2002
Top 10 of the year
The ten highest-voted films and series that premiered in 2002, via TMDB discover rankings.
Movies
- 1
Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- “But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow, even darkness must pass.”
- “Dark have been my dreams of late.”
- “I don't like sand. It's all coarse, and rough, and irritating. And it gets everywhere.”
★ 8.4 · 23,906 votes
- 2
Film
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- “It is not our abilities that show what we truly are… it is our choices.”
- “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
- “Something evil has returned to Hogwarts!”
★ 7.7 · 23,588 votes
- 3
Film
Spider-Man
- “Don't do anything I would do, and definitely don't do anything I wouldn't do...”
- “With great power comes great responsibility.”
- “You know, I'm something of a scientist myself.”
★ 7.3 · 20,672 votes
- 4
Film
Catch Me If You Can
- “A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr.”
- “The true story of a real fake.”
- “who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor.”
★ 8.0 · 17,108 votes
- 5
Film
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
- “If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.”
- “It'll be just like Beggar's Canyon, back home”
- “May the Force be with you.”
★ 6.6 · 14,347 votes
- 6
Film
Ice Age
- “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.”
- “Manny the mammoth, Sid the loquacious sloth, and Diego the sabre-toothed tiger go on…”
- “Sub-zero heroes.”
★ 7.4 · 14,293 votes
- 7
Film
Men in Black II
- “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.”
- “Let’s do this.”
- “Same planet. New scum.”
★ 6.4 · 10,651 votes
- 8
Film
The Pianist
- “Music was his passion. Survival was his masterpiece.”
- “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.”
★ 8.4 · 10,140 votes
- 9
Film
The Bourne Identity
- “He was the perfect weapon until he became the target.”
- “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.”
- “Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman.”
★ 7.5 · 10,092 votes
- 10
Film
Minority Report
- “But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.”
- “John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed.”
- “What would you do if were framed for a murder… you had not committed yet?”
★ 7.4 · 9,633 votes
TV shows
- 1
TV
Naruto
- “If you do not like your destination, do not accept. Instead, have the courage to change it the way you want it to be.”
- “If you have no reason to be alive, it is the same as being dead.”
- “There is no advantage to living life on the run.”
★ 8.4 · 5,982 votes
- 2
TV
The Wire
- “both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a…”
- “Listen carefully.”
- “Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives…”
★ 8.6 · 2,677 votes
- 3
TV
Firefly
- “In the year 2517, the universe is a vast frontier where lawlessness reigns and adventure awaits!”
- “Join Captain Malcolm Reynolds and his ragtag crew aboard the spaceship Serenity as they navigate the fringes of society, battling the oppressive Alliance and facing off against ruthless bounty hunters.”
- “You can't take the sky from me.”
★ 8.3 · 2,382 votes
- 4
TV
CSI: Miami
- “The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.”
- “The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders.”
- “The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they…”
★ 7.7 · 1,706 votes
- 5
TV
Monk
- “Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases.”
- “All living things can travel through time. It's simple, really. Just wait a moment, and then another, and another. Do this often enough and you will have arrived at tomorrow. Enough tomorrows and you will be dead, adrift without power or patience. At the very end of time, you will ask yourself, "Where am I right now, and what have I done?" You will have grown old. You will have hoped, and you will have let go of hope. You will have tried, and you will have failed. Shaped by time and you are that you are not meant nor wish to be and you may be left with someone you loved and all the horrible things you've done for them until finally you will lose the very last thing you have left, yourself.”
- “Obsessive. Compulsive. Detective.”
★ 8.0 · 1,248 votes
- 6
TV
La familia P. Luche
- “Ludovico and Federica P.”
- “This sitcom is about a Mestizo-Latino American family in P.”
- “Together with their maid Exelsa, they live in Ciudad P.”
★ 7.6 · 1,073 votes
- 7
TV
Top Gear
- “The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing.”
- “The world’s biggest motoring show.”
- “This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims.”
★ 7.6 · 862 votes
- 8
TV
The Shield
- “The law is just a suggestion.”
- “The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.”
- “The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops…”
★ 8.2 · 856 votes
- 9
TV
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- “As a genius, Jimmy thinks most things can be solved with the invention of a new gizmo.”
- “But Jimmy usually takes the easy way out, and his backfiring gadgets result in comedic adventures.”
- “Jimmy Neutron is the smartest kid in town.”
★ 7.4 · 855 votes
- 10
TV
Codename: Kids Next Door
- “10-year-olds form a covert team called the Kids Next Door with one dedicated mission:…”
- “Taking numbers instead of names, five extraordinary 10-year-olds form a covert team called the Kids Next Door with one dedicated mission: to free all children from the tyrannical rule of adults.”
- “Taking numbers instead of names, five extraordinary 10-year-olds form a covert team called the…”
★ 8.2 · 777 votes