List of Italian films of 2002

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A list of films produced in Italy in 2002 (see 2002 in film):

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
2002
Amnèsia Gabriele Salvatores Diego Abatantuono, Sergio Rubini, Martina Stella Comedy-drama
Un amore perfetto Valerio Andrei Cesare Cremonini, Martina Stella romantic comedy
Angela Roberta Torre Donatella Finocchiaro, Andrea Di Stefano Drama
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair Giuseppe Ferrara Omero Antonutti, Giancarlo Giannini, Alessandro Gassman, Rutger Hauer Drama
The Best Day of My Life (Il Più bel giorno della mia vita) Cristina Comencini Virna Lisi, Luigi Lo Cascio, Margherita Buy, Sandra Ceccarelli, Jean-Hugues Anglade DramaGay interest. 2 Nastro d'Argento
Bimba - È clonata una stella Sabina Guzzanti Sabina Guzzanti, Francesco Paolantoni Comedy
Callas Forever Franco Zeffirelli Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright biographical
Carlo Giuliani, Boy Francesca Comencini -DocumentaryScreened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival
Casomai Alessandro D'Alatri Fabio Volo, Stefania Rocca romantic comedy
Ciao America Frank Ciota Maurizio Nichetti, Violante Placido, Giancarlo Giannini, Paul Sorvino comedy-drama
The Council of Egypt Emidio Greco Silvio Orlando, Renato Carpentieri drama
Dracula Roger Young Patrick Bergin, Giancarlo Giannini, Stefania Rocca Horror
El Alamein Enzo Monteleone Paolo Briguglia, Pierfrancesco Favino, Luciano Scarpa, Emilio Solfrizzi, Giuseppe Cederna, Roberto Citran, Silvio Orlando War3 David di Donatello
The Embalmer (L'imbalsamatore) Matteo Garrone Ernesto Mahieux, Valerio Foglia Manzillo, Elisabetta Rocchetti Drama2 David di Donatello. 2 Nastro d'Argento. Gay interest
Febbre da cavallo - La mandrakata Carlo Vanzina Gigi Proietti, Enrico Montesano, Carlo Buccirosso, Nancy Brilli comedy
I Am Emma Francesco Falaschi Cecilia Dazzi, Marco Giallini, Pierfrancesco Favino comedy
I Love You Eugenio Francisco José Fernandez Giancarlo Giannini, Giuliana De Sio drama
A Journey Called Love Michele Placido Laura Morante, Stefano Accorsi, Alessandro Haber romance
Maximum Velocity (V-Max) (Velocità massima) Daniele Vicari Valerio Mastandrea, Cristiano Morroni, Ennio Girolami Drama1 David di Donatello. 2 Nastro d'Argento
My Mother's Smile (L'ora di religione) Marco Bellocchio Sergio Castellitto, Jacqueline Lustig, Chiara Conti, Piera Degli Esposti, Gigio Alberti Drama4 Nastro d'Argento, entered at Cannes
My Name Is Tanino Paolo Virzì Corrado Fortuna, Rachel McAdams comedy-drama
Natale sul Nilo Neri Parenti Christian De Sica, Massimo Boldi comedy
Nati stanchi Dominick Tambasco Ficarra e Picone, Luigi Maria Burruano comedy
Pinocchio Roberto Benigni Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Kim Rossi Stuart fantasy comedy
The Power of the Past Piergiorgio Gay Sergio Rubini, Bruno Ganz, Valeria Moriconi drama
Respiro Emanuele Crialese Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato Drama
Ripley's Game Liliana Cavani John Malkovich, Dougray Scott, Ray Winstone, Lena Headey thrillerItalian-British-American co-production
Soul Mate Sergio Rubini Valentina Cervi, Violante Placido fantasy comedy
The Soul Keeper Roberto Faenza Emilia Fox, Iain Glen, Craig Ferguson romance-dramaItalian-French-British co-production
Valentín Alejandro Agresti Rodrigo Noya, Carmen Maura dramaArgentine-French-Italian co-production
Winter Nina Di Majo Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fabrizio Gifuni, Valeria Golino drama

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