Year by year: 2003
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1. The Animatrix (2003)
Unrated | 100 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
A collection of nine short films featuring stories related to The Matrix (1999).
Stars: James Arnold Taylor, Julia Fletcher, Dwight Schultz, Kevin Michael Richardson
Votes: 82,043
2.
The Animatrix (2003)
Episode:
The Second Renaissance Part I
(2003)
TV-MA | 9 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
A tour is taken into the Zion archives, where the history of the real world and the rise of the machines is shown to viewers.
Director: Mahiro Maeda | Stars: Julia Fletcher, Dane A. Davis, Debi Derryberry, Jill Talley
Votes: 8,397
3.
The Animatrix (2003)
Episode:
The Second Renaissance Part II
(2003)
TV-MA | 10 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
With the robot city isolated and it's ambassadors ejected form the United Nations, a trade war begins to protect the human economy from superior products. When the trade war escalates into ... See full summary »
Director: Mahiro Maeda | Stars: Julia Fletcher, Dane A. Davis, Debi Derryberry, Jill Talley
Votes: 6,918
4. Chappelle's Show (2003–2006)
TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy, Music
Comedian Dave Chappelle hosts this sketch-comedy show that parodies many of the nuances of race and culture.
Stars: Dave Chappelle, Donnell Rawlings, Rudy Rush, Charlie Murphy
Votes: 71,762
5. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
R | 138 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Freedom fighters Neo, Trinity and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army, unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills and weaponry against the systematic forces of repression and exploitation.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 630,529 | Gross: $281.49M
6. Battlestar Galactica (2003– )
TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Following the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol by the Cylons, a rag-tag fugitive fleet of the last remnants of mankind flees the pursuing Cylons while simultaneously searching for their true home: Earth.
Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 80,165
7. 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: 130,534 | Gross: $43.73M
8.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
Mikansei Love Romance no Shinsou/Angels' Share
(2003)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Aramaki goes to visit an old friend in London, who suspects a secret book-keeping in the company she works for. Their meeting takes an unexpected turn.
Directors: Yasuhiro Geshi, Kenji Kamiyama | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Dino Andrade, Kevin Brief
Votes: 211
9. American Splendor (2003)
R | 101 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Shari Springer Berman, Harvey Pekar, Chris Ambrose
Votes: 52,357 | Gross: $6.00M
10.
The Animatrix (2003)
Episode:
World Record
(2003)
Unrated | 10 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
An athlete, Dan, breaks out of the matrix through a feat of strength and gets a brief glimse of the real world outside his existance.
Director: Takeshi Koike | Stars: Victor Williams, John Wesley, Alex Fernandez, Allison Smith
Votes: 5,326
11. Lost in Translation (2003)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris
Votes: 488,918 | Gross: $44.59M
12. The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
R | 129 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 543,456 | Gross: $139.31M
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
PG-13 | 201 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom
Votes: 1,978,948 | Gross: $377.85M
14. Planetes (2003–2004)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Ai Tanabe joins the Debris Section of the Technora Corporation as they work to remove the debris left around Earth. As Ai tries to accommodate to space life, she learns more about her crew on the dilapidated 'Toy Box'.
Stars: Kazunari Tanaka, Satsuki Yukino, Ai Orikasa, Kirk Thornton
Votes: 3,929
15.
The Animatrix (2003)
Episode:
A Detective Story
(2003)
Unrated | 10 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
A private detective is hired to track down the computer hacker known as Trinity. But as he gets close his goal, reality takes a weird turn for him.
Director: Shin'ichirô Watanabe | Stars: James Arnold Taylor, Carrie-Anne Moss, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Matt McKenzie
Votes: 5,645
16.
The Animatrix (2003)
Episode:
Matriculated
(2003)
Unrated | 16 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Using the Matrix, a resistance group attempts to recruit a sentinel to their cause.
