France Films 2002
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1. The Pianist (2002)
R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, Music
During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Emilia Fox
Votes: 912,457 | Gross: $32.57M
2. City of God (2002)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama
In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phellipe Haagensen
Votes: 801,235 | Gross: $7.56M
3. Irreversible (2002)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in an underpass tunnel.
Director: Gaspar Noé | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon
Votes: 147,679 | Gross: $0.75M
4. Ali G Indahouse (2002)
R | 85 min | Comedy
Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, Ali is embraced by the nation as a voice of the youth, making the PM and his government more popular than ever.
Director: Mark Mylod | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Emilio Rivera, Gina La Piana, Dana de Celis
Votes: 95,928
5. Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)
PG | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Asterix and Obelix go to Egypt to help architect Edifis who is building a palace for Cleopatra.
Director: Alain Chabat | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Jamel Debbouze, Monica Bellucci
Votes: 57,859 | Gross: $3.12M
6. The Spanish Apartment (2002)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.
Director: Cédric Klapisch | Stars: Romain Duris, Judith Godrèche, Kelly Reilly, Audrey Tautou
Votes: 42,789 | Gross: $3.90M
7. 8 Women (2002)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
A man is murdered in an isolated chalet, and the eight female residents are all suspects; their secrets are revealed as they try to determine who is guilty.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve
Votes: 34,342 | Gross: $3.08M
8. The Man Without a Past (2002)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
M arrives in Helsinki only to be viciously attacked by thugs and pronounced dead by medics. He revives but with no memory of his past or his identity. He rebuilds his life from scratch, but the past inevitably catches up with him.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Annikki Tähti, Juhani Niemelä
Votes: 26,103 | Gross: $0.92M
9. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2002)
PG-13 | 92 min | Romance, Thriller
A young woman who is in love with a married doctor becomes dangerous when her attempts to persuade him to leave his wife are unsuccessful. However, when things are seen from his point of view, the real situation becomes clear.
Director: Laetitia Colombani | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan, Isabelle Carré, Sophie Guillemin
Votes: 19,532 | Gross: $1.01M
10. Mondays in the Sun (2002)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
This is the story of those who live as if every day was a constant Sunday, those who spend their Mondays in the sun. The story of people who worked in a dockyard but are now unemployed.
Director: Fernando León de Aranoa | Stars: Javier Bardem, Luis Tosar, José Ángel Egido, Nieve de Medina
Votes: 15,398 | Gross: $0.15M
11. Ararat (2002)
R | 115 min | Drama, War
Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.
Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Brent Carver, Eric Bogosian, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 14,779 | Gross: $1.55M
12. Amen. (2002)
Not Rated | 132 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
During WWII SS officer Kurt Gerstein tries to inform Pope Pius XII about Jews being sent to extermination camps. Young Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana helps him in the difficult mission to inform the world.
Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ulrich Mühe, Michel Duchaussoy
Votes: 14,980 | Gross: $0.27M
13. Filantropica (2002)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Ovidiu, a high-school teacher looking for an extra buck, finds an unexpected way to earn easy money.
Director: Nae Caranfil | Stars: Mircea Diaconu, Gheorghe Dinica, Mara Nicolescu, Viorica Voda
Votes: 13,854
14. All or Nothing (2002)
R | 128 min | Drama
In a poor working class London home, Penny's love for her partner, taxi driver Phil, has run dry. When an unexpected tragedy occurs, they and their local community are brought back together.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, Alison Garland
Votes: 11,457 | Gross: $0.12M
15. The Son (2002)
103 min | Drama, Mystery
A joinery instructor at a rehab center refuses to take a new teen as his apprentice, but then begins to follow the boy through the hallways and streets.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart, Nassim Hassaïni
Votes: 10,093 | Gross: $0.07M
16. Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The chronically suicidal Wilbur, and his good-hearted big brother, Harbour, are in their thirties when, their father dies and leaves them with nothing but a worn down second-hand bookshop in Glasgow.
