| Title | Director | Cast(Subject of documentary) | Genre | Notes |
| 15 Minutes | John Herzfeld | Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer | Action, Crime | |
| 3 A.M. | Lee Davis | Danny Glover, Pam Grier, Sarita Choudhury | Crime drama | |
| 3000 Miles to Graceland | Demian Lichtenstein | Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater, David Arquette, Kevin Pollak, Howie Long, Ice-T | Action, Crime | 5 Razzie nominations |
| A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Steven Spielberg | Jude Law, Haley Joel Osment, William Hurt, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards | Science fiction | based on Super-Toys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss |
| The Affair of the Necklace | Charles Shyer | Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Adrien Brody | Drama | |
| Ali | Michael Mann | Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles, Jeffrey Wright, Ron Silver | Drama, Biography | bio of Muhammad Ali |
| All Over the Guy | Julie Davis | Sasha Alexander, Dan Bucatinsky, Adam Goldberg | Comedy | |
| Along Came a Spider | Lee Tamahori | Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Dylan Baker | Crime, thriller | based on Along Came a Spider by James Patterson |
| The Amati Girls | Anne De Salvo | Cloris Leachman, Mercedes Ruehl, Sean Young | Drama | |
| America's Sweethearts | Joe Roth | Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cusack, Billy Crystal | Comedy | |
| The American Astronaut | Cory McAbee | Cory McAbee, Rocco Sisto | Musical | |
| American Outlaws | Les Mayfield | Colin Farrell, Scott Caan, Ali Larter | Western | |
| American Pie 2 | James Rogers | Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Chris Klein, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott, Tara Reid, Eugene Levy | Comedy | preceded by American Pie |
| An American Rhapsody | Éva Gárdos | Scarlett Johansson, Nastassja Kinski, Tony Goldwyn | Drama | |
| Amy's Orgasm | Julie Davis | Julie Davis, Nick Chinlund, Jeff Cesario | Comedy | |
| Angel Eyes | Luis Mandoki | Jennifer Lopez, James Caviezel, Jeremy Sisto | Romance | |
| The Animal | Luke Greenfield | Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, John C. McGinley, Edward Asner | Comedy | |
| The Anniversary Party | Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh | Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kevin Kline | Comedy, Drama | |
| Antitrust | Peter Howitt | Ryan Phillippe, Rachael Leigh Cook, Claire Forlani, Tim Robbins | Crime drama | |
| Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Michael J. Fox, Cree Summer, James Garner | Animation | |
| Baby Boy | John Singleton | Tyrese Gibson, Snoop Dogg, Ving Rhames | Crime drama | |
| Bandits | Barry Levinson | Bruce Willis, Cate Blanchett, Billy Bob Thornton | Crime, Comedy | |
| Bartleby | Jonathan Parker | David Paymer, Crispin Glover, Glenne Headly | Comedy, Drama | based on Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville |
| A Beautiful Mind | Ron Howard | Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris | Biography, Drama | bio of John Forbes Nash, Jr.
winner of Academy Award, Golden Globe |
| Behind Enemy Lines | John Moore | Gene Hackman, Owen Wilson, David Keith | War | |
| The Believer | Henry Bean | Ryan Gosling, Billy Zane, Theresa Russell | Drama | winner of the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| Big Bad Love | Arliss Howard | Arliss Howard, Debra Winger, Paul Le Mat | Drama | |
| Black Hawk Down | Ridley Scott | Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Hardy | War | based on Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden |
| Black Knight | Gil Junger | Martin Lawrence | Comedy | |
| Blow | Ted Demme | Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz | Biography, Drama | based on Blow by Bruce Porter |
| Bones | Ernest R. Dickerson | Snoop Dogg, Pam Grier, Michael T. Weiss | Horror | |
| Boom: The Sound of Eviction | Francine Cavanaugh | Willie Brown | Documentary | |
| A Boy Named Sue | Julie Wyman | | Documentary | |
| The Brothers | Gary Hardwick | Morris Chestnut, D. L. Hughley, Bill Bellamy, Shemar Moore | Comedy | |
| Bubble Boy | Blair Hayes | Jake Gyllenhaal | Comedy | |
| Buffalo Soldiers | Gregor Jordan | Joaquin Phoenix, Ed Harris, Anna Paquin | War, Comedy | based on Buffalo Soldiers by Robert O'Connor |
| Bully | Larry Clark | Brad Renfro, Rachel Miner, Bijou Phillips | Crime drama | based on Bully: A True Story of High School Revenge by Jim Schutze |
| The Business of Strangers | Patrick Stettner | Julia Stiles, Stockard Channing, Marcus Giamatti | Thriller | |
| Captain Corelli's Mandolin | John Madden | Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz | Romance | based on Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières |
