The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Stuart Little 2, Blade II, the 3rd installment Austin Powers in Goldmember, the 10th installments Star Trek Nemesis and Jason X. 2002 is the only year in which a Star Wars and a Star Trek film were released in the same year.
Top grossing films
These are the top grossing films that were first released in 2002. The top ten films of 2002, by worldwide gross in $USD, as well as the US & Canada, UK, and Australia grosses, are as follows:
2002 Rank |
Title |
Studio |
Director(s) |
Worldwide Gross |
U.S./Canada Gross |
U.K. Gross |
Australia Gross |
1 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
New Line Cinema |
Peter Jackson |
$925,282,504 |
$341,786,758 |
$91,914,687 |
$26,850,032 |
2 |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
Warner Bros. |
Chris Columbus |
$878,643,482 |
$261,988,482 |
$88,104,108 |
$20,857,535 |
3 |
Spider-Man |
Columbia |
Sam Raimi |
$821,708,551 |
$403,706,375 |
$45,780,340 |
$16,890,782 |
4 |
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones |
Fox/Lucasfilm |
George Lucas |
$649,398,328 |
$310,676,740 |
$58,762,764 |
$18,632,998 |
5 |
Men in Black II |
Columbia |
Barry Sonnenfeld |
$441,818,803 |
$190,418,803 |
$34,571,702 |
$9,698,146 |
6 |
Die Another Day |
MGM |
Lee Tamahori |
$431,971,116 |
$160,942,139 |
$59,182,873 |
$10,520,593 |
7 |
Signs |
Touchstone |
M. Night Shyamalan |
$408,247,917 |
$227,966,634 |
$25,004,129 |
$6,475,864 |
8 |
Ice Age |
Fox/Blue Sky |
Chris Wedge |
$383,257,136 |
$176,387,405 |
$21,425,322 |
$10,869,472 |
9 |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding |
IFC Films |
Joel Zwick |
$368,744,044 |
$241,438,208 |
$20,927,227 |
$15,168,243 |
10 |
Minority Report |
DreamWorks/Fox |
Steven Spielberg |
$358,372,926 |
$132,072,926 |
$31,388,860 |
$6,584,824 |
These numbers are taken from Box Office Mojo, including their 2002 Yearly Box Office Results.
2002 produced fifty-one films that have grossed more than $100 million. Seven films grossed more than $400 million.
Events
Awards
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, Poland
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- The Magdalene Sisters, directed by Peter Mullan, U.K. / Ireland
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi), directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Japan
- Bloody Sunday, directed by Paul Greengrass, U.K. / Ireland
Notable deaths
Month |
Date |
Name |
Age |
Country |
Profession |
Notable films |
January |
1 |
Julia Phillips |
57 |
USA |
Producer |
Taxi Driver • Close Encounters of the Third Kind • The Sting • Steelyard Blues • Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead |
6 |
Mario Nascimbene |
88 |
Italy |
Composer |
The Vikings • Room at the Top •The Barefoot Contessa |
7 |
Avery Schreiber |
66 |
USA |
Actor |
Robin Hood: Men in Tights • Dracula: Dead and Loving It • Galaxina • The Concorde ... Airport '79 |
9 |
Bill McCutcheon |
77 |
USA |
Actor |
Steel Magnolias • Family Business • Tune in Tomorrow • Vibes • W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings |
13 |
Ted Demme |
38 |
USA |
Director, Producer |
Blow • Rounders • Life • The Ref • Beautiful Girls • Snitch |
17 |
Queenie Leonard |
96 |
UK |
Actress |
Alice in Wonderland • One Hundred and One Dalmatians • My Fair Lady |
19 |
Roy Conrad |
61 |
USA |
Actor |
Patch Adams • Casino • The Wizard • Pink Cadillac • The Fan • Titan A.E. |
21 |
Peggy Lee |
81 |
USA |
Singer, Actress |
Lady and the Tramp • Pete Kelly's Blues • The Jazz Singer |
February |
1 |
Hildegard Knef |
76 |
Germany |
Actress |
The Snows of Kilimanjaro • Fedora • Murderers Among Us • Decision Before Dawn • The Dirty Dozen |
11 |
Barry Foster |
74 |
UK |
Actor |
Frenzy • Ryan's Daughter • Maurice • Rancid Aluminum |
13 |
Waylon Jennings |
64 |
USA |
Singer, Actor |
Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird • Moonrunners • Nashville Rebel • Mackintosh and T.J. |
18 |
Byrne Piven |
72 |
USA |
Actor |
Being John Malkovich • Miracle on 34th Street • Very Bad Things • Trojan War |
20 |
Fredric Steinkamp |
73 |
USA |
Film Editor |
Tootsie • Out of Africa • Scrooged • The Firm • Sabrina • Adventures in Babysitting • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? • The Unsinkable Molly Brown |
26 |
Lawrence Tierney |
82 |
USA |
Actor |
Reservoir Dogs • The Naked Gun • Junior • The Greatest Show on Earth • Prizzi's Honor • Armageddon • Tough Guys Don't Dance |
