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Empire's 50 Must See Movies of 2002

It’s been a damn fine year for movies. Spielberg and Cruise got it together at last, Yoda made mincemeat of Count Dooku and Bond outshone a certain Mr Diesel just like we knew he would. But with such a smorgasbord of celluloid treasures laid out before you, did you rise to the cinematic challenge and bear proud witness to the vital movie events of the year? Or did you skulk in the shadows a Gollum-like husk of a creature only venturing forth for such ill-chosen turkeys as Killing Me Softly or, God forbid, Pluto Nash? Yep, steel yourselves because it’s time to test your cinema-going mettle and discover if you caught the 50 must-see movies of 2002.

(found at: http://www.empireonline.com/features/review2002/)
1. 24 Hour Party People
by Michael Winterbottom
  
2. 28 Days Later (Widescreen Edition)
by Danny Boyle
  
3. About a Boy (Widescreen Edition)  
4. Ali  
5. Austin Powers in Goldmember (Widescreen Infinifilm Edition)
by Jay Roach
  
6. A Beautiful Mind (Widescreen Awards Edition)  
7. Bend It Like Beckham (Widescreen Edition)  
8. Black Hawk Down
by Ridley Scott
  
9. Blade II (New Line Platinum Series)  
10. The Bourne Identity (Widescreen Extended Edition)
by Doug Liman
  
11. Bowling for Columbine  
12. Die Another Day (Widescreen Special Edition)
by Lee Tamahori
  
13. Dog Soldiers
by Neil Marshall
  
14. Dogtown and Z-Boys  
15. Donnie Darko
by Richard Kelly (II)
  
16. The Experiment
by Oliver Hirschbiegel
  
17. The Eye
by Oxide Pang Chun
  
18. Eight Legged Freaks
by Ellory Elkayem
  
19. From Hell (Two-Disc Special Edition)  
20. Gosford Park
by Robert Altman
  
21. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Harry Potter 2)
by Chris Columbus
  
22. Insomnia (Widescreen Edition)
by Christopher Nolan
  
23. In the Bedroom
by Todd Field
  
24. Iris (2001)
by Richard Eyre
  
25. Lantana
by Ray Lawrence (II)
  
26. The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Widescreen Edition)  
27. Lost in La Mancha
by Louis Pepe
  
28. Men in Black II (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)  
29. Minority Report
by Steven Spielberg
  
30. Monster's Ball
by Marc Forster
  
31. Monsters, Inc. (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
by Peter Docter
  
32. Mulholland Drive  
33. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
by Joel Zwick
  
34. Ocean's Eleven (Widescreen Edition)  
35. Panic Room
by David Fincher
  
36. Red Dragon - Collector's Edition (Widescreen)  
37. Road to Perdition (Widescreen Edition)  
38. The Royal Tenenbaums (The Criterion Collection)
by Wes Anderson
  
39. Signs (Vista Series)  
40. Spider-Man 2 (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Sam Raimi
  
41. Star Wars - Episode II, Attack of the Clones (Widescreen Edition)
by George Lucas
  
42. The Sum of All Fears (Special Collector's Edition)  
43. Sweet Home Alabama
by Andy Tennant
  
44. Sweet Sixteen
by Ken Loach
  
45. Talk to Her (Hable con Ella)  
46. Ten
by Abbas Kiarostami
  
47. Training Day  
48. Vanilla Sky  
49. XXX (Widescreen Special Edition)  
50. Y Tu Mama Tambien
by Alfonso Cuarón
  
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Created by Chris Nolan.ca on Apr 02, 2006.