The Great Films: 2002, 2003

It's getting to be that time of year again when I begin to compile my list of the 25 best movies of the year. As a prelude I revisit the Top 25 from past years. Click on the titles to learn more about the films.

2002
1. Y Tu Mama Tambien
2. Talk to Her
3. About Schmidt
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
5. Spirited Away
6. The Pianist
7. The Fast Runner
8. Time Out
9. 24 Hour Party People
10. Bloody Sunday
11. Far From Heaven
12. Adaptation
13. Chicago
14. The Hours
15. Rabbit-Proof Fence
16. Minority Report
17. Punch-Drunk Love
18. The Piano Teacher
19. Morvern Callar
20. Catch Me If You Can
21. Gangs of New York
22. About a Boy
23. Lovely & Amazing
24. The Good Girl
25. Femme Fatale

2003
1. Lost in Translation
2. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
3. American Splendor
4. Capturing the Friedmans
5. Finding Nemo
6. The Fog of War
7. The Triplets of Belleville
8. Mystic River
9. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
10. Spellbound
11. School of Rock
12. The Station Agent
13. The Magdalene Sisters
14. A Mighty Wind
15. In America
16. City of God
17. Dirty Pretty Things
18. Cold Mountain
19. 21 Grams
20. Elephant
21. Kill Bill, Vol.1
22. House of Sand and Fog
23. Seabiscuit
24. The Barbarian Invasions
25. Shattered Glass