| The Cat's Meow | Peter Bogdanovich | Kirsten Dunst, Edward Herrmann, Eddie Izzard, Cary Elwes, Joanna Lumley, Jennifer Tilly | Drama | based on The Cat's Meow by Steven Peros |
| Cats & Dogs | Lawrence Guterman | Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Tobey Maguire, Sean Hayes, Alec Baldwin, Alexander Pollock | Comedy | |
| The Caveman's Valentine | Kasi Lemmons | Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Ann Magnuson | Crime drama | based on The Caveman's Valentine by George Dawes Green |
| The Center of the World | Wayne Wang | Peter Sarsgaard, Molly Parker | Drama | |
| Corky Romano | Rob Pritts | Chris Kattan, Peter Falk, Fred Ward | Comedy | |
| CQ | Roman Coppola | Jeremy Davies, Angela Lindvall | Science fiction | |
| Crazy/Beautiful | John Stockwell | Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, Bruce Davison | Romance | |
| Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles | Simon Wincer | Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Jere Burns, Paul Rodriguez | Adventure | preceded by "Crocodile" Dundee II |
| The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | Woody Allen | Woody Allen, Elizabeth Berkley, Helen Hunt, Dan Aykroyd | Comedy | |
| The Deep End | Scott McGehee, David Siegel | Tilda Swinton, Goran Višnjić, Jonathan Tucker | Drama | based on The Blank Wall by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding |
| Delivering Milo | Nick Castle | Anton Yelchin, Albert Finney, Bridget Fonda | Comedy | |
| Den | Greg Arce | Greg Arce, Stephanie Rettig, Lee Schall, Dana J. Ryan | Thriller | IMDb |
| Dogtown and Z-Boys | Stacy Peralta | the history of skateboarding | Documentary | |
| Domestic Disturbance | Harold Becker | John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo | Thriller | |
| Don't Say a Word | Gary Fleder | Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy | Thriller | based on Don't Say a Word by Andrew Klavan |
| Donnie Darko | Richard Kelly | Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell, Katharine Ross, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle | Science fiction | |
| Double Take | George Gallo | Eddie Griffin, Orlando Jones | Comedy | |
| Down to Earth | Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz | Chris Rock | Comedy | based on Heaven Can Wait |
| Dr. Dolittle 2 | Steve Carr | Eddie Murphy, Raven-Symoné, Kevin Pollak | Comedy | preceded by Dr. Dolittle |
| Driven | Renny Harlin | Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds, Kip Pardue, Til Schweiger, Gina Gershon, Estella Warren | Action | 7 Razzie nominations |
| Dumb Luck | Craig Clyde | Scott Baio, Tracy Nelson, Hal Linden | Comedy | |
| Earth vs. the Spider | Scott Ziehl | Dan Aykroyd, Devon Gummersall, Amelia Heinle | Horror | TV film |
| Elvira's Haunted Hills | Sam Irvin | Cassandra Peterson, Richard O'Brien, Mary Scheer | Horror | preceded by Elvira, Mistress of the Dark |
| Enemy at the Gates | Jean-Jacques Annaud | Jude Law, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz, Joseph Fiennes, Bob Hoskins | War | based on Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad by William Craig |
| Escape from Hell | Danny Carrales | Daniel Kruse, Emilie Jo Tisdale, Terry Jernigan | Horror | |
| Evolution | Ivan Reitman | David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Julianne Moore | Science fiction | |
| Exit Wounds | Andrzej Bartkowiak | Steven Seagal, DMX, Anthony Anderson | Action | based on Exit Wounds by John Westermann |
| The Fast and the Furious | Rob Cohen | Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster | Action | |
| Festival in Cannes | Henry Jaglom | Anouk Aimée, Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell, Ron Silver | Comedy | |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Hironobu Sakaguchi | Ming-Na, Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Donald Sutherland, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin | Fantasy | |
| Finder's Fee | Jeff Probst | Erik Palladino, James Earl Jones, Ryan Reynolds, Dash Mihok | Thriller | |
| The Fluffer | Wash West, Richard Glatzer | Scott Gurney, Taylor Negron, Roxanne Day | Comedy | |
| The Forsaken | J. S. Cardone | Kerr Smith, Brendan Fehr, Izabella Miko | Horror | |
| Frailty | Bill Paxton | Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Matthew McConaughey | Horror | |
| Freddy Got Fingered | Tom Green | Tom Green, Rip Torn, Harland Williams, Marisa Coughlan, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Julie Hagerty | Comedy | Winner of 5 Razzie awards including Worst Picture |
| From Hell | Albert and Allen Hughes | Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm | Crime drama | based on From Hell by Alan Moore |
| Full Frontal | Kyle Schickner | Kyle Schickner, Christopher May, Chi Chi LaRue | Comedy | |