27 |
Spike Milligan |
83 |
India |
Actor |
Life of Brian • The Big Freeze • History of the World: Part I |
March |
1 |
Robert Weil |
87 |
USA |
Actor |
The Little Mermaid • Moonstruck • Saturday Night Fever • The Hudsucker Proxy • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three • The French Connection • The Naked Gun 2 1/2 |
4 |
Claire Davenport |
68 |
UK |
Actress |
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi • The Elephant Man • The Return of the Pink Panther |
4 |
Eric Flynn |
62 |
China |
Actor |
Empire of the Sun • Safari 3000 |
4 |
Shirley Russell |
66 |
UK |
Costume Designer |
Reds • Tommy • Hope and Glory • Enigma • FairyTale: A True Story |
18 |
Denis Forest |
41 |
Canada |
Actor |
The Mask • Cliffhanger • Eraser |
23 |
Richard Sylbert |
73 |
USA |
Production Designer |
Chinatown • The Graduate • Rosemary's Baby • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? • Dick Tracy • My Best Friend's Wedding • Carlito's Way • The Manchurian Candidate • Mobsters • The Bonfire of the Vanities • Mulholland Falls |
27 |
Milton Berle |
93 |
USA |
Actor, Comedian |
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • The Muppet Movie • Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows • Journey Back to Oz |
27 |
Dudley Moore |
66 |
UK |
Actor |
Arthur • 10 • Santa Claus: The Movie • Bedazzled • Derek and Clive Get the Horn • Like Father Like Son • Crazy People |
27 |
Billy Wilder |
95 |
Poland |
Director, Screenwriter |
The Apartment • Some Like it Hot • Sunset Boulevard • The Fortune Cookie • Stalag 17 • Sabrina • The Spirit of St. Louis • Avanti! • One, Two, Three |
April |
4 |
Harry O'Connor |
44 |
USA |
Stuntman |
The Perfect Storm • XXX • Charlie's Angels • K-PAX • Air Force One • The Animal |
15 |
Robert Urich |
55 |
USA |
Actor |
Magnum Force • Endangered Species |
19 |
Reginald Rose |
81 |
USA |
Screenwriter |
12 Angry Men • The Wild Geese • The Sea Wolves • Whose Life Is It Anyway? |
25 |
Michael Bryant |
74 |
UK |
Actor |
Gandhi • Hamlet • Goodbye, Mr. Chips • The Miracle Maker |
May |
5 |
George Sidney |
85 |
USA |
Director |
Viva Las Vegas • Showboat • Anchors Aweigh • Bye Bye Birdie |
11 |
Bill Peet |
87 |
USA |
Screenwriter |
Dumbo • Peter Pan • Fantasia • Alice in Wonderland • The Sword and the Stone • Cinderella • One Hundred and One Dalmatians |
15 |
Bryan Pringle |
67 |
USA |
Actor |
Brazil • Three Men and a Little Lady • Jabberwocky |
June |
3 |
Sam Whipple |
41 |
USA |
Actress |
The Rock • The Doors • Airheads • Blue City |
9 |
James Wheaton |
78 |
USA |
Actor |
THX 1138 |
28 |
Robert S. Mendelsohn |
68 |
USA |
Production Manager |
Se7en • The Onion Field • Barb Wire |
29 |
Rosemary Clooney |
74 |
USA |
Singer, Actress |
White Christmas • Radioland Murders • Deep in My Heart • Red Garters |
July |
4 |
Ivan Moffat |
84 |
Cuba |
Screenwriter |
Giant • Black Sunday • Bhowani Junction • They Came to Cordura • Hitler: The Last Ten Days |
5 |
Katy Jurado |
78 |
Mexico |
Actress |
High Noon • One-Eyed Jacks • Under the Volcano • Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid • The Hi-Lo Country |
6 |
John Frankenheimer |
72 |
USA |
Director, Producer, Actor |
The Manchurian Candidate • Ronin • Reindeer Games • French Connection II • The Island of Dr. Moreau • Birdman of Alcatraz • The General's Daughter |
9 |
Rod Steiger |
77 |
USA |
Actor |
In the Heat of the Night • Mars Attacks! • On the Waterfront • Doctor Zhivago • The Amityville Horror • The Hurricane • The Longest Day • Oklahoma! • End of Days • Lion of the Desert • The Specialist |
15 |
Philip Roth |
72 |
USA |
Actor |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest • Harry and Tonto • What's Up, Doc? • The Baltimore Bullet • Linda Lovelace for President |
26 |
Buddy Baker |
84 |
USA |
Composer |
The Fox and the Hound • The Apple Dumpling Gang |
August |
5 |
Josh Ryan Evans |
20 |
USA |
Actor |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
15 |
Yuriy Yakovlev |
71 |
Bulgaria |
Actor |
The Past-Master • Gerlovo Event • A Peasant on a Bicycle • Farsighted for Two Diopters |
16 |
Jeff Corey |
88 |
USA |
Actor |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • True Grit • Little Big Man • Beethoven's 2nd • Conan the Destroyer • Color of Night |
23 |
Dennis Fimple |
78 |
USA |
Actor |
Maverick • House of 1000 Corpses • King Kong • Stay Hungry • Down Periscope |
30 |
