2001 In Film

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The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Significant non-English language films released included Monsoon Wedding and Amélie.

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2001^[1]

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide gross
1.	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Warner Bros.	$974,755,371
2.	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	New Line Cinema	$871,530,324
3.	Monsters, Inc.	Disney / Pixar	$525,366,597[2]
4.	Shrek	DreamWorks	$484,409,218
5.	Ocean's Eleven	Warner Bros	$450,717,150
6.	Pearl Harbor	Touchstone	$449,220,945
7.	The Mummy Returns	Universal	$433,013,274
8.	Jurassic Park III	Universal	$368,780,809
9.	Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox	$362,211,740
10.	Hannibal	MGM / Universal	$351,692,268

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has grossed $974.7 million; it was the highest-grossing film in the Harry Potter film franchise until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 surpassed it in 2011.

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• August 8 – Actor Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman get divorced.
• November 2 – Monsters, Inc. debuts with the best ticket sales ever for an animated film and the 6th best of all time.
• November 4 and December 19 – The beginning of two film series based on best-sellers: Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings, respectively.

Award ceremonies

• 6th Empire Awards

Awards

Category/Organization	7th Critics' Choice Awards January 11, 2002	59th Golden Globe Awards January 20, 2002		55th BAFTA Awards February 24, 2002	8th Screen Actors Guild Awards March 9, 2002	74th Academy Awards March 24, 2002
		Drama	Musical or Comedy
Best Film	A Beautiful Mind		Moulin Rouge!	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	N/A	A Beautiful Mind
Best Director	Ron Howard A Beautiful Mind Baz Luhrmann Moulin Rouge!	Robert Altman Gosford Park		Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	N/A	Ron Howard A Beautiful Mind
Best Actor	Russell Crowe A Beautiful Mind		Gene Hackman The Royal Tenenbaums	Russell Crowe A Beautiful Mind		Denzel Washington Training Day
Best Actress	Sissy Spacek In the Bedroom		Nicole Kidman Moulin Rouge!	Judi Dench Iris	Halle Berry Monster's Ball
Best Supporting Actor	Ben Kingsley Sexy Beast	Jim Broadbent Iris		Jim Broadbent Moulin Rouge!	Ian McKellen The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Jim Broadbent Iris
Best Supporting Actress	Jennifer Connelly A Beautiful Mind				Helen Mirren Gosford Park	Jennifer Connelly A Beautiful Mind
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Christopher Nolan Memento	Akiva Goldsman A Beautiful Mind		Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger S. H. Schulman Shrek	N/A	Akiva Goldsman A Beautiful Mind
Best Screenplay, Original				Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet Amélie	N/A	Julian Fellowes Gosford Park
Best Animated Film	Shrek	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Shrek
Best Original Score	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Howard Shore	Moulin Rouge! Craig Armstrong			N/A	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Howard Shore
Best Original Song	"May It Be" The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	"Until..." Kate & Leopold		N/A	N/A	"If I Didn't Have You" Monsters, Inc.
Best Foreign Language Film	Amélie	No Man's Land		Love's a Bitch	N/A	No Man's Land

2001 Wide-release films

January–March

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J A N U A R Y	12	Antitrust	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Peter Howitt (director); Howard Franklin (screenplay); Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, Rachael Leigh Cook, Claire Forlani	Thriller	Live Action
		Double Take	Touchstone Pictures	Eddie Griffin, Orlando Jones, Edward Herrmann, Gary Grubbs, Daniel Roebuck, Sterling Macer Jr	Comedy	Live Action
		Save the Last Dance	Paramount Pictures / MTV Films	Thomas Carter (director); Duane Adler, Cheryl Edwards (screenplay); Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Terry Kinney	Drama	Live Action
	19	The Pledge	Warner Bros.	Sean Penn (director); Jerzy Kromolowski, Mary Olson-Kromolowski (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Aaron Eckhart, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright, Vanessa Redgrave, Sam Shepard	Mystery	Live Action
	26	Sugar & Spice	New Line Cinema	Rachel Blanchard, Alexandra Holden, Sara Marsh, James Marsden	Crime, Comedy	Live Action
		The Wedding Planner	Columbia Pictures	Adam Shankman (director); Michael Ellis, Pamela Falk (screenplay); Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
F E B R U A R Y	2	Head over Heels	Universal Pictures	Mark Waters (director); John J. Strauss, Ed Decter, David Kidd, Ron Burch (screenplay); Monica Potter, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Shalom Harlow	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		Valentine	Warner Bros.	Jamie Blanks (director); Donna Powers, Wayne Powers, Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts (screenplay); David Boreanaz, Denise Richards, Marley Shelton, Katherine Heigl	Horror	Live Action
	9	Hannibal	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Universal Pictures	Ridley Scott (director); David Mamet, Steven Zaillian (screenplay); Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta, Frankie R. Faison, Giancarlo Giannini, Francesca Neri, Željko Ivanek, Hazelle Goodman, David Andrews, Francis Guinan, Mark Margolis	Horror, Thriller	Live Action
		Saving Silverman	Columbia Pictures	Dennis Dugan (director); Hank Nelken, Greg DePaul (screenplay); Jason Biggs, Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Amanda Peet, Amanda Detmer, R. Lee Ermey, Neil Diamond	Comedy	Live Action
	16	Recess: School's Out	Walt Disney Pictures	Chuck Sheetz (director); Jonathan Greenberg (screenplay); Rickey D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, James Woods, Paul Willson, Ashley Johnson, Andrew Lawrence, Courtland Mead, Melissa Joan Hart, Pamela Segall, Dabney Coleman, April Winchell	Comedy, Mystery	Animation
		Down to Earth	Paramount Pictures	Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz (director); Chris Rock, Lance Crouther, Ali LeRoi, Louis C.K. (screenplay); Chris Rock, Regina King, Mark Addy, Eugene Levy, Frankie R. Faison, Greg Germann, Jennifer Coolidge, Chazz Palminteri	Comedy	Live Action
		Revolution OS	New Line Cinema	J. T. S. Moore (director/screenplay); Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, Eric S. Raymond, Bruce Perens	Documentary	Live Action
		Super Troopers	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Jay Chandrasekhar (director); Broken Lizard (screenplay); Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Brian Cox, Marisa Coughlan	Comedy	Live Action
		Sweet November	Warner Bros.	Pat O'Connor (director); Paul Yurick, Kurt Voelker (screenplay); Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, Jason Isaacs, Greg Germann, Liam Aiken, Lauren Graham, Frank Langella	Romance, Drama	Live Action
	23	3000 Miles to Graceland	Warner Bros.	Demian Lichtenstein (director/screenplay); Richard Recco (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox Arquette, Christian Slater, Kevin Pollak, David Arquette, Jon Lovitz, Howie Long, Thomas Haden Church, Bokeem Woodbine, Ice-T	Crime	Live Action
		Monkeybone	20th Century Fox	Henry Selick (director); Sam Hamm (screenplay); Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, Whoopi Goldberg, Rose McGowan, Giancarlo Esposito, John Turturro	Comedy, Fantasy	Live Action/Animation
M A R C H	2	The Mexican	DreamWorks Pictures	Gore Verbinski (director); J. H. Wyman (screenplay); Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini, J. K. Simmons	Comedy	Live Action
		See Spot Run	Warner Bros.	David Arquette, Angus T. Jones, Paul Sorvino, Michael Clarke Duncan	Comedy	Live Action
	9	15 Minutes	New Line Cinema	John Herzfeld (director/screenplay); Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Avery Brooks, Karel Roden, Oleg Taktarov, Melina Kanakaredes	Thriller	Live Action
		Get Over It	Miramax Films	Tommy O'Haver (director); R. Lee Fleming, Jr. (screenplay); Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Melissa Sagemiller, Sisqó, Shane West, Colin Hanks, Swoosie Kurtz, Ed Begley, Jr., Zoe Saldana, Mila Kunis, Carmen Electra, Martin Short	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
	16	Enemy at the Gates	Paramount Pictures	Jean-Jacques Annaud (director/screenplay); Alain Godard (screenplay); Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Bob Hoskins, Ed Harris, Ron Perlman	Action, Drama	Live Action
		Exit Wounds	Warner Bros.	Andrzej Bartkowiak (director); Ed Horowitz, Richard D'Ovidio (screenplay); Steven Seagal, DMX	Action	Live Action
		Memento	Summit Entertainment	Christopher Nolan (director/screenplay); Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano	Thriller	Live Action
	23	The Brothers	Screen Gems	Gary Hardwick (director/screenplay); Morris Chestnut, D. L. Hughley, Bill Bellamy, Shemar Moore, Gabrielle Union	Comedy, Romance	Live Action
		Heartbreakers	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	David Mirkin (director); Robert Dunn, Paul Guay, Stephen Mazur (screenplay); Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta, Jason Lee, Gene Hackman	Romance	Live Action
		Say It Isn't So	20th Century Fox	J. B. Rogers (director); Peter Gaulke, Gerry Swallow (screenplay); Chris Klein, Heather Graham, Sally Field	Comedy	Live Action
	30	Someone Like You	20th Century Fox	Tony Goldwyn (director); Elizabeth Chandler (screenplay); Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		Spy Kids	Dimension Films	Robert Rodriguez (director/screenplay); Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alan Cumming, Teri Hatcher, Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo, Robert Patrick, Tony Shalhoub, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara	Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Family	Live Action
		The Tailor of Panama	Columbia Pictures	John Boorman (director/screenplay); Andrew Davies, John le Carré (screenplay); Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Radcliffe, Catherine McCormack, Harold Pinter	Thriller	Live Action
		Tomcats	Columbia Pictures	Gregory Poirier (director/screenplay); Jerry O'Connell, Shannon Elizabeth, Jake Busey	Comedy	Live Action