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Lisa McKinlay
Votes: 8,078 | Gross: $0.23M
17. Man on the Train (2002)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man steps off a train into a French village awaiting the day when he will rob the town bank. He meets a retired poetry teacher striking up a strange friendship and explore the road not taken, each wanting to live the other's life.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stévenin, Charlie Nelson
Votes: 7,541 | Gross: $2.54M
18. Jet Lag (2002)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
A worn-out businessman and a beautician on the run collide in a Paris airport. Love arrives, all its hurdles be damned.
Director: Danièle Thompson | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Jean Reno, Sergi López, Scali Delpeyrat
Votes: 6,103 | Gross: $0.54M
19. Steal (2002)
R | 83 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A gang of extreme sportsmen raises the stakes in their criminal activities.
Director: Gérard Pirès | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Stephen Dorff, Bruce Payne, Steven Berkoff
Votes: 6,092
20. Long Time Dead (2002)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A young college student and his friends use an Ouija board to hold a seance, triggering a chain of mysterious deaths that may be caused by an otherworldly force.
Director: Marcus Adams | Stars: Joe Absolom, Tom Bell, Lara Belmont, Melanie Gutteridge
Votes: 6,030
21. Demonlover (2002)
R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A French corporation goes head-to-head with an American web media company for the rights to a 3-D manga pornography studio, resulting in a power struggle that culminates in violence and espionage.
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Connie Nielsen, Gina Gershon, Chloë Sevigny, Charles Berling
Votes: 6,414 | Gross: $0.23M
22. The Nest (2002)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Alliances change when an armored car with an Albanian mafia boss prisoner escapes a mafia army by driving inside a warehouse, which is being robbed by a French gang stealing laptops etc.
Director: Florent-Emilio Siri | Stars: Samy Naceri, Benoît Magimel, Nadia Farès, Pascal Greggory
Votes: 5,738
23. I Am Dina (2002)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
Dina grows up in a village at a fjord in 1860s north Norway. As child, she accidentally kills her mom and loses her rich dad's love. She grows up to be a clever, pretty, wild, and strange woman. She marries a rich Frenchman.
Directors: Ole Bornedal, Tony Spataro | Stars: Maria Bonnevie, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Eccleston, Bjørn Floberg
Votes: 5,725
24. In My Skin (2002)
Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Horror
A woman grows increasingly fascinated with her body after suffering a disfiguring accident.
Director: Marina de Van | Stars: Marina de Van, Laurent Lucas, Léa Drucker, Thibault de Montalembert
Votes: 5,729 | Gross: $0.03M
25. Dead Weight (2002)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
It is the story of two types: Moltes a criminal in prison and Reggio one of the guards. Crazy adventures happen when following a winner ticket to Africa, they competes in a rally and are chased by the Turk, a sworn enemy of Moltes.
Directors: Alain Berbérian, Frédéric Forestier | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Benoît Poelvoorde, José Garcia, Djimon Hounsou
Votes: 5,390
26. Secret Things (2002)
Unrated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Nathalie teaches Sandrine that sexual transgression can cause violent pleasure and give those who use it a powerful weapon to climb the social hierarchy. They decide to get a job in a bank, a place where victims abound.
Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau | Stars: Coralie Revel, Sabrina Seyvecou, Roger Miremont, Fabrice Deville
Votes: 5,397 | Gross: $0.10M
27. Respiro (2002)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama
On an impoverished Italian island, a free-spirited woman is accused of madness by townspeople fed up with her antics.
Director: Emanuele Crialese | Stars: Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato, Francesco Casisa, Veronica D'Agostino
Votes: 4,845 | Gross: $1.07M
28. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)
110 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Two youths sent for a Maoist "re-education" in the mountains fall in love with the village tailor's granddaughter.
