The 7th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, given by the San Diego Film Critics Society on 20 December 2002, honored the best in film for 2002.

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York
• Best Actress:
  • Julianne Moore - Far from Heaven
• Best Cinematography:
  • Road to Perdition - Conrad L. Hall
• Best Director:
  • Jill Sprecher - Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
• Best Editing:
  • Thirteen Conversations About One Thing - Stephen Mirrione
• Best Film:
  • Far from Heaven
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Talk to Her (Hable con ella) • Spain
• Best Production Design:
  • Minority Report - Alex McDowell
• Best Screenplay - Adapted:
  • Adaptation. - Charlie and Donald Kaufman
• Best Screenplay - Original:
  • Thirteen Conversations About One Thing - Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Chris Cooper - Adaptation.
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Michelle Pfeiffer - White Oleander
• Body of Work Award:
  • Isabelle Huppert - The Piano Teacher, Les destinées sentimentales (a.k.a. Les Destinées), Merci pour le chocolat (a.k.a. Nightcap) and 8 Women