April–June

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
A P R I L	6	Along Came a Spider	Paramount Pictures	Monica Potter, Michael Wincott	Thriller	Live Action
		Blow	New Line Cinema	Ted Demme (director); Nick Cassavetes, David McKenna (screenplay); Johnny Depp, Jordi Mollà, Penélope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Paul Reubens, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths	Biography	Live Action
		Just Visiting	Hollywood Pictures	Jean-Marie Gaubert (director); Jean-Marie Poiré, Christian Clavier, John Hughes (screenplay); Jean Reno, Christina Applegate, Christian Clavier, Malcolm McDowell, Tara Reid, Bridgette Wilson	Comedy	Live Action
		Pokémon 3: The Movie	Warner Bros.	Kunihiko Yuyama (director); Hideki Sonoda, Takeshi Shudo (screenplay); Veronica Taylor, Ikue Ōtani, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Lisa Ortiz, Ted Lewis, Kayzie Rogers, Ryan Drummond, Tara Jayne, Roger Kay, Ken Gates, Amy Birnbaum, Lee Quick, Kathy Pilon, Peter R. Bird, Stuart Zagnit, Dan Green	Fantasy	Animation
	13	Bridget Jones's Diary	Miramax Films	Sharon Maguire (director); Andrew Davies, Richard Curtis (screenplay); Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Embeth Davidtz, Gemma Jones	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		Joe Dirt	Columbia Pictures	Dennie Gordon (director); David Spade, Fred Wolf (screenplay); David Spade, Brittany Daniel, Dennis Miller, Adam Beach, Christopher Walken, Jaime Pressly, Kid Rock, Fred Ward	Adventure, Comedy	Live Action
		Josie and the Pussycats	Universal Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan (director/screenplay); Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Alan Cumming, Parker Posey, Gabriel Mann, Paulo Costanzo, Missi Pyle, Eugene Levy, Justin Chatwin, Breckin Meyer, Katharine Isabelle	Comedy, Musical	Live Action
		Kingdom Come	20th Century Fox	Doug McHenry (director); David Dean Bottrell, Jessie Jones (screenplay); LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Anthony Anderson, Toni Braxton, Whoopi Goldberg	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	20	Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles	Paramount Pictures	Simon Wincer (director); Matthew Berry, Eric Abrams (screenplay); Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Jere Burns, Jonathan Banks, Aida Turturro, Paul Rodriguez	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		Freddy Got Fingered	20th Century Fox	Tom Green (director/screenplay); Derek Harvie (screenplay); Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Harland Williams, Anthony Michael Hall, Julie Hagerty	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	27	Driven	Warner Bros.	Renny Harlin (director); Sylvester Stallone (screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds, Kip Pardue, Til Schweiger, Gina Gershon, Estella Warren, Cristián de la Fuente	Action, Drama	Live Action
		Town & Country	New Line Cinema	Peter Chelsom (director); Michael Laughlin, Buck Henry (screenplay); Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Garry Shandling, Andie MacDowell, Jenna Elfman, Nastassja Kinski, Charlton Heston	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
M A Y	4	Mockingbird Don't Sing	Paramount Pictures	Harry Bromley Davenport (director); Daryl Haney (screenplay); Tarra Steele, Melissa Errico, Sean Young, Kim Darby	Horror	Live Action
		The Mummy Returns	Universal Pictures	Stephen Sommers (director/screenplay); Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Freddie Boath, Oded Fehr, Arnold Vosloo, Patricia Velásquez, Alun Armstrong, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Shaun Parkes, Dwayne Johnson	Adventure	Live Action
	11	A Knight's Tale	Columbia Pictures	Brian Helgeland (director/screenplay); Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Rufus Sewell, Paul Bettany, Shannyn Sossamon, Alan Tudyk	Adventure, Comedy	Live Action
	18	Angel Eyes	Warner Bros.	Luis Mandoki (director); Gerald Di Pego (screenplay); Jennifer Lopez, Jim Caviezel, Jeremy Sisto, Terrence Howard, Sônia Braga	Romance, Drama	Live Action
		Shrek	DreamWorks Pictures	Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson (director); Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S. H. Schulman (screenplay); Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow	Comedy, fantasy	Animation
	25	Pearl Harbor	Touchstone Pictures	Michael Bay (director); Randall Wallace (screenplay); Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Colm Feore, Mako, Alec Baldwin	Action, Drama	Live Action
J U N E	1	The Animal	Columbia Pictures	Luke Greenfield (director); Rob Schneider, Tom Brady (screenplay); Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, John C. McGinley, Guy Torry, Edward Asner	Comedy	Live Action
		Moulin Rouge!	20th Century Fox	Baz Luhrmann (director/screenplay); Craig Pearce (screenplay); Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh, John Leguizamo, Jacek Koman, Caroline O'Connor	Musical	Live Action
		What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Sam Weisman (director); Matthew Chapman (screenplay); Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito	Comedy	Live Action
	8	Evolution	DreamWorks Pictures / Columbia Pictures	Ivan Reitman (director); David Diamond, David Weissman, Don Jakoby (screenplay); David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Julianne Moore, Ted Levine, Ethan Suplee, Ty Burrell, Dan Aykroyd, Michael Bower, Pat Kilbane, Katharine Towne, Gregory Itzin, Stephanie Hodge, Kyle Gass, Sarah Silverman, Richard Moll, Tom Davis, Jerry Trainor, Miriam Flynn, John Cho, Caroline Reitman, Ashley Clark	Sci-Fi, Comedy	Live Action
		Swordfish	Warner Bros.	Dominic Sena (director); Skip Woods (screenplay); John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Vinnie Jones	Thriller	Live Action
	15	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Walt Disney Pictures	Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise (director); Tab Murphy (screenplay); Michael J. Fox, Cree Summer, James Garner, Corey Burton, Don Novello, Phil Morris, John Mahoney, Claudia Christian, Jacqueline Obradors, Florence Stanley, David Ogden Stiers, Jim Varney, Leonard Nimoy	Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller	Animation
		Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Paramount Pictures	Simon West (director); Patrick Massett, John Zinman (screenplay); Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Chris Barrie, Iain Glen, Noah Taylor, Daniel Craig	Action, Fantasy	Live Action
	22	Dr. Dolittle 2	20th Century Fox	Steve Carr (director); Hugh Lofting, Larry Levin (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Raven-Symoné, Steve Zahn, Norm Macdonald, Lisa Kudrow, Jeffrey Jones, Kevin Pollak, Steve Irwin	Comedy	Live Action
		The Fast and the Furious	Universal Pictures	Rob Cohen (director); Gary Scott Thompson, Erik Bergquist, David Ayer (screenplay); Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune, Chad Lindberg, Johnny Strong, Matt Schulze, Ted Levine, Thom Barry	Action	Live Action
	29	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	DreamWorks Pictures / Warner Bros.	Steven Spielberg (director/screenplay); Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson, William Hurt, Ben Kingsley, Robin Williams, Meryl Streep, Chris Rock, April Grace, Clark Gregg, Kathryn Morris, Sam Robards, Enrico Colantoni, Jake Thomas, Ashley Scott, Jack Angel	Sci-Fi, Drama	Live Action
		Baby Boy	Columbia Pictures	John Singleton (director/screenplay); Tyrese Gibson, Omar Gooding, Taraji P. Henson, A.J. Johnson, Snoop Dogg, Ving Rhames	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		Crazy/Beautiful	Touchstone Pictures	John Stockwell (director); Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi (screenplay); Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, Bruce Davison, Taryn Manning	Romance, Drama	Live Action

