Best Drama movies of 2001

Actors : Chris Eigeman, Janet Zarish, Connie Britton, Jamie Harris,
Directors : P.J. Posner,

A painter who finds success (and true love) after a pickpocket steals one of his works, gives it a false authorship and promotes the imaginary artist to instant success so he can cash in on his ill-gotten gains.

Actors : Jonathan Wade-Drahos, Andre Khabbazi, Brian Lane Green, Kiersten Warren,
Directors : Dirk Shafer,

John, a gay Illinois small town cop moves to Los Angeles, hoping to fit into a place more welcoming of his sexuality. He soon discovers the "circuit," where he meets an insecure hustler, who draws John into drug abuse and illicit sex.

Actors : Elizabeth Hurley, Denis Leary, Luis Guzmán, Victor Argo,
Directors : Tom DiCillo,

A world-weary police detective who fails to stop a fast-food restaurant massacre struggles to regain his departmental reputation, public image and self-worth.

Actors : Shohreh Aghdashloo, Atossa Leoni, Belinda Waymouth, Mansour,
Directors : Babak Shokrian,

America So Beautiful follows the odyssey of a group of Iranian Immigrants in Los Angeles, trying to find their place in America amidst the unfolding of the 1979 Iran hostage crises. ...

Actors : Chiara Conti, Regina Orioli, Mariella Valentini, Maya Sansa,
Directors : Monica Stambrini,

Mechanic Stella owns a gas station with introvert Lenni. When Stella accidentally kills Lenni's abusive mother, they try to dump the body. They run into trouble, thugs and cops but stick together as they fall in love with each other.

Actors : Neelesha Barthel, Lhakpa Tsering, Shawn Ku, Christy Chung,
Directors : Pan Nalin,

A spiritual love-story set in the majestic landscape of Ladakh, Himalayas. Samsara is a quest; one man's struggle to find spiritual Enlightenment by renouncing the world. And one woman's ...

Actors : Frank Whaley, Carla Gugino, Lynn Cohen, Ethan Hawke,
Directors : Frank Whaley,

A failed New Jersey inventor embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to keep his family together.

Actors : Andy Garcia, Trevor Blumas, Chelsea Field, Vincent Kartheiser,
Directors : Tom McLoughlin,

A seemingly-untroubled adolescent carries disturbing secrets that compel a psychiatrist to unearth the patient's gruesome past.

Actors : Vinny Argiro, Natasha Lyonne, Donnie Montemarano, James Caan,
Directors : Adam Rifkin,

An ex-convict's plans to turn legit go awry.

Actors : Elaine Cassidy, Cillian Murphy, Sarah Gallagher, Charles Bark,
Directors : Kirsten Sheridan,

A twisted rite of passage.

Actors : Bernhard Bettermann, Iris Böhm, Anatoliy Kotenyov, Michael Mendl,
Directors : Hardy Martins,

At the end of WW2, a German POW doing hard labor in the Soviet Gulag escapes from his Siberian camp to return to Germany but he's pursued by a Soviet NKVD officer.

Actors : Amy Ting, Ben Wang, James C. Burns, Chyna Ng,
Directors : Meng Ong,

Miss Wonton begins with the arrival of a young Chinese immigrant, Ah Na (Amy Ting), to her new place of work, the Buddha's Happiness in New York. At Buddha's Happiness, she meets other ...

Actors : Paul Mazursky, Rosamund Kwan, You Ge, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Xiaogang Feng,

Yankie director Don Tyler faces mounting insecurity and declining health while on location in Beijing, so his assistant hires down-and-out camerman YoYo to take the reins. Scrambling, ...

Actors : Hyeong-jin Kong, Cecilia Cheung, Min-sik Choi, Dae-Hoon Jeong,
Directors : Hae-sung Song,

Kangjae, a small time gangster receive a news that his wife Failan is dead. Failan, his wife who he never met.

Actors : Christopher Lambert, Inés Sastre, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow,
Directors : Jacques Dorfmann,

An entire nation's destiny lies in the hands of one man.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Léaud, Catherine Mouchet, Jérémie Renier, Dominique Blanc,
Directors : Bertrand Bonello,

Jacques Laurent made pornographic films in the 1970s and '80s, but had put that aside for 20 years. His artistic ideas, born of the '60s counter-culture, had elevated the entire genre. ...

Actors : Tariq Trotter, Karen Starc, Bonz Malone, David Vadim,
Directors : Marc Levin,

A charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her religious background.

Actors : A Martinez, Kris Park, Elizabeth Banks, Brendan Hines,
Directors : John Henry Davis,

Three friends encounter violence and bigotry in a small college town.

Actors : Oh-seong Yu, Tae-hwa Seo, Dong-gun Jang, Un-taek Jeong,
Directors : Kyung-taek Kwak,

Despite their different family backgrounds, four friends grew up together in the wearisome years of the 70s. But as time goes by, each of them takes a different life path. After enrolling ...

Actors : Ulrich Thomsen, Sam Neill, Gina McKee, Om Puri,
Directors : Ralph Ziman,

A disillusioned ex-Communist is left behind to take care of the animals in the capital's zoological gardens until a U.N. rescue force arrives.