J. Lee Thompson |
88 |
UK |
Director |
The Guns of Navarone • Cape Fear • Conquest of the Planet of the Apes • Death Wish 4: The Crackdown • Huckleberry Finn |
September |
3 |
Ted Ross |
68 |
USA |
Actor |
The Fisher King • Police Academy • Arthur • The Wiz |
7 |
Katrin Cartlidge |
41 |
UK |
Actress |
From Hell • Breaking the Waves • Topsy-Turvy |
7 |
Michael Elphick |
55 |
UK |
Actor |
Cry of the Banshee • O Lucky Man! • The First Great Train Robbery • The Elephant Man • Krull • Gorky Park • Withnail & I • Little Dorrit David Copperfield |
11 |
Kim Hunter |
79 |
USA |
Actress |
A Streetcar Named Desire • Planet of the Apes • Storm Center • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil • The Seventh Victim |
16 |
James Gregory |
90 |
USA |
Actor |
The Manchurian Candidate • The Flight of Dragons • The Love God? • Beneath the Planet of the Apes |
22 |
Carmen Phillips |
65 |
USA |
Actress |
Easy Rider • Please Don't Eat the Daisies |
October |
3 |
Tad Horino |
81 |
USA |
Actor |
Mulholland Drive • Red Sonja • Kung Pow! Enter the Fist • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III • Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey |
4 |
Buddy Lester |
85 |
USA |
Actor |
Ocean's Eleven • The Nutty Professor |
18 |
Chuck Domanico |
58 |
USA |
Musician |
Midnight Run • The Truth About Cats & Dogs • The Edge • The Big Kahuna |
21 |
George Hall |
85 |
Canada |
Actor |
Big Daddy • Mrs. Brown • From the Hip |
24 |
Charmian May |
94 |
UK |
Actress |
Bridget Jones's Diary • The Dawning • Highlander: Endgame • Paper Mask |
25 |
Richard Harris |
72 |
UK |
Actor |
Unforgiven • Gladiator • Camelot • The Guns of Navarone • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone • The Count of Monte Cristo • Mutiny on the Bounty • Patriot Games • The Cassandra Crossing • The Wild Geese • The Bible: In the Beginning • Caprice • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
27 |
André De Toth |
90 |
Hungary |
Director, Screenwriter |
House of Wax • The Gunfighter • Play Dirty • The Indian Fighter • Crime Wave |
28 |
Lawrence Dobkin |
83 |
USA |
Actor, Director, Screenwriter |
Patton • The Ten Commandments • The Defiant Ones • Johnny Yuma |
31 |
Raf Vallone |
86 |
Italy |
Actor |
The Godfather: Part III • El Cid • The Italian Job • The Other Side of Midnight • Lion of the Desert |
November |
1 |
Keith A. Wester |
62 |
USA |
Sound Engineer |
The Rock • Air Force One • The Princess Diaries • Armageddon • Waterworld • The Perfect Storm • Orange County • G.I. Jane • Cradle 2 the Grave • Wayne's World 2 |
3 |
Jonathan Harris |
87 |
USA |
Actor |
Toy Story 2 • A Bug's Life • Lost in Space |
9 |
Merlin Santana |
26 |
USA |
Actor |
Showtime |
14 |
Eddie Bracken |
87 |
USA |
Actor |
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York • Vacation • Oscar • Baby's Day Out |
18 |
James Coburn |
74 |
USA |
Actor |
The Great Escape • Affliction • Monsters Inc. • Eraser • Maverick • Snow Dogs • Young Guns II • Hudson Hawk • The Muppet Movie • Our Man Flint • Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit |
22 |
Parley Baer |
88 |
USA |
Actor |
Dave • Space Case • The Young Lions • Last of the Dogmen |
24 |
Noel Davis |
75 |
UK |
Casting Director |
Reds • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves • Ishtar • Jane Eyre • Incognito |
27 |
Billie Bird |
94 |
USA |
Actress |
Home Alone • Dennis the Menace • Sixteen Candles • Ernest Saves Christmas • Jury Duty • Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol |
27 |
Roger Kemp |
71 |
UK |
Actor |
Superman II • Pink Floyd The Wall • Dragonslayer |
December |
12 |
Brad Dexter |
85 |
USA |
Actor |
The Magnificent Seven • The Asphalt Jungle • Shampoo • The Las Vegas Story • Run Silent Run Deep |
14 |
Ruth Kobart |
78 |
USA |
Actress |
Dirty Harry • Sister Act • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
15 |
Arthur Jeph Parker |
79 |
USA |
Set Decorator |
Silverado • Private Benjamin • The China Syndrome • The Shootist • Dragnet |
27 |
George Roy Hill |
81 |
USA |
Director |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • The Sting • Slap Shot • Hawaii • The Great Waldo Pepper |
Wide-release films
In the film industry, a wide-release film is a film that studios believe will appeal to a broad spectrum of the public and that shows in at least 600 theatres in North America. The following films meet these criteria: Dates given are North American release dates.