Director: Sijie Dai | Stars: Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Ye Liu, Shuangbao Wang
Votes: 4,585 | Gross: $0.67M
29. Valentin (I) (2002)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An 8-year-old boy, raised by his grandmother, is surrounded by problems in his family he finds only himself capable of solving.
Director: Alejandro Agresti | Stars: Rodrigo Noya, Alejandro Agresti, Julieta Cardinali, Carmen Maura
Votes: 4,469 | Gross: $0.28M
30. Blue Gate Crossing (2002)
85 min | Drama, Romance
An is-she-or-isn't-she gay comedy focused on a Taiwanese teen, the boy she might like, and the girl she may love.
Director: Chih-yen Yee | Stars: Gwei Lun-Mei, Chen Bo-lin, Yolin Liang, Joanna Chou
Votes: 4,376
31. Malefique (2002)
Not Rated | 90 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Four prisoners find an ancient diary in the wall of their cell which might be the key to getting out.
Director: Eric Valette | Stars: Gérald Laroche, Philippe Laudenbach, Clovis Cornillac, Dimitri Rataud
Votes: 4,535
32. Divine Intervention (2002)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance, War
Separated by a checkpoint, Palestinian lovers from Jerusalem and Ramallah arrange clandestine meetings.
Director: Elia Suleiman | Stars: Elia Suleiman, Manal Khader, George Ibrahim, Amer Daher
Votes: 3,946 | Gross: $0.39M
33. The Adversary (2002)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a man murders his wife, children and parents, the ensuing investigation reveals that he's been living a lie for almost 20 years.
Director: Nicole Garcia | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Géraldine Pailhas, François Cluzet, Emmanuelle Devos
Votes: 3,962
34. Monsieur Batignole (2002)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In 1942, in occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When Pierre-Jean Lamour, his future ... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Jugnot | Stars: Jules Sitruk, Gérard Jugnot, Michèle Garcia, Jean-Paul Rouve
Votes: 3,452
35. The Butterfly (I) (2002)
PG | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
This is the story of a young girl named Elsa who was raised by a single mother (Isabelle) in the city. Isabelle and Elsa begin the film moving in next door to an elderly man who collects ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Muyl | Stars: Michel Serrault, Claire Bouanich, Nade Dieu, Jacques Bouanich
Votes: 3,311 | Gross: $0.04M
36. Madame Satã (2002)
Unrated | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Loose portrait of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a sometime chef, transvestite, lover, father, hero and convict from Rio de Janeiro.
Director: Karim Aïnouz | Stars: Lázaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flavio Bauraqui, Fellipe Marques
Votes: 3,154 | Gross: $0.20M
37. Sex Is Comedy (2002)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A director struggles to film a difficult, intimate sex scene between two actors who happen to hate each other.
Director: Catherine Breillat | Stars: Anne Parillaud, Grégoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida, Ashley Wanninger
Votes: 3,011 | Gross: $0.04M
38. House of Fools (2002)
R | 104 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In the midst of the Chechen War, a remote psychiatric institution is left without staff leaving the patients to fend for themselves. Based on a true story.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Yuliya Vysotskaya, Sultan Islamov, Bryan Adams, Evgeniy Mironov
Votes: 2,901 | Gross: $0.06M
39. Novo (2002)
R | 98 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
Graham struggles to connect the pieces of his shattered short-term memory. Unable to recall the most basic facts of his life and his sexual past, he quickly falls prey to the erotic appetites of the women he encounters.
Director: Jean-Pierre Limosin | Stars: Eduardo Noriega, Anna Mouglalis, Paz Vega, Nathalie Richard
Votes: 2,694
40. Blissfully Yours (2002)
125 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a love affair that begins during a picnic on the Thai-Burmese border.
