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Theme: Films of 2001

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On the Nose (2001)

30 March 200324 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Severed Head Predicts Horse Races/Comedy

Director: David Caffrey
Actors: Robbie Coltrane, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Norton, Brenda Blethyn, …
Category: Fantasy

The One (2001)

2 November 200116 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Alternative Universe Hopping Action

Director: James Wong
Actors: Jet Li, Delroy Lindo, Carla Gugino, Jason Statham, …
Category: Science Fiction

Osmosis Jones (2001)

10 August 20018 June 2021

Rating: ★★★

Talking Germs Inside a Slob’s Body

Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Actors: Bill Murray, Chris Rock, Chris Elliott, Molly Shannon, …
Category: Fantasy

The Others (2001)

12 August 200128 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Ghost Story

Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Actors: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann, James Bentley, …
Category: Horror

The Perfect Wife (2001)

27 May 20054 February 2025

Rating: ★★½

Psycho-Thriller

Director: Don E. Fauntleroy
Actors: Shannon Sturges, Perry King, Lesley-Anne Down, William R. Moses, …
Category: Horror

Planet of the Apes (2001)

27 June 200110 February 2025

Rating: ★★½

Planet of Talking Apes

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth, Estella Warren, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Pledge (2001)

19 January 200126 March 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Psycho-Thriller

Director: Sean Penn
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Robin Wright, Aaron Eckhart, Sam Shepard, …
Category: Horror

Pootie Tang in “Sine Your Pitty on the Runy Kine” (2001)

26 January 200111 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Funky Incomprehensible Superhero

Director: Louis C.K.
Actors: Lance Crouther, Chris Rock, Wanda Sykes, Robert Vaughn, …
Category: Fantasy

Possible Loves (2001)

10 November 20064 June 2022

Rating: ★★★

Alternate Life Pathways

Director: Sandra Werneck
Actors: Murilo Benicio, Carolina Ferraz
Category: Fantasy

Posthumous Memoirs (2001)

10 November 200612 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Dead Man Narrates His Life Story

Director: Andre Klotzel
Actors: Reginaldo Farias, Sonia Braga
Category: Fantasy

Pulse (2001)

24 July 200718 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Category: Horror

Replicant (2001)

14 September 200226 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Cloned Serial Killer

Director: Ringo Lam
Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker, Catherine Dent
Category: Science Fiction

Return to Pontianak (2001)

19 November 200127 February 2025

Rating: ★★½

Haunted Spirits in the Malaysian Jungle

Director: Djinn
Actors: Hiep Thi Le
Category: Horror

Ripper: Letter from Hell (2001)

3 September 200513 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Modern-Day Jack the Ripper Killings

Director: John Eyres
Actors: A.J. Cook, Bruce Payne, Jurgen Prochnow, Danielle Evangelista, …
Category: Horror

Scary Movie 2 (2001)

8 July 200117 March 2020

Rating: ★½

Genre Spoof

Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Actors: Anna Faris, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, David Cross, …
Category: Horror

Scary Tales (2001)

10 June 20027 March 2025

Rating: ★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: Michael A. Hoffman
Actors: Bill Cassinelli, Joel D. Wynkoop, Ria Rampersad
Category: Horror

Serendipity (2001)

19 April 200923 January 2023

Rating: ★★½

Fate Romance

Director: Peter Chelsom
Actors: John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven, Molly Shannon, …
Category: Fantasy

Series 7: The Contenders (2001)

2 March 20108 February 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Human-Hunting Reality TV Show

Director: Daniel Minahan
Actors: Brooke Smith, Glenn Fitzgerald, Marylouise Burke, Merritt Wever, …
Category: Science Fiction

Session 9 (2001)

12 August 200112 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Sinister Abandoned Asylum

Director: Brad Anderson
Actors: David Caruso, Josh Lucas, Paul Guilfoyle, Peter Mullan
Category: Horror

Sexual Predator (2001)

14 February 201012 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Erotica/Psycho-Thriller

Director: Robert Angelo
Actors: Angie Everhart, Richard Grieco, Elizabeth Barondes, Julian Christopher, …
Category: Horror

The Shaft (2001)

16 January 202416 January 2024

Rating: ★

Killer Elevator

Director: Dick Maas
Actors: James Marshall, Naomi Watts, Eric Thal, Edward Herrmann, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Shallow Hal (2001)

