Movies produced in 2001

24 hours after Danny Ocean (George Clooney), a cunning and smart thief, has released from prison in New Jersey, he is already planning the most sophisticated and high-tech casino heist in history. He decides to rob three prosperous Las Vegas casinos owned by a dapper, unscrupulous and ruthless mogul, Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), who happens to date Danny's ex-wife Tess (Julia Roberts). In one night, Danny assembles professionals from all over the country. The gang is comprised of Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt), a card fraud; Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon), a perfect pickpocket; Frank Catton (Bernie Mac), a cardsharper; Saul Bloom (Carl Reiner), a retired swindler who will play a weaponry dealer; Basher Tarr (Don Cheadle), an explosives expert, and others. Eveyone plays his own part in the classic game of Gambit. Ocean's accomplices will do their utmost to steal $150 million during a big boxing event on New Year's Eve.

After the death of his eccentric Uncle Cyrus (Murray Abraham), Arthur Kriticos (Tony Shalhoub) inherits his strange mansion. The bizarre glass house is filled with different mysterious artifacts as well as Latin inscriptions carved on the walls and floors. The doors in the house open and close strangely by themselves. Little does Arthur know that when he enters this creepy mansion, he will reluctantly fulfil Cyrus's evil will and unleash twelve vengeful ghosts that are imprisoned in the basement. Then the energy of the gruesome ghosts will fuel an evil giant machine to open a portal to the Eye of Hell. But it requires a thirteen spirit to join the Black Zodiac...

Eddie Flemming (Robert DeNiro) used to be an ordinary NYC homicide detective. But his purposefulness, persistence and tenacious mind while investigating the most sophisticated crimes allowed Eddie to attain celebrity status among the citizenry. Therefore his face appears on the most famous magazine covers from time to time. Meanwhile, two fellow criminals - Emil Slovak (Karel Roden) from Czechoslovakia and Oleg Razgul (Oleg Taktarov) from Russia – come to New York to make it big at any cost. When they happen on People magazine with Eddy on the cover, they come up with the brilliant idea of murdering him and filming the crime. They hope to evade crime penalty due to pretended insanity (videotaping their murders is incontestable proof of their irresponsibility). Then they plan to become famous and rich by selling the movie to the popular tabloid TV show "Top Story".

Ladies and Gentlemen! Elvis has left the building. And he has taken $ 3 million. It’s also important to mention that THIS Elvis is armed to the teeth and abnormally dangerous. We strongly recommend you not to ask him to sing ‘Love Me Tender’, otherwise you will go to the next world. Recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane (Kurt Russell) and his cellmate Thomas Murphy (Kevin Costner) decide to rob one of the largest casinos in Las Vegas during International Elvis Week. Dressed up to the nines as Elvis impersonators and teamed up with Hanson (Bokeem Woodbine), Franklin (Christian Slater) and Gus (David Arquette), they manage to hit the jackpot. As usual things go awry when the guys begin sharing the stolen loot. As it turns out Murphy intends to keep all the money for himself and to eliminate his partners-in-crime in a traditional way, that is, to shoot them point-blank.

Seriocomic story based on the memoir by Beverly Donofrio, the movie follows a young woman who finds her life radically altered by an event from her teen years. Born in 1950, Beverly grew up bright and ambitious in a working-class neighborhood in Connecticut; her father was a tough but good-hearted cop who listened to his daughter's problems, and her mother was a nervous woman eager to imagine the worst. From an early age, Beverly displays a keen intelligence and an interest in literature, and dreams of going to college in New York and becoming a writer. However, she also develops an early interest in boys, and at 15 finds herself madly in love with a boy from her high school. However, an attempt to get his attention leads to an embarassing incident at a party, and Ray, a sweet but thick-headed 18-year-old, steps forward to defend her. Beverly and Ray end up making out, and after one thing leads to another, Beverly discovers she's pregnant. Telling Ray is only marginally less difficult than informing her parents, and at 16, Beverly is a wife and mother. Against the odds, Beverly is determined to still finish high school and go on to college, but that goal becomes more difficult with time, especially after Beverly's marriage begins to fall apart. Ray tries to do the right thing but has trouble holding a job, and becomes addicted to heroin.

