Top 10 Films of 2003
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1. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd, James D'Arcy
Votes: 237,625 | Gross: $93.93M
2. Oldboy (2003)
R | 120 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-Ok
Votes: 634,579 | Gross: $0.71M
3. Tears of the Sun (2003)
R | 121 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A Special-Ops commander leads his team into the Nigerian jungle in order to rescue a doctor who will only join them if they agree to save 70 refugees too.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Monica Bellucci, Eamonn Walker
Votes: 130,422 | Gross: $43.73M
4. The Life of David Gale (2003)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Cleo King
Votes: 125,961 | Gross: $19.59M
5. Levity (2003)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama
After two decades in prison for murder, a man is released on parole and returns to his hometown seeking redemption.
Director: Ed Solomon | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Kirsten Dunst, Holly Hunter
Votes: 6,713 | Gross: $0.21M
6. The Dreamers (2003)
NC-17 | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. Set against the background of the '68 Paris student riots.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Michael Pitt, Louis Garrel, Eva Green, Anna Chancellor
Votes: 131,382 | Gross: $2.53M
7. The Station Agent (2003)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson, Bobby Cannavale, Paul Benjamin
Votes: 73,309 | Gross: $5.74M
8. Evil (2003)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A teenage boy expelled from school for fighting arrives at a boarding school where the systematic bullying of younger students is encouraged as a means to maintain discipline, and decides to fight back.
Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: Andreas Wilson, Henrik Lundström, Gustaf Skarsgård, Linda Zilliacus
Votes: 42,037 | Gross: $0.02M
9. Luther (2003)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
During the early sixteenth century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the Catholic Church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Joseph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Peter Ustinov, Alfred Molina
Votes: 15,997 | Gross: $5.79M
10. The Memory of a Killer (2003)
R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Vincke and Verstuyft are the best detectives of the Antwerp police department. They are confronted with the murder on a leading executive and put all their effort to catch the murderer.
Director: Erik Van Looy | Stars: Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt, Jan Decleir, Laurien Van den Broeck
Votes: 10,624 | Gross: $0.33M
11. City of Ghosts (2002)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A con man (Matt Dillon) travels to Cambodia (also on the run from law enforcement in the U.S.) to collect his share in an insurance scam, but discovers more than he bargained for.
Director: Matt Dillon | Stars: Matt Dillon, James Caan, Natascha McElhone, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 5,809 | Gross: $0.04M
12. Baadasssss! (2003)
R | 109 min | Biography, Drama
Mario Van Peebles' half-documentary/half-homage to his father Melvin Van Peebles' movie Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971).
Director: Mario Van Peebles | Stars: Mario Van Peebles, Nia Long, Joy Bryant, Ossie Davis
Votes: 5,158 | Gross: $0.37M
13. Japanese Story (2003)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
Against the background of an Australian desert, Sandy, a geologist, and Hiromitsu, a Japanese businessman, play out a story of human inconsequence in the face of the blistering universe. ... See full summary »
Director: Sue Brooks | Stars: Toni Collette, Gotaro Tsunashima, Lynette Curran, Matthew Dyktynski
Votes: 6,751 | Gross: $0.65M
14. Symetria (2003)
99 min | Drama, Thriller
A man falsely accused of assaulting an old woman tries to adapt to his new life in prison.
Director: Konrad Niewolski | Stars: Arkadiusz Detmer, Andrzej Chyra, Janusz Bukowski, Marcin Jedrzejewski
Votes: 3,764
15. Ash Tuesday (2003)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama
After September 11th, six Lower Manhattan residents must deal with pain on their own. Yet in doing so, they find that their lives are inexplicably linked. "Ash Tuesday" examines the ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Hershleder | Stars: Janeane Garofalo, Giancarlo Esposito, Tony Spiridakis, Nicole Hansen
Votes: 126
16. What Alice Found (2003)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama
A young woman looking to escape her life is rescued on the highway by a friendly couple in an RV. But as the miles pass the couple's motives come into question and a strange mother/daughter relationship evolves.
Director: A. Dean Bell | Stars: Emily Grace, Judith Ivey, Bill Raymond, Jane Lincoln Taylor
Votes: 1,047
17. Phone Booth (2002)
R | 81 min | Crime, Thriller
Publicist Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle. Unable to leave or receive outside help, Stuart's negotiation with the caller leads to a jaw-dropping climax.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell
Votes: 285,473 | Gross: $46.57M
18. Casa de los babys (2003)
R | 95 min | Drama
A brief look into South American family life while showing the hardships surrounding adoption in South America as six woman are forced to stay in the country while awaiting approval of adopting a baby.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary Steenburgen, Lili Taylor
Votes: 2,216 | Gross: $0.48M
19. The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Musical
A musical of sorts set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, where a beer baroness organizes a contest to find the saddest music in the world. Musicians from around the world descend on the city to try and win the $25,000 prize.
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox
Votes: 6,313 | Gross: $0.67M
20. Falling Angels (2003)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
Three teenage sisters cope in their individual ways to growing up in a dysfunctional family with an abusive father and drunk mother.
