Top 10: 2001

By: No-Limb Joe

Honorable Mention: Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet), Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly), Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff), Gosford Park (Robert Altman), Hedwig and the Angry Itch (John Cameron Mitchell), In the Bedroom (Todd Field), Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter), The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke), Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair), Session 9 (Brad Anderson)

Gone but Not Forgotten: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Wet Hot American Summer, Training Day, Jeepers Creepers, Human Nature, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Pootie Tang, Shrek, Black Hawk Down, Bubble Boy, Glitter, Joy Ride, Kiss of the Dragon, Jurassic Park III, The Others, Spy Game, Buffalo Soldiers, From Hell, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, The Deep End, Zoolander, Tape, Pearl Harbor(!), Glitter(!), Moulin Rouge*(!)

*-new entry
(!)-bad movie

• 01
  Mulholland Drive
  David Lynch
• 02
  Millennium Actress
  Satoshi Kon
• 03
  Spirited Away
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 04
  Waking Life
  Richard Linklater
• 05
  The Royal Tenenbaums
  Wes Anderson
• 06
  Pulse
  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• 07
  Fat Girl
  Catherine Breillat
• 08
  The Devil's Backbone
  Guillermo del Toro
• 09
  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  Peter Jackson
• 10
  Trouble Every Day
  Claire Denis