July–September

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
J U L Y	4	Cats & Dogs	Warner Bros.	Lawrence Guterman (director); John Requa, Glenn Ficarra (screenplay); Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alexander Pollock, Tobey Maguire, Alec Baldwin, Charlton Heston	Action, Comedy	Live Action
	6	Kiss of the Dragon	20th Century Fox	Chris Nahon (director); Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay); Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tchéky Karyo, Max Ryan	Martial Arts	Live Action
		Scary Movie 2	Dimension Films	Keenen Ivory Wayans (director); Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Alyson Fouse, Greg Grabianski, Dave Polsky, Michael Anthony Snowden, Craig Wayans (screenplay); Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Chris Masterson, Kathleen Robertson, David Cross, James Woods, Tim Curry, Tori Spelling, Chris Elliott	Comedy, Spoof	Live Action
	13	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	Columbia Pictures	Hironobu Sakaguchi, Moto Sakakibara (director); Al Reinert, Jeff Vintar (screenplay); Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Donald Sutherland, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin	Sci-Fi	Animation
		Legally Blonde	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Robert Luketic (director); Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith (screenplay); Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge	Comedy	Live Action
		The Score	Paramount Pictures	Frank Oz (director); Scott Marshall Smith, Daniel E. Taylor, Kario Salem (screenplay); Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Angela Bassett	Crime, Thriller	Live Action
	18	Jurassic Park III	Universal Pictures	Michael Jeter, Laura Dern	Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller	Live Action
	20	America's Sweethearts	Columbia Pictures	Joe Roth (director); Billy Crystal, Peter Tolan (screenplay); Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
	27	Planet of the Apes	20th Century Fox	Tim Burton (director); William Broyles, Jr., Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti, Estella Warren	Sci-Fi	Live Action
A U G U S T	3	Original Sin	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Michael Cristofer (director); Cornell Woolrich, Michael Cristofer (screenplay); Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane, Jack Thompson	Romance, Thriller	Live Action
		The Princess Diaries	Walt Disney Pictures	Garry Marshall (director); Gina Wendkos (screenplay); Anne Hathaway, Heather Matarazzo, Héctor Elizondo, Mandy Moore, Caroline Goodall, Robert Schwartzman, Julie Andrews	Comedy	Live Action
		Rush Hour 2	New Line Cinema	Brett Ratner (director); Jeff Nathanson (screenplay); Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Alan King, Roselyn Sánchez, Harris Yulin, Zhang Ziyi	Action, Comedy	Live Action
	10	American Pie 2	Universal Pictures	J. B. Rogers (director); Adam Herz (screenplay); Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan, Natasha Lyonne, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, Eugene Levy	Comedy	Live Action
		Osmosis Jones	Warner Bros.	Tom Sito, Piet Kroon, Robert Farrelly, Peter Farrelly (director); Marc Hyman (screenplay); Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne, David Hyde Pierce, Brandy Norwood, William Shatner, Molly Shannon, Chris Elliott, Bill Murray	Comedy	Live Action/Animation
		The Others	Dimension Films	Alejandro Amenábar (director/screenplay); Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Elaine Cassidy, Eric Sykes, Alakina Mann, James Bentley	Horror	Live Action
	17	American Outlaws	Warner Bros.	Les Mayfield (director); Roderick Taylor, John Rogers (screenplay); Colin Farrell, Scott Caan, Ali Larter, Nathaniel Arcand, Gabriel Macht, Gregory Smith, Harris Yulin, Will McCormack, Ronny Cox, Terry O'Quinn, Kathy Bates, Timothy Dalton	Western	Live Action
		Captain Corelli's Mandolin	Universal Pictures	John Madden (director); Shawn Slovo (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale, David Morrissey, Irene Papas	Drama	Live Action
		Rat Race	Paramount Pictures	Jerry Zucker (director); Andy Breckman (screenplay); John Cleese, Breckin Meyer, Amy Smart, Rowan Atkinson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Whoopi Goldberg, Seth Green, Vince Vieluf, Jon Lovitz, Lanai Chapman, Kathy Najimy, Dave Thomas, Wayne Knight	Comedy	Live Action
	24	Jeepers Creepers	United Artists	Victor Salva (director/screenplay); Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck, Patricia Belcher, Brandon Smith, Eileen Brennan	Horror	Live Action
		O	Lions Gate Entertainment	Tim Blake Nelson (director); Brad Kaaya (screenplay); Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Andrew Keegan, Julia Stiles, Rain Phoenix, Elden Henson, Martin Sheen, John Heard	Drama	Live Action
	31	Bubble Boy	Touchstone Pictures	Blair Hayes (director); Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio (screenplay); Jake Gyllenhaal, Swoosie Kurtz, Marley Shelton, Danny Trejo, John Carroll Lynch, Verne Troyer	Comedy	Live Action
		Ghosts of Mars	Screen Gems	John Carpenter (director/screenplay); Larry Sulkis (screenplay); Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Pam Grier, Clea DuVall, Joanna Cassidy	Sci-Fi, Horror	Live Action
		Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Dimension Films	Kevin Smith (director/screenplay); Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Jason Lee, Ben Affleck, Shannon Elizabeth, Eliza Dushku, Will Ferrell, Ali Larter, Chris Rock, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson	Comedy	Live Action
		Summer Catch	Warner Bros.	Mike Tollin (director); Kevin Falls, John Gatins (screenplay); Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jessica Biel, Fred Ward, Jason Gedrick, Brittany Murphy, Gabriel Mann, Bruce Davison, Marc Blucas, Matthew Lillard, Brian Dennehy	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
S E P T E M B E R	7	Megiddo: The Omega Code 2	Gener8Xion Entertainment	Brian Trenchard-Smith (director); Stephan Blinn, Hollis Barton, John Fasano (screenplay); Michael York, Michael Biehn, Diane Venora, R. Lee Ermey, Udo Kier, and Franco Nero	Thriller	Live Action
		The Musketeer	Universal Pictures	Peter Hyams (director); Gene Quintano (screenplay); Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Tim Roth, Justin Chambers	Action	Live Action
		Rock Star	Warner Bros.	Stephen Herek (director); John Stockwell (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Dominic West, Timothy Spall, Timothy Olyphant	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		Soul Survivors	Summit Entertainment	Stephen Carpenter (director/screenplay); Melissa Sagemiller, Casey Affleck, Eliza Dushku, Wes Bentley, Luke Wilson	Horror	Live Action
		Two Can Play That Game	Screen Gems	(director); (screenplay); Vivica A. Fox, Morris Chestnut, Anthony Anderson, Gabrielle Union, Wendy Raquel Robinson	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
	14	The Glass House	Columbia Pictures	Mark Brown (director); Chris Noth	Thriller	Live Action
		Hardball	Paramount Pictures	Brian Robbins (director); John Gatins (screenplay); Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, D. B. Sweeney, Michael B. Jordan	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	21	Glitter	Columbia Pictures / 20th Century Fox	Vondie Curtis Hall (director); Kate Lanier (screenplay); Mariah Carey, Max Beesley, Terrence Howard, Da Brat, Tia Texada, Eric Benét, Valarie Pettiford, Ann Magnuson, Dorian Harewood, Padma Lakshmi, Bill Sage, Isabel Gomes, Lindsey Pickering, Courtnie Beceiro, Grant Nickalls, Kate Stebbins, Kim Roberts	Romance, Musical	Live Action
	28	Don't Say a Word	20th Century Fox	Gary Fleder (director); Anthony Peckham, Patrick Smith Kelly (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Guy Torry, Jennifer Esposito, Famke Janssen, Oliver Platt	Thriller	Live Action
		Hearts in Atlantis	Warner Bros.	Scott Hicks (director); William Goldman (screenplay); Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis, Mika Boorem, David Morse	Drama, Thriller	Live Action
		Zoolander	Paramount Pictures	Ben Stiller (director); Drake Sather, Ben Stiller, John Hamburg (screenplay); Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor, Milla Jovovich, Jerry Stiller, David Duchovny, Jon Voight	Comedy	Live Action

