21. Frailty
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bill Paxton
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Matt O'Leary, Jeremy Sumpter, Powers Boothe, Luke Askew
Plot: An FBI agent runs into a man who claims his brother is a serial killer, which he begins to blame on his father's ridiculous claims of religious cleansing.
22. Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Paul Justman
Actors: Bootsy Collins, Chaka Khan, Joan Osborne, Ben Harper, Eddie Willis, Andre Braugher
23. Bowling for Columbine
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Moore
Actors: George W. Bush, Charlton Heston, Dick Clark, Michael Moore
Plot: Gun Violence in America is shown as Michael Moore looks for causes and answers from some of America's top opponents of gun control.
24. The Count of Monte Cristo
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Actors: Guy Pearce, James Caviezel, Dagmara Dominczyk, Richard Harris, James Frain, Michael Wincott
Plot: A jealous friend wrongfully imprison one of his best friends only for the imprisoned man to seek revenge using money to pull the man into submission.
25. Far from Heaven
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Todd Haynes
Actors: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson, Viola Davis, Michael Gaston
Plot: Set in the 1950's a housewife has her perfect life start to fall apart all around her.
26. Elling
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Petter Næss
Actors: Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Marit Pia Jacobsen, Jørgen Langhelle, Per Christensen, Hilde Olausson
27. Monsoon Wedding
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mira Nair
Actors: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shetty, Vijay Raaz, Tillotama Shome, Parvin Dabas
Plot: This follows a family as they prepare for their daughter's wedding.
Its an arranged marriage and she already has a boyfriend. plus much more drama set beautifully against the Indian monsoon.
28. Chicago
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rob Marshall
Actors: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ren?e Zellweger, John C. Reilly, Richard Gere, Dominic West, Queen Latifah
Plot: A pair of killing women try to weasel (and sing) their way out of Death Row in 1920's Chicago.
29. Equilibrium
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kurt Wimmer
Actors: Dominic Purcell, Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Christian Kahrmann, Taye Diggs, Emily Watson
Plot: In the near future, humans are living in one giant city under the strictest government control. Monks keep the peace and maintain the current status quo, but what happens when they open their eyes to the big picture, freedom?
30. Blackboards ( Takhté siah )
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf
Actors: Said Mohamadi, Behnaz Jafari, Bahman Ghobadi, Mohamad Karim Rahmati , Rafat Moradi, Mayas Rostami
Plot: A pair of Kurdish teachers ignore the perils of the Iran-Iraq conflict and wander the hills searching for students. Danger is always close by - but where there are teachers, where will be students.