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Stars: Kanokporn Tongaram, Min Oo, Jenjira Pongpas, Sa-gnad Chaiyapan
Votes: 2,694
41. Summer Things (2002)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two couple of friends, one very rich the other almost homeless, decides to go on Holiday. Julie, a single mother, joins them too. Once at seaside, it starts a complicate love cross among ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Blanc | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Dutronc, Carole Bouquet, Michel Blanc
Votes: 2,578
42. Unknown Pleasures (2002)
Unrated | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
Two unemployed Chinese teenagers have trouble resisting the temptations of the Western world.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Wei Wei Zhao, Qiong Wu, Tao Zhao, Qing Feng Zhou
Votes: 2,549 | Gross: $0.01M
43. Red Bear (2002)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Bear has never gotten over the separation from his wife and daughter after having been convicted for armed robbery and homicide and sent to prison. Now he is out, to finally get his cut of ... See full summary »
Director: Israel Adrián Caetano | Stars: Julio Chávez, Soledad Villamil, Luis Machín, Agostina Lage
Votes: 2,510
44. Callas Forever (2002)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The last days of legendary opera singer Maria Callas.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright, Jay Rodan
Votes: 2,453 | Gross: $0.45M
45. And Now Ladies & Gentlemen (2002)
PG-13 | 133 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A jazz singer and a British jewel thief are brought together by their mutual desire to forget the past.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, Thierry Lhermitte, Alessandra Martines
Votes: 2,360 | Gross: $0.74M
46. Tycoon: A New Russian (2002)
R | 123 min | Crime, Drama
During the Gorbachev years, Platon Makovski and his four buddies are university students who jump on the private capitalism movement. Fast-forward 20 years, Platon finds himself the richest... See full summary »
Director: Pavel Lungin | Stars: Vladimir Mashkov, Mariya Mironova, Andrey Krasko, Levani
Votes: 2,077 | Gross: $0.12M
47. Friday Night (2002)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
It's Friday night--she's moving in with her boyfriend tomorrow--so she goes out, but gets stuck in traffic--where she meets a handsome stranger.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Valérie Lemercier, Vincent Lindon, Hélène de Saint-Père, Hélène Fillières
Votes: 2,139 | Gross: $0.16M
48. Une femme de ménage (2002)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After his wife leaves him for another man, Jacques hires a housekeeper, Laura, to keep his Paris apartment in order.
Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Émilie Dequenne, Brigitte Catillon, Jacques Frantz
Votes: 1,891 | Gross: $0.46M
49. El bonaerense (2002)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A young locksmith is forced to leave his home and family to join the Buenos Aires police force.
Director: Pablo Trapero | Stars: Jorge Román, Mimí Ardú, Darío Levy, Hugo Anganuzzi
Votes: 2,146
50. Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)
146 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Collection of short films the summaries of which include; a foreign man moving to Italy, getting married and having a child; a four split scene short involving plot-less images of old ... See full summary »
Directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, Claire Denis, Mike Figgis, Jean-Luc Godard, Jirí Menzel, Michael Radford, Volker Schlöndorff, István Szabó | Stars: Amit Rayani, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Mark Long, Rudolf Hrusínský
Votes: 1,866
51. The Soul Keeper (2002)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Seduced by Jung, killed by hate, redeemed by history. In 1905 a 19-year-old Russian girl suffering from severe hysteria is admitted into a psychiatric hospital in Zurich. A young doctor, ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Faenza | Stars: Iain Glen, Emilia Fox, Craig Ferguson, Caroline Ducey
Votes: 1,811
52. The Abduction Club (2002)
96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of Irish noblemen kidnap girls in order to marry into their fortune and avoid becoming priests or soldiers.
Director: Stefan Schwartz | Stars: Alice Evans, Daniel Lapaine, Sophia Myles, Matthew Rhys
Votes: 1,781
53. The Sea (2002)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
A rich father in a fisher village plans to take on the project of writing his life story. But first he has to take on his own family, and everybody wants something...
