The 6th Florida Film Critics Circle Awards honoring the best in film for 2001 were announced on 3 January 2002:

Best Film:

Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain)

Best Director:

Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Best Actor:

Billy Bob Thornton – Bandits, The Man Who Wasn’t There and Monster’s Ball

Best Actress:

Sissy Spacek – In the Bedroom

Best Supporting Actor:

Ben Kingsley – Sexy Beast

Best Supporting Actress:

Cate Blanchett – Bandits, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Man Who Cried and The Shipping News

Best Cast:

Gosford Park

Best Screenplay:

Christopher Nolan – Memento

Best Animated Film:

Shrek

Best Cinematography:

Roger Deakins – The Man Who Wasn’t There

Best Documentary Film:

startup.com

Best Foreign Language Film:

Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain) – France/Germany

Best Songs:

Stephen Trask – Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Pauline Kael Breakout Award:

John Cameron Mitchell (actor, writer, director) – Hedwig and the Angry Inch