| Get Over It | Tommy O'Haver | Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Sisqó, Shane West, Colin Hanks, Martin Short, Carmen Electra | Musical | based on A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare |
| Ghost World | Terry Zwigoff | Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas, Steve Buscemi | Drama | based on Ghost World by Daniel Clowes |
| Ghosts of Mars | John Carpenter | Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Joanna Cassidy | Science fiction | |
| The Glass House | Daniel Sackheim | Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Stellan Skarsgård | Thriller | |
| Glitter | Vondie Curtis-Hall | Mariah Carey, Max Beesley, Terrence Howard, Ann Magnuson | Musical | 6 Razzie nominations |
| God Didn't Give Me a Week's Notice | Richard Daily | Margaret Holloway | Documentary | |
| Good Neighbor | Todd Turner | Billy Dee Williams, Danica McKellar, Tobin Bell | Thriller | |
| Gosford Park | Robert Altman | Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren, Alan Bates, Bob Balaban, Clive Owen | Mystery, Comedy | |
| The Grey Zone | Tim Blake Nelson | Harvey Keitel, Natasha Lyonne, David Arquette | Drama | based on Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account by Miklós Nyiszli |
| Hannibal | Ridley Scott | Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Giancarlo Giannini, Ray Liotta | Thriller | based on Hannibal by Thomas Harris
preceded by The Silence of the Lambs |
| Hardball | Brian Robbins | Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes | Drama | based on Hardball: A Season in the Projects by Daniel Coyle |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Chris Columbus | Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane | Fantasy | based on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling |
| Harvard Man | James Toback | Adrien Grenier, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Joey Lauren Adams | Drama | |
| Head Over Heels | Mark Waters | Monica Potter, Freddie Prinze, Jr. | Romantic comedy | |
| Heartbreakers | David Mirkin | Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman, Ray Liotta | Comedy | |
| Hearts in Atlantis | Scott Hicks | Anthony Hopkins, Anton Yelchin, Hope Davis, David Morse | Drama | based on Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King |
| Hedwig and the Angry Inch | John Cameron Mitchell | John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask, Theodore Liscinski, Rob Campbell | Musical comedy | based on Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| Heist | David Mamet | Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay | Crime drama | |
| Herman U.S.A. | Bill Semans | Michael O'Keefe, Kevin Chamberlin | Rom com | |
| How High | Jesse Dylan | Method Man, Redman | Comedy | |
| How to Make a Monster | George Huang | Clea DuVall, Steven Culp | Science fiction | |
| Human Nature | Michel Gondry | Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Tim Robbins, Miranda Otto | Comedy | |
| I Am Sam | Jessie Nelson | Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning | Drama | |
| In the Bedroom | Todd Field | Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei | Crime drama | based on Killings by Andre Dubus
Satellite Award for Best Film – Drama |
| Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Kevin Smith | Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith | Comedy | preceded by Clerks |
| Jeepers Creepers | Victor Salva | Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck | Horror | |
| Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | John A. Davis | Megan Cavanagh, Mark DeCarlo, Debi Derryberry | Animation | |
| The Jimmy Show | Frank Whaley | Frank Whaley, Carla Gugino, Ethan Hawke | Comedy | based on Veins and Thumbtacks by Jonathan Marc Sherman |
| Joe Dirt | Dennie Gordon | David Spade, Brittany Daniel, Adam Beach | Comedy | |
| Joe Somebody | John Pasquin | Tim Allen, James Belushi, Julie Bowen | Comedy | |
| Josie and the Pussycats | Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan | Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson | Musical comedy | based on Josie and the Pussycats by Dan DeCarlo |
| Joy Ride | John Dahl | Paul Walker, Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski | Horror | |
| Jurassic Park III | Joe Johnston | Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Michael Jeter, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan | Science fiction | preceded by The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
| Just Visiting | Jean-Marie Poiré | Jean Reno, Christina Applegate, Christian Clavier | Fantasy | based on Les Visiteurs |
| K-PAX | Iain Softley | Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard | Drama | based on K-PAX by Gene Brewer |
| Kate & Leopold | James Mangold | Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer | Comedy | |
| Kill Me Later | Dana Lustig | Selma Blair, Max Beesley, Brendan Fehr | Thriller | |
