2002 Film List
Last Updated - April , 13 , 2003
Criteria -First US/Canada Screening
Just Added - Morvern Callar , I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
The Refused To Watch Pile- none
On Deck - ?
Total Films Seen - 304
The List- All Films out of 5
A
Abandon - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Stephen Gaghan
About A Boy - 4 out of 5 -Dir-Chris and Paul Weitz
About Schmidt - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Alexander Payne
Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights -
ZERO out of 5 -Dir- Yeah Right
Adaptation - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Spike Jonze
The Adventures of Pluto Nash - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Ron Underwood
Ali G in Da House- 1 out 5 - Dir-Mark Mylod
All About Lily Chou Chou - 5 out of 5 - Dir-Shunji Iwai
All Or Nothing - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Mike Leigh
Amy's Orgasm - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Julie Davis
Analyze That - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Harold Ramis
Antwone Fisher - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Denzel Washington
Ararat - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Atom Egoyan
Auto Focus - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Paul Schrader
Atanarjuat , The Fast Runner - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Zacharias Kunuk
Austin Powers : Goldmember - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Jay Roach
Avalon - 4 out of 5 - Dir- Mamoru Oshii
B
Bad Company - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Joel Schumacher
Ballistic: Ecks VS Sever -
ZERO out of 5 - Dir-KAOS
The Banger Sisters - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Bob Dolman
Baran - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Majid Majidi
Barbershop - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Tim Story
Beijing Bicycle - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Wang Xiaoshuai
The Believer - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Henry Bean
Below - 3 out of 5 - Dir-David Twohy
Bend it Like Beckham - 1.5 out of 5 - Dir-Gurinder Chadra
Between Strangers - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Edoardo Ponti
Big Bad Love - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Arliss Howard
Big Fat Liar - 2.5 out 5 - Dir-Shawn Levy
Big Trouble - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Carl Franklin
Biggie and Tupac - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Nick Broomfield
Birthday Girl - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Jez Butterworth
Blade II - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Guillermo Del Toro
Blood Work - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Clint Eastwood
Bloody Sunday - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Paul Greengrass
Blue Crush - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-John Stockwell
The Bourne Identity - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Doug Liman
Bollywood/Hollywood - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Deepa Mehta
Bowling For Columbine - 5 out of 5 - Dir-Michael Moore
Brotherhood of The Wolf - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Christophe Gans
Brown Sugar - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Rick Famuyiwa
The Business of Fancydancing - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Sherman Alexie
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The Cat's Meow - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Peter Bogdanovich
Catch Me If You Can - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Steven Spielberg
City by the Sea - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Michael Caton Jones
Changing Lanes - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Roger Michell
Cherish - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Finn Taylor
Chicago - 5 out of 5 - Dir-Rob Marshall
Clockstoppers - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Riker!!!
Collateral Damage - 2 out 5 - Dir-Andrew Davis
Comedian - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Christian Charles
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - 5 out of 5 - Dir-George Clooney
The Count of Monte Cristo - 3 out of 5 - Dir- Kevin Reynolds
The Country Bears - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Peter Hastings
CQ - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Roman Coppola
The Crocodile Hunter : Collision Course - 1 out of 5 - Dir-John Stainton
Crossroads -
ZERO out of 5 - Dir-Tamra Davis
Crush - 3 out of 5 - Dir-John McKay
D
Dahmer - 3 out of 5 - Dir-David Jacobson
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Peter Care
Das Experiment - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Oliver Hirschbieger
Dark Blue World - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Jan Sverak
Dark Water - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Hideo Nakata
Death to Smoochy - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Danny DeVito
Deuces Wild - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Scott Kalvert
Devdas - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Devils on The Doorstep - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Wen Jiang
Die Another Day - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Lee Tamahori
Divine Secrets of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Callie Khouri
Dog Soldiers - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Neil Marshall
Dogtown and Z Boys - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Stacy Peralta
DragonFly - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Tom Shadyac
Drumline - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Charles Stone III
Duct Tape Forever - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Eric Till
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8 Femmes - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Francois Ozon
Eight Legged Freaks - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Ellory Elkayem
8 Mile - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Curtis Hanson
El Crimen Del Padre Amaro - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Carlos Carrera
Elling - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Petter Naess
The Emperor's Club - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Michael Hoffman
The Emperor's New Clothes - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Alan Taylor
Empire - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Franc Reyes
Enigma - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Michael Apted
Enough - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Michael Apted
Equilibrium - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Kurt Wimmer
Escaflowne - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Kazuki Akane
Esther Kahn - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Arnaud Desplechin
ET The Extra Terrestrial:20th Anniversary Edition- 5 out of 5 - Dir- Steven Speilberg - Ineligible for 2002
Evelyn - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Bruce Beresford
Extreme Ops - 1.5 out of 5 - Dir-Christian Duguay
The Eye - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-The Pang Brothers
F
Far From Heaven - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Todd Haynes