Director: Scott Smith | Stars: Miranda Richardson, Kristin Adams, Monté Gagné, Callum Keith Rennie
Votes: 1,131
21. On the Corner (2003)
95 min | Drama
Angel and Randy Henry are a sister and brother, caught on the mean streets of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. While Angel finds the strength to escape her seemingly hopeless situation, Randy... See full summary »
Director: Nathaniel Geary | Stars: Alex Rice, Robert Harper, L. Harvey Gold, Simon Baker
Votes: 272
22. Dédales (2003)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Psychologist Dr. Brennac is asked by a colleague to help with the case of Claude, a patient on trial for multiple murders. Is Claude really guilty of the crimes, or is he a victim of his own mind?
Director: René Manzor | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Sylvie Testud, Frédéric Diefenthal, Michel Duchaussoy
Votes: 1,268
23. First Morning (2003)
PG-13 | 89 min | Drama
A young man returns home on the threshold of the Lunar New Year and finds himself a stranger within his own family. The cold silence surrounding the disappearance of his younger sister forces him on a quest for answers.
Director: Victor Vu | Stars: Kathleen Luong, Catherine Ai, Long Nguyen, Johnny Tri Nguyen
Votes: 110 | Gross: $0.04M
24. Memories of Murder (2003)
Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roe-ha, Song Jae-ho
Votes: 215,763 | Gross: $0.01M
25. The Best of Youth (2003)
R | 374 min | Drama, Romance
An Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers from the 1960s to the 2000s.
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana | Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Jasmine Trinca, Adriana Asti
Votes: 23,191 | Gross: $0.27M
26. Control (2003)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, the fellow inspectors on his team, all without exception likable characters, a rival ticket inspection team and racing along the tracks - and a tale about love.
Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Sándor Csányi, Eszter Balla, Zoltán Mucsi, Csaba Pindroch
Votes: 27,054 | Gross: $0.24M
27. Alila (2003)
123 min | Comedy, Drama
Slice-of-life look at the lives of twelve people who live or work in the same apartment complex in Tel Aviv.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Yaël Abecassis, Hana Laslo, Uri Klauzner, Liron Levo
Votes: 644 | Gross: $0.05M
28. Two Days (2003)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
Paul Miller has struggled as an actor in Hollywood for years, and now he's had enough. In two days, he's going to kill himself. But in true Hollywood style, he's hired a film crew to chronicle his last moments.
Director: Sean McGinly | Stars: Adam Scott, Karl Wiedergott, Mark Phinney, Paul Rudd
Votes: 1,010
29. The Galíndez File (2003)
124 min | Drama
On March 12, 1956, Basque Nationalist Jesús de Galíndez Suarez disappeared from his apartment in New York City, and was never heard from again. He had been working with the F.B.I., and was ... See full summary »
Directors: Gerardo Herrero, Leigh Romero | Stars: Saffron Burrows, Harvey Keitel, Eduard Fernández, Guillermo Toledo
Votes: 565
30. Carolina (I) (2003)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman escapes her wildly eccentric family in search for a life of normalcy.
Director: Marleen Gorris | Stars: Julia Stiles, Shirley MacLaine, Alessandro Nivola, Randy Quaid
Votes: 4,326
31. Dunsmore (2003)
R | 89 min | Drama
An investigator from the state attorney general's office is sent to a small Southern town to investigate a strange murder.
Director: Peter Spirer | Stars: Jeannetta Arnette, Rus Blackwell, W. Earl Brown, Jeff Chase
Votes: 310
32. Wondrous Oblivion (2003)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Eleven-year-old David Wiseman is mad about cricket but no good at it. He has the entire kit but none of the skill. So when a Jamaican family moves in next door and builds a cricket net in the back garden, David is in seventh heaven.
Director: Paul Morrison | Stars: Sam Smith, Leagh Conwell, Dominic Barklem, Jo Stone-Fewings
Votes: 1,247 | Gross: $0.09M
33. Emile (2003)
R | 92 min | Drama
In a story weaving the past and present together, Emile seeks redemption from the family he abandoned.
Director: Carl Bessai | Stars: Ian McKellen, Deborah Kara Unger, Theo Crane, Tygh Runyan
Votes: 806
34. The Sweet Life (2003)
Unrated | 86 min | Comedy, Romance
A man finds the woman of his dreams, a tough, beautiful bartender. Unfortunately, she happens to be dating his shallow and self-obsessed brother.
Director: Rocco Simonelli | Stars: Kamal Ahmed, Noora Albright, Victoria Alexander, Bobby Amore
Votes: 61
35. Dallas 362 (2003)
R | 100 min | Drama
Rusty (Hatosy) starts to pursue a path to a more meaningful life, thanks to his connection to Bob (Goldblum), the boyfriend of his mother, Mary (Lynch). His new take on life causes friction with his best friend, Dallas (Caan), and both men find their friendship pushed to its breaking point, causing them to make life-changing decisions.
Director: Scott Caan | Stars: Scott Caan, Jeff Goldblum, Shawn Hatosy, Kelly Lynch
Votes: 1,202 | Gross: $0.02M
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