Editing 2002 in film

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'''2002 in film''' is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre- specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. [[Paramount Pictures]] and [[Universal Pictures]] celebrated their 90th anniversaries in 2002.

== Highest-grossing films ==
{{see also|Lists of box office number-one films#2002}}
The top 10 films released in 2002 by worldwide gross are as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2002/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1|title=2002 Worldwide Box Office |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[IMDb]]|access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 2002
|-
! Rank!! Title !! Distributor !! Worldwide gross
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''
| [[New Line Cinema|New Line]]
| $936,689,735
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 2
| ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''
| [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]
| $878,979,634
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
| ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]''
| [[Sony Pictures]]
| $821,708,551
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
| ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]''
| [[20th Century Fox]]
| $653,741,940
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
| ''[[Men in Black II]]''
| [[Sony Pictures]]
| $441,818,803
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
| ''[[Die Another Day]]''
| [[MGM]] / [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]]
| $431,971,116
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''[[Signs (2002 film)|Signs]]''
| [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista]]<!-- DISTRIBUTOR ONLY -->
| $408,247,917
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[Ice Age (2002 film)|Ice Age]]''
| [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]]
| $383,257,136
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
| ''[[My Big Fat Greek Wedding]]''
| [[IFC Films|IFC]]
| $368,744,044
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]''
| [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] / [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]]
| $358,372,926
|}
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2002 was the first year to see three films cross the eight-hundred-million-dollar milestone, surpassing the [[2001 in film|previous year]]'s record of two eight-hundred-million-dollar films. It also surpasses the previous year's record of having the most ticket sales in a single year (fueled by the success of various sequels and the first ''Spider-Man'' movie).

== Events ==
* March 1 — [[Paramount Pictures]] reveals a new-on screen logo that was used until December 2011 to celebrate its 90th anniversary.
* May – ''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]'' directed by [[Roman Polanski]] wins the "Palme d'Or" at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].
* May 3–5 – ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'' becomes the first film to earn $100 million in one weekend. This surpassed the previous all-time opening weekend record held by ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]]'', as well as the previous May opening weekend record held by ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Karger|first=Dave|title=''Spider-Man'' earns a record $114 million|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/05/06/spider-man-earns-record-114-million/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=February 17, 2022|date=May 6, 2002|archive-date=February 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220193636/https://ew.com/article/2002/05/06/spider-man-earns-record-114-million/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film went on to earn over $800 million worldwide, surpassing ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'' to become the highest-grossing superhero film of all time and ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]]'' to become Sony's most successful film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gray |first=Brandon |date=May 20, 2002 |title='Spider-Man,' 'About a Boy' Survive and Thrive Under 'Attack' |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed2054423556/ |access-date=January 1, 2023 |website=Box Office Mojo |archive-date=January 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101161553/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed2054423556/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/spider-man-20-year-anniversary-sam-raimi-marvel|title=20 years ago, the best superhero franchise of all time changed movies forever|date=3 May 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2022|archive-date=May 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506161224/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/spider-man-20-year-anniversary-sam-raimi-marvel|url-status=live}}</ref>
* May 16 – ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]'' opens in theaters. Although a huge success, it was the first ''[[Star Wars]]'' film not to be the highest-grossing of the year.
* ''[[Amélie]]'' directed by [[Jean-Pierre Jeunet]] wins the 2002 [[César Award]] for Best Film, Best Director, Best Music, and Best Art Direction. ''[[Amélie]]'' also became the highest-grossing French-language film in the United States ever.
* Another French-language film ''[[Brotherhood of the Wolf]]'' also became the second-highest-grossing French-language film in the United States in the last two decades.

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:200px;"| Category/Organization !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"|[[8th Critics' Choice Awards]]<br />January 17, 2003 !! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"|[[60th Golden Globe Awards]]<br />January 19, 2003 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[56th British Academy Film Awards|56th BAFTA Awards]]<br />February 23, 2003 !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[Producers Guild of America Awards 2002|Producers]], [[55th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors]], [[9th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors]], and [[Writers Guild of America Awards 2002|Writers Guild Awards]] !! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| [[75th Academy Awards]]<br />March 23, 2003
|-
! width=200| Drama !! style="width:200px;"| Musical or Comedy
|-
| Best Film || ''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]'' || ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'' || ''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]'' || ''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]''||colspan=2| ''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]''
|-
| Best Director || [[Steven Spielberg]]<br />''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'' and ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]'' || colspan=2| [[Martin Scorsese]]<br />''[[Gangs of New York]]'' || [[Roman Polanski]]<br />''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]'' ||[[Rob Marshall]]<br>''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]''|| [[Roman Polanski]]<br />''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]''
|-
| Best Actor || [[Jack Nicholson]]<br />''[[About Schmidt]]''<br />[[Daniel Day-Lewis]]<br />''[[Gangs of New York]]'' || [[Jack Nicholson]]<br />''[[About Schmidt]]'' || [[Richard Gere]]<br />''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]'' ||colspan=2| [[Daniel Day-Lewis]]<br />''[[Gangs of New York]]'' ||  [[Adrien Brody]]<br />''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]''
|-
| Best Actress || [[Julianne Moore]]<br />''[[Far from Heaven]]'' || [[Nicole Kidman]]<br />''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'' || [[Renée Zellweger]]<br />''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]'' || [[Nicole Kidman]]<br />''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'' || [[Renée Zellweger]]<br />''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]'' || [[Nicole Kidman]]<br />''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]''
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || colspan=3|[[Chris Cooper]]<br />''[[Adaptation (film)|Adaptation.]]'' ||colspan=2| [[Christopher Walken]]<br />''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'' || [[Chris Cooper]]<br />''[[Adaptation (film)|Adaptation.]]''
