Most Popular Movies in 2002, a list by Maxtron TV

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87

/53331/

84

/23266/

4.4

/1885599/

95

/258/

95

/72895/

87

/39/

3.0

age 11+

Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor. Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.

82

8.1

/1211596/

81

/32889/

80

/16647/

4.0

/2057081/

96

/203/

89

/19221/

75

/39/

3.0

age 12+

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

87

8.5

/999656/

84

/15728/

84

/9833/

4.4

/1109428/

95

/186/

96

/10818/

85

/40/

3.5

age 15+

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

74

7.4

/952533/

75

/33100/

73

/20177/

3.9

/2160457/

90

/278/

67

/1692241/

73

/38/

2.5

age 11+

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.

60

6.6

/810331/

70

/31266/

65

/14013/

3.0

/1537579/

62

/322/

56

/29573/

54

/39/

2.0

age 9+

Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.

78

7.5

/755250/

78

/47421/

77

/23139/

3.6

/2113832/

82

/237/

80

/34579/

63

/35/

4.0

age 8+

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage.

81

7.6

/615641/

76

/21820/

73

/9330/

3.8

/493497/

89

/262/

80

/16815/

80

/37/

4.0

age 15+

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.

78

7.8

/607581/

79

/26771/

74

/9809/

3.7

/436800/

84

/192/

93

/29721/

68

/38/

3.0

age 14+

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?

73

7.5

/557736/

76

/23548/

73

/13978/

3.6

/1007837/

76

/164/

82

/27845/

61

/34/

3.0

age 6+

Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on a comical quest to return a human baby back to his father, across a world on the brink of an ice age.

77

7.5

/530950/

75

/21302/

72

/8073/

3.7

/1176939/

87

/240/

85

/31805/

73

/39/

3.0

age 16+

Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.

76

7.5

/499967/

75

/11508/

73

/7009/

3.7

/431094/

72

/210/

81

/11173/

72

/39/

3.5

age 17+

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.

52

6.2

/427569/

68

/19020/

63

/10395/

3.0

/421488/

38

/197/

45

/17428/

49

/37/

1.5

age 12+

Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay – who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the MIB, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy – to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction.

71

6.8

/410373/

68

/11237/

67

/6052/

3.5

/479953/

76

/240/

67

/30639/

59

/36/

4.0

age 14+

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

62

7.1

/398653/

70

/11179/

67

/6496/

3.3

/439418/

72

/214/

48

/1231294/

57

/36/

2.0

age 16+

Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring so she can save herself and her son.

63

7.3

/360006/

74

/10794/

70

/4853/

3.3

/137855/

39

/87/

81

/18144/

33

/22/

3.0

age 16+

In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.

71

7.2

/347516/

73

/12380/

71

/7633/

3.6

/574087/

76

/211/

54

/1027848/

77

/38/

3.0

age 17+

For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.

77

7.2

/338217/

71

/8112/

69

/5099/

3.5

/325453/

92

/203/

77

/3960/

78

/37/

3.5

age 18+

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

69

6.8

/312415/

70

/7850/

68

/5271/

3.5

/332843/

76

/191/

64

/6019/

65

/36/

3.0

age 16+

Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

49

6.6

/306415/

70

/14928/

66

/6727/

2.9

/253277/

18

/130/

60

/12929/

35

/24/

1.0

age 18+

When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.

76

7.6

/298453/

75

/6432/

73

/3864/

3.8

/152829/

82

/214/

86

/6230/

72

/36/

3.0

age 16+

Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

79

7.2

/254674/

74

/5505/

71

/2813/

4.0

/437545/

87

/260/

83

/17473/

81

/39/

3.5

age 14+

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.

66

6.7

/250304/

69

/11139/

65

/5061/

3.3

/194889/

57

/149/

68

/10427/

52

/28/

3.5

age 18+

Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.

79

7.4

/240645/

77

/14723/

76

/6920/

4.1

/971634/

86

/154/

78

/9342/

75

/31/

3.5

age 6+

As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" of an independent little girl named Lilo and learns about loyalty, friendship, and ʻohana, the Hawaiian tradition of family.

58

6.1

/238451/

65

/7716/

59

/3763/

2.6

/131889/

56

/227/

41

/12228/

56

/43/

3.0

age 15+

James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul, who is funding the development of an international space weapon.

57

6.3

/233007/

66

/8096/

60

/3322/

3.1

/221038/

52

/184/

44

/1322980/

62

/34/

2.0

age 14+

The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—'70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world domination, Austin gets help from his dad and an old girlfriend.

