ZFIFE1. [Past] Feature Films: Best of 2001: Critics' 10 Best Synopsis

Submitted by dgeiser13 on Thu, 11/29/2001 - 04:30
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  1. Mulholland Drive (2001) [280]
  2. Hua Yang Nian Hua (2000) (aka In The Mood For Love) [224]
  3. Memento [180]
  4. In The Bedroom [159]
  5. Ghost World [148]
  6. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [134]
  7. The Royal Tenenbaums [122]
  8. Amores Perros (2000) (aka Love's A Bitch) [108]
  9. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence [101]
  10. Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain (aka Amélie) [96]
  11. Moulin Rouge! [89]
  12. Shrek [81]
  13. Waking Life (2001) [79]
  14. Tillsammans (2000) (aka Together) [78]
  15. Dayereh (2000) (aka The Circle) [71]
  16. Gosford Park [71]
  17. The Man Who Wasn't There [71]
  18. Sexy Beast [62]
  19. Hedwig and the Angry Inch [58]
  20. Sous le Sable (2000) (aka Under The Sand) [54]
  21. Werckmeister Harmóniák (2000) (aka Werckmeister Harmonies) [51]
  22. Va Savoir (2001) [49]
  23. Les Glaneurs Et La Glaneuse (2000) (aka The Gleaners and I) [48]
  24. À Ma Soeur! (2001) (aka Fat Girl) [48]
  25. Black Hawk Down [45]
  26. Apocalypse Now Redux [40]
  27. The Deep End [39]
  28. Eureka (2000) [37]
  29. Lantana [35]
  30. Donnie Darko [33]
  31. A Beautiful Mind [31]
  32. Monsters, Inc. [30]
  33. Trolösa (2000) (aka Faithless) [30]
  34. Ali [27]
  35. He Liu (1997) (aka The River) [27]
  36. Roozi Khe Zan Shodam (2000) (aka The Day I Became A Woman) [26]
  37. Wo De Fu Qin Mu Qin (1999) (aka The Road Home) [26]
  38. El Espinazo del Diablo (2001) (aka The Devil's Backbone) [25]
  39. Kyua (1997) (aka Cure) [23]
  40. Our Song (2000) [23]
  41. Monster's Ball [20]
  42. Baran (2001) [19]
  43. La Virgen de los Sicarios (2000) (aka Our Lady of the Assassins) [19]
  44. Himalaya (1999) [17]
  45. Innocence (2000) [16]
  46. The Tailor of Panama [16]
  47. Vanilla Sky [16]
  48. Bridget Jones's Diary [15]
  49. Startup.com (2001) [15]
  50. La Ville Est Tranquille (2000) (aka The Town Is Quiet) [15]
  51. Intimacy (2000) [15]
  52. La Ciénaga (2001) (aka The Swamp) [14]
  53. Sobibor, 14 Octobre 1943, 16 Heures (2001) (aka Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 p.m.) [14]
  54. Odishon (1999) (aka Audition) [13]
  55. The Others [13]
  56. The Anniversary Party (2001) [12]
  57. Ratcatcher (1999) [12]
  58. From Hell [11]
  59. Ginger Snaps (2000) [11]
  60. Lumumba (2000) [11]
  61. Ocean's Eleven [11]
  62. Bande à Part (1964) (Band of Outsiders) [10]
  63. Dekalog (1987) (aka The Decalogue) [10]
  64. L' Emploi du Temps (2001) (aka Time Out) [10]
  65. Harry, Un Ami Qui Vous Veut Du Bien (2000) (aka With A Friend Like Harry) [10]
  66. Kandahar (2001) [10]
  67. Voyages (1999) [10]
  68. Aberdeen (2000) [9]
  69. Battle Royale (2000) [9]
  70. Drôle de Félix (2000) (aka The Adventures of Felix) [9]
  71. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2000) [9]
  72. Wo Hu Cang Long (2000) (aka Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) [9]
  73. La Captive (2000) [8]
  74. Le Goût des Autres (1999) (aka The Taste of Others) [8]
  75. Hatuna Meuheret (2001) (aka Late Marriage) [8]
  76. The House of Mirth (2000) [8]
  77. L.I.E. (2001) [16]
  78. Last Orders (2001) [8]
  79. Last Wedding (2001) [8]
  80. Simon Magus (1999) [8]
  81. Diamond Men (2000) [7]
  82. Dokfa nai meuman (2000) (aka Mysterious Object At Noon) [7]
  83. Éloge de L'amour (2001) (aka In Praise of Love) [7]
  84. Heist [7]
  85. Joy Ride [7]
  86. Musíme Si Pomáhat (2000) (aka Divided We Fall) [7]
  87. Pane e Tulipani (2000) (aka Bread and Tulips) [7]
  88. Tmavomodrý Svet (2001) (aka Dark Blue World) [7]
  89. Yi Yi (2000) [7]
  90. Chunhyang (2000) [6]
  91. Faat Kiné (2000) [6]
  92. The Low Down (2000) [6]
  93. Mua He Chieu Thang Dung (2000) (aka The Vertical Ray of the Sun) [6]
  94. Otesánek (2000) (aka Little Otik) [6]
  95. Le Pacte des Loups (2001) (aka Brotherhood of the Wolf) [6]
  96. Le Placard (2000) (aka The Closet) [6]
  97. Gohatto (1999) (aka Taboo) [5]
  98. Happy Accidents (2000) [5]
  99. The Heart of the World (2000) [5]
  100. The Mummy Returns [5]
  101. The Pledge (2001) [5]
  102. Shallow Hal [5]
  103. Suzhou He (2000) (aka Suzhou River) [5]
  104. The Believer (2001) [4]
  105. Dinner Rush (2000) [4]
  106. The Fighter (2000) [4]
  107. Iris [4]
  108. Krámpack (2000) (aka Nico and Dani) [4]
  109. Spy Kids [4]
  110. 101 Reykjavík (2000) [3]
  111. Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha (1999) [3]
  112. George Washington (2000) [3]
  113. Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale (2000) [3]
  114. LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton (2001) [3]
  115. Liam (2000) [3]
  116. No Man's Land (2001) [3]
  117. The Price of Milk (2000) [3]
  118. Traffic (2000) [3]
  119. The Uncles (2000) [3]
  120. Wet Hot American Summer (2001) [3]
  121. Wit (2001) [3]
  122. Zhantai (2000) (aka Platform) [3]
  123. Big Eden (2000) [2]
  124. A Chronicle of Corpses (2000) [2]
  125. Code Inconnu: Récit Incomplet de Divers Voyages (2000) (aka Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys) [2]
  126. The Dish (2000) [2]
  127. Legally Blonde (2001) [2]
  128. Tape (2001) [2]
  129. Training Day [2]
  130. Siunin Wong Fei-Hung Tsi Titmalau (1993) (aka Iron Monkey) [2]
  131. Josie and the Pussycats (2001) [2]
  132. Treed Murray (2001) [2]
  133. Chopper (2000) [1]
  134. Chuen Jik Sat Sau (2001) (aka Fulltime Killer) [1]
  135. Dark Days (2000) [1]
  136. Ghosts of Mars (2001) [1]
  137. Glitter (2001) [1]
  138. Im Juli (2000) (aka In July) [1]
  139. The King Is Alive (2000) [1]
  140. Rat Race (2001) [1]
  141. You Can Count On Me [1]
Author Comments: 

