ZFIFE1. [Past] Feature Films: Best of 2002: Critics' 10 Best Synopsis

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  1. [858.5] Far From Heaven (2002) - D: Todd Haynes
  2. [687.5] Y Tu Mamá También (2001) - D: Alfonso Cuarón
  3. [587.0] Adaptation. (2002) - D: Spike Jonze
  4. [483.0] About Schmidt (2002) - D: Alexander Payne
  5. [437.5] Hable Con Ella (2002) (aka Talk To Her) - D: Pedro Almodóvar
  6. [417.0] The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) - D: Peter Jackson
  7. [412.0] Gangs of New York (2002) - D: Martin Scorcese
  8. [354.0] Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi (2001) (aka Spirited Away) - D: Hayao Miyazaki
  9. [324.5] Chicago (2002) - D: Rob Marshall
  10. [321.5] Punch-Drunk Love (2002) - D: Paul Thomas Anderson
  11. [325.0] The Pianist (2002) - D: Roman Polanski
  12. [299.5] Bowling for Columbine (2002) - D: Michael Moore
  13. [289.0] L'Emploi du Temps (2001) (aka Time Out) - D: Laurent Cantet
  14. [260.0] The Hours (2002) - D: Stephen Daldry
  15. [254.5] Atanarjuat (2001) (aka The Fast Runner) - D: Zacharias Kunuk
  16. [236.5] Minority Report (2002) - D: Steven Spielberg
  17. [207.0] Russkij Kovcheg (2002) (aka Russian Ark) - D: Aleksandr Sokurov
  18. [201.5] Bloody Sunday (2002) - D: Paul Greengrass
  19. [161.0] Road to Perdition (2002) - D: Sam Mendes
  20. [158.5] Ni Neibian Jidian (2001) (aka What Time Is It There?) - D: Ming-liang Tsai
  21. [151.5] Catch Me If You Can (2002) - D: Steven Spielberg
  22. [139.0] The Quiet American (2002) - D: Phillip Noyce
  23. [133.0] La Pianiste (2001) (aka The Piano Teacher) - D: Michael Haneke
  24. [138.0] About a Boy (2002) - D: Chris and Paul Weitz
  25. [137.5] Je Rentre à la Maison (2001) (aka I'm Going Home) - D: Manoel de Oliveira
  26. [125.5] Monsoon Wedding (2001) - D: Mira Nair
  27. [112.0] Femme Fatale (2002) - D: Brian De Palma
  28. [126.0] Morvern Callar (2002) - D: Lynne Ramsay
  29. [111.0] 25th Hour (2002) - D: Spike Lee
  30. [104.5] 24 Hour Party People (2002) - D: Michael Winterbottom
  31. [095.0] Éloge de L'Amour (2001) (aka In Praise Of Love) - D: Jean-Luc Godard
  32. [093.0] Hatuna Meuheret (2001) (aka Late Marriage) - D: Dover Koshashvili
  33. [093.5] Frida (2002) - D: Julie Taymor
  34. [094.5] Lovely & Amazing (2001) - D: Nicole Holofcener
  35. [087.0] Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) - D: Phillip Noyce
  36. [090.0] Spider-Man (2002) - D: Sam Raimi
  37. [080.0] Solaris (2002) - D: Steven Soderbergh
  38. [071.5] Auto Focus (2002) - D: Paul Schrader
  39. [077.0] Sunshine State (2002) - D: John Sayles
  40. [071.5] All or Nothing (2002) - D: Mike Leigh
  41. [067.5] The Kid Stays In the Picture (2002) - D: Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen
  42. [058.0] Frailty (2001) - D: Bill Paxton
  43. [060.5] Secretary (2002) - D: Steven Shainberg
  44. [063.5] Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) - D: George Clooney
  45. [054.5] 13 Conversations About One Thing (2001) - D: Jill Sprecher
  46. [052.5] L'Anglaise et le Duc (2001) (aka The Lady and the Duke) - D: Eric Rohmer
  47. [051.0] Signs (2002) - D: M. Night Shyamalan
  48. [050.5] Esther Kahn (2000) - D: Arnaud Desplechin
  49. [047.0] The Good Girl (2002) - D: Miguel Arteta
  50. [046.5] Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002) - D: Paul Justman
  51. [044.5] 8 Mile (2002) - D: Curtis Hanson
  52. [049.5] Insomnia (2002) - D: Christopher Nolan