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]]<br />''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]'' || colspan=2| [[Meryl Streep]]<br />''[[Adaptation (film)|Adaptation.]]'' || colspan=3|[[Catherine Zeta-Jones]]<br />''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]''
|-
| Best Screenplay, Adapted || rowspan=2| ''[[Adaptation (film)|Adaptation.]]'' and ''[[Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (film)|Confessions of a Dangerous Mind]]'' <br />[[Charlie Kaufman]] || rowspan=2 colspan=2| ''[[About Schmidt]]''<br />[[Alexander Payne]] and [[Jim Taylor (writer)|Jim Taylor]] || ''[[Adaptation (film)|Adaptation.]]''<br />[[Charlie Kaufman|Charlie and Donald Kaufman]] ||''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]''<br>[[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]]||''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]''<br />[[Ronald Harwood]]
|-
| Best Screenplay, Original || ''[[Talk to Her]]''<br />[[Pedro Almodóvar]] ||''[[Bowling for Columbine]]''<br>[[Michael Moore]]|| ''[[Talk to Her]]''<br />[[Pedro Almodóvar]]
|-
| Best Animated Film || ''[[Spirited Away]]'' ||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}|| ''[[Spirited Away]]''
|-
| Best Original Song || ''[[Lose Yourself]]''<br /> ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]'' || rowspan=1 colspan=2| ''[[The Hands That Built America]]'' <br /> ''[[Gangs of New York]]'' ||{{n/a}}||{{n/a}}|| ''[[Lose Yourself]]''<br /> ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]''
|-
| Best Original Score || ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]''<br />[[John Williams]] || colspan=2| ''[[Frida (2002 film)|Frida]]''<br />[[Elliot Goldenthal]] || ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]''<br />[[Philip Glass]] ||{{n/a}}|| ''[[Frida (2002 film)|Frida]]''<br />[[Elliot Goldenthal]]
|-
| Best Foreign Language Film || ''[[Y Tu Mamá También]]'' || colspan=3| ''[[Talk to Her]]'' ||{{n/a}}|| ''[[Nowhere in Africa]]''
|}

'''[[Palme d'Or]] (Cannes Film Festival):'''
:'''''The Pianist''''', directed by [[Roman Polanski]], Poland

'''[[Golden Lion]] (Venice Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[The Magdalene Sisters]]''''', directed by [[Peter Mullan]], U.K. / Ireland

'''[[Berlin Film Festival|Golden Bear]] (Berlin Film Festival):'''
:'''''[[Spirited Away]]''''' (''Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi''), directed by [[Hayao Miyazaki]], Japan
:'''''[[Bloody Sunday (film)|Bloody Sunday]]''''', directed by [[Paul Greengrass]], U.K. / Ireland

== 2002 films ==
=== By country/region ===
* [[List of American films of 2002]]
* [[List of Argentine films of 2002]]
* [[List of Australian films of 2002]]
* [[List of Bangladeshi films of 2002]]
* [[List of British films of 2002]]
* [[List of Canadian films of 2002]]
* [[List of Chinese films of 2002]]
* [[List of French films of 2002]]
* [[List of Hong Kong films of 2002]]
* List of Indian films of 2002
** [[List of Indian Bengali films of 2002|List of Bengali films of 2002]]
** [[List of Hindi films of 2002]]
** [[List of Kannada films of 2002]]
** [[List of Malayalam films of 2002]]
** [[List of Marathi films of 2002]]
** [[List of Punjabi films of 2002]]
** [[List of Tamil films of 2002]]
** [[List of Telugu films of 2002]]
* [[List of Japanese films of 2002]]
* [[List of Mexican films of 2002]]
* [[List of Nepalese films of 2002]]
* [[List of Pakistani films of 2002]]
* [[List of Russian films of 2002]]
* [[List of South Korean films of 2002]]
* [[List of Spanish films of 2002]]

===By genre/medium===
* [[List of action films of the 2000s#2002|List of action films of 2002]]
* [[List of animated feature films of 2002]]
* [[List of avant-garde films of the 2000s|List of avant-garde films of 2002]]
* [[List of crime films of 2002]]
* [[List of comedy films of the 2000s#2002|List of comedy films of 2002]]
* [[List of drama films of the 2000s#2002|List of drama films of 2002]]
* [[List of horror films of 2002]]
* [[List of science fiction films of the 2000s#2002fc|List of science fiction films of 2002]]
* [[List of thriller films of the 2000s#2002|List of thriller films of 2002]]
* [[List of Western films of the 2000s|List of western films of 2002]]

== Births ==
* January 4 – [[Tunisha Sharma]], Indian actress (died 2022)
* January 15 - [[Levon Hawke]], American actor
* January 18 – [[Samuel Joslin]], British actor
* January 20
**[[Michael Barbieri (actor)|Michael Barbieri]], American actor
* January 30 - [[Joshua Colley]], American actor
* February 2 – [[Madina Nalwanga]], Ugandan actress
* February 13 – [[Sophia Lillis]], American actress
* February 18 – [[Mark Eydelshteyn]], Russian actor
* February 23 – [[Emilia Jones]], English actress, singer and songwriter
* March 4 – [[Jacob Hopkins]], American actor
* March 10 – [[Júlia Gomes]], Brazilian actress
* March 15 – [[Sam McCarthy (actor)|Sam McCarthy]], American actor
* March 27 – [[Ty Tennant]], English actor
* April 2 – [[Emma Myers]], American actress
* April 4 – [[Damian Hurley]], English actor and model
* April 8 – [[Skai Jackson]], American actress
* April 15 – [[Clara Galle]], Spanish actress
* April 16 – [[Sadie Sink]], American actress
* May 6 – [[Emily Alyn Lind]], American actress
* May 7
**[[Andrew Barth Feldman]], American actor
**[[Jake Bongiovi]], American actor 
* May 16 – [[Isaac Kragten]], Canadian actor
* May 22 – [[Maisa Silva]], Brazilian actress and television host
* May 26 – [[Georgie Farmer]], English actor
* June 2 – [[Madison Hu]], American actress
* June 3 – [[Eva Bella]], American actress
* June 5 – [[Lewis MacDougall]], Scottish actor
* July 18 – [[Tyler Lawrence Gray]], American actor
* July 2 – [[Abraham Attah]], Ghanaian actor
* July 16 – [[Milly Shapiro]], American actress and singer
* July 24 – [[Benjamin Flores Jr.]], American actor and rapper
* July 25 – [[Shunsuke Michieda]], Japanese actor and singer
* August 1 – [[Oona Laurence]], American actress
* August 12 – [[Iman Vellani]], Pakistani-Canadian actress
* August 16 – [[Talia Ryder]], American actress
* August 19 – [[Francesco Gheghi]], Italian actor
* August 23 – [[Indiana Massara]], Australian actress and singer
* August 30 – [[Raffey Cassidy]], English actress
* September 6 – [[Asher Angel]], American actor
* September 8 – [[Gaten Matarazzo]], American actor
* September 13 – [[Chiara Aurelia]], American actress
* September 20 - [[Gabriel LaBelle]], Canadian actor
* September 22 – Cody Veith, American actor
* September 24 – Elijah Richardson, American actor 
* September 27 – [[Jenna Ortega]], American actress
