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Amelie (2001)
Plot Summary:
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie (Audrey Tautou) accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a matchmaker, guardian angel, and all-around do-gooder. But when she bumps into a handsome stranger, will she find the courage to become the star of her very own love story?
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10
IMDB Votes: 784000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Plot tags: loneliness, love, magic realism, life, fall in love, imagination, female protagonist, cafe, love and romance, optimism, lifestyle change, surrealism, existentialism, social relations, life philosophy, hopes, sex shop, changing lives, destiny, young woman, looking for love, friendship, heroine, daydreamer, love story
Do Your Thing (2001)
Plot Summary:
Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension
Duration: 183 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: male bonding, youth, friendship, painting, fall in love, dating, nostalgia, friendship between men, age difference, understanding, unlikely couple, best friend, old friend, buddies, couple relations, painter, unrequited love, memory, older woman younger man relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, art gallery, end of friendship, alcohol abuse, marriage, adolescence vs adulthood
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Plot Summary:
James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business... even though they're more afraid of the children than they are of them. When a child accidentally enters their world, James and Mike suddenly find that kids are not to be afraid of and they uncover a conspiracy that could threaten all children across the world
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 960000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Plot tags: monster, friendship, imaginary, creature, imagination, children, fantasy world, parallel world, rivalry, little girl, friends, rivals, villain, chase, greed, redemption, misfit, creativity, panic, alternate universe, mad scientist, talking animal, kidnapping, portal, evil
My Sassy Girl (2001)
Plot Summary:
Based on a series of true stories posted by Ho-sik Kim on the Internet describing his relationship with his girlfriend. These were later transformed into a best-selling book and the movie follows the book closely. It describes the meeting of Kyun-woo and an unnamed girl. Kyun-woo is shamed into assisting the girl because the other passengers mistakenly think she is his girlfriend
Duration: 137 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: love, destiny, love story, unlikely couple, opposites attract, young love, teenage life, nothing goes right, disorder, boyfriend, comedy of errors, encounter, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, asian, drinking problem, wooing, teenager, internet, time travel, passion, subway, parasite, in love, tragic love
Vizontele (2001)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place in a small town (called Hakkari) in Turkey at the beginning of the 70's. The time has come to bring technology into that small town. The first Television (or called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: family relations, culture clash, television, traditional versus modern, society, lifestyle, social relations, life changing experience, mayor, turk, kurd, advice, radio, small town, religion, rural setting, small town life, media satire, village, wedding, politics, islam, chauffeur, father son relationship, bicycle
No Man's Land (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two soldiers from opposite sites get stuck between the front lines in the same trench. The UN is asked to free them and both sides agree on a ceasefire, but will they stick to it?
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Belgium, UK, Slovenia
Plot tags: anti war, politics, soldier, military, civil war, survival, war, intrigue, bosnian war, un, wartime, bomb, human nature, dishonesty, balkan war, danger, military life, farce, tragic hero, great ending, satire, dark humor, culture clash, conflict, great war
Shrek (2001)
Plot Summary:
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 719000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Sweden
Plot tags: princess, dragon, friendship, magic, stereotypes, talking animal, reluctant partners, love and romance, magical, anthropomorphism, imaginary kingdom, unlikely friendships, knight, ogre, villain, wedding, satire, opposites attract, good versus evil, castle, shrek, witchcraft, heroes, danger, peril
Son of the Bride (2001)
Plot Summary:
At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past
Duration: 123 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain
Plot tags: midlife crisis, divorce, family relations, self discovery, heart attack, childhood, fall in love, introspection, parents and children, old friend, human nature, couple relations, family gatherings, melancholy, marriage, friendship between men, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, wedding, vice squad, amor, love, friendship, hospital, alzheimer's disease, health
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Plot Summary:
Hansel Schmidt, is a young East German boy, born and raised during the Cold War in communist East Berlin. In his 20s, he meets Luther Robinson, an older American soldier, who falls in love with Hansel and the two decide to marry, which will allow Hansel to leave communist East Germany for the West. But, in order to marry, Hansel must undergo a sex-change. However, the procedure does not go perfectly and Hansel becomes not a trans woman, but a 'genderqueer', Hedwig. Back in the USA, on their first wedding anniversary, Luther leaves Hedwig for another man. On that same day the news headlines were of the fall of the Berlin Wall and freedom. Hedwig tours the US with her rock band and relates her life story while following her ex-boyfriend/band-mate Tommy Speck (to whom she gives the stage name "Tommy Gnosis"), who stole her songs and rose to fame
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: transsexual, gender, gay, transvestism, transgender, berlin wall, drag queen, self discovery, singer, rock and roll, musician's life, musician, teenage boy, music, lgbtq, transvestite, gay interest, sexuality, lgbtqi, loneliness, homosexual, lifestyle, friendship, rock, couples
