2001 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 2001. Top 30 & many honorables. Also a "Best in Film" ballot for select categories of 2001. Here's the countdown:





30.          OCEAN'S ELEVEN

29.           DEAD OR ALIVE

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28.               MEMENTO

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27.          DONNIE DARKO

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26.             SEXY BEAST

                      SONGS
25.  FROM THE SECOND FLOOR

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24.             THE OTHERS

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23.ELECTRIC DRAGON 80.000 V

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22.                   CURE

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21.                     ALI

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20.          GOSFORD PARK

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19.                INTIMACY

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18.       THE GLEANERS & I

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17.BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE

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16.              THE CIRCLE

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15.  CHILDREN UNDERGROUND

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14.          MONSTERS INC.

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13.             WAKING LIFE

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12.              LITTLE OTIK

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11.THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE

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                   THE POWER 

10.   OF KANGWON PROVINCE

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9.              GHOST WORLD

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8.      THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE

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7.    THE LORD OF THE RINGS:

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING

6. WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES

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5. A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

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4.                 PLATFORM

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3.    THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS

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2.      IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE

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1.         MULHOLLAND DRIVE

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.
(other titles from 2002 I loved that could've placed)

RIVERS AND TIDES

LA COMUNIDAD

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VIRGIN STRIPPED
BARE BY HER BACHELORS

 

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AUDITION

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FAT GIRL

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THE CAT WITH HANDS

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EUREKA

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TOGETHER

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THE PRINCESS 

AND THE WARRIOR

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WIT

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I'M GOING HOME

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R.E.M.: IMITATION OF LIFE

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VENGO

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ONE DAY IN THE
LIFE OF ANDREI ARSENEVICH

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RADIOHEAD: KNIVES OUT

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MONKEYBONE

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SESSION 9

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POOTIE TANG

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JSA 

[JOINT SECURITY AREA]

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WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER

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CHOPPER

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DREAM WORK

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BATTLE ROYALE

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 EAT

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BABY BOY

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THE PLEDGE

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MY VOYAGE TO ITALY

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 LA CIÉNAGA

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ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE

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KANDAHAR

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MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON

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UNDER THE SAND

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BROTHER

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THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT

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NO MAN'S LAND

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THE CAT'S MEOW

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ZOOLANDER

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MOULIN ROUGE!

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FIFTY PERCENT GREY

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LAGAAN: 
ONCE UPON A TIME IN INDIA

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GINGER SNAPS

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THE ROAD HOME

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WAR PHOTOGRAPHER

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HELL HOUSE

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CODE UNKNOWN

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BARAN

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BAISE-MOI

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AMELIE

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HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH

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TRAINING DAY

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ALI ZAOUA: 
PRINCE OF THE STREETS

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TAPE

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THE BELIEVER

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HAPPY ACCIDENTS

. 

THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY

A HUEY P. NEWTON STORY

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2001 recap
TOP 30

1. MULHOLLAND DRIVE (Lynch)
2. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Kar-Wai)
3. ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Wes Anderson)
4. PLATFORM (Zhang Ke Jia)
5. A.I. (Spielberg)
6. WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (Tarr)
7. FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (Jackson)
8. DEVIL'S BACKBONE (Guillermo del Toro)
9. GHOST WORLD (Zwigoff)
10. POWER OF KANGWON PROVINCE (Sang-soo)
11. MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (Coen bros)
12. LITTLE OTIK (Svankmajer)
13. WAKING LIFE (Linklater)
14. MONSTERS INC. (Docter)
15. CHILDREN UNDERGROUND (Belzberg)
16. THE CIRCLE (Panahi)
17. BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE (Joon-ho) 
18. GLEANERS & I (Varda)
19. INTIMACY (Patrice Chéreau)
20. GOSFORD PARK (Altman)
21. ALI (Mann)
22. CURE (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
23. ELECTRIC DRAGON 80.000V (Sogo Ishii)
24. THE OTHERS (Amenábar) 
25. SONGS FROM 2ND FLOOR (Andersson)
26. SEXY BEAST (Glazer)
27. DONNIE DARKO (Kelly)
28. MEMENTO (Nolan)
29. DEAD OR ALIVE (Miike)
30. OCEAN'S ELEVEN (Soderbergh)

RUNNER-UP:
RIVERS & TIDES (Riedelsheimer), LA COMUNIDAD (Alex de la Iglesia), VIRGIN STRIPPED BARE (Sang-soo), AUDITION (Miike), FAT GIRL (Breillat), THE CAT WITH HANDS (R Morgan), EUREKA (Shinji Aoyama), TOGETHER (Moodysson), PRINCESS & THE WARRIOR (Tykwer), WIT (Nichols), I'M GOING HOME (de Oliveira), IMITATION OF LIFE (Jennings), VENGO (Gatlif), DAY IN LIFE OF ANDREI ARSENEVICH (Marker), KNIVES OUT (Gondry), MONKEYBONE (Selick), SESSION 9 (Brad Anderson), POOTIE TANG (C.K.), JSA (Chan Wook), WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER (Wain), CHOPPER (Dominik), DREAM WORK (Tscherkassky), BATTLE ROYALE (Kinji Fukasaku), EAT (Plympton), BABY BOY (Singleton), THE PLEDGE (Penn), MY VOYAGE TO ITALY (Scorsese), LA CIÉNAGA (Martel), ATLANTIS (Trousdale), KANDAHAR (Makhmalbaf), MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON (Weerasethakul), UNDER THE SAND (Ozon), BROTHER (Kitano), THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT (McAbee), NO MAN'S LAND (Tanovic), THE CAT'S MEOW (Bogdanovich), ZOOLANDER (Stiller), MOULIN ROUGE! (Luhrmann), FIFTY PERCENT GREY (Robinson), LAGAAN (Gowariker), GINGER SNAPS (Fawcett), THE ROAD HOME (Zhang Yimou), WAR PHOTOGRAPHER (Frei), HELL HOUSE (Ratliff), CODE UNKNOWN (Haneke), BARAN (Majdi), BAISE-MOI (Despentes), AMELIE (Jeunet), HEDWIG & ANGRY INCH (J.Cameron Mitchell), TRAINING DAY (Fuqua), ALI ZAOUA (Ayouch), TAPE (Linklater), THE BELIEVER (Bean), HAPPY ACCIDENTS (Brad Anderson), ANNIVERSARY PARTY (Cumming/Jennifer Jason Leigh), HUEY P NEWTON STORY (Spike Lee),