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After an extensive amount of time, I have finally done the last big modifications to my top ten of 2001 list. While I had finished it in early January, there were so many good movies that I still hadn't seen, that I had to keep modifying it. Even now, there are still movies I would have liked to see, mainly From Hell and Lantana. If I do see them, I will add them to this list. This top ten of 2001 may not necessarily follow the ratings that I gave the movies on the initial reviews. Since their releases, my opinion of some movies has slightly changed. This list is in summary, a combination of two factors: 1. How original, and actually well done they were, and 2. How much I liked them. Below this paragraph is my summary of the notable directors, performances, etc of the year, and below this list of notables is the top ten + the runners up.
Best Teams of the Year: Paul Walker/Vin Diesel for The Fast & the Furious, Jackie Chan/Chris Tucker for Rush Hour 2, Jason Mewes/Kevin Smith for Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Haley Joel Osment/"Teddy" for A.I.
Notable Scores of the Year: James Horner for A Beautiful Mind, John Williams for A.I., David Julyan for Memento, Howard Shore for The Fellowship of the Ring, Alejandro Amenabar for The Others, Craig Armstrong for Moulin Rouge, Angelo Badalamenti for Mulholland Dr, Yann Tiersen for Amelie.
Notable "Fun" Flicks of the Year: Rush Hour 2, The Fast & the Furious, Ocean's 11
Notable Performances of the Year: Russell Crowe for A Beautiful Mind, Haley Joel Osment for A.I., Nicole Kidman for The Others/Moulin Rouge, Ewan McGregor for Moulin Rouge, Naomi Watts for Mulholland Dr., Will Smith for Ali, Edward Norton for The Score, Jake Gyllenhaal for Donnie Darko, Thora Birch for Ghost World, Denzel Washington for Training Day, Audrey Tatou for Amelie, Benno Furmann for The Princess and the Warrior
Notable Supporting Performances of the Year: Fionnula Flanagan for The Others, Helen Mirren for Gosford Park, Ryan Phillipe for Gosford Park, Frances O'Connor for A.I., Jude Law for A.I., Cameron Diaz for Vanilla Sky, Paul Bettany for A Beautiful Mind, Jennifer Connelly for A Beautiful Mind, Jim Broadbent for Moulin Rouge, Ian McKellan for The Fellowship of the Ring, Brad Pitt for Snatch
Notable Ensemble Casts of the Year: The Cast of Ocean's 11, The Cast of Gosford Park, The Cast of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Cast of Memento, The Cast of The Man Who Wasn't There
Notable Cinematography of the Year: The Fellowship of the Ring, Moulin Rouge, Black Hawk Down, A Beautiful Mind, Amelie, The Man Who Wasn't There
Notable Visual Effects of the Year: The Fellowship of the Ring, Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor, A.I.
Notable Screenplays of the Year: Christopher & Jonathan Nolan for Memento, Akiva Goldsman for A Beautiful Mind, Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff for Ghost World, Guy Ritchie for Snatch, David Ayer for Training Day, Steven Spielberg for A.I., the Coen Brothers for The Man Who Wasn't There
Notable Directors of the Year: David Lynch for Mulholland Dr, Peter Jackson for The Fellowship of the Ring, Robert Altman for Gosford Park, Baz Luhrmann for Moulin Rouge, Christopher Nolan for Memento, Ridley Scott for Black Hawk Down, Richard Kelly for Donnie Darko.
Runners-Up
