Films Seen 2002

Here are all the films I've seen this year. Films eligible for my 2000 top ten list are in bold, films that I'd seen previously are in gray and shorts (less than 45 minutes long) are preceed by an 's'. A '*' indicates that I saw the film on video and an '^' on a video projection system. For an explanation of my grading system, please visit the tedious minutia page.

  • 215. (31 Dec) Chicago (Rob Marshall, 2002)
  • 214. (29 Dec) Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg, 2002)
  • 213. (28 Dec) Dahmer (David Jacobson, 2002)*
  • 212. (27 Dec) Heaven (Tom Tykwer, 2002)
  • 211. (24 Dec) 'R Xmas (Abel Ferrara, 2001)*
  • 210. (24 Dec) Two Weeks Notice (Marc Lawrence, 2002)
  • 209. (23 Dec) Esther Kahn (Arnaud Desplechin, 2000)*
  • 208. (22 Dec) Last Orders (Fred Schepisi, 2001)*
  • 207. (22 Dec) Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese, 2002)
  • 206. (21 Dec) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002)
  • 205. (21 Dec) Russian Ark (Alexander Sukorov, 2002)*
  • 204. (19 Dec) Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (Shohei Imamura, 2001)*
  • 203. (17 Dec) Merci pour le chocolat (Claude Chabrol, 2000)*
  • 202. (15 Dec) I'm Going Home (Manoel de Oliveira, 2001)*
  • 201. (14 Dec) Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)*
  • 200. (13 Dec) Songs From the Second Floor (Roy Andersson, 2000)*
  • 199. (12 Dec) Adaptation. (Spike Jonze, 2002)
  • 198. (10 Dec) Derrida (Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering Kofman, 2002)*
  • 197. (09 Dec) Changing Lanes (Roger Michell, 2002)*
  • s47. (08 Dec) His Wedding Night (Roscoe Arbuckle, 1917)*
  • 196. (08 Dec) Undisputed (Walter Hill, 2002)*
  • 195. (04 Dec) A.B.C Africa (Abbas Kiarostami, 2001)*
  • 194. (03 Dec) The Birth of Love (Philippe Garrel, 1993)
  • 193. (02 Dec) All About Lily Chou-Chou (Shunji Iwai, 2001)*
  • 192. (01 Dec) The Happiness of the Katakuris (Takashi Miike, 2001)
  • 191. (30 Nov) Solaris (Steven Soderbergh, 2002)
  • s46. (24 Nov) Ménilmontant (Dimitri Kirsanoff, 1926)*
  • 190. (22 Nov) Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002)
  • 189. (20 Nov) Easy Virtue (Alfred Hitchcock, 1927)*
  • 188. (19 Nov) Pigalle (Karim Dridi, 1994)
  • 187. (17 Nov) Chang (Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Shoedsack, 1927)*
  • 186. (17 Nov) Napoleon (Abel Gance, 1927)*
  • 185. (16 Nov) The Truth About Charlie (Jonathan Demme, 2002)
  • 184. (15 Nov) 8 Mile (Curtis Hanson, 2002)
  • 183. (10 Nov) Frida (Julie Taymor, 2002)
  • 182. (10 Nov) Les Destinées (Olivier Assayas, 2000)*
  • 181. (09 Nov) Femme Fatale (Brian De Palma, 2002)
  • 180. (08 Nov) Bloody Sunday (Paul Greengrass, 2002)
  • 179. (05 Nov) Mother (V.I. Pudovkin, 1926)*
  • 178. (04 Nov) Dressed to Kill (Brian De Palma, 1980)*
  • 177. (03 Nov) Bowling For Columbine (Michael Moore, 2002)
  • 176. (02 Nov) Ring 2 (Hideo Nakata, 1998)*
  • 175. (02 Nov) Jackass the Movie (Jeff Tremaine, 2002)
  • 174. (27 Oct) The Rules of Attraction (Roger Avary, 2002)
  • 173. (25 Oct) Secretary (Steven Shainberg, 2002)
  • 172. (23 Oct) Battling Butler (Buster Keaton, 1926)*
  • 171. (22 Oct) Zvenigora (Alexander Dovzhenko, 1928)
  • 170. (21 Oct) 8 Women (François Ozon, 2002)
  • 169. (20 Oct) Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
  • 168. (19 Oct) Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)