  53. [043.5] Dahmer (2002) - D: David Jacobson
  54. [042.0] Roger Dodger (2002) - D: Dylan Kidd
  55. [041.5] Domestic Violence (2001) - D: Frederick Wiseman
  56. [041.0] Igby Goes Down (2002) - D: Burr Steers
  57. [040.0] The Rookie (2002) - D: John Lee Hancock
  58. [038.0] Merci Pour le Chocolat (2000) (aka Nightcap) - D: Claude Chabrol
  59. [037.5] Cidade de Deus (2002) (aka City Of God) - D: Kátia Lund and Fernando Meirelles
  60. [036.5] One Hour Photo (2002) - D: Mark Romanek
  61. [047.0] Laissez-Passer (2002) (aka Safe Conduct) - D: Bertrand Tavernier
  62. [034.5] Trouble Every Day (2001) - D: Claire Denis
  63. [032.5] The Believer (2001) - D: Henry Bean
  64. [038.0] Spider (2002) - D: David Cronenberg
  65. [031.0] Lilo & Stitch (2002) - D: Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders
  66. [030.5] Akai Hashi No Shita No Nurui Mizu (2001) (aka Warm Water Under a Red Bridge) - D: Shohei Imamura
  67. [030.5] Corpus Callosum (2002) - D: Michael Snow
  68. [030.5] Italiensk for Begyndere (2000) (aka Italian for Beginners) - D: Lone Scherfig
  69. [029.5] Zhantai (2000) (aka Platform) - D: Zhang Ke Jia
  70. [029.0] Heaven (2002) - D: Tom Tykwer
  71. [028.5] Unfaithful (2002) - D: Adrian Lyne
  72. [028.0] Storytelling (2001) - D: Todd Solondz
  73. [027.5] Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002) - D: Rebecca Miller
  74. [026.5] Ivansxtc (2000) - D: Bernard Rose
  75. [026.5] Sur Mes Lèvres (2001) (aka Read My Lips) - D: Jacques Audiard
  76. [026.0] The Cockettes (2002) - D: Bill Weber and David Weissman
  77. [025.5] Takhté Siah (2000) (aka Blackboards) - D: Samira Makhmalbaf
  78. [025.5] Nueve Reinas (2000) (aka Nine Queens) - D: Fabián Bielinsky
  79. [025.0] Antwone Fisher (2002) - D: Denzel Washington
  80. [025.0] Ararat (2002) - D: Atom Egoyan
  81. [027.5] 8 Femmes (2002) (aka 8 Women) - D: François Ozon
  82. [023.5] Jackass: The Movie (2002) - D: Jeff Tremaine
  83. [023.0] The Bourne Identity (2002) - D: Doug Liman
  84. [024.5] The Ring (2002) - D: Gore Verbinski
  85. [021.5] Stevie (2002) - D: Steve James
  86. [021.0] The Grey Zone (2001) - D: Tim Blake Nelson
  87. [020.5] Guizi Lai Le (2000) (aka Devils on the Doorstep) - D: Wen Jiang
  88. [026.0] La Stanza del Figlio (2001) (aka The Son's Room) - D: Nanni Moretti
  89. [020.0] Last Orders (2001) - D: Fred Schepisi
  90. [019.5] Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) - D: Ashutosh Gowariker
  91. [019.0] Moonlight Mile (2002) - D: Brad Silberling
  92. [018.0] Biggie and Tupac (2002) - D: Nick Broomfield
  93. [018.0] Gerry (2002) - D: Gus Van Sant
  94. [018.0] My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) - D: Joel Zwick
  95. [023.0] Narc (2002) - D: Joe Carnahan
  96. [018.0] The Triumph of Love (2001) - D: Clare Peploe
  97. [017.0] The Cat's Meow (2001) - D: Peter Bogdanovich
  98. [017.0] The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) - D: Peter Care
  99. [016.5] Hell House (2001) - D: George Ratliff
  100. [016.5] Sånger Från Andra Våningen (2000) (aka Songs from the Second Floor) - D: Roy Andersson
  101. [016.5] The Sleepy Time Gal (2001) - D: Christopher Münch
  102. [016.0] La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2001) - D: Peter Watkins
  103. [016.0] Spellbound (2002) - D: Jeffrey Blitz
  104. [016.0] We Were Soldiers (2002) - D: Randall Wallace
  105. [018.5] Changing Lanes (2002) - D: Roger Michell
  106. [014.0] Lantana (2001) - D: Ray Lawrence
