Best 2001 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 2001 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

#20. Ocean's Eleven
- Stacker score: 83.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 655,000)
- Metascore: 74
- Director: Steven Soderbergh
- Actors: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts
- Runtime: 1 hour 56 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $183,417,150

#19. Dogtown and Z-Boys
- Stacker score: 83.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 14,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: Stacy Peralta
- Actors: Sean Penn, Jay Adams, Tony Alva
- Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $1,300,682

#18. The Royal Tenenbaums
- Stacker score: 83.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 326,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: Wes Anderson
- Actors: Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston
- Runtime: 1 hour 50 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $52,364,010

#17. Amélie
- Stacker score: 84.1
- IMDb user rating: 8.3 (votes: 824,000)
- Metascore: 70
- Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Actors: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus
- Runtime: 2 hours 2 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $33,712,444

#16. A Beautiful Mind
- Stacker score: 84.6
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (votes: 1.0 million)
- Metascore: 72
- Director: Ron Howard
- Actors: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly
- Runtime: 2 hours 15 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $170,742,341

#15. Lantana
- Stacker score: 85.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 21,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Ray Lawrence
- Actors: Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Rachael Blake
- Runtime: 2 hours 1 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $4,623,189

#14. In the Bedroom
- Stacker score: 87.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 44,000)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: Todd Field
- Actors: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl
- Runtime: 2 hours 11 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $35,930,604

#13. Monsters, Inc.
- Stacker score: 87.9
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 1.0 million)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich
- Actors: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Mary Gibbs
- Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $290,642,256

#12. Winged Migration
- Stacker score: 88.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 13,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats
- Actors: Jacques Perrin, Philippe Labro
- Runtime: 1 hour 29 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $11,689,053

#11. Waking Life
- Stacker score: 88.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 69,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Richard Linklater
- Actors: Ethan Hawke, Trevor Jack Brooks, Lorelei Linklater
- Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $2,901,447

#10. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- Stacker score: 89.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 39,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: John Cameron Mitchell
- Actors: John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask
- Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $3,082,286

#9. Gosford Park
- Stacker score: 89.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 99,000)
- Metascore: 90
- Director: Robert Altman
- Actors: Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Gambon
- Runtime: 2 hours 17 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $41,308,615

#8. No Man's Land
- Stacker score: 89.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 50,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Danis Tanovic
- Actors: Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac, Filip Sovagovic
- Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $1,012,153

#7. Ghost World
- Stacker score: 89.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 131,000)
- Metascore: 90
- Director: Terry Zwigoff
- Actors: Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson
- Runtime: 1 hour 51 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $6,217,849

#6. Shrek
- Stacker score: 89.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 784,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson
- Actors: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
- Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $268,698,241

#5. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
- Stacker score: 90.7
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 126,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
- Actors: Aamir Khan, Raghubir Yadav, Gracy Singh
- Runtime: 3 hours 44 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $909,043

#4. Mulholland Drive
- Stacker score: 91.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 413,000)
- Metascore: 87
- Director: David Lynch
- Actors: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux
- Runtime: 2 hours 27 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $7,220,243

#3. Donnie Darko
- Stacker score: 92.3
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 891,000)
- Metascore: 88
- Director: Richard Kelly
- Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell
- Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $1,478,493

#2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Stacker score: 99.5
- IMDb user rating: 8.9 (votes: 2.1 million)
- Metascore: 92
- Director: Peter Jackson
- Actors: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom
- Runtime: 2 hours 58 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $319,372,078

#1. Spirited Away
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.6 (votes: 927,000)
- Metascore: 96
- Director: Hayao Miyazaki
- Actors: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino
- Runtime: 2 hours 4 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $15,205,725