2001

Film Decades: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Each review will be linked to the title below.

(*seen originally in theaters)

(**seen rereleased in theaters)

  • 12 Hours – Puerto Rico
  • 15 Minutes – starring Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Avery Brooks, Melina Kanakaredes, Karl Roden, Oleg Taktarov, & Vera Farmiga
  • 3000 Miles to Graceland – starring Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, David Arquette, & Courteney Cox
  • The 51st State – starring Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, & Emily Mortimer – UK
  • 61* – directed by Billy Crystal, starring Barry Pepper & Thomas Jane – TV movie
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence – directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Haley Joel Osment, William Hurt, Frances O’Connor, Jude Law, & Brendan Gleeson
  • Absolute 100 (Apsolutnih sto) – (Yugoslavia)
  • Address Unknown (uchwiin bulmyeong) – (South Korea)
  • The Affair of the Necklace – directed by Charles Shyer, starring Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Baker, Adrien Brody, Joely Richardson, Christopher Walken, & Brian Cox
  • Ali – directed by Michael Mann, starring Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles, & Ron Silver
  • All About Lily Chou-Chou (Rirī Shushu no Subete) – (Japan)
  • All Over the Guy – directed by Julie Davis, starring Sasha Alexander, Dan Bucatinsky, Adam Goldberg, Joanna Kerns, Lisa Kudrow, Andrea Martin, Christina Ricci, Doris Roberts, & Richard Ruccolo
  • Along Came a Spider – directed by Lee Tamahori, starring Morgan Freeman & Monica Potter
  • The Amati Girls – starring Cloris Leachman, Mercedes Ruehl, & Sean Young
  • Amélie – directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, starring Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Serge Merlin, Jamel Debbouze, Claire Maurier, Clotilde Mollet, Isabelle Nanty, Dominique Pinon, Artus de Penguern, Yolande Moreau, Urbain Cancelier, & Maurice Bénichou – France
  • The American Astronaut – directed by & starring Cory McAbee, with Rocco Sisto, Greg Russell Cook, Annie Golden
  • American Outlaws – directed by Les Mayfield, starring Colin Farrell, Scott Caan, Ali Larter, Gabriel Macht, Gregory Smith, Harris Yulin, Will McCormack, Kathy Bates, & Timothy Dalton
  • American Pie 2, starring Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Chris Klein, Shannon Elizabeth, & Eugene Levy
  • America’s Sweethearts* – starring Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Hank Azaria, Alan Arkin, Christopher Walken
  • Amy’s Orgasm – directed by & starring Julie Davis, with Nick Chinlund, Jeff Cesario, Julie Bowen, & Andrea Bendewald
  • Angel Eyes, starring Jennifer Lopez
  • Animal (Animalada) – (Argentina)
  • The Animal, starring Rob Schneider
  • The Anniversary Party, directed by & starring Jennifer Jason Leigh & Alan Cumming, with Kevin Kline, John C. Reilly, Jane Adams, Parker Posey, Phoebe Cates, & Gwyneth Paltrow
  • Another Life, starring Ioan Gruffudd, Imelda Staunton and Tom Wilkinson – (UK)
  • Antitrust, starring Ryan Phillippe and Claire Forlani
  • As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (So weit die Füße tragen) – (Germany)
  • Aśoka – (India)
  • Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner – (Canada)
  • Atlantis: The Lost Empire – directed by Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise, starring the voices of Michael J. Fox, James Garner, Cree Summer, Don Novello, Phil Morris, Claudia Christian, Jacqueline Obradors, Florence Stanley, David Ogden Stiers, John Mahoney, Jim Varney, Corey Burton, & Leonard Nimoy
  • Avalon – (Japan)
  • Ayyam El Sadat (The Days of Sadat) – (Egypt)
  • Baby Boy – directed by John Singleton, starring Tyrese Gibson, Snoop Dogg, Ving Rhames, Omar Gooding, A.J. Johnson, Taraji P. Henson, & Kevin Michael Richardson
  • Bandits – directed by Barry Levinson, starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, & Cate Blanchett
  • The Bank, starring David Wenham and Anthony LaPaglia – (Australia)
  • Baran (Rain) – (Iran)
  • A Beautiful Mind – directed by Ron Howard, starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, & Ed Harris
  • Behind Enemy Lines – directed join Moore, starring Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Joaquim de Almeida, David Keith, & Olek Krupa
  • Behind the Sun (Abril Despedaçado) – (Brazil)
  • Beijing Bicycle (Shí qī suì de dān chē) – (China)
  • Beijing Rocks (Bak Ging lok yue liu) – (Hong Kong)
  • Berlin Babylon – (Germany)
  • The Believer, starring Ryan Gosling
  • Big Bad Love, directed by and starring Arliss Howard, with Debra Winger, Rosanna Arquette & Angie Dickinson
