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Best Movies of 2002, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
66 films from 2002 are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ('2002), at 8.8 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.3. Biggest split between audiences and critics: John Q, 7.1 on IMDb against 30 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers '2002 | Fantasy / Action | 8.8 | 95% | 87 | 8.4 | Peter Jackson |
| 2 | City of God '2002 | Drama / Crime | 8.6 | 91% | 79 | 8.4 | Fernando Meirelles |
| 3 | The Pianist '2002 | Drama / War | 8.5 | 95% | 85 | 8.4 | Roman Polanski |
| 4 | Catch Me If You Can '2002 | Drama / Crime | 8.1 | 96% | 75 | 8.0 | Steven Spielberg |
| 5 | The Bourne Identity '2002 | Action / Mystery / Thriller | 7.8 | 84% | 68 | 7.5 | Doug Liman |
| 6 | Minority Report '2002 | Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller | 7.6 | 89% | 80 | 7.4 | Steven Spielberg |
| 7 | Hero '2002 | Drama / Action | 7.9 | - | 85 | 7.5 | Zhang Yimou |
| 8 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets '2002 | Fantasy | 7.5 | 82% | 63 | 7.7 | Chris Columbus |
| 9 | Infernal Affairs '2002 | Drama / Thriller / Crime | 8.0 | 94% | 75 | 7.8 | Alan Mak Siu-Fai |
| 10 | Ice Age '2002 | Animation / Comedy | 7.5 | 76% | 61 | 7.4 | Chris Wedge |
| 11 | 28 Days Later '2002 | Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 7.5 | 87% | 73 | 7.2 | Danny Boyle |
| 12 | Gangs of New York '2002 | Drama / Crime | 7.5 | 72% | 72 | 7.3 | Martin Scorsese |
| 13 | Road to Perdition '2002 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.6 | 82% | 72 | 7.4 | Sam Mendes |
| 14 | Spider-Man '2002 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.4 | 90% | 73 | 7.4 | Sam Raimi |
| 15 | Adaptation. '2002 | Comedy / Crime / Drama | 7.6 | 90% | 83 | 7.3 | Spike Jonze |
| 16 | The Count of Monte Cristo '2002 | Drama / Action | 7.7 | 74% | 61 | 7.7 | Kevin Reynolds |
| 17 | 25th Hour '2002 | Crime / Drama | 7.6 | 79% | 69 | 7.3 | Spike Lee |
| 18 | Lilo & Stitch '2002 | Animation / Comedy / Sci-Fi | 7.4 | 86% | 75 | 7.6 | Dean DeBlois |
| 19 | Equilibrium '2002 | Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 7.3 | 40% | 33 | 7.1 | Kurt Wimmer |
| 20 | The Hours '2002 | Drama | 7.5 | 79% | 80 | 7.2 | Stephen Daldry |
| 21 | A Walk to Remember '2002 | Drama / Romance | 7.3 | 30% | 35 | 7.7 | Adam Shankman |
| 22 | Punch-Drunk Love '2002 | Romance / Drama / Comedy | 7.3 | 79% | 78 | 7.1 | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 23 | 8 Mile '2002 | Drama / Musical | 7.2 | 76% | 77 | 7.1 | Curtis Hanson |
| 24 | Insomnia '2002 | Thriller / Crime / Drama | 7.2 | 92% | 78 | 7.0 | Christopher Nolan |
| 25 | Red Dragon '2002 | Crime / Thriller / Horror | 7.2 | 68% | 60 | 7.0 | Brett Ratner |
| 26 | Irreversible '2002 | Drama / Thriller / Crime | 7.3 | 60% | 51 | 7.2 | Gaspar Noé |
| 27 | Chicago '2002 | Comedy / Crime / Drama | 7.2 | 87% | 81 | 7.1 | Rob Marshall |
| 28 | Frida '2002 | Drama / Romance | 7.3 | 77% | 61 | 7.4 | Julie Taymor |
| 29 | The Ring '2002 | Horror / Mystery | 7.1 | 72% | 57 | 6.7 | Gore Verbinski |
| 30 | We Were Soldiers '2002 | Action / War | 7.2 | 63% | 65 | 7.1 | Randall Wallace |
| 31 | Treasure Planet '2002 | Sci-Fi / Animation / Fantasy | 7.2 | 68% | 60 | 7.6 | John Musker |
| 32 | About a Boy '2002 | Drama / Comedy / Romance | 7.1 | 93% | 75 | 6.7 | Paul Weitz |
| 33 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron '2002 | Animation / Drama / Western | 7.2 | 69% | 52 | 7.7 | Kelly Asbury |
| 34 | John Q '2002 | Drama / Thriller / Crime | 7.1 | 26% | 30 | 7.2 | Nick Cassavetes |
| 35 | The Cat Returns '2002 | Fantasy / Animation / Drama | 7.1 | 88% | 70 | 7.1 | Hiroyuki Morita |
| 36 | Secretary '2002 | Romance / Drama / Comedy | 6.8 | 78% | 63 | 6.8 | Steven Shainberg |
| 37 | One Hour Photo '2002 | Drama / Thriller | 6.8 | - | 64 | 6.7 | Mark Romanek |
| 38 | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra '2002 | Fantasy / Comedy | 6.7 | 88% | - | 7.4 | Alain Chabat |
| 39 | Panic Room '2002 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 6.8 | 76% | 65 | 6.8 | David Fincher |
| 40 | The Transporter '2002 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 6.8 | 53% | 51 | 6.7 | Corey Yuen |
| 41 | Signs '2002 | Thriller / Sci-Fi / Horror | 6.8 | 76% | 59 | 6.7 | M. Night Shyamalan |
| 42 | Bend It Like Beckham '2002 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 6.7 | 85% | 66 | 6.3 | Gurinder Chadha |
| 43 | Jackass: The Movie '2002 | Action / Comedy / Documentary | 6.6 | 49% | 41 | 6.3 | Jeff Tremaine |
| 44 | Blade II '2002 | Fantasy / Horror / Action / Thriller | 6.7 | 57% | 52 | 6.6 | Guillermo del Toro |
| 45 | Return to Never Land '2002 | Fantasy / Animation | 5.8 | 46% | 49 | 6.5 | Robin Budd |
| 46 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding '2002 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 6.6 | 76% | 62 | 6.5 | Joel Zwick |
| 47 | The Sum of All Fears '2002 | Thriller / Action / Drama | 6.5 | 58% | 45 | 6.4 | Phil Alden Robinson |
| 48 | Resident Evil '2002 | Horror / Action / Sci-Fi | 6.6 | 36% | 35 | 6.7 | Paul W. S. Anderson |
| 49 | National Lampoon's Van Wilder '2002 | Comedy / Romance | 6.4 | 18% | 26 | 6.1 | Walt Becker |
| 50 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones '2002 | Action / Sci-Fi | 6.6 | 62% | 54 | 6.6 | George Lucas |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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