9 November 200113 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Man Suddenly Sees Ugly Girls as Beautiful Comedy

Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Actors: Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander, Tony Robbins, …
Category: Fantasy

Shaolin Soccer (2001)

1 April 200315 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Flying Martial Arts and Soccer

Director: Stephen Chow
Actors: Stephen Chow, Yut Fei Wong, Patrick Tse
Category: Fantasy

She Creature (2001)

5 October 200123 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Mermaid Horror Film

Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Actors: Carla Gugino, Rufus Sewell, Rya Kilhstedt, Aubrey Morris, …
Category: Horror

Shrek (2001)

22 May 200113 August 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Fairytale Spoof

Director: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
Actors: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, …
Category: Fantasy

Sleepless (2001)

8 November 200423 August 2023

Rating: ★★

Giallo Psycho-Thriller

Director: Dario Argento
Actors: Max Von Sydow, Rosella Falk, Gabriele Lavia
Category: Horror

Snakeskin (2001)

30 January 200521 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Surreal New Zealand Road Movie

Director: Gillian Ashurst
Actors: Melanie Lynskey, Boyd Kestner, Dean O'Gorman, Oliver Driver, …
Category: Fantasy

Snow White (2001)

29 June 20085 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Fairy-Tale

Director: Caroline Thompson
Actors: Miranda Richardson, Kristin Kreuk, Clancy Brown, Michael J. Anderson, …
Category: Fantasy

Snowbound (2001)

25 May 200819 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Psycho-Thriller

Director: Ruben Preuss
Actors: Erika Eleniak, Monika Schnarre, Peter Dobson, Doug McKeag, …
Category: Horror

Soft for Digging (2001)

4 July 200319 March 2025

Rating: ★★½

Backwoods Haunting

Director: J.T. Petty
Category: Horror

Soul Survivors (2001)

9 September 20019 August 2019

Rating: ★

Haunting

Director: Stephen Carpenter
Actors: Wes Bentley, Melissa Sagemiller, Eliza Dushku, Casey Affleck, …
Category: Horror

Spirit (2001)

2 June 201521 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Haunting

Director: Michael Slovis
Actors: Elisabeth Moss, Greg Evigan, Austin O'Brien, Ralph Waite, …
Category: Horror

Spirited Away (2001)

12 April 200212 February 2021

Rating: ★★★★★

Anime/Afterlife Bathhouse

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy

Spy Kids (2001)

3 April 20017 October 2023

Rating: ★★★

Juvenile Spy Adventures

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alan Cumming, Alexa Vega, …
Category: Science Fiction

Stacy (2001)

22 February 202319 September 2024

Rating: ★★

Schoolgirl Zombies

Director: Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Actors: Natsuki Kato, Toshinori Omi, Tomoka Hayashi
Category: Horror

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)

2 May 200124 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Genre Director Documentary

Director: Jan Harlan
Actors: Tom Cruise, Brian Aldiss, Woody Allen, Steven Berkoff, …
Category: Science Fiction

Teenage Caveman (2001)

12 February 20028 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Post-Holocaust Teens/Genetically Engineered Superhumans

Director: Larry Clark
Actors: Andrew Keegan, Tiffany Limos, Tara Subkoff, Paul Hipp
Category: Science Fiction

Thir13en Ghosts (2001)

28 October 200122 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Haunted House

Director: Steve Beck
Actors: Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, …
Category: Horror

Thy Neighbor’s Wife (2001)

5 December 2024

Rating: ★

Psycho-Sexual Thriller

Director: Jim Wynorski
Actors: Kari Wuhrer, Barbara Crampton, Jay Richardson, Larry Poindexter, …
Category: Horror

Time Lapse (2001)

13 December 200220 May 2025

Rating: ★

Action/Memory Erasing Drug

Director: David Worth
Actors: William McNamara, Dina Meyer, Roy Scheider, Henry Rollins, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)

31 January 20106 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Monster Movie

Director: Brent Maddock
Actors: Michael Gross, Shawn Christian, Susan Chuang, Ariana Richards, …
Category: Science Fiction, Horror

Trouble Every Day (2001)

13 June 202313 June 2023

Rating: ★★★

Sex and Cannibalism

Director: Claire Denis
Actors: Vincent Gallo, Beatrice Dalle, Tricia Vessey, Alex Descas, …
Category: Horror

