the movie.Grade: C+
- DirectorBobby FarrellyPeter FarrellyStarsLaurence FishburneChris RockDavid Hyde PierceA policeman white blood cell, with the help of a cold pill, must stop a deadly virus from destroying the human they live in, Frank.Grade: C+
- DirectorGarry MarshallStarsJulie AndrewsAnne HathawayHector ElizondoMia Thermopolis has just found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. With her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz in tow, she tries to navigate through the rest of her sixteenth year.Grade: C-
- DirectorJoel GallenStarsChyler LeighJaime PresslyChris EvansA sendup of all the teen movies that have accumulated in the past two decades.Grade: 60
- DirectorLawrence GutermanStarsAlec BaldwinTobey MaguireJeff GoldblumA look at the top-secret, high-tech espionage war going on between cats and dogs, of which their human owners are blissfully unaware.Grade: 60
- DirectorPaul HoenStarsRyan MerrimanHenry GibsonAlexis LopezA teenager must battle for a gold charm to keep his family from being controlled by an evil leprechaun.Grade: 60
- DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsSam NeillWilliam H. MacyTéa LeoniA decidedly odd couple with ulterior motives convince Dr. Grant to go to Isla Sorna for a holiday, but their unexpected landing startles the island's new inhabitants.Grade: 60
- DirectorKeenen Ivory WayansStarsAnna FarisMarlon WayansAntony AckerFour teens are tricked by a professor into visiting a haunted house for a school project.Grade: 60
- DirectorHenry SelickStarsBrendan FraserBridget FondaJohn TurturroIn a coma, a cartoonist finds himself trapped within his own underground creation and must find a way to get back, while racing against his popular but treacherous character, Monkeybone.Grade: 50
- DirectorTim HillStarsAlex D. LinzLarry MillerJamie KennedyMax Keeble, the victim of his 7th grade class, plots revenge when he learns that he's moving, but it backfires when he isn't after all.Grade: 60
- DirectorJames WongStarsJet LiCarla GuginoDelroy LindoA rogue Multiverse agent goes on a manhunt for alternate versions of himself, getting stronger with each kill. Only the last version of himself, an LASD cop, can stop his crusade before he becomes "The One".Grade: 60
- DirectorDarrell RooneyJeannine RousselStarsScott WolfAlyssa MilanoChazz PalminteriSeeking the freedom to be a wild dog, the son of Lady and the Tramp runs away to join a gang of junkyard dogs.Grade: 50
- DirectorLuke GreenfieldStarsRob SchneiderColleen HaskellJohn C. McGinleyAfter receiving organ transplants from various animal donors, a man finds himself taking on the traits of those animals.Grade: 45
- DirectorManny CotoStarsKirsten StormsShadia SimmonsLauren MaltbyA mischievous 15-year-old girl living on a space station helps a group of homeless aliens.Grade: 45
- DirectorKunihiko YuyamaJim MaloneStarsVeronica TaylorRica MatsumotoRachael LillisAsh must stop a hunter who forces the mythical Pokémon Celebi to help him destroy a forest.Grade: 45
- DirectorSteve CarrStarsEddie MurphyCedric The EntertainerKristen WilsonDolittle must save a forest and a bear's life.Grade: 40
- DirectorDavid Mickey EvansStarsJudge ReinholdJulia SweeneyJoe PichlerThe family is pleasantly surprised and puzzled when Beethoven suddenly becomes obedient. Turns out it's a prince and the pauper scenario, with the real Beethoven now living with a pompous rich family.Grade: F