2001 in film

This is a list of film-related events in 2001.

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.

Academy Awards presentations

• The annual Academy Awards served out gongs for Best Actor in Gladiator to Russell Crowe.
• Ridley Scott's Gladiator took the Academy Award for Best Picture.
• Best Supporting Actress and Actor were won by Marcia Gay Harden for Pollock and Benicio del Toro for their roles in Traffic which also won its director, Steven Soderbergh the Directing statue.

Top grossing films

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Sorcerer's Stone in the US): $317,575,550
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, directed by Peter Jackson: $313,364,114
3. Shrek: $267,665,011
4. Monsters Inc.: $255,873,250
5. Rush Hour 2: $226,164,286
6. The Mummy Returns: $202,019,785
7. Pearl Harbor: $198,542,554
8. Ocean's Eleven: $183,417,150
9. Jurassic Park III: $181,171,875
10. Planet of the Apes: $180,011,740

20 movies in 2001 grossed over $100 million. Six movies grossed over $200 million, a new record.

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind – Imagine Entertainment
• Best Actor: Denzel Washington – Training Day
• Best Actress: Halle Berry – Monster's Ball

Births

Deaths

• January 29 – Jean-Pierre Aumont, actor
• February 7 – Dale Evans, 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 21 – Carroll O'Connor, 76, actor
• June 28 – Jack Lemmon, 76, actor
• June 28 – Joan Sims, 71, actress
• August 25 – Aaliyah, 22, singer and actress
• September 3 – Pauline Kael, 82, movie critic
• October 28 – Grigori Chukhrai, Ukrainian film director
• December 10 – Ashok Kumar, 90, actor, India

Other movies released

0–9

• 3000 Miles to Graceland

A-B

• A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Ali, starring Will Smith
• A Knight's Tale
• All Over the Guy
• Along Came a Spider
• Amélie from Montmartre
• American Outlaws
• American Pie 2
• America's Sweethearts
• Angel Eyes
• The Animal
• Antitrust
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire
• Baby Boy
• Bandits
• Behind Enemy Lines
• Black Knight
• Blow
• Bridget Jones's Diary
• The Brothers

C-F

• Captain Corelli's Mandolin
• Cats & Dogs
• Charlotte Gray
• Corky Romano
• Crazy/Beautiful
• Crocodile Dundee in L.A.
• Domestic Disturbance
• Don't Say a Word
• Donnie Darko
• Double Take
• Down to Earth, a remake of Heaven Can Wait
• Dr. Dolittle 2, starring Eddie Murphy
• Driven
• Enemy at the Gates
• Evolution
• Exit Wounds
• The Fast and the Furious
• 15 Minutes
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
• Freddy Got Fingered
• From Hell

G-J

• Get Over It
• The Glass House
• Gosford Park
• Hannibal
• Hardball
• Head Over Heals
• Heartbreakers
• Hearts in Atlantis
• Heist
• How High
• Green Day: International Supervideos (DVD Release)
• Iron Monkey
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
• Jeepers Creepers
• Jimmy Neutron
• Joe Dirt
• Joe Somebody, starring Tim Allen
• Josie and the Pussycats
• Joy Ride

K-O

• Kate & Leopold, starring Meg Ryan
• Kiss of the Dragon
• Kingdom Come
• K-Pax, starring Kevin Spacey
• Last Castle
• Legally Blonde
• Life as a House
• The Majestic, starring Jim Carrey
• Max Keeble's Big Move
• Memento
• The Mexican, starring Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts
• Moulin Rouge!, starring Nichole Kidman
• The Musketeer
• Not Another Teen Movie
• Novocaine
• Nowhere in Africa, German language title: Nirgendwo in Afrika
• O
• Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off The Map (DVD Release)
• The One, starring Jennifer Aniston
• Original Sin
• Osmosis Jones
• Out Cold, starring Jason Londom & Lee Majors
• The Others, starring Nicole Kidman

P-R

• The Pledge
• Pokemon 3
• The Princess Diaries, starring Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway
• Rat Race
• Recess: School's Out
• Riding in Cars with Boys
• Rock Star

S-T

• Save the Last Dance
• Saving Silverman
• Scary Movie 2
• Staind: MTV Unplugged (DVD Release)
• The Score
• See Spot Run
• Serendipity
• Shallow Hal
• The Shipping News
• Someone Like You
• Spirited Away (July 20 – Japan)
• Spy Game
• Spy Kids
• Sugar and Spice
• Summer Catch
• Sweet November
• Swordfish
• The Tailor of Panama
• Thir13en Ghosts
• Tomb Raider
• Tomcats
• Training Day
• Two Can Play that Game

U-Z

• Uprising
• Valentine
• Vanilla Sky, starring Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz
• Waking Life
• The Wash
• The Wedding Planner, starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey
• What's the Worst That Could Happen?
• Y tu mamá también
• Yeopgijeogin geunyeo (My Sassy Girl)
• Zoolander, starring Ben Stiller