* September 28 – [[Kyline Alcantara]], Filipino actress, singer and television host
* September 30
**[[Levi Miller]], Australian actor
**[[Maddie Ziegler]], American actress
* October 9 – [[Choi Min-young]], South Korean actor
* October 12 – [[Iris Apatow]], American actress  
* October 16 - [[Madison Wolfe]], American actress
* October 26
**[[Julian Dennison]], New Zealand actor
**[[Emma Schweiger]], American actress
* October 28 – [[Lola Tung]], American actress
* December 12 – [[Allegra Acosta]], American actress
* December 13 – [[AC Bonifacio]], Canadian actress, dancer, singer, vlogger
* December 17 – [[Guilherme Seta]], Brazilian actor
* December 23 – [[Finn Wolfhard]], Canadian actor

== Deaths ==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;"
|- style="background:#dae3e7; text-align:center;"
! Month !! Date !! Name !! Age !! Country !! Profession !! Notable films
|-
| rowspan="16" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in January 2002|January]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Carol Ohmart]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Scarlet Hour]]''|  ''[[House on Haunted Hill]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Julia Phillips]] || style="text-align:center;"| 57 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer ||{{hlist|''[[Taxi Driver]]''|  ''[[The Sting]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Mario Nascimbene]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[The Vikings (1958 film)|The Vikings]]''|''[[Room at the Top (1959 film)|Room at the Top]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Avery Schreiber]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]''|''[[Caveman (film)|Caveman]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Bill McCutcheon]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Steel Magnolias]]''|''[[Family Business (1989 film)|Family Business]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Henri Verneuil]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| Turkey || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[I as in Icarus]]''|''[[The Sheep Has Five Legs]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Stanley Unwin (comedian)|Stanley Unwin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]''|''[[Carry On Regardless]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Ted Demme]] || style="text-align:center;"| 38 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer || {{hlist|''[[Blow (film)|Blow]]''|''[[Rounders (1998 film)|Rounders]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Jeremy Hawk]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Elizabeth (film)|Elizabeth]]''|''[[Stealing Heaven]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Queenie Leonard]] || style="text-align:center;"| 96 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[And Then There Were None (1945 film)|And Then There Were None]]''|''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Roy Conrad]] || style="text-align:center;"| 61 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams]]''|''[[Casino (1995 film)|Casino]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Harold Kasket]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)|The Man Who Knew Too Much]]''|''[[The 7th Voyage of Sinbad]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Peggy Lee]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actress || {{hlist|''[[Lady and the Tramp]]''|''[[Pete Kelly's Blues (film)|Pete Kelly's Blues]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || Howard A. Smith || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]''|''[[The Delicate Delinquent]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Stratford Johns]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Cromwell (film)|Cromwell]]''|''[[Wild Geese II]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Harold Russell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]''|'' [[Inside Moves]]''}}
|-
| rowspan="18"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|'''[[Deaths in February 2002|February]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Hildegard Knef]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film)|The Snows of Kilimanjaro]]''|''[[Fedora (1978 film)|Fedora]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[George Nader]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Congo Crossing]]''| ''[[Four Girls in Town]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Guy Stockwell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The War Lord]]''| ''[[Tobruk (1967 film)|Tobruk]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Diane Hart]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Wicked Lady]]''|''[[Happy Go Lovely]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Barry Foster (actor)|Barry Foster]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Frenzy (film)|Frenzy]]''|''[[Ryan's Daughter]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Waylon Jennings]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actor || {{hlist|''[[Nashville Rebel (film)|Nashville Rebel]]''|''[[Moonrunners]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Lucille Lund]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Prison Shadows]]''| ''[[The Black Cat (1934 film)|The Black Cat]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Giustino Durano]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Life Is Beautiful (1997 film)|Life Is Beautiful]]''|''[[Lucky to Be a Woman]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Jack Lambert (American actor)|Jack Lambert]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]]''|''[[Kiss Me Deadly]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Byrne Piven]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Being John Malkovich]]''|''[[Miracle on 34th Street (1994 film)|Miracle on 34th Street]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Gene Ruggiero]] || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]''|''[[The Shop Around the Corner]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''20'' || [[Fredric Steinkamp]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[Tootsie]]''|''[[Out of Africa (film)|Out of Africa]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[John Thaw]] || style="text-align:center;"| 60 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Chaplin (film)|Chaplin]]''|''[[Sweeney! (1977 film)|Sweeney!]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Chuck Jones]] || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Animator, Director || {{hlist|''[[The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie]]''|''[[Gay Purr-ee]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Claire Davenport]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Return of the Jedi]]''|''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|The Elephant Man]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Lawrence Tierney]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''|''[[Dillinger (1945 film)|Dillinger]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Spike Milligan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| India || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Life of Brian]]''|''[[The Big Freeze (1993 film)|The Big Freeze]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Mary Stuart (actress)|Mary Stuart]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Adventures of Don Juan]]''| ''[[The Big Punch (1948 film)|The Big Punch]]''}}