The Trumpet of the Swan (2001)

15 June 201028 January 2023

Rating: ★★

Animation/Talking Swans

Director: Terry L. Noss, Richard Rich
Actors: Jason Alexander, Reese Witherspoon, Seth Green, Mary Steenburgen, …
Category: Fantasy

Valentine (2001)

4 February 200123 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Slasher Film

Director: Jamie Blanks
Actors: Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Katherine Heigl, Marley Shelton, …
Category: Horror

Vanilla Sky (2001)

14 December 200110 November 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Reality Bender

Director: Cameron Crowe
Actors: Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee, …
Category: Science Fiction

Venomous (2001)

25 May 20083 May 2024

Rating: ★

Deadly Snakes/Plague Outbreak

Director: Fred Olen Ray
Actors: Treat Williams, Mary Page Keller, Geoff Pierson, Hannes Jaenicke, …
Category: Science Fiction

Vidocq (2001)

4 May 20087 December 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Dark Historical Fantasy

Director: Pitof
Actors: Gerard Depardieu, Guillaume Canet, Edith Scob, Francois Chattot, …
Category: Fantasy

Visitor Q (2001)

21 March 201020 November 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Catalogue of Perversions/Mysterious Visitor/Black Comedy

Director: Takashi Miike
Category: Horror

The Void (2001)

27 January 20064 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Miniature Black Hole

Director: Gilbert Shilton
Actors: Adrian Paul, Amanda Tapping, Malcolm McDowell, Roger R. Cross, …
Category: Science Fiction

Volcano High (2001)

3 July 20033 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

High School Fantastical Martial Arts

Director: Tae-gyun Kim
Actors: Kyuk Jang, Su-ro Kim, Min-a Shin, Jun-ho Heo, …
Category: Fantasy

Waking Life (2001)

24 October 200116 April 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Philosophy and Dreaming/Animation

Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Wiley Wiggins, Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg, Ethan Hawke, …
Category: Fantasy

Watchtower (2001)

11 September 200330 December 2019

Rating: ★★★

Psycho-Thriller

Director: George Mihalka
Actors: Tom Berenger, Tygh Runyan, Rachel Hayward
Category: Horror

Wendigo (2001)

9 April 200129 September 2019

Rating: ★★½

Backwoods Stalking/Native Indian Spirit

Director: Larry Fessenden
Actors: Patricia Clarkson, Jake Weber, Erik Per Sullivan, John Speredakos, …
Category: Horror

When Good Ghouls Go Bad (2001)

5 February 20153 March 2023

Rating: ★★½

Children’s Halloween Film

Director: Patrick Read Johnson
Actors: Christopher Lloyd, Roy Billings, Brendan McCarthy
Category: Horror

When Strangers Appear (2001)

10 August 200122 December 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Psycho-Thriller

Director: Scott Reynolds
Actors: Radha Mitchell, Barry Watson, Josh Lucas, Kevin Anderson, …
Category: Horror

Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell (2001)

5 March 201423 July 2019

Rating: ½

Evil Wish-Granting Djinn

Director: Chris Angel
Actors: A.J. Cook, Jason Connery, Tobias Mehler, Louisette Geiss, …
Category: Horror

Wu Yen (2001)

14 April 200112 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Mischievous Fairy

Director: Johnnie To, Wai Ka Fai
Actors: Anita Mui, Cecilia Cheung, Raymond Wong, Sammi Cheng
Category: Fantasy

WW 3 (2001)

31 July 20107 August 2024

Rating: ★★

Biowarfare Outbreak Thriller

Director: Robert Mandel
Actors: Timothy Hutton, Lane Smith, Marin Hinkle, Vanessa L. Williams, …
Category: Science Fiction

Zebra Lounge (2001)

20 December 202220 December 2022

Rating: ★

Psychopathic Swingers

Director: Kari Skogland
Actors: Cameron Daddo, Kristy Swanson, Stephen Baldwin, Brandy Ledford, …
Category: Horror

Zu Warriors (2001)

24 January 201315 March 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Wu Xia Film

Director: Tsui Hark
Actors: Ekin Cheng, Sammo Hung, Cecilia Cheung, Louis Koo, …
Category: Fantasy

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