The First 20 Million Is Always The Hardest - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Mike Jackson
fear dot com - 1.5 out of 5 - Dir-William Malone
Femme Fatale - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Brian DePalma
Festival in Cannes - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir Henry Jaglom
Formula 51 - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Ronny Yu
The Four Feathers - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Shekhar Kapur
40 Days and 40 Nights - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Michael Lehmann
Frailty - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Bill Paxton
Frida - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Julie Taymor
Friday After Next - 1.5 out of 5 - Dir-Marcus Raboy
FUBAR - 2 out of 5 - Dir- Michael Dowse
Full Frontal - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Steven Soderbergh
G
Gangs of New York - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Martin Scorsese
Ghost Ship - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Steve Vick
The Good Girl - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Miguel Artera
H
Happenstance - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Laurent Firode
The Happiness of the Katakuris - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Takashi Miike
Half Past Dead -
ZERO out of 5 - Dir-Don Michael Paul
Halloween : Resurrection - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Rick Rosenthal
Happy Times - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Zhang Yimou
Harrison's Flowers - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Elie Chouraqui
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 5 out of 5
Hart's War - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Gregory Hoblit
Harvard Man - 1.5 out of 5 - Dir-James Toback
Heaven - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Tom Tykwer
Hey Arnold: The Movie - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Tuck Tucker
Hollywood Ending - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Woody Allen
The Hot Chick -
ZERO out of 5 - Dir-Sandler's Weed supply
The Hours - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Stephen Daldry
Human Nature -
ZERO out of 5 - Dir- Michael Gondry
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I Am Trying To Break Your Heart - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Sam Jones
I Spy - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Betty Thomas
Ice Age - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Chris Wedge
Ichi The Killer - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Takashi Miike
Igby Goes Down - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Burr Steers
Imposter - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Gary Fleder
Italian For Beginners - 3 1/2 out of 5 - Dir-Lone Scherfig
Importance of Being Earnest - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Oliver Parker
In Praise Of Love - 3 out of 5 -Dir-Jean-Luc Godard
Insomnia - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Christopher Nolan
Intacto - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Invinsible - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Warner Herzog
Irreversible - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Gasper Noe
The Isle - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Kim Ki-Duk
J
Jackass:The Movie - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Jeff Tremaine
Jason X -
ZERO out of 5 - Dir-Jim Issac
John Q - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Nick Cassavetes
Jonah : A Veggietales Movie - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Mike Nawrocki and Phil Vischer
Juwanna Mann - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Jesse Vaughn
K
K19 : The Widowmaker - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Katheryn Bigelow
Kairo - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Kiyoshi Kurosawa
The Kid Stays in the Picture - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen
Kissing Jessica Stein - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Charles Herman Wurmfeld
Knockaround Guys - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Brian Koppelman and David Levien
Kung Pow:Enter The Fist - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Steve Oedekirk
L
The Lady and the Duke - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Eric Rohmer
Lantana - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Ray Lawrence
The Laramie Project - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Moises Kaufman
Last Orders - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Fred Schepisi
Late Marriage - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Dover Koshashvili
The Legend of Zu - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Tsui Hark
Life , Or Something like it - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Stephen Herek
Like Mike - 1 out of 5 - Dir-John Schultz
Lilo and Stitch - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Chris Sanders , Dean Deblois
Lola - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Carl Bessai
The Lord of The Rings : The Two Towers - 5 out of 5 - Dir-Peter Jackson
Love Liza - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Todd Louiso
Lovely and Amazing - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Nicole Holofcener
Lucky Break - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Peter Cattaneo
M
Maid in Manhattan - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Wayne Wang
The Man From Elysian Fields - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-George Hickenlooper
Martin Lawrence:Runteldat - 1 out of 5 - Dir-David Raynr
Master of Disguise -
ZERO out of 5 - Dir-Perry Andelin Blake
Max - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Menno Meyjes
Me Without You - 4 out of 5 - Sandra Goldbacher
Mean Machine - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Barry Skolnick
Men in Black II - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Barry Sonnenfeld
Men with Brooms - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Paul Gross
Metropolis - 4 out of 5 - Dir- Rintaro
Minority Report - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Steven Spielberg
Monsoon Wedding - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Mira Nair
Moonlight Mile - 5 out of 5 - Dir-Brad Siberling
Morvern Callar - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Lynne Ramsey
Mostly Martha - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Sandra Nettleback
Mr Deeds - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Steven Brill
The Mothman Prophecies - 1 out of 5 - Dir- Mark Pellington
Murder by Numbers - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Barbet Schroder
My Big Fat Greek Wedding - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Joel Zwick
My Wife is An Actress - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Yvan Attal
The Mystic Masseur - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Ismail Merchant
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Narc - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Joe Carnahan
National Lampoon's Van Wilder -
ZERO out of 5- Dir-Walt Becker
Never Again - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Eric Schaeffer
New Best Friend- 1 out of 5 - Dir-Zoe Clark-Williams
The New Guy -
ZERO out of 5 - Dir-WHO CARES!!!