  • Big Man, Little Love (Büyük Adam Küçük Aşk) – (Turkey)
  • Bintou – (Burkina Faso)
  • Birthday Girl – directed by Jez Butterworth, starring Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Mathieu Kassovitz, & Vincent Cassel – UK
  • Black Chicks Talking – (Australia)
  • Black Hawk Down – directed by Ridley Scott, starring Eric Bana, Ewan McGregor, Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore, & Sam Shepard
  • Black Knight – directed by Gil Junger, starring Martin Lawrence, Marsha Thomason, Tom Wilkinson, Vincent Regan, & Kevin Conway
  • Blow – directed by Ted Demme starring Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Rachel Griffiths, Paul Reubens
  • Bolivia – (Argentina/Netherlands)
  • A Boy Named Sue
  • Brainstorm (Bicho de Sete Cabeças) – (Brazil)
  • Bread and Milk (Kruh in mleko) – (Slovenia)
  • Bridget Jones’s Diary – starring Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, & Jim Broadbent – UK
  • Brotherhood of the Wolf – directed by Christophe Gans, starring Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Émilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci, & Vincent Cassel – France
  • The Brothers, starring Morris Chestnut and D.L. Hughley
  • Bubble Boy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal
  • Buffalo Soldiers – directed by Gregor Jordan, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris, Idris Elba, Scott Glenn, & Elizabeth McGovern
  • Bully, starring Brad Renfro
  • Bungee Jumping of Their Own (Beonjijeompeureul hada) – (South Korea)
  • The Bunker, starring Jason Flemyng – (UK)
  • CQ – directed by Roman Coppola, starring Jeremy Davies, Angela Lindvall, Élodie Bouchez, Jason Schwartzman, Giancarlo Giannini, Gérard Depardieu, Billy Zane, John Phillip Law, & Dean Stockwell
  • A Cab for Three (Taxi para tres) – (Chile)
  • Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – directed by John Madden, starring Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale, David Morrissey, & Irene Papas – UK/US/France
  • Carving Out Our Name
  • The Cat’s Meow – directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Kirsten Dunst, Cary Elwes, Eddie Izzard, Edward Herrmann, & Joanna Lumley – UK/US/Germany
  • Cats & Dogs – starring Jeff Goldblum & Elizabeth Perkins with the voices of Tobey Maguire, Alec Baldwin, & Charlton Heston – US/Australia
  • The Caveman’s Valentine – directed by Kasi Lemmons, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Aunjanue Ellis, Ann Magnuson, & Anthony Michael Hall
  • The Center of the World, starring Peter Sarsgaard and Molly Parker
  • Chandni Bar, starring Tabu – (India)
  • Chaos – (France)
  • Charlotte Gray. directed by Gillian Armstrong, starring Cate Blanchett, James Fleet, Abigail Cruttenden, Rupert Penry-Jones, Michael Gambon, & Billy Crudup – UK/Australia/Germany
  • La Ciénaga (The Swamp) – (Argentina/Spain/France)
  • The Closet (Le Placard), starring Daniel Auteuil and Gérard Depardieu – (France)
  • The Code – (Finland)
  • Come Look at Me (Prikhodi Na Menya Posmotret) – (Russia)
  • Crazy/Beautiful, starring Kirsten Dunst and Jay Hernandez
  • Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, starring Paul Hogan – (Australia/US)
  • Crush – directed by John McKay, starring Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton, Anna Chancellor, Kenny Doughty, & Bill Paterson
  • Crying… Silicon Tears (To Klama vgike apo ton paradeiso) – (Greece)
  • The Curse of the Jade Scorpion – directed by and starring Woody Allen, with Dan Aykroyd, Helen Hunt, Brian Markinson, Wallace Shawn, David Ogden Stiers, & Charlize Theron
  • Dark Blue World (Tmavomodrý svět) – (Czech Republic)
  • Darpan Chaya (दर्पण छायाँ) – (Napal)
  • Delivering Milo – directed by Nick Castle, starring Anton Yelchin, Albert Finney, Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott, & Douglas Spain
  • The Devil’s Backbone – directed by Guillermo del Toro, starring Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Irene Visedo, Fernando Tielve, & Íñigo Garcés – Spain/Mexico
  • Dil Chahta Hai (The Heart Desires) – (India)
  • Disco Pigs – directed by Kirsten Sheridan, starring Cillian Murphy & Elaine Cassidy– Ireland
  • Distance – (Japan)
  • Dog Days (Hundstage) – (Austria)
  • Dogtown and Z-Boys – documentary
  • Domestic Disturbance – starring John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, & Steve Buscemi
  • Don’t Say a Word, starring Michael Douglas
  • Donnie Darko – directed by Richard Kelly, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell, & Jena Malone
  • Down House (Даун Хаус) – (Russia)
  • Down to Earth, starring Chris Rock
  • Dr. Dolittle 2* – starring Eddie Murphy