  • 167. (18 Oct) The Ring (Gore Verbinski, 2002)
  • 166. (18 Oct) The Strong Man (Frank Capra, 1926)*
  • 165. (16 Oct) The Lodger (Alfred Hitchcock, 1926)*
  • 164. (15 Oct) By the Law (Lev Kuleshov, 1926)*
  • 163. (14 Oct) Tartuffe (F.W. Murnau, 1926)*
  • 162. (13 Oct) Roger Dodger (Dylan Kidd, 2002)
  • 161. (12 Oct) Lady Windermere's Fan (Ernst Lubitsch, 1925)*
  • 160. (11 Oct) Das Experiment (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2001)
  • 159. (10 Oct) Lost in La Mancha (Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe, 2002)
  • 158. (09 Oct) Greed (Erich von Stroheim, 1925)*
  • 157. (07 Oct) I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (Sam Jones, 2002)
  • 156. (05 Oct) The Phantom of the Opera (Rupert Julian, 1925)*
  • 155. (04 Oct) Moonlight Mile (Brad Silberling, 2002)
  • 154. (02 Oct) Sally of the Sawdust (D.W. Griffith, 1925)*
  • 153. (01 Oct) Ivan (Alexander Dovzhenko, 1932)
  • 152. (30 Sep) The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (Lev Kuleshov, 1924)*
  • s45. (29 Sep) The House of Darkness (D.W. Griffith, 1913)*
  • 151. (29 Sep) My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Joel Zwick, 2002)
  • 150. (29 Sep) America (D.W. Griffith, 1924)*
  • 149. (27 Sep) 24 Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom, 2002)
  • s44. (25 Sep) For His Son (D.W. Griffith, 1912)*
  • s43. (25 Sep) What Shall We Do With Our Old? (D.W. Griffith, 1911)*
  • s42. (25 Sep) In the Border States (D.W. Griffith, 1910)*
  • s41. (25 Sep) The Redman's View (D.W. Griffith, 1909)*
  • 148. (22 Sep) The Great Ecstasy of the Woodcarver Steiner (Werner Herzog, 1974)
  • s40. (22 Sep) How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck... (Werner Herzog, 1976)
  • 147. (20 Sep) Igby Goes Down (Burr Steers, 2002)
  • 146. (18 Sep) Standing By Yourself (Josh Koury, 2001)^
  • s39. (18 Sep) Kalkitos (Miguel Gomes, 2002)^
  • s38. (18 Sep) Gentle-Man (Sean Reynard, Tom Meeten, 2002)^
  • s37. (18 Sep) P.I.F. (Sean Reynard, Tom Meeten, 2002)^
  • s36. (18 Sep) The Free Man (Sylvie Boisseau, Frank Westermeyer, 2002)^
  • 145. (17 Sep) The Big Parade (King Vidor, 1925)*
  • 144. (15 Sep) Read My Lips (Jacques Audiard, 2001)
  • 143. (15 Sep) Diplomatic Pouch (Alexander Dovzhenko, 1927)
  • s35. (15 Sep) Love Berry (Alexander Dovzhenko, 1926)
  • 142. (14 Sep) Stealing Harvard (Bruce McCulloch, 2002)
  • 141. (13 Sep) One Hour Photo (Mark Romanek, 2002)
  • 140. (11 Sep) Go West (Buster Keaton, 1925)*
  • 139. (10 Sep) Arsenal (Alexander Dovzhenko, 1928)
  • 138. (09 Sep) Tumbleweeds (King Baggot, 1925)*
  • 137. (08 Sep) Blue Crush (John Stockwell, 2002)
  • 136. (07 Sep) Session 9 (Brad Anderson, 2001)*
  • 135. (07 Sep) Isn't Life Wonderful (D.W. Griffith, 1924)*
  • 134. (06 Sep) The Uninvited (Lewis Allen, 1944)*
  • 133. (05 Sep) No Such Thing (Hal Hartley, 2001)*
  • s34. (04 Sep) Chess Fever (V.I. Pudovkin, Nikolai Shpikovsky, 1925)*
  • s33. (04 Sep) The Crazy Ray (René Clair, 1925)*
  • 132. (03 Sep) The Joyless Street (G.W. Pabst, 1925)*
  • 131. (31 Aug) Possession (Neil LaBute, 2002)
  • 130. (31 Aug) Strike (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)*
  • 129. (26 Aug) Seven Chances (Buster Keaton, 1925)*
  • 128. (25 Aug) The Navigator (Donald Crisp & Buster Keaton, 1924)*
  • 127. (25 Aug) The Good Girl (Miguel Arteta, 2002)
  • 126. (24 Aug) CQ (Roman Coppola, 2001)