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Gunnar Eyjólfsson, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Hélène de Fougerolles, Kristbjörg Kjeld
Votes: 1,748 | Gross: $0.06M
54. Safe Conduct (2002)
Not Rated | 170 min | Biography, Drama, History
In German-occupied France, two filmmakers solve the collaboration dilemma differently.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges
Votes: 1,615 | Gross: $0.03M
55. Mon idole (2002)
110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Bastien, an ambitious young production assistant, catches the attention of Jean-Louis, a producer of high regard, and is granted a shot at his own television show.
Director: Guillaume Canet | Stars: François Berléand, Guillaume Canet, Diane Kruger, Philippe Lefebvre
Votes: 1,714
56. Corto Maltese: Secret Court of the Arcanes (2002)
92 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
In 1918, civil wars are tearing Russia and China apart. Laconic adventurer Corto Maltese is hired by a Chinese secret society to capture a train that's taking Tzar's gold abroad. His friend Rasputin joins him, but only hell awaits them.
Director: Pascal Morelli | Stars: Richard Berry, Patrick Bouchitey, Barbara Schulz, Marie Trintignant
Votes: 1,455
57. Ah! Si j'étais riche (2002)
105 min | Comedy
On the verge of a divorce, Aldo wins the lottery. About to tell his wife, he discovers she's sleeping with his new boss. Instead of telling her and sharing the money, he keeps the news hidden.
Directors: Gérard Bitton, Michel Munz | Stars: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Richard Berry, François Morel
Votes: 1,432
58. The Red Siren (2002)
R | 118 min | Crime, Thriller, Action
A 12 y.o. girl reports her powerful mom to the police for having killed the nanny. She runs away and is helped by an ex-soldier/assassin to find her dad in Portugal while the mom has her people try prevent this. Shooting follows.
Director: Olivier Megaton | Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Asia Argento, Frances Barber, Andrew Tiernan
Votes: 1,381
59. Springtime in a Small Town (2002)
PG | 116 min | Drama, Romance
The eight-year marriage of Liyan and Yuwen has left them both unfulfilled and distant. A visitor arrives from Shanghai, a doctor who's an old school friend of Liyan's and, unbeknownst to her husband, Yuwen's childhood sweetheart.
Director: Zhuangzhuang Tian | Stars: Jingfan Hu, Jun Wu, Bai Qing Xin, Xiaokeng Ye
Votes: 1,366 | Gross: $0.04M
60. The Devils (2002)
105 min | Drama
Orphaned 12-year-old twins Joseph and Chloé have been on the run together. Chloé is autistic, non-verbal and fears being touched. Joseph dearly loves her and dreams she will recover if they find their parents and fight the system.
Director: Christophe Ruggia | Stars: Vincent Rottiers, Adèle Haenel, Rochdy Labidi, Jacques Bonnaffé
Votes: 1,361
61. Cavale (2002)
R | 117 min | Thriller, Crime, Drama
After nearly fifteen years behind bars, lefty revolutionary Bruno escapes and heads back to Grenoble, France. His plan? Settle some old scores, hook up with his foxy ex-lover, and avoid the... See full summary »
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Catherine Frot, Lucas Belvaux, Dominique Blanc, Ornella Muti
Votes: 1,245 | Gross: $0.06M
62. Bloody Mallory (2002)
R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Heroines Mallory, Vena Cava and Talking Tina fight the fallen angel Abaddon and his accomplices vampire Lady Valentine and succubus Morphine.
Director: Julien Magnat | Stars: Olivia Bonamy, Adrià Collado, Jeffrey Ribier, Laurent Spielvogel
Votes: 1,263
63. Shooting Stars (2002)
98 min | Comedy, Sport
At the Fresnes remand center, a football match takes place in the courtyard. Tibor Kovacs, a young Hungarian, works wonders with the ball. A true football virtuoso, he dreams of playing for the French team.
Director: Fabien Onteniente | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Samuel Le Bihan, Lorànt Deutsch, Gérard Darmon
Votes: 1,194
64. Un couple épatant (2002)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
In the first installment in director Belvaux's trilogy, Alain's eccentric behavior causes his wife, Cecile, to hire a detective to follow his every move -- which yields unexpected results.
