# List of Australian films of 2001
## 2001

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Bank | Robert Connolly | David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Sibylla Budd | | |
| Big Shots | Steven Mayas | | Comedy | |
| Bird in the Wire | Phillip Donnellon | Kate Jane Norris, Christine Wilson, Valerie Bean | Comedy Short Film | |
| Black Chicks Talking | Leah Purcell | Deborah Mailman | Documentary | |
| Blue Neon | Matt Bird | John van Rooyen, Boyd Britton, Petra Lane, Nadia Townsend, John Marsh | Thriller | |
| Cats & Dogs | Lawrence Guterman | Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alexander Pollock | Spy | |
| Charlotte Gray | Gillian Armstrong | Cate Blanchett, James Fleet, Abigail Cruttenden | | |
| Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles | Simon Wincer | Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Jere Burns | | |
| Cubbyhouse | | | | |
| Dalkeith | | | | |
| Den | Greg Arce | Greg Arce, Stephanie Rettig, Lee Schall, Dana J. Ryan, Sabrina O'Neil | Thriller | |
| The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky | | | | |
| Different Shades of Pink | | | | |
| Don't Say a Word | | | | USA/AUS co-production |
| Elixir | | | | |
| Facing the Music | | | | |
| He Died with a Felafel in His Hand | Richard Lowenstein | Noah Taylor, Emily Hamilton, Sophie Lee | Comedy | |
| Hildegarde | | | | |
| Instant Karma | Martyn Park | Amos Szeps, Emily Stewart, David Gambin | Crime / Drama | |
| La Spagnola | Steve Jacobs | Lola Marceli, Alice Ansara, Lourdes Bartolomé | Drama | |
| Lantana | Ray Lawrence | Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush | Drama | AACTA Award for Best Film |
| Last Mail from Birdsville | | | | |
| The Last Secret | | | | |
| Let's Get Skase | Matthew George | Lachy Hulme, Alex Dimitriades, Craig McLachlan | Comedy | |
| Like It Is | | | | |
| Living with Happiness | | | | |
| Local Dive | | | | |
| Looking for Horses | | | | |
| Losing Layla | | | | |
| Lotto | | | | |
| Low Fat Elephants | | | | |
| Mamadrama: The Jewish Mother in Cinema | | | | |
| Mallboy | Vincent Giarrusso | Kane McNay, Nell Feeney-Connor, Brett Swain, Maxie Rickard, Sarah Naumoff, Ryan Paine, Brett Tucker, Sheryl Munks, Vincent Gil, Jo Kennedy, Damien Richardson | | |
| Man Down | | | | |
| The Man Who Sued God | Mark Joffe | Billy Connolly Judy Davis Emily Browning | Comedy | |
| Martin Four | | | | |
| Matter of Life | | | | |
| Melancholy | | | | |
| Moloch | | | | |
| Moulin Rouge! | Baz Luhrmann | Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, Jim Broadbent | | Entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival |
| Mr. Wasinski's Song | | | | |
| Much Ado About Something | | | | |
| Mullet | David Caesar | Ben Mendelsohn, Susie Porter | | |
| Murder Landscapes | | | | |
| My Mother India | | | | |
| My Old China | | | | |
| Neophytes and Neon Lights | Shane T. Hall | Matt Doran | Science Fiction | |
| The New Crusaders | | | | |
| Night Trade | | | | |
| The Old Man Who Read Love Stories | | | | |
| One Night the Moon | Rachel Perkins | Paul Kelly, Kaarin Fairfax, Memphis Kelly, Kelton Pell, Ruby Hunter, Chris Haywood, David Field | | |
| One Step Closer | | | | |
| The Other Son | | | | |
| Una Passione adatta | | | | |
| Picture Perfect | | | | |
| Pink Pyjamas | | | | |
| The Pitch | | | | |
| Remembering Country | | | | |
| Rogue | | | | |
| Rooms for Rent | | | | |
| Rubber Gloves | | | | |
| Rushing to Sunshine: Seoul Diaries | | | | |
| Russian Doll | | | | |
| Saving Silverman | | | | |
| S-Crash | | | | |
| The Secret Safari | | | | |
| Seek & Ye' Shall Find | | | | |
| Serenades | | | | |
| Show Me Your Pic | | | | |
| Silent Partner | | | | |
| Slipper | | | | |
| The Smell That Killed Him | | | | |
| Southern Cross | | | | |
| Speed City | | | | |
| Spudmonkey | | | | |
| Staying Out | | | | |
| Stories & Songs of the People | | | | |
| Stud | | | | |
| Sucker | | | | |
| Sweet Thing | | | | |
| Tanaka | | | | |
| Taste | | | | |
| Teardrops | | | | |
| Tempted | | | | |
| Tickler | | | | |
| Tree | | | | |
| Turn Me On: The History of the Vibrator | | | | |
| The Upsell | Nathan Hill | | Short comedy | |
| Vitalogy | | | Short | |
| The Walk | Carlotta Moye | | | |
| Walnut & Honeysuckle | Lucinda Clutterbuck | | Short animation | |
| When Strangers Appear | Scott Reynolds | | Action drama | |
| WillFull | | | | |
| Wonderboy | | | | |
| Woodstock for Capitalists | | | | |
| Yarrabah Teenagers | Judi Levine | | Documentary | |
| Yolngu Boy | Stephen Johnson | | Drama | |