Best Drama movies of 2001

Actors : Herman Osorio, Jay Hernandez, Kirsten Dunst, Bruce Davison,
Directors : John Stockwell,

At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from an affluent neighborhood.

Actors : Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Adrien Brody, Simon Baker,
Directors : Charles Shyer,

In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.

Actors : Merab Ninidze, Juliane Köhler, Matthias Habich, Sidede Onyulo,
Directors : Caroline Link,

A German Jewish refugee family moves to and adjusts to a farm life in 1930s Kenya.

Actors : Andie MacDowell, Anna Chancellor, Kenny Doughty, Imelda Staunton,
Directors : John McKay,

Three female friends behave badly.

Actors : Tunde Adebimpe, Raul A. Reyes, Alan Gryfe, Hippolyte Girardot,
Directors : Joel Hopkins,

A young Nigerian man on the verge of being in an arranged marriage, suddenly questions his situation after an encounter with a stunning Latin woman, who is also about to be married.

Actors : Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinée Khanjian,
Directors : Catherine Breillat,

Two sisters confront their sexual attitudes and experiences while on a family holiday.

Actors : Eduardo Blanco, Ricardo Darín, Héctor Alterio, Norma Aleandro,
Directors : Juan José Campanella,

At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time ...

Actors : David Gallagher, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Angarano, Evan Rachel Wood,
Directors : Blair Treu,

Emily Lindstrom, 14, is an aspiring concert violinist; she's spending the summer practicing for a big audition while her girlfriends are at camp. She's also got a thriving neighborhood ...

Actors : Paul Dano, Bruce Altman, Billy Kay, Brian Cox,
Directors : Michael Cuesta,

A 15-year-old Long Island boy loses everything and everyone he knows, soon becoming involved in a relationship with a much older man.

Actors : Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes, Bryan Hearne,
Directors : Brian Robbins,

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

Actors : Cameron Diaz, Christopher Eccleston, Jordana Brewster, Blythe Danner,
Directors : Adam Brooks,

A teenage girl travels to Paris in the 1970s trying to find out about her sister's suicide, and falls in love with her dead sister's boyfriend.

Actors : Serge Livrozet, Jean-Pierre Mangeot, Karin Viard, Aurélien Recoing,
Directors : Laurent Cantet,

An unemployed man finds his life sinking more and more into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends.

Actors : Adrian Grenier, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Eric Stoltz, Joey Lauren Adams,
Directors : James Toback,

A basketball player strikes a deal with the mob to fix a basketball game.

Actors : Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Ken Magee, Tim Robbins,
Directors : Michel Gondry,

A woman is in love with a man in love with another woman, and all three have designs on a young man raised as an ape.

Actors : Scott Gurney, Michael Cunio, Roxanne Day, Taylor Negron,

A young man employed as a fluffer in the adult entertainment industry finds himself falling for a gay-for-pay porn star whose hedonistic lifestyle may lead them both to destruction.

Actors : Om Puri, James Fox, Aasif Mandvi, Albert Laveau,
Directors : Ismail Merchant,

In 1950s Trinidad, a frustrated writer supports himself as a masseur--and soon becomes a revered mystic and politico.

Actors : Vivica A. Fox, LL Cool J, Loretta Devine, Jada Pinkett Smith,
Directors : Doug McHenry,

A group of old family members bands together when a despicable family member thankfully expires.

Actors : Anthony LaPaglia, David Wenham, Sibylla Budd, Steve Rodgers,
Directors : Robert Connolly,

The Bank is a thriller about banking, corruption and alchemy.

Actors : August Zirner, Sergio Castellitto, Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste,
Directors : Sandra Nettelbeck,

When a headstrong chef takes charge of her equally stubborn 8-year-old niece, the tensions between them mount... until an Italian sous-chef arrives to lighten the mood.

Actors : Wes Bentley, Melissa Sagemiller, Casey Affleck, Eliza Dushku,
Directors : Stephen Carpenter,

A co-ed is caught between the world of the living and the dead.