October–December

Opening		Title	Studio	Cast and crew	Genre	Medium
O C T O B E R	5	Joy Ride	20th Century Fox	John Dahl (director); J. J. Abrams, Clay Tarver (screenplay); Paul Walker, Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, Jessica Bowman	Thriller, Adventure	Live Action
		Max Keeble's Big Move	Walt Disney Pictures	Tim Hill (director); David L. Watts, James Greer, Jonathan Bernstein, Mark Blackwell (screenplay); Alex D. Linz, Josh Peck, Zena Grey, Larry Miller, Robert Carradine, Nora Dunn, Jamie Kennedy	Comedy	Live Action
		Serendipity	Miramax Films	Peter Chelsom (director); Marc Klein (screenplay); John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Bridget Moynahan, John Corbett, Jeremy Piven, Eugene Levy, Molly Shannon	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		Training Day	Warner Bros.	Antoine Fuqua (director); David Ayer (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Eva Mendes, Scott Glenn	Crime, Drama	Live Action
	12	Bandits	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Barry Levinson (director); Harley Peyton (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett	Crime, Comedy	Live Action
		Corky Romano	Touchstone Pictures	Rob Pritts (director); David Garrett, Jason Ward (screenplay); Chris Kattan, Vinessa Shaw, Peter Berg, Chris Penn, Richard Roundtree, Fred Ward, Peter Falk, Matthew Glave, Roger Fan, Dave Sheridan	Comedy	Live Action
		Iron Monkey	Miramax Films	Woo-ping (director); Tsui Hark (screenplay); Donnie Yen, Yu Rongguang, Jean Wang, Angie Tsang, Yuen Shun-yi	Martial Arts	Live Action
	19	From Hell	20th Century Fox	Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes (director); Terry Hayes, Rafael Yglesias (screenplay); Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson, Jason Flemyng	Horror, Mystery	Live Action
		The Last Castle	DreamWorks Pictures	Rod Lurie (director); David Scarpa, Graham Yost, Sam Mercer (screenplay); Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Steve Burton, Delroy Lindo	Drama	Live Action
		Riding in Cars with Boys	Columbia Pictures	Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, James Woods, Lorraine Bracco, Sara Gilbert, Vincent Pastore	Biography	Live Action
	26	K-PAX	Universal Pictures	Iain Softley (director); Charles Leavitt (screenplay); Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard	Sci-Fi, Mystery	Live Action
		On the Line	Miramax Films	Eric Bross (director); Eric Aronson, Paul Stanton (screenplay); Lance Bass, Joey Fatone, Emmanuelle Chriqui, GQ, Al Green, Tamala Jones, Dave Foley, Jerry Stiller	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
		Thirteen Ghosts	Warner Bros. / Columbia Pictures	Steve Beck (director); Robb White, Neal Marshall Stevens (screenplay); Tony Shalhoub, Matthew Lillard, Embeth Davidtz, Shannon Elizabeth, Rah Digga, F. Murray Abraham, J. R. Bourne, Adam Kaminski, Alec Roberts	Horror	Live Action
N O V E M B E R	2	Domestic Disturbance	Paramount Pictures	Harold Becker (director); Lewis Colick, William S. Comanor, Gary Drucker (screenplay); John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo, Matt O'Leary, Steve Buscemi	Thriller	Live Action
		Monsters, Inc.	Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar	Pete Docter (director); Andrew Stanton, Daniel Gerson (screenplay); John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly, Frank Oz	Comedy, Fantasy	Animation
		The One	Columbia Pictures	Jet Li, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham, Carla Gugino	Action	Live Action
	9	Heist	Warner Bros.	David Mamet (director/screenplay); Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon	Crime	Live Action
		Life as a House	New Line Cinema	Irwin Winkler (director); Mark Andrus (screenplay); Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hayden Christensen, Jena Malone, Mary Steenburgen	Drama	Live Action
		Shallow Hal	20th Century Fox	Peter Farrelly, Robert Farrelly (directors/screenplay); Sean Moynihan (screenplay); Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
	16	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Warner Bros.	Chris Columbus (director); Steve Kloves (screenplay); Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, John Cleese, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, Ian Hart, John Hurt, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters	Fantasy	Live Action
		The Wash	Lions Gate Entertainment	Angell Conwell, Tom Lister, Jr., Eminem, Bruce Bruce	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
	21	Black Knight	20th Century Fox	Gil Junger (director); Darryl J. Quarles, Peter Gaulke, Gerry Swallow (screenplay); Martin Lawrence, Marsha Thomason, Tom Wilkinson, Kevin Conway	Comedy	Live Action
		Out Cold	Touchstone Pictures	The Malloys (director); Jon Zach (screenplay); Jason London, A. J. Cook, Lee Majors, Zach Galifianakis, Derek Hamilton, Willie Garson, Caroline Dhavernas	Comedy	Live Action
		Spy Game	Universal Pictures	Tony Scott (director); Michael Frost Beckner, David Arata (screenplay); Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack	Thriller	Live Action
	30	The Affair of the Necklace	Warner Bros.	Charles Shyer (director); John Sweet (screenplay); Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Baker, Adrien Brody, Joely Richardson, Christopher Walken	Drama	Live Action
		Behind Enemy Lines	20th Century Fox	John Moore (director); David Veloz, Zak Penn (screenplay); Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Vladimir Mashkov, Joaquim de Almeida, David Keith, Olek Krupa	Action	Live Action
D E C E M B E R	7	Ocean's Eleven	Warner Bros.	Matt Damon, Andy García, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Elliott Gould, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Minka Kelly	Comedy, Crime	Live Action
	14	Not Another Teen Movie	Columbia Pictures	Joel Gallen (director); Mike Bender, Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson, Phil Beauman, Buddy Johnson (screenplay); Chyler Leigh, Chris Evans, Jaime Pressly, Eric Christian Olsen, Eric Jungmann, Mia Kirshner, Deon Richmond, Cody McMains, Sam Huntington, Samm Levine, Cerina Vincent, Ron Lester, Lacey Chabert, Riley Smith	Comedy, Spoof	Live Action
		The Royal Tenenbaums	Touchstone Pictures	Wes Anderson (director/screenplay); Owen Wilson (screenplay); Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		Vanilla Sky	Paramount Pictures	Cameron Crowe (director/screenplay); Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Kurt Russell, Jason Lee, Noah Taylor, Cameron Diaz	Drama	Live Action
	18	The Shipping News	Miramax Films	Lasse Hallström (director); Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenplay); Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett	Drama	Live Action
	19	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	New Line Cinema	Peter Jackson (director/screenplay); Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens (screenplay); Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Andy Serkis, Marton Csokas	Fantasy	Live Action
	21	How High	Universal Pictures	Jesse Dylan (director); Dustin Abraham (screenplay); Method Man, Redman, Obba Babatundé, Mike Epps	Comedy	Live Action
		In the Bedroom	Miramax Films	Todd Field (director/screenplay); Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei	Crime, Drama	Live Action
		A Beautiful Mind	Universal Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures	Ron Howard (director); Akiva Goldsman (screenplay); Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Judd Hirsch, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp, Christopher Plummer	Biography, Drama	Live Action
		Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Paramount Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies	John A. Davis (director/screenplay); David N. Weiss, J. David Stem, Steve Oedekerk (screenplay); Debi Derryberry, Patrick Stewart, Martin Short, Rob Paulsen, Jeffrey Garcia, Frank Welker, Carolyn Lawrence, Crystal Scales, Shaun Fleming	Sci-Fi, Comedy	Animation
		Joe Somebody	20th Century Fox	John Pasquin (director); John Scott Shepherd (screenplay); Tim Allen, Julie Bowen, Kelly Lynch, Greg Germann, Hayden Panettiere, Patrick Warburton, Jim Belushi	Comedy, Drama	Live Action
		The Majestic	Warner Bros.	Frank Darabont (director); Michael Sloane (screenplay); Jim Carrey, Bob Balaban, Brent Briscoe, Jeffrey DeMunn, Amanda Detmer, Allen Garfield, Hal Holbrook, Laurie Holden, Martin Landau, Ron Rifkin, David Ogden Stiers, James Whitmore	Drama	Live Action
	25	Ali	Columbia Pictures	Michael Mann (director/screenplay); Eric Roth, Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson (screenplay); Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver, Jeffrey Wright, Mykelti Williamson	Biography	Live Action
		Kate & Leopold	Miramax Films	James Mangold (director); Steven Rogers, James Mangold (screenplay); Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, Natasha Lyonne	Romance, Comedy	Live Action
	28	Black Hawk Down	Columbia Pictures	Ridley Scott (director); Ken Nolan (screenplay); Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore, Ewan McGregor, Jeremy Piven, Eric Bana, Ewen Bremner, William Fichtner, Tom Hardy, Sam Shepard, Jason Isaacs, Glenn Morshower, Orlando Bloom	Action	Live Action

Notable films released in 2001

USA unless stated

#

• 12 Hours (12 Horas) - (Puerto Rico)
• 15 Minutes, starring Robert De Niro, Edward Burns and Kelsey Grammer
• The 51st State, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle and Emily Mortimer - (UK)
• 61*, directed by Billy Crystal, starring Barry Pepper and Thomas Jane
• 3000 Miles to Graceland, starring Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, David Arquette and Courteney Cox

A-D

A

• A.I. Artificial Intelligence, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Haley Joel Osment, William Hurt, Frances O'Connor, Jude Law and Brendan Gleeson
• Absolute 100 (Apsolutnih sto) - (Yugoslavia)
• Address Unknown (uchwiin bulmyeong) - (South Korea)
• The Affair of the Necklace, starring Hilary Swank
• Ali, directed by Michael Mann, starring Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles and Ron Silver
• All About Lily Chou-Chou (Rirī Shushu no Subete) - (Japan)
• All Over the Guy
• Monica Potter
• The Amati Girls, starring Cloris Leachman, Mercedes Ruehl and Sean Young
• Amélie (a.k.a. Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain), starring Audrey Tautou - (France)
• The American Astronaut
• American Outlaws, starring Colin Farrell, Scott Caan and Ali Larter
• American Pie 2, starring Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Chris Klein, Shannon Elizabeth and Eugene Levy
• America's Sweethearts, starring Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Billy Crystal and Catherine Zeta-Jones
• Amy's Orgasm
• Angel Eyes, starring Jennifer Lopez
• Animal (Animalada) - (Argentina)
• The Animal, starring Rob Schneider
• The Anniversary Party, directed by and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming, with Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates
• Another Life, starring Ioan Gruffudd, Imelda Staunton and Tom Wilkinson - (UK)
• Antitrust, starring Ryan Phillippe and Claire Forlani
• Aśoka - (India)
• Atanarjuat - (Canada)
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire, with the voices of Michael J. Fox and John Mahoney
• Avalon - (Japan)
• Ayyam El Sadat (The Days of Sadat) - (Egypt)

