The Film Journal Poll: The Top Films of 2002

Far From Heaven

The following list of films was culled from a poll of 50+ critics, essayists, and readers. It is not meant to be definitive, but merely represents the tastes of a sampling of The Film Journal's contributors and readership. The poll results (what each person polled chose) has been kept anonymous. What follows is completely unscientific.

 1. Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes)
 2. Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson)
 3. Adaptation (Spike Jonze)
 4. Y Tu Mama Tambien (Alfonso Cuaron)
 5. About Schmidt (Alexander Payne)
 6. Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese)
 7. Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) (Zacharias Kunuk)
 8. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson)
     Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay)
 9. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar)
10. Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore)
11. Insomnia (Christopher Nolan)
     Solaris (Steven Soderbergh)
12. Minority Report (Steven Spielberg)
13. Chicago (Rob Marshall)
14. Road to Perdition (Sam Mendes)
15. Secretary (Steven Shainberg)
16. Femme Fatale (Brian DePalma)
17. The Pianist (Roman Polanski)
18. The Hours (Stephen Daldry)
19. About a Boy (Paul & Chris Weitz)
20. Time Out (Laurent Cantet)
      25th Hour (Spike Lee)
21. Bloody Sunday (Paul Greengrass)
     The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke)
22. Catch Me if You Can (Steven Spielberg)
23. 24 Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom)
     The Quiet American (Phillip Noyce)
     Monsoon Wedding (Mira Nair)
24. 8 Mile (Curtis Hanson)
     Rabbit-Proof Fence (Phillip Noyce)
25. Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov)
     Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (George Clooney)
     Sunshine State (John Sayles)

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