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: François Morel, Ornella Muti, Gilbert Melki, Valérie Mairesse
Votes: 1,121 | Gross: $0.05M
65. A New Life (2002)
102 min | Drama, Horror
The story involves a young American who falls obsessively in love with a mysterious courtesan named Melania against the backdrop of a dilapidated Eastern European landscape.
Director: Philippe Grandrieux | Stars: Zachary Knighton, Anna Mouglalis, Marc Barbé, Zsolt Nagy
Votes: 1,139
66. Monday Morning (2002)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Vincent lives in a village. Every morning he goes to the factory to work, and in the evening he takes care of his family. One day, he decides to go on a trip with the money given by his father.
Director: Otar Iosseliani | Stars: Jacques Bidou, Anne Kravz-Tarnavsky, Narda Blanchet, Radslav Kinski
Votes: 1,109
67. The Code (2002)
R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Either you make decisions or life makes them for you. For an ex-con struggling to go straight, the temptation of money, women and power prove too much, especially when his best friend promises him an easy heist.
Director: Manuel Boursinhac | Stars: Samuel Le Bihan, Samy Naceri, Clotilde Courau, Marie Guillard
Votes: 1,100 | Gross: $0.01M
68. Waiting for Happiness (2002)
90 min | Drama, Music
The story of two people who cross paths in Nouhadhibou.
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako | Stars: Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed, Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda
Votes: 1,094 | Gross: $0.00M
69. Swing (I) (2002)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Max is on holiday at his grandmother's place in the Elzas in France. He's fascinated by the guitar playing of gypsy Miraldo. In exchange for writing letters to the social security ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Gatlif | Stars: Oscar Copp, Lou Rech, Tchavolo Schmitt, Mandino Reinhardt
Votes: 1,074
70. La turbulence des fluides (2002)
115 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A seismologist investigates the mysterious cessation of the tides near her Quebec home town.
Director: Manon Briand | Stars: Pascale Bussières, Julie Gayet, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Geneviève Bujold
Votes: 1,018
71. Le raid (2002)
94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In exchange for a sum of four million dollars that must be paid to them by Carlito, the boss of the Mafia in Saint-Denis, Tacchini, Sami, Yaya and Kader pretend to be top athletes and engage in a raid worldwide.
Director: Djamel Bensalah | Stars: Josiane Balasko, Julien Courbey, Lorànt Deutsch, Didier Flamand
Votes: 1,004
72. A Private Affair (2002)
TV-MA | 107 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
It's been six months since Rachel Siprien disappeared. At the request of Rachel's mother, private detective François takes over the investigation. The young woman, with a complex and ... See full summary »
Director: Guillaume Nicloux | Stars: Thierry Lhermitte, Marion Cotillard, Samuel Le Bihan, Aurore Clément
Votes: 981
73. Bear's Kiss (2002)
101 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A fairy tale-like love story between young circus artist Lola and the bear Misha, who one day transforms into a human.
Director: Sergei Bodrov | Stars: Rebecka Liljeberg, Joachim Król, Sergey Bodrov, Keith Allen
Votes: 970
74. Après la vie (2002)
R | 124 min | Crime, Drama
In the final chapter of director Belvaux's trilogy, Pascal, now a disgraced cop, seeks redemption by capturing Bruno, a fugitive with a strange connection to Agnes, Pascal's heroin-addicted wife.
