100 English films of 2001 ranked by box office. #1: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ($1 billion).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Chris Columbus | $125 million | $1 billion | 8.23x | |
| 2 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Jackson | $93 million | $897.5 million | 9.65x | |
| 3 | Ocean's Eleven | Steven Soderbergh | $85 million | $450.7 million | 5.30x | |
| 4 | Pearl Harbor | Michael Bay | $140 million | $449.2 million | 3.21x | |
| 5 | The Mummy Returns | Stephen Sommers | $98 million | $436 million | 4.45x | |
| 6 | Jurassic Park III | Joe Johnston | $93 million | $368.8 million | 3.97x | |
| 7 | Planet of the Apes | Tim Burton | $100 million | $362.2 million | 3.62x | |
| 8 | Hannibal | Ridley Scott | $87 million | $351.6 million | 4.04x | |
| 9 | Rush Hour 2 | Brett Ratner | $90 million | $347.5 million | 3.86x | |
| 10 | A Beautiful Mind | Ron Howard | $58 million | $316.8 million | 5.46x | |
| 11 | American Pie 2 | J. B. Rogers | $30 million | $287.5 million | 9.58x | |
| 12 | Bridget Jones's Diary | Sharon Maguire | $26 million | $282 million | 10.85x | |
| 13 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Simon West | $115 million | $274.7 million | 2.39x | |
| 14 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Steven Spielberg | $100 million | $235.9 million | 2.36x | |
| 15 | The Others | Alejandro Amenábar | $17 million | $210 million | 12.35x | |
| 16 | The Fast and the Furious | Rob Cohen | $38 million | $207 million | 5.45x | |
| 17 | Vanilla Sky | Cameron Crowe | $68 million | $203 million | 2.99x | |
| 18 | Cats & Dogs | Lawrence Guterman | $60 million | $200.7 million | 3.35x | |
| 19 | Moulin Rouge! | Baz Luhrmann | $50 million | $179 million | 3.58x | |
| 20 | Dr. Dolittle 2 | Steve Carr | $70 million | $176.1 million | 2.52x | |
| 21 | Black Hawk Down | Ridley Scott | $92 million | $173 million | 1.88x | |
| 22 | The Princess Diaries | Garry Marshall | $26 million | $165.3 million | 6.36x | |
| 23 | Spy Kids | Robert Rodriguez | $35 million | $147.9 million | 4.23x | |
| 24 | The Mexican | Gore Verbinski | $40 million | $147.8 million | 3.70x | |
| 25 | Swordfish | Dominic Sena | $102 million | $147.1 million | 1.44x | |
| 26 | Spy Game | Tony Scott | $115 million | $143 million | 1.24x | |
| 27 | Legally Blonde | Robert Luketic | $18 million | $142 million | 7.89x | |
| 28 | Scary Movie 2 | Keenen Ivory Wayans | $45 million | $141.2 million | 3.14x | |
| 29 | Shallow Hal | Peter Farrelly | $40 million | $141.1 million | 3.53x | |
| 30 | America's Sweethearts | Joe Roth | $46 million | $138.3 million | 3.01x | |
| 31 | Save the Last Dance | Thomas Carter | $13 million | $131.5 million | 10.12x | |
| 32 | Behind Enemy Lines | John Moore | $40 million | $121.7 million | 3.04x | |
| 33 | A Knight's Tale | Brian Helgeland | $65 million | $117.5 million | 1.81x | |
| 34 | The Score | Frank Oz | $68 million | $113.5 million | 1.67x | |
| 35 | Along Came a Spider | Lee Tamahori | $60 million | $105.2 million | 1.75x | |
| 36 | Training Day | Antoine Fuqua | $45 million | $104.9 million | 2.33x | |
| 37 | Don't Say a Word | Gary Fleder | $50 million | $100 million | 2.00x | |
| 38 | Evolution | Ivan Reitman | $80 million | $98.4 million | 1.23x | |
| 39 | I Am Sam | Jessie Nelson | $22 million | $97.8 million | 4.45x | |
| 40 | Enemy at the Gates | Jean-Jacques Annaud | $68 million | $97 million | 1.43x | |
| 41 | The Wedding Planner | Adam Shankman | $28 million | $94.7 million | 3.38x | |
| 42 | Gosford Park | Robert Altman | $19.8 million | $87.8 million | 4.43x | |
| 43 | Ali | Michael Mann | $107 million | $87.7 million | 0.82x | |
| 44 | Rat Race | Jerry Zucker | $48 million | $85.5 million | 1.78x | |
| 45 | The Animal | Luke Greenfield | $22 million | $84.7 million | 3.85x | |
| 46 | Blow | Ted Demme | $53 million | $83.3 million | 1.57x | |
| 47 | Exit Wounds | Andrzej Bartkowiak | $25 million | $80 million | 3.20x | |
| 48 | The One | James Wong | $49 million | $79.6 million | 1.62x | |
| 49 | Serendipity | Peter Chelsom | $28 million | $77.5 million | 2.77x | |
