Drama Movies
Waking Life (2001)
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave…
The Last Castle (2001)
A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.
Focus (2001)
In the waning months of World War II, a man and his wife are mistakenly identified as Jews by their anti-Semitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the victims of religious and racial…
Bleacher Bums (2001)
They’re known as the Bleacher Bums, a loud and proud group of fans who watch their team’s games from the stadium’s cheap seats. Most of them have been attending for…
Gypsy 83 (2001)
Two young misfits head for New York City to celebrate their idol and muse, Stevie Nicks, at The Night of 1,000 Stevies. Along the road, in order for them to…
Little Secrets (2001)
Emily is a plucky preteen who is entrusted with her young neighbors’ most private and cherished secrets. Every Wednesday, Emily sets up a booth in her backyard that regularly attracts…
Double Whammy (2001)
Ray Pluto has many problems. He is satirized in the tabloids as the “loser cop.” His partner is starting to seem suspiciously attracted to him. A pair of screenwriters across…
H Story (2001)
Surviving Gilligan’s Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (2001)
A campy look at the making of the 1964-67 TV series, as told by stars Bob Denver, Dawn Wells and Russell Johnson, as well as in flashbacks (actors play the…
All the Queen’s Men (2001)
A mismatched team of British Special Services agents led by an American must infiltrate, in disguise, a female-run Enigma factory in Berlin and bring back the decoding device that will…
Take Care of My Cat (2001)
When one girl from five close school friends moves to Seoul after school is over, the other four try and deal with the loss of her moving and them drifting…
Vajont (2001)
Endgame (2001)
Sex is currency. It commands power and can instill fear. Tom, a young man with a troubled past finds himself sucked into a seedy underworld by George Norris, a now…
Things Behind the Sun (2001)
A young music journalist’s dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secrets from their pasts.
Edges of the Lord (2001)
A 12-year-old Jewish boy hides with a family of Catholic peasant farmers to escape the Nazis.
Big Bad Love (2001)
Vietnam veteran Leon Barlow is struggling as a writer, and his personal life isn’t much better. His unsympathetic ex-wife Marilyn doesn’t approve of his visits with his two children, and…
Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2001)
At the Blue Iguana, L.A.’s most notorious strip club, the lives of five exotic dancers converge, clash and ultimately bond over the course of one week.
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi’s love for the…
Her Majesty (2001)
Her Majesty is a coming-of-age film about a young girl who realizes her lifelong dream when Queen Elizabeth II comes to visit her small hometown.
Training Day (2001)
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn’t what he appears.
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary — all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young…
Joy Ride (2001)
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a…
Piñero (2001)
“Piñero” tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the gay poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After…
The Mad Songs of Fernanda Hussein (2001)
A cri de coeur against Iraq War I from writer-director John Gianvito (Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind).
Instinct to Kill (2001)
Escaped serial killer James Becket, who killed his own father whose expectations he never fulfilled, but now especially targets his wife Theresa ‘Tess’ and her family, is too good at…
Snakeskin (2001)
A hitchhiker takes two kids on the ride of their dreams, but they soon learn that their newfound hero is just as capable of delivering nightmares.
Jet Boy (2001)
A coming-of-age story of a reluctant 13-year-old hustler named Nathan who will do whatever it takes to feel loved.