B

• Baby Boy, directed by John Singleton
• Bandits, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton and Cate Blanchett
• The Bank, starring David Wenham and Anthony LaPaglia - (Australia)
• Baran (Rain) - (Iran)
• A Beautiful Mind, directed by Ron Howard, starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg and Ed Harris
• Behind Enemy Lines, starring Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman
• Behind the Sun (Abril Despedaçado) - (Brazil)
• Beijing Bicycle (Shí qī suì de dān chē) - (China)
• Beijing Rocks (Bak Ging lok yue liu) - (Hong Kong)
• Berlin Babylon - (Germany)
• The Believer, starring Ryan Gosling
• Big Bad Love, directed by and starring Arliss Howard, with Debra Winger, Rosanna Arquette and Angie Dickinson
• Big Man, Little Love (Büyük Adam Küçük Aşk) - (Turkey)
• Bintou - (Burkina Faso)
• Birthday Girl, starring Nicole Kidman and Ben Chaplin - (UK)
• Black Chicks Talking - (Australia)
• Black Hawk Down, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore and Sam Shepard
• Black Knight, starring Martin Lawrence
• Blow, directed by Ted Demme starring Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens
• Bolivia - (Argentina/Netherlands)
• A Boy Named Sue
• Brainstorm (Bicho de Sete Cabeças) - (Brazil)
• Bread and Milk (Kruh in mleko) - (Slovenia)
• Bridget Jones's Diary, starring Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Jim Broadbent - (UK)
• Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des loups), starring Vincent Cassel - (France)
• The Brothers, starring Morris Chestnut and D. L. Hughley
• Bubble Boy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal
• Buffalo Soldiers, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris, Idris Elba and Elizabeth McGovern
• Bully, starring Brad Renfro
• Bungee Jumping of Their Own (Beonjijeompeureul hada) - (South Korea)
• The Bunker, starring Jason Flemyng - (UK)

C

• A Cab for Three (Taxi para tres) - (Chile)
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin, starring Nicolas Cage, Christian Bale, John Hurt and Penélope Cruz - (UK/USA/France)
• Carving Out Our Name
• The Cat's Meow, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Kirsten Dunst, Cary Elwes, Eddie Izzard, Edward Herrmann and Joanna Lumley - (UK/USA/Germany)
• Cats & Dogs, starring Jeff Goldblum and Elizabeth Perkins with the voices of Tobey Maguire, Alec Baldwin and Charlton Heston - (USA/Australia)
• The Center of the World, starring Peter Sarsgaard and Molly Parker
• Chandni Bar, starring Tabu - (India)
• Chaos - (France)
• Charlotte Gray, starring Cate Blanchett - (UK/Australia/Germany)
• La Ciénaga (The Swamp) - (Argentina/Spain/France)
• The Closet (Le Placard), starring Daniel Auteuil and Gérard Depardieu - (France)
• The Code - (Finland)
• Come Look at Me (Prikhodi Na Menya Posmotret) - (Russia)
• CQ, directed by Roman Coppola, starring Jeremy Davies, Jason Schwartzman, Giancarlo Giannini and Gérard Depardieu
• Crazy/Beautiful, starring Kirsten Dunst and Jay Hernandez
• Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, starring Paul Hogan - (Australia/USA)
• Crush, starring Andie MacDowell - (UK)
• Crying... Silicon Tears (To Klama vgike apo ton paradeiso) - (Greece)
• The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Helen Hunt, Charlize Theron, Wallace Shawn and Dan Aykroyd

D

• Dark Blue World (Tmavomodrý svět) - (Czech Republic)
• Darpan Chaya (दर्पण छायाँ) - (Napal)
• Delivering Milo, starring Anton Yelchin and Albert Finney
• Den - (USA/Australia)
• The Devil's Backbone (El espinazo del diablo), directed by Guillermo del Toro - (Spain/Mexico)
• Dil Chahta Hai (The Heart Desires) - (India)
• Disco Pigs, starring Cillian Murphy - (Ireland)
• Distance - (Japan)
• Dog Days (Hundstage) - (Austria)
• Dogtown and Z-Boys
• Domestic Disturbance, starring John Travolta, Vince Vaughn and Steve Buscemi
• Don't Say a Word, starring Michael Douglas
• Donnie Darko, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell and Jena Malone
• Down House (Даун Хаус) - (Russia)
• Down to Earth, starring Chris Rock
• Dr. Dolittle 2, starring Eddie Murphy
• Driven, starring Sylvester Stallone, Kip Pardue, Estella Warren, Burt Reynolds

E-K

E

• Earth vs. the Spider, starring Dan Aykroyd and Theresa Russell
• Edges of the Lord (Boze skrawki), starring Haley Joel Osment and Willem Dafoe - (Poland/USA)
• Elephants and Grass (Filler ve Çimen) - (Turkey)
• Elling - (Norway)
• Elvira's Haunted Hills, starring Cassandra Peterson
• L'Emploi du Temps (Time Out) - (France)
• The Emperor's New Clothes, starring Ian Holm - (Italy/Ger/UK)
• Enemy at the Gates, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jude Law and Bob Hoskins - (Fr/USA/Ger/UK/Ire)
• Enigma, directed by Michael Apted, starring Kate Winslet, Dougray Scott, Jeremy Northam and Saffron Burrows - (UK)
• Evolution, directed by Ivan Reitman, starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore and Dan Aykroyd
• Exit Wounds, starring Steven Seagal and DMX
• The Experiment (Das Experiment) - (Germany)
• Kairo (Pulse), directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa - (Japan)

F

• Failan - (South Korea)
• The Fast and the Furious, directed by Rob Cohen, starring Paul Walker and Vin Diesel
• Fat Girl (À ma sœur!) - (France)
• Fate (Yazgi) - (Turkey)
• Festival in Cannes, directed by Henry Jaglom, starring Anouk Aimée, Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell
• La Fiebre del Loco (Abalone Fever) - (Chile)
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, with the voices of Ming-Na Wen and Alec Baldwin - (USA/Japan)
• Finder's Fee, starring Erik Palladino, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Forster and James Earl Jones
• Fish and Elephant (Jin nian xia tian), directed by Li Yu - (China)
• Flower Island (Ggot Seom) - (South Korea)
• The Forsaken
• The Fourth Angel, starring Jeremy Irons and Forest Whitaker - (UK/Canada)
• Frailty, directed by and starring Bill Paxton
• Freddy Got Fingered, directed by and starring Tom Green
• Freedom (La Libertad) - (Argentina)
• Friend (Chin-gu) - (South Korea)
• From Hell, directed by the Hughes brothers, starring Johnny Depp, Heather Graham and Robbie Coltrane
• La Fuga (The Escape) - (Argentina)
• Full Disclosure, starring Fred Ward, Penelope Ann Miller, Rachel Ticotin, Christopher Plummer, Kim Coates, Virginia Madsen
• Fulltime Killer (Quanzhi Shashou), starring Andy Lau - (Hong Kong)

G

• Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (Traitor: A Love Story), starring Sunny Deol - (India)
• Gasoline (Benzina) - (Italy)
• Get a Life (Ganhar a Vida) - (Portugal)
• Get Over It, starring Kirsten Dunst, Shane West, Ben Foster and Colin Hanks
• Ghost World, directed by Terry Zwigoff, starring Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson
• Ghosts of Mars, directed by John Carpenter, starring Ice Cube, Jason Statham, Pam Grier and Natasha Henstridge
• The Glass House, starring Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Kathy Baker and Bruce Dern
• Go - (Japan)
• Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack - (Japan)
• Gosford Park, directed by Robert Altman, starring Helen Mirren, Michael Gambon, Bob Balaban, Kristin Scott Thomas, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Kelly MacDonald, Maggie Smith and Alan Bates - (UK/USA)
• The Grey Zone, directed by Tim Blake Nelson, starring David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel and Daniel Benzali

H

• Hannibal, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta and Giancarlo Giannini
• The Happiness of the Katakuris (takuri-ke no kōfuku), directed by Takashi Miike - (Japan)
• Hardball, starring Keanu Reeves and D. B. Sweeney
• Harrison's Flowers, starring Andie MacDowell and Elias Koteas - (France)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, aka Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, directed by Chris Columbus, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman and Robbie Coltrane - (UK/USA)
• Harvard Man, starring Adrian Grenier, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Joey Lauren Adams
• He Died with a Felafel in His Hand - (Australia)
• Head over Heels, starring Monica Potter and Freddie Prinze, Jr.
• Heartbreakers, starring Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jason Lee, Ray Liotta and Gene Hackman
• Hearts in Atlantis, starring Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin and Hope Davis
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Heist, directed by David Mamet, starring Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Rebecca Pidgeon, Sam Rockwell and Ricky Jay
• Her Majesty - (New Zealand)
• Herkes Kendi Evinde (Away from Home) - (Turkey)
• Herman U. S. A.
• Une hirondelle a fait le printemps (a.k.a. The Girl from Paris) - (France)
• Hotel, directed by Mike Figgis, starring Saffron Burrows - (UK/Italy)
• How High, starring Method Man and Redman
• How I Killed My Father (Comment j'ai tué mon père) - (France)
• Human Nature, directed by Michel Gondry, starring Tim Robbins, Rhys Ifans, Patricia Arquette and Miranda Otto