|-
| rowspan="13"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|'''[[Deaths in March 2002|March]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Mary Grant Price|Mary Grant]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Costume Designer || {{hlist|''[[Sweet Smell of Success]]''|''[[We're No Angels (1955 film)|We're No Angels]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Eric Flynn]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| China || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Empire of the Sun (film)|Empire of the Sun]]''|''[[Safari 3000]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Shirley Ann Russell|Shirley Russell]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Costume Designer || {{hlist|''[[Reds (film)|Reds]]''|''[[Tommy (1975 film)|Tommy]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Irene Worth]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Deathtrap (film)|Deathtrap]]''|''[[Lost in Yonkers (film)|Lost in Yonkers]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Carmelo Bene]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || {{hlist|''[[One Hamlet Less]]''|''[[Oedipus Rex (1967 film)|Oedipus Rex]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[William Witney]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Crimson Ghost]]''|''[[Adventures of Captain Marvel]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Denis Forest]] || style="text-align:center;"| 41 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Mask (1994 film)|The Mask]]''|''[[Cliffhanger (film)|Cliffhanger]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Richard Sylbert]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Production Designer ||{{hlist|''[[Chinatown (1974 film)|Chinatown]]''|''[[The Graduate]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[James Culliford]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Trygon Factor]]''|''[[Quatermass and the Pit (film)|Quatermass and the Pit]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Louis M. Heyward]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Screenwriter ||{{hlist|''[[The Abominable Dr. Phibes]]''|''[[Pajama Party (film)|Pajama Party]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Milton Berle]] || style="text-align:center;"| 93 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Comedian ||{{hlist|''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''|''[[Who's Minding the Mint?]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Dudley Moore]] || style="text-align:center;"| 66 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Arthur (1981 film)|Arthur]]''|''[[10 (1979 film)|10]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Billy Wilder]] || style="text-align:center;"| 95 || style="text-align:center;"| Austria || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Some Like It Hot]]''|''[[Double Indemnity]]''}}
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| rowspan="16"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|'''[[Deaths in April 2002|April]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Jack Kruschen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 80 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Apartment]]''|''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|The War of the Worlds]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Roy Huggins]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Pushover (film)|Pushover]]''| ''[[Too Late for Tears]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || Harry O'Connor || style="text-align:center;"| 44 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Stuntman || {{hlist|''[[The Perfect Storm (film)|The Perfect Storm]]''|''[[XXX (2002 film)|XXX]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[Nobu McCarthy]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Geisha Boy]]''| ''[[Wake Me When It's Over (film)|Wake Me When It's Over]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[John Agar]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Sands of Iwo Jima]]''|''[[Fort Apache (film)|Fort Apache]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[María Félix]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| Mexico || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Enamorada (film)|Enamorada]]''| ''[[French Cancan]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Dave King (actor)|Dave King]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Reds (film)|Reds]]''| ''[[The Long Good Friday]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Alexander Doré]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]''|''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Robert Urich]] || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Magnum Force]]''|''[[Turk 182]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[James Copeland (actor)|James Copeland]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Torture Garden (film)|Torture Garden]]''| ''[[The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''19'' || [[Reginald Rose]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[12 Angry Men (1957 film)|12 Angry Men]]''|''[[The Wild Geese]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[Terry Walsh (actor)|Terry Walsh]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Stuntman, Actor || {{hlist|''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''|''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Linda Lovelace]] || style="text-align:center;"| 53 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Porn Actress || {{hlist|''[[Deep Throat (film)|Deep Throat]]''| ''[[Linda Lovelace for President]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || Carla Fry || style="text-align:center;"| 40 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer, Executive || {{hlist|''[[The Mask (1994 film)|The Mask]]''| ''[[Lost in Space (film)|Lost in Space]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Michael Bryant (actor)|Michael Bryant]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]''|''[[Hamlet (1996 film)|Hamlet]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[John Wilkinson (sound engineer)|John Wilkinson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Sound Engineer || {{hlist|''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]''|''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]''}}
|-
| rowspan="9"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"|'''[[Deaths in May 2002|May]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Ron Soble]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Papillon (1973 film)|Papillion]]''| ''[[True Grit (1969 film)|True Grit]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[George Sidney]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[Show Boat (1951 film)|Show Boat]]''|''[[Annie Get Your Gun (film)|Annie Get Your Gun]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Lou Lombardo (filmmaker)|Lou Lombardo]] || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[The Wild Bunch]]''|''[[Moonstruck]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || Linda Francis || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Casting Director || {{hlist|''[[Swingers (1996 film)|Swingers]]''|''[[Prince of Darkness (film)|Prince of Darkness]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Bill Peet]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Dumbo]]''|''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Ray Stricklyn]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Young Jesse James]]''| ''[[The Lost World (1960 film)|The Lost World]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Bryan Pringle]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]''|''[[Three Men and a Little Lady]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Dorothy Spencer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 93 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[Stagecoach (1939 film)|Stagecoach]]''|''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Pat Coombs]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]''|''[[Carry On Doctor]]''}}
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| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in June 2002|June]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Herman Cohen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer || {{hlist|''[[I Was a Teenage Werewolf]]''|''[[Berserk!]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Lew Wasserman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Studio Executive ||
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Sam Whipple]] || style="text-align:center;"| 41 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Rock (film)|The Rock]]''|''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Signe Hasso]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Where There's Life]]''| ''[[Johnny Angel (film)|Johnny Angel]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Chang Cheh]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| China || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[The One-Armed Swordsman]]''|''[[Vengeance (1970 film)|Vengeance]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || Charles C. Bennett || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Production Designer || {{hlist|''[[New Jack City]]''|''[[Drumline (film)|Drumline]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Dolores Gray]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Opposite Sex]]''|''[[Designing Woman]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[François Périer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Nights of Cabiria]]''|''[[Orpheus (film)|Orpheus]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Rosemary Clooney]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Singer, Actress || {{hlist|''[[White Christmas (film)|White Christmas]]''|''[[Red Garters (film)|Red Garters]]''}}
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| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in July 2002|July]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Ivan Moffat]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| Cuba || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Giant (1956 film)|Giant]]''|''[[Black Sunday (1977 film)|Black Sunday]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Katy Jurado]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| Mexico || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[High Noon]]''|''[[One-Eyed Jacks]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''6'' || [[John Frankenheimer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer || {{hlist|''[[The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]''|''[[Ronin (film)|Ronin]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Ward Kimball]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Animator || {{hlist|''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]''|''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Gerald Campion]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]''|''[[Little Dorrit (1987 film)|Little Dorrit]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Rod Steiger]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[On the Waterfront]]''|''[[In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Phil Roth]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''|''[[Harry and Tonto]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Harry W. Gerstad]] || style="text-align:center;"| 93 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[High Noon]]''|''[[Champion (1949 film)|Champion]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Leo McKern]] || style="text-align:center;"| 82 || style="text-align:center;"| Australia || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]''|''[[Ladyhawke (film)|Ladyhawke]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Maurice Denham]] || style="text-align:center;"| 92 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Animal Farm (1954 film)|Animal Farm]]''|''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)|The Day of the Jackal]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Buddy Baker (composer)|Buddy Baker]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer || {{hlist|''[[The Fox and the Hound]]''|''[[Napoleon and Samantha]]''}}
