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.

231. Wisconsin Death Trip

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Marsh
Actors: Ian Holm, Jeffrey Golden, Jo Vukelich, Marcus Monroe, Marilyn White, John Schneider
Plot: Wisconsin Death Trip is an intimate, shocking and sometimes hilarious account of the disasters that befell one small town in Wisconsin during the final decade of the 19th century.

232. On the Edge

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Carney
Actors: Cillian Murphy, Tricia Vessey, Stephen Rea, Jonathan Jackson, Marcella Plunkett, Paul Hickey

233. Liam

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Frears
Actors: Ian Hart, Claire Hackett, Anthony Borrows, David Hart, Megan Burns, Anne Reid

234. Broken Silence ( Silencio Roto )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Montxo Armendáriz
Actors: Lucía Jiménez, Juan Diego Botto, Mercedes Sampietro, Álvaro de Luna, María Vázquez, María Botto

235. Summer Catch

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Tollin
Actors: Freddie Prinze Jr., Jessica Biel, Fred Ward, Matthew Lillard, Brian Dennehy, Brittany Murphy
Plot: A rich girl whose family summers on Cape Cod has a romance with a local poor boy who hopes to become a major league baseball player.

236. Waiting for the Messiah ( Esperando al mesías )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Burman
Actors: Daniel Hendler, Enrique Piñeyro, Héctor Alterio, Melina Petriella, Stefania Sandrelli, Chiara Caselli

237. Little Crumb ( Kruimeltje )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Maria Peters
Actors: Ruud Feltkamp, Hugo Haenen, Eric van der Donk, Sacha Bulthuis, John Kraaykamp, Thekla Reuten
Plot: Based on a popular Dutch children's book by Chris van Abkoude, this comedy-drama concerns Crumb, a much put-upon youngster whose poverty -stricken mother is forced to turn him over to the stern Mrs. Koster. However, Mrs. Koster proves to be a cruel taskmaster who insists Crumb bring her money before she'll feed him. Crumb's money-making schemes sometime cause him to run afoul of the police, and he has earned the enmity of most of the grownups around him when Mrs. Koster unexpectedly dies. To Crumb's surprise, he's taken in by Chris, the owner of a grocery store who develops a soft spot for the scruffy tyke. Crumb is happy, but his joy is short-lived when the market is destroyed in a fire; without a guardian, he is sent to an orphanage presided over by the mean-spirited Mr. Keyzer.

238. Things Behind the Sun

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Allison Anders
Actors: Aria Alpert, Rosanna Arquette, Don Cheadle, Kim Dickens, Elizabeth Peña, Eric Stoltz

239. Waiting for Godot

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Actors: Barry McGovern, Johnny Murphy, Alan Stanford, Stephen Brennan, Sam McGovern

240. The Heart of the World

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Guy Maddin
Actors: Leslie Bais, Caelum Vatnsdal, Shaun Balbar, Greg Klymkiw

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