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Swimfan
Swimfan (2002) is an American teen psychological thriller directed by John Polson, starring Jesse Bradford and Erika Christensen, about an obsessive new student stalking a champion high school swimmer; it opened #1, grossed $34.4 million on a $10 million budget, but scored 15% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (복수는 나의 것)
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (복수는 나의 것, Boksuneun naui geot) is Park Chan-wook's 2002 South Korean film, first of the Vengeance Trilogy, about a deaf laid-off worker whose kidnapping plan for his sister's kidney transplant spirals into a revenge chain.
The Escape
The Escape is the international title of La fuga, a 2001 Spain–Argentina crime drama by Eduardo Mignogna: seven inmates tunnel out of 1928 Buenos Aires penitentiary into a coal shop; San Sebastian competitor, 115 min, IMDb 6.5.
The Glass House (2001 film)
The Glass House (2001) is a Columbia Pictures psychological thriller directed by Daniel Sackheim, starring Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Stellan Skarsgård, and Trevor Morgan, about orphans whose Malibu guardians covet their $4 million inheritance.
The Good Thief
The Good Thief is a 2002 heist film directed by Neil Jordan, starring Nick Nolte as an American gambler planning a Monte Carlo casino vault robbery.
The Hole (2001 film)
The Hole (2001 film) is a British psychological thriller directed by Nick Hamm. It stars Thora Birch, exploring a schoolgirl's conflicting accounts after 18 days in a bunker.
The Isle (섬)
The Isle (섬, Seom) is Kim Ki-duk's 2000 South Korean drama-thriller about a mute fishing-resort keeper and a suicidal fugitive, notorious for fishhook self-mutilation scenes, Venice competition, and festival notoriety.
The Man on the Train
The Man on the Train (L'Homme du train) is Patrice Leconte's 2002 French comedy-drama starring Jean Rochefort and Johnny Hallyday as a retired teacher and a thief who trade life dreams; Venice audience award winner.
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film)
The Man Who Wasn't There is the Coen brothers' 2001 black-and-white noir drama starring Billy Bob Thornton as barber Ed Crane; it tied for the 2001 Cannes Best Director award and grossed $7.5 million in the US.
The Mexican
The Mexican is a 2001 American comedy-drama directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts, about a mob errand runner sent to retrieve a cursed pistol.
The Pledge (film)
The Pledge (2001) is a Sean Penn crime drama starring Jack Nicholson as retiring Nevada detective Jerry Black, adapted from Dürrenmatt's Das Versprechen; 124 min, R, Metascore 71, released January 19, 2001.
The Score (2001 film)
The Score is a 2001 American heist thriller directed by Frank Oz, starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando, and Angela Bassett, notable as the first film pairing De Niro and Brando on screen.
The Way of the Gun
The Way of the Gun is a 2000 American crime thriller directed by Christopher McQuarrie, starring Ryan Phillippe and Benicio Del Toro as criminals who kidnap a surrogate mother.
The Yards
The Yards is a 2000 American crime drama by James Gray, starring Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James Caan, and Ellen Burstyn, about corruption in Queens subway rail yards, inspired by the Donald Manes scandal, in Cannes competition 2000.
Traffic (2000 film)
Traffic (2000 film), Steven Soderbergh crime drama adapted from the British miniseries Traffik; three interwoven, color-coded drug-war stories starring Michael Douglas and Benicio del Toro; won four Oscars, grossed $207.5 million.
Training Day
Training Day (2001) is a Warner Bros. crime drama directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by David Ayer, starring Denzel Washington as corrupt LAPD narcotics officer Alonzo Harris and Ethan Hawke as rookie Jake Hoyt; Washington won the Best Actor Oscar.
Trapped (2002 film)
Trapped (2002 film) is an American-German kidnapping thriller directed by Luis Mandoki, adapted from the novel 24 Hours, and stars Kevin Bacon and Charlize Theron.
Under Suspicion (2000 film)
Under Suspicion (2000) is a Stephen Hopkins psychological thriller starring Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman, a remake of Claude Miller's 1981 Garde à vue from John Wainwright's Brainwash, set in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Vidocq
Vidocq: Eugène-François Vidocq (1775–1857), French convict turned first chief of the Sûreté and pioneer private detective, inspiration for Hugo and Balzac; also the 2001 Pitof film starring Gérard Depardieu, the first feature shot entirely in digital HD.
With a Friend Like Harry...
With a Friend Like Harry... (Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien) is Dominik Moll's 2000 French psychological thriller starring Sergi López, Laurent Lucas, and Mathilde Seigner; a Cannes 2000 Competition entry that won four Césars.