  107. [014.0] Love Liza (2002) - D: Todd Louiso
  108. [014.0] Monster's Ball (2001) - D: Marc Forster
  109. [014.0] Possession (2002) - D: Neil LaBute
  110. [013.5] Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) - D: Stacy Peralta
  111. [013.5] Tosca (2001) - D: Benoît Jacquot
  112. [013.5] Undisputed (2002) - D: Walter Hill
  113. [013.0] O Fantasma (2000) (aka Phantom) - D: João Pedro Rodrigues
  114. [013.0] Riri Shushu No Subete (2001) (aka All About Lily Chou-Chou) - D: Shunji Iwai
  115. [012.5] Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)
  116. [022.0] The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) - D: Wes Anderson
  117. [012.0] Ice Age (2002) - D: Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge
  118. [012.0] Le Pacte des Loups (2001) (aka Brotherhood of the Wolf) - D: Christophe Gans
  119. [011.5] Lucía Y El Sexo (2001) (aka Sex and Lucia) - D: Julio Medem
  120. [013.0] Devdas (2002) - D: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
  121. [011.0] Le Fond de L'Air est Rouge (1977) (aka Grin Without a Cat) - D: Chris Marker
  122. [011.0] Life and Debt (2001) - D: Stephanie Black
  123. [011.0] Resident Evil (2002) - D: Paul W.S. Anderson
  124. [010.5] Japón (2002) - D: Carlos Reygadas
  125. [010.5] Shiqi sui de dan che (2001) (aka Beijing Bicycle) - D: Xiaoshuai Wang
  126. [010.0] Baran (2001) - D: Majid Majidi
  127. [010.0] Boksuneun Naui Geot (2002) (aka Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) - D: Chan-Wook Park
  128. [010.0] Daughter From Danang (2002) - D: Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco
  129. [022.5] Gosford Park (2001) - D: Robert Altman
  130. [010.0] Lilja 4-Ever (2002) - D: Lukas Moodysson
  131. [018.0] Playtime (1967) - D: Jacques Tati
  132. [010.0] O Princípio da Incerteza (2002) (aka The Uncertainty Principle) - D: Manoel de Oliveira
  133. [010.0] Scarlet Diva (2000) - D: Asia Argento
  134. [009.5] Invincible (2001) - D: Werner Herzog
  135. [011.5] Real Women Have Curves (2002) - D: Patricia Cardoso
  136. [009.5] The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002) - D: Eugene Jarecki
  137. [009.0] La Chatte à Deux Têtes (2002) (aka Glowing Eyes) - D: Jacques Nolot
  138. [009.0] Comment J'ai Tué Mon Père (2001) (aka How I Killed My Father) - D: Anne Fontaine
  139. [009.0] Death to Smoochy (2002) - D: Danny DeVito
  140. [009.0] The Emperor's Club (2002) - D: Michael Hoffman
  141. [009.0] Fubar (2002) - D: Michael Dowse
  142. [009.0] Mischka (2002) - D: Jean-François Stévenin
  143. [014.5] Mulholland Dr. (2001) - D: David Lynch
  144. [009.0] Nicholas Nickleby (2002) - D: Douglas McGrath
  145. [009.0] Safar e Ghandehar (2001) (aka Kandahar) - D: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
  146. [014.0] Cremaster 3 (2002) - D: Matthew Barney
  147. [008.0] Charlotte Sometimes (2002) - D: Eric Byler
  148. [013.5] Être et Avoir (2002) (aka To Be and To Have) - D: Nicolas Philibert
  149. [008.0] Gibel' Otrara (1991) (aka The Fall of Otrar) - D: Ardak Amirkulov
  150. [008.0] Katakuri-ke no Kôfuku (2001) (aka The Happiness of the Katakuris) - D: Takashi Miike
  151. [008.0] London Orbital (2002) - D: Christopher Petit and Iain Sinclair
  152. [008.0] Promises (2001) - D: Carlos Bolado, B.Z. Goldberg and Justine Shapiro
  153. [008.0] Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) - D: George Lucas
  154. [011.0] Sweet Sixteen (2002) - D: Ken Loach
