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The
following are our editors' picks for the best DVDs that were released
in calendar year 2001. Our editors' selections are based on
overall entertainment value, considering the the following factors:
movie itself, video and audio quality, bonus material content and
quality of these extras. Basically, it's a list of DVDs that our
editors consider are worth buying. We hope that you'll find this
list useful in building your DVD movie collection.
 1.
Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace
Two-disc set
THX Surround EX
soundtrack
Studio: Lucasfilm & Fox
Home Entertainment
Genre: Science Fiction - Action - Adventure
MPAA rating: PG
Lowest online price $18.95, order from
Amazon.com,
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 2.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Platinum Edition,
two-disc set
Dolby
Digital 5.1 & mono soundtracks
Studio: Walt Disney Production (Buena Vista)
Genre: Animation - Children - Family
MPAA rating: G
Read our review
Lowest online price $21.49,
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 3.
Shrek
Special Edition, two-disc set
Dolby
Digital 5.1 & DTS 5.1 soundtracks
Studio: DreamWorks
Genre: Computer Animation - Family -
Comedy
MPAA rating: PG
Read our review
Lowest online price $17.99,
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 4.
Dr. Suess's How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Collector's Edition
Dolby
Digital 5.1 & DTS 5.1
soundtracks
Studio: Universal
Genre: Children - Family - Fantasy
MPAA rating: PG
Read
our review
Lowest online price $19.49, order from Amazon.com,
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 5.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
English: Dolby
Digital 5.1 & Mandarin Dolby
Digital 5.1 soundtracks
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics (Columbia
TriStar)
Genre: Action (Martial Arts) - Drama -
Romance
MPAA rating: PG-13
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review
Lowest online price $18.27, order from Amazon.com,
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Also available as a Superbit
DVD
 6.
Thirteen Days
New Line infinifilm™ edition
Dolby
Digital 5.1 soundtrack
Studio: New Line
Genre: Drama - Political Thriller
MPAA rating: PG-13
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Lowest online price $18.89, order from Amazon.com,
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 7.
Pearl Harbor
60th
Anniversary Commemorative Edition, two-disc set
Dolby
Digital 5.1 & DTS 5.1
soundtracks
Studio: Touchstone Pictures (Buena Vista)
Genre: Historical - Action - Drama -
Romance
MPAA rating: PG-13
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Lowest online price $20.49, order from
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 8.
Cast Away
Special Edition,
two-disc set
THX Surround EX
& DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 soundtracks
Studio: Fox
Genre: Drama - Adventure
MPAA rating: PG-13
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review
Lowest online price $20.99,
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 9.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Special Collector's
Edition
Dolby
Digital 5.1 soundtrack
Studio: Paramount
Genre: Action - Adventure
MPAA rating: PG-13
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Lowest online price $18.49,
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 10.
Hannibal
Special Edition,
two-disc set
Dolby
Digital 5.1 & DTS 5.1
soundtracks
Studio: MGM
Genre: Thriller
MPAA rating: R
Read our review
Lowest online price $16.94, order from Amazon.com,
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for $16.94
Honorable Mentions: These titles just missed
our Top 10 DVDs list for this year, but they deserve to be recognized
nonetheless:
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