Nicholas Nickleby - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Douglas McGrath
Nine Queens - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Fabian Bielinsky
No Such Thing - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Hal Hartly
Notorious C.H.O - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Lorene Machado
O
One Hour Photo - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Mark Romanek
Orange County - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Jake Kasdan
P
Paid in Full - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Charles Stone III
Panic Room - 4 out of 5 - Dir-David Fincher
Pauline and Paulette - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Lieven DeBrauwer
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Rebecca Miller
The Pianist - 5 out of 5 - Dir-Roman Polanski
The Piano Teacher - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Michael Hanekf
Pinocchio -
ZERO out of 5 - Dir-Roberto Benigni
Pokemon 4Ever -
ZERO out of 5 - Dir-David Lean
Pornstar : The Legend of Ron Jeremy - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Scott Gill
Possession - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Neil LaBute
The Powerpuff Girls - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Craig McCracken
Pumpkin - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Adam Larson Bropel and Tony Abrams
Punch-Drunk Love - 5 out of 5 - Dir-Paul Thomas Anderson
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Queen of the Damned - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Michael Rymer
The Quiet American - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Phillip Noyce
R
R-Xmas - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Abel Ferrara
Rabbit Proof Fence - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Philip Noyce
Rare Birds - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Sturla Gunnarsson
Read My Lips - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Jacques Andiard
Real Women Have Curves - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Patricia Cardoso
Red Dragon - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Brett Ratner
Reign of Fire - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Rob Bowman
Resident Evil - 3 1/2 out of 5 - Dir-Paul Anderson
Return to Neverland - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Robin Budd
The Rhino Brothers - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Dwayne Beaver
The Ring - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Gore Verbinski
Road to Perdition - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Sam Mendes
Roger Dodger - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Dylan Kidd
Rollerball- 2 out of 5 - Dir-John McTiernan
The Rookie - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-John Lee Hancock
Rub and Tug - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Soo Lyu
The Rules of Attraction - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Roger Avery
Rumor of Angels , A - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Peter O'Fallon
S
The Salton Sea - 2 out of 5 - Dir-D.J Caruso
The Santa Clause 2 - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Michael Lembeck
Scotland , PA - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Billy Morrissette
Scooby Doo - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Raja Gosnell
The Scorpion King - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Chuck Russell
Secretary - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Steven Shainberg
Serving Sara - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Reginald Hudlin
Sex and Lucia - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Julio Medem
Shaolin Soccer - 3 1/2 out of 5 - Dir-Stephen Chow , Lee Lik Chi
Shiner - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-John Irvin
Showtime - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Tom Dey
Signs - 4 out of 5 - Dir- M. Night Shyamalan
Simone - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Andrew Niccol
Slackers- 1.5 out of 5 - Dir-Dewey Nicks
Slap Her , She's French - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Melanie Mayron
Snow Dogs - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Brian Levant
Solaris - 5 out of 5 - Dir-Steven Soderbergh
Songs From the Second Floor - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Roy Anderson
Sorority Boys - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Wally Wolodarsky
Spider - 1.5 out of 5 - Dir-David Cronenberg
Spiderman - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Sam Raimi
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook
Spirited Away - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Hayao Miyazaki
Spy Kids 2 : The Island of Lost Dreams - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Robert Rodriguez
Standing in the Shadows of Motown - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Paul Justman
Star Trek : Nemesis - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Stuart Baird
Star Wars: Episode II : Attack of the Clones - 4 out of 5 -Dir-George Lucas
Stealing Harvard -
ZERO out of 5 - Dir- A Guy who should have kept doing sketch comedy
Stolen Summer - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Pete Jones
StoryTelling - 3 1/2 out of 5 - Dir-Todd Solondz
Stuart Little 2 - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Rob Hinkoff
Suddenly Naked - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Anne Wheeler
The Sum of all Fears - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Phil Alden Robinson
The Sunshine State - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-John Sayles
Super Troopers - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Jay Chandrasekhar
Suspicious River - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Lynne Stopkewich
The Sweetest Thing - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Roger Kimble
Sweet Home Alabama - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Andy Tennant
Swept Away - 1 out of 5 - Dir-Guy Ritchie
Swimfan -
ZERO out of 5 - Dir- John Polson
T
Tadpole - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Gary Winick
Talk To Her - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Pedro Almodovar
Ted Bundy - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Matthew Bright
13 Conversations About One Thing - 5 out of 5 - Dir-Jill Sprecher
The Time Machine - 2 1/2 out 5 - Dir-Simon Wells
Time Out - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir-Laurent Cantet
The Transporter - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Corey Yuen
Trapped - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Luis Mandoki
Treasure Planet - 3 out of 5 - Dir-Ron Clements and John Musker
xXx - 3.5 out of 5 - Dir- Rob Cohen
Triumph of Love - 2 out of 5 - Dir-Claire Peploe
The Truth About Charlie - 1.5 out of 5 - Dir-Jonathan Demme
Tuck Everlasting - 2.5 out of 5 - Dir-Jay Russell
The Tuxedo - 1.5 out of 5 - Dir-Kevin Donovan
24 Hour Party People - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Michael Winterbottom
25th Hour - 4.5 out of 5 - Dir-Spike Lee
Two Weeks Notice - 4 out of 5 - Dir-Marc Lawrence
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