2002

1. 8 Women- François Ozon
2. 25th Hour- Spike Lee
3. Le Fils (The Son)- Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
4. Irreversible- Gaspar Noë
5. Punch-Drunk Love- Paul Thomas Anderson
6. Russian Ark- Aleksandr Sokurov
7. The Secret Lives of Dentists- Alan Rudolph
8. Talk to Her- Pedro Almodovar
9. Spider- David Cronenberg
10. Bus 174- José Padilha
11. Gerry- Gus Van Sant
12. The Good Thief- Neil Jordan
13. Turning Gate- Hong Sang-soo
14. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers- Peter Jackson
15. Femme Fatale- Brian De Palma
16. Hero- Zhang Yimou
17. All or Nothing- Mike Leigh
18. Blissfully Yours- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
19. *Corpus Callosum- Michael Snow
20. May- Lucky McKee
21. Cherish- Finn Taylor
22. Gangs of New York- Martin Scorsese
23. Far From Heaven- Todd Haynes
24. The Weather Underground- Sam Green and Bill Siegel
25. Man on the Train- Patrice Leconte
26. The Pianist- Roman Polanski
27. Roger Dodger- Dylan Kidd
28. Bloody Sunday- Paul Greengrass

Notable shorts: Daylight Moon (Lewis Klahr), 31 (Lorna Simpson), Ten Thousand Years Older (Werner Herzog), Int. Trailer. Night (Jim Jarmusch)

Ripe for re-appraisal: demonlover (Olivier Assayas)

Need to see: Ana and the Others (Celina Murga), Blue Gate Crossing (Yee Chin-yen), Daughter From Danang (Gail Dolgin and Vincente Franco), Dead or Alive: Final (Takashi Miike), Decasia (Bill Morrison), Ken Park (Larry Clark and Ed Lachman), Springtime in a Small Town (Tian Zhuangzhuang), The Uncertainty Principle (Manoel de Oliveira), Unknown Pleasures (Jia Zhang-ke)

Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: Chicago (Rob Marshall)
BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: The Pianist
César Awards, Best Film: The Pianist
Cannes, Palme d’Or: The Pianist
Venice, Golden Lion: The Magdalene Sisters (Peter Mullan)
Berlin, Golden Bear: (tie) Spirited Away and Bloody Sunday
Sundance, Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic): Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (Rebecca Miller)
Toronto, Audience Award: Whale Rider (Niki Caro)
Skandies, Best Film: 25th Hour