Movies of 2001

Action:

The Abyss, Harper, Joan of Arc, X-Men, Ronin, the Year of Living Dangerously, the Drowining Pool, Salvador, Goodfellas, Back to Back, the Thomas Crown Affair (original), the Man With the Golden Gun, the Name of the Rose, Charlies Angels, the Eiger Sanctum, X-Files Movie, the Bodyguard, Manhunter, Arlingon Rd., Smilla's Sense of Snow, the Marathon Man, Black Sunday, Kiss the Girls, the Way of the Gun, the Beach, Romeo Must Die, Possessed, L.A. Confidential.

Animation:

the Grinch, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Lupin: Tokyo Crisis, Farewell Beloved Lupin, Space Jam.

Art:

Carrington, Mrs. Dalloway .

British:

Snatch, Secret Society, Performance, Billy Elliot.

Classic:

Planet of the Apes (original), Shaft (original), All Quiet on the Western Front, Red River, To Sir With Love, Intolerence, Bary Lyndon, the Lost World (1925), Birth of a Nation, the Thing from Another World, the Apartment, the Hustler, the Grinch (cartoon), Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Jason and the Argonauts, Pretty Baby, the Old Man and the Sea, In the Heat of the Night, the Grapes of Wrath, Breakfast at Tiffany's, La Dolce Vita.

Clint Eastwood:

Pink Cadillac, Space Cowboys, Hang 'Em High, Tightrope, Joe Kidd, True Crime.

Comedy:

Detroit Rock City, Junior, Mystery Men, Best of Show, Nurse Betty, Sweet and Lowdown, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Little Nicky, Baseketball, Heaven Can Wait, Dr. Doolittle, Hot Shots Part Deux, Chicken Run, Best of SNL 1 + 2, LA Without A Map, South Park the Movie, Love and Death, Shanghai Noon, Multiplicity, the Spy Who Shagged Me, the Nutty Professor 2, Fletch, the Pink Panther, the Return of the Pink Panther, the Pink Panther Strikes Again, the Revenge of the Pink Panther, the Son of the Pink Panther, 3 Amigos, Slacker, Mallrats, American Movie, Me Myself and Irene, Waking Ned Divine, Big Daddy, the Waterboy, Breakfast of Champions, Bowfinger, Happy Gilmore, Airheads, Hot Dog the Movie, We're No Angels (1984), Scary Movie, Something Weird, Dogma.

Comic:

the X-Men, Blade.

Crime:

the General's Daughter, The Thomas Crowne Affair (1968), Pulp Fiction.

Drama:

Wonder Boys, Steel Magnolias, Norma Rae, Dangerous Minds, Hillary and Jackie, Crimes of the Heart, Days of Heaven, Happiness, Titanic, the Right Stuff, Snow Falling on Cedars, Playing God, Great Expectations, High Fidelity, She's Gotta Have It, Malcolm X, Farewell My Concubine, Witness, Bringing Out The Dead, Driving Miss Daisy, the Legend of 1900, the Hurricane, Bulletproof, What Dreams May Come, Amy, the Funeral (Ferrera), Agnes of God, Born on the 4th of July, Dancer in the Dark, Restoration, Gallipoli, Looking For Mr. Goodbar, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Cotton Club, Up Close and Personal, Amateur, War And Peace, American History X, One-Eyed Jacks, Roots (TV Series), Magnolia, the Next Best Thing, Over the Edge, Heavenly Creatures, Atlantic City, Boys Don't Cry, Faces, the Insider, Erin Brokovich, Jesus Son, Sophie's World, Midsummer Night's Eve, the Last Days of Disco.

Foreign:

Denmark: Kingdom
France: Le Diner des Cons, Camille Claudel, Soleil Rouge
Hong Kong: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Once Upon A Time In China and America, Temptress Moon, Blade, He's A Woman She's A Man 1 + 2, Gorgeous
Iceland: the Juniper Tree
Iran: Children of Heaven, the Sun is my Eye
Italy: La Dolce Vita
Mongolia: Mandohay Spain: Labyrinth of Passion
Sweden: Lotta Ga Boakmarkargatan
Vietnam: the Scent of Green Papaya, Cyclo

Horror:

Audition, Scream 1 + 2 + 3.

Japan:

Party 7, Brother, Crossfire (Japan), Kao, Gojoe Reisanki, Nagasaka burabura bushi, Shin abashiri bangaichi, Jyugosai: gakou IV, Shall We Dance, Dora Heitai, Shin Jingi naki tatakai, Kazoku Cinema, gegege no Kitarou, Ring, Ring 2, Rassen, Kubi Tsuri Kikyu, You Only Live Twice, Mo ichido aitakute, Atsumono, Kagerouza/Theatre of Illusion, Shark Skin Man Peach Hip Girl, Lupin Sansei Tokyo Crisis, Farewell Beloved Lupin, Haru Momo, Charisma, Sato no ki, Sharaku, Bullet Ballet, Kuroie, Owl Castle, Osaka Monogatari, Angel Dust, Hassen No malice, Nabbie's Love, Gohatto, Sentaki wa ore ni makaseru.

Music:

Volumen.

Pink Panther:

the Pink Panther, the Return of the Pink Panther, the Pink Panther Strikes Again, the Revenge of the Pink Panther, the Son of the Pink Panther.

Science Fiction:

Capricorn 1, Battlefield Earth, Guyver 2, Judge Dredd, Tron, Westworld, Existenz, The Hidden.

Suspense:

13 Days, Enemy At The Gates, Midnight Heat, Traffic, Shaft (remake), A Civil Affair, the 6th Day, Torn Curtain, Flawless, the Towering Inferno, U-571, Double Jeopardy, the Collector, Unbreakable, King of NY, Cry Freedom, Jurassic Park, Final Cut, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the Hot Spot, Nocturne Indien, Miami Blues, Mortal Thoughts.

Vampire:

Blade, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), John Carpenter's Vampires, Vampire In Brooklyn.

Rankings:

best: Kingdom, Norma Rae, Carrington, Witness, the Hurricane, Harper, Mrs. Dalloway, Shak Skin Man Peach Hip Girl, Amy, Birth of a Nation, Farewell Beloved Lupin, the Scent of Green Papaya, Slacker, Mallrats, Charisma, Cyclo, Roots, the Hidden, Atlantic City, the Insider, Hot Shots Part Deux.

worst: Gojoe Reisanki, the Hot Spot, Tightrope, Chicken Run, Great Expectations, Bringing In The Dead, the Legend of 1900, Agnes of God, Romeo Must Die, Dogma, Something Weird, Soleil Rouge, Charisma.

even worse: Playing God, Fletch, the Son of the Pink Panther, Vampire In Brooklyn, Manhunter, Secret Society.

rock bottom: Battlefield Earth, Dragon Fight, Breakfast of Champions, Gorgeous.

256 movies/videos/films in 2002

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