Top Favorite Films of 2002

Directed by Peter Jackson

Starring Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Sala Baker, Christopher Lee, Liv Taylor, Ian Holm, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys Davies, Miranda Otto, Andy Serkis, Jed Brophy, Bruce Allpress, John Bach,Sam Comery, Brad Dourif, Callum Gittins, Bernard Hill, Bruce Hopkins, Karl Urban, Craig Parker, Peter Jackson, Katie Jackson, Olivia Tennett, David Wenham, Lee Hartley, Nathaniel Leeds, Robyn Malcolm, Barrie M. Osborne, Robbie Magasive, and Stephen Ure

Directed by David Fincher

Starring Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakum, Jared Leto, Patrick Bauchau, Ann Magnuson, Ian Buchanan, Andrew Kevin Walker, Paul Schulze, Mel Rodriguez, and featuring voice of Nicole Kidman

Directed by Gore Verbinski

Starring Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Daveigh Chase, David Dorfman, Brian Cox, Jane Alexander, Lindsay Frost, Amber Tamblyn, Rachael Bella, Shannon Cochran, Sandra Thigpen, Richard LIneback, Adrian Brody, Alan Blumenfeld, Pauley Perrette, Sara Rue, Joe Cherst, Richard William Lawrence, Stephanie Erb, Chuck Hicks, and Art Frankel

Directed by Tim Story

Starring Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Anthony Anderson, Keith David, Michael Ealy, Troy Garity, Eve, Sean Patrick Thomas, Leonard Earl Howze, Jaszmine Lewis, Tom Wright, Jason George, DeRay Davis, Carl Wright, Jalen Rose, and Norm Van Leir

Directed by Curtis Hanson

Starring Eminem, Proof, Brittany Murphy, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phiffer, Evan Jones, Omar Benson Miller, D'Angelo Miller, Eugene Byrd, Taryn Manning, XXhbit, Bushman, Obie Trice, Mike Bell, Michael Shannon, Brandon T. Jackson, DJ Head, Anthony Mackie, Chloe Greenfield, and Sara Stokes

Directed by Danny Boyle

Starring Cillian Murphy, Christopher Eccleston, David Schneider, Toby Sedgwick, Naomie Harris, Christopher Dunne, Emma Hitching, Noah Huntley, Brendan Gleason, Megan Burns, Luke Malby, Stuart McQuarrie, Leo Bill, and Ricci Harnett

Directed by Florent Emilio Siri

Starring Samy Naceri, Benoit Magimel, Pascal Gregory, Nadia Fares, Sami Bouajila, Richard Sammel, Valerio Mastandrea, Angelo Infanti, Bibi Naceri, Denis Braccini, and Jean-Yves Chatelais

Directed by Michael Winterbottom

Starring Steve Coogan, Shirley Henderson, Paul Ryder, John Thomson, Paul Popplewell, Lennie James, Paddy Considine, Matk Windows, Raymond Waring, Ron Cook, Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, David Gorman, John Simm, Ralf Little, Danny Cummingham, Peter Kay, Mark E. Smith, Sean Harris, Martin Hancook, Howard Devoto, Elizabeth Kelly, Rob Brydon, Peter Gunn, Enzo Cilenti, Chris Cogghill, Margi Clarke, Gary Roberts, Kenny Baker, Kieran O'Brien, Kate Magowan, Fiona Allen, Keith Allen, Tony Wilson, and Terri Seymour

Directed by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz

Starring Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Sharon Small, Rachel Weisz, Toni Collett, Natalia Tena, Ryan Speechley, Joseph Speechley, Madison Cook, Jordan Cook, Tessa Vale, Victoria Smurfit, Mark Heap, Rosalind Knight, and Alex Kew

Directed by Jay Roach

Starring Mike Myers, Rob Lowe, Danny DeVito, Beyonce Knowles, Steven Spielberg, Britney Spears, Michael Caine, Burt Bacharach, Seth Green, Verne Troyer, Mindy Sterling, Quincy Jones, Tom Cruise, Josh Zuckerman, Fred Savage, Eddie Adams, Masi Oka, Diane Mizota, Carrie Ann Inaba, Nobu Matsuhisa, Evan Farmer, Kevin Cooney, Brisn Tee, Michael McDonald, Brian Grunberg, Greg Grunberg, Donna D'Errico, Clint Howard, Nikki Schieler Ziering, Mandy Moore, Susanna Hoffs, Gwyneth Paltrow, Matthew Sweet, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Nathan Lane, John Travolta, Katie Couric, Kelly Osbourne, Jack Osbourne, Sharon Osbourne, Gene Anthony Ray, and Kristen Johnston

