Top Movies of 2001


The top movies of 2001 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

91. Iron Monkey ( Siu nin Wong Fei Hung ji: Tit Ma Lau )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Woo-ping Yuen
Actors: Rongguang Yu, Jean Wang, Donnie Yen, James Wong, Shi-Kwan Yen, Shun-Yee Yuen
Plot: A masked man known as the "Iron Monkey" fights corruption within the Chinese government. A sometimes funny "Robin Hood" like tale that heats up when an evil Shalom monk comes to town.

92. Spy Game

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Brad Pitt, Robert Redford, Catherine McCormack, Todd Boyce, Ted Maynard, Stephen Dillane
Plot: Tom Biship and Nathan Muir have a relationship that is interesting to the CIA investigators regrading a raid by Biship into China.

93. Lumumba

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raoul Peck
Actors: Eriq Ebouaney, Alex Descas, Théophile Sowié, Maka Kotto, Dieudonné Kabongo, Pascal N'Zonzi

94. Bread and Tulips ( Pane e tulipani )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Silvio Soldini
Actors: Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Giuseppe Battiston, Antonio Catania, Marina Massironi, Felice Andreasi
Plot: A repressed Italian housewife's family accidentally leaves her behind on their vacation in Venice. She decides to stay on and builds a new life for herself among a motley group of newfound friends. Her husband, however, is not happy with this new arrangement and sends a bumbling amateur detective to track her down.

95. Trouble Every Day

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claire Denis
Actors: Vincent Gallo, Tricia Vessey, Béatrice Dalle, Alex Descas, Florence Loiret, Nicolas Duvauchelle

96. Behind Enemy Lines

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Moore
Actors: Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Gabriel Macht, Charles Malik Whitfield, David Keith, Olek Krupa
Plot: In the final stages of a NATO peacekeeping mission in Bosnia in December 1995. A Navy navigator is shot down over enemy territory and is ruthlessly pursued by a secret police enforcer and the opposing troops. Meanwhile his commanding officer goes against orders in an attempt to rescue him.

97. Rush Hour 2

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Brett Ratner
Actors: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Ziyi Zhang, Roselyn Sanchez, Harris Yulin
Plot: A Hong Kong vacation for Detective James Carter is turned into another adventure with Inspector Lee when they uncover a Triad gang leader involved in counterfeiting and bombings.

98. Iris

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Eyre
Actors: Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Penelope Wilton, Juliet Aubrey

99. Sordid Lives

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Del Shores
Actors: Olivia Newton-John, Kirk Geiger, Beau Bridges, Delta Burke, Bonnie Bedelia, Newell Alexander

100. In July ( Im Juli. )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Romance/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fatih Akin
Actors: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, Mehmet Kurtulus, Idil Üner, Branka Katic, Sandra Borgmann

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