I

• I Am Sam, starring Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning and Laura Dern
• I Wish I Had a Wife (Nado anaega isseosseumyeon johgessda) - (South Korea)
• Ichi the Killer (Koroshiya 1), directed by Takashi Miike - (Japan)
• The Ignorant Fairies (Le fate ignoranti) - (Italy)
• I'm Going Home (Je rentre à la maison), starring Michel Piccoli and Catherine Deneuve - (France/Portugal)
• In the Bedroom, directed by Todd Field, starring Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl and Marisa Tomei
• In Vanda's Room (No Quarto da Vanda) - (Portugal)
• Intacto - (Spain)
• Intimacy - (Fr/UK/Ger/Sp) – Golden Bear award
• Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (Inuyasha - Jidai wo koeru omoi) - (Japan)
• Iris, starring Judi Dench, Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent - (UK)

J

• Jan Dara (จัน ดารา) - (Thailand)
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, directed by and starring Kevin Smith, with Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck, Will Ferrell and Shannon Elizabeth
• Jeepers Creepers, starring Justin Long
• Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
• The Jimmy Show, starring Frank Whaley, Carla Gugino and Ethan Hawke
• Joe Dirt, starring David Spade
• Joe Somebody, starring Tim Allen
• Josie and the Pussycats, starring Rosario Dawson, Rachael Leigh Cook and Tara Reid
• Joy Ride, starring Paul Walker and Steve Zahn
• July Rhapsody (Laam yan sei sap), starring Jacky Cheung - (Hong Kong)
• Jurassic Park III, directed by Joe Johnston, starring Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni and Michael Jeter
• Just Visiting, starring Jean Reno and Christina Applegate - (USA/France)

K

• K-PAX, starring Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey
• Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (Sometimes there's happiness, sometimes there's sadness) - (India)
• Kandahar (Safar-e Ghandehar) - (Iran)
• Kate & Leopold, directed by James Mangold, starring Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman
• Kick the Moon (Shinlaui dalbam) - (South Korea)
• Kill Me Later, starring Selma Blair and Max Beesley
• Kingdom Come, starring LL Cool J and Jada Pinkett Smith
• Kira's Reason: A Love Story (En Kærlighedshistoriefilm) - (Denmark)
• Kiss of the Dragon, starring Jet Li and Bridget Fonda - (USA/France)
• Kissing Jessica Stein, starring Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt
• A Knight's Tale, directed by Brian Helgeland, starring Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Rufus Sewell and Paul Bettany

L-Q

L

• L.I.E., starring Brian Cox
• Lagaan (Land Tax) - (India)
• Lajja, starring Manisha Koirala and Jackie Shroff - (India)
• Lan Yu (藍宇), directed by Stanley Kwan - (Hong Kong/China)
• Lantana, starring Anthony LaPaglia and Geoffrey Rush - (Australia)
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, directed by Simon West, starring Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight and Daniel Craig
• The Last Castle, directed by Rod Lurie, starring Robert Redford, Mark Ruffalo and James Gandolfini
• The Last Kiss (L'ultimo bacio) - (Italy)
• Last Orders, starring Bob Hoskins, Michael Caine, Ray Winstone and Helen Mirren - (UK)
• Last Present (Seon Mul) - (South Korea)
• Last Wedding - (Canada)
• Late Marriage (Hatuna Meuheret) - (Israel)
• Late Night Shopping - (UK)
• Legally Blonde, starring Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Jennifer Coolidge, Selma Blair and Ali Larter
• The Legend of Suriyothai - (Thailand)
• Letter to America (Pismo do Amerika) - (Bulgaria)
• Life as a House, starring Kevin Kline and Kristin Scott Thomas
• Lijmen/Het Been - (Belgium/Netherlands)
• Lloyd
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler, Sean Bean, Hugo Weaving and Cate Blanchett - (USA/New Zealand)
• Lost and Delirious - (Canada)
• Lovely & Amazing, starring Catherine Keener, Jake Gyllenhaal and Emily Mortimer
• Lucía y el sexo (Sex and Lucia), starring Paz Vega - (Spain)
• The Luzhin Defence, starring John Turturro and Emily Watson - (UK/France)

M

• Maangamizi: The Ancient One - (Tanzania/USA)
• Mad Love (Juana la Loco) - (Spain)
• The Majestic, directed by Frank Darabont, starring Jim CarreyMartin Landau, Jeffrey DeMunn, Laurie Holden, Hal Holbrook, and Bob Balaban
• Man Walking on Snow (Aruku, hito), starring Ken Ogata - (Japan)
• The Man Who Sued God, starring Billy Connolly - (Australia)
• The Man Who Wasn't There, directed by the Coen brothers, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini, Scarlett Johansson and Tony Shalhoub
• Max Keeble's Big Move, starring Alex D. Linz
• Me Without You, starring Anna Friel and Kyle MacLachlan - (UK)
• Mean Machine, starring Vinnie Jones and Jason Statham - (UK)
• Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, starring Michael York and Michael Biehn
• Metropolis (メトロポリス) - (Japan)
• The Mexican, directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and James Gandolfini
• Mike Bassett: England Manager, starring Ricky Tomlinson - (UK)
• Millennium Actress (Sennen Joyū) - (Japan)
• Millennium Mambo (Qiānxī Mànbō) - (Taiwan)
• Mind Meld
• Mockingbird Don't Sing
• Monkeybone, directed by Henry Selick, starring Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda and Whoopi Goldberg with the voice of John Turturro
• Monrak Transistor (aka Transistor Love Story) - (Thailand)
• Monsoon Wedding, directed by Mira Nair - (USA/India)
• Monster's Ball, directed by Marc Forster, starring Halle Berry, Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger and Peter Boyle
• Monsters, Inc., directed by Pete Doctor, with voices of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi and James Coburn
• Moscow Square (Moszkva tér) - (Hungary)
• Moulin Rouge!, directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo and Jim Broadbent - (UK/USA/Australia)
• The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time (aka Nynka) - (Netherlands)
• Mulholland Drive, directed by David Lynch, starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring and Justin Theroux
• The Mummy Returns, directed by Stephen Sommersstarring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
• My First Mister, directed by Christine Lahti, starring Leelee Sobieski and Albert Brooks
• My Sassy Girl (Yeopgijeogin geunyeo) - (South Korea)

N

• Nabi (Butterfly) - (South Korea)
• Nandha - (India)
• Nayak: The Real Hero, starring Anil Kapoor - (India)
• No Man's Land (Ničija zemlja) - (Bosnia-Herzegovina/France/Italy/UK)
• Not Another Teen Movie, starring Chris Evans
• The Notice of the Day (Arregui, La Noticia del Día) - (Argentina)
• Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) - (Germany)

O

• O, directed by Tim Blake Nelson, starring Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles and Martin Sheen
• Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy García, Julia Roberts, Casey Affleck and Elliott Gould
• The Officers' Ward (La chambre des officiers) - (France)
• On the Green Carpet - (North Korea)
• The One, starring Jet Li, Delroy Lindo, Carla Gugino and Jason Statham
• One Fine Spring Day (Bomnaleun Ganda) - (South Korea)
• One Night at McCool's, starring Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, Paul Reiser, Michael Douglas and John Goodman
• Original Sin, starring Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas
• The Orphan of Anyang (Anyangde guer) - (China)
• Osmosis Jones, starring Bill Murray and Molly Shannon with the voices of Chris Rock and David Hyde Pierce
• The Others, directed by Alejandro Amenábar, starring Nicole Kidman - (USA/Spain)
• Out Cold

P-Q

• The Parole Officer, starring Steve Coogan and Lena Headey - (UK)
• Pau and His Brother (Pau i el seu germà) - (Spain/France)
• Pearl Harbor, directed by Michael Bay, starring Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, and Alec Baldwin
• Perfume, starring Estella Warren, Jeff Goldblum and Mariel Hemingway
• Le Peuple Migrateur (Winged Migration) - (Fr/It/Ger/Sp/Swi/USA)
• The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste), directed by Michael Haneke, starring Isabelle Huppert - (France/Austria)
• Piñero, starring Benjamin Bratt
• Planet of the Apes, directed by Tim Burton, starring Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth, Estella Warren and Michael Clarke Duncan
• The Pledge, directed by Sean Penn, starring Jack Nicholson, Aaron Eckhart, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright, Vanessa Redgrave, Mickey Rourke and Benicio del Toro.
• Princesa - (Italy/Spain)
• The Princess Diaries, directed by Garry Marshall, starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews
• The Profession of Arms (Il mestiere delle armi), directed by Ermanno Olmi - (Italy)
• Pulse (Kairo) - (Japan)
• Purple Sunset (Ziri) - (China)
• Quitting (Zuotian) - (China)

R-Z

R

• Rain - (New Zealand)
• Rat Race, starring Breckin Meyer, Seth Green, Cuba Gooding, Jr., John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Amy Smart and Rowan Atkinson
• Recess: School's Out
• Revolution OS
• Riding in Cars with Boys, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy and James Woods
• The River (Joki) - (Finland)
• Roberto Succo - (France)
• Rock Star, starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston
• The Royal Tenenbaums, directed by Wes Anderson, starring Gene Hackman, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Danny Glover, Anjelica Huston and Bill Murray
• Rush Hour 2, directed by Brett Ratner, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker - (USA/Hong Kong)