Films released in North America in 2002 include:
- W: wide release (600 or more theaters)
- L: limited release in select cities (fewer than 600 theaters)
- R: re-release of previously released film
January - March
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast & Crew |
J
A
N
U
A
R
Y |
4 |
W |
Impostor |
Miramax Films |
Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio |
11 |
W |
Orange County |
Paramount Pictures |
Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk, Bret Harrison, Kyle Howard, Catherine O'Hara, Mike White |
18 |
W |
Snow Dogs |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Dir: Brian Levant; Cuba Gooding, Jr., James Coburn, Nichelle Nichols, Joanna Bacalso, Sisqo |
25 |
W |
The Count of Monte Cristo |
Touchstone Pictures |
James Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris, Dagmara Dominczyk |
Kung Pow! Enter the Fist |
20th Century Fox |
Steve Oedekerk, Jennifer Tung, Lung Fei, Leo Lee |
The Mothman Prophecies |
Screen Gems |
Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Debra Messing, Will Patton, Lucinda Jenney |
A Walk to Remember |
Warner Bros. |
Mandy Moore, Shane West |
F
E
B
R
U
A
R
Y |
1 |
W |
Birthday Girl |
Miramax Films |
Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Vincent Cassel, Mathieu Kassovitz |
Slackers |
Screen Gems |
Jason Schwartzman, Devon Sawa, Jason Segel, Mike Maronna, Jaime King, Laura Prepon |
8 |
W |
Big Fat Liar |
Universal Studios |
Dir: Shawn Levy; Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Bynes, Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison |
Collateral Damage |
Warner Bros. |
Dir: Andrew Davis; Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Francesca Neri, John Leguizamo, John Turturro |
Rollerball |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Dir: John McTiernan; Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn, Naveen Andrews |
15 |
W |
Crossroads |
Paramount Pictures |
Dir: Tamra Davis; Britney Spears, Anson Mount, Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning, Kim Cattrall, Dan Aykroyd |
Hart's War |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard, Cole Hauser, Marcel Iureş |
John Q |
New Line Cinema |
Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, James Woods, Anne Heche, Eddie Griffin, Kimberly Elise |
Return to Never Land |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Blayne Weaver, Harriet Owen, Corey Burton, Jeff Bennett, Kath Soucie, Roger Rees, Spencer Breslin, Bradley Pierce, Jim Cummings, Clive Revill, Dan Castellaneta |
Super Troopers |
Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Brian Cox |
22 |
W |
Dragonfly |
Universal Studios |
Kevin Costner, Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin, Linda Hunt, Kathy Bates |
Queen of the Damned |
Warner Bros. |
Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau, Paul McGann, Vincent Perez, Lena Olin |
M
A
R
C
H |
1 |
W |
40 Days and 40 Nights |
Miramax Films |
Dir: Michael Lehmann; Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon, Paulo Costanzo |
We Were Soldiers |
Paramount Pictures |
Mel Gibson, Sam Elliott, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Don Duong, Chris Klein, Keri Russell |
8 |
W |
All About the Benjamins |
New Line Cinema |
Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Eva Mendes, Tommy Flanagan, Carmen Chaplin, Valarie Rae Miller |
The Time Machine |
DreamWorks |
Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Mark Addy, Sienna Guillory, Phyllida Law, Alan Young, Omero Mumba |
15 |
W |
Ice Age |
20th Century Fox |
Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary |
Resident Evil |
Screen Gems |
Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, Martin Crewes, Colin Salmon |
Showtime |
Warner Bros. |
Dir: Tom Dey; Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, Rene Russo, William Shatner |
22 |
W |
Blade II |
New Line Cinema |
Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Thomas Kretschmann, Leonor Varela, Danny John-Jules |
Ali G Indahouse |
Universal Studios |
Sacha Baron Cohen, Martin Freeman, Michael Gambon |
Sorority Boys |
Touchstone Pictures |
Barry Watson, Michael Rosenbaum, Harland Williams, Melissa Sagemiller, Heather Matarazzo |
R |
E.T. (20th anniversary edition) |
Universal Pictures |
Dir: Steven Spielberg; Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas |
29 |
W |
Clockstoppers |
Paramount Pictures |
Jesse Bradford, Paula Garcés, French Stewart |
Death to Smoochy |
Warner Bros. |
Dir: Danny DeVito; Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Danny DeVito, Catherine Keener, Jon Stewart |
Panic Room |
Columbia Pictures |
Dir: David Fincher; Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto |
The Rookie |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez, Brian Cox |
April - June
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast & Crew |
A
P
R
I
L |
5 |
W |
Big Trouble |
Touchstone Pictures |
Dir: Barry Sonnenfeld; Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Stanley Tucci, Tom Sizemore, Johnny Knoxville |
High Crimes |
20th Century Fox |
Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, James Caviezel, Adam Scott, Amanda Peet, Bruce Davison, Tom Bower |
National Lampoon's Van Wilder |
Artisan Entertainment |
Dir: Walt Becker; Ryan Reynolds, Tara Reid, Kal Penn |
12 |
W |
Changing Lanes |
Paramount Pictures |
Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, William Hurt, Amanda Peet |
Frailty |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O'Leary, Jeremy Sumpter |
The Sweetest Thing |
Columbia Pictures |
Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Selma Blair, Thomas Jane, Jason Bateman, Parker Posey |
19 |
W |
Murder by Numbers |
Warner Bros. |