  • Driven – starring Sylvester Stallone, Kip Pardue, Estella Warren, Burt Reynolds
  • Earth vs. the Spider – starring Dan Aykroyd & Theresa Russell
  • Edges of the Lord – starring Haley Joel Osment & Willem Dafoe – Poland/US
  • Elephants and Grass (Filler ve Çimen) – (Turkey)
  • Elling – (Norway)
  • Elvira’s Haunted Hills – starring Cassandra Peterson
  • The Emperor’s New Clothes – directed by Alan Taylor, starring Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny, Tom Watson, Nigel Terry, Hugh Bonneville, Murray Melvin, Eddie Marsan, & Clive Russell – Italy/Germany/UK
  • Enemy at the Gates – directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Bob Hoskins, Ed Harris, Ron Perlman, Eva Mattes, Gabriel Marshall Thomson, & Matthias Habich – France/US/Germany/UK/Ireland
  • Enigma – directed by Michael Apted, starring Kate Winslet, Dougray Scott, Jeremy Northam, & Saffron Burrows – UK
  • Evolution* – directed by Ivan Reitman, starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore, Sean William Scott, & Dan Aykroyd
  • Exit Wounds, starring Steven Seagal and DMX
  • The Experiment (Das Experiment) – (Germany)
  • Failan – South Korea
  • The Fast and the Furious, directed by Rob Cohen, starring Paul Walker and Vin Diesel
  • Fat Girl (À ma sœur!) – (France)
  • Fate (Yazgi) – (Turkey)
  • Festival in Cannes, directed by Henry Jaglom, starring Anouk Aimée, Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell
  • La Fiebre del Loco (Abalone Fever) – (Chile)
  • Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within* – starring the voices of Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Donald Sutherland – US/Japan
  • Finder’s Fee, starring Erik Palladino, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Forster and James Earl Jones
  • Fish and Elephant (Jin nian xia tian), directed by Li Yu – (China)
  • Flower Island (Ggot Seom) – (South Korea)
  • The Forsaken
  • The Fourth Angel – starring Jeremy Irons & Forest Whitaker – UK/Canada
  • Frailty, directed by & starring Bill Paxton, with Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Luke Askew, Jeremy Sumpter, & Matt O’Leary
  • Freddy Got Fingered, directed by & starring Tom Green, with Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Julie Hagerty, Anthony Michael Hall
  • Freedom (La Libertad) – (Argentina)
  • Friend (Chin-gu) – (South Korea)
  • From Hell – directed Albert & Allen Hughes, starring Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson, & Jason Flemyng
  • La Fuga (The Escape) – (Argentina)
  • Full Disclosure – starring Fred Ward, Penelope Ann Miller, Rachel Ticotin, Christopher Plummer, Kim Coates, Virginia Madsen
  • Fulltime Killer (Quanzhi Shashou), starring Andy Lau – (Hong Kong)
  • Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (Traitor: A Love Story), starring Sunny Deol – (India)
  • Gasoline (Benzina) – (Italy)
  • Get a Life (Ganhar a Vida) – (Portugal)
  • Get Over It, starring Kirsten Dunst, Shane West, Ben Foster and Colin Hanks
  • Ghost World – directed by Terry Zwigoff, starring Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas, Bob Balaban, & Teri Garr
  • Ghosts of Mars – directed by John Carpenter, starring Ice Cube, Jason Statham, Pam Grier, & Natasha Henstridge
  • The Glass House, starring Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Kathy Baker and Bruce Dern
  • Go – (Japan)
  • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack – Japan
  • Gosford Park – directed by Robert Altman, Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, & Emily Watson – UK/US
  • The Grey Zone – directed by Tim Blake Nelson, starring David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, & Daniel Benzali
  • Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge – starring Debbie Reynolds – TV movie
  • Hannibal – directed by Ridley Scott, starring Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta, & Giancarlo Giannini
  • The Happiness of the Katakuris – directed by Takashi Miike – Japan
  • Hardball – directed by Brian Robbins, starring Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, D.B. Sweeney, & Michael B. Jordan
  • Harrison’s Flowers, starring Andie MacDowell and Elias Koteas – (France)
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone* – directed by Chris Columbus, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Harris, Alan Rickman, & Maggie Smith – UK/US
  • Harvard Man – directed by James Toback, astarring Adrian Grenier, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Joey Lauren Adams, Rebecca Gayheart, Ray Allen, Eric Stoltz, & John Neville
  • He Died with a Felafel in His Hand – (Australia)
  • Head over Heels, starring Monica Potter and Freddie Prinze Jr.
