2001 in film

The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. (For more about non-English films, check sources in those languages.)

Top grossing films
Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2001. The top ten films of 2001, by worldwide gross in $USD, as well as the US & Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:

These numbers are taken from Box Office Mojo, including their 2001 Yearly Box Office Results.

2001 produced forty-one films that have grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Six films have grossed more than $400 million, reaching "international blockbuster" status.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has grossed $974.7 million, making it the fifth highest-grossing film in history and the highest-grossing in the Harry Potter film franchise.

Events

 * August 8 - Actor Tom Cruise and actress Nicole Kidman get divorced.
 * November 2 - Monsters, Inc. debuts with the best ticket sales ever for an animated film and the 6th best of all time.
 * November 4 and December 19 - The beginning of two film series based on best-sellers: Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings, respectively.

Awards
Academy Awards:


 * Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind (Imagine Entertainment)
 * Best Director: Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind
 * Best Actor: Denzel Washington - Training Day
 * Best Actress: Halle Berry - Monster's Ball
 * Best Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent - Iris
 * Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind
 * Best Foreign Language Film: No Man's Land, directed by Danis Tanovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Slovenia / Italy / France / U.K. / Belgium
 * Best Animated Feature: Shrek, directed by Andrew Adamson, United States/New Zealand

Golden Globe Awards:


 * Drama:
 * Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind
 * Best Actor: Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
 * Best Actress: Sissy Spacek - In the Bedroom


 * Musical or comedy:
 * Best Picture: Moulin Rouge!
 * Best Actor: Gene Hackman - The Royal Tenenbaums
 * Best Actress: Nicole Kidman - Moulin Rouge!


 * Other
 * Best Director: Robert Altman - Gosford Park
 * Best Foreign Language Film: No Man's Land, Bosnia and Herzegovina / Slovenia / Italy / France / U.K. / Belgium

BAFTA Awards:
 * Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
 * Best Actor: Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
 * Best Actress: Judi Dench - Iris

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
 * The Son's Room (La stanza del figlio), directed by Nanni Moretti, Italy / France

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
 * Monsoon Wedding, directed by Mira Nair, India / U.S.A. / France / Italy / Germany

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
 * Intimacy (Intimité), directed by Patrice Chéreau, France / U.K. / Germany / Spain

