Temporal Top Ten – 2001

Number of movies seen from this year – 138
Number of movies reviewed – 129 (including 20 Encore Reviews)

2001 was a year where there were a few amazing movies, but most of the released movies were just good, but not great.

It was the year that two very long lucrative and entertaining movie franchises based on a best selling book series began.  Both the first Harry Potter and LOTR movies were just the tip of the iceberg when it came to telling those two stories.

My top ten list features movies from numerous genres and only two of the 5 Best Picture nominees made the cut.

Two of other three Gosford Park and In the Bedroom were very good movies, but still fall a bit short IMHO of being deemed among the Best movies of the year.  I am not at all a fan of Moulin Rouge and when I saw it in Nov 2013, I was severely disappointed that it was even nominated.

Choosing my #1 was a bit difficult because I had to choose between a complete story and an incomplete storyline.

Ultimately, I went with the complete story.

#1-6 all are considered among my favorites of their respective genres

Updated 1 Mar 2017 – Sobibor, 14 October 1943, 4PM has now been added as my #4, bumping all other down a slot

Updated 3 Mar 2019 – Walt: The Man Behind the Myth has now been added as my #7, bumping all other down a slot

My Top Ten

Honorable Mention – We Stand Alone Together

Honorable Mention – A Beautiful Mind

10. Shrek

9. Monsters Inc

8. Uprising

7. Walt: The Man Behind the Myth

6. Serendipity

5. 61*

4. Sobibor, 14 October 1943, 4PM

3. Black Hawk Down

2. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

1. Band of Brothers

Here’s a complete list of movies that I’ve seen from 2001

 

1. 15 Minutes
2. 61*
3. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
4. Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
5. Accountant, The
6. Ali
7. Along Came a Spider
8. Amélie
9. American Outlaws
10. American Pie 2
11. Amy’s Orgasm
12. Angel Eyes
13. Antitrust
14. Atlantis: The Lost Empire
15. Bandits
16. Band of Brothers  Encore Review  Encore Review 2
17. A Beautiful Mind    Encore Review
18. Behind Enemy Lines
19. The Believer
20. Black Hawk Down  Encore Review Encore Review 2  Encore Review 3
21. Black Knight
22. Blow
23. The Body
24. Bridget Jones’s Diary
25. Brotherhood of the Wolf
26. Buffalo Soldiers
27. Bully
28. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
29. The Center of the World
30. Christmas Carol: The Movie
31. Conspiracy
32. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
33. Crazy/Beautiful
34. Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
35. Curse of the Jade Scorpion
36. The Day Reagan Was Shot
37. The Deep End
38. The Devil’s Backbone
39. Dinner With Friends
40. Don’s Plum
41. Donnie Darko        Encore Review
42. Down to Earth
43. Dr. Dolittle 2
44. Drive-In Memories
45. Driven
46. Enemy at the Gates
47. The Fast and the Furious  Encore Review
48. Focus
49. Frailty
50. Gosford Park
51. Greatest Summer of my Life, The: Billy Crystal and the making of 61*
52. The Grey Zone
53. Hannibal
54. Hardball
55. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
56. Hearts in Atlantis
57. Heist
58. How Harry Met Sally
59. I Am Sam
60. Imposter
61. In the Bedroom
62. Iris
63. Jason X
64. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
65. Joy Ride
66. Jurassic Park III
67. K-PAX
68. Kate & Leopold
69. Kiss of the Dragon
70. Kissing Jessica Stein
71. A Knight’s Tale
72. Lantana
73. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
74. The Last Castle     Encore Review
75. Late Marriage (Hatuna Meuheret)
76. Late Night Shopping
77. Life as a House
78. Legally Blonde
79. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Encore Review   Encore Review 2  3 4
80. Made
81. The Majestic
82. The Man Who Wasn’t There
83. Manic
84. Mark Twain
85. Mean Machine
86. Monster’s Ball
87. Monsters, Inc.  Encore Review
88. Moulin Rouge!
89. Mulholland Drive
90. The Mummy Returns
91. No Man’s Land
92. Not Another Teen Movie   Encore Review
93. Ocean’s Eleven
94. The One
95. One Night at McCool’s
96. Original Sin
97. Osmosis Jones
98. Out Cold
99. Pearl Harbor                    Encore Review
100. Planet of the Apes
101. The Pledge
102. R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
103. Rat Race
104. The Royal Tenenbaums
105. Rush Hour 2
106. Saving Silverman
107. Scary Movie 2
108. The Score
109. Serendipity    Encore Review
110. Series 7: The Contenders
111. Shallow Hal
112. The Shipping News
113. Shrek
114. Snow in August
115. Someone Like You
116. Spirited Away
117. Spy Game
118. Spy Kids
119. Star Trek Enterprise: Broken Bow
120. Storytelling
121. Sweet November
122. Swordfish
123. The Tailor of Panama
124. Texas Rangers
125. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
126. To End All Wars
127. Tomcats
128. Town & Country
129. Training Day
130. Uprising
131. Vanilla Sky
132. Walt: The Man Behind the Myth
133. Waking Life
134. We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company  Encore Review
135. The Wedding Planner
136. Wet Hot American Summer
137. Wit
138. Zoolander