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| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in August 2002|August]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Peter Miles (American actor)|Peter Miles]] || style="text-align:center;"| 64 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]''|''[[Possessed (1947 film)|Possessed]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Peter Matz]] || style="text-align:center;"| 73 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Composer, Arranger, Conductor || {{hlist|''[[Funny Lady]]''|''[[Marlowe (1969 film)|Marlowe]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Peter R. Hunt]] || style="text-align:center;"| 77 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor, Director || {{hlist|''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''|''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Henry Batista]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[The Caine Mutiny (1954 film)|The Caine Mutiny]]''|''[[Riders in the Sky (film)|Riders in the Sky]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Yuriy Yakovlev (Bulgarian actor)|Yuriy Yakovlev]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| Bulgaria || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Past-Master (film)|The Past-Master]]''|''[[Farsighted for Two Diopters]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[Jeff Corey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''|''[[Little Big Man (film)|Little Big Man]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Dean Riesner]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Dirty Harry]]''| ''[[Play Misty for Me]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Dennis Fimple]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[King Kong (1976 film)|King Kong]]''|''[[House of 1000 Corpses]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Stanley R. Greenberg]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Soylent Green]]''|''[[Skyjacked (film)|Skyjacked]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[J. Lee Thompson]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]''|''[[Cape Fear (1962 film)|Cape Fear]]''}}
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| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in September 2002|September]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Ted Ross]] || style="text-align:center;"| 68 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Wiz (film)|The Wiz]]''|''[[Arthur (1981 film)|Arthur]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''5'' || [[Cliff Gorman]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[All That Jazz (film)|All That Jazz]]''| ''[[Night and the City (1992 film)|Night and the City]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Katrin Cartlidge]] || style="text-align:center;"| 41 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[From Hell (film)|From Hell]]''|''[[Breaking the Waves]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''7'' || [[Michael Elphick]] || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Cry of the Banshee]]''|''[[O Lucky Man!]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''11'' || [[Kim Hunter]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]''|''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[LaWanda Page]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Zapped!]]''|''[[Friday (1995 film)|Friday]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''16'' || [[James Gregory (actor)|James Gregory]] || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]''|''[[The Sons of Katie Elder]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Hazel Brooks]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| South Africa || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Body and Soul (1947 film)|Body and Soul]]''|''[[Arch of Triumph (1948 film)|Arch of Triumph]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Carmen Phillips]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Easy Rider]]''|''[[Please Don't Eat the Daisies (film)|Please Don't Eat the Daisies]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[P.A. Lundgren]] || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| Sweden || style="text-align:center;"| Art Director, Production Designer || {{hlist|''[[The Seventh Seal]]''| ''[[Through a Glass Darkly (film)|Through a Glass Darkly]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Whitney Blake]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[My Gun Is Quick (film)|My Gun Is Quick]]''| ''[[-30- (film)|-30-]]''}}
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| rowspan="24" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | '''[[Deaths in October 2002|October]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Tad Horino]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US ||style="text-align:center;"|Actor || {{hlist|''[[Mulholland Drive (film)|Mulholland Drive]]''|'' [[Red Sonja (1985 film)|Red Sonja]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[André Delvaux]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| Belgium || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (film)|The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short]]''|''[[Rendezvous at Bray]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Buddy Lester]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Ocean's 11]]''|''[[The Nutty Professor (1963 film)|The Nutty Professor]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''8'' || [[Phyllis Calvert]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Indiscreet (1958 film)|Indiscreet]]''|''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''9'' || [[Charles Guggenheim]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Documentarian || {{hlist|''[[The Johnstown Flood (1989 film)|The Johnstown Flood]]''|''[[Robert Kennedy Remembered]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Hilyard M. Brown]] || style="text-align:center;"| 92 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Art Director || {{hlist|''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]''|''[[The Night of the Hunter (film)|The Night of the Hunter]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Keene Curtis]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Macbeth (1948 film)|Macbeth]]''| ''[[Sliver (film)|Sliver]]''}}
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| style="text-align:center;"| ''13'' || [[Dennis Patrick]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Joe (1970 film)|Joe]]''|''[[House of Dark Shadows]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Chuck Domanico]] || style="text-align:center;"| 58 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Musician || {{hlist|''[[Midnight Run]]''|''[[The Truth About Cats & Dogs]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''21'' || [[George Hall (actor)|George Hall]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Big Daddy (1999 film)|Big Daddy]]''|''[[Mrs Brown]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Adolph Green]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Screenwriter, Lyricist, Actor || {{hlist|''[[Singin' in the Rain]]''| ''[[My Favorite Year]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''23'' || [[Nathan Juran]] || style="text-align:center;"| 95 || style="text-align:center;"| Romania || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The 7th Voyage of Sinbad]]''|''[[20 Million Miles to Earth]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Charmian May]] || style="text-align:center;"| 65 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Bridget Jones's Diary (film)|Bridget Jones's Diary]]''|''[[The Dawning]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Peggy Moran]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Mummy's Hand]]''| ''[[King of the Cowboys]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Scott Plank]] || style="text-align:center;"| 43 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Holes (film)|Holes]]''|''[[Mr. Baseball]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Micheline Cheirel]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Flight to Nowhere]]''| ''[[Cornered (1945 film)|Cornered]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Richard Harris]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[A Man Called Horse (film)|A Man Called Horse]]''|''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[André de Toth]] || style="text-align:center;"| 90 || style="text-align:center;"| Hungary || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[House of Wax (1953 film)|House of Wax]]''|''[[The Gunfighter]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Margaret Booth]] || style="text-align:center;"| 104 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]''|''[[The Way We Were]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''28'' || [[Lawrence Dobkin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 83 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor, Director || {{hlist|''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''|''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Marina Berti]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Prince of Foxes (film)|Prince of Foxes]]''| ''[[Eager to Live]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Glenn McQueen]] || style="text-align:center;"| 41 || style="text-align:center;"| Canada || style="text-align:center;"| Animator || {{hlist|''[[Toy Story]]''|''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Lee H. Katzin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 67 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?]]''| ''[[Le Mans (film)|Le Mans]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''31'' || [[Raf Vallone]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Bitter Rice]]''|''[[The Godfather Part III]]''}}
|-
| rowspan="16" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in November 2002|November]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''1'' || [[Keith A. Wester]] || style="text-align:center;"| 62 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Sound Engineer || {{hlist|''[[The Rock (film)|The Rock]]''|''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Lo Lieh]] || style="text-align:center;"| 63 || style="text-align:center;"| Indonesia || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[King Boxer]]''|''[[The 36th Chamber of Shaolin]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''4'' || [[Antonio Margheriti]] || style="text-align:center;"| 72 || style="text-align:center;"| Italy || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Screenwriter || {{hlist|''[[Code Name: Wild Geese]]''|''[[The Stranger and the Gunfighter]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Eddie Bracken]] || style="text-align:center;"| 87 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Miracle of Morgan's Creek]]''|''[[Home Alone 2: Lost in New York]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[Marvin Mirisch]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer || {{hlist|''[[Romantic Comedy (1983 film)|Romantic Comedy]]''|''[[Dracula (1979 film)|Dracula]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[James Coburn]] || style="text-align:center;"| 74 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]''|''[[Affliction (1997 film)|Affliction]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Parley Baer]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Young Lions (film)|The Young Lions]]''|''[[The Ugly Dachshund]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Joan Barclay]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Singing Outlaw]]''| ''[[The Shanghai Cobra]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Adele Jergens]] || style="text-align:center;"| 84 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Dark Past]]''|''[[Down to Earth (1947 film)|Down to Earth]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''24'' || [[Noel Davis]] || style="text-align:center;"| 75 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Casting Director || {{hlist|''[[Reds (film)|Reds]]''|''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''25'' || [[Karel Reisz]] || style="text-align:center;"| 76 || style="text-align:center;"| Czech Republic || style="text-align:center;"| Director, Producer || {{hlist|''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]''|''[[Isadora (film)|Isadora]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''26'' || [[Stanley Black]] || style="text-align:center;"| 89 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Composer, Conductor || {{hlist|''[[The Day the Earth Caught Fire]]''|''[[The Trollenberg Terror]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Billie Bird]] || style="text-align:center;"| 94 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Sixteen Candles]]''|''[[Dennis the Menace (1993 film)|Dennis the Menace]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[Wolfgang Preiss]] || style="text-align:center;"| 92 || style="text-align:center;"| Germany || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]''|''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[Daniel Gélin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| France || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956 film)|The Man Who Knew Too Much]]''|''[[Murmur of the Heart]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''29'' || [[John Justin]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)|The Thief of Bagdad]]''|''[[The Big Sleep (1946 film)|The Big Sleep]]''}}