  • 125. (23 Aug) Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
  • 124. (21 Aug) Austin Powers in Goldmember (Jay Roach, 2002)
  • 123. (17 Aug) The Kid Stays in the Picture (Nanette Burstein & Brett Morgen, 2002)
  • 122. (17 Aug) The Last Laugh (F.W. Murnau, 1924)*
  • 121. (17 Aug) Murderous Maids (Jean-Pierre Denis, 2000)
  • 120. (16 Aug) Late Wedding (Dover Koshashvili, 2001)
  • s32. (14 Aug) Entr'acte (René Clair, 1924)*
  • 119. (12 Aug) The City of Lost Souls (Takashi Miike, 2000)
  • 118. (12 Aug) Aelita: Queen of Mars (Yakov Protazanov, 1924)*
  • 117. (11 Aug) The Changeling (Peter Medak, 1980)*
  • 116. (08 Aug) Kino-Eye (Dziga Vertov, 1924)*
  • 115. (05 Aug) Kriemhild's Revenge (Fritz Lang, 1924)*
  • 114. (04 Aug) Dead or Alive (Takashi Miike, 1999)
  • 113. (04 Aug) Full Frontal (Steven Soderbergh, 2002)
  • 112. (03 Aug) Six in Paris (Claude Chabrol, Jean Douchet, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Daniel Pollet, Eric Rohmer, Jean Rouch, 1965)
  • s31. (03 Aug) Sherlock, Jr. (Buster Keaton, 1924)*
  • 111. (02 Aug) Signs (M. Night Shyamalan, 2002)
  • 110. (01 Aug) Siegfried (Fritz Lang, 1924)*
  • 109. (31 Jul) Cutter's Way (Ivan Passer, 1981)*
  • 108. (28 Jul) The Marriage Circle (Ernst Lubitsch, 1924)*
  • 107. (28 Jul) Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Zacharias Kunuk, 2001)
  • 106. (27 Jul) Trouble Every Day (Claire Denis, 2001)
  • 105. (25 Jul) Our Hospitality (Buster Keaton, John G. Blystone, 1923)*
  • 104. (24 Jul) A Woman of Paris (Charles Chaplin, 1923)*
  • 103. (22 Jul) California Split (Robert Altman, 1974)
  • 102. (20 Jul) The Three Ages (Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline, 1923)*
  • 101. (19 Jul) Lovely & Amazing (Nicole Holofcener, 2001)
  • 100. (18 Jul) The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke, 2001)
  • 099. (15 Jul) Kiss Me, Stupid (Billy Wilder, 1964)
  • 098. (14 Jul) Road to Perdition (Sam Mendes, 2002)
  • 097. (10 Jul) Safety Last (Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, 1923)*
  • 096. (08 Jul) The Red and the White (Miklós Jancsó, 1967)
  • 095. (07 Jul) The Believer (Henry Bean, 2001)
  • 094. (07 Jul) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Wallace Worsley, 1923)*
  • 093. (05 Jul) Uzumaki (Higuchinsky, 2000)*
  • 092. (04 Jul) Orange County (Jake Kasdan, 2002)*
  • s30. (04 Jul) Voice of the Nightingale (Wladyslaw Starewicz, 1923)*
  • s29. (04 Jul) The Frogs Who Wanted a King (Wladyslaw Starewicz, 1923)*
  • 091. (04 Jul) Time Out (Laurent Cantet, 2001)
  • s28. (04 Jul) The Love Nest (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1923)*
  • 090. (03 Jul) The Pilgrim (Charles Chaplin, 1923)*
  • s27. (02 Jul) The Balloonatic (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1923)*
  • s26. (02 Jul) Day Dreams (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1922)*
  • 089. (01 Jul) Bigger Than Life (Nicholas Ray, 1956)
  • s25. (01 Jul) The Electric House (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1922)*
  • 088. (30 Jun) The Lady and the Duke (Eric Rohmer, 2001)
  • 087. (30 Jun) Häxan (Benjamin Christensen, 1922)*
  • 086. (26 Jun) Ring (Hideo Nakata, 1998)*
  • s24. (24 Jun) The Frozen North (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1922)*
  • s23. (23 Jun) The Blacksmith (Buster Keaton, Mal St. Clair, 1922)*
  • 085. (21 Jun) Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002)