| Kingdom Come | Doug McHenry | LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox Toni Braxton | Comedy | |
| Kiss of the Dragon | Chris Nahon | Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, Tchéky Karyo | Action | |
| Kissing Jessica Stein | Charles Herman-Wurmfeld | Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Juergensen, Scott Cohen, Jackie Hoffman | Romantic comedy | based on Lipschtick by Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt |
| A Knight's Tale | Brian Helgeland | Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Paul Bettany, Shannyn Sossamon, Mark Addy | Comedy | |
| Knockaround Guys | Brian Koppelman, David Levien | Barry Pepper, Seth Green, Vin Diesel, John Malkovich, Dennis Hopper | Comedy | |
| L.I.E. | Michael Cuesta | Brian Cox, Paul Dano, Billy Kay | Drama | |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Simon West | Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen | Action | based on the Tomb Raider series |
| The Last Castle | Rod Lurie | Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo | Drama | |
| Laughter on the 23rd Floor | Richard Benjamin | Nathan Lane, Victor Garber, Peri Gilpin | Comedy | Based on play by Neil Simon |
| Legally Blonde | Robert Luketic | Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis | Comedy | based on Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown |
| Life as a House | Irwin Winkler | Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hayden Christensen, Jena Malone, Mary Steenburgen | Drama | |
| Lloyd | Hector Baron | Todd Bosley, Brendon Ryan Barret, Mary Mara | Comedy | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Jackson | Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm | Fantasy | based on The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Film |
| The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra | Larry Blamire | Fay Masterson, Andrew Parks, Susan McConnell | Science fiction | |
| Lovely & Amazing | Nicole Holofcener | Brenda Blethyn, Catherine Keener, Emily Mortimer | Comedy | |
| The Majestic | Frank Darabont | Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, James Whitmore | Drama | |
| The Man Who Wasn't There | Joel Coen | Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini | Crime drama | |
| Max Keeble's Big Move | Tim Hill | Alex D. Linz, Josh Peck, Zena Grey | Comedy | |
| Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Michael York, Michael Biehn, Diane Venora | Fantasy | |
| The Mexican | Gore Verbinski | Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini | Comedy | |
| Mockingbird Don't Sing | Harry Bromley Davenport | Tarra Steele, Melissa Errico, Sean Young, Kim Darby | Drama | |
| Monkeybone | Henry Selick | Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan | Fantasy | based on Dark Town by Kaja Blackley |
| Monsoon Wedding | Mira Nair | Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah | Comedy | |
| Monster's Ball | Marc Forster | Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger, Peter Boyle | Drama | Academy Award for Berry |
| Monsters, Inc. | Peter Docter | John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn | Animation | |
| A Month of Sundays | Stewart Raffill | Corina Marie, Rod Steiger, Michael Paré | Drama | |
| Moulin Rouge! | Baz Luhrmann | Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor | Musical | based on La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
winner of Golden Globe, Satellite Award |
| Mulholland Drive | David Lynch | Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring, Justin Theroux | Crime drama | |
| The Mummy Returns | Stephen Sommers | Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Oded Fehr, Dwayne Johnson | Adventure | preceded by The Mummy |
| Murder on a Sunday Morning | Jean-Xavier de Lestrade | the Brenton Butler case | Documentary | winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Feature) |
| The Musketeer | Peter Hyams | Tim Roth, Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Justin Chambers | Adventure | based on The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, père |
| My Big Break | Tony Zierra | careers of Wes Bentley, Tony Zierra, Brad Rowe, Chad Lindberg, Greg Fawcett | Documentary | |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Joel Zwick | Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine | Comedy |
| My First Mister | Christine Lahti | Albert Brooks, Leelee Sobieski, John Goodman | Drama | |
| Not Another Teen Movie | Joel Gallen | Chris Evans, Jaime Pressly, Chyler Leigh | parody | |
| Novocaine | David Atkins | Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern | Comedy | |
| O | Tim Blake Nelson | Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Julia Stiles | Drama | based on Othello by William Shakespeare |
