Friday, March 29

2001 National Board of Review – Top Ten Films Winner and Nominees

2001 National Board of Review – Top Ten Films Winner

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become “real” so that he can regain the love of his human mother.

Black Hawk Down

Black Hawk Down

160 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.

In the Bedroom

In the Bedroom

A New England couple’s college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.

Memento

Memento

A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife’s murderer.

Monster's Ball

Monster’s Ball

After a family tragedy, a racist prison guard re-examines his attitudes while falling in love with the African-American wife of the last prisoner he executed.

Moulin Rouge!

Moulin Rouge!

A poet falls for a beautiful courtesan whom a jealous duke covets.

Mulholland Drive

Mulholland Drive

After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.

Ocean's Eleven

Ocean’s Eleven

Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.

The Man Who Wasn't There

The Man Who Wasn’t There

A laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife’s boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong.

The Pledge

The Pledge

A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.