Dir: Barbet Schroeder; Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding ‡ |
IFC Films |
Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Ian Gomez |
The Scorpion King |
Universal Studios |
Dwayne Johnson, Steven Brand, Kelly Hu, Bernard Hill, Grant Heslov, Peter Facinelli, Ralf Möller |
26 |
W |
Jason X |
New Line Cinema |
Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Lisa Ryder, Chuck Campbell, Jonathan Potts, Peter Mensah, Melyssa Ade |
Life or Something Like It |
20th Century Fox |
Dir: Stephen Herek; Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Stockard Channing, Christian Kane, Tony Shalhoub |
M
A
Y |
3 |
W |
Deuces Wild |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro, Fairuza Balk, Norman Reedus, Max Perlich |
Hollywood Ending |
DreamWorks |
Woody Allen, George Hamilton, Téa Leoni, Debra Messing, Mark Rydell, Treat Williams, Peter Gerety |
Spider-Man |
Columbia Pictures |
Dir: Sam Raimi; Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris |
8 |
W |
Unfaithful |
20th Century Fox |
Dir: Adrian Lyne; Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Olivier Martinez, Erik Per Sullivan |
10 |
W |
The New Guy |
Columbia Pictures |
DJ Qualls, Eliza Dushku, Zooey Deschanel |
16 |
W |
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones |
20th Century Fox |
Dir: George Lucas; Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Frank Oz, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee |
17 |
W |
About a Boy |
Universal Studios |
Dir: Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz; Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Sharon Small |
24 |
W |
Enough |
Columbia Pictures |
Dir: Michael Apted; Jennifer Lopez, Billy Campbell, Juliette Lewis, Dan Futterman, Fred Ward, Tessa Allen |
Insomnia |
Warner Bros. |
Dir: Christopher Nolan; Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan |
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron |
DreamWorks Animation |
Matt Damon, James Cromwell, Daniel Studi |
31 |
W |
The Sum of All Fears |
Paramount Pictures |
Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Ciarán Hinds, Liev Schreiber, Bridget Moynahan |
Undercover Brother |
Universal Studios |
Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan, Dave Chappelle, Denise Richards, Aunjanue Ellis, Neil Patrick Harris |
J
U
N
E |
7 |
W |
Bad Company |
Touchstone Pictures |
Dir: Joel Schumacher; Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock |
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood |
Warner Bros. |
Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, James Garner |
14 |
W |
The Bourne Identity |
Universal Studios |
Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Clive Owen |
Scooby-Doo |
Warner Bros. |
Dir: Raja Gosnell; Freddie Prinze, Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Rowan Atkinson |
Windtalkers |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Nicolas Cage, Christian Slater, Adam Beach |
21 |
W |
Juwanna Mann |
Warner Bros. |
Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Vivica A. Fox, Kevin Pollak, Tommy Davidson, Kim Wayans, Ginuwine |
Lilo & Stitch |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames |
Minority Report |
20th Century Fox |
Dir: Steven Spielberg; Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Max von Sydow, Steve Harris, Neal McDonough |
28 |
W |
Hey Arnold!: The Movie |
Paramount Pictures |
Spencer Klein, Francesca Smith, Jamil Walker Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille |
Mr. Deeds |
Columbia Pictures |
Dir: Steven Brill; Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, Jared Harris, Allen Covert, John Turturro |
July - September
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast & Crew |
J
U
L
Y |
3 |
W |
Like Mike |
20th Century Fox |
Bow Wow, Brenda Song, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki |
Men in Black II |
Columbia Pictures |
Dir: Barry Sonnenfeld; Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson |
The Powerpuff Girls Movie |
Warner Bros. |
Cathy Cavadini; Tara Strong; Elizabeth Daily; Roger L. Jackson; Tom Kane; Tom Kenny; Jennifer Hale |
12 |
W |
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin, Neil Fanning, Magda Szubanski, David Wenham, Lachy Hulme, Aden Young |
Halloween: Resurrection |
Dimension Films |
Busta Rhymes, Bianca Kajlich, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Ryan Merriman, Daisy McCrackin, Katee Sackhoff |
Reign of Fire |
Touchstone Pictures |
Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler, Alice Krige |
Road to Perdition |
DreamWorks |
Dir: Sam Mendes; Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Daniel Craig |
17 |
W |
Eight Legged Freaks |
Warner Bros. |
David Arquette, Kari Wührer, Scarlett Johansson, Doug E. Doug |
19 |
W |
K-19: The Widowmaker |
Paramount Pictures |
Dir: Kathryn Bigelow; Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson |
Stuart Little 2 |
Columbia Pictures |
Michael J. Fox, Melanie Griffith, Nathan Lane, Hugh Laurie, Geena Davis, Jonathan Lipnicki, James Woods |
26 |
W |
Austin Powers in Goldmember |
New Line Cinema |
Dir: Jay Roach; Mike Myers, Beyoncé Knowles, Michael Caine, Seth Green, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Mindy Sterling, Verne Troyer |
The Country Bears |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Don Henley, Haley Joel Osment, Diedrich Bader, Queen Latifah, Elton John, Christopher Walken |
A
U
G
U
S
T |
2 |
W |
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat |
Paramount Pictures |
Martin Lawrence |
The Master of Disguise |
Columbia Pictures |
Dana Carvey, Jennifer Esposito, Harold Gould, James Brolin, Brent Spiner, Bo Derek |
Signs |
Touchstone Pictures |
Dir: M. Night Shyamalan; Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin |
7 |
W |
