2001 in film

Highest-grossing films

Events

• May 18 – Shrek was released to critical acclaim and went on to win the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature the following year beating out Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Monsters, Inc.
• June 22 – The Fast and the Furious is released, launching one of the highest-grossing franchises in film history.
• August 8 – actors Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman divorce.
• November 2 – Monsters, Inc. opens with the best ticket sales ever for an animated film and the 6th-best of all time.
• November 16 and December 19 – The beginning of two acclaimed fantasy film series based on best-selling novels: Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings, respectively.

  Award ceremonies

• 6th Empire Awards

  Awards

2001 films

By country/region

• List of American films of 2001
• List of Argentine films of 2001
• List of Australian films of 2001
• List of Bangladeshi films of 2001
• List of British films of 2001
• List of Canadian films of 2001
• List of Chinese films of 2001
• List of French films of 2001
• List of Hong Kong films of 2001
• List of Indian films of 2001
• * List of Bengali films of 2001
• * List of Hindi films of 2001
• * List of Kannada films of 2001
• * List of Malayalam films of 2001
• * List of Marathi films of 2001
• * List of Punjabi films of 2001
• * List of Tamil films of 2001
• * List of Telugu films of 2001
• List of Japanese films of 2001
• List of Mexican films of 2001
• List of Nepalese films of 2001
• List of Pakistani films of 2001
• List of Russian films of 2001
• List of South Korean films of 2001
• List of Spanish films of 2001

  By genre/medium

• List of action films of 2001
• List of animated feature films of 2001
• List of avant-garde films of 2001
• List of crime films of 2001
• List of comedy films of 2001
• List of drama films of 2001
• List of horror films of 2001
• List of science fiction films of 2001
• List of thriller films of 2001
• List of western films of 2001

  Births

• January 1
• *Angourie Rice, Australian actress
• *Carla Tous, Spanish actress
• January 15 - Ethan Josh Lee, American actor
• February 6 – Gabriel G. Mourreau, Spanish actor
• February 15 – Haley Tju, American actress
• February 16 - Chloe East, American actress
• February 19 – David Mazouz, American actor
• February 24 – Ramona Marquez, English actress
• March 6 – Milo Manheim, American actor
• March 25 – Daisy Tahan, American actress
• April 10 – Noa Kirel, Israeli actress
• April 20 – Ian Alexander, American actor
• April 28 – Madeleine Harris, British actress
• May 3 – Rachel Zegler, American actress
• May 23 – Matt Lintz, American actor
• May 27 – Izabela Vidovic, American actress
• June 1 – Ed Oxenbould, Australian actor
• June 3 – Rhea Norwood, English actress
• June 5 - Lilly Krug, German actress
• June 9 – Xolo Maridueña, American actor
• June 14 – Samuel Bottomley, English actor
• June 16 – William Sorenson, Canadian Representative
• June 21 – Eleanor Worthington Cox, English actress
• July 1 – Chosen Jacobs, American actor
• July 2 – Abraham Attah, Ghanaian actor
• July 10 – Isabela Merced, American actress
• July 11 – Sophia Anne Caruso, American actress
• July 16 – Tom Taylor, English actor
• July 22 – Alisha Newton, Canadian actress
• July 31 – Sean Michael Kyer, Canadian actor
• August 5 – Josie Totah, American actress
• August 6 – Ty Simpkins, American actor
• August 21
• *Dallas Liu, American actor
• *Harry Gilby, English actor
• August 31 – Garrett Wareing, American actor
• August 31 Corey Maison Transgender activist OF Model
• September 3 – Kaia Gerber, American actress and model
• September 6
• *Freya Allan, English actress
• *Nuno Gallego, Spanish actor
• September 11 - Mackenzie Aladjem, American actress
• September 14 – Matías Recalt, Argentine actor
• September 15 – Emma Fuhrmann, American actress
• September 17 – India Amarteifio, English actress
• September 19
• *Jack Downham, British actor
• *D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Canadian actor
• September 29 – William Healy, Canadian actor
• October 1 – Luna Blaise, American actress
• October 5 – Dalila Bela, Canadian actress
• October 8 – Percy Hynes White, Canadian actor
• October 9 – Louis Hynes, English actor
• October 10 – Blake Cooper, American actor
• October 12 – Raymond Ochoa, American actor and musician
• October 13 – Caleb McLaughlin, American actor
• October 14 – Rowan Blanchard, American actress
• October 19 - Art Parkinson, Irish actor
• October 21 – Ashley Liao, American actress
• October 23 – Mina Sundwall, American actress
• October 27 – Lukita Maxwell, Indonesian-American actress
• November 7
• *Noah Lomax, American actor
• *Amybeth McNulty, Irish-Canadian actress
• November 12 – Raffey Cassidy, English actress
• November 15 – Sadie Stanley, American actress
• November 25 - Alex Bain, British actor
• November 27 – Morgan Davies, Australian actor
• December 12 - Britain Dalton, American actor
• December 13 – Harley Bird, English actress
• December 14 – Joshua Rush, American actor
• December 16 – Sebastian Croft, English actor
• December 22 - Lily Laight, English actress and singer
• December 28 – Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Canadian actress

  Deaths