| Ocean's Eleven | Steven Soderbergh | George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Andy García, Julia Roberts, Don Cheadle, Casey Affleck, Elliott Gould, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan | Crime | based on 1960 film Ocean's Eleven |
| On the Line | Eric Bross | Lance Bass, Joey Fatone | Comedy | |
| The One | James Wong | Jet Li, Delroy Lindo, Carla Gugino | Action | |
| One Night at McCool's | Harald Zwart | Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, Michael Douglas, Paul Reiser | Comedy | |
| Original Sin | Michael Cristofer | Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane | Thriller | based on Waltz into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich |
| Osmosis Jones | Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Tom Sito, Piet Kroon | Bill Murray, Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne | Fantasy | |
| The Others | Alejandro Amenábar | Nicole Kidman, Alakina Mann, Christopher Eccleston | Science fiction | based on The Turn of the Screw by Henry James |
| Out Cold | Brendan and Emmett Malloy | Jason London, Lee Majors, Zach Galifianakis | Comedy | |
| Out of the Black | Karl Kozak | Tyler Christopher, Sally Kirkland, Jason Widener | Drama | |
| The Pact | Rodney Gibbons | Rider Strong, Adam Frost, Lisa Zane, John Heard | Thriller | |
| Pearl Harbor | Michael Bay | Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Tom Sizemore, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Alec Baldwin, Jon Voight | War | 6 Razzie nominations |
| Perfume | Michael Rymer | Estella Warren, Jeff Goldblum, Mariel Hemingway | Drama | |
| Piñero | Leon Ichaso | Benjamin Bratt, Talisa Soto, Giancarlo Esposito | Biography | |
| Planet of the Apes | Tim Burton | Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Estella Warren, Kris Kristofferson | Science fiction | based on Planet of the Apes |
| The Pledge | Sean Penn | Jack Nicholson, Patricia Clarkson, Benicio del Toro | Crime drama | based on The Pledge: Requiem for the Detective Novel by Friedrich Dürrenmatt |
| Pootie Tang | Louis C.K. | Lance Crouther, Wanda Sykes, Chris Rock | Comedy | |
| The Princess Diaries | Garry Marshall | Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Heather Matarazzo, Héctor Elizondo, Caroline Goodall, Mandy Moore, Erik Von Detten | Comedy | based on The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot |
| Rat Race | Jerry Zucker | John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Seth Green, Breckin Meyer, Whoopi Goldberg, Amy Smart | Comedy | based on It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
| Recess: School's Out | Chuck Sheetz | Rickey D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, Paul Willson | Animation | based on Recess |
| Revolution OS | J. T. S. Moore | history of GNU, Linux, open source, free software movement | Documentary | |
| Riding in Cars with Boys | Penny Marshall | Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, Brittany Murphy, James Woods | Comedy | based on Riding in Cars with Boys by Beverly Donofrio |
| Rock Star | Stephen Herek | Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston | Drama | |
| The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson | Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Danny Glover, Bill Murray | Comedy | |
| Rush Hour 2 | Brett Ratner | Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker | Comedy | preceded by Rush Hour |
| The Safety of Objects | Rose Troche | Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Patricia Clarkson | Drama | |
| Save the Last Dance | Thomas Carter | Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington | Romance | |
| Saving Silverman | Dennis Dugan | Jason Biggs, Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Amanda Peet | Comedy | |
| Say It Isn't So | James B. Rogers | Chris Klein, Heather Graham, Orlando Jones | Comedy | |
| Scary Movie 2 | Keenen Ivory Wayans | Anna Faris, Christopher Masterson, Regina Hall, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Tori Spelling | Parody | preceded by Scary Movie |
| The Score | Frank Oz | Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando, Angela Bassett | Crime drama | Brando's final film |
| Scotland, Pennsylvania | Billy Morrissette | Maura Tierney, James LeGros, Christopher Walken | Comedy | based on Macbeth by William Shakespeare |
| Scratch | Doug Pray | Hip hop music and disc jockeys | Documentary | |
| See Spot Run | John Whitesell | David Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb | Comedy | |
| Serendipity | Peter Chelsom | John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale | Romance | |
| Session 9 | Brad Anderson | David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Brendan Sexton III, Stephen Gevedon, Josh Lucas | Thriller | |
| Shallow Hal | Peter and Bobby Farrelly | Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli | Comedy | |