Directed by Gurinder Chada

Starring Keira Knightly, David Beckham, Parminder Nagra, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Archie Panjabi, Anupam Kher, Frank Harper, Juliet Stevenson, Shaznay Lewis, Ammet Chana, Trey Farley, Pooja Shah, Sbobu Kapoor, Ray Donn, Alan Hansen, Mia Hamm, John Barnes, Gary Lineker, and featuring voice of John Motson

Directed by Gulliermo Del Toro

Starring Wesley Snipes, Ron Perlman, Norman Reedus, Kris Kristofferson, Lenor Verela, Thomas Kretschmann, Luke Goss, Mark Schultze, Danny John Jules, Donnie Yen, Karl Roden, Marit Velle Kile, Tony Curran, Daz Crawford, Santiago Segura, Marek Vasut, Paul Kasey, and Bridge Markland

Directed by Sam Raimi

Starring Tobey Maguire, James Franco, J.K. Simmons, Kristen Dunst, Willem Dafoe, Bruce Campbell, Randy Savage, Bill Nunn, K.K. Dodds, Stan Lee, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Papajohn, Rosemary Harris, Cliff Robertson, Macy Gray, Joe Manganeillo, Ted Raimi, Jack Betts, Larry Joshua, Timothy Patrick Quill, Brad Grunberg, Garry Becker, Scott Spiegel, Lucy Lawless, Jim Norton, Sara Ramirez, Rick Avery, Robert Bergman, Andy Brey, Jophrey C. Brown, Chris Coppolla, Al Goto, Jesee Heiman, Mark De Alessandro, Scott L. Schwartz, Gary Lane, Pete Macnamara, Benny Urquidez, and Brian J. Williams

Directed by Spike Lee

Starring Edward Norton, Anna Paquin, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Levan Uchaneishvili, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson, Brian Cox, Tony Siragusa, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Patrice O'Neal, Dania Ramirez, Aaron Stanford, Misha Kuznetsov, Keith Nobbs, and Vanessa Ferlito

Directed by Spike Jonze

Starring Nicholas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, John Cusack, Tilda Swinton, Jim Beaver, Litefoot, Chris Hanson, Doug Jones, Catherine Keener, Gregory Itzin, Peter Jason, Stephen Tobolowsky, Judy Greer, Bob Stephenson, Gary Farmer, David O. Russell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Spike Jonze, and John Malkovich

Directed by Chan wook Park

Starring Kang ho Song, Ha kyun Shin, Doona Bae, Ji Eun Lim, Masashi Fujimoto, Dae yeon Lee, Kan hie Lee, Kwang rok Oh, Seung wan Ryoo, Seung beom Ryu, and Ju bong Gi

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Directed by Doug Liman

Starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Julia Stiles, Chris Copper, Brian Cox, Clive Owen, Adwale Akinnuoye Agajbe, Walton Googins, Gabriel Mann, Josh Hamilton, Tim Dutton, Orso Maria Guerrini, Nicky Naude, Denis Braccini, Joe Montana, David Selburg, and Vincent Franklin

Directed by Michael Moore

Starring Michael Moore, Marilyn Manson, Charlton Heston, George Bush, George W. Bush, Dick Herlan, Dick Clark, Arthur A. Busch, Richard Castaldo, Michael Gladwell, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Robert J. Picknell, James Nichols, Evan McCollum, Jimmie Hughes, Amanda Lamante, Mike Bradley, and Denny Fennell

Directed by Don Coscarelli

Starring Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis, Ella Joyce, Reggie Bannister, Bob Ivy, Larry Pennell, Heidi Marnhout, Bruce Rawitz, Harrison Young, Daniel Roebuck, Timothy E. Goodwin, Chuck Williams, and featuring voice of Andre Sogluizzo

Directed by Eli Roth

Starring Rider Strong, Joey Kern, Jordan Ladd, Cerina Vincent, James DeBello, Eli Roth, Robert Harris, Hal Courtney, Matthew Helms, Richard Boone, Tim Pirati, Brandon Johnson, Richard Fullerton, Adam J. Roth, and Shiloh Strong

