Australian and New Zealand films of 2001

112 films recorded for 2001; 50 have a full page. Sorted by release date where known.

50 films30 series

Drama · 12 Comedy · 10 Action · 8 Adventure · 6 Thriller · 6 Mystery · 5

Films

Title	Director	Genre	Min	Awards
Down to Earth	Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz	Comedy, Romantic comedy	87
Driven	Renny Harlin	Drama, Action	112
Moulin Rouge!	Baz Luhrmann	Drama, Musical	127	11
Swordfish	Dominic Sena	Action, Heist	99
Cats & Dogs	Lawrence Guterman	Comedy, Action	83	1
Amazons and Gladiators	Zachary Weintraub	—	94
Much Ado About Something	Michael Rubbo	Documentary	—
Don't Say a Word	Gary Fleder	Drama, Heist	109
Saving Silverman	Dennis Dugan	Buddy, Romantic comedy	90
The Diamond of Jeru	Dick Lowry, Ian Barry	Action, Adventure	120
Ocean's Eleven	Steven Soderbergh	Comedy, Action	112	1
Charlotte Gray	Gillian Armstrong	Drama, War	116
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Peter Jackson	Fantasy, Action	178	6
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles	Simon Wincer	Comedy, Action	91
Crooked Earth	Sam Pillsbury	Drama	—
Cubbyhouse	Murray Fahey	Horror	89
Dalkeith	Leigh Sheehan	—	—
Den	Greg Arce	Horror, Crime	—
Facing the Music	Bob Connolly	Documentary	—
Four Jacks	Matthew George	Action	—
Georgie Girl	Peter Wells	Documentary	—
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand	Richard Lowenstein	Comedy, Melodrama	107
Her Majesty	Mark J. Gordon	Family	107
La Spagnola	Steve Jacobs	Comedy drama	—	1
Let's Get Skase	Matthew George	Comedy	—
Mallboy	Vincent Giarrusso	Drama	—
Mullet	David Caesar	Comedy	—
My Husband My Killer	Peter Andrikidis	Crime	95
No One Can Hear You	John Laing	Horror	92
One Night the Moon	Rachel Perkins	Musical	—
Risk	Alan White	—	—
Russian Doll	Stavros Kazantzidis	Comedy drama	—	1
See Spot Run	John Whitesell	Comedy	94
Sensitive New-Age Killer	Mark Savage	—	—
Silent Partner	Alkinos Tsilimidos	—	—
Snakeskin	Gillian Ashurst	Thriller	94
Stickmen	Hamish Rothwell	Comedy	98
Tempted	Bill Bennett	Thriller	91
The Bank	Robert Connolly	Drama, Thriller	100	1
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky	Paul Cox	—	95
The Finder TV film	Frank Shields	Thriller	—
The Man Who Sued God	Mark Joffe	Comedy	97
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories	Rolf de Heer	Adventure	115
Walk the Talk	Shirley Barrett	—	—
When Strangers Appear	Scott Reynolds	Mystery, Thriller	96
Yolngu Boy	Stephen Johnson	Drama	88
Hearts in Atlantis	Scott Hicks	Drama, Fantasy	101
The Majestic	Frank Darabont	Drama	146
Lantana	Ray Lawrence	Drama	120	7
Rain	Christine Jeffs	Drama	—

TV series premiered in 2001

Series	From	To	Network	Episodes
The Weakest Link	2001	2002	Seven Network	10
The Saddle Club	2001	2009	PBS, ABC	78
Head Start	2001	2001	ABC	40
Big Brother Australia	2001	—	—	—
Wild Kat	2001	2001	—	13
The Weakest Link	2001	2002	TVNZ 1	—
Outriders	2001	2001	Nine Network	26
The Secret Life of Us	2001	2005	Network 10	86
Cybergirl	2001	2002	Network 10, ABC	26
Mercy Peak	2001	2004	TVNZ 1	60
Long Way to the Top	2001	2001	ABC	6
McLeod's Daughters	2001	2009	Nine Network	224
The Glass House	2001	2006	ABC	218
Life Support	2001	—	SBS	—
The Mystery of Black Rose Castle Miniseries	2001	2001	—	13
Atlantis High	2001	2002	Channel 5	26
Always Greener	2001	2003	Seven Network	50
Escape of the Artful Dodger	2001	2001	Nine Network	13
Corridors of Power	2001	2001	ABC	6
Crash Palace	2001	—	—	65
Changi Miniseries	2001	2001	ABC	6
The Chaser Decides	2001	2001	ABC	15
Burgo's Catch Phrase	2001	2003	Nine Network	—
Being Eve	2001	2002	Three	26
Fairy Tale Police Department Animated series	2001	2002	—	26
How's Life?	2001	2003	TVNZ 1	—
Li'l Horrors	2001	2001	—	52
My Brother Jack Miniseries	2001	—	Network 10	—
Piha Rescue	2001	2016	TVNZ 1	—
Willy Nilly	2001	—	—	22