Ghost World

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

1Black Hawk Down

2 Donnie Darko
3 Memento
4 Mulholland Dr.

Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Rings

-matt

The Royal Tenenbaums

1. Ghost World
2. The Royal Tenenbaums
3. Lord of the Rings
4. Amelie
5. The Man Who Wasn't There
6. Gosford Park
7. Mulholland Drive
8. Monster's Inc.
9. Black Hawk Down
10. Vanilla Sky

Mulholland Dr.

3 reasons to post:

1) Updated my list from top 11 to top 34... that's as far as I go

2) wendersfan - just go back and edit your list... my first "count" won't be at least 'til next weekend anyway.

and 3) had to counter the sig above this.

Looking through this thread I realized what a great year for movies it was!

1. Memento
2. Mulholland Drive
3. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
4. Amelie
5. The Royal Tenenbaums
6. Ghost World
7. The Man Who Wasn't There
8. Battle Royale
9. Monsters, Inc.
10. Donnie Darko

I could put my top 5 in almost any order, since I loved them all, but I'll go with "Memento" since it inspired my to read and discuss the film more than I ever have with any other film before (and "Mulholland Drive" comes in a close second in that area also).
And grimfarrow, there you go again bragging that you've seen "Werckmeister Harmonies". Just kidding; it sounds like a wonderful film, can't wait for the DVD!

Best films I saw in 2001 (but not necessarily released in 2001):

1. Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier)
2. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai)
3. Tigerland (Joel Schumacher) I can't believe I loved a Schumacher movie.
4. You Can Count On Me (Kenneth Lonergan)
5. Memento (Christopher Nolan)
6. Pola X (Leos Carax)
7. The Jaundiced Eye (Nonny de la Peña)
8. With a Friend Like Harry (Dominik Moll)
9. Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky)
10. Nobody Knows Anybody (Mateo Gil)

Best films released in 2001 but seen just recently:

Time Out (Laurent Cantet)
La pianiste (Micheal Haneke)
Fat Girl (Catherine Breillat)
Ichi the Killer (Miike Takashi)
Wendigo (Larry Fessenden)
Under the Moonlight (Reza Mir-Karimi)
Zipper and Tits (Shirakawa Koji)

I, too, must bow to the 13 year old, geeky D&D player inside me and go with "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" as best film of 2001.

Followed closely by "Donnie Darko," "Mulholland Drive," and "Moulin Rouge."

Zipper and WHAT??

Your vote goes to In the Mood for Love (since DitD is of course from 2000). But please don't think I'm trying to skew anything the way I want it - after all, I didn't like ItMfL, but DitD is one of my all time favorites.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

In The Bedroom, or A Beautiful Mind for me... Hmm..since Beautiful Mind got the Oscar, I'll go with

In The Bedroom

OK, I edited my original list, but included the old one, first, so Grimfarrow's reply still makes sense, and second, because just going back and changing my vote that transparently is too "Stalin-like" for me to stomach...

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

memento

Felt the same way about the same movies. Figuring out the order was tough, but I knew they were the top 5.

I somewhat agree about Amelie and Memento, but The Royal Tenenbaums?!?!??!?!? I'm sorry but I COMPLETELY disagree - I felt a very strong connection to the film, especially with the sense of familial bonding that happened after each of them were able to appreciate what they were each given in life.

IMO, With a Friend Like Harry is a very well-done knock-off of a Hitchcock, but it's still a fake like a Rolex sold on the streets of Bangkok.

A.I.

Finally! For a while I thought I was the only one who thought A.I. deserved to in the top 10.

1. Memento
2. Mulholland Dr.
3. Royal Tenenbaums
4. The Devil's Backbone

I vote for Ghost World.

1) MONSTERS, INC.

2) Ocean's Eleven
3) Lord of the Rings: Fellowhip of the Ring
4) Memento
5) The Royal Tenenbaums
6) Jurassic Park III
7) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
8) Shrek

Mulholland Drive