Films released in 2001
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z
 * 15 Minutes
 * 3000 Miles to Graceland
 * The Affair of the Necklace
 * A.I. Artificial Intelligence
 * Ali
 * All Over the Guy
 * Along Came a Spider
 * Amélie
 * The American Astronaut
 * American Outlaws
 * American Pie 2
 * America's Sweethearts
 * Angel Eyes
 * The Animal
 * Another Life
 * Antitrust
 * The Art of Woo
 * Atanarjuat
 * Atlantis: The Lost Empire
 * Avalanche Alley
 * Baby Boy
 * Bandits
 * A Beautiful Mind
 * Behind Enemy Lines
 * The Believer
 * Bintou
 * ''Black Hawk Down
 * Black Knight
 * Blow
 * Bridget Jones's Diary
 * The Brothers
 * Bubble Boy
 * The Bunker
 * Captain Corelli's Mandolin
 * Carving Out Our Name
 * The Cat's Meow
 * Cats & Dogs
 * Chaos (French)
 * Charlotte Gray
 * Corky Romano
 * CQ
 * Crazy/Beautiful
 * Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
 * Crush
 * Delivering Milo
 * The Devil's Backbone
 * Dogtown and Z-Boys
 * Domestic Disturbance
 * Don't Say a Word
 * Donnie Darko
 * Double Take
 * Down to Earth
 * Dr. Dolittle 2
 * Driven
 * Dumb Luck
 * Earth vs. the Spider
 * Elling
 * Elvira's Haunted Hills
 * L'Emploi du Temps
 * Enemy at the Gates
 * Enigma
 * Escape from Hell
 * Evolution
 * Exit Wounds
 * The Fast and the Furious
 * Festival in Cannes
 * Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
 * Finder's Fee
 * The Fourth Angel
 * Frailty
 * Freddy Got Fingered
 * From Hell
 * Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
 * Gasoline
 * Get Over It
 * Ghosts of Mars
 * Ghost World
 * The Glass House
 * Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
 * Gosford Park
 * Hannibal
 * Hardball
 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
 * Harvard Man
 * Head Over Heels
 * Heartbreakers
 * Hearts in Atlantis
 * Hedwig and the Angry Inch
 * Heist
 * Him gok (Tricky On)
 * How High
 * How to Make a Monster
 * Human Nature
 * In the Bedroom
 * Green Day: International Supervideos (DVD release: MTV collection)
 * Intimacy - Golden Bear award
 * Iris
 * Iron Monkey
 * Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
 * Jeepers Creepers
 * Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
 * The Jimmy Show
 * Joe Dirt
 * Joe Somebody
 * Josie and the Pussycats
 * Joy Ride
 * Jurassic Park III
 * Just Visiting
 * Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
 * Kate & Leopold
 * Kiss of the Dragon
 * Kissing Jessica Stein
 * Kingdom Come
 * A Knight's Tale
 * Knockaround Guys
 * K-PAX
 * Lagaan
 * Lan Yu
 * Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
 * The Last Castle
 * Late Marriage
 * Legally Blonde
 * Life as a House
 * Lloyd
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
 * ''The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
 * Lovely & Amazing
 * Lucía y el sexo
 * Maangamizi: The Ancient One
 * The Majestic
 * Max Keeble's Big Move
 * Me Without You
 * Mean Machine
 * Metropolis
 * The Mexican
 * Mike Bassett: England Manager
 * Millennium Actress
 * Mockingbird Don't Sing
 * Monkeybone
 * Monsoon Wedding
 * Monster's Ball
 * Monsters, Inc.
 * Moulin Rouge!
 * Mulholland Drive
 * The Mummy Returns
 * The Musketeer
 * Nabi
 * No Man's Land
 * Not Another Teen Movie
 * Novocaine
 * Nowhere in Africa
 * O
 * Ocean's Eleven starring George Clooney
 * On the Green Carpet
 * On the Line
 * The One
 * Original Sin
 * Osmosis Jones
 * The Others
 * Out Cold
 * Out of the Black
 * Pearl Harbor
 * Le Peuple Migrateur
 * The Piano Teacher
 * Planet of the Apes
 * The Pledge
 * Pokémon 3: The Movie
 * Princesa
 * The Princess Diaries
 * Rain
 * Rat Race
 * Recess: School's Out
 * Revolution OS
 * Riding in Cars with Boys
 * Rock Star
 * The Royal Tenenbaums
 * Rush Hour 2
 * Save the Last Dance
 * Saving Silverman
 * Say It Isn't So
 * Say Yes
 * Scary Movie 2
 * Scratch
 * The Score
 * Scotland, Pa.
 * See Jane Run
 * See Spot Run
 * Serendipity
 * Shallow Hal
 * Shaolin Soccer
 * She Creature
 * The Shipment
 * The Shipping News
 * Shrek
 * The Shrink Is In
 * Sidewalks of New York
 * Someone Like You
 * The Son's Room
 * Sorum
 * Soul Survivors
 * Southern Comfort
 * Spirited Away
 * Spy Game
 * Spy Kids
 * Stranger Inside
 * Stuck
 * Summer Catch
 * Super Troopers
 * Sur mes lèvres
 * Sweet November
 * Swordfish
 * The Tailor of Panama
 * Thir13en Ghosts
 * Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
 * Tomcats
 * Tortilla Soup
 * Training Day
 * Two Can Play That Game
 * Uprising
 * Va savoir
 * Valentine
 * Vanilla Sky
 * Vidocq
 * Waking Life
 * War Photographer
 * The Wash
 * The Wedding Planner
 * Welcome to Pyongyang Animal Park
 * Wet Hot American Summer
 * What's the Worst That Could Happen?
 * What Time Is It There?
 * When Strangers Appear
 * Yamakasi
 * Y tu mamá también
 * Yellow Hair 2
 * My Sassy Girl
 * Zoolander

Films released in 2001 by country

 * List of Argentine films:2001

Deaths

 * January 29 - Jean-Pierre Aumont, 90, French actor
 * February 7 - Dale Evans, 88, actress
 * February 12 - Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer
 * February 19 - Stanley Kramer, 87, American movie director
 * March 15 - Ann Sothern, actress
 * April 2 - Jennifer Syme, entertainment industry employee
 * April 15 - Joey Ramone, 49, singer/guitarist/songwriter
 * June 3 - Anthony Quinn, 86, actor
 * June 21 - Carroll O'Connor, 76, actor
 * June 28 - Jack Lemmon, 76, actor
 * June 28 - Joan Sims, 71, actress
 * August 4 - Lorenzo Music, 64, actor, writer
 * August 25 - Aaliyah, 22, singer and actress
 * September 3 - Pauline Kael, 82, movie critic
 * October 28 - Grigori Chukhrai, Soviet film director
 * November 29 - George Harrison, 58, actor, musician, composer
 * December 10 - Ashok Kumar, 90, actor, India