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.

121. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Simon West
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen, Noah Taylor, Daniel Craig, Richard Johnson
Plot: Lara Croft is a hunter-for-hire - but her prey is rare antiquities, and she will go to the ends of the earth to find what she needs. A rare planetary alignment has a secret society looking to dominate the world by acquiring two rare artifacts. It's up to Lara Croft to thwart their plans.

122. Code Unknown ( Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Haneke
Actors: Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Josef Bierbichler, Alexandre Hamidi, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Ona Lu Yenke
Plot: A seemingly innocent gesture made out of anger impacts the lives of several characters: Jean, a young man trying to escape the country life of his father by relocating to Paris; his brother, George, a war photographer; his girlfriend, Anne, an actress who flits from movie to movie; Amadou, an Franco-African immigrant who works with the deaf and dumb and Maria, who supplements a too-meager income by begging.

123. Life as a House

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Irwin Winkler
Actors: Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hayden Christensen, Jena Malone, Mary Steenburgen, Ian Somerhalder
Plot: A man dying of cancer attempts to spend some quality time with his son by building a house with him.

124. Series 7: The Contenders

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Daniel Minahan
Actors: Brooke Smith, Glenn Fitzgerald, Marylouise Burke, Merritt Wever, Michael Kaycheck, Angelina Phillips
Plot: A reality game show follows five strangers, including an unwed, pregnant woman, who have to eliminate the competition, permanently, in order to win their freedom.

125. Hannibal

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta, Giancarlo Giannini, Frankie Faison
Plot: Ten years after escaping the asylum, Hannibal Lector returns to America when one of his former victims uses Clarice Starling as leverage to exact his revenge.

126. Legally Blonde

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Luketic
Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge
Plot: A perky blonde, Elle Woods has it all - queen of her sorority, hot boyfriend, comfy life... that is until her boyfriend decides that Harvard is more important and dumps the west coast life for east coast living. Elle won't give up and follows him to Harvard, determined to win him back and maybe discover her own legal talent.

127. Ocean Oasis

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Soames Summerhays
Actors: Exequiel Ezcurra, Gabriela Flores, Mercedes Guererro, Iliana Ortega, Enriquetta Velarde, Jaime Orozco

128. Someone Like You

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Actors: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin, Catherine Dent

129. Along Came a Spider

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lee Tamahori
Actors: Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Michael Wincott, Dylan Baker, Mika Boorem, Anton Yelchin
Plot: After his partner is killed, Detective Dr. Alex Cross decides to stop working. His break is short-lived when a senator's daughter is kidnapped and the kidnapper wants to talk to only Cross.

130. Save the Last Dance

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Thomas Carter
Actors: Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Fredro Starr, Terry Kinney, Bianca Lawson
Plot: After the death of her mother Sara Johnson moves in with her father in south side Chicago and all but gives up on her dreams of being a ballerina. Feeling lost and alone at her new school, she discovers Derek, a fellow student who connects with her thanks to his street moves. When she begins to open up once, she takes a chance on her dreams of dancing once again.

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