  • Heartbreakers – starring Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jason Lee, Ray Liotta, Gene Hackman, & Anne Bancroft
  • Hearts in Atlantis – starring Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, & Hope Davis
  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch – directed by & starring John Cameron Mitchell
  • Heist – directed by David Mamet, starring Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Rebecca Pidgeon, Sam Rockwell, & Ricky Jay
  • Her Majesty – (New Zealand)
  • Herkes Kendi Evinde (Away from Home) – (Turkey)
  • Herman U.S.A.
  • Une hirondelle a fait le printemps (a.k.a. The Girl from Paris) – (France)
  • Hotel – directed by Mike Figgis, starring Saffron Burrows, Salma Hayek, Lucy Liu, Burt Reynolds, Julian Sands, & David Schwimmer – UK/Italy
  • How High, starring Method Man and Redman
  • How I Killed My Father (Comment j’ai tué mon père) – (France)
  • Human Nature – directed by Michel Gondry, starring Tim Robbins, Rhys Ifans, Patricia Arquette, Miranda Otto, Rosie Perez, Peter Dinklage
  • I Am Sam – starring Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Laura Dern, Dianne Wiest
  • I Wish I Had a Wife (Nado anaega isseosseumyeon johgessda) – (South Korea)
  • Ichi the Killer – directed by Takashi Miike – Japan
  • The Ignorant Fairies (Le fate ignoranti) – (Italy)
  • I’m Going Home (Je rentre à la maison), starring Michel Piccoli and Catherine Deneuve – (France/Portugal)
  • In the Bedroom – directed by Todd Field, starring Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, & Marisa Tomei
  • In Vanda’s Room (No Quarto da Vanda) – (Portugal)
  • Intacto – (Spain)
  • Intimacy – (France/UK/Germany/Spain
  • Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time (Inuyasha – Jidai wo koeru omoi) – (Japan)
  • Invincible – directed by Werner Herzog, starring Tim Roth, Jouko Ahola, Anna Gourari, & Max Raabe
  • Iris – starring Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, & Jim Broadbent – UK
  • Jan Dara (จัน ดารา) – (Thailand)
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back* – directed by & starring Kevin Smith, with Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck, Will Ferrell, Shannon Elizabeth, Jason Lee
  • Jeepers Creepers, starring Justin Long
  • Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius – directed by John A. Davis, starring the voices of Debi Derryberry, Patrick Stewart, Martin Short, Rob Paulsen, Jeffrey Garcia, & Carolyn Lawrenc
  • The Jimmy Show – directed by & starring Frank Whaley, with Carla Gugino & Ethan Hawke
  • Joe Dirt* – directed by Dennie Gordon, starring David Spade, Dennis Miller, Christopher Walken, Adam Beach, Brian Thompson, Brittany Daniel, Jaime Pressly, Erik Per Sullivan, Kid Rock, & Rosanna Arquette
  • Joe Somebody – directed by John Pasquin, starring Tim Allen, Julie Bowen, Kelly Lynch, Greg Germann, Hayden Panettiere, Patrick Warburton, & Jim Belushi
  • Josie and the Pussycats – directed by Harry Elfont & Deborah Kaplan, starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, and Rosario Dawson, Alan Cumming, Parker Posey, Gabriel Mann, Paulo Costanzo, & Missi Pyle
  • Joy Ride, starring Paul Walker and Steve Zahn
  • July Rhapsody (Laam yan sei sap), starring Jacky Cheung – (Hong Kong)
  • Jurassic Park III – directed by Joe Johnston, starring Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan, Michael Jeter, & Laura Dern
  • Just Visiting* – directed by Jean-Marie Gaubert, Jean Reno, Christina Applegate, Christian Clavier, Malcolm McDowell, Tara Reid, & Bridgette Wilson – US/France
  • K-PAX – directed by Iain Softley, starring Jeff Bridges Kevin Spacey, Alfre Woodard, & Mary McCormack
  • Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… (Sometimes there’s happiness, sometimes there’s sadness) – (India)
  • Kairo (Pulse), directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa – (Japan)
  • Kandahar (Safar-e Ghandehar) – (Iran)
  • Kate & Leopold – directed by James Mangold, starring Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer, Natasha Lyonne, Bradley Whitford, & Philip Bosco
  • Kick the Moon (Shinlaui dalbam) – (South Korea)
