Best Drama movies of 2002

Actors : Christian Redl, Nadeshda Brennicke, August Diehl, Johan Leysen,
Directors : Robert Schwentke,

Two police detectives, a grizzled veteran and one fresh-faced rookie, hunt a ritualistic serial killer murdering people with tattoos and skinning them.

Actors : Ky-Mani Marley, Spragga Benz, Louie Rankin, Paul Campbell,
Directors : Cess Silvera,

This movie is about crime connected to selling drugs and extortion, hence the title. The crimes which start off in Jamaica then move to USA.

Actors : Willem Dafoe, Paul Bettany, Marian Aguilera, Trevor Steedman,
Directors : Paul McGuigan,

A priest on the lam takes up with a traveling band of actors, who then discover a murder has occurred and try to solve it by recreating the crime in a play.

Actors : Chiara Conti, Jacqueline Lustig, Gigio Alberti, Sergio Castellitto,
Directors : Marco Bellocchio,

A celebrated painter receives a visit from a cardinal's assistant, who informs him that his mother could become a saint.

Actors : Pascal Greggory, Isabelle Huppert, Maud Forget, Fabienne Babe,
Directors : Olivier Dahan,

A prostitute and her teenager daughter, will have to run away after the girl stabs her mother's pimp. The woman will try to find her son, which she hasn't seen in 8 years.

Actors : Joe Odagiri, Tadanobu Asano, Tatsuya Fuji, Takashi Sasano,
Directors : Kiyoshi Kurosawa,

Two young guys work in a plant that manufactures oshibori (those moist hand-towels found in some Japanese restaurants). Their weird bond is based on uncontrollable rage--something neither ...

Actors : Yôsuke Kubozuka, Shidô Nakamura, Arata Iura, Sam Lee,
Directors : Fumihiko Sori,

The film traces the growth and friendship of two very different high-school ping-pong players. "Peco" Hoshino is a brash, arrogant player, determined to turn pro. He taught his quiet, nerdy...

Actors : Surekha Sikri, Bhisham Sahni, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rahul Bose,
Directors : Aparna Sen,

During a bus journey, a devout Hindu Brahmin woman protects a Muslim man when communal rioting breaks out.

Actors : Lucas Belvaux, Ornella Muti, Catherine Frot, Dominique Blanc,
Directors : Lucas Belvaux,

After nearly fifteen years behind bars, lefty revolutionary Bruno escapes and heads back to Grenoble, France. His plan? Settle some old scores, hook up with his foxy ex-lover, and avoid the...

Actors : Claire Bouanich, Nade Dieu, Jacques Bouanich, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Philippe Muyl,

This is the story of a young girl named Elsa who was raised by a single mother (Isabelle) in the city. Isabelle and Elsa begin the film moving in next door to an elderly man who collects ...

Actors : Geraldine Chaplin, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Ana Fernández,
Directors : Antonio Hernández,

Victor is a man who gets to Paris to join his family around their seriously ill father, Max. As the chance of selling the family business begins to disrupt the family relationships, Victor ...

Actors : Lun-Mei Kwei, Bo-lin Chen, Yolin Liang, Joanna Chou,
Directors : Chih-yen Yee,

An is-she-or-isn't-she gay comedy focused on a Taiwanese teen, the boy she might like, and the girl she may love.

Actors : Ernesto Mahieux, Valerio Foglia Manzillo, Elisabetta Rocchetti, Lina Bernardi,
Directors : Matteo Garrone,

Peppino is an aging taxidermist constantly ridiculed for being short and somewhat creepy. He meets Valerio, a handsome young man fascinated by Peppino's work. Peppino, in turn, becomes ...

Actors : Taye Diggs, Meredith Monroe, Dominique Swain, Mia Kirshner,
Directors : Zoe Clarke-Williams,

A North Carolina sheriff investigates the near-fatal drug overdose of an underachieving college girl, and uncovers many sordid details of her life before and during her descent into drugs and debauchery.

Actors : Anna Mouglalis, Nathalie Richard, Paz Vega, Eduardo Noriega,
Directors : Jean-Pierre Limosin,

Those who loved Graham yesterday shouldn't count on today. Those who love him today risk being heartbroken tomorrow... Suffering from recurring memory loss, Graham is restricted to a ...

Actors : Laura Regan, Sean Cw Johnson, Stephen O'Reilly, Kris Lemche,
Directors : Marc Evans,

Five people are offered $1 million to spend six months together in an isolated mansion, with cameras watching their every move.

Actors : Hélène Fillières, Vincent Lindon, Valérie Lemercier, Hélène de Saint-Père,
Directors : Claire Denis,

Having packed up her possessions to move in with her lover, Laure is more unsettled than she appears. Needing to get out and have a change of scenery, she jumps in her car to go to have ...

Actors : Peter Sarsgaard, Denise Richards, Vincent Laresca, John Leguizamo,
Directors : Franc. Reyes,

A successful South Bronx drug dealer turns his back on his roots and gives money to a Wall Street broker to invest for him.

Actors : Guillermo Toledo, Natalia Verbeke, Ernesto Alterio, Paz Vega,
Directors : Emilio Martínez Lázaro,

Two couples entwine on their search for love.