My Oscar Ballot for 2001
(Listings may vary over time as I discover or revisit more movies)
Best Picture
Amores perros
The Circle
In the Mood for Love
Mulholland Drive
Werckmeister Harmonies
Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Amores perros
Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
David Lynch, Mulholland Drive
Béla Tarr, Werckmeister Harmonies
Wong Kar-wai, In the Mood for Love
Best Actress
Maggie Cheung, In the Mood for Love
Judi Dench, Iris
Charlotte Rampling, Under the Sand
Tilda Swinton, The Deep End
Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive
Best Actor
Emilio Echevarría, Amores perros
Ewan McGregor, Moulin Rouge!
John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Billy Bob Thornton, The Man Who Wasn't There
Denzel Washington, Training Day
Best Supporting Actress
Mary McDonnell, Donnie Darko
Mercedes Morán, La Ciénaga
Gwyneth Paltrow, The Royal Tenenbaums
Goya Toledo, Amores perros
Emily Watson, Gosford Park
Hon.: Eileen Atkins, Wit
Best Supporting Actor
Steve Buscemi, Ghost World
Brian Cox, L.I.E.
Ian McKellen, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Brad Pitt, Ocean's Eleven
Georges Siatidis, No Man's Land
Favorites in other categories here; full list of 2001 releases I have seen here

Still on the Docket: Baran, Bread and Roses, The Center of the World, The Day I Became a Woman, The Devil's Backbone, Faithless, Happy Accidents, Keep the River on Your Right, Last Orders, Life & Debt, Lumumba, Our Song, Pandaemonium, Piñero, The River, Scottsboro: An American Tragedy, Signs & Wonders, The Taste of Others, Trembling before G-d, Under the Sun, Va savoir, The Vertical Ray of the Sun, Wet Hot American Summer, The Widow of St. Pierre, With a Friend Like Harry...

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