It’s 35 films this year! Woohoo! Well, not much to celebrate since some of those were really REALLY bad, but they count for the movie countdown~~~
In the meantime, I’ve decided to put my list of Best 2001 films.
It was really difficult to choose some, as I seem to not have seen many 2001 films, so many of my nominees are the same as the Oscar, I feel. Remembering the films made me remember about the first time I actively waited for the Oscar. I mean, the event in itself was something I did, but that year was the year I said I’m gonna watch the Oscar to see who will win. American Beauty won that year, as did Kevin Spacey and The Matrix. 1999 Films, wow~~~ I was 13 going on 14.
Anyway~ without further ado~~~
Best Picture
- All About Lily Chou Chou
- Y tu Mama Tambien
- Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie Poulain (Amelie)
- Moulin Rouge
- Spirited Away
Almost made it – Donnie Darko, The Others, The Lord of the Rings, El Espinazo del Diablo, The Royal Tenenbaums, In the Bedroom. [ LOL, I know... a lot eh?]
Best Director
- Shunji Iwai – All About Lily Chou Chou
- Alfonso Cuaron – Y tu Mama Tambien
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet – Amelie
- Wes Anderson – The Royal Tenenbaums
- Baz Luhrmann – Moulin Rouge
Almost made it – Peter Jackson (LotR), Terry Zwigoff (Ghost World), Guillermo del Toro (El Espinazo del Diablo)
Animated Feature
- Spirited Away
- Monster’s INC
- Metropolis
Best Actor
- Sean Penn – I am Sam
- Russell Crow – A Beautiful Mind
- John Cameron Mitchell – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- Federico Luppi – El Espinazo del Diablo
- Tom Wilkinson – In the Bedroom
Almost made it: Haley Joel Osment (Artificial Intelligence), Billy Bob Thorton (Man who Wasn’t There)
Best Actress
- Nicole Kidman – Moulin/The Others
- Audrey Tautou – Amelie
- Renee Zellweger – Bridget Jones’s Diary
- Sissy Spacek – In the Bedroom
- Judi Dench – Iris
Almost made it – Miyazaki Aoi (Gaichu), Gianna Jun (My Sassy Girl)
Supporting Actor
- Jim Broadbent – Iris/Moulin Rouge
- Steve Buscemi – Ghost World
- Ian McKellan – Lord of the Rings
- Gael Garcia Bernal – Y tu Mama Tambien
- Diego Luna – Y tu Mama Tambien
Almost made it – Hayato Ichihara (Lily Chou Chou), Nick Stahl (In the Bedroom)
Supporting Actress
- Yu Aoi – All About Lily Chou Chou
- Maribel Verdu – Y tu Mama Tambien
- Jennifer Connelly – A Beautiful Mind
- Marisa Tomei – In the Bedroom
- Kate Winslet – Iris
Almost made it – Dakota Fanning (I am Sam), Thora Birch (Ghost World), Gwyneth Paltrow (The Royal Tenenbaums)