S

• The Safety of Objects, starring Joshua Jackson, Dermot Mulroney, Moira Kelly, Patricia Clarkson and Glenn Close
• Samsara - (Tibet/India)
• Save the Last Dance, starring Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas
• Saving Silverman, starring Jason Biggs, Jack Black and Amanda Peet
• Say It Isn't So, starring Heather Graham, Chris Klein, Sally Field
• Say Yes (세이 예스) - (South Korea)
• Scary Movie 2, starring Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Anna Faris, Tori Spelling, David Cross and James Woods
• The Score, directed by Frank Oz, starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Angela Bassett and Marlon Brando
• Scotland, PA
• Scratch
• Secret Ballot (Ra'ye makhfi) - (Iran)
• See Spot Run, starring David Arquette - (Canada)
• Serendipity, starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale
• Session 9, starring David Caruso and Peter Mullan
• Shallow Hal, directed by the Farrelly brothers, starring Jack Black, Jason Alexander, Gwyneth Paltrow
• Shaolin Soccer (Siu lam juk kau) - (Hong Kong)
• She Creature, starring Rufus Sewell and Carla Gugino
• The Shipment, starring Matthew Modine - (Canada)
• The Shipping News, directed by Lasse Hallström, starring Kevin Spacey, Judi Dench, Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett
• Shrek, with the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and John Lithgow
• Sia, the Dream of the Python (Sia, le rêve du python) - (Burkina Faso)
• Sidewalks of New York, directed by and starring Edward Bus, with Rosario Dawson, Heather Graham, Dennis Farina
• Sisters (Syostry) - (Russia)
• Slogans (Parullat) - (Albania)
• Sobibór, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m. (Sobibór, 14 octobre 1943, 16 heures) - (France)
• Someone Like You, directed by Tony Goldwyn, starring Ashley Judd, Hugh Jackman, Greg Kinnear
• Son of the Bride (El hijo de la novia) - (Argentina)
• The Son's Room (La stanza del figlio) directed by and starring Nanni Morretti - (Italy)
• Sorum - (South Korea)
• Southern Comfort
• Southlander, starring Rory Cochrane, Beck, Beth Orton
• La Spagnola - (Australia)
• Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) - (Japan)
• Spy Game, directed by Tony Scott, starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt
• Spy Kids, directed by Robert Rodriguez, starring Carla Gugino, Antonio Banderas and Alan Cummings
• Storytelling, directed by Todd Solondz, starring Paul Giamatti, John Goodman, Julie Hagerty, Robert Wisdom and Selma Blair
• Stranger Inside
• Stuck
• Super Troopers
• Sur mes lèvres (Read My Lips), starring Vincent Cassel - (France)
• Sweet November, starring Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron
• Swordfish, starring Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle and John Travolta

T

• The Tailor of Panama, directed by John Boorman, starring Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis and Brendan Gleeson
• Take Care of My Cat (Goyangireul Butakhae) - (South Korea)
• Tape, directed by Richard Linklater, starring Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard and Uma Thurman
• Taurus (Telets) - (Russia)
• Ten Days Without Love (El cielo abierto) - (Spain)
• Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, starring Matthew McConaughey, Alan Arkin and John Turturro
• Thirteen Ghosts, starring Tony Shalhoub
• To End All Wars, starring Robert Carlyle and Kiefer Sutherland
• To the Left of the Father (Lavoura Arcaica) - (Brazil)
• Tomcats, starring Jerry O'Connell and Shannon Elizabeth
• Tomorrow (Domani) - (Italy)
• Tortilla Soup, starring Héctor Elizondo, Elizabeth Peña and Raquel Welch
• Town & Country, starring Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Garry Shandling, Andie MacDowell and Charlton Heston
• Training Day, starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke
• Treed Murray - (Canada)
• The Tunnel (Der Tunnel) - (Germany)
• Two Can Play That Game, starring Vivica A. Fox and Morris Chestnut

U

• Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact (ウルトラマンコスモス) - (Japan)
• Unfair Competition (Concorrenza sleale), directed by Ettore Scola - (Italy)
• The Ultimate Warrior (Musa) - (South Korea)
• Undercover Kitty (aka Minoes) - (Netherlands)
• Uprising, starring Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer

V

• Va savoir (Who Knows?), directed by Jacques Rivette - (France)
• Valentine, starring Denise Richards and Katherine Heigl
• Vanilla Sky, directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Noah Taylor and Kurt Russell
• Vidocq, starring Gérard Depardieu - (France)
• Vizontele, directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan - (Turkey)

W

• Waikiki Brothers (Waikiki beuladeoseu) - (South Korea)
• Waking Life, directed by Richard Linklater
• War Photographer (Photographe de guerre) - (Switzerland)
• Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (Akai Hashi no Shita no Nurui Mizu), directed by Shohei Imamura - (Japan)
• The Warrior (Musa) - (South Korea)
• Wasabi, starring Jean Reno - (France)
• Waterboys (ウォーターボーイズ) - (Japan)
• The Wedding Planner, starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey
• Welcome to Pyongyang Animal Park (어서오세요) - (North Korea)
• West 47th Street
• Wet Hot American Summer, directed by David Wain, starring Janeane Garofalo, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks and David Hyde Pierce
• What's the Worst That Could Happen?, starring Danny DeVito and Martin Lawrence
• What Time Is It There? (Ni na bian ji dian) - (Taiwan)
• When Strangers Appear - (Australia/New Zealand/USA)
• Whispering Sands (Pasir Berbisik) - (Indonesia)
• The Wild Bees (Divoké včely) - (Czech Republic)
• Wild Iris, directed by Daniel Petrie, starring Laura Linney, Gena Rowlands, Emile Hirsch, Fred Ward
• Wit, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Emma Thompson and Christopher Lloyd
• The Words of My Father (Le parole di mio padre) - (Italy)

XYZ

• O Xangô de Baker Street (A Samba for Sherlock) - (Brazil)
• Yamakasi (aka Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes) - (France)
• Y Tu Mamá También (And your mum too), starring Diego Luna - (Mexico)
• Yellow Asphalt (Asfalt Tzahov) - (Israel)
• Yellow Hair 2 (Norang Meori 2) - (South Korea)
• Yolngu Boy - (Australia)
• Zoolander, directed by and starring Ben Stiller, with Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell and Christine Taylor

Films released in 2001 by country

• List of Argentine films of 2001

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	1	Ray Walston	86	USA	Actor	Fast Times at Ridgemont High The Sting
	5	Nancy Parsons	58	USA	Actress	Porky's Steel Magnolias
	10	Jacques Marin	81	France	Actor	Marathon Man Charade
	11	Michael Williams	65	UK	Actor	Henry V Educating Rita
	15	Bob Braun	80	USA	Actor	Die Hard 2 Defending Your Life
	17	Gregory Corso	70	USA	Actor	The Godfather Part III
	18	Al Waxman	65	Canada	Actor	The Hurricane Heavy Metal
	27	Joseph O'Conor	84	UK	Actor	Oliver! Elizabeth
	30	John Prebble	85	UK	Screenwriter	Zulu Mysterious Island
	31	Bert Williams	78	USA	Actor	The Usual Suspects Cobra
February	4	Tony Steedman	73	UK	Actor	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Scrooged
	6	Dale Evans	88	USA	Actress	Bells of San Angelo In Old Oklahoma
	10	Lewis Arquette	65	USA	Actor	Scream 2 Tango & Cash
	11	Sy Gomberg	82	USA	Screenwriter	When Willie Comes Marching Home Summer Stock
	14	Charles B. Fitzsimons	76	USA	Producer	The Quiet Man Batman
	15	Burt Kennedy	78	USA	Director, Writer	Young Billy Young The Rounders
	16	Howard W. Koch	84	USA	Producer	Airplane! The Odd Couple
	18	Dale Earnhardt	49	USA	NASCAR Driver, Actor	Stroker Ace BASEketball
	19	Stanley Kramer	87	UK	Director, Producer	Judgment at Nuremberg It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
	20	Rosemary DeCamp	90	USA	Actress	Yankee Doodle Dandy Saturday the 14th
March	6	Kim Walker	32	USA	Actress	Say Anything... Heathers
	8	Edward Winter	63	USA	Actor	The Parallax View From the Hip
	9	Richard Stone	38	USA	Composer, Music Editor	Platoon Ferris Bueller's Day Off
	12	Morton Downey, Jr.	67	USA	Actor	Predator 2 The Silencer
	12	Robert Ludlum	73	USA	Author, Producer	The Bourne Identity  The Osterman Weekend
	13	John A. Alonzo	66	USA	Cinematographer, Actor	Scarface Chinatown
	15	Ann Sothern	92	USA	Actress	A Letter to Three Wives The Whales of August
	16	Norma MacMillan	79	Canada	Actress	Head over Heels Big Bully
	17	Ralph Thomas	85	UK	Director, Writer, Producer	Carry On Cruising The 39 Steps
	19	Norman Mitchell	82	UK	Actor	Carry On Screaming! Oliver!
	19	Mentor Huebner	79	USA	Illustrator	Blade Runner Dune
	22	William Hanna	90	USA	Animator, Producer, Director	The Flintstones Scooby-Doo
	23	Sully Boyar	77	USA	Actor	Dog Day Afternoon Prizzi's Honor
	24	Tambi Larsen	77	India	Art Director	Hud Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
	26	Piotr Sobociński	43	Poland	Cinematographer	Three Colors: Red Ransom
April	1	Larry Tucker	66	USA	Screenwriter	Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice I Love You, Alice B. Toklas
	7	David Graf	50	USA	Actor	Police Academy The Brady Bunch Movie
	7	Beatrice Straight	86	USA	Actress	Network Poltergeist
	10	Nyree Dawn Porter	65	UK	Actress	Hilary and Jackie The House That Dripped Blood
	11	Harry Secombe	79	UK	Actor	Oliver! Song of Norway
	13	Jimmy Logan	73	UK	Actor	Mary Poppins Notorious
	13	Ken Weston	53	UK	Boom Operator, Sound Mixer	Gladiator The Shining
	14	Hiroshi Teshigahara	74	Japan	Director	Woman in the Dunes Pitfall
	16	Michael Ritchie	62	USA	Director	Fletch The Bad News Bears
	17	Terry Scully	68	UK	Actor	The Asphyx
	20	Maria Karnilova	80	USA	Actress	The Unsinkable Molly Brown Married to the Mob
	27	Jack Murdock	78	USA	Actor	Rain Man Big Top Pee-wee
	28	Ken Hughes	79	UK	Screenwriter	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Cromwell
May	2	Gina Mastrogiacomo	39	USA	Actress	Goodfellas The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
	3	Ernie Wheelwright	61	USA	Actor	The Longest Yard The Greatest
	9	Leslie Sands	79	UK	Actor, Writer	The Deadly Affair Another Man's Poison
	10	Deborah Walley	59	USA	Actress	Gidget Goes Hawaiian Beach Blanket Bingo
	13	Eddra Gale	79	USA	Actress	The Graduate 8½
	13	Jason Miller	62	USA	Actor, Director	The Exorcist Rudy
	13	Ralph Tabakin	79	USA	Actor	Good Morning, Vietnam Bugsy
	14	Peter Griffith	74	USA	Actor	Halloween
	14	Armando Nannuzzi	75	Italy	Cinematographer	La Cage aux Folles The Damned
	16	Joe Baker	72	UK	Actor	Dumb and Dumber Pocahontas
	19	Charles Seabrook	44	USA	Lamp Operator	Forrest Gump Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
	22	Jack Watling	78	UK	Actor	A Night to Remember Sink the Bismarck!
	22	Whitman Mayo	70	USA	Actor	Boyz n the Hood The Main Event
	24	Ruby Payne	90	UK	Actress	Radio Days Author! Author!
	26	Anne Haney	67	USA	Actress	Mrs. Doubtfire Liar Liar
	27	Ramon Bieri	71	USA	Actor	Badlands The Andromeda Strain
	29	Russell Saunders	82	USA	Stuntman, Actor	The Goonies Airplane!
June	2	Imogene Coca	92	USA	Actress	Vacation Under the Yum Yum Tree
	3	Anthony Quinn	86	Mexico	Actor	Lawrence of Arabia The Guns of Navarone
	7	Leonard Tepper	61	USA	Actor	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Awakenings
	15	Henri Alekan	92	France	Cinematographer	Roman Holiday Wings of Desire
	21	Carroll O'Connor	76	USA	Actor	Kelly's Heroes Cleopatra
	21	Vernon Sewell	97	South Africa	Director, Writer, Actor	The Crimson Pirate The Edge of the World
	23	Corinne Calvet	76	France	Actress	Sailor Beware On the Riviera
	24	Peter Bourne	77	USA	Actor	Meteor I'll Take Sweden
	26	Paul Berry	39	UK	Animator	The Nightmare Before Christmas James and the Giant Peach
	27	Jack Lemmon	76	USA	Actor	The Apartment Glengarry Glen Ross
	28	Joan Sims	71	UK	Actress	Trouble in Store Carry On Admiral
July	2	Jack Gwillim	91	UK	Actor	In Search of the Castaways Clash of the Titans
	3	Mordecai Richler	70	Canada	Author, Screenwriter	No Love for Johnnie Fun with Dick and Jane
	5	A. D. Flowers	84	USA	Special Effects	The Godfather The Godfather Part II
	7	Molly Lamont	91	South Africa	Actress	The Awful Truth Scared to Death
	12	James Bernard	75	UK	Composer	Nosferatu Dracula
	13	Eleanor Summerfield	80	UK	Actress	Scrooge The Watcher in the Woods
	19	Paul Beeson	79	UK	Cinematographer	Indiana Jones Alien 3
	29	Alex Nicol	79	USA	Actor	The Man from Laramie  The Redhead from Wyoming
August	3	Christopher Hewett	79	UK	Actor	The Producers Ratboy
	14	Missy Cleveland	41	USA	Actress	Blow Out Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
	20	Kim Stanley	76	USA	Actress	The Right Stuff Séance on a Wet Afternoon
	23	Kathleen Freeman	82	USA	Actress	Shrek Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
	25	Inigo Jackson	68	UK	Actor	The Trygon Factor Twins of Evil
	25	Jane Greer	76	USA	Actress	Out of the Past Desperate Search
	25	John Chambers	78	USA	Makeup Technician	Blade Runner Planet of the Apes
	25	Aaliyah	22	USA	Actress, Singer	Anastasia Queen of the Damned
	30	Julie Bishop	87	USA	Actress	Sands of Iwo Jima The Black Cat
September	2	Troy Donahue	65	USA	Actor	The Godfather Part II Cry-Baby
	3	Pauline Kael	82	USA	Film Critic	None; critiqued films for The New Yorker
	4	Merrill Connally	80	USA	Actor	Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Sugarland Express
	9	Tommy Hollis	47	USA	Actor	Léon: The Professional Ghostbusters
	12	Victor Wong	74	USA	Actor	The Last Emperor Big Trouble in Little China
	13	Barbara Matera	72	UK	Costume Designer	101 Dalmatians The Addams Family
	13	Dorothy McGuire	85	USA	Actress	Friendly Persuasion Old Yeller
	16	Samuel Z. Arkoff	83	USA	Producer	The Amityville Horror Blacula
	25	Dolores Michaels	68	USA	Actress	The Wayward Bus Warlock
	28	Martin Garner	74	USA	Actor	Twilight Zone: The Movie Chances Are
	29	Gloria Foster	67	USA	Actress	The Matrix Leonard Part 6
October	9	Herbert Ross	74	USA	Director	Footloose Goodbye, Mr. Chips
	19	Ray Lovejoy	62	UK	Film Editor	Aliens 2001: A Space Odyssey
	24	Jaromil Jireš	65	Czechoslovakia	Director	The Cry The Joke Valerie and Her Week of Wonders Talíře nad Velkým Malíkovem The Young Man and Moby Dick Opera ve vinici Incomplete Eclipse
	26	Eugene Jackson	58	USA	Actor	Cimarron Escape from Alcatraz
	29	Maura Fay	43	Australia	Casting Director	Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Darkness Falls
	31	Jenny Laird	89	UK	Actress	Village of the Damned
November	7	Bobby Bass	65	USA	Stuntman, Actor	Die Hard Scarface
	12	Albert Hague	82	Germany	Actor	Fame Space Jam
	13	Peggy Mount	86	UK	Actress	Oliver!
	14	Charlotte Coleman	33	UK	Actress	Four Weddings and a Funeral The Revengers' Comedies
	29	Budd Boetticher	85	USA	Director	The Tall T Buchanan Rides Alone
	29	George Harrison	58	UK	Singer, Actor, Producer	A Hard Day's Night Help!
December	1	Danilo Donati	74	Italy	Costume/Production Designer	Life Is Beautiful Flash Gordon
	15	Wilkie Cooper	90	UK	Cinematographer	Jason and the Argonauts Land Raiders
	16	Roy Brocksmith	56	USA	Actor	Total Recall Scrooged
	20	Foster Brooks	89	USA	Actor, Soundtrack	Cannonball Run II
	20	Edward Evans	87	UK	Actor	10 Rillington Place Tales from the Crypt
	21	Kevin Manser	72	Australia	Actor	Dr. Who and the Daleks A Countess from Hong Kong
	26	Nigel Hawthorne	72	UK	Actor	Amistad Tarzan
	31	Eileen Heckart	82	USA	Actress	Heartbreak Ridge Butterflies Are Free

Film debuts

• Anne Hathaway

References

2001 films Argentine American Australian Bangladeshi Indian (Bengali Bollywood Kannada Malayalam Marathi Ollywood Tamil ) British Canadian Chinese French Hong Kong Israeli Italian Japanese Mexican Pakistan Portuguese Russia South Korean Spanish