Director: Peter Chung | Stars: Melinda Clarke, Dwight Schultz, Rodney Saulsberry, James Arnold Taylor
Votes: 4,867
17. Hulk (2003)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers an accident that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas
Votes: 278,562 | Gross: $132.18M
18. School of Rock (2003)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Music
After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack, Adam Pascal
Votes: 330,823 | Gross: $81.26M
19. Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003–2005)
TV-Y7 | 6 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The events and battles of the Galactic Republic's last major war are recounted.
Stars: Mat Lucas, James Arnold Taylor, André Sogliuzzo, Grey Griffin
Votes: 28,907
20. Bruce Almighty (2003)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A whiny news reporter is given the chance to step into God's shoes.
Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman, Philip Baker Hall
Votes: 433,601 | Gross: $242.83M
21. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
Votes: 1,210,283 | Gross: $305.41M
22. Finding Nemo (2003)
G | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.
Directors: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich | Stars: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 1,113,269 | Gross: $380.84M
23. Underworld (2003)
R | 121 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Selene, a vampire warrior, is entrenched in a conflict between vampires and werewolves, while falling in love with Michael, a human who is sought by werewolves for unknown reasons.
Director: Len Wiseman | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly, Michael Sheen
Votes: 285,151 | Gross: $51.97M
24. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Adventurer Lara Croft goes on a quest to save the mythical Pandora's Box, before an evil scientist finds it, and recruits a former Marine turned mercenary to assist her.
Director: Jan de Bont | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Chris Barrie, Ciarán Hinds
Votes: 144,858 | Gross: $65.66M
25. Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
Not Rated | 68 min | Animation, Adventure, Music
A continuation of the story told in the Daft Punk music videos "One More Time," "Aerodynamic," "Digital Love," and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger."
Directors: Daisuke Nishio, Hirotoshi Rissen, Leiji Matsumoto, Kazuhisa Takenouchi | Stars: Romanthony, Thomas Bangalter
Votes: 15,568
26. Teen Titans (2003–2006)
TV-Y7-FV | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A team of five teenaged superheroes save the world from many villains around their city while experiencing things normal teens face today.
Stars: Hynden Walch, Greg Cipes, Scott Menville, Khary Payton
Votes: 37,961
27. X2 (2003)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When anti-mutant Colonel William Stryker kidnaps Professor X and attacks his school, the X-Men must ally with their archenemy Magneto to stop him.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen
Votes: 576,063 | Gross: $214.95M
28. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen
Votes: 1,193,727 | Gross: $70.10M
29. Daredevil (2003)
PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Crime
A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero.
Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan
Votes: 229,058 | Gross: $102.54M
30. 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: 237,907 | Gross: $93.93M
31. 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: 635,724 | Gross: $0.71M
32. Code 46 (2003)
R | 93 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
A futuristic Brief Encounter (1945), this is a love story in which the romance is doomed by genetic incompatibility.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri, Togo Igawa
Votes: 21,131 | Gross: $0.20M
33. The Core (2003)
PG-13 | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again.
Director: Jon Amiel | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Bruce Greenwood
Votes: 107,303 | Gross: $31.19M
34. Mystic River (2003)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The tragic murder of a 19-year-old girl reunites three childhood friends still living in Boston--the victim's gangster father, a detective, and the disturbed man they both suspect of killing her.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Emmy Rossum
Votes: 485,809 | Gross: $90.14M
35.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
Guuzousuuhai/Idolater
(2003)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Section 9 keeps an eye on the famous revolutionary Marcello Jarti, who is suspiciously visiting Japan on a regular basis.
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Atsushi Wakabayashi | Stars: Dino Andrade, Kevin Brief, Loy Edge, Richard Epcar
Votes: 243
36.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
Megumareshi Mono-tachi/Missing Hearts
(2003)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A young girl discovers her newly transplanted heart may have come from a less-than-legitimate source, spurring Kusanagi to undertake a personal crusade.
