Best movies of 2001

Actors : Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann,
Directors : Alejandro Amenábar,

A woman who lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her family home is haunted.

Actors : Stockard Channing, Frederick Weller, Mary Testa, Julia Stiles,
Directors : Patrick Stettner,

Two businesswomen bond and reveal their inner natures while getting carried away on a revenge attack against an accused rapist.

Actors : Mathieu Kassovitz, Audrey Tautou, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Jeunet,

Amélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.

Actors : Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Eduardo Noriega,
Directors : Guillermo del Toro,

After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets that he must uncover.

Actors : Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan, Eddie Kaye Thomas,
Directors : Tom Green,

An unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he begins to spread rumors that his father is sexually abusing Freddy.

Actors : Edward Norton, Robert De Niro, Angela Bassett, Marlon Brando,
Directors : Frank Oz,

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

Actors : Brooke Smith, Marylouise Burke, Mark Woodbury, Michael Kaycheck,
Directors : Daniel Minahan,

A TV program selects people at random to kill one another for fame and their freedom.

Actors : Julie Bowen, Kelly Lynch, Tim Allen, Greg Germann,
Directors : John Pasquin,

When Joe is beat up by a co-worker in front of his daughter on "Bring Your Child To Work Day", he decides to fight back.

Actors : Marianne Basler, Hélène de Fougerolles, Jeanne Balibar, Sergio Castellitto,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

Quick-witted, well-read cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre, romanticism and theft.

Actors : Michelle Williams, Ella Jones, Anna Popplewell, Anna Friel,
Directors : Sandra Goldbacher,

Two best friends grow up on the Isle of Wight and in Brighton in the 1970s and 1980s.

Actors : Hugh Grant, Renée Zellweger, Gemma Jones, Colin Firth,
Directors : Sharon Maguire,

A British woman is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary.

Actors : Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Catherine Deneuve, Justin Chambers,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

Alexander Dumas' novel is updated with an eastern influence as D'Artagnan attempts to join the king's elite guards, the Royal Musketeers, and find the man who killed his parents.

Actors : Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards, Haley Joel Osment,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.

Actors : Colin Farrell, Scott Caan, Ali Larter, Gabriel Macht,
Directors : Les Mayfield,

When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is ...

Actors : Stephen Chow, Yat-Fei Wong, Wei Zhao, Man-Tat Ng,
Directors : Stephen Chow,

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

Actors : Freddie Prinze Jr., Shalom Harlow, Ivana Milicevic, Monica Potter,
Directors : Mark Waters,

A young woman is attracted to a man despite her thinking she's seen him kill someone.

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, Patricia Clarkson, Glenn Close, Mary Kay Place,
Directors : Rose Troche,

A series of overlapping stories about four suburban families dealing with different maladies. Esther Gold's life is consumed by caring for her comatose son; Jim Train is sent into a ...

Actors : Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Ann Magnuson, Damir Andrei,
Directors : Kasi Lemmons,

A cave-dwelling man sets out to track down the killer of a homeless boy, and bring him to justice.

Actors : Angela Lindvall, Jeremy Davies, Élodie Bouchez, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Roman Coppola,

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.

Actors : Leelee Sobieski, Albert Brooks, Rutanya Alda, Natasha Braisewell,
Directors : Christine Lahti,

A 17-year-old girl has a troubled relationship with a 49-year-old man.