Top Dramas of 2001
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1. Haven (2001 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History
A U.S. official escorts Holocaust refugees from 1940s war-torn Europe to temporary shelter in America.
Director: John Gray | Stars: Natasha Richardson, Colm Feore, Henry Czerny, Sheila McCarthy
Votes: 529
10/10
2. Under Heavy Fire (II) (2001)
R | 113 min | Action, Drama, War
A group of Marines return to Vietnam with a news crew to relive their tragic war experiences.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Jaimz Woolvett, Bobby Hosea, Joseph Griffin
Votes: 721
10/10
3. Domestic Disturbance (2001)
PG-13 | 89 min | Crime, Thriller
When Danny witnesses his stepfather Rick murder a man, Danny's father Frank has to protect his son from the greatest danger.
Director: Harold Becker | Stars: John Travolta, Nick Loren, Matt O'Leary, Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Votes: 28,719 | Gross: $45.25M
10/10
4. The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire (2000 Video)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A mysterious object crashes near the great valley, and Petrie's untrustful uncle arrives in search of it, believing it to be "a storm of cold fire", a susposed rock of great powers.
Director: Charles Grosvenor | Stars: Jeff Bennett, Anndi McAfee, Thomas Dekker, Aria Noelle Curzon
Votes: 3,418
10/10
5. The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze (2001 Video)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Snow falls in the Great Valley for the first time, puzzling and enchanting everyone. The friends search for Spike after he leaves to search for his family.
Director: Charles Grosvenor | Stars: John Ingle, Aria Noelle Curzon, Rob Paulsen, Thomas Dekker
Votes: 2,724
10/10
6. Another Day (2001 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A woman's boyfriend dies in a fire after a fight over the couple's unborn child. After the woman is involved in a drowning accident a few years later, she wakes up on-shore to find that ... See full summary »
Director: Jeffrey Reiner | Stars: Shannen Doherty, Max Martini, Julian McMahon, Courtney Kidd
Votes: 833
10/10
7. The Perfect Wife (2001 TV Movie)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
A doctor fails to help the young victim of a car accident whose sister decides to seek revenge.
Director: Don E. FauntLeRoy | Stars: Perry King, Shannon Sturges, Lesley-Anne Down, William R. Moses
Votes: 526
10/10
8. Joy Ride (2001)
R | 97 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychopathic killer.
Director: John Dahl | Stars: Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski, Jessica Bowman
Votes: 75,918 | Gross: $21.97M
9/10
9. Spirited Away (2001)
PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi
Votes: 848,899 | Gross: $10.06M
9/10
10. The Glass House (2001)
PG-13 | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An orphaned teenager is taken in by a Malibu couple but discovers they aren't the caring friends they seemed to be.
Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: Diane Lane, Leelee Sobieski, Stellan Skarsgård, Bruce Dern
Votes: 39,827 | Gross: $18.00M
9/10
11. The Flying Dutchman (2001 TV Movie)
Unrated | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Sexuality and serial murder in an American village.
Director: Robin P. Murray | Stars: Eric Roberts, Rod Steiger, Catherine Oxenberg, Scott Plank
Votes: 314
8 or 9/10
12. The Princess Diaries (2001)
G | 115 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Mia Thermopolis has just found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. With her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz in tow, she tries to navigate through the rest of her sixteenth year.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo
Votes: 163,497 | Gross: $108.25M
8/10
13. The Others (2001)
PG-13 | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann
Votes: 393,120 | Gross: $96.52M
8/10
14. The Jennie Project (2001 TV Movie)
TV-G | 76 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Based on the book Jennie by Douglas Preston. The Jennie Project tells the story of a chimpanzee named Jennie who has the ability to use and understand sign language. When Dr. Hugo Archibald... See full summary »
Director: Gary Nadeau | Stars: Alex D. Linz, Sheila Kelley, Lance Guest, Abigail Mavity
Votes: 259
8/10
15. The Luck of the Irish (2001 TV Movie)
TV-G | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A teenager must battle for a gold charm to keep his family from being controlled by an evil leprechaun.
Director: Paul Hoen | Stars: Ryan Merriman, Henry Gibson, Alexis Lopez, Glenndon Chatman
Votes: 8,712
7/10
16. Campfire Stories (2001)
R | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Drama
Two teens on their way to a backwoods party come across a beautiful young woman having car trouble. Their search for help only gets them lost, deep in the woods, where they meet Forest ... See full summary »
Directors: Bob Cea, Andrzej Krakowski, Jeff Mazzola | Stars: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, John Hensley, Abigail Spencer, Joshua Harto
Votes: 987
7/10
17. Hounded (2001 TV Movie)
TV-G | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A teenager ends up being hounded by a well-groomed and seemingly cute and tiny dog that actually turns out to be a nightmare of a beast.
Director: Neal Israel | Stars: Tahj Mowry, Craig Kirkwood, Shia LaBeouf, Ed Begley Jr.
Votes: 1,113
7/10
18. Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (2001 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A fun behind-the-scenes look into the 60's television series, "Gilligan's Island."
Director: Paul A. Kaufman | Stars: Dawn Wells, Russell Johnson, Bob Denver, Kristen Dalton
Votes: 548
7/10
19. Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A disillusioned pilot shot down over war-torn Bosnia goes on the run from the local military and an assassin, as his commanding officer risks all to save him.
Director: John Moore | Stars: Gene Hackman, Owen Wilson, Gabriel Macht, Charles Malik Whitfield
Votes: 112,846 | Gross: $59.07M
6 or 7/10
20. Life as a House (2001)
R | 125 min | Drama
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.
Director: Irwin Winkler | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jena Malone
Votes: 45,594 | Gross: $15.65M
6 or 7/10
21. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
PG-13 | 178 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean
Votes: 2,006,353 | Gross: $315.54M
6 or 7/10
22. Gosford Park (2001)
R | 137 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Set in the 1930s, a group of pretentious rich and famous get together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 93,993 | Gross: $41.31M
6/10
23. Soul Survivors (2001)
PG-13 | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A college student is caught between the world of the living and the dead.
Director: Stephen Carpenter | Stars: Melissa Sagemiller, Wes Bentley, Casey Affleck, Eliza Dushku
Votes: 9,632 | Gross: $3.10M
6/10
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