2001

1. Waking Life- Richard Linklater
2. The Royal Tenenbaums- Wes Anderson
3. Mulholland Drive- David Lynch
4. The Man Who Wasn't There- Joel Coen
5. Gosford Park- Robert Altman
6. What Time Is It There?- Tsai Ming-liang
7. Spirited Away- Hayao Miyazaki
8. The Piano Teacher- Michael Haneke
9. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence- Steven Spielberg
10. Monsters, Inc.- Pete Docter
11. Y Tu Mama Tambien- Alfonso Cuaron
12. Trouble Every Day- Claire Denis
13. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner- Zacharias Kunuk
14. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring- Peter Jackson
15. Donnie Darko- Richard Kelly
16. Pulse- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
17. Va Savoir- Jacques Rivette
18. Ghost World- Terry Zwigoff
19. Things Behind the Sun- Allison Anders

Notable shorts: The Third Memory (Pierre Huyghe)

Ripe for re-appraisal: Freddy Got Fingered (Tom Green), In Praise of Love (Jean-Luc Godard), Pistol Opera (Seijun Suzuki), Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (Jill Sprecher)

Need to see: All About Lily Chou-Chou (Shunji Iwai), Batang West Side (Lav Diaz), Bungee Jumping Of Their Own (Kim Dae-sung), La Cienaga (Lucrecia Martel), Faat Kiné (Ousmane Sembene), Harmful Insect (Akihiko Shiota), I’m Going Home (Manoel de Oliveira), The Jesus Trilogy and Coda (Stan Brakhage), Loin (Andre Techine), Oporto of My Childhood (Manoel de Oliveira), The Orphan of Anyang (Wang Chao), The Road (Darezhan Omirbaev), Roberto Succo (Cedric Kahn), ‘R Xmas (Abel Ferrara), Silence… We’re Rolling (Youssef Chahine), The Sleepy Time Gal (Christopher Munch), Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 PM (Claude Lanzmann), Take Care of My Cat (Jeong Jae-eun), That Old Dream That Moves (Alain Guirardie), Visitor Q (Takashi Miike), Volcano High (Kim Tae-kyun)

Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind (Ron Howard)
BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
César Awards, Best Film: Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
Cannes, Palme d’Or: The Son’s Room (Nanni Moretti)
Venice, Golden Lion: Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair)
Berlin, Golden Bear: Intimacy (Patrice Chéreau)
Sundance, Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic): The Believer (Henry Bean)
Toronto, Audience Award: Amélie
Skandies, Best Film: In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai)