| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Chris Columbus | fantasy film, children's film, adventure film |
| The Quiet American | Phillip Noyce | romance film, political thriller film, mystery film, drama film |
| A Very Merry Pooh Year | Jamie Mitchell | Christmas film |
| Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | George Lucas | fantasy film, action film, adventure film, space opera, science fiction film, epic film |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Oliver Parker | romantic comedy |
| Halloween: Resurrection | Rick Rosenthal | horror film, slasher film |
| Punch-Drunk Love | Paul Thomas Anderson | drama film, comedy drama, romantic comedy |
| High Crimes | Carl Franklin | mystery film, drama film, thriller film, legal thriller, trial film, heist film, crime film |
| Jackass: The Movie | Jeff Tremaine | comedy film, action film |
| The Truth About Charlie | Jonathan Demme | mystery film, comedy thriller, neo-noir, romantic comedy |
| K-19: The Widowmaker | Kathryn Bigelow | drama film, historical film, thriller film, disaster film |
| Birthday Girl | Jez Butterworth | romantic comedy film, drama film, erotic thriller, erotic film, crime film |
| Bad Company | Joel Schumacher | comedy film, action film, spy film |
| Ali | — | drama film, biographical film, boxing film |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Joel Zwick | romantic comedy |
| Signs | M. Night Shyamalan | science fiction horror film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, mystery film, religious horror, monster film, fantasy film, action film, horror film, alien invasion, thriller film, speculative fiction film+2 |
| Tarzan & Jane | Steve Loter, Victor Cook | fantasy film, adventure film, comedy drama |
| Men in Black II | Barry Sonnenfeld | comedy film, action film, science fiction film, buddy cop film |
| Minority Report | Steven Spielberg | action film, dystopian film, thriller film, science fiction film |
| John Q | Nick Cassavetes | drama film, crime film |
| American Psycho 2 | Morgan J. Freeman | horror film, thriller film, slasher film |
| Recess: School's Out | Chuck Sheetz | children's film |
| Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook | coming-of-age film, teen film, drama film, family film, Western film, adventure film, musical film |
| Spider-Man | Sam Raimi | coming-of-age film, drama film, superhero film, action film, science fiction film |
| In the Bedroom | Todd Field | drama film, crime film |
| Jason X | James Isaac | science fiction horror film, horror film, science fiction film, slasher film |
| The Golden Bowl | James Ivory | drama film |
| Showtime | — | comedy film, action film, crime film |
| Return to Never Land | Donovan Cook, Robin Budd | fantasy film, pirate film, children's film, adventure film, musical film |
| Hearts in Atlantis | Scott Hicks | mystery film, drama film, fantasy film, thriller film |
| Shallow Hal | Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly | drama film, romantic comedy |
| Balto II: Wolf Quest | Phil Weinstein | family film, children's film, adventure film |
| Rollerball | — | action film, science fiction film |
| Slap Her... She's French | Melanie Mayron | teen film, romantic comedy |
| Heaven | Tom Tykwer | romance film, drama film, crime film |
| Heist | David Mamet | heist film |
| The Mothman Prophecies | Mark Pellington | psychological horror film, mystery film, drama film, horror film |
| Vanilla Sky | Cameron Crowe | romance film, psychological thriller film, drama film, melodrama, science fiction film |
| Liberty Stands Still | Kari Skogland | romance film, drama film, crime thriller film |
| Pumpkin | Anthony Abrams, Adam Larson Broder | drama film, romantic comedy |
| The Laramie Project | Moisés Kaufman | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, crime film |
| Jeepers Creepers | Victor Salva | teen film, monster film, horror film, slasher film |
| Rock Star | Stephen Herek | drama film, musical film, comedy drama |
| Zoolander | Ben Stiller | comedy film |
| The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | Woody Allen | comedy film, crime film |
| I Am Sam | Jessie Nelson | drama film, comedy film, trial film |
| Holiday in the Sun | Steve Purcell | teen film, comedy film |
| Ass Worship | Jules Jordan, Joey Silvera | pornographic film |