Friday, January 17, 2003

My picks for Best Films of 2001 - based on the films that I have actually seen as listed in the post below:

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Monster's Inc.
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
A Beautiful Mind
Moulin Rouge
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Gosford Park
Ocean's Eleven
The Shipping News
Shrek
Jimmie Neutron: Boy Genius
Amelie

I place a lot of emphasis on picking films that I would be willing to watch again and again. Films that I would want to own copies of. I already own copies of the top 3 on this list and 2 of the top 4 on the 2002 list.

Just for good measure, here is a list of the movies I have seen from 2000 followed by my pics for the Year's Best. (Note: I have seen 23 movies released in 2002; 39 released in 2001 and 49 released in 2000.)

The Whole Nine Yards
Wonder Boys
Reindeer Games
Mission To Mars
The Ninth Gate
Erin Brockovich
The Road to El Dorado
High Fidelity
Rules of Engagement
U-571
Frequency
Gladiator
Center Stage
Small Time Crooks
Dinosaur
Mission Impossible II
Shanghai Noon
Gone In 60 Seconds
Sunshine
Titan A.E.
Shaft
Chicken Run
Me, Myself & Irene
The Patriot
X-Men
What Lies Beneath
Space Cowboys
Autumn In New York
Godzilla 2000
Almost Famous
Dr. T and the Women
Billy Elliot
The Legend of Baggar Vance
Charlie's Angels
Red Planet
The Sixth Day
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Unbreakable
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Proof of Life
The Emperor's New Groove
Chocolat
What Women Want
Finding Forrester
Miss Congeniality
O Brother Where Art Thou
Cast Away
The Family Man
Thirteen Days

And the Best of 2000 are:

The Emperor's New Groove
Mission Impossible 2
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
O Brother Where Art Thou
Gladiator
The Patriot
Chicken Run
High Fidelity
Almost Famous
Thirteen Days
Erin Brockovich
Unbreakable
Cast Away

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