  • 084. (20 Jun) Nanook of the North (Robert Flaherty, 1922)*
  • s22. (19 Jun) My Wife's Relations (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1922)*
  • 083. (18 Jun) The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman, 2002)
  • 082. (17 Jun) The Hidden Fortress (Akira Kurosawa, 1958)
  • 081. (16 Jun) Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (Fritz Lang, 1922)*
  • 080. (10 Jun) Comanche Station (Budd Boetticher, 1960)
  • 079. (10 Jun) Ride Lonesome (Budd Boetticher, 1959)
  • s21. (09 Jun) Pay Day (Charles Chaplin, 1922)*
  • s20. (09 Jun) Cops (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1922)*
  • s19. (09 Jun) The Paleface (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1922)*
  • 078. (08 Jun) From Hell (The Hughes Brothers, 2001)*
  • 077. (08 Jun) Undercover Brother (Malcolm D. Lee, 2002)
  • 076. (08 Jun) Foolish Wives (Erich von Stroheim, 1922)*
  • 075. (03 Jun) Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (Frank Tashlin, 1957)
  • 074. (03 Jun) The Girl Can't Help It (Frank Tashlin, 1956)
  • 073. (02 Jun) Dogtown and Z-Boys (Stacy Peralta, 2001)
  • 072. (31 May) Orphans of the Storm (D.W. Griffith, 1921)*
  • s18. (30 May) The Idle Class (Charles Chaplin, 1921)*
  • s17. (28 May) The Boat (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1921)*
  • s16. (28 May) The Playhouse (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1921)*
  • s15. (28 May) The Goat (Buster Keaton, Mal St. Clair, 1921)*
  • s14. (28 May) The High Sign (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1921)*
  • 071. (27 May) Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (Ashutosh Gowariker, 2001)
  • 070. (27 May) Insomnia (Christopher Nolan, 2002)
  • s13. (26 May) Hard Luck (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1921)*
  • 069. (25 May) About a Boy (Paul Weitz & Chris Weitz, 2002)
  • s12. (23 May) The Haunted House (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1921)*
  • 068. (23 May) The Phantom Chariot (Victor Sjöström, 1921)*
  • 067. (22 May) Black Tight Killers (Yasuharu Hasebe, 1966)
  • 066. (21 May) Leaves From Satan's Book (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1920)*
  • s11. (19 May) Neighbors (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1920)*
  • 065. (18 May) Pulse (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2001)*
  • 064. (18 May) The Son's Room (Nanni Moretti, 2001)
  • s10. (17 May) The Scarecrow (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1920)*
  • s09. (15 May) Convict 13 (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1920)*
  • 063. (14 May) The Saphead (Herbert Blaché, 1920)*
  • 062. (13 May) Way Down East (D.W. Griffith, 1920)*
  • 061. (12 May) Unfaithful (Adrian Lyne, 2002)
  • 060. (11 May) Sabrina (Billy Wilder, 1954)
  • s08. (11 May) One Week (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, 1920)*
  • s07. (06 May) A Dog's Life (Charles Chaplin, 1918)*
  • 059. (05 May) Male and Female (Cecil B. DeMille, 1919)*
  • 058. (05 May) Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2002)
  • s06. (01 May) A Day's Pleasure (Charles Chaplin, 1919)*
  • 057. (01 May) The Monastary of Sendomir (Victor Sjöström, 1920)*
  • 056. (30 Apr) What Time Is It There? (Tsai Ming-liang, 2001)
  • s05. (28 Apr) The Garage (Roscoe Arbuckle, 1919)*
  • s04. (28 Apr) The Hayseed (Roscoe Arbuckle, 1919)*
  • s03. (28 Apr) Back Stage (Roscoe Arbuckle, 1919)*
  • 055. (27 Apr) Destiny (Fritz Lang, 1921)^
  • s02. (27 Apr) Sunnyside (Charles Chaplin, 1919)*
  • 054. (27 Apr) Shoulder Arms (Charles Chaplin, 1918)*
  • 053. (25 Apr) The Cheat (Cecil B. DeMille, 1915)*
  • 052. (25 Apr) Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair, 2001)
  • 051. (23 Apr) Flesh and the Devil (Clarence Brown, 1926)
  • 050. (23 Apr) Thomas Graal's Best Child (Mauritz Stiller, 1918)*
  • s01. (22 Apr) The Dream (Thomas Ince, George Loane Tucker, 1911)*
  • 049. (21 Apr) Judith of Bethulia (D.W. Griffith, 1914)*
  • 048. (20 Apr) An Aria on Gaze (Hisayasu Sato, 1992)*
  • 047. (20 Apr) Visitor Q (Takashi Miike, 2001)*
  • 046. (16 Apr) It (Clarence G. Badger, 1927)
  • 045. (13 Apr) Frailty (Bill Paxton, 2002)
  • 044. (12 Apr) Human Nature (Michel Gondry, 2001)
  • 043. (12 Apr) The Outlaw and His Wife (Victor Sjöström, 1918)*
  • 042. (07 Apr) The Brother From Another Planet (John Sayles, 1984)
  • 041. (06 Apr) Following (Christopher Nolan, 1998)*
  • 040. (05 Apr) Y tu mamá también (Alfonso Cuarón, 2001)
  • 039. (30 Mar) Blade II (Guillermo del Toro, 2002)
  • 038. (29 Mar) Panic Room (David Fincher, 2002)
  • 037. (28 Mar) E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982)
  • 036. (24 Mar) Scratch (Doug Pray, 2001)
  • 035. (24 Mar) No Man's Land (Danis Tanovic, 2001)
  • 034. (23 Mar) Brotherhood of the Wolf (Christophe Gans, 2001)
  • 033. (16 Mar) Zoolander (Ben Stiller, 2001)
  • 032. (15 Mar) The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese, 1978)
  • 031. (14 Mar) Kandahar (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 2001)
  • 030. (12 Mar) Hell House (George Ratliff, 2001)
  • 029. (09 Mar) Home Movie (Chris Smith, 2001)
  • 028. (08 Mar) Tuvalu (Veit Helmer, 1999)
  • 027. (04 Mar) Metropolis (Rintaro, 2001)
  • 026. (02 Mar) The Count of Monte Cristo (Kevin Reynolds, 2002)
  • 025. (26 Feb) Dinner at Eight (George Cukor, 1933)
  • 024. (24 Feb) Matinée (Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 1977)
  • 023. (21 Feb) Wisconsin Death Trip (James Marsh, 1999)
  • 022. (20 Feb) Female Convict "Scorpion"--Jailhouse 41 (Shunya Ito, 1972)
  • 021. (19 Feb) Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch, 1932)
  • 020. (16 Feb) The Mothman Prophecies (Mark Pellington, 2002)
  • 019. (10 Feb) Monster's Ball (Marc Forster, 2001)
  • 018. (09 Feb) Storytelling (Todd Solondz, 2001)
  • 017. (05 Feb) My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava, 1936)
  • 016. (02 Feb) Birthday Girl (Jez Butterworth, 2000)
  • 015. (02 Feb) 101 Reykjavik (Baltasar Kormákur, 2000)
  • 014. (29 Jan) You Can't Take It With You (Frank Capra, 1938)
  • 013. (27 Jan) Lantana (Ray Lawrence, 2001)
  • 012. (26 Jan) Voyages (Emmanuel Finkiel, 1999)*
  • 011. (26 Jan) Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott, 2001)
  • 010. (20 Jan) 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
  • 009. (18 Jan) Southern Comfort (Kate Davis, 2001)*
  • 008. (17 Jan) Little Otik (Jan Svankmajer, 2000)*
  • 007. (16 Jan) Intimacy (Patrice Chéreau, 2000)
  • 006. (15 Jan) Faust (F.W. Murnau, 1926)
  • 005. (12 Jan) Gosford Park (Robert Altman, 2001)
  • 004. (11 Jan) Chain Camera (Kirby Dick, 2001)*
  • 003. (05 Jan) Ali (Michael Mann, 2001)
  • 002. (04 Jan) The Legend of Rita (Volker Schlöndorff, 1999)*
  • 001. (01 Jan) A Beautiful Mind (Ron Howard, 2001)