20 BEST FILMS OF 2001
1. Mulholland Drive
David Lynch, U.S.
2. In the Mood for Love
Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong
3. The Royal Tenenbaums
Wes Anderson, U.S.
4. Ghost World
Terry Zwigoff, U.S.
5. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Steven Spielberg, U.S.
6. Fat Girl
Catherine Breillat, France
7. Waking Life
Richard Linklater, U.S.
8. In the Bedroom
Todd Field, U.S.
9. The Gleaners and I
Agnes Varda, France
10. Werckmeister Harmonies
Bela Tarr, Hungary
11. Memento
Christopher Nolan, U.S.
12. The Circle
Jafar Panahi, Iran
13. Moulin Rouge
Baz Luhrmann, U.S./Australia (tied)
Va savoir
Jacques Rivette, France (tied)
14. The Man Who Wasn’t There
Joel Coen, U.S.
15. Apocalypse Now Redux
Francis Ford Coppola, U.S.
16. Amores Perros
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexico
17. Gosford Park
Robert Altman, U.S.
18. Donnie Darko
Richard Kelly, U.S.
19. Eureka
Shinji Aoyama, Japan
20. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Peter Jackson, U.S./New Zealand
10 BEST UNRELEASED FILMS OF 2001
1. I’m Going Home
Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal/France
2. In Praise of Love
Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland
3. What Time Is It There?
Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan
4. Time Out
Laurent Cantet, France
5. Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Shohei Imamura, Japan
6. The Piano Teacher
Michael Haneke, France/Austria
7. Millennium Mambo
Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan/France
8. Y tu mama también
Alfonso Cuarón, Mexico
9. Pulse
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan
10. The Lady and the Duke
Eric Rohmer, France