This engaging romantic drama stars Jennifer Lopez as Sharon Pogue, one of the best and most beautiful Chicago police officers. One day while chasing a drive-by suspect she finds herself in a potentially dangerous situation. The ruthless criminal tries to get rid of the tough policewoman by shooting her twice when a mysterious stranger named 'Catch' (James Caviezel) appears from out of the blue and saves Sharon's life. Who is this courageous man who wasn't afraid to give her a helping hand during the shoot-out? How did he happen to walk down the deserted street at the right moment? And why does Sharon feel as though they have met somewhere before?

Meet Joseph 'Joe' Blake (Bruce Willis) and Terry Lee Collins (Billy Bob Thornton), the most successful bank burglars in the USA. Without firing a shot, with the help of their great charisma and insolence, the irresistible macho Joe and the hypochondriac Terry, always complaining of his imaginary illnesses, have robbed more banks than anybody else. It seemed that these suave, witty bandits would always lucky. But as the fates decree, the two fall in love with hot housewife Kate Wheeler (Cate Blanchett), who craves adventures and gets involved in their heists. As a result, everything in their lives goes topsy-turvy!

Based on Amanda Brown's novel, this is the story of Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) who has what every modern girl wants. She is a Hawaiian Tropic girl, the president of her sorority, Miss June in her campus calendar... She creates her own lingerie line and appears in Ricky Martin's video. She is just an attractive girl any chap would be glad to flirt with! However, it doesn't matter to her boyfriend, Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis), at all. He is a wannabe senator and thinks Elle to be too blonde. He considers that a senator's wife should be clever and not as gorgeous as she is. Therefore Elle will have to prove that not only blond hair, bust (big boobies) and long legs can help a woman score a success.

David Aames (Tom Cruise) is a man who has the full monty: money, his own publishing company, an expensive car, a luxurious apartment in a respectable New York City neighborhood. He is young, devilishly handsome, charismatic and wealthy. Moreover, he is an object of desire to the most gorgeous young women. In short, David is the lucky man any chap would like to change with. One night, at his birthday party, he meets Sofia Serrano (Penélope Cruz) the mysterious, bewitching girl with a Spanish accent, and falls in love with her. The next day, his charmed life turns into a real nightmare. His jilted girlfriend Julianna Gianni (Cameron Diaz) takes revenge: when they are in a car, she drives it into a tree. After surviving a car crash and being horribly disfigured, David meets with another mishap. He is charged with his lover's deliberate murder...

Some people are born to be heroes... The startling movie follows one of the Russian national heroes, the most famous sniper during the Second World War. It is 1942, the Stalingrad Battle: the German Army sends its master sniper, Major Koenig (Ed Harris) to the front line. This highly proficient and patient sharpshooter is the only soldier who may try to find and kill a Russian angel of death - an elusive sniper named Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law). Zaitsev is a legend and icon for defenders of Stalingrad because he kills a record number of Nazi aggressors every day. The two extraordinary skilled snipers are locked in mortal combat of wills and marksmanship.

On his 11th birthday, young Harry Potter discovers the life he never knew he had, the life of a wizard. In his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he meets his two best friends Ron Weasley, an expert at Wizard Chess, and Hermione Granger, a girl with non-magic parents. Harry learns the game of Quiditch and Wizard Chess on his way to facing a Dark Arts teacher who is bent on destroying him.

A 32-year-old British woman named Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) indulges in bad habits, especially smoking, drinking and overeating, and has no scruple in saying what crosses her mind. The worst thing is that she is single and can't find the right man. Her caring parents (Gemma Jones and Jim Broadbent) try to bring her into contact with their neighbors' modest son, Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), but Bridget is attracted to her handsome boss, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). She eventually arrives at a decision to turn over a new leaf, to work off her excess weight and to keep a diary in which she will record her achievements. However, making dreams come true and finding true love turns out to be much more difficult than expected...

Eddie Murphy is back as Dr. John Dolittle, a San Francisco-based successful physician who can talk to animals. This time, his four-legged patients want more than office visits. Forest animals want him to protect their habitat from deforestation by rapacious lumber tycoon Joseph Potter (Jeffrey Jones). The only way to save their home is to populate it with an endangered species that the law protects. Thus, Dr. Dolittle comes up with the idea of mating a lone Pacific Western Bear, Ava (voiced by Lisa Kudrow), with a circus performing bear, Archie (voiced by Steve Zahn). But he has only three weeks to train the domesticated bear about how to live in the wild and help him to make a love connection.

