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.

131. 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.

132. Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah - Giant Monsters All-Out Attack ( Gojira, Mosura, Kingu Gidorâ: Daikaijû sôkôgeki )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Actors: Chiharu Nîyama, Ryudo Uzaki, Masahiro Kobayashi, Shirô Sano, Takashi Nishina, Kaho Minami

133. Tell Me Something ( Telmisseomding )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yoon-Hyun Chang
Actors: Suk-kyu Han, Eun-ha Shim, Hang-Seon Jang, Jung-ah Yum, Seok-Hwan An, Cheol-Ho Park
Plot: A cop under mounting pressure is given the task of solving a series of gristly murders in Korea. A bag of body parts is left at various crime scenes, but not of the parts match. Like a gristly jigsaw puzzle, the detective finds that a single woman had a link to each victim.

134. Greenfingers

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joel Hershman
Actors: Clive Owen, Helen Mirren, David Kelly, Warren Clarke, Adam Fogerty, Danny Dyer

135. The Pledge

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sean Penn
Actors: Patricia Clarkson, Benicio Del Toro, Aaron Eckhart, Jack Nicholson, Tom Noonan, Vanessa Redgrave

136. K-PAX

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Iain Softley
Actors: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard, David Patrick Kelly, Saul Williams
Plot: Kevin Spacey plays a mentally institutionalized patient who believes that he is a "space alien" who is put into a mental institution because no one believes that he is a space alien. Jeff Bridges plays his psychiatrist who starts questioning his own set of beliefs when Kevin Spacey's character gives him a very good argument for his case. Is his character really an alien from outer space or is he mentally ill?

137. Tape

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman

138. Bully

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Larry Clark
Actors: Brad Renfro, Rachel Miner, Bijou Phillips, Nick Stahl, Michael Pitt, Leo Fitzpatrick
Plot: A group of friends plots a murder of one of their own, a spiteful teen who is both physically and mentally abusing, but in the aftermath,

139. The Luzhin Defence

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Marleen Gorris
Actors: John Turturro, Emily Watson, Geraldine James, Stuart Wilson, Christopher Thompson, Fabio Sartor
Plot: An eccentric chess genius falls in love with a woman he meets at a tournament. But can his feelings for her pull him away from his obsession with the game?

140. Wit

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald, Jonathan M. Woodward, Harold Pinter

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