Director: Lucas Belvaux | Stars: Gilbert Melki, Lucas Belvaux, Dominique Blanc, Ornella Muti
Votes: 929 | Gross: $0.03M
75. Satin Rouge (2002)
100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
After the death of her husband, Lilia's life revolves solely around her teenage daughter, Salma. Whilst looking for Salma late one night, Lilia stumbles upon a belly dance cabaret and ... See full summary »
Director: Raja Amari | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Hend El Fahem, Maher Kamoun, Monia Hichri
Votes: 886 | Gross: $0.23M
76. Gangsters (2002)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Franck Chaievski and Nina Delgado are two undercover detectives of a French special force trying to identify two corrupts members of the Paris Police Force. Franck is pretending to be a ... See full summary »
Director: Olivier Marchal | Stars: Richard Anconina, Anne Parillaud, François Levantal, Gérald Laroche
Votes: 920
77. Glowing Eyes (2002)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
In a Parisian porn theater, a cashier, a 50-year-old man and a young projectionist are drawn into a complex love affair.
Director: Jacques Nolot | Stars: Vittoria Scognamiglio, Jacques Nolot, Sébastien Viala, Olivier Torres
Votes: 903 | Gross: $0.00M
78. My Life on Ice (2002)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
My Life on Ice presents the unique point of view of 16-year-old Etienne, a cute would-be ice skating champion living in provincial Rouen who is obsessed with filming his daily life with a ... See full summary »
Directors: Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jimmy Tavares, Jonathan Zaccaï, Hélène Surgère
Votes: 862
79. Marie-Jo et ses 2 amours (2002)
124 min | Drama, Romance
Having reached middle age, a woman must choose between the two men in her life.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Julie-Marie Parmentier
Votes: 833
80. Blanche (2002)
104 min | Adventure, Comedy
In 17th century France, cardinal Mazarin's death squad kills young Blanche's parents. She grows up to become a thief and steels a substance called Powder of the Devil and a coded letter that were sent to cardinal Mazarin. He is furious.
Director: Bernie Bonvoisin | Stars: Lou Doillon, Roschdy Zem, Antoine de Caunes, Jean Rochefort
Votes: 804
81. Love Street (2002)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
A handyman in a 1940s Paris brothel tries to help the prostitute he loves with her singing career and romantic life.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Patrick Timsit, Laetitia Casta, Vincent Elbaz, Catherine Mouchet
Votes: 805
82. My Wife Maurice (2002)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy
Georges, a wealthy Parisian, has a mistress who wants to marry him, but he has no intention of divorcing his wife, the source of his money. The mistress, meanwhile, has a jealous boyfriend,... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Marie Poiré | Stars: Alice Evans, Claudie Arif, Régis Laspalès, Philippe Chevallier
Votes: 807 | Gross: $0.00M
83. The One and Only (2002)
91 min | Comedy, Romance
It's love at first sight when Stevie and kitchen-installer Neil meet. But she's pregnant by her Italian footballer husband, and Neil and his girlfriend are adopting Mgala from Burkina Faso. Is it too late for love and happiness?
Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Stars: Justine Waddell, Richard Roxburgh, Jonathan Cake, Patsy Kensit
Votes: 774
84. La vie promise (2002)
93 min | Drama
A prostitute and her teenager daughter, will have to run away after the girl stabs her mother's pimp. The woman will try to find her son, which she hasn't seen in 8 years.
Director: Olivier Dahan | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory, Maud Forget, Fabienne Babe
Votes: 760
85. Sueurs (2002)
103 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Four partners heist a fortune in gold ore from a North African airport & escape across the desert in a truck.
Director: Louis-Pascal Couvelaire | Stars: Jean-Hugues Anglade, Joaquim de Almeida, Cyrille Thouvenin, Sagamore Stévenin
Votes: 758
86. Samouraïs (2002)
R | 90 min | Action
A descendant of a cursed, ancient clan, is investigating the gruesome murder of a video game designer.
Director: Giordano Gederlini | Stars: Cyril Mourali, Maï Anh Le, Yasuaki Kurata, Saïd Serrari
Votes: 748
87. Monique (2002)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Alex (Albert Dupontel) and Claire (Marianne Denicourt) are living a boring and tedious life after years of marriage. They do not communicate to each other anymore, and Alex is almost ... See full summary »
Director: Valérie Guignabodet | Stars: Albert Dupontel, Marianne Denicourt, Philippe Uchan, Marina Tomé
Votes: 749
88. Carnages (2002)
Unrated | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After a bull dies in an arena, its remains are transported throughout Belgium, France, and Spain, where various characters cross its path.
