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The best movies of 2001

The best movies of 2001

Where do Memento, Lord Of The Rings, and Mulholland Drive fall on our retrospective countdown?

Identifying as an animal takes on extra baggage in the thin, iffy parable <i>Wolf</i>

Identifying as an animal takes on extra baggage in the thin, iffy parable Wolf

For George MacKay and Lily-Rose Depp, being human ain’t all it’s cracked up to be

Sandra Bullock shows off her tediously stoic side in Netflix’s <i>The Unforgivable</i>

Sandra Bullock shows off her tediously stoic side in Netflix’s The Unforgivable

Adapted from a three-part British miniseries, this thriller/melodrama seems to have lost a lot in translation

Joaquin Phoenix is unusually grounded in the family drama <i>C’mon C’mon</i>

Joaquin Phoenix is unusually grounded in the family drama C’mon C’mon

Having made films about his mother and father, Mike Mills turns his attention to the uncle

<i>Mayor Pete </i>can’t find the warmth beneath the wonk of the former presidential candidate

Mayor Pete can’t find the warmth beneath the wonk of the former presidential candidate

Pete Buttigieg isn’t a terribly exciting documentary subject… which is part of what makes the documentary about him…

Tom Hanks makes the post-apocalypse cuddly in <i>Finch</i>

Tom Hanks makes the post-apocalypse cuddly in Finch

It's the end of the world as we know it, and you'll feel fine

Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy do their best to electrify a drab biopic

Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy do their best to electrify a drab biopic

The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain is about a famous artist, but his art is the least interesting part of the movie

There's nothing to get excited about in the Netflix slasher <i>There's Someone Inside Your House</i>

There's nothing to get excited about in the Netflix slasher There's Someone Inside Your House

These teens make good company, but the horror movie in which they're trapped is strictly rote.

Nicolas Cage isn't nuts enough in the fitfully demented <i>Prisoners Of the Ghostland</i>

Nicolas Cage isn't nuts enough in the fitfully demented Prisoners Of the Ghostland

Too rarely does Sion Sono's first movie in English achieve any gonzo fun

Mountain-climbing doc <i>The Alpinist</i> is stunning—when the subject lets the directors shoot

Mountain-climbing doc The Alpinist is stunning—when the subject lets the directors shoot

Canadian climber Marc-André Leclerc doesn’t exactly facilitate the movie made about him

Buried within COVID anthology <i>The Year Of The Everlasting Storm </i>is the best film of 2021

Buried within COVID anthology The Year Of The Everlasting Storm is the best film of 2021

Two of the shorts, from David Lowery and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, are terrific

<i>Anne At 13,000 Feet </i>is a harrowing, mysterious portrait of mental illness

Anne At 13,000 Feet is a harrowing, mysterious portrait of mental illness

Think A Woman Under The Influence, though not nearly as long or exhausting

<i>No Man Of God </i>inserts Ted Bundy into a <i>Silence Of The Lambs</i> scenario

No Man Of God inserts Ted Bundy into a Silence Of The Lambs scenario

Interviews with Bundy may have influenced the Thomas Harris classic, but that doesn't make this true-crime drama…

Sean Penn squares off against his daughter in dysfunctional family/crime drama <i>Flag Day</i>

Sean Penn squares off against his daughter in dysfunctional family/crime drama Flag Day

It's significantly better than The Last Face, but that's not saying much

Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard belt their way through <i>Annette</i>, the weirdest <i>Star Is Born </i>riff ever

Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard belt their way through Annette, the weirdest Star Is Born riff ever

Artificiality provokes real emotion in this daringly grandiose Sparks-penned musical

Nothing is necessarily what it seems in the sneaky whistleblower doc <i>Enemies Of The State</i>

Nothing is necessarily what it seems in the sneaky whistleblower doc Enemies Of The State

Exec-produced by Errol Morris, this deliberately deceptive film weaponizes viewer’s expectations

Be amused, be very amused by the<i> </i>dog-sized housefly of <i>Mandibles</i>

Be amused, be very amused by the dog-sized housefly of Mandibles

The latest oddity from French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux generates frustratingly arbitrary laughs

<i>Pig</i> is so much richer and stranger than the Nicolas Cage revenge thriller it appears to be

Pig is so much richer and stranger than the Nicolas Cage revenge thriller it appears to be

This is much more than a movie where Nic Cage hunts down the men who kidnapped his beloved hog

Desperation pays darkly comic dividends in Steven Soderbergh’s <i>No Sudden Move</i>

Desperation pays darkly comic dividends in Steven Soderbergh’s No Sudden Move

Soderbergh returns to his crime-movie wheelhouse with a twisty new caper

It’s Liam Neeson vs. surface tension in Netflix’s passable thriller <i>The Ice Road</i>

It’s Liam Neeson vs. surface tension in Netflix’s passable thriller The Ice Road

The Taken star’s latest adds some unnecessary complications to a suspenseful scenario