Based on true events, the extraordinary movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2001. The movie tells the story of John Nash (Russell Crowe) who starts grad school at Princeton in 1947. Some people consider him to be mentally ill, others regard him as a math genius. He is very lonely as he doesn't much like people, and they don't like him either. John often misses classes and spends his time working on game theory. As a result, Nash gains a prestigious post at MIT's Wheeler House. Some time later he gets married to brilliant student Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) and is recruited by the CIA for top-secret code-breaking activities. Eventually, Nash's brilliance leads him to madness making him lose control of reality. Alicia wants to help her husband; drugs and shock therapy, however, turn Nash into a listless, crest-fallen person. But Nash starts struggling to gain some control over his mental state. After hard years of insanity John Nash ultimately manages to overcome his schizophrenia and win international recognition.

Internet love connections and mail-order brides rarely ever work out, and John (played by Ben Chaplin) should have known. Having never been lucky in the game of love and tired of waiting for the perfect woman to come along, John decides to take his chances and orders a mail-order bride from Russia online. At first, things seem perfect: his new bride Nadia (Nicole Kidman) is a gorgeous woman, and although she may not speak much English, her skills in the bedroom more than make up for any communication problems. When Nadia's 'cousins' unexpectedly arrive to celebrate her birthday, John is drawn into their web of corruption and crime.

Welcome to the Far Future when Man has made a technological breakthrough. Now, with the help of artificial intelligence, the human race hopes to cope with the polar cap melting which causes the raise of the ocean waters and coastal flooding. Moreover, Cybertronics Manufacturing has created companion robots to replace friends, lovers or kids. One of these androids is David (Haley Joel Osment), a 12-year-old boy programmed to love and adopted by a Cybertronics employee, Henry Swinton (Sam Robards), and his wife, Monica (Frances O'Connor). David’s appearance and behaviour is not different from other kids. Even his love to the adoptive parents is quite real. One day David realizes that to be a human being is something totally different than to be a robot. David dreams of being a real kid to be loved and journeys out into the forests to find someone who can make his dreams come true.

Based loosely on "The Canterbury Tales", the movie follows the story of a young peasant squire, William Thatcher (Heath Ledger), who, after the death of his master, Sir Ector, takes the road with his buddies, Roland (Mark Addy) and Wat Falhurst (Alan Tudyk). Along the way, they encounter an obscure writer, Geoffrey Chaucer (Paul Bettany). William, the underprivileged commoner, decides to assume the identity of a knight and asks Chaucer to fake his genealogy papers. Under his new title, Sir Ulrich of Liechtenstein, William has to prove his noble birth at the country's tournaments. Gallant and determined, William wins jousts on the trot. However, where there is success there is envy. Count Adhemar of Anjou (Rufus Sewell), a dangerous rival, is able to learn William's true identity and ruin him. Adhemar and William will meet face to face in the decisive joust.

She is Kate McKay (Meg Ryan), a single, career-driven 21st century woman who has a deep yearning to achieve great success in the challenging corporate world. She deserves happiness as much as anyone else on the earth. He is Leopold (Hugh Jackman), the Third Duke of Albany, a charismatic, genteel and handsome bachelor. He also dreams of finding true love. But when Leo is inadvertently transported through a portal from 1867 to modern-day New York, they meet each other and immediately become involved in a romantic relationship.

The crime drama follows George Jung (Johnny Depp), an ordinary guy from the blue-collar suburbs, who doesn't want to follow in his father's footsteps of working hard and making ends meet. After moving to California, he becomes involved with drugs trafficking to pursue the American dream. His illegal business grows very fast. But the more money people have, the more they want. Driven by itch for money, Jung starts exporting tones of cocaine to the United States. He soon becomes wildly successful and lives in luxury. However, Jung has to pay the price...

When the mobster Francis A. 'Pops' Romano (Peter Folk) is sent to the court, the Romano family decides to send an undercover man to destroy the evidences against him without knowing that there is an informer in mafia. The clumsy loser veterinary son Corky Romano (Chris KattaN), who is not a criminal, is infiltrated in the FBI to destroy the evidences against his father.