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams |
Dimension Films |
Dir: Robert Rodriguez; Alexa Vega, Emily Osment, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino |
9 |
W |
Blood Work |
Warner Bros. |
Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus |
xXx |
Columbia Pictures |
Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Samuel L. Jackson |
16 |
W |
The Adventures of Pluto Nash |
Warner Bros. |
Dir: Ron Underwood; Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr, Luis Guzmán, James Rebhorn, Pam Grier, Burt Young |
Blue Crush |
Universal Studios |
Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis, Sanoe Lake, Mika Boorem |
21 |
W |
One Hour Photo ‡ |
Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Dylan Smith, Gary Cole, Eriq La Salle |
23 |
W |
Serving Sara |
Paramount Pictures |
Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley, Bruce Campbell |
S1m0ne |
New Line Cinema |
Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Rachel Roberts |
Undisputed |
Miramax Films |
Wesley Snipes, Ving Rhames, Peter Falk, Michael Rooker, Jon Seda, Wes Studi, Fisher Stevens |
30 |
W |
FeardotCom |
Warner Bros. |
Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea |
S
E
P
T
E
M
B
E
R |
6 |
W |
City by the Sea |
Warner Bros. |
Robert De Niro, Eliza Dushku, James Franco |
Swimfan |
20th Century Fox |
Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby, Clayne Crawford, Jason Ritter, Dan Hedaya |
13 |
W |
Barbershop |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer |
Stealing Harvard |
Columbia Pictures |
Jason Lee, Tom Green, Leslie Mann, Dennis Farina, Richard Jenkins, John C. McGinley, Tammy Blanchard |
20 |
W |
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever |
Warner Bros. |
Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Gregg Henry, Ray Park, Talisa Soto |
The Banger Sisters |
Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon, Geoffrey Rush |
The Four Feathers |
Paramount Pictures |
Heath Ledger, Wes Bentley, Djimon Hounsou, Kate Hudson |
Trapped |
Columbia Pictures |
Charlize Theron, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend, Kevin Bacon, Dakota Fanning |
27 |
W |
Sweet Home Alabama |
Touchstone Pictures |
Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Fred Ward, Candice Bergen, Mary Kay Place |
The Tuxedo |
DreamWorks |
Jackie Chan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jason Isaacs |
October - December
‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
Opening |
Title |
Studio |
Cast & Crew |
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4 |
W |
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie |
Artisan Entertainment |
Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki |
Red Dragon |
Universal Studios |
Dir: Brett Ratner; Edward Norton, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman |
11 |
W |
Brown Sugar |
Fox Searchlight Pictures |
Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Mos Def, Nicole Ari Parker, Boris Kodjoe, Queen Latifah |
Knockaround Guys |
New Line Cinema |
Barry Pepper, Seth Green, Vin Diesel, John Malkovich, Dennis Hopper |
The Rules of Attraction |
Lions Gate Entertainment |
James van der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Ian Somerhalder, Kip Pardue, Clifton Collins, Jr., Kate Bosworth |
The Transporter |
20th Century Fox |
Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze, François Berléand |
Tuck Everlasting |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Alexis Bledel, William Hurt, Sissy Spacek, Jonathan Jackson, Scott Bairstow, Ben Kingsley, Victor Garber |
White Oleander |
Warner Bros. |
Alison Lohman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robin Wright Penn, Renee Zellweger |
18 |
W |
Abandon |
Paramount Pictures |
Katie Holmes, Benjamin Bratt, Zooey Deschanel, Elizabeth Whitmere, Fred Ward |
The 51st State |
Screen Gems |
Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Meat Loaf |
The Ring |
DreamWorks |
Dir: Gore Verbinski; Naomi Watts, Daveigh Chase, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox |
25 |
W |
Ghost Ship |
Warner Bros. |
Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Desmond Harrington, Isiah Washington, Ron Eldard, Karl Urban |
Jackass: The Movie |
Paramount Pictures |
Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, Dave England, Jason Acuña |
The Truth About Charlie |
Universal Studios |
Dir: Jonathan Demme; Mark Wahlberg, Thandie Newton, Tim Robbins, Ted Levine, Lisa Gay Hamilton |
Time Changer |
Five & Two Pictures |
Dir: Rich Christiano; D. David Morin, Jennifer O'Neill, Hal Linden, Gavin MacLeod, Paul Rodriguez |
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O
V
E
M
B
E
R |
1 |
W |
I Spy |
Columbia Pictures |
Dir: Betty Thomas; Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen, Malcolm McDowell, Gary Cole |
The Santa Clause 2 |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, David Krumholtz, Eric Lloyd, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson |
6 |
W |
Femme Fatale |
Warner Bros. |
Dir: Brian De Palma; Rebecca Romijn, Antonio Banderas |
8 |
W |
8 Mile |
Universal Studios |
Dir: Curtis Hanson; Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer |
15 |
W |
Half Past Dead |
Screen Gems |
Morris Chestnut, Steven Seagal, Ja Rule, Kurupt |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
Warner Bros. |
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Kenneth Branagh, Alan Rickman, Jason Isaacs, Richard Griffiths, Fiona Shaw, Julie Walters, Warwick Davis |
22 |
W |
Die Another Day |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rick Yune, Rosamund Pike, Judi Dench, Will Yun Lee |
The Emperor's Club |
Universal Studios |
Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Embeth Davidtz, Rob Morrow, Edward Hermann, Harris Yulin, Paul Dano |
Friday After Next |
New Line Cinema |
Ice Cube, Mike Epps, John Witherspoon, Don 'D.C.' Curry, Anna Maria Horsford, Clifton Powell |
27 |
W |
Eight Crazy Nights |
Columbia Pictures |
Adam Sandler, Jackie Titone, Austin Stout, Rob Schneider |
Extreme Ops |
Paramount Pictures |
Devon Sawa, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Rupert Graves, Rufus Sewell |
Solaris |
20th Century Fox |
Dir: Steven Soderbergh; George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, Jeremy Davies, Ulrich Tukur |
Treasure Planet |
Walt Disney Pictures |
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brian Murray, David Hyde Pierce, Martin Short, Emma Thompson |
They |
Dimension Films |
Laura Regan, Marc Blucas, Ethan Embry, Dagmara Dominczyk, Jon Abrahams |
D
E
C
E
M
B
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R |
6 |
W |
Analyze That |
Warner Bros. |
Dir: Harold Ramis; Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli, Cathy Moriarty |
Empire |
Universal Studios |
John Leguizamo, Peter Sarsgaard, Delilah Cotto, Denise Richards |
L |
Adaptation |
Columbia Pictures |
Dir: Spike Jonze; Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper |
13 |
W |
Drumline |
20th Century Fox |
Nick Cannon, Orlando Jones, Leonard Roberts, Zoe Saldana, Jason Weaver |
The Hot Chick |
Touchstone Pictures |
Rob Schneider, Rachel McAdams, Anna Faris, Matthew Lawrence, Eric Christian Olsen, Sam Doumit |
Maid in Manhattan |
Columbia Pictures |
Dir: Wayne Wang; Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson |
Star Trek Nemesis |
Paramount Pictures |
Dir: Stuart Baird; Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden |
L |
About Schmidt |
New Line Cinema |
Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Kathy Bates |
18 |
W |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
New Line Cinema |
Dir: Peter Jackson; Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies |
20 |
W |
Gangs of New York |
Miramax Films |
Dir: Martin Scorsese; Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Jim Broadbent |
Two Weeks Notice |
Warner Bros. |
Dir: Marc Lawrence; Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant |
The Wild Thornberrys Movie |
Paramount Pictures |
Lacey Chabert, Tom Kane, Tim Curry, Lynn Redgrave, Jodi Carlisle, Danielle Harris, Flea |
25 |
W |
Catch Me If You Can |
DreamWorks |
Dir: Steven Spielberg; Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Amy Adams, Martin Sheen |
Pinocchio |
Miramax Films |
Dir: Roberto Benigni; Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Carlo Giuffrè, Fichi d'India, Kim Rossi Stuart |
Limited-release films
In addition to the wide-release films in the above list, the following films received a limited or regional release.
#
- 6 Angels - (Japan)
- 8 Women (8 Femmes), starring Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart - (France)
- 13 Moons, starring Steve Buscemi and Jennifer Beals - (USA)
- 24 Hour Party People, starring Steve Coogan - (UK)
- 25th Hour, directed by Spike Lee, starring Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Rosario Dawson, Brian Cox - (USA)
- 28 Days Later, directed by Danny Boyle, starring Cillian Murphy - (UK)
A-D
- Aankhen (Eyes) - (India)
- Addicted (Jungdok), starring Lee Byung-hun - (South Korea)
- The Adversary (L'adversaire), starring Daniel Auteuil - (France)
- Ali G Indahouse starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Charles Dance, Michael Gambon and Martin Freeman - (UK)
- All or Nothing, directed by Mike Leigh, starring Timothy Spall - (UK)
- Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony - (South Africa/USA)
- Amen., directed by Costa-Gavras - (Germany/France/Romania)
- Angel on the Right (Farishtai kitfi rost) - (Tajikistan)
- Antwone Fisher, directed by and starring Denzel Washington - (USA)
- L'Auberge espagnole (aka Pot Luck), starring Audrey Tautou - (France)
- Australian Rules - (Australia)
- Auto Focus, starring Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe - (USA)
- Avenging Angelo, starring Sylvester Stallone and Madeleine Stowe - (USA)
B
- Baader - (Germany)
- Back by Midnight, starring Rodney Dangerfield - (USA)
- Back to Babylon (العودة إلى بابل) - (Iraq)
- Bad Guy (Nabbeun namja) - (South Korea)
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, starring Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu - (USA)
- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Xiao cai feng or Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse Chinoise) - (China/France)
- Bang Bang You're Dead - (USA)
- Bend It Like Beckham, starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - (UK)
- Beneath Clouds - (Australia)
- The Best Day of My Life (Il più bel giorno della mia vita), starring Virna Lisi - (Italy)
- Better Luck Tomorrow - (USA)
- Biggie & Tupac - (USA)
- Blissfully Yours (Sud sanaeha), directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul - (Thailand)
- The Blood Stained Route Map (Pimudun ryakpae) - (North Korea)
- Bloody Sunday, starring James Nesbitt - (Ireland)
- Blue Gate Crossing (Lan se da men) - (Taiwan)
- Boat Trip, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Roger Moore - (USA)
- Bolívar Soy Yo (Bolivar is Me) - (Colombia)
- El Bonaerense (The Locksmith) - (Argentina/Chile/France/Netherlands)
- Book of Love - (USA)
- Bowling for Columbine, directed by Michael Moore - (USA)
- Broken Wings (Knafayim Shvurot) - (Israel)
- Bubba Ho-tep, starring Bruce Campbell - (USA)
- The Burial Society - (USA/Canada)
- Bus 174 (Ônibus 174) - (Brazil)
- Buying the Cow, starring Jerry O'Connell - (USA)
C
- Callas Forever, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright - (Italy/France/Spain/UK/Romania)
- Carrie - (USA)
