The following is a list of mainland Chinese films first released in year 2001.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All the Way | Comedy | |||
| Beijing Bicycle[1] | Cui Lin, Li Bin | Drama | Banned in China, ban lifted 2004. | |
| Big Shot's Funeral | Comedy | |||
| Bus 44 | Short | |||
| Butterfly Smile | Drama/Thriller | |||
| Fish and Elephant[2] | LGBT/Drama/Romance | Considered the first Chinese film to address lesbian issues | ||
| Go for Broke | Drama | |||
| Gone is the One Who Held Me Dearest in the World | Drama | |||
| In Public | Short documentary | |||
| Lan Yu[3] | LGBT/Drama | |||
| The Marriage Certificate | Comedy-Drama | |||
| The Orphan of Anyang | Sun Guilin Yue Senyi | Drama | Director Wang Chao's directorial debut | |
| Purple Sunset | War | |||
| Quitting | Jia Hongsheng | Docudrama | ||
| Seafood | Drama | |||
| The Treatment | Drama | |||
| Weekend Plot | Zhang Ming | Drama | ||