Directed by Roger Mitchel

Starring Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Staunton, Akil Walker, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, Richard Jenkins, Tina Sloan, Dylan Baker, William Hurt, Amanda Peet, Cole Hawkins, Matt Malloy, John Benjamin Hickey, Kevin Sussman, Angela Golethals, Bruce Altman, Myra Lucretia Taylor, and Joe Grifalsi

Directed by Rob Marshall

Starring Richard Gere, John C. Reilly, Queen Latifah, Renee Zellwager, Catherine Zeta Jones, Taye Diggs, Cliff Saunders, Jayne Eastwood, Dominic West, Roman Podhora, Mya, Chita Rivera, Christine Baranski, Susan Misner, Michelle Johnson, Eve Crawford, Diedre Goodwin, and Denise Frey

Directed by George Clooney

Starring Sam Rockwell, Dick Clark, Julia Roberts, Michael Cera, James Urbaniak, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, George Clooney, Drew Barrymore, Isabelle Blais, Jennifer Hall, Illona Elkin, Sean Tucker, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jaye P. Morgan, David Julian Hirsch, Jerry Weintraub, Frank Fontaine, Rachelle Lefevre, Daniel Zacpaca, Michael Ensign, Rutger Hauer, Jim Lange, Murray Langston, Marie Bertand, Martin Kevan, Claudia Besso, Tony Zanca, Richard Kind, Bridget Powers, Krista Allen, Chuck Barris, Tommy Hinkley, George Randolph, Joe Cobden, Vickie Carr, Anna Silk, Sarah Smythe, and Akiva Goldsman

Directed by Andrew Davis

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Francesca Neri, Jsu Garcia, Cliff Curtis, Elias Koteas, John Leguizamo, John Turturro, Tyler Posey, Michael Milhoan, Rick Worthy, Miguel Sandoval, Harry Lennix, Ethan Dampf, Michael Cavanaugh, Jack Conley, Nicholas Pryor, Sven Ole Thorsen, Lindsay Frost, and Solomon Burke, Jr

Directed by Danny DeVito

Starring Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Danny DeVito, Catherine Keener, Jon Stewart, Pam Ferris, Danny Woodburn, Michael Rispoli, Harvey Fierstein, Vincent Schiavelli, Craig Eldridge, Judy White, Bill Lake, Melissa DiMarco, Glenn Cross, Tracey Walter, Martin Klebba, Peter Keleghan, Cara Wakelin, Jonah Falcon, Robert Prosky, and Katie Finneran

Directed by Ellory Ellkayem

Starring David Arquette, Scarlett Johansson, Kari Wuhrer, Leon Rippy, Scott Terra, Rick Overton, Doug E. Doug, Eileen Ryan, Matt Czuchry, Riley Smith, Tom Noonan, Jack Moore, and Jane Edith Wilson

Directed by Kurt Wimmer

Starring Christian Bale, Dominic Purcell, Sean Bean, Christian Kahrmann, William Fichtner, Sean Pertwee, Angus Macfadyen, Faye Diggs, Mike Smith, Kurt Wimmer, David Barrish, Matthew Harbour, David Hemmings, Maria Pia Calzone, Emily Siewert, Emily Watson, and Alexa Summer

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day Lewis, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Martin Scorsese, Sean McGinley, Peter Berling, Christian Burgess, Gary Lewis, Tim Piggott Smith, Stephen Graham, Eddie Marsan, Alec McCowen, David Hemmings, Clarence Giliard, Jr, Richard Ashton Griffiths, Andrew Gallagher, Cara Seymour, and featuring voice of Leo Burmester

Directed by Chris Columbus

Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Adrian Rawlins, Geraldine Somerville, Tom Felton, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Harry Malling, Rupert Grint, Jim Norton, Richard Harris, Richard Griffiths, Julie Walters, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Shirley Henderson, Bonnie Wright, James Issacs, Miriam Margoyles, John Cleese, Chris Rankin, Mark Williams, Warwick Davis, Kenneth Brannagh, David Bradley, Jamie Waylett, Christian Caulson, Gemma Jones, and featuring voices of Toby Jones and Leslie Philips

Directed by Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge

Featuring voice of Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Goran Visnijic, Jack Black, Cedric the Entertainer, Stephen Root, Diedrich Bader, Alan Tudyk, Lorri Badgley, Jane Krakowski, P.J. Benjamin, Peter Ackerman, Josh Hamilton, Denny Dillon, Chris Wedge, and Tara Strong

