Best Comedy movies of 2001

Actors : Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy,

After his swamp is filled with magical creatures, Shrek agrees to rescue Princess Fiona for a villainous lord in order to get his land back.

Actors : John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs,

In 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, 2 monsters realize things may not be what they think.

Actors : Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro, Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi,
Directors : Terry Zwigoff,

With only the plan of moving in together after high school, two unusually devious friends seek direction in life. As a mere gag, they respond to a man's newspaper ad for a date, only to find it will greatly complicate their lives.

Actors : Kristin Scott Thomas, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe,
Directors : Robert Altman,

The lives of upstairs guests and downstairs servants at a party in 1932 in a country house in England as they investigate a murder involving one of them.

Actors : Anjelica Huston, Gene Hackman, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : Wes Anderson,

A clan's estranged patriarch loses his home and learns that his ex-wife plans to remarry.

Actors : Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ana López Mercado, Gael García Bernal, Maribel Verdú,
Directors : Alfonso Cuarón,

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

Actors : Antonio Banderas, Alexa PenaVega, Carla Gugino, Daryl Sabara,
Directors : Robert Rodriguez,

The children of secret-agent parents must save them from danger.

Actors : John Cameron Mitchell, Stephen Trask, Theodore Liscinski, Miriam Shor,
Directors : John Cameron Mitchell,

A transgender punk-rock girl from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.

Actors : Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Matthew Davis, Selma Blair,
Directors : Robert Luketic,

Elle 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.

Actors : Will Ferrell, Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor,
Directors : Ben Stiller,

At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Troy Garity,
Directors : Barry Levinson,

Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.

Actors : Lillete Dubey, Naseeruddin Shah, Shefali Shah, Vijay Raaz,
Directors : Mira Nair,

A 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.

Actors : Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, Jeff Anderson,
Directors : Kevin Smith,

The 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.

Actors : Jeremy Piven, Bridget Moynahan, John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale,
Directors : Peter Chelsom,

A couple search for each other years after the night they first met, fell in love, and separated, convinced that one day they'd end up together.

Actors : Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, Vince Vieluf, Whoopi Goldberg,
Directors : Jerry Zucker,

A Las Vegas casino magnate, determined to find a new avenue for wagering, sets up a race for money.

Actors : Heather Matarazzo, Hector Elizondo, Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews,
Directors : Garry Marshall,

Mia 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.

Actors : Jack Black, Joe Viterelli, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander,

A shallow man falls in love with a 300 pound woman because of her "inner beauty".

Actors : Ziyi Zhang, Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, John Lone,
Directors : Brett Ratner,

Carter and Lee head to Hong Kong for vacation, but become embroiled in a counterfeit money scam.

Actors : Shannon Elizabeth, Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan,
Directors : J.B. Rogers,

In this sequel to the hit comedy American Pie (1999), the high school students are now in college. These close friends decide to meet up at the beach house for some fun.

Actors : Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Pierce Brosnan, Leonor Varela,
Directors : John Boorman,

A tailor living in Panama reluctantly becomes a spy for a British agent.