  • Kill Me Later, starring Selma Blair and Max Beesley
  • Kingdom Come, starring LL Cool J and Jada Pinkett Smith
  • Kira’s Reason: A Love Story (En Kærlighedshistoriefilm) – (Denmark)
  • Kiss of the Dragon – directed by Chris Nahon, starring Jet Li & Bridget Fonda – US/France
  • Kissing Jessica Stein, starring Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt
  • A Knight’s Tale – directed by Brian Helgeland, starring Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Mark Addy, Alan Tudyk, Rufus Sewell, Laura Fraser, Paul Bettany, & James Purefoy
  • L.I.E. – directed by Michael Cuesta, starring Paul Dano & Brian Cox
  • Lagaan (Land Tax) – (India)
  • Lajja, starring Manisha Koirala and Jackie Shroff – (India)
  • Lan Yu (藍宇), directed by Stanley Kwan – (Hong Kong/China)
  • Lantana – starring Anthony LaPaglia & Geoffrey Rush – (Australia)
  • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – directed by Simon West, starring Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, & Daniel Craig
  • The Last Castle – directed by Rod Lurie, starring Robert Redford, Mark Ruffalo, & James Gandolfini
  • The Last Kiss (L’ultimo bacio) – (Italy)
  • Last Orders – starring Bob Hoskins, Michael Caine, Ray Winstone, & Helen Mirren – UK
  • Last Present (Seon Mul) – (South Korea)
  • Last Wedding – (Canada)
  • Late Marriage (Hatuna Meuheret) – (Israel)
  • Late Night Shopping – (UK)
  • Legally Blonde, starring Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Jennifer Coolidge, Selma Blair, & Ali Larter
  • The Legend of Suriyothai – (Thailand)
  • L’Emploi du Temps (Time Out) – (France)
  • Letter to America (Pismo do Amerika) – (Bulgaria)
  • Life as a House, starring Kevin Kline and Kristin Scott Thomas
  • Lijmen/Het Been – (Belgium/Netherlands)
  • Lloyd
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* – directed by Peter Jackson, starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler, Sean Bean, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm – New Zealand/US
  • Lost and Delirious – (Canada)
  • Lovely & Amazing – directed by Nicole Holofcener, starring Catherine Keener, Jake Gyllenhaal, & Emily Mortimer
  • Lucía y el sexo (Sex and Lucia), starring Paz Vega – (Spain)
  • The Luck of the Irish – starring Ryan Merriman, Alexis Lopez, Timothy Omundson, Henry Gibson – TV movie
  • The Luzhin Defence – starring John Turturro & Emily Watson – (UK/France)
  • Lyle the Kindly Viking
  • Maangamizi: The Ancient One – (Tanzania/US)
  • Mad Love (Juana la Loco) – (Spain)
  • The Majestic – directed by Frank Darabont, starring Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Jeffrey DeMunn, Laurie Holden, Hal Holbrook, & Bob Balaban
  • Man Walking on Snow (Aruku, hito), starring Ken Ogata – (Japan)
  • The Man Who Sued God – starring Billy Connolly – Australia
  • The Man Who Wasn’t There – directed by Joel & Ethan Coen, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Michael Badalucco, Richard Jenkins, Scarlett Johansson, Jon Polito, Tony Shalhoub, & James Gandolfini
  • Max Keeble’s Big Move, starring Alex D. Linz
  • Me Without You – starring Anna Friel & Kyle MacLachlan – UK
  • Mean Machine, starring Vinnie Jones and Jason Statham – (UK)
  • Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, starring Michael York and Michael Biehn
  • Metropolis – Japan
  • The Mexican – directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini, & Gene Hackman
  • Mike Bassett: England Manager, starring Ricky Tomlinson – (UK)
  • Millennium Actress (Sennen Joyū) – directed by Satoshi Kon – (Japan)
  • Millennium Mambo (Qiānxī Mànbō) – (Taiwan)
  • The Million Dollar Hotel – directed by Wim Wenders, starring Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich, Mel Gibson, Jimmy Smits, Peter Stormare, Amanda Plummer
  • Mind Meld
  • Mockingbird Don’t Sing
  • Monkeybone* – directed by Henry Selick, starring Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda and Whoopi Goldberg, with the voice of John Turturro
  • Monrak Transistor (aka Transistor Love Story) – (Thailand)
  • Monsoon Wedding – directed by Mira Nair – US/India
