2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2001st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1st year of the 3rd millennium, the 1st year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2000s decade.
Events
Theatrical releases
Feature films
- February 2 - Head over Heels
- February 9 - Hannibal
- March 2
- The Mexican (DreamWorks Pictures)
- Series 7: The Contenders (USA Films)
- March 9 - In the Mood for Love (USA Films)
- April 9 - Josie and the Pussycats
- April 13 - Bridget Jones's Diary
- April 27 - One Night at McCool's (USA Films)
- May 4 - The Mummy Returns
- May 18 - Shrek (DreamWorks Animation)
- May 25 - Bloody Angels (USA Films)
- June 8
- Evolution (DreamWorks Pictures)
- Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (USA Films)
- June 18 - The Fast and the Furious
- June 22 - Strictly Sinatra (USA Films)
- June 29 - A.I. Artificial Intelligence (DreamWorks Pictures International Distribution)
- July 16 - Jurassic Park III
- July 27 - Wet Hot American Summer (USA Films)
- August 10
- August 13 - Captain Corelli's Mandolin
- August 24
- The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (DreamWorks Pictures)
- Maybe Baby (USA Films)
- September 7 - The Musketeer
- October 8 - Mulholland Drive
- October 19 - The Last Castle (DreamWorks Pictures)
- October 22 - K-PAX
- November 2 - The Man Who Wasn't There (USA Films)
- November 19 - Spy Game
- December 21 - A Beautiful Mind, How High
Shorts
Television
Theme Parks
- March 31 - Universal Studios Japan opens.
Home video releases
VHS & DVD releases
- January 30 - What Lies Beneath (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- February 13
- February 20 - The Watcher
- March 6
- The Contender (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- Meet the Parents
- Rear Window
- March 13 - Almost Famous (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- April 3
- The Legend of Bagger Vance (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- Nurse Betty (USA Home Entertainment)
- April 17 - Billy Elliot
- May 29 - Traffic (USA Home Entertainment)
- July 17 - The Family Man
- July 31 - Head over Heels
- August 7 - The Mexican (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- August 21 - Josie and the Pussycats
- August 28 - The Wolf Man
- October 2 - The Mummy Returns
- November 2 - Shrek (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- November 20 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- December 4 - The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
- December 11 - Jurassic Park III
- December 25 - Evolution (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
Shorts
Direct-to-video releases
- July 24 - The Unsaid
- October 2 - Tremors 3: Back to Perfection
- November 20 - Prancer Returns (USA Home Entertainment)
- December 4
Video games
Character debuts
- February 9 - Jim Winston / FBI Special Agent Bob Smoot, Amanda Pierce
- April 13 - Bridget Jones
- May 4 - Alex O' Connell, Mathayus
- May 18 - Shrek, Donkey, Princess Fiona, Lord Farquaad
- June 18 - Dom Toretto, Letty Ortiz, Brian O'Conner, Johnny Tran
- September 26 - Serena Southerlyn
- September 30 - Robert Goren, Alexandra Eames, James Deakins, Ron Carver
- December 4 - Mr. Thicknose, Tippy
People
Births
- July 10 - Isabela Merced (actress)
Deaths
- TBA
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