- The Cat Returns (Neko no Ongaeshi) - (Japan)
- Chance, directed by and starring Amber Benson - (USA)
- Chat Room - (USA)
- Chicago, starring Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly - (USA) - Academy Award winner for Best Picture
- Chinese Odyssey 2002 (天下無雙), starring Tony Leung - (Hong Kong)
- Cinema Paradiso: The New Version - (Italy - (director's cut re-release)
- City of Ghosts, directed by and starring Matt Dillon - (USA)
- City of God (Cidade de Deus) - (Brazil)
- Civil Brand - (USA)
- The Clay Bird (মাটির ময়না), the first Bangladeshi film to be nominated for an Oscar
- Common Places (Lugares comunes) - (Argentina)
- Company (कम्पनी) - (India)
- The Confession (Itiraf) - (Turkey)
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, directed by George Clooney, starring Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, Julia Roberts - (USA)
- The Courtesan (Ca-bau-kan) - (Indonesia)
- Crazy As Hell, starring Eriq LaSalle - (USA)
- The Crime of Father Amaro (El crimen del padre Amaro), starring Gael García Bernal - (Mexico)
- Cry Woman (Ku qi de nü ren) - (China)
- The Cuckoo (Kukushka) - (Russia)
- Cypher, starring Jeremy Northam and Lucy Liu - (USA)
D
- The Dancer Upstairs, directed by John Malkovich, starring Javier Bardem - (USA/Spain)
- The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, starring Emile Hirsch and Kieran Culkin - (USA)
- Dark Blue, starring Kurt Russell - (USA)
- Dark Water (仄暗い水の底から), directed by Hideo Nakata - (Japan)
- Darkness, starring Anna Paquin and Lena Olin - (USA/Spain)
- Dead in a Heartbeat, starring Judge Reinhold and Penelope Ann Miller - (USA/Canada)
- Deathwatch, starring Jamie Bell - (UK/Germany)
- Dekada '70 - (Philippines)
- Dirty Deeds, starring Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, John Goodman - (Australia)
- Dirty Pretty Things, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Audrey Tautou and Chiwetel Ejiofor - (UK)
- Divine Intervention (Yadon ilaheyya) - (Palestine/France/Morocco/Germany)
- Dog Soldiers, starring Sean Pertwee and Kevin McKidd - (UK)
- Dolls (ドールズ), directed by Takeshi Kitano - (Japan)
- Doing Time (刑務所の中) - (Japan)
- Drunk on Women and Poetry (Chi-hwa-seon) - (South Korea)
E-K
F
G
H
- He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (À la folie... pas du tout), starring Audrey Tautou - (France)
- Hero (Ying xiong), directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung - (China/Hong Kong)
- Highway, starring Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhaal, Selma Blair - (USA)
- Home Room - (USA)
- L'homme du train (The Man on the Train), directed by Patrice Leconte - (France)
- The Hours, starring Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore and Meryl Streep - (UK/USA)
- House of Fools (Dom Durakov), directed by Andrei Konchalovsky - (Russia)
I
- I Love You (Wo ai ni), directed by Zhang Yuan - (China)
- Igby Goes Down, starring Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes and Susan Sarandon - (USA)
- The Importance of Being Earnest, starring Rupert Everett and Colin Firth - (UK)
- In America, directed by Jim Sheridan, starring Samantha Morton and Djimon Hounsou - (Ireland/UK)
- In the City Without Limits (En la ciudad sin límites) - (Spain)
- In This World, directed by Michael Winterbottom - (UK)
- Infernal Affairs (Mou gaan dou), starring Tony Leung and Andy Lau - (Hong Kong)
- Interstate 60, starring James Marsden, Gary Oldman, Amy Smart - (USA)
- Intimate Stories (Historias mínimas) - (Argentina)
- Irréversible, starring Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel - (France)
K
L-Q
M
N
O
P-Q
- Personal Velocity: Three Portraits, starring Kyra Sedgwick - (USA)
- People I Know, starring Al Pacino, Kim Basinger, Tea Leoni and Ryan O'Neal - (USA)
- Philanthropy (Filantropica) - (Romania)
- Phone Booth, starring Colin Farrell and Forest Whitaker - (USA)
- The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, starring Adrian Brody - (France/Poland/Germany/UK)
- Pokémon 4Ever (Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Serebyi Toki o Koeta Deai) - (Japan)
- Possession, starring Aaron Eckhart and Gwyneth Paltrow - (USA/UK)
- The Powerpuff Girls Movie - (USA)
- Public Enemy (Gonggongui Jeog) - (South Korea)
- Pumpkin, starring Christina Ricci - (USA)
- Punch-Drunk Love, starring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson - (USA)
- Pure, starring Keira Knightley - (UK)
R-Z
S
- The Salton Sea, starring Val Kilmer and Vincent D'Onofrio - (USA)
- Saving My Hubby (Gudseura Geum-suna) - (South Korea)
- The Sea (Hafið) - (Iceland/Norway)
- Second Name (El segundo nombre) - (Spain)
- Secretary, starring James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal - (USA)
- Secret Things (Choses secrètes) - (France)
- Sex Is Zero (Saekjeuk shigong) - (South Korea)
- Showboy - (USA)
- The Singles Ward - (USA)
- Skinwalkers, starring Wes Studi - (USA)
- The Skywalk is Gone (Tian qiao bu jian le) - (Taiwan)
- The Son (Le fils) - (Belgium/France)
- Spider, directed by David Cronenberg, starring Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne - (Canada/UK)
- Spirit of Korean Celadon (Chongjaui noks) - (North Korea)
- Springtime in a Small Town (Xiao cheng zhi chun) - (China)
- Spun, starring Jason Schwartzman and Brittany Murphy - (USA)
- The Star (Zvezda) - (Russia)
- Steal, starring Stephen Dorff and Natasha Henstridge - (Canada/UK/France)
- Stevie - (USA)
- Stolen Summer, starring Aidan Quinn - (USA)
- Sunshine State, directed by John Sayles, starring Edie Falco and Angela Bassett - (USA)
- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (Boksuneun naui geot), directed by Park Chan-wook - (South Korea)
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Films released in 2002 by country