The Best and Worst of 2002

The author’s considered best/worst in each category are listed in bold italics with an asterisk (*). The listed links will take you to more detailed reviews of each film.


The 10 Best Films

  1. Minority Report
  2. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  3. The Mothman Prophecies
  4. Blade II
  5. Lost in La Mancha
  6. Cypher
  7. My Little Eye
  8. The Ring
  9. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary
  10. Russian Ark

Worst Films

  1. Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
  2. Tail Sting
  3. xXx
  4. I Spy
  5. Time Changer

Best Director

Guillermo Del Toro – Blade II (*)
Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pang Brothers – The Eye
Mark Pellington – The Mothman Prophecies
Steven Spielberg – Minority Report
Gore Verbinski – The Ring


Best Original Screenplay

Below
Cypher (*)
One Hour Photo
Phone Booth
Taken


Best Adapted Screenplay

Bubba Ho-Tep
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Minority Report (*)
The Mothman Prophecies
Ted Bundy


Best Actor

Michael Reilly Burke – Ted Bundy
Tobey Maguire – Spider-Man
Matthew McConaughey – Reign of Fire
Viggo Mortensen – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (*)
Richard Roxburgh – The Hound of the Baskervilles
Robin Williams – One Hour Photo


Best Actress

Angela Bettis – May
Erika Christensen – Swimfan
Marina de Van – In My Skin (*)
Natascha McElhone – Solaris
Naomi Watts – The Ring


Best Supporting Actor

Brendan Gleeson – 28 Days Later
Ron Perlman – Blade II
Joel Gretsch – Taken
Christian Redl – Tattoo (*)
Robin Williams – Insomnia


Best Supporting Actress

Heather Donahue – Taken
Dakota Fanning – Taken (*)
Rosamund Pike – Die Another Day
Maura Tierney – Insomnia
Emily Watson – Red Dragon


Best Cinematography

The Mothman Prophecies
The Ring
Russian Ark (*)
S1m0ne
Swimfan


Best Musical Score

Demonlover
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (*)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Ring


Best Special Effects

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (*)
Minority Report
Spider-Man
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Stuart Little 2


Best Makeup Effects

Blade II (*)
Dog Soldiers
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Ring
The Time Machine


Best Production Design

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Minority Report (*)
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
The Time Machine


Most Underrated Film:
The Mothman Prophecies. Most Overrated:
Spider-Man. Biggest Disappointment:
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Runners-up Signs, Spider and The Time Machine. Sequel/Remake:
It’s hard to decide whether to regard The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as a sequel or whether it is more a case of one film that has been released in three parts. Thus best sequel goes to Blade II. Worst Sequel/Remake would have to go to Men in Black II.