Some of the best films of 2002 (20 titles)
72.4% from 4 members
Talk To Her
Slick Almodovar on top form. Some unforgettable scenes.
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Talk To Her
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Rosario Flores, Elena Anaya, Geraldine Chaplin
Director: Pedro Almodovar
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Following the success of his 1999 film, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, Spanish director Pedro Almodovar presents TALK TO HER. Driven by similar themes of fate, destiny, magic, and chance happenings, TALK TO HER is the tale of two men whose lives intertwine unpredictably. Benigno (Javier Camara) is a ..read more »
72%
from 15,947 members
Punch-Drunk Love
Really mature and subversive Anderson. Genius casting of Adam Sandler. Quite inspired all around. Shame he's not more productive.
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Punch-Drunk Love
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
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Adam Sandler gives an amazing and unusual performance as Barry Egan, a socially impaired owner of a small novelty business, who is dominated by seven sisters and is unlikely to find love unless it finds him. When a mysterious woman comes into his life, his emotions go haywire, fluctuating between ..read more »
56%
from 12,769 members
28 Days Later
Danny Boyle does horror. London never looked so eerie (not even in Children of Men).
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28 Days Later
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Megan Burns, Noah Huntley
Director: Danny Boyle
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TRAINSPOTTING director Danny Boyle returns to edgy form and reinvents the science-fiction/horror genre with this apocalyptic tale of viral infection and Darwinian survival. A fatal virus is unleashed on the British public following the liberation of infected chimps from a research laboratory by ..read more »
68%
from 46,920 members
Adaptation
Spike Jonze and Charlie Kauffmann = a weird and wonderful ride.
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Adaptation
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper
Director: Spike Jonze
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Following up their acclaimed debut, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze are back to metaphysical moviemaking with ADAPTATION. The film stars Nicolas Cage as both Charlie Kaufman and his fictionalised identical twin brother Donald. While the boisterous Donald ..read more »
63%
from 26,432 members
The 25th Hour
Spike Lee's best film. Extremely powerful.
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The 25th Hour
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper
Director: Spike Lee
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Spike Lee's bracing adaptation of David Benioff's novel is a vibrant, vital motion picture. Edward Norton plays Monty Brogan, a harmless drug dealer who has 24 hours of freedom before serving a seven-year jail sentence. Nervous, confused, and terrified, Monty turns to his closest friends for ..read more »
63%
from 11,644 members
The Bourne Identity
A genuinely good spy film. Not too dry and not too stupid.
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The Bourne Identity
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
Director: Doug Liman
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A young man with two bullet wounds in his back is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea by a group of Italian fishermen. Barely alive, he is nursed back to health, but with no memory to help him, his only clue to his identity is a bank account number. It becomes clear that he is Jason Bourne, but what ..read more »
76%
from 83,253 members
8 Women
Ozon's best film. A fantastic musical that confounds expectations. Sagnier is so beautiful.
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8 Women
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart, Isabelle Huppert
Director: Francois Ozon
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From French director Francois Ozon, 8 WOMEN is a character drama and musical set in a country home during Christmastime in the 1950s. Though the atmosphere seems light and festive, when the host, Marcel, is stabbed in the back, one of the eight women in the house must be the culprit. The youngest ..read more »
60%
from 4,982 members
About Schmidt
Better than Sideways. Nicholson is great as usual. The story makes the film.
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About Schmidt
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney
Director: Alexander Payne
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In Alexander Payne's ABOUT SCHMIDT, Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) is retiring from a long, dedicated tenure at Woodmen of the World Insurance Company. Though he is proud of this achievement, he finds some difficulty adjusting to life without work; and to make matters worse, his loving wife Helen (..read more »
57%
from 21,688 members
Gerry
This really was a great year for US filmmaking. Better than Elephant. Really underrated.
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Gerry
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Matt Damon, Casey Affleck
Director: Gus Van Sant
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In Gus Van Sant's GERRY, a film more concerned with atmosphere and visual breadth than with story or plot, a frivolous hike through the desert evolves into an existential journey for two young men. The film features only two characters, both named Gerry and played by the film's co-creators Casey ..read more »
50%
from 1,846 member
The Cuckoo
A different type of war film.
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The Cuckoo
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Ville Haapasalo, Victor Bychkov
Director: Alexander Rogozhkin
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THE CUCKOO, from Russian director Alexander Rogozhkin, is about the friendship between three people from different countries at the end of World War II. Veiko (Ville Haapasalo), a Finn; Anni (Anni-Kristiina Juuso), a Lapp; and Ivan (Victor Bychkov), a Russian; come together, and although they are ..read more »
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from 514 members
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