Since the turn of the millennium, notable successes among cult and midnight movies have been Donnie Darko ( 2001 ), the 2001 comedy Wet Hot American Summer, an absurdist parody of the pre-MTV summer camp genre, and the comic book adaptation Ghost World.

Charles returned to stand-up comedy between 1995 and 2001, regularly touring his one-man adult-rated shows nationally, and releasing the videos Craig Charles: Live on Earth!

Bring It On was followed in 2001 by another teen cheerleading comedy, Sugar & Spice.

In an interview around the film's DVD release in 2001, Elwes said, " The studio didn't know how to sell itas an adventure, fantasy, comedy or love story, it had to rely on word of mouth ".

Besides a number of appearances in films produced by her company, Flower Films, including Charlie's Angels, Barrymore had a dramatic role in the comedy / drama Riding in Cars with Boys ( 2001 ), playing a teenage mother in a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father ( based on the real-life story of Beverly D ' Onofrio ).

Sir Harry Donald Secombe, CBE ( 8 September 1921 – 11 April 2001 ) was a Welsh entertainer with a talent for comedy and a noted fine tenor singing voice.

After supporting roles in the television series ER ( 1996 ) and films such as Wag the Dog ( 1997 ), Small Soldiers ( 1998 ) and The Virgin Suicides ( 1999 ), Dunst transitioned into romantic comedies and comedy dramas, starring in Drop Dead Gorgeous ( 1999 ), Bring It On ( 2000 ), Get Over It and Crazy / Beautiful ( both 2001 ).

The following year, Dunst had the lead in the teen comedy Get Over It ( 2001 ).

Another Channel 4 poll in 2001 named it the 23rd greatest film of all time ( the only comedy that came higher on this occasion was Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot, which was ranked 5th ).

Using Bungie's 2001 game Halo: Combat Evolved, Rooster Teeth Productions created a popular comedy series Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles.

In 2001 and 2002 Whitehouse wrote and performed in two series of the BBC comedy drama Happiness, in which he played a voice-over actor with a mid-life crisis.

The Wedding Planner is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Adam Shankman, written by Michael Ellis and Pamela Falk, and starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey.

* Dead Famous ( 2001 ) is a comedy / whodunit novel, also by Ben Elton, in which a contestant is murdered while on a Big Brother-like show.

Amélie ( Original French title: Le Fabuleux Destin d ' Amélie Poulain () aka The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain ) is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

In 2001, Hawn was reunited with former co-stars Warren Beatty ( her co-star in $ and Shampoo ) and Diane Keaton for the comedy Town & Country, a critical and financial fiasco.

In 2001 and 2002 she appeared in the BBC radio comedy sketch show The Right Time, along with Graeme Garden, Paula Wilcox, Clive Swift and Neil Innes.

In 2001, she appeared in the comedy Heartbreakers playing the lead role of a con artist alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta, Gene Hackman and Anne Bancroft.

A Knight's Tale is a 2001 romantic adventure comedy film written, directed, and produced by Brian Helgeland.

The Mexican is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts, with a plot that is an mixture of romantic comedy, thriller and road movie.

Over a decade later Lumley's career was boosted by her portrayal of the louche, solipsistic and frequently drunken fashion director Patsy Stone, companion to Jennifer Saunders ' Edina Monsoon in the BBC comedy television series Absolutely Fabulous ( 1992 – 1996 ), ( 2001 – 2004 ), and ( 2011 – 2012 ).

Between 1999 and 2001, Tufnell Park was the location for Channel 4's comedy drama, Spaced.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a 2001 American comedy film directed, written by, and starring Kevin Smith as Silent Bob, the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse, a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of his cult favorite Clerks.

* Animal ( 2001 film ), Argentine film by Sergio Bizzio with Carlos Roffé

* The Animal, 2001 US film by Luke Greenfield with Rob Schneider

In the 2001 film Hannibal, Hannibal Lecter sends Clarice Starling a letter which he writes while intentionally wearing a hand lotion containing ambergris, correctly assuming that this would ultimately aid her in discovering his location in Florence, Italy, due to it being legal only in few parts of the world.

Traci Lords was among the actresses auditioning for the film, saying in 2001, " I didn't get the part but I clicked with Bruce ," with whom she would later work as a guest star in the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

The film was thought to have been made in March 2001.

Jost extended the 1997 studies through his French " Passion 2001 " expedition, explaining the evolution of the ecosystem, and releasing several papers, a video film, and a website.

* Cardinal ( film ), a 2001 American film directed by Michael Harring

La Jetée was the inspiration for Mamoru Oshii's 1987 debut live action feature The Red Spectacles ( and, later for, parts of Oshii's 2001 film Avalon as well ) and also inspired Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys ( 1995 ).

* Conspiracy ( 2001 film ), a dramatization of the Nazi 1942 Wannsee Conference concerning the " Final Solution "

In the 2001 feature film Ocean's Eleven Don Cheadle uses the term " barney " and the claim is made that this rhyme is derived from Barney Rubble, (" trouble ") with references to a character from the Flintstones cartoon show.

* Deflation ( film ), a 2001 short film

* 2001 – Ellis R Dungan, American-born Indian film director ( b. 1909 )

* 1935 – Lewis Arquette, American film actor, writer and producer ( d. 2001 )

He first appears in the story 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, released as both a novel and a film in 1968.

In the United Kingdom, the film was one of the first to be labeled a video nasty during the mid-1980s controversy over such movies and was finally released uncut in 2001.

In 2001 Enya recorded " May It Be ", which was featured in the first installment of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Fellowship of the Ring, and was her second consecutive single to enter the German charts at number one.

* Epoch ( film ), a 2001 science fiction TV film directed by Matt Codd

* The Enemy ( 2001 film ), directed by Tom Kinninmont

In 2001, Coppola re-released Apocalypse Now as Apocalypse Now Redux, restoring several sequences lost from the original 1979 cut of the film, thereby expanding its length to 200 minutes.

* Free ( film ), a 2001 dramedy

One famous example of montage was seen in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, depicting the start of man's first development from apes to humans.