  • Monster’s Ball – directed by Marc Forster, starring Halle Berry, Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, & Peter Boyle
  • Monsters, Inc.* – directed by Pete Docter, with voices of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Tilly, & James Coburn
  • Moscow Square (Moszkva tér) – (Hungary)
  • Moulin Rouge! – directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, & Jim Broadbent – Australia/US
  • The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time (aka Nynka) – (Netherlands)
  • Mulholland Drive** – directed by David Lynch, starring Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, & Justin Theroux
  • The Mummy Returns – directed by Stephen Sommers, starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, & Dwayne Johnson
  • My First Mister, directed by Christine Lahti, starring Leelee Sobieski, Albert Brooks, Desmond Harrington, Carol Kane, Michael McKean, & John Goodman
  • My Sassy Girl (Yeopgijeogin geunyeo) – (South Korea)
  • Nabi (Butterfly) – (South Korea)
  • Nandha – (India)
  • Nayak: The Real Hero, starring Anil Kapoor – (India)
  • No Man’s Land (Ničija zemlja) – (Bosnia-Herzegovina/France/Italy/UK)
  • Not Another Teen Movie* – starring Chris Evans
  • The Notice of the Day (Arregui, La Noticia del Día) – (Argentina)
  • Nowhere in Africa (Nirgendwo in Afrika) – (Germany)
  • O – directed by Tim Blake Nelson, starring Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles, & Martin Sheen
  • Ocean’s Eleven – directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy García, Julia Roberts, Casey Affleck, Elliott Gould, Carl Reiner
  • The Officers’ Ward (La chambre des officiers) – (France)
  • On the Green Carpet – (North Korea)
  • The One – starring Jet Li, Delroy Lindo, Carla Gugino, & Jason Statham
  • One Fine Spring Day (Bomnaleun Ganda) – (South Korea)
  • One Night at McCool’s – starring Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, Paul Reiser, Michael Douglas, & John Goodman
  • Original Sin, starring Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas
  • The Orphan of Anyang (Anyangde guer) – (China)
  • Osmosis Jones* – starring Bill Murray & Molly Shannon with the voices of Chris Rock, David Hyde Pierce, Laurence Fishburne, William Shatner
  • The Others – directed by Alejandro Amenábar, starring Nicole Kidman – US/Spain
  • Out Cold – directed by The Malloys, starring Jason London, Willie Garson, Lee Majors, Zach Galifianakis, David Koechner, A.J. Cook, & Lewis Arquette
  • The Parole Officer, starring Steve Coogan and Lena Headey – (UK)
  • Pau and His Brother (Pau i el seu germà) – (Spain/France)
  • Pearl Harbor – directed by Michael Bay, starring Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Dan Aykroyd, & Alec Baldwin
  • Perfume, starring Estella Warren, Jeff Goldblum and Mariel Hemingway
  • Le Peuple Migrateur (Winged Migration) – (Fr/It/Ger/Sp/Swi/US)
  • The Piano Teacher – directed by Michael Haneke, starring Isabelle Huppert – France/Austria
  • Piñero, starring Benjamin Bratt
  • Plan B – directed by Greg Yaitanes, starring Diane Keaton, Paul Sorvino, Maury Chaykin, Burt Young, Bob Balaban
  • Planet of the Apes* – directed by Tim Burton, starring Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Paul Giamatti, Tim Roth, Estella Warren, Michael Clarke Duncan
  • The Pledge – directed by Sean Penn, starring Jack Nicholson, Aaron Eckhart, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright, Vanessa Redgrave, Mickey Rourke, & Benicio del Toro
  • Pokémon 3: The Movie – Japan
  • Pootie Tang – directed by Louis C.K., starring Lance Crouther, Jennifer Coolidge, Wanda Sykes, Robert Vaughn, Chris Rock
  • Princesa – (Italy/Spain)
  • The Princess Diaries – directed by Garry Marshall, starring Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Héctor Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, Mandy Moore, Caroline Goodall, & Robert Schwartzman
  • The Profession of Arms (Il mestiere delle armi), directed by Ermanno Olmi – (Italy)
  • Purple Sunset (Ziri) – (China)
  • Quitting (Zuotian) – (China)
  • Rain – (New Zealand)
  • Rat Race* – directed by Jerry Zucker, starring Breckin Meyer, Seth Green, Cuba Gooding Jr., John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Amy Smart, & Rowan Atkinson