| She Creature | Sebastian Gutierrez | Rufus Sewell, Carla Gugino, Rya Kihlstedt | Fantasy | |
| The Shipping News | Lasse Hallström | Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett | Drama | based on The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx |
| Shrek | Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson | Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow | Animation | based on Shrek! by William Steig
winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature |
| The Shrink Is In | Richard Benjamin | Courteney Cox, David Arquette | Comedy | |
| Sidewalks of New York | Edward Burns | Edward Burns, Rosario Dawson, Dennis Farina, Heather Graham, David Krumholtz, Brittany Murphy, Stanley Tucci | Comedy | |
| Someone Like You | Tony Goldwyn | Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei | Comedy | based on Animal Husbandry by Laura Zigman |
| Soul Survivors | Stephen Carpenter | Melissa Sagemiller, Casey Affleck, Eliza Dushku | Thriller | |
| Southern Comfort | Kate Davis | Robert Eads | Documentary | winner of the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary |
| Southlander | Steven Hanft, Ross Harris | Rory Cochrane, Beck, Beth Orton | Drama | |
| Spy Game | Tony Scott | Robert Redford, Brad Pitt | Drama | |
| Spy Kids | Robert Rodriguez | Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alan Cumming, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin | Family | |
| Storytelling | Todd Solondz | Paul Giamatti, Selma Blair, John Goodman | Drama | |
| Sugar & Spice | Francine McDougall | Marla Sokoloff, Marley Shelton, Mena Suvari | Comedy | |
| Summer Catch | Michael Tollin | Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jessica Biel, Matthew Lillard | Comedy | |
| Super Troopers | Jay Chandrasekhar | Brian Cox, Marisa Coughlan, Daniel Von Bargen | Comedy | |
| Sweet November | Pat O'Connor | Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron | Romance | based on Sweet November |
| Swordfish | Dominic Sena | Hugh Jackman, John Travolta, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle | Crime drama | |
| The Tailor of Panama | John Boorman | Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine McCormack, Daniel Radcliffe | Drama | based on The Tailor of Panama by John le Carré |
| Tape | Richard Linklater | Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman | Drama | |
| Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | Jill Sprecher | Matthew McConaughey, Alan Arkin, Clea DuVall | Drama | |
| Thirteen Ghosts | Steve Beck | Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, F. Murray Abraham, Shannon Elizabeth, Matthew Lillard | Horror | based on 13 Ghosts |
| To End All Wars | David L. Cunningham | Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Ciarán McMenamin | War | |
| Tomcats | Gregory Poirier | Jerry O'Connell, Shannon Elizabeth, Jake Busey | Comedy | |
| Tortilla Soup | Maria Ripoll | Jacqueline Obrados, Tamara Mello, Héctor Elizondo | Comedy | based on Eat Drink Man Woman |
| Town & Country | Peter Chelsom | Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Andie MacDowell, Nastassja Kinski, Charlton Heston | Comedy | |
| Training Day | Antoine Fuqua | Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke | Crime drama | |
| Two Can Play That Game | Mark Brown | Vivica A. Fox, Morris Chestnut | Comedy | |
| Uprising | Jon Avnet | Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer, Jon Voight | War drama | |
| Valentine | Jamie Blanks | Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, Katherine Heigl | Horror | based on Valentine by Tom Savage |
| Vanilla Sky | Cameron Crowe | Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee, Kurt Russell, Noah Taylor | Thriller | based on Open Your Eyes |
| Waking Life | Richard Linklater | Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Wiley Wiggins | Animation | |
| The Wash | DJ Pooh | Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg | Comedy | |
| The Wedding Planner | Adam Shankman | Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson | Comedy | |
| West 47th Street | Bill Lichtenstein, June Peoples | living with a mental disorder | Documentary | |
| Wet Hot American Summer | David Wain | Janeane Garofalo, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon | Comedy | |
| What's the Worst That Could Happen? | Sam Weisman | Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito, Bernie Mac | Comedy | based on What's the Worst That Could Happen? by Donald E. Westlake |
| When Strangers Appear | Scott Reynolds | Radha Mitchell, Barry Watson, Josh Lucas | Drama | |
| The Zeros | John Ryman | Rachel Wilson, Jennifer Morrison, Kyle Gass | Science fiction | |
| Zoolander | Ben Stiller | Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor | Comedy | |
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