The following is a list of mainland Chinese films first released in year 2002.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | Romantic drama | Chinese-French co-production, screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| C.E.O. | ||||
| Charging Out Amazon | Action | Co-winner of the 2002 Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture | ||
| Chen Mo and Meiting | Romantic drama | |||
| Chicken Poets | Drama | |||
| Cry Woman | Comedy-Drama | Screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| Eyes of a Beauty | Drama | |||
| For the Children | Drama | Co-winner of the 2002 Golden Rooster Award for Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress | ||
| Gada Meilin | Historical | |||
| Hero | Wuxia | |||
| A High Sky Summer | Drama/Children | |||
| I Love You | Drama | |||
| Incense | ||||
| Life Show | Drama | Golden Goblet at the 2002 Shanghai International Film Festival | ||
| The Missing Gun | Black comedy | First use of digital film for a Chinese production | ||
| On the Other Side of the Bridge | Romantic drama | |||
| Railroad of Hope | Documentary | |||
| Shanghai Women | ||||
| Sky Lovers | Romance | |||
| Spring Subway | Romantic drama | Zhang Yibai's directorial debut | ||
| Springtime in a Small Town | Romantic drama | Remake of Spring in a Small Town | ||
| This Winter | Documentary | |||
| Together | Drama | |||
| Under the Skyscraper | Documentary | |||
| Unknown Pleasures | Drama | Entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Romance | |||
| Zhou Yu's Train | Romance | |||