Your Top Three films from 2001 please!

[Morpheus2000]

The best three films I saw last year were:

Brotherhood of the Wolf
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Shrek

Best so far this year has been:

Behind Enemy Lines
Black Hawk Down
The Last Castle

Well there's very little choice for this year really, I just thought I stick that in. I'm looking forward to seeing From Hell which is out next week along with Monsters Inc. Girl at work saw it on Monday, said it was very good and animation was excellent.

March has a big line up, with the likes of Blade 2 and The Time Machine so plenty to look forward to.

I didn't think 2001 was a great year for films but, what's your Top 3 films from 2001?

[sticker]

I'd say we'll see a familiar Number 1... lol

For what it's worth - after no thought whatsoever...

Fellowship
Shaolin Soccer (saw it this year - dont think its a 2001)
Hannibal

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[Si b]

Lord Of the Rings
AI:
Moulan Rouge


Special mention goe to 13 days.

[zenza]

In no order of merit:


Moulin Rouge
Amelie
Brotherhood of the Wolf

No contest!!!

[Ol' Blue Eyes]

You Can Count On Me
Tigerland
The Contender

[Shingster]

Tough call:

Almost Famous
Amelie
FOTR

[ali]

1. Apocalypse Now Redux
2. Amelie
3. Together


ali

[nc]

The Score
Unbreakable
Shrek

[Ghost Dog]

Probably -

Ghost World
Together
Lord Of The Rings

[GK]

Amelie
You Can Count on Me
The Deep End

[stigdu]

Requiem for a Dream
Memento
Moulin Rouge

[Gromit]

LOTR
Moulin Rouge
Almost Famous

although there were others that I liked too.

[Alanok]

LOTR
Shrek
Moulin Rouge

closely followed by

Amelie
13 days
Almost Famous

[Marv]

My top Film off 2001 are:

1.The Fast and the Furious
2.Swordfish
3.The Thing C.E

[Madm@tt]

From what I have seen:

Memento
Unbreakable
and Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Followed by:

Almost Famous
Shrek
and Moulin Rouge

[Jimmyboy]

1) Pearl Harbour
2) Dude, Where's My Car ?
3) The Mummy Returns

[Stone Cold]

1. Shrek

2. The Mummy Returns

3. Blow

[Tristan H]

1. Lord of the Rings

2. Almost Famous

3. Amores Perros

[Disappearer]

1. LOTR: Fellowship Of The Ring
2. Requiem For A Dream
3. Ghost World



Is someone going to tot all these votes up?!

[Yonathan Gal]

1. LOTR
2. Amelie
3. Vanilla Sky (official release year is 2001 :D )

[Creamstick]

Battle Royale
Ghost World
Brotherhood of Wolves

[Steven Lewis]

For me the top 3 films of 2001 were:

1) The Lord of the Rings (have seen it five times now)
2) Amelie
3) Moulin Rouge

[Lorne.t]

1. Moulin Rouge
2 Amelie
3. Ghost World

Almost Famous would have been second place but I saw it the previous year in a preview.

[Narshty]

1. Lord of the Rings
2. Mulholland Drive
3. George Washington

And an honourable mention for Monsters, Inc.

[Dear Mr Echo]

Far and above anything else

Dancer in the Dark

I can't really sort out the rest into an order but I got a great deal of enjoyment out of...
Magnolia, Almost Famous, Final Fantasy (no... seriously), Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Memento, Amores Perros, Battle Royale, Lord of the Rings, Shrek... the list could go on and I know some of these are probably 2000 cinema releases.

[ian_davies]

1) Battle Royale
2) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3) Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back

Best film I've seen so far this year is Vanilla Sky.

[Robby]

1+2 = Almost Famous/Moulin Rouge
3 = Swordfish

Thinking about it i haven't really seen a lot of new releases this year.:(

[Arch Stanton]

1: Ghost World
2: Fellowship of the Rings
3: Amelie


Not seen anything worth shouting about yet this year.

[buffy-fan]

2001:
AI
Battle Royale
Ghost World

2002(so far)

mulholland drive
black hawk down
in the bedroom

[JohnMac]

My top 3 all seem to involve a quest-like journey and share quite a few other themes as well.

Shrek
A. I.
Lord of the Rings

[pmdf]

1. <i>Mulholland Drive</i>
2. <i>Audition</i> (at least I think the British release was in 2001)
3. <i>Requiem For A Dream</i>

Honourable mention to <i>The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring</i>

[Earl Jolly Brown]

1) A.I.
2) The Man Who Wasn't There
3) Mulholland Drive

[Malick]

1. George Washington
2. L'Emploi Du Temps ('Time Out')
3. Code Inconnu ('Code Unknown')

[TheCookieMonster]

1. Moulin Rouge
2. A.I.
3. American Pie 2

[Cirrus888]

The Others
Memento
Shaolin soccer

[Jonny G]

1. Almost Famous
2. The Dish
3. One Night At McCool's

With TFATF & Rush Hour 2 in the wings as my fave no-brainer films :clap:

[Gandalf]

1. Tigerland
2. FOTR
3. Moulin Rouge

Shrek & Battle Royale came very close as well.

