Best Movies of 2001
Most watched in 2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone2001 · ★ 7.9 · 2h 32m
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001 · ★ 8.4 · 2h 59m
Monsters, Inc.2001 · ★ 7.9 · 1h 32m
Shrek2001 · ★ 7.8 · 1h 30m
Spirited Away2001 · ★ 8.5 · 2h 5m
Donnie Darko2001 · ★ 7.8 · 1h 54m
#1 Spirited Away (2001) · ★ 8.5 · 18,950 votes · 2h 5m · fantasy, animation, familyA young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she ha…
#2 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) · ★ 8.4 · 28,290 votes · 2h 59m · action, fantasy, adventureYoung hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along…
#3 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) · ★ 7.9 · 30,189 votes · 2h 32m · fantasy, adventureHarry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the…
#4 Monsters, Inc. (2001) · ★ 7.9 · 20,280 votes · 1h 32m · comedy, fantasy, animationLovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wan…
#5 Amélie (2001) · ★ 7.9 · 12,665 votes · 2h 2m · comedy, romanceAt a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, a…
#6 A Beautiful Mind (2001) · ★ 7.9 · 11,435 votes · 2h 15m · romance, dramaFrom the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking disco…
#7 Shrek (2001) · ★ 7.8 · 19,294 votes · 1h 30m · comedy, fantasy, adventureIt ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dra…
#8 Donnie Darko (2001) · ★ 7.8 · 13,789 votes · 1h 54m · fantasy, drama, mysteryAfter narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.…
#9 Mulholland Drive (2001) · ★ 7.8 · 7,326 votes · 2h 27m · thriller, drama, mysteryBlonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second wom…
#10 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) · ★ 7.7 · 1,044 votes · 1h 55m · action, science-fiction, animationThe year is 2071. Following a terrorist bombing, a deadly virus is released on the populace of Mars and the government has issued the largest bounty in history, for the capture of…
#11 Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2001) · ★ 7.7 · 857 votes · 1h 43m · action, fantasy, adventureLegendary dhampir D competes with a motley family of bounty hunters to track down Charlotte Elbourne, a young woman seemingly abducted by undead nobleman Meier Link.…
#12 Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) · ★ 7.7 · 628 votes · 3h 29m · comedy, dramaYears after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.…
#13 The Others (2001) · ★ 7.6 · 7,406 votes · 1h 41m · thriller, horror, mysteryGrace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is h…
#14 I Am Sam (2001) · ★ 7.6 · 2,589 votes · 2h 12m · dramaSam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's li…
#15 Ocean's Eleven (2001) · ★ 7.5 · 12,882 votes · 1h 56m · thriller, crimeLess than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal…
#16 Training Day (2001) · ★ 7.5 · 6,871 votes · 2h 2m · action, drama, crimeOn his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.…
#17 The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) · ★ 7.5 · 5,203 votes · 1h 50m · comedy, dramaRoyal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of t…
#18 Moulin Rouge! (2001) · ★ 7.5 · 4,960 votes · 2h 8m · romance, drama, musicA celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged in…
#19 The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) · ★ 7.5 · 1,825 votes · 1h 56m · drama, crimeA tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a…
#20 Waking Life (2001) · ★ 7.5 · 986 votes · 1h 41m · fantasy, drama, animationWaking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussio…
#21 My Sassy Girl (2001) · ★ 7.5 · 680 votes · 2h 17m · comedy, romance, dramaA young man’s world is turned upside down when a female force of nature takes his life by storm in this outrageous and uplifting ode to true love.…
#22 No Man's Land (2001) · ★ 7.5 · 519 votes · 1h 38m · action, history, warTwo soldiers from opposite sides get stuck between the front lines in the same trench. The UN is asked to free them and both sides agree on a ceasefire, but will they stick to it?…
#23 Black Hawk Down (2001) · ★ 7.4 · 6,618 votes · 2h 25m · action, history, warWhen U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy cas…
#24 Blow (2001) · ★ 7.4 · 4,706 votes · 2h 4m · drama, crimeThe story of how George Jung, together with the Medellín Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-dollar cocaine empire in the United States in the 1970s.…
#25 Enemy at the Gates (2001) · ★ 7.4 · 4,197 votes · 2h 11m · romance, drama, historyA Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.…
#26 Y Tu Mamá También (2001) · ★ 7.4 · 1,841 votes · 1h 46m · romance, dramaIn Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.…
#27 The Experiment (2001) · ★ 7.4 · 1,275 votes · 2h 0m · thriller, drama20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation.…
#28 The Piano Teacher (2001) · ★ 7.3 · 1,347 votes · 2h 11m · romance, dramaErika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.…
#29 Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) · ★ 7.3 · 667 votes · 3h 53m · adventure, romance, dramaThe year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain Russell has imposed an unprecedented land tax on its citizens. Outraged, Bhuvan,…
#30 His Secret Life (2001) · ★ 7.3 · 605 votes · 1h 46m · romance, dramaWhen Antonia's husband Massimo is killed in a car accident, she accidentally discovers that he has been having a same-sex affair with a produce wholesaler named Michele.…
#31 Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001) · ★ 7.3 · 560 votes · 1h 13m · comedy, adventure, animationWhen Scooby and the gang get trapped in a video game created for the gang, they must fight against the 'Phantom Virus.' To escape the game they must go level by level and defeat th…
#32 K-PAX (2001) · ★ 7.2 · 2,879 votes · 2h 0m · drama, science-fiction, mysteryProt is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.…
#33 Shaolin Soccer (2001) · ★ 7.2 · 2,662 votes · 1h 53m · action, comedyA young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.…
#34 The Last Castle (2001) · ★ 7.2 · 1,489 votes · 2h 11m · action, thriller, dramaA court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.…
#35 A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) · ★ 7.1 · 6,905 votes · 2h 26m · adventure, drama, science-fictionDavid, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series o…
#36 Ghost World (2001) · ★ 7.1 · 1,632 votes · 1h 51m · comedy, dramaTwo quirky, cynical, teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives following high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle-aged record coll…
#37 Metropolis (2001) · ★ 7.1 · 579 votes · 1h 47m · science-fiction, animationIn the midst of societal conflict in the futuristic city of Metropolis, Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban set out to uncover the mystery behind the first human-like robot, Tima.…
#38 The Son's Room (2001) · ★ 7.1 · 564 votes · 1h 39m · dramaA psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.…
#39 The Fast and the Furious (2001) · ★ 7.0 · 11,156 votes · 1h 46m · action, thriller, crimeDominic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew,…
#40 The Princess Diaries (2001) · ★ 7.0 · 5,381 votes · 1h 55m · comedy, romance, familyA socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her l…