  155. [008.0] Waking Life (2001) - D: Richard Linklater
  156. [008.0] What's the Time in Vyborg? - D: Liisa Roberts
  157. [007.5] Derrida (2002) - D: Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Kofman
  158. [007.0] 800 Balas (2002) (aka 800 Bullets) - D: Álex de la Iglesia
  159. [007.0] Les Blessures Assassines (2000) (aka Murderous Maids) - D: Jean-Pierre Denis
  160. [007.0] `R Xmas (2001) - D: Abel Ferrara
  161. [007.0] Un Couple épatant (2002) (aka An Amazing Couple) - D: Lucas Belvaux
  162. [007.0] Empire - D: Paul Sietsema
  163. [007.0] The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2000) - D: George Butler
  164. [007.0] El Espinazo del Diablo (2001) - D: Guillermo del Toro
  165. [007.0] Full Frontal (2002) - D: Steven Soderbergh
  166. [007.0] Karmen Geï (2001) - D: Joseph Gaï Ramaka
  167. [007.0] The Man from Elysian Fields (2001) - D: George Hickenlooper
  168. [007.0] May (2002) - D: Lucky McKee
  169. [007.0] Paid in Full (2002) - D: Charles Stone III
  170. [007.0] Peau d'homme Coeur de Bête (1999) (aka Skin of Man, Heart of Beast) - D: Hélène Angel
  171. [007.0] En Sång för Martin (2001) (aka A Song for Martin) - D: Bille August
  172. [007.0] Wendigo (2001) - D: Larry Fessenden
  173. [007.0] Werckmeister Harmóniák (2000) (aka Werckmeister Harmonies) - D: Ágnes Hranitzky and Béla Tarr
  174. [006.5] Gangster No. 1 (2000) - D: Paul McGuigan
  175. [006.5] Lan Yu (2001) - D: Stanley Kwan
  176. [006.5] Strange Fruit (2002) - D: Joel Katz
  177. [013.5] Zuotian (2001) (aka Quitting) - D: Yang Zhang
  178. [006.0] Back Against the Wall (2002) - D: James Fotopoulos
  179. [006.0] Betty Fisher et Autres Histoires (2001) (aka Alias Betty) - D: Claude Miller
  180. [006.0] The Bread, My Sweet (2002) - D: Melissa Martin
  181. [006.0] Choses Secrètes (2002) (aka Secret Things) - D: Jean-Claude Brisseau
  182. [006.0] Elsker Dig For Evigt (2002) (aka Open Hearts) - D: Susanne Bier
  183. [006.0] Les Destinées Sentimentales(2000) (aka Les Destinées) - D: Olivier Assayas
  184. [006.0] Run Ronnie Run! (2002) - D: Troy Miller
  185. [006.0] Southeast Passage: A Journey to New Blank Spots on the Map of Europe - D: Ulrike Ottinger
  186. [006.0] Yadon Ilaheyya (2001) (aka Divine Intervention) - D: Elia Suleiman
  187. [005.5] À Ma Soeur! (2001) - D: Catherine Breillat
  188. [031.0] ABC Africa (2001) - D: Abbas Kiarostami
  189. [005.5] Anyangde Guer (2001) - D: Chao Wang
  190. [005.5] As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000) - D: Jonas Mekas
  191. [005.5] La Captive (2000) - D: Chantal Akerman
  192. [005.5] Chihwaseon (2002) - D: Kwon-Taek Im
  193. [005.5] Confessions of a Sociopath - D: Joe Gibbons
  194. [005.5] The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) - D: Kevin Reynolds
  195. [005.5] The Dancer Upstairs (2002) - D: John Malkovich
  196. [005.5] Demonlover (2002) - D: Olivier Assayas
  197. [005.5] Dirty Pretty Things (2002) - D: Stephen Frears
  198. [005.5] Donnie Darko (2001) - D: Richard Kelly
  199. [005.5] Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2001) - D: Guy Maddin
  200. [005.5] Goyangileul Butaghae (2001) (aka Take Care of My Cat) - D: Jae-eun Jeong
  201. [005.5] Hollywood Ending (2002) - D: Woody Allen
  202. [005.5] În fiecare zi Dumnezeu ne saruta pe gura (2002) (aka Everyday God Kisses Us on the Mouth) - D: Sinisa Dragin
  203. [005.5] An Injury to One (2002) - D: Travis Wilkerson
  204. [005.5] Mak Dau Goo Si (2001) (aka My Life as McDull) - D: Toe Yuen