Paul.

[Rhys]

1. Amelie
2. Memento
3. The Pledge

[Analog Kid]

1. LOTR - Fellowship
2. Amelie
3. A.I.

[SShaw]

Dont know about everybody else but a top threes a ltille restrictive. My current top 3 would be, but this is likely to change depending on mood:

1. Ghost World
2= Moulin Rouge
2= The Devils Backbone

Very close behind, Aturnjuat (saw this at the Edinburgh Film Fest last summer, its about to do the rounds this month and is well worth a few hours of your time), Almost Famous, Traffic, Requiem for a Dream, Amelie, LOTR, Man Who Wasnt There.

All in all not a bad year. Slow start to this year (Mulholland Drive will probably stay the distance, Vanilla Skies and Black Hawk Down probably wont make the top 5 in December - unless its a bad year).

Scott

[urruri]

Lord Of The Rings
The Pledge
Memento

[Cali Clarke]

Hmmm..

LOTR
Moulin Rouge
Almost Famous

altho still have to see Amelie, CTHD and AI....

[Rollo Tomassi]

3: Almost Famous
2: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1: Moulin Rouge

[AndyWilson]

..in alphabetical order...

<UL><LI>Amelie
<LI>Ghost World
<LI>The Man Who Wasn't There</UL>

[garliadr]

1. LOTR
2. Moulin Rouge
3. Sexy Beast

Followed closely by Shrek & Battle Royale

[powlest]

Probably in this order:
LOTR
Moulin Rouge
Almost Famous

[wong fei hong]

Tough... almost too tough, but:

Amelie
Moulin Rouge
The Man Who Wasn't There

but it was hard to leave out Ghost World, LOTR, Shaolin Soccer...

[McD]

From UK 2001 release dates:

The Low Down
Sexy Beast
Best in Show

For blockbusters, Spielberg and Scott did well compared to their usual drivel with A.I. and Hannibal.

From January 2002:

Mullholland Dr.
Last Orders
Monsoon Wedding

I don't expect any of these to be on the list at year end though.

[sweevo]

1 FOTR
2 Amelie
3 Requiem For A Dream

Didn't know the latter was released in 2001 but a few others have posted it so i'll go with that.

[DVDWotcha]

1.LOTR:FOTR
2. Moulin Rouge
3. A.I.

[Ono]

Who wants to compile a Top 5 fave films for 2002 then? :D

[sweevo]

Great idea though I really think i'd struggle to name what i'd call 5 "GOOD" films this year I think.

If there's no new thread when I come back online tomorrow i'll kick one off. Gotta dash........

[McD]

Originally posted by McD
From UK 2001 release dates:

The Low Down
Sexy Beast
Best in Show

For blockbusters, Spielberg and Scott did well compared to their usual drivel with A.I. and Hannibal.

From January 2002:

Mullholland Dr.
Last Orders
Monsoon Wedding

I don't expect any of these to be on the list at year end though.

Hehe. I love these old revivals. I hadn't even noticed this was an old thread, and was zipping through it before intending to vote...

Hannibal
You Can Count On Me
A.I.

...based on others' suggestions. Anyway, now that I've unexpectedly seen them, I'm much happier with my original choices.

Oh, and Mulholland Drive is still there at year end! :)

[Daltz]

2001:
Fellowship of the Ring
Amelie
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Originally posted by Morpheus2000
Well there's very little choice for this year really

Maybe you've been watching the wrong films then ;)
IMO it has been slightly disappointing but there were still some great releases:
Y Tu Mama Tambien
The Royal Tenenbaums
Monster's Ball
In The Bedroom
Road To Perdition
Donnie Darko
Mulholland Drive
Lantana

If you haven't seen any of the above, you're missing out, watch them ASAP :thumbs:

[Robby]

Originally posted by Robby
1+2 = Almost Famous/Moulin Rouge
3 = Swordfish

Thinking about it i haven't really seen a lot of new releases this year.:(

Woah very weird to see what i thought worthy of last year.:D

Luckily i got chance to see what i wanted to watch last year this year.

The fact i chose Sowrdfish for my #3 spot must be some indication that i really missed out on a lot of films last year. :o

Joint first , second and third would go to Almost Famous, Moulin Rouge and LOTR as afaic they're all labour's of love with mainstream appeal and films you could watch again as soon as they're over.

IMO of course :p