63

7.3

/229832/

75

/5165/

77

/4195/

3.4

/271380/

30

/105/

78

/1042359/

35

/26/

3.0

age 11+

When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production, he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life, as well as a very big secret she must keep from Landon.

83

7.7

/212569/

75

/4774/

73

/2681/

4.1

/294938/

90

/208/

85

/8478/

83

/40/

4.0

age 16+

Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.

73

7.1

/198913/

70

/4164/

66

/2331/

3.6

/140572/

93

/185/

55

/792589/

75

/38/

3.5

age 14+

Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.

77

7.3

/195298/

71

/4964/

71

/2618/

4.0

/639971/

79

/201/

78

/6603/

78

/37/

3.5

age 17+

A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.

59

5.9

/192618/

64

/8133/

59

/4723/

2.5

/83031/

48

/178/

58

/11762/

48

/33/

3.5

age 14+

Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just be planning the destruction of the world, led by the nihilistic Yorgi.

77

7.6

/190472/

74

/3615/

73

/2495/

3.9

/106405/

80

/176/

85

/4044/

69

/40/

3.5

age 18+

On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.

47

5.8

/162371/

63

/5761/

59

/2447/

2.8

/140198/

22

/152/

59

/15280/

24

/33/

1.5

age 14+

When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.

73

7.2

/158410/

75

/4307/

71

/2191/

3.4

/48413/

63

/144/

84

/6587/

65

/37/

3.5

age 17+

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

75

7.7

/158231/

78

/4539/

76

/1944/

3.8

/82464/

74

/142/

88

/8318/

61

/33/

3.0

age 12+

Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, cleverly insinuating himself into the French nobility.

57

7.1

/152133/

73

/4244/

71

/2534/

3.5

/78358/

26

/133/

78

/4497/

30

/33/

1.5

age 16+

John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.

80

8.0

/151923/

74

/3523/

75

/1638/

3.9

/93495/

95

/172/

83

/6983/

72

/32/

3.5

age 17+

This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old. Bowling for Columbine is a journey through the US, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.

51

5.5

/150831/

59

/5027/

55

/3290/

2.2

/75822/

40

/134/

37

/6296/

45

/30/

3.0

age 12+

In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.

69

6.6

/150383/

69

/5047/

64

/2232/

3.4

/227489/

76

/128/

73

/16482/

62

/29/

3.0

age 10+

A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.

78

7.5

/146105/

73

/2435/

72

/1830/

3.9

/123399/

79

/194/

84

/4492/

80

/40/

3.5

age 15+

The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.

70

7.2

/145944/

76

/8093/

75

/4483/

3.9

/365975/

68

/149/

73

/2204/

60

/30/

2.5

age 9+

When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.

71

6.8

/138733/

67

/3076/

66

/1825/

3.5

/138859/

81

/193/

65

/6461/

64

/35/

3.5

age 17+

Sy Parrish has lovingly developed photographs for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually convinces himself he's part of their family. When Sy's picture-perfect fantasy collides with an ugly dose of reality, a bizarre and thrilling confrontation ensues.

76

7.2

/137514/

69

/2092/

68

/1324/

3.6

/52626/

86

/203/

74

/2733/

85

/40/

3.5

age 17+

A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.

48

6.0

/134980/

64

/4095/

63

/2461/

2.7

/41276/

28

/154/

38

/3619/

42

/33/

1.5

age 12+

Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.

58

6.2

/133474/

66

/3524/

64

/2160/

3.1

/175628/

42

/121/

59

/5359/

42

/30/

3.0

age 14+

Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy's guidance on everything from legal matters to clothing. Exasperated, Lucy gives notice and picks Harvard graduate June Carter as her replacement. As Lucy's time at the firm nears an end, she grows jealous of June and has second thoughts about leaving George.

62

6.5

/133146/

69

/4929/

63

/1873/

3.0

/52757/

58

/178/

49

/1985/

45

/35/

3.5

age 14+

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.

60

6.2

/131442/

68

/4170/

64

/1626/

2.8

/138679/

38

/159/

78

/18638/

45

/35/

3.0

age 13+

New York fashion designer, Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many secrets—including Jake, the redneck husband she married in high school, who refuses to divorce her. Bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all, Melanie sneaks back home to Alabama to confront her past.

72

6.7

/122061/

66

/2669/

63

/1983/

3.5

/214466/

85

/156/

73

/12590/

66

/36/

3.5

age 13+

Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.

48

6.4

/120083/

68

/3458/

60

/1898/

2.8

/42572/

18

/95/

73

/5478/

26

/24/