| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| 8 Women | François Ozon | Comedy mystery | 5 wins & 19 nominations |
| Adolphe | Benoît Jacquot | Isabelle Adjani | Drama | 1 win |
| The Adversary | Nicole Garcia | Entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival |
| Aram | Robert Kechichian | Simon Abkarian | Drama | 1 win, 1 nomination |
| Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | Alain Chabat | Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier | Adventure comedy | 1 win & 4 nominations |
| L'Auberge espagnole | Cédric Klapisch | Romain Duris, Judith Godrèche, Audrey Tautou | Drama |
| Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | Dai Sijie | Zhou Xun, Liu Ye | Period drama |
| Carnage | Delphine Gleize | Chiara Mastroianni | Drama | Screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival |
| La cité de Dieu | Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund (co-director) | Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino Da Hora, Jonathan Haagensen, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Daniel Zettel, Seu Jorge | Epic crime | Brazili
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