  205. [005.5] Maya (2001) - D: Digvijay Singh
  206. [005.5] Otesánek (2000) (aka Little Otik) - D: Jan Svankmajer
  207. [005.5] Piñero (2001) - D: Leon Ichaso
  208. [005.5] Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts On the Class Struggle (2002) - D: Raoul Peck
  209. [005.5] Psalm III: 'Night of the Meek' (2002) - D: Philip S. Solomon
  210. [005.5] Racine-1 - D: Dietmar Brehm
  211. [005.5] Rain (2001) - D: Christine Jeffs
  212. [005.5] Remembrance of Things to Come
  213. [005.5] Ren xiao yao (2002) (aka Unknown Pleasures) - D: Zhang Ke Jia
  214. [005.5] Rivers and Tides (2001) - D: Thomas Riedelsheimer
  215. [005.5] The Rules of Attraction (2002) - D: Roger Avary
  216. [005.5] Sade (2000) - D: Benoît Jacquot
  217. [005.5] Siu Lam Juk Kau (2001) (aka Shaolin Soccer) - D: Stephen Chow
  218. [005.5] Sous le Sable (2000) (aka Under the Sand) - D: François Ozon
  219. [005.5] Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002) - D: Robert Rodriguez
  220. [005.5] The Visitation
  221. [005.5] The Weight of Water (2000) - D: Kathryn Bigelow
  222. [005.5] Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001) - D: Chris Ver Wiel
  223. [005.0] Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) - D: Jay Roach
  224. [005.0] Dolls (2002) - D: Takeshi Kitano
  225. [017.5] Le Fils (2002) (aka The Son) - D: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
  226. [005.0] Human Nature (2001) - D: Michel Gondry
  227. [005.0] Hundstage (2001) (aka Dog Days) - D: Ulrich Seidl
  228. [005.0] Qianxi Manbo (2001) (aka Millennium Mambo) - D: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
  229. [005.0] Sans Soleil (1982) - D: Chris Marker
  230. [005.0] Seom (2000) (aka The Isle) - D: Ki-duk Kim
  231. [005.0] Max (2002) - D: Menno Meyjes
  232. [005.0] Metropolis (2001) - D: Tarô Rin
  233. [017.0] Mies Vailla Menneisyyttä (2002) (aka The Man Without a Past) - D: Aki Kaurismäki
  234. [005.5] From Hell (2001)
  235. [005.0] Raye Makhfi (2001) (aka Secret Ballot) - D: Babak Payami
  236. [005.0] Va Savoir (2001) (Director's Cut) - D: Jacques Rivette
  237. [005.0] Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) - D: Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook
  238. [005.0] Sud Sanaeha (2001) - D: Apichatpong Weerasethakul (aka Blissfully Yours)
  239. [005.0] Tuvalu (1999) - D: Veit Helmer
  240. [005.0] L'Ultimo Bacio (2001) (aka The Last Kiss) - D: Gabriele Muccino
  241. [005.0] World Traveler (2001) - D: Bart Freundlich
  242. [004.0] Fararishtay Kifti Rost (2002) (aka Angel on the Right) - D: Jamshed Usmonov
  243. [004.0] The Fluffer (2001) - D: Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland
  244. [004.0] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) - D: Chris Columbus
  245. [004.0] Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat (2002) - D: David Raynr
  246. [004.0] The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (2001) - D: Paul Cox
  247. [004.0] Drumline (2002) - D: Charles Stone
  248. [004.0] The Truth About Charlie (2002)
  249. [004.0] The Truth About Tully (2000) (aka Tully) - D: Hilary Birmingham
  250. [003.5] Barbershop (2002) - D: Tim Story
  251. [003.5] CQ (2001) - D: Roman Coppola
  252. [003.0] Ali Zaoua, Prince de la Rue (2000) - D: Nabil Ayouch
  253. [003.0] Das Experiment (2001) - D: Oliver Hirschbiegel
  254. [003.0] The Four Feathers (2002) - D: Shekhar Kapur
  255. [003.0] How to Draw a Bunny (2002) - D: John W. Walter
  256. [003.0] El Hijo de la Novia (2001) (aka Son of the Bride) - D: Juan José Campanella
  257. [003.0] Jibeuro (2002) (aka The Way Home) - D: Jeong-hyang Lee
  258. [003.0] Just a Kiss (2002) - D: Fisher Stevens
  259. [003.0] Mahagonny (1980) - D: Harry Smith
  260. [003.0] Malpertuis: Histoire d'une maison maudite (1971) - D: Harry Kümel
  261. [003.0] Skins (2002) - D: Chris Eyre
  262. [003.0] Le Souffle (2001) (aka Deep Breath) - D: Damien Odoul
  263. [003.0] Waydowntown (2000) - D: Gary Burns
  264. [002.0] Ash Wednesday (2002) - D: Edward Burns
  265. [002.0] Blood Work (2002) - D: Clint Eastwood
  266. [002.0] Blue Crush (2002) - D: John Stockwell
  267. [002.0] Irréversible (2002) - D: Gaspar Noé
  268. [002.0] Vendredi Soir (2002) (aka Friday Night) - D: Claire Denis
  269. [002.0] Interview with the Assassin (2002) - D: Neil Burger
  270. [002.0] Love Is a Treasure - D: Eija-Liisa Ahtila
  271. [002.0] Satin Rouge (2002) (aka Red Satin) - D: Raja Amari
  272. [002.0] Showboy (2002) - D: Lindy Heymann and Christian Taylor
  273. [002.0] Tadpole (2002) - D: Gary Winick
  274. [009.0] Undercover Brother (2002) - D: Malcolm D. Lee
  275. [002.0] La Ville est Tranquille (2000) (aka The Town Is Quiet) - D: Robert Guédiguian
  276. [002.0] Heremakono (2002) (aka Waiting for Happiness) - D: Abderrahmane Sissako
  277. [002.0] Wet Hot American Summer (2001) - D: David Wain
  278. [002.0] Windtalkers (2002) - D: John Woo
  279. [002.0] Bartleby (2001) - D: Jonathan Parker
  280. [002.0] Liam (2000) - D: Stephen Frears
  281. [002.0] Ten (2002) - D: Abbas Kiarostami
  282. [001.5] Evelyn (2002) - D: Bruce Beresford
  283. [001.5] Die Another Day (2002) - D: Lee Tamahori
  284. [001.0] C'est le Murmure de L'Eau Qui Chante - D: Brigitte Cornand
  285. [001.0] Investigation of a Flame (2001) - D: Lynne Sachs
  286. [001.0] Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002) - D: Mike Nawrocki and Phil Vischer
  287. [001.0] De L'autre Côté (2002) (aka From the Other Side) - D: Chantal Akerman
  288. [001.0] Pumpkin (2002) - D: Anthony Abrams and Adam Larson Broder
  289. [005.0] Saenghwalui Balgyeon (2002) (aka Turning Gate) - D: Sang-soo Hong
  290. [001.0] The Salton Sea (2002) - D: D.J. Caruso
  291. [001.0] Scratch (2001) - D: Doug Pray
  292. [001.0] Underground Zero (2002)
  293. [001.0] War Photographer (2002) - D: Christian Frei
  294. [001.0] Welcome to Collinwood (2002) - D: Anthony and Joe Russo
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  296. Honorable Mentions - Films That Were Mentioned Positively But That Didn't Make Anyone's 10 Best List
  297. Bella Martha (2001) (aka Mostly Martha) - D: Sandra Nettelbeck
  298. Blade II (2002) - D: Guillermo del Toro
  299. Cherish (2002) - D: Finn Taylor
  300. City by the Sea (2002) - D: Michael Caton-Jones
  301. Home Movie (2001) - D: Chris Smith
  302. Iris (2001) - D: Richard Eyre
  303. Mariages (2001) - D: Catherine Martin
  304. Mua He Chieu Thang Dung (2000) (aka Vertical Ray of the Sun) - D: Anh Hung Tran
  305. Never Again (2001) - D: Eric Schaeffer
  306. Notorious C.H.O. (2002) - D: Lorene Machado
  307. Reign of Fire (2002) - D: Rob Bowman
  308. Scotland, Pa. (2001) - D: Billy Morrissette
  309. Super Troopers (2001) - D: Jay Chandrasekhar
  310. Trembling Before G-d (2001) - D: Sandi Simcha Dubowski
  311. Va Savoir (2001) - D: Jacques Rivette
  312. Zero Day - Ben Coccio
Author Comments: 

[Note: Films which I have NOT seen are highlighted in yellow. Of the highlighted those which are available on DVD are in bold.]

Synopsis: One critic, one voice, one top ten list.

Scoring: The number ten film gets 1 point and the number one film gets 10 points. Everything in between is distributed accordingly. If a critic places 2 films in the same position on the list, e.g. Tied for 1st, then the points for that position are split between the two films. If a critic provides their top 10 movies but doesn't bother to rank them then the total points (55) are split evenly across the list as a whole.

Critics Tallied Herein: Thelma Adams, Tom Alesia, Jason Anderson, Jeffrey M. Anderson, John Anderson, Melissa Anderson, Soren Anderson, Marke Andrews, David Ansen, Todd Anthony, Nicole Armour, William Arnold, Paul Arthur, Michael Atkinson, John Beifuss, James Berardinelli, Jami Bernard, Ian Birnie, Rob Blackwelder, Ed Blank, Frédéric Bonnaud, David Bordwell, Christopher Borrelli, Jay Boyar, Liz Braun, Brian Brooks, Mikita Brottman, Dwight Brown, Peter Brunette, Ty Burr, Leslie Camhi, Robert Butler, Mark Caro, Chris Chang, Godfrey Cheshire, Paul Clinton, Eddie Cockrell, Micheal Compton, Joanna Connors, Richard Corliss, Colin Covert, Jill Cozzi, Travis Crawford, Pete Croatto, Edward Crouse, Mike D'Angelo, Manohla Dargis, Jane Dark, Chris Darke, Alisa Davis, Jim Delmont, Robert Denerstein, Thomas Doherty, Gary Dowell, Mark Dujsik, Karen Durbin, Roger Ebert, Cheryl Eddy, David Edelstein, David Ehrenstein, Justine Elias, Steve Erickson, Hap Erstein, Father Geek, F.X. Feeney, Howard Feinstein, Marshall Fine, Jonathan Foreman, Scott Foundas, Garth Franklin, Mark Freeman, Philip French, Cynthia Fuchs, Chris Fujiwara, Graham Fuller, Jack Garner, Susan Gerhard, David Germain, Owen Gleiberman, Ed Gonzalez, Rachel Gordon, Bob Grimm, Ed Halter, Ernest Hardy, Eugene Hernandez, Chris Hewitt, Jonathan W. Hickman, Mark Hinson, J. Hoberman, Louis B. Hobson, Mark Holcomb, Stephen Holden, Kirk Honeycutt, Ann Hornaday, Robert Horton, Alexander Horwath, Desson Howe, David Hunter, Stephen Hunter, Johnny Ray Huston, Chrissie Iles, Mark Jenkins, William Johnson, Kent Jones, Kristin M. Jones, Brandon Judell, Anthony Kaufman, Dave Kehr, Christopher Kelly, Peter Keough, Jeremiah Kipp, Stewart Klawans, Andy Klein, Harry Knowles, Joanna Langfield, Dave Larsen, Mick LaSalle, Christy Lemire, Dennis Lim, Kim Linekin, Bob Longino, Leonard Lopate, Phillip Lopate, Todd Lothery, Glenn Lovell, Alice Lovejoy, Guy Maddin, Paul Malcolm, Philip Martin, Jack Mathews, Patrick McGavin, Margaret McGurk, Brian Miller, Elvis Mitchell, Wendy Mitchell, Roger Moore, Wesley Morris, Michael Musto, Adam Nayman, Rob Nelson, Bruce Newman, Christopher Null, Geoffrey O'Brien, Sean O'Connell, Andrew O'Hehir, Mark Olsen, Jean Oppenheimer, Craig Outhier, Ed Park, Barry Parris, Gerald Peary, Mark Peranson, Keith Phipps, David Poland, John Powers, Ray Pride, James Quandt, Nathan Rabin, Peter Rainer, Ingrid Randoja, Michael Rechtshaffen, B. Ruby Rich, Carrie Rickey, Jim Ridley, Eleanor Ringel, Richard Roeper, Jonathan Romney, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Matthew Ross, Joshua Rothkopf, Mike Rubin, Chuck Rudolph, Nick Rutigliano, Frank Scheck, Richard Schickel, Norm Schrager, Lisa Schwarzbaum, A.O. Scott, Gene Seymour, Joel Siegel, Gabriel Shanks, Jeff Simon, Laura Sinagra, Robert Sklar, Clay Smith, Gavin Smith, Gregory Solman, Evan Spigelman, Michael Sragow, Susan Stark, Melissa Starker, Elliott Stein, Chuck Stephens, David Sterritt, Bob Strauss, Jeff Strickler, Ron Stringer, Jan Stuart, Jane Sumner, Amy Taubin, Susan Tavernetti, Charles Taylor, Ella Taylor, George M. Thomas, Kevin Thomas, Anne Thompson, Luke Y. Thompson, David Thomson, Scott Tobias, Lawrence Toppman, Erin Torneo, Peter Travers, Catharine Tunnacliffe, Kenneth Turan, Barbara Vancheri, James Verniere, Chris Vognar, Richard Von Busack, David Walsh, John Waters, Gregory Weinkauf, Ron Weiskind, Jeffrey Wells, Glenn Whipp, Armond White, Stephen Whitty, Michael Wilmington, Robert Wilonsky, Chuck Wilson, Jessica Winter, Andrew Wright, Philip Wuntch, Stephanie Zacharek

Critics Yet To Tally Herein: Andy Bailey, Susannah Breslin, Bob Campbell, Cody Clark, David Denby, Bob Graham, Edward Guthmann, Adrian Hennigan, Andrew Johnston, Rita Kempley, Jack Matthews, Kevin Maynard, Sean Means, Max Messier, Carla Meyer, Ed Morales, Joe Morgenstern, Michael Potemra, Rex Reed, Leah Rozen, Andrew Sarris, Matt Zoller Seitz, Lucius Shepard, John Simon, Larry Terenzi

Plundering: The Film Experience, Google "top 10 films 2002", Moviecrazed, The Top 10 Project, Village Voice: Take 4 -- 2002 Film Poll

lbangs12/31/2002

My goodness, I have got to get started hitting the theater and soon!

This is a terrific list and one that reminds me of films I need to catch. Thank you!

Shalom, y'all!

L. Bangs

AAA04/26/2003

Alex Fung has a superb section on critics' top ten lists per year.
Also, since you use him as a source, why don't you use the Film Bitch's top ten? He's a cinemarati member. Also, if you look at his collection, you will see that he has an early draft of my top ten in his listings. It was very kind of him to do that.

dgeiser1304/27/2003

The Film Experience is "The Film Bitch". If you click on the link above he has your list. My ultimate plan is to include everyone's Top 10 list, including yours, in this process. But as you know the longer I wait to include yours the more accurate it will be as yours is still in flux. :-)

Yesterday was the first chance I've had to dedicate any time to this list for at least 2 months. I'm just trying to dig up as many Top 10 lists as I can and add them into the mix. It just takes a lot of time more than anything. If you know of any other good "meta" resources (pages which link to or make record of) many other Top 10 lists let me know.

AAA04/27/2003

Oh, I realized that the Film Bitch and Film Experience were the same thing, but I didn't spot his name on the large list of critics. Now that you've explained it, I understand.

Also, I just thought it was funny that he posted my list. We're both Chlotrudis members you see.

stumpy04/27/2003

If I could ask one question... What are your thoughts on this fantastic list best representing the global appeal of a particular movie as opposed to the tendency of critics to be global in their Top 10 listings? That is… do you think the major critics may be under some pressure to perhaps unfairly pad their Top 10’s with dramas and/or foreign films.

I ask this because of your obvious expertise in this area, the large number of "foreign" films on the list and the old established rumors favoring drama over comedy, animation, etc… as they pertain to the Academy Awards. I’d be very interested in knowing if you have an opinion either way.

stumpy04/28/2003

Just in case you mistook my original post as an attack on the credibility of your list here... perhaps I need to explain further. What sparked my original post was the "anti-critic" article by Peter Bart, Variety editor, in their Jan. 6th edition as well as the Charles Taylor "pro-critic" rebuttal in his Jan. 13 article posted at Salon.com.

Whether you knew of that conflict or not though, I was only asking for your opinion on whether perhaps number 8. and 9. on a critics "year-end" Top 10 list could possibly be pressured by conformity. It's a rather easy question that doesn't need to be defended. I'd prefer not to think that Mr. Barts "elitism" label exists among the Listologists.

stumpy04/30/2003

Such a waste of credibility. My apologies to the rest of Listology for exposing such a distastful characteristic in a major contributor.

dgeiser1304/30/2003

Stumpy, who exactly are you referring to with your last statement here? Are you having some sort of conversation with yourself?