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Plot Summary:
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 Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 309000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: dysfunctional family, eccentricity, eccentric family, writers, forbidden love, parents and children, deadpan, incest, uptight character, reconciliation, love, satire, hipster, divorce, genius, depression, father daughter relationship, dalmatian, brother brother relationship, suicide, bonding, siblings relations, relationships, mental disorder, family drama
Elling (2001)
Plot Summary:
When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, Elling, a sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin in his 40s. After two years, the men are released and provided with a state-funded apartment and stipend with the hope they will be able to live on their own
Duration: 89 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Plot tags: mental illness, friendship, mental institution, friendship between men, odd couple, self discovery, eccentricity, social worker, poetry, mental health, misfit, love and romance, human nature, male virgin, christmas eve, psychiatry, poet, mental disorder, autism, fighting the system, nordic, giant, hospital, storytelling, drinking
Ghost World (2001)
Plot Summary:
Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls' friendship
Duration: 111 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Plot tags: coming of age, age difference, friendship, adolescence, graduation, older man younger woman relationship, teenage girl, teenage life, best friend, blues, teen angst, youth, misfit, alienation, high school, prank telephone call, father daughter relationship, female protagonist, melancholy, older man young girl relationship, dysfunctional family, cynicism, female best friends, female friendship, art class
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Plot Summary:
From an exciting Indian wedding comes a relationship from two different times not only showing the modern but also the traditional. Different characters and stories interact with each other in director Mira Nair film where she used an Indian-American production to illustrate these themes modern day Indians are very familiar with
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India, USA, Italy, Germany, France, UK
Plot tags: wedding, culture clash, adultery, honest, confession, disagreement, first love, family secret, leaving home, understanding, conservative, love, wanderlust, marriage, child abuse, music, wedding planning, arranged marriage, mother son relationship, women of color, multiple storylines, religion, sexual abuse, feminist, best friend
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sport
Country: Hong Kong, China
Plot tags: soccer, martial arts, kung fu, football, underdog, champion, silly humor, fight, mentor, love story, coach, humiliation, against the odds, monk, sport team, follow your dream, contests and competitions, championship, shaolin, heroes, friends, misfit, ambition, social misfits, hopes
Lammbock (2001)
Plot Summary:
Stefan and Kai have good going business, self-grown cannabis screened as pizza delivering service. For now they only have to deal with plant-louses
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Germany
Plot tags: drug dealing, stoner, marijuana, undercover cop, weed, friendship, adolescence, loneliness, drug, undercover agent, small town life, incest, small town, addiction, humour, outlaw, drug dealer, law student, cannabis, investigation, hunter, judge, parent child relationship, chaos, buddy
Gosford Park (2001)
Plot Summary:
Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England
Duration: 137 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, Italy
Plot tags: murder, country estate, society, estate, high society, murder investigation, murder mystery, police investigation, butler, servant, twists and turns, unrequited love, hunting, master and servant, maid, housekeeper, valet, whodunit, adultery, actor, film producer, master servant relationship, rich snob, who done it, class differences
Super Troopers (2001)
Plot Summary:
Five bored, occasionally high and always ineffective Vermont state troopers must prove their worth to the governor or lose their jobs. After stumbling on a drug ring, they plan to make a bust, but a rival police force is out to steal the glory
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: police corruption, police, stoner, weed, prank, cop, drug dealing, small town, partner, buddies, dishonesty, dumb, workplace, male nudity, stupidity, screwball, law enforcement, farce, state trooper, bromance, drug, mysticism, hitman, party, experiment
The Closet (2001)
Plot Summary:
A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work
Duration: 84 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy
Country: France
Plot tags: homosexuality, gay, pretending to be gay, workplace, friendship, workplace intrigue, dishonesty, parents and children, discrimination, hidden identity, gender, disorder, comedy of errors, cons and scams, workplace situations, gay slur, satire, lgbt, lgbtq, dream, humour, factory, accountant, homosexual, gay pride
The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Country: Japan
Plot tags: surrealism, suicide, absurdism, zombie, parents and children, family life, resort, nothing goes right, macabre, murder, husband wife relationship, mountain, dancing, death, nightmare, solar eclipse, monster, musician, humour, trippy, extreme, scared, salesman, secret agent, guesthouse
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Plot Summary:
A chaotic Bridget Jones meets a snobbish lawyer, and he soon enters her world of imperfections
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 258000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Plot tags: love, love triangle, love and romance, couples, love story, thirtysomething life, christmas, looking for love, opposites attract, holiday, workplace romance, happy ending, flirting, diary, new year's eve, women, female protagonist, urban, winter, thirty something, boss and employee, stereotypes, extramarital affair, unfaithfulness, book publishing
Serendipity (2001)
Plot Summary:
