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25 Watts
25 Watts (2001) is the debut feature of Uruguayan directors Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll, a black-and-white 16 mm comedy-drama following three idle Montevideo friends for 24 hours; it won the 2001 Rotterdam Tiger Award.
40 Days and 40 Nights
40 Days and 40 Nights is a 2002 romantic comedy directed by Michael Lehmann, starring Josh Hartnett as a man who vows to abstain from sex for Lent.
A Walk to Remember
A Walk to Remember is a 2002 American romantic drama film directed by Adam Shankman. It is based on the 1999 novel by Nicholas Sparks.
About a Boy (film)
About a Boy (2002), Weitz brothers comedy-drama starring Hugh Grant as Will Freeman and Nicholas Hoult as Marcus, adapted from Nick Hornby's novel; Oscar-nominated screenplay, AFI top ten of 2002, Badly Drawn Boy score.
Adaptation (film)
Adaptation. (2002) is Spike Jonze's comedy-drama written by Charlie Kaufman and his fictional twin Donald, both played by Nicolas Cage, about Kaufman's failed attempt to adapt Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief; Cooper won an Oscar.
Amélie
Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) is a 2001 French romantic comedy directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou as a shy Montmartre waitress who secretly helps those around her.
America's Sweethearts
America's Sweethearts is a 2001 American romantic comedy directed by Joe Roth, written by Billy Crystal and Peter Tolan, starring Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and John Cusack.
Angel Eyes (film)
Angel Eyes is a 2001 American romantic drama directed by Luis Mandoki, starring Jennifer Lopez as a Chicago police officer and Jim Caviezel as a drifter.
Beethoven's 4th (film)
Beethoven's 4th (2001) is a direct-to-video family comedy, the fourth Beethoven film, directed by David Mickey Evans, in which the St. Bernard swaps places with the look-alike dog Michelangelo of the wealthy Sedgewick family; it holds 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Bella Martha
Bella Martha (Mostly Martha, Ricetta d'amore) is a 2001 German-Austrian-Swiss-Italian romantic comedy-drama by Sandra Nettelbeck starring Martina Gedeck as a Hamburg head chef, Sergio Castellitto, and Maxime Foerste; Locarno premiere, 2002 European Film Award, remade as No Reservations (2007).
Bend It Like Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham: 2002 British comedy directed by Gurinder Chadha, starring Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley; Jess Bhamra, a British Indian Sikh teen, defies her parents to play football; grossed almost £60m on £3.5m and inspired UK women's football.
Big Trouble (2002 film)
Big Trouble is a 2002 American ensemble comedy directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, based on Dave Barry's 1999 novel, and starring Tim Allen, Rene Russo, and Zooey Deschanel.
Birthday Girl (2001 film)
Birthday Girl (2001 film) is a British-American comedy-crime-thriller directed by Jez Butterworth. It stars Nicole Kidman as Sophia, a lonely bank clerk's Russian mail-order bride.
Black Knight (film)
Black Knight is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Gil Junger, in which Martin Lawrence plays an amusement-park worker who wakes up in 14th-century England.
Brown Sugar (2002 film)
Brown Sugar is a 2002 American romantic comedy directed by Rick Famuyiwa, starring Sanaa Lathan and Taye Diggs as two childhood friends whose love of hip-hop turns to romance.
Bubble Boy (film)
Bubble Boy (2001) is a Touchstone road-trip comedy directed by Blair Hayes, written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as immune-deficient Jimmy Livingston; $5 million gross, 32% Tomatometer, later cult status and a 2008 stage musical.
Cadet Kelly
Cadet Kelly is a 2002 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Hilary Duff as a teen sent to a military academy run by her new stepfather, clashing with Christy Carlson Romano's Cadet Captain Stone; premiered March 8, 2002.
Cats & Dogs
Cats & Dogs is a 2001 American live-action family comedy directed by Lawrence Guterman and released by Warner Bros., in which cats and dogs wage a secret high-tech war that humans never notice.
Crazy/Beautiful
Crazy/Beautiful is a 2001 Touchstone teen romantic drama directed by John Stockwell, starring Kirsten Dunst and Jay Hernandez as lovers from opposite social worlds; released June 29, 2001, PG-13, grossing about $19.9 million worldwide.
Crossroads (2002 film)
Crossroads is a 2002 American coming-of-age road-trip film directed by Tamra Davis, written by Shonda Rhimes, and starring Britney Spears in her first starring film role.
Death to Smoochy
Death to Smoochy, also spelled Death to Smoochie, is a 2002 black comedy directed by Danny DeVito, satirizing children's television through Robin Williams and Edward Norton as rival kiddie-show hosts.
Der Schuh des Manitu
Der Schuh des Manitu (Manitou's Shoe) is Michael Bully Herbig's 2001 German comedy western parodying the 1960s Karl May Winnetou films; with about 11.7 million admissions it is the most successful German film, followed by the 2025 sequel Das Kanu des Manitu.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (film)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (film) is a 2002 American comedy-drama directed by Callie Khouri, adapted from Rebecca Wells's novels, and grossed over $73 million worldwide.
Down to Earth (2001 film)
Down to Earth is a 2001 American comedy-fantasy film directed by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, starring Chris Rock as a comedian who dies before his time.
Dr. Dolittle 2
Directed by Steve Carr and based on Hugh Lofting's books, Dr. Dolittle 2 is a 2001 comedy. It stars Eddie Murphy and grossed over $176 million worldwide.
Evolution (2001 film)
Evolution (2001) is an Ivan Reitman sci-fi comedy, also called Evolution, starring David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Orlando Jones, and Seann William Scott, about rapidly evolving alien organisms from an Arizona meteor; it grossed $98.3 million on an $80 million budget.
Fat Choi Spirit (呖咕呖咕新年财)
Fat Choi Spirit (呖咕呖咕新年财) is a 2002 Hong Kong comedy directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, starring Andy Lau as a mahjong master whose luck collapses.
Freddy Got Fingered
Freddy Got Fingered is a 2001 American surreal black comedy directed by and starring Tom Green, whose cartoonist character falsely accuses his father of abuse; it flopped on release but later gained a cult following.
FUBAR (film)
FUBAR is a 2002 Canadian mockumentary comedy directed by Michael Dowse about Calgary headbangers Dean and Terry, improvised on a tiny budget, premiered at Sundance, and followed by FUBAR II; distinct from the 2023 Netflix Arnold Schwarzenegger series of the same name.
Get Over It (film)
Get Over It is a 2001 American teen romantic comedy directed by Tommy O'Haver, in which dumped high schooler Berke Landers joins the school musical.