Director: Delphine Gleize | Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Ángela Molina, Raphaëlle Molinier, Jacques Gamblin
Votes: 745 | Gross: $2.55M
89. Our Father (2002)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama
Tahir (15) and Amine (8) wake up one morning to learn that their father has left home. The brothers decide to go looking for him. One day, they see their father on the big screen and decide to steal the reel.
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | Stars: Ahidjo Mahamat Moussa, Hamza Moctar Aguid, Zara Haroun, Mounira Khalil
Votes: 738
90. Brocéliande (2003)
90 min | Horror, Thriller
An archaeology student must fight off evil forces trying to invoke an old Celtic legend.
Director: Doug Headline | Stars: Elsa Kikoïne, Cylia Malki, Alice Taglioni, Mathieu Simonet
Votes: 730
91. Irène (2002)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Irène is a beautiful girl working in Paris, she soon meets a manager and hopes a love story with him. But he tells a lie, so she falls in love with a house painter.
Director: Ivan Calbérac | Stars: Cécile de France, Bruno Putzulu, Olivier Sitruk, Estelle Larrivaz
Votes: 636
92. Kedma (2002)
100 min | Drama, History, War
In May 1948, shortly before the creation of the State of Israel, hundreds of immigrants from across Europe arrive in Palestine--only to risk arrest by British troops.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Andrei Kashker, Helena Yaralova, Moni Moshonov, Juliano Mer-Khamis
Votes: 788 | Gross: $0.01M
93. A Loving Father (2002)
103 min | Drama
While the whole world thinks writer Léo Shepherd is dead, he is kidnapped by his son Paul.
Director: Jacob Berger | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu, Sylvie Testud, Julien Boisselier
Votes: 638
94. L'idole (2002)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Samantha Lang | Stars: Leelee Sobieski, James Hong, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Jalil Lespert
Votes: 616
95. Nearest to Heaven (2002)
96 min | Drama, Romance
A mature woman restores the romantic events of her youth.
Director: Tonie Marshall | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, William Hurt, Bernard Le Coq, Hélène Fillières
Votes: 576
96. Dracula's Fiancee (2002)
91 min | Horror
A Van Helsing-like professor and his protegé are tracking Dracula's descendants through the world of "parallels", creatures who are human in form but live quite distinct psychic lives. A ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Rollin | Stars: Cyrille Gaudin, Jacques Orth, Thomas Smith, Sandrine Thoquet
Votes: 590
97. Le frère du guerrier (2002)
115 min | Adventure, Drama, History
13th century France. To live, to survive, requires weapons. Which do you choose? Weapons of war, which give the power to punish and kill? Or the sword of knowledge, which gives the power to... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Jolivet | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Guillaume Canet, Mélanie Doutey, François Berléand
Votes: 586
98. Nonfilm (2002)
75 min | Comedy
A young actor suddenly wakes up in the middle of the shooting of a movie he doesn't understand. After shooting a few scenes, the main character accidentally shoots and kills the technical ... See full summary »
Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Vincent Belorgey, Sébastien Tellier, Philippe Petit, Julien Gangnet
Votes: 616
99. Aram (2002)
90 min | Crime, Drama, History
Aram, an ex-soldier from the Armenian cause, has come to France to close an arms deal under secret service surveillance. Held responsible and banished by his faher for his brother's ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Kechichian | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Lubna Azabal, Serge Avedikian, Alain Mottet
Votes: 579
100. Seventeen Times Cécile Cassard (2002)
105 min | Drama
A portrait of a woman, composed of 17 moments from her life.
Director: Christophe Honoré | Stars: Béatrice Dalle, Romain Duris, Jeanne Balibar, Ange Ruzé
Votes: 552
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