Directed by Jim Sheridan

Starring Paddy Considine, Djimon Hounson, Samantha Morton, Sarah Bolger, Juan Carlos Hernandez, James Salkey, Sara James, Nick Dunning, Tom Murphy, and Frank Wood

Directed by Christopher Nolan

Starring Al Pacino, Hilary Swank, Robin Williams, Larry Holden, Oliver "Ole" Zeman, Nicky Katt, Paul Dooley, Jay Brazeau, Katherine Isabelle, Lorne Cardinal, Crystal Lowe, Tracey Simms, Maura Tierney, Jonathan Jackson, Malcolm Boddington, Kerry Sandomirsky, Chris Gauthier, Emily Perkins, Dean Wray, and featuring voice of Ian Tracey

Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

Featuring voices of Daviegh Chase, Kevin MacDonald, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Odgen Steirs, Ving Rhames, Zoe Caldwell, Jason Scott Lee, Kevin Michael Richardson, Susan Hegarty, Amy Hill, Steven Alterman, Steve Blum, Steven Blum, Jack Angel, Erica Beck, Rodger Bumpass, Bob Bergen, Cathy Cavandini, Jennifer Darling, Greg Finley, Jeff Fischer, Jess Harnell, Daamen J. Krall, Mickie McGowan, Mary Linda Phillips, Kath Souie, Patrick Pinney, Susan Silo, Doug Stone, and Karle Warren

Directed by Steven Spielberg

Starring Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Max Von Sydow, Steve Harris, Neil McDonough, Patrick Kirkpatrick, Jessica Capshaw, Richard Coca, Keith Campbell, Samantha Morton, Jessica Harper, Tim Blake Nelson, Klea Scott, Kirk R.B. Woller, William Mopather, Jim Rash, Anne Marie Hortford, Frank Grillo, Eugene Osment, James Henderson, Karina Logue, Cameron Diaz, Cameron Crowe, Ann Ryerson, Lois Smith, Kathryn Morris, George Wallace, Dominic Scott Kay, Joel Gretsch, Arye Gross, Scott Frank, Peter Stomare, Caroline Lagerfelt, John Bennett, Meredith Monroe, David Hornsby, Steven Hack, Rana Morrison, and Paul Thomas Anderson

Directed by Mark Pellington

Starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Debra Messing, Yvonne Erickson, Bob Tracey, Harris MacKenzie, Will Patton, Lucinda Jenney, Tom Tully, Shane Callahan, Nessbitt Blaisdell, Bob Laing, Dan Callahan, Allan Bates, Murphy Dunne, and featuring voice of Mark Pellington

Directed by Alan Mak and Wai keung Lau

Starring Andy Liu, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong Chau Sang, Eric Tsang, Sammy Cheng, Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Chapman To, Ka Tung Lam, Ting Yip Ng, Chi Keung Lam, and Dion Lam

Directed by Joe Caranhan

Starring Jason Patric, Ray Liotta, Dan Leis, Chi McBride, Karen Robinson, Lloyd Addams, Alan C. Peterson, Alan Van Sprang, Booth Savage, Krista Bridges, Stacey Farber, Busta Rhymes, John Ortiz, and Anne Openshaw

Directed by Mark Romanek

Starring Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Dylan Smith, Lee Garrington, Erin Daniels, Paul Hansen Kim, Gary Cole, Marion Calvert, Jim Rash, Nick Searcy, Jimmy Shubert, Eriq La Salle, Clark Gregg, Mark Romanek, Andy Comeau, Peter Mackenzie, and Robert Clotworthy

Directed by Jake Kasdan

Starring Colin Hanks, Mike White, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk, Harold Ramis, Bret Harrison, Kyle Howard, R, J. Knoll, Catherine O'Hara, John Litghow, Lily Tomlin, George Murdock, Lillian Hurst, Chevy Chase, Olivia Rosewood, Carly Pope, Natasha Melnick, Fran Kranz, Susan Hagan, Michael Aquino, Leslie Mann, Manu Intiryama, Gary Marshall, Dana Ivey, Nat Faxton, David Doty, Monica Kenna, Lizzy Caplan, Alexandra Brackenridge, Tara Rice, Kevin Kline, and Ben Stiller