  • Recess: School’s Out*
  • Revolution OS
  • Riding in Cars with Boys, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, & James Woods
  • The River (Joki) – (Finland)
  • Roberto Succo – (France)
  • Rock Star – directed by Stephen Herek, starring Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Flemyng, Timothy Olyphant, Timothy Spall, & Dominic West
  • The Royal Tenenbaums – directed by Wes Anderson, starring Gene Hackman, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Danny Glover, Anjelica Huston, & Bill Murray
  • Rush Hour 2* – directed by Brett Ratner, starring Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Alan King, Roselyn Sánchez, Harris Yulin, & Zhang Ziyi – US/Hong Kong
  • The Safety of Objects – starring Joshua Jackson, Dermot Mulroney, Moira Kelly, Patricia Clarkson, & Glenn Close
  • Samsara – (Tibet/India)
  • Save the Last Dance, starring Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas
  • Saving Silverman – starring Jason Biggs, Jack Black, Steve Zahn, & Amanda Peet
  • Say It Isn’t So – starring Heather Graham, Chris Klein, Sally Field, Richard Jenkins, Orlando Jones
  • Say Yes (세이 예스) – (South Korea)
  • Scary Movie 2* – starring Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Anna Faris, Tori Spelling, David Cross, James Woods, & Tim Curry
  • The Score – directed by Frank Oz, starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Angela Bassett, & Marlon Brando
  • Scotland, PA – directed by William Morrissette, starring James LeGros, Maura Tierney, & Christopher Walken
  • Scratch
  • Secret Ballot (Ra’ye makhfi) – (Iran)
  • See Spot Run – directed by John Whitesell, starring David Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Joe Viterelli, Angus Jones, Anthony Anderson, Steve Schirripa, & Paul Sorvino
  • Serendipity – directed by Peter Chelsom, starring John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Molly Shannon, Jeremy Piven, Bridget Moynahan, & Eugene Levy
  • Session 9 – directed by Brad Anderson, starring David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Brendan Sexton III, Josh Lucas, & Stephen Gevedon
  • Shallow Hal, directed by the Farrelly brothers, starring Jack Black, Jason Alexander, Gwyneth Paltrow
  • Shaolin Soccer – directed by & starring Stephen Chow – Hong Kong
  • She Creature, starring Rufus Sewell and Carla Gugino
  • The Shipment, starring Matthew Modine – (Canada)
  • The Shipping News – directed by Lasse Hallström, starring Kevin Spacey, Judi Dench, Julianne Moore, & Cate Blanchett
  • Shrek* – directed by Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson, starring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, & John Lithgow
  • Sia, the Dream of the Python (Sia, le rêve du python) – (Burkina Faso)
  • Sidewalks of New York – directed by & starring Edward Burns, with Rosario Dawson, Heather Graham, Dennis Farina
  • Sisters (Syostry) – (Russia)
  • Slogans (Parullat) – (Albania)
  • Sobibór, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m. (Sobibór, 14 octobre 1943, 16 heures) – (France)
  • Someone Like You, directed by Tony Goldwyn, starring Ashley Judd, Hugh Jackman, Greg Kinnear
  • Son of the Bride (El hijo de la novia) – (Argentina)
  • The Son’s Room (La stanza del figlio) directed by and starring Nanni Morretti – (Italy)
  • Sorum – (South Korea)
  • Southern Comfort
  • Southlander, starring Rory Cochrane, Beck, Beth Orton
  • La Spagnola – (Australia)
  • Spirited Away** – directed by Hayao Miyazaki – Japan
  • Spy Game – directed by Tony Scott, starring Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane, Larry Bryggman, & Charlotte Rampling
  • Spy Kids – directed by Robert Rodriguez, starring Carla Gugino, Antonio Banderas, & Alan Cumming
  • Storytelling – directed by Todd Solondz, starring Paul Giamatti, John Goodman, Julie Hagerty, Robert Wisdom, & Selma Blair
  • Stranger Inside – directed by Cheryl Dunye – TV movie
  • Stuck
  • Super Troopers* – directed by & starring Jay Chandrasekhar, with Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Marisa Coughlan, Daniel von Bargen, Brian Cox, & Lynda Carter