| 50 | Kate & Leopold | James Mangold | ARS 48 million | $76 million | ||
| 51 | From Hell | Albert Hughes | $35 million | $74.6 million | 2.13x | |
| 52 | The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson | $21 million | $71.4 million | 3.40x | |
| 53 | Down to Earth | Paul Weitz | $30 million | $71.2 million | 2.37x | |
| 54 | Thirteen Ghosts | Fred Olen Ray | $42 million | $68.5 million | 1.63x | |
| 55 | Bandits | Barry Levinson | $75 million | $67.6 million | 0.90x | |
| 56 | Not Another Teen Movie | Joel Gallen | $16 million | $66.5 million | 4.16x | |
| 57 | Sweet November | Pat O'Connor | $40 million | $65.8 million | 1.65x | |
| 58 | K-PAX | Iain Softley | $68 million | $65 million | 0.96x | |
| 59 | Kiss of the Dragon | Chris Nahon | $25 million | $64.4 million | 2.58x | |
| 60 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | John Madden | $57 million | $62 million | 1.09x | |
| 61 | Zoolander | Ben Stiller | $28 million | $60.8 million | 2.17x | |
| 62 | Jeepers Creepers | Victor Salva | $10 million | $59.4 million | 5.94x | |
| 63 | Heartbreakers | David Mirkin | $35 million | $57.8 million | 1.65x | |
| 64 | 15 Minutes | John Herzfeld | $60 million | $56.4 million | 0.94x | |
| 65 | Driven | Renny Harlin | $94 million | $54.7 million | 0.58x | |
| 66 | Domestic Disturbance | Harold Becker | $75 million | $54.2 million | 0.72x | |
| 67 | Winged Migration | Jacques Perrin | $23.6 million | $52.8 million | 2.24x | |
| 68 | Monster's Ball | Marc Forster | $4 million | $45 million | 11.25x | |
| 69 | In the Bedroom | Todd Field | $1.7 million | $44.8 million | 26.35x | |
| 70 | Hardball | Brian Robbins | $32 million | $44.1 million | 1.38x | |
| 71 | See Spot Run | John Whitesell | $16 million | $43 million | 2.69x | |
| 72 | Black Knight | Gil Junger | $50 million | $39.9 million | 0.80x | |
| 73 | Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles | Simon Wincer | $21.1 million | $39.4 million | 1.86x | |
| 74 | Someone Like You | Tony Goldwyn | $23 million | $38.6 million | 1.68x | |
| 75 | What's the Worst That Could Happen? | Sam Weisman | $60 million | $38.4 million | 0.64x | |
| 76 | The Majestic | Frank Darabont | $72 million | $37.3 million | 0.52x | |
| 77 | Valentine | Jamie Blanks | $29 million | $36.7 million | 1.27x | |
| 78 | Joy Ride | John Dahl | $23 million | $36.6 million | 1.59x | |
| 79 | Riding in Cars with Boys | Penny Marshall | $48 million | $35.7 million | 0.74x | |
| 80 | Original Sin | Michael Cristofer | $26 million | $35.4 million | 1.36x | |
| 81 | The Musketeer | Peter Hyams | $36 million | $34.6 million | 0.96x | |
| 82 | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Kevin Smith | $22 million | $33.8 million | 1.54x | |
| 83 | Double Take | George Gallo | $24 million | $31.6 million | 1.32x | |
| 84 | How High | Jesse Dylan | $12 million | $31.3 million | 2.61x | |
| 85 | Joe Dirt | Dennie Gordon | $17.7 million | $31 million | 1.75x | |
| 86 | Hearts in Atlantis | Scott Hicks | $31 million | $30.9 million | 1.00x | |
| 87 | Monsoon Wedding | Mira Nair | $1.2 million | $30.8 million | 25.67x | |
| 88 | Angel Eyes | Luis Mandoki | $38 million | $29.7 million | 0.78x | |
| 89 | The Pledge (film) | Sean Penn | $37 million | $29.4 million | 0.79x | |
| 90 | Baby Boy | John Singleton | $16 million | $29.3 million | 1.83x | |
| 91 | Heist | David Mamet | $28 million | $28.5 million | 1.02x | |
| 92 | The Tailor of Panama | John Boorman | $21 million | $28 million | 1.33x | |
| 93 | The Brothers | Gary Hardwick | $6 million | $27.9 million | 4.65x | |
| 94 | The Last Castle | Rod Lurie | $72 million | $27.6 million | 0.38x | |
| 95 | Saving Silverman | Dennis Dugan | $22 million | $26.1 million | 1.19x | |
| 96 | Corky Romano | Rob Pritts | $11 million | $25.3 million | 2.30x | |
| 97 | The Shipping News | Lasse Hallström | $38 million | $24.6 million | 0.65x | |
| 98 | Joe Somebody | John Pasquin | $38 million | $24.5 million | 0.64x | |
| 99 | Life as a House | Irwin Winkler | $27 million | $23.9 million | 0.89x | |
| 100 | The Glass House | Daniel Sackheim | $22 million | $23.6 million | 1.07x |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.