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzman, Hazel Mallioux, Julie Hermelin, Karen Hermelin, Lisa Spector, Nicole Gelbard, Mia Weinberg, Ashley Clark, Robert Smigel, Larry Ring, Kerry Gelbard, Ernesto Quintero, Jorge Borohona, Mary Lynn Rajskub, and featuring voices of Jason Andrews, Don McManus, Karen Kilgariff, and Jonathan Loughran

Directed by Joel Schumacher

Starring Colin Farrell, Katie Holmes, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Rhada Mitchell, Paula Jai Parker, Arian Waring Ash, John Enos III, Rana Morrison, Richard T. Jones, Keith Hobbs, Dell Yount, James Macdonald, Josh Pais, Colin Patrick Lynch, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Tory Kittles, Ben Foster, Mia Cottet, and David Mandehr

Directed by Mars Callahan

Starring Christopher Walken, Anson Mount, Ernie Reyes, Jr, Chazz Palimentri, Ricky Schroeder, Rod Stieger, Michael Rosenbaum, Alison Eastwood, Peter Dobson, Philip Glassner, Richard Portnow,
Mars Callahan, and Peter Mark Richman

Directed by Brett Ratner

Starring Anthony Hopkins, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary Louise Parker, Anthony Heald, Frankie Faison, Tyler Patrick Jones, Lalo Schifrin, Brenda Strong, John Rubinstein, David Doty, Robert Curtis Brown, Mary Anne McGarry, Mark Abraham, Victora De Laurentiis, Michael Cavanaugh, Thomas Curtis, Azura Skye, Elizabeth Dennehy, William Lucking, Stanley Anderson, Dwier Brown, Mark Moses, Christopher Curry, Mary Beth Hurt, Frank Whaley, and featuring voices of Alex D.Lanz, Frank Langella, and Ellen Burstyn

Directed by Rob Bowman

Starring Matthew McConaughey, Gerald Butler, Izabella Scorupco, David Kennedy, Alexander Siddig, Christian Bale, Ned Dennehy, Rory Keenan, Ben Thornton, Laura Pyper, Terrance Maynard, Jack Gleeson, Alice Krige, Doug Cockle, and Garry O'Brien

Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson

Starring Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriquez, Jason Issacs, Oscar Pearce, Michaela Dicker, James Purefoy, Ryan McCluskey, Indra Ove, Anna Bolt, Jeremy Bolt, Joseph May, Robert Tannion, Heike Makatsch, Jayme Butler, Stephen Billington, Fiona Glascott, Colin Salmon, Martin Crewse, and Pasquale Aledari

Directed by Sam Mendes

Starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Tyler Hoechlin, Liam Atkins, Daniel Craig, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ciaran Hinds, Dylan Baker, Stanley Tucci, Judd Law, Paul Turner, Ian Barford, and Harry Groener

Directed by Roger Avary

Starring James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossaman, Jessica Biel, Kip Pardue, Kate Bosworth, Ian Somerhalder, Joel Michealy, Jay Baruchel, Thomas Ian Nichols, Paul Williams, Swossie Kurtz, Faye Dunaway, Paul Oakenfeld, Clifton Colins Jr., Ron Jeremy, Fred Savage, Eric Stoltz, Skylar Stone, Aurora Snow, and Keren Woodward

Directed by Michael Lembeck

Starring Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Elizabeth Mitchell, Liliana Mumy, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz, Wendy Crewson, Spenser Breslin, Art LeFleur, Michael Dorn, Jay Thomas, Aisha Taylor, Kevin Pollack, Molly Shannon, Blu Mankuma, Fred Ewaniuck, and featuring voices of Kath Soucie and Bob Bergen

Directed by Steven Shainberg

Starring James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen McHattie, Patrick Bauchau, Jessica Tuck, Oz Perkins, Amy Locane, Mary Joy, Michael Mantell, Sabrina Grdevich, Lacey Kohl, Julene Renee Preciado, Lauren Cohn, Ezra Buzzington, and featuring voice of Steven Shainberg

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

Starring Mel Gibson, Joaquim Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin, M. Night Shyamalan, Cherry Jones, Patricia Kalember, Ted Sutton, Merritt Wever, Lanny Flaherty, Marion McClory, Michael Showalter, Clifford David, Rhonda Overby, Greg Wood, and featuring voices of Paul L. Nolan, Ukee Washington, Babita Harini, Adam Way, Jose L. Rodriguez, Paul Wilson, and Thomas Griffin