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 119000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: destiny, fall in love, serendipity, christmas, coincidence, love and romance, true love, looking for love, friendship, bookstore, fate, love, love story, friends, hopes, against the odds, winter, holiday, new year, engaged, writers, life philosophy, wedding, lovers reunited, happiness
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Plot Summary:
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them out of any royalties, the pair travels to Tinseltown to sabotage the production
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Plot tags: weed, road trip, jay and silent bob, filmmaking, hollywood, internet, hitchhiker, drug, stoner, chase, marijuana, monkey actor, orangutan, friendship, profanity, escapades, movie business, heist, encounter, obsessive quest, dumb, comic book, on the road, erotic scene, bromance
Storytelling (2001)
Plot Summary:
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: high school, dark humor, high school football, strong sexual content, celebrity, maid, writers, family problems, filmmaking, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, american football, homosexual, high school student, family life, high school life, teenage life, loser, suburbs, satire, erotica, college, human relationship, rape, depression
Manitou's Shoe (2001)
Plot Summary:
Abahachi, Chief of the Apache Indians, and his blood brother Ranger maintain peace and justice in the Wild West. One day, Abahachi needs to take up a credit from the Shoshone Indians to finance his tribe's new saloon. Unfortunately Santa Maria, who sold the saloon, betrays Abahachi, takes the money and leaves. Soon, the Shoshones are on the warpath to get their money back, and Abahachi is forced to organize it quickly
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Western
Country: Germany, Spain
Plot tags: treasure hunt, adventurer, native american, ambition, betrayal, family relations, escapades, buddies, dishonesty, cons and scams, map, embezzlement, native, monkey, lgbt, bully, humour, black, homosexual, apache tribe, old west, friends, greek, loan, chief
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Plot Summary:
It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot. The boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 235000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Plot tags: martial arts, buddy, kung fu, buddy cop, kick-butt women, police investigation, partner, culture clash, chase, gang, odd couple, good versus evil, bribery, forgery, police, power struggle, fish out of water, friends, african american, law enforcement, disorder, silly humor, struggle, partners against crime, fight scenes
Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
Plot Summary:
Set just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Sgt. Ray Elwood is an American soldier stationed at a German army camp. A soldier because a judge gave him a choice between the army and jail, Ray spends much of his free time cooking cocaine for the MPs. When a soldier dies and a toxicology screen shows an alarming level of illegal narcotics, someone is sent in to investigate
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany
Plot tags: corruption, military, heroin, drug dealing, soldier, military life, u.s. military, arms dealing, greed, cold war, unlikely criminals, profanity, black market, rebellion, rebelliousness, drug, american football, u.s. army, army, wartime, satire, incompetence, berlin wall, spy, gang
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Plot Summary:
CW Briggs is a veteran insurance investigator, with many successes. Betty Ann Fitzgerald is a new employee in the company he works for, with the task of reorganizing the office. They don't like each other - or at least that's what they think. During a night out with the rest of the office employees, they go to watch Voltan, a magician who secretly hypnotizes both of them
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Plot tags: hypnosis, investigation, workplace, insurance investigator, heist, plot twist, justice, love and romance, unlikely criminals, power relations, murder mystery, false accusation, twists and turns, adultery, screwball, mafia, roman empire, relationships, mysticism, philosophy, insurance company, cognitive science, office party, jewel theft, jazz
Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)
Plot Summary:
Jessica, a Jewish copy editor living and working in New York City, is plagued by failed blind dates with men, and decides to answer a newspaper's personal advertisement. The advertisement has been placed by 'lesbian-curious' Helen Cooper, a thirtysomething art gallerist
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: lesbian, friendship, gays and lesbians, lgbt, lesbian romance, looking for love, lgbtq, lifestyle, women, glbt, gay, sapphic, gender, dating, blind date, in love, coming of age, girl power, sex, adultery, infidelity, woman, marriage, pain, sisterhood
Wasabi (2001)
Plot Summary:
Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his girlfriend who left him shortly after marriage without a trace
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Action, Drama, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Japan
Plot tags: yakuza, father daughter relationship, justice, lone hero, police brutality, investigation, japanese mafia, police detective, youth, tough guy, culture clash, inheritance, police, violence, gunfight, brutality, tough cop, mafia, police investigation, buddy, bank robbery, fight, teenage daughter, misfit, family relations
Zoolander (2001)
Plot Summary:
Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic "he's so hot right now" Hansel scooters in to steal this year's award. The evil fashion guru Mugatu seizes the opportunity to turn Derek into a killing machine. Its a well-designed conspiracy and only with the help of Hansel and a few well-chosen accessories can Derek make the world safe
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 287000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA, Australia
Plot tags: conspiracy, fashion model, male model, brainwashing, satire, fashion, assassination, dumb, stoner, fame, president, comedy of errors, popularity, ambition, lifestyle, irreverent, bromance, model, sexual content, absurdism, eternal love, farce, designer, murder, stupidity