2001 Films: Ranked

Submitted by hinterland on Sat, 01/27/2007 - 04:49
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  1. -=10=-

  2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, NZ/US) Tolkien

  3. -=9=-

  4. Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott, US) War
  5. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (Shinichirô Watanabe, Japan)
  6. Brotherhood of the Wolf (Christophe Gans, France/Canada) Period Drama/Mystery
  7. Turn (Hideyuki Hirayama, Japan) Afterlife
  8. Vanilla Sky
  9. Revolution OS

  10. -=8=-

  11. Visitor Q
  12. Mulholland Drive
  13. The Happiness of the Katakuris
  14. All About Lily Chou-Chou
  15. The Royal Tenenbaums
  16. Harmful Insect
  17. Go
  18. Elling (Petter Næss, Norway) Comedy/Drama
  19. Clapping With One Hand
  20. Session 9
  21. Metropolis
  22. Musa
  23. Livvakterna [Executive Protection]

  24. -=7=-

  25. My Sassy Girl
  26. Amelie
  27. Avalon
  28. Shaolin Soccer
  29. Take Care of My Cat (Jae-eun Jeong, S. Korea) Coming of Age
  30. Ocean's Eleven
  31. Spirited Away
  32. Donnie Darko
  33. A Beautiful Mind
  34. Failan
  35. Antitrust
  36. Friend (Kyung-Taek Kwak, S. Korea)
  37. The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke, Austria/France)
  38. Frailty
  39. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  40. Pulse
  41. Guns & Talks (Jin Jang, S. Korea)
  42. Lantana
  43. The Experiment
  44. Agitator
  45. Missing Allen
  46. The Others
  47. Dogtown and Z-Boys
  48. Shrek
  49. Address Unknown

  50. -=6=-

  51. Ichi the Killer
  52. Y tu Mama Tambien
  53. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
  54. Hollywood Hong-Kong
  55. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
  56. Besame Mucho
  57. Bad Guy
  58. Freddy Got Fingered (Tom Green, US) Absurd Comedy
  59. Jurassic Park III
  60. Beijing Bicycle
  61. Monsters, Inc.
  62. Tokyo Marigold (Jun Ichikawa, Japan) Romance & Loneliness
  63. Bridget Jones's Diary
  64. Bully
  65. Life as a House
  66. Kissing Jessica Stein
  67. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
  68. Quo Vadis? (Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Poland) History/Drama
  69. Read or Die
  70. Sorum (Jong-chan Yun, S. Korea) Mystery/Drama
  71. Kill Me Later (Dana Lustig, US)

  72. -=5=-

  73. Zoolander
  74. Waterboys
  75. Artificial Intelligence: AI
  76. Shallow Hal
  77. Ghost World
  78. Freedom Downtime
  79. Intacto (Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Spain) Fate/Luck Drama
  80. Not Another Teen Movie
  81. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
  82. Rat Race
  83. Down to Earth (Chris Weitz/Paul Weitz, US) Reincarnated Romance/Comedy
  84. No Turning Back (Julia Montejo/Jesus Nebot, US/Spain)
  85. Hard Ball
  86. Say it Isn't So (James B. Rogers, US) Comedy
  87. Josie and the Pussycats
  88. Blue Spring

  89. -=4=-

  90. In the Bathtub of the World
  91. Saving Silverman
  92. Bungee Jumping of Their Own
  93. Evolution
  94. Wet Hot American Summer (David Wain, US) Camp Comedy
  95. My Wife Is a Gangster
  96. Osmosis Jones
  97. Invincible
  98. The Fast and the Furious
  99. Concent
  100. Hanaukyô meido-tai
  101. Maruf
  102. Kumamoto Monogatari (Takashi Miike, Japan) Bad Culture Pieces

  103. -=3=-

  104. Jeepers Creepers
  105. Tomcats

  106. -=2=-

  107. Flower Island
  108. Waking Life

  109. -=1=-

  110. My First Mister
Author Comments: 

Some of the ratings on this list aren't right. They were made years ago and I don't agree with them anymore but I'm leaving them until I get around to a rewatch.

Ubik03/02/2007

Nice to see a detailed list of 2001. Its my favorite year. Im new here and I actually just posted my first list and I chose 2001 as well. Mine is only at 20 though and just ranked 1-20. I actually forgot about some of those so might reconsider choices on my list. I will have to check out 'Harmful Insect' now as that looks pretty good. Im surprised that you didnt mention 'The Man Who Wasnt There' or 'Haiku Tunnel' anywhere on the list though. I am glad that you mentioned Session 9, Sorum, and Intacto. Why did you rate 'My First Mister' that harshly? I didnt think it was great, and a little too mushy, but I wouldnt go so far as to rate it a 1. Now, speaking of 1s and 2001, 'The Deep End' would be in MY 1 slot; that film was just excruciatingly bad.

hinterland03/22/2007

Firstly, please excuse the delayed response. I've been off in a distant land. Don't want new listologists thinking we ignore messages or anything of the sort.

I'm actually not fond of this list. I wasn't keeping a detailed record/list of what I was watching and I didn't become an avid movie watcher until a few years later, so my 2001 list seems really weak to me. There are definitely a number of 2001 releases I need to see. I'll be sure to add The Man Who Wasn't There and Haiku Tunnel to the list.

I really couldn't stand My First Mister, as you can see. It's one big teenage angst cliche, which I felt was completely out of touch and seemed like something that would be found on the Lifetime network. Then again, I also really hated Harold and Maude, which is the same thing with the sexes reversed, so perhaps I just hate May-December relationship movies.

Ubik03/22/2007

No probs. I wasnt necessarily counting on a response anyway. Youre right about the feel of My First Mister, but I cant directly compare it to Harold And Maude since Ive never seen that. For just getting into movies, you sure have seen *quite* a large number of them just for 2001 alone. You will love The Man Who Wasnt There. Be patient with it though...the best parts are more towards the end.