Critical Consensus: The Films of 2001 (Reed)

Critic Top Ten Lists - 2001
compiled by Ron Reed
Alex Fung gathered critic lists for this year, but his compilation of the data does not appear to be available online. If I can obtain or retabulate it, I'll post it here. In the meantime, this is a tabulation I put together from the following much more limited list of sources; National Board of Review, Roger Ebert, Rolling Stone, New York Times, Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Premiere and salon.com

1 Lord Of The Rings 61
2 Mulholland Drive 58
3 Moulin Rouge 46
4 In The Bedroom 44
5 Black Hawk Down 40
6 Royal Tenenbaums 39
7 Waking Life 29
8 Shrek 27
9 A.I. 23
10 Ghost World 21

11 Lantana (Australia?) 20
12 Amores Perros (Mexico) 19
12 In The Mood For Love (Hong Kong) 19
12 Monster's Ball 19
15 Amelie (France) 17
15 Sexy Beast 17
17 Tailor of Panama 16
17 Together (Sweden) 16
19 Man Who Wasn't There 15
20 Ali 13
20 Donnie Darko 13
20 Gleaners and I, The 13

23 Kandahar 12
24 Ocean's 11 11
25 Circle, The 10
25 Fat Girl 10
25 Last Orders 10
28 Beautiful Mind, A 9
28 Deep End, The 9
30 Memento 8
30 Vanilla Sky 8

32 Monsters Inc. 7
33 Charlotte Grey 4
33 Others, The 4
33 Pledge, The 4
33 Wit 4
37 Liam 3
38 Apocalypse Now Redux 2
38 Gosford Park 2
40 Bridget Jones Diary 1
40 Center of the World 1
40 Claim, The (Iran) 1
40 Dish, The (Australia) 1
40 Final Fantasy 1
40 Heist 1
40 Score, The 1
40 Spy Kids 1
40 Yi Yi 1

49 Life As A House 0
49 Shipping News 0