[Note: Films which I have NOT seen are highlighted in yellow. Of the highlighted those which are available on DVD are in bold.]

One critic, one voice, one top ten list. The number ten film gets 1 point and the number one film gets 10 points. Everything in between is distributed accordingly.

Critics Tallied Herein: Jason Anderson, John Anderson, Melissa Anderson, David Ansen, Michael Atkinson, Andy Bailey, Leslie Camhi, Mark Caro, Richard Corliss, Jane Dark, Thomas Doherty, Roger Ebert, David Edelstein, David Ehrenstein, Justine Elias, Father Geek, F. X. Feeney, Owen Gleiberman, Bob Graham, Edward Guthmann, Adrian Hennigan, J. Hoberman, Stephen Holden, Robert Horton, Desson Hower, Stephen Hunter, Dave Kehr, Rita Kempley, Peter Keough, Harry Knowles, Mick LaSalle, Dennis Lim, Kim Linekin, Phillip Lopate, Patrick McGavin, Margaret McGurk, Carla Meyer, Brian Miller, Elvis Mitchell, Ed Morales, Adam Nayman, Rob Nelson, Andrew O'Hehir, Ed Park, Michael Potemra, Richard Roeper, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Joshua Rothkopf, Mike Rubin, Richard Schickle, Lisa Schwarzbaum, A. O. Scott, Lucius Shepard, Robert Sklar, Gregory Solman, Chuck Stephens, David Sterritt, Charles Taylor, Scott Tobias, Ella Taylor, Peter Travers* (Hollywood, Independent), Catharine Tunnacliffe, Kenneth Turan, Jeffrey Wells, Michael Wilmington, Jessica Winter,

* Peter Travers had 2 top ten lists, one Independent and one Hollywood, both of which are tallied here.

Critics Yet To Tally Herein: Susannah Breslin, Peter Brunette, Cody Clark, Paul Clinton, Jeremiah Kipp, Andy Klein, Kevin Maynard, Sean Means, Max Messier, Christopher Null, Norm Schrager, Amy Taubin, Larry Terenzi, Kevin Thomas,

AJDaGreat07/10/2002

Very comprehensive. You obviously spent a lot of time on this, and I commend you. I was surprised to see "Rat Race" on here at all - while I thought the movie was hilarious, I didn't think any actual critic would put it on his top 10 list. Do you happen to remember which list "Rat Race" came from?

dgeiser1307/10/2002

Thanks for noticing! :-)

Mick LaSalle of the SF Gate had Rat Race in his Top 10. He's linked above.