Directors: Kazunobu Fusegi, Kenji Kamiyama | Stars: Dino Andrade, Kevin Brief, Loy Edge, Richard Epcar
Votes: 240
37.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
Net no Yami ni Sumu Otoko/Chat! Chat! Chat!
(2003)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Kusanagi eavesdrops on a futuristic chat room dedicated to the crimes committed by the Laughing Man, only to discover several of the chat room participants aren't what they seem to be.
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Masaki Tachibana | Stars: Dino Andrade, Steve Blum, Johnny Yong Bosch, Kevin Brief
Votes: 244
38.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
Mitsurin-Kouro ni Uttetsuke no Hi/Jungle Cruise
(2003)
Not Rated | 26 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Batou must come to terms with a dark chapter from his own past when he is called upon to track down a brutal serial killer.
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Jun Matsumoto | Stars: Dino Andrade, Kevin Brief, Loy Edge, Richard Epcar
Votes: 257
39.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
Aseichuu no Mori de/Portraitz
(2003)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Togusa is sent to investigate a mysterious government facility for the treatment of 'cyberbrain closed shell syndrome.' What he encounters may hold the key to the Laughing Man mystery.
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Toshiyuki Kôno | Stars: Dino Andrade, Kevin Brief, Loy Edge, Richard Epcar
Votes: 248
40.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
Tachikoma no Iede, Eiga-Kantoku no Yume/Escape From
(2003)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Crime
One of the Tachikoma is acting strange after being out all day with a little girl. The contents of the cyber brain that the Tachikoma found, alarms Section 9.
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Masayuki Yoshihara | Stars: Dino Andrade, William Bassett, Kevin Brief, Ewan Chung
Votes: 256
41.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
Terrorist/Not Equal
(2003)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A girl that was kidnapped 16 years ago, suddenly appears in public again. Meanwhile, a sophisticated boats gets lost. Does the girl, one of the first cybernized people ever, have something to do with it?
Directors: Kazunobu Fusegi, Kenji Kamiyama | Stars: Dino Andrade, Kevin Brief, Loy Edge, Richard Epcar
Votes: 223
42.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
Kikai-tachi no Jikan/Machines Desirantes
(2003)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Kusanagi's reservations regarding Section 9's Tachikoma units comes to a head.
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Ken'ichi Takeshita | Stars: Dino Andrade, Kevin Brief, Peter Doyle, Loy Edge
Votes: 237
43.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
Ansatsu no Nijuusou/Lost Heritage
(2003)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Crime
The Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs is threatened during a visit to Japan. The main suspect is the son of an old, deceased friend of Aramaki.
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Masayuki Yoshihara | Stars: Dino Andrade, Kevin Brief, Loy Edge, Richard Epcar
Votes: 212
44.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
Gisou-mou ni Dakarete/Captivated
(2003)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Crime
The daughter of the former prime minister is abducted by a terrorist group that he has always denied existence of.
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Minoru Ôhara | Stars: Dino Andrade, Kevin Brief, Loy Edge, Richard Epcar
Votes: 209
45.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
Kesareta Kusuri/Re-view
(2003)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Togusa makes new discoveries on the Laughing Man. He investigates the matter.
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Toshiyuki Kôno | Stars: Dino Andrade, Kevin Brief, Loy Edge, Richard Epcar
Votes: 226
46.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
Gigoku/Scandal
(2003)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Major Kusanagi gets into trouble when she is transferred into a new host body. Aramaki investigates the abduction of his brother.
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Masaki Tachibana | Stars: Dino Andrade, Kevin Brief, Loy Edge, Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Votes: 215
47.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
Zen-Aku no Higan/Equinox
(2003)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Crime
The director of Serano Genomics is abducted again. Things get clearer on his first abduction, years ago.
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Jun Matsumoto | Stars: Dino Andrade, Steve Blum, Kevin Brief, Loy Edge
Votes: 218
48.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
Kojou Rakujitsu/Annihilation
(2003)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Section 9 is compromised, and the authorities seeks ways of dismