31. Frida
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Julie Taymor
Actors: Salma Hayek, Mía Maestro, Amelia Zapata, Alejandro Usigli, Diego Luna, Alfred Molina
Plot: Biography of artist Frida Kahlo who tempestuous relationship with mentor and husband Diego Rivera, and affairs with men and women alike, all allowed her to channel her experiences into her work.
32. Secretary
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven Shainberg
Actors: Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Spader, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen McHattie, Patrick Bauchau
Plot: A story of a secretary who starts a new job and discovers masochism. Her job consists of typeing, filing, making coffee and getting spanked.
33. Punch Drunk Love
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Adam Sandler, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Emily Watson, Luis Guzmán, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jason Andrews
Plot: A small business owner who has mental issues falls in love with a
mysterious women by chance.
34. Super Troopers
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Actors: Jay Chandrasekhar, Erik Stolhanske, Steve Lemme, Kevin Heffernan, Paul Soter, Marisa Coughlan
Plot: A small local Vermont police station tries to outwit the state police and keep their jobs.
35. The Hours
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Stephen Daldry
Actors: Julianne Moore, Ed Harris, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels
Plot: The story of three women living in three different time periods dealing with hardships in life and suicide.
36. Treasure Planet
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Actors: Roscoe Lee Browne, Corey Burton, Emma Thompson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Laurie Metcalf, David Hyde Pierce
37. The Grey Zone
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Actors: David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Henry Stram, Mira Sorvino, Natasha Lyonne
38. The Ring
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gore Verbinski
Actors: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox, Amber Tamblyn, Jane Alexander
Plot: A reporter, following the death of her niece, follows the story of a
cursed video that supposedly kills you seven days after viewing it.
39. Dog Soldiers
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Neil Marshall
Actors: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, Liam Cunningham, Thomas Lockyer, Leslie Simpson
Plot: A band of soldiers is dispatched for participation in war games. Upon arrival they discover another band deep in the woods who have been massacred as well as a surviving soldier who claims the team was taken out by werewolves.
40. We Were Soldiers
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Randall Wallace
Actors: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott, Chris Klein, Keri Russell
Plot: One of the first battles of the American involvement in the Vietnam war.
