Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Not Yet Seen in 2001

15 Minutes – John Herzfeld

3000 Miles to Graceland – Demian Lichtenstein

The 51st State – Ronny Yu

A ma soeur! (Fat Girl) – Catherine Breillat

Address Unknown – Kim Ki-duk

The Affair of the Necklace – Charles Shyer

Ali – Michael Mann

Along Came A Spider – Lee Tamahori

The Amati Girls – Anne De Salvo

The American Astronaut – Cory McAbbee

American Outlaws – Les Mayfield

American Pie 2 – J.B. Rogers

America’s Sweethearts – Joe Roth

Amy’s Orgasum (Amy’s O) – Julie Davis

Angel Eyes – Luis Mandoki

The Animal – Luke Greenfield

Another Life – Philip Goodhew

Antitrust – Peter Howitt

Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Gary Trousdale / Kirk Wise

Avaoln – Mamoru Oshi

Baby Boy – John Singleton

Bandits – Barry Levinson

Baran – Majid Majid

The Barber – Michael Bafaro

Behind Enemy Lines – John Moore

The Believer – Henry Bean

Big Bad Love – Arliss Howard

Birthday Girl – Jez Butterworth

Black Hawk Down – Ridley Scott

Blow – Ted Demme

Blow Dry – Paddy Breathnach

Blue – Hiroshi Ando

Bojangles – Bill Lake / Joseph Sargent

Brotherhood of the Wolf – Christophe Gans

The Brothers – Gary Hardwick

Buffalo Soldiers – Gregor Jordan

The Bunker – Rob Green

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – John Madden

The Center of the World – Wayne Wang

Chaos – Coline Serreau

Charlotte Grey – Gillian Armstrong

Chelsea Walls – Ethan Hawke

Chica de Rio – Christopher Monger

Conspiracy – Frank Pierson

CQ – Roman Coppola

Crazy/Beautiful – John Stockwell

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles – Simon Wincer

Crooked Earth – Sam Pillsbury

Dil Chahta Hai – Farhan Akhtar

Disco Pigs – Kirsten Sheridan

Dogtown and Z-Boys – Stacy Peralta

Domestic Disturbance – Harold Becker

Down to Earth – Chris & Paul Weitz

Dust – Milco Mancevski

The Emperor’s New Cloathes – Alan Taylor

Elling – Petter Naess

L’Emploi du temps (Time Out) – Laurent Cantet

Enemy at the Gates – Jean-Jacques Annaud

Enigman – Michael Apted

Evolution – Ivan Reitman

The Fast and the Furious – Rob Cohen

Festival in Cannes – Henry Jaglom

Fish and Elephant – Li Yu

The Forth Angel – John Irvin

Frailty – Bill Paxton

Freddie Got Fingered – Tom Green

From Hell – Hughes Bros.

Friend – Kwak Kyung-taek

Ghosts of Mars – John Carpenter

The Glass House – Daniel Sackheim

Glitter – Vondie Curtis Hall

The Grey Zone – Tim Blake Nelson

Hannibal – Ridley Scott

Harry Potter and the Philospopher’s Stone – Chris Columbus

Harvard Man – James Toback

Happy Accidents –

Heartbreakers – David Mirkin

Hearts in Atlantis – Scott Hicks

A Huey P. Newton Story – Spike Lee

Human Nature – Michel Gondry

Hundstage -

Hotel – Mike Figgis

How High – Jesse Dylan

Human Nature – Michel Gondry

Intimacy – Patrice Chereau

Jackpot – Michael Polish

Jan Dara – Nozzee Nimibutr

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back – Kevin Smith

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter – Lee Demarbre

Joe Dirt – Dennie Gordon

Joy Ride – John Dahl

Jurassic Park III – Joe Johnston

Kate & Leopold – James Mangold

Kingdom Come – Doug McHenry

A Knight’s Tale – Brian Helgeland

K-PAX – Iain Softley

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – Simon West

The Last Castle – Rod Lurie

Last Orders – Fred Schepisi

Late Marriage – Dover Korashvilli

Late Night Shopping – Saul Metzstein

L.I.E. – Michael Cuesta

Life as a House – Irwin Winkler

Living in Missouri – Shaun Peterson

Lost and Delirious – Lea Pool

Lucia el sexo – Julio Medem

Made – Jon Favreau

The Man Who Sued God – Mark Joffe

Me Without You – Sandra Goldbacher

Metropolis - Rintaro

Millennium Actress – Satoshi Kon

Monsoon Wedding – Mira Nair

Monsters Inc. – Peter Docter / Lee Unkrich / David Silverman

Mostly Martha – Sandra Nettelbeck

Moulin Rouge! – Baz Luhrmann

The Mummy Returns – Stephen Sommers

My First Mister – Christine Lahti

My Sassy Girl – Kwak Jae-yong

No Man’s Land – Danis Tanovic

No Such Thing – Hal Heartley

Not Another Teen Movie – Joel Gallen

Novocaine – David Atkins

One Night at McCools – Harald Zwart

Origenal Sin – Michael Cristofer

Osmosis Jones – Farrelly Bros.

Pearl Harbor – Michael Bay

Princesa – Henrique Goldman

The Princess Diaries – Garry Marshall

Rain – Christine Jeffs

Rat Race – Jerry Zucker

Riding in Cars with Boys – Penny Marshall

Rush Hour 2 – Bret Ratner

S Diary – Kwon Jong-kwan

The Saftey of Objects – Rose Troche

Save the Last Dance – Thomas Carter

Saving Silverman – Dennis Dugan

Shake it All About – Hella Joof

Scotland, PA – Billy Morrissette

Serendipity – Peter Chelsom

The Shipping News – Lasse Hallstrom

Sidewalks of New York – Edward Burns

Someone Like You – Tony Goldwyn

The Son’s Room – Nanni Moretti

Sorum – Yoon Jong-chan

Soul Survivors – Stephen Carpenter

Southern Comfort – Kate Davis

Spider – David Cronenberg

Staruo.com – Jenane Noujaim / Chris Hegedus

Storytelling – Todd Solondz

Suicide Circle – Sion Sono

Sur mes levres (Ready My Lips) – Jacques Audiard

Summer Catch – Michael Tollin

Sweet Novemeber – Pat O’Connor

Swordfish – Dominic Sena

The Tailor of Panama – John Boorman

Tape – Richard Linklater

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing – Jill Specher

Title of Murder – Stephen Furst

Tortilla Soup – Maria Ripoll

Town & Country – Peter Chelsom

Trembling Before G-d – Sandi Simcha DuBowski

Uprising – Jon Acnet

The Unsaid – Rom McLoughlin

Vanilla Sky – Cameron Crowe

Va Savoir – Jacques Rivette

Vertical Limit – Martin Campbell

Wasabi – Gerard Krawczyk

Winged Migration – Jacques Perrin

Zoolander – Ben Stiller