  • Sur mes lèvres (Read My Lips), starring Vincent Cassel – (France)
  • Sweet November – directed by Pat O’Connor, starring Keanu Reeves & Charlize Theron
  • Swordfish, starring Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle and John Travolta
  • The Tailor of Panama – directed by John Boorman, starring Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, & Brendan Gleeson
  • Take Care of My Cat (Goyangireul Butakhae) – (South Korea)
  • Tape – directed by Richard Linklater, starring Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, & Uma Thurman
  • Taurus (Telets) – (Russia)
  • Ten Days Without Love (El cielo abierto) – (Spain)
  • Thirteen Conversations About One Thing – starring Matthew McConaughey, Alan Arkin, & John Turturro
  • Thirteen Ghosts – directed by Steve Beck, starring Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, Alec Roberts, Rah Digga, & F. Murray Abraham
  • To End All Wars, starring Robert Carlyle and Kiefer Sutherland
  • To the Left of the Father (Lavoura Arcaica) – (Brazil)
  • Tomcats, starring Jerry O’Connell and Shannon Elizabeth
  • Tomorrow (Domani) – (Italy)
  • Tortilla Soup, starring Héctor Elizondo, Elizabeth Peña and Raquel Welch
  • Town & Country – directed by Peter Chelsom, starring Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Garry Shandling, Andie MacDowell, & Charlton Heston
  • Training Day – directed by Antoine Fuqua, starring Denzel Washington & Ethan Hawke
  • Treed Murray – Canada
  • The Tunnel – Germany
  • Two Can Play That Game, starring Vivica A. Fox and Morris Chestnut
  • Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact – Japan
  • Unfair Competition – directed by Ettore Scola – Italy
  • Undercover Kitty – Netherlands
  • Uprising – starring Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer – miniseries
  • Va savoir (Who Knows?) – directed by Jacques Rivette – (France)
  • Valentine, starring Denise Richards and Katherine Heigl
  • Vanilla Sky – directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Noah Taylor, Jason Lee, & Kurt Russell
  • Vidocq, starring Gérard Depardieu – (France)
  • Vizontele, directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan – (Turkey)
  • Waikiki Brothers (Waikiki beuladeoseu) – (South Korea)
  • Waking Life – directed by Richard Linklater
  • War Photographer (Photographe de guerre) – (Switzerland)
  • Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (Akai Hashi no Shita no Nurui Mizu), directed by Shohei Imamura – (Japan)
  • The Warrior (Musa) – (South Korea)
  • Wasabi – starring Jean Reno – France
  • Waterboys – Japan
  • The Wedding Planner, starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey
  • Welcome to Pyongyang Animal Park – North Korea
  • West 47th Street
  • Wet Hot American Summer – directed by David Wain, Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Molly Shannon, Paul Rudd, Christopher Meloni, Michael Showalter, Marguerite Moreau, Elizabeth Banks, Ken Marino, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, Zak Orth, Joe Lo Truglio, & A.D. Miles
  • What’s the Worst That Could Happen? – starring Danny DeVito & Martin Lawrence
  • What Time Is It There? (Ni na bian ji dian) – (Taiwan)
  • When Strangers Appear – (Australia/New Zealand/US)
  • Whispering Sands (Pasir Berbisik) – (Indonesia)
  • The Wild Bees (Divoké včely) – (Czech Republic)
  • Wild Iris – directed by Daniel Petrie, starring Laura Linney, Gena Rowlands, Emile Hirsch, Fred Ward
  • Wit – directed by Mike Nichols, starring Emma Thompson & Christopher Lloyd
  • The Words of My Father (Le parole di mio padre) – (Italy)
  • O Xangô de Baker Street (A Samba for Sherlock) – (Brazil)
  • Yamakasi – France
  • Y Tu Mamá También – directed by Alfonso Cuarón, starring Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, & Maribel Verdú – Mexico
  • Yellow Asphalt – Israel
  • Yellow Hair 2 – South Korea
  • Yolngu Boy – (Australia)
  • Zoolander* – directed by and starring Ben Stiller, with Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor, Jerry Stiller

Film Decades: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009