|-
| rowspan="18" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| '''[[Deaths in December 2002|December]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"| ''2'' || [[Edgar Scherick]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer || {{hlist|''[[The Stepford Wives (1975 film)|The Stepford Wives]]''|''[[The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film)|The Taking of Pelham One Two Three]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''3'' || [[Glenn Quinn]] || style="text-align:center;"| 32 || style="text-align:center;"| Ireland || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Live Nude Girls]]''|''[[Dr. Giggles]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''10'' || [[Peter Tanner]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Film Editor || {{hlist|''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]''|''[[Hamburger Hill]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''12'' || [[Brad Dexter]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Magnificent Seven]]''|''[[The Asphalt Jungle]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Sidney Glazier]] || style="text-align:center;"| 86 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Producer || {{hlist|''[[The Producers (1967 film)|The Producers]]''|''[[Take the Money and Run (film)|Take the Money and Run]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''14'' || [[Ruth Kobart]] || style="text-align:center;"| 78 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Dirty Harry]]''|''[[Sister Act]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''15'' || [[Arthur Jeph Parker]] || style="text-align:center;"| 79 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Set Decorator || {{hlist|''[[Silverado (film)|Silverado]]''|''[[Private Benjamin (1980 film)|Private Benjamin]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''17'' || [[James Hazeldine]] || style="text-align:center;"| 55 || style="text-align:center;"| UK || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Pink Floyd – The Wall]]''|''[[The Ruling Class (film)|The Ruling Class]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''18'' || [[Edward Norris]] || style="text-align:center;"| 91 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Career Girl (1944 film)|Career Girl]]''| ''[[Decoy (1946 film)|Decoy]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Duke Callaghan]] || style="text-align:center;"| 88 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Cinematographer || {{hlist|''[[Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)|Conan the Barbarian]]''| ''[[Jeremiah Johnson (film)|Jeremiah Johnson]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Susan Fleming]] || style="text-align:center;"| 94 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[Million Dollar Legs (1932 film)|Million Dollar Legs]]''| ''[[Range Feud]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Clay Tanner]] || style="text-align:center;"| 71 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]''|''[[The Outlaw Josey Wales]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''22'' || [[Kenneth Tobey]] || style="text-align:center;"| 85 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actor || {{hlist|''[[The Thing from Another World]]''|''[[The Candidate (1972 film)|The Candidate]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''27'' || [[George Roy Hill]] || style="text-align:center;"| 81 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Director || {{hlist|''[[The Sting]]''| ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| ''30'' || [[Mary Brian]] || style="text-align:center;"| 96 || style="text-align:center;"| US || style="text-align:center;"| Actress || {{hlist|''[[The Virginian (1929 film)|The Virginian]]''| ''[[The Front Page (1931 film)|The Front Page]]''}}
|-
|}

==Film debuts==
{{Column list|
*[[Fred Armisen]] – ''[[Like Mike]]''
*[[Lake Bell]] – ''Speakeasy''
*[[Jon Bernthal]] – ''Mary/Mary''
*[[Abigail Breslin]] – ''[[Signs (2002 film)|Signs]]''
*[[Kristin Chenoweth]] – ''Topa Topa Bluffs''
*[[Priyanka Chopra]] – ''[[Thamizhan]]''
*[[Martin Compston]] – ''[[Sweet Sixteen (2002 film)|Sweet Sixteen]]''
*[[Jean Dujardin]] – ''[[If I Were a Rich Man (film)|Ah! Si j'étais riche]]''
*[[Jesse Eisenberg]] – ''[[Roger Dodger (film)|Roger Dodger]]''
*[[Josh Gad]] – ''Mary and Joe''
*[[Romola Garai]] – ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film)|Nicholas Nickleby]]''
*[[Javier Gutiérrez (actor)|Javier Gutiérrez]] – ''[[The Other Side of the Bed]]''
*[[Kevin Hart]] – ''[[Paper Soldiers]]''
*[[Sally Hawkins]] – ''[[All or Nothing (film)|All or Nothing]]''
*[[Emile Hirsch]] – ''[[The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys]]''
*[[Kevin James]] – ''[[Pinocchio (2002 film)|Pinocchio]]''
*[[Diane Kruger]] – ''The Piano Player''
*[[Derek Luke]] – ''[[Antwone Fisher (film)|Antwone Fisher]]''
*[[Anthony Mackie]] – ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]''
*[[Joe Manganiello]] – ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]''
*[[Rachel McAdams]] – ''[[My Name Is Tanino]]''
*[[Elliot Page]] – ''[[Marion Bridge (film)|Marion Bridge]]''
*[[Nathan Phillips (actor)|Nathan Phillips]] – ''[[Australian Rules (film)|Australian Rules]]'' 
*[[Rosamund Pike]] – ''[[Die Another Day]]''
*[[Clémence Poésy]] – ''[[Olgas Sommer]]''
*[[Manolo Solo]] – ''[[Everything in Place]]''
*[[Aaron Taylor-Johnson]] – ''[[Tom & Thomas]]''
*[[Natalia Tena]] – ''[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]''
*[[Sofía Vergara]] – ''[[Big Trouble (2002 film)|Big Trouble]]''
*[[Katt Williams]] – ''[[Friday After Next]]''
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=2002-01-01,2002-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 2002 films] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2002/?grossesOption=calendarGrosses 2002 Domestic Grosses] at [[Box Office Mojo]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=2002-01-01,2002-12-31&adult=include List of 2002 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=2002-01-01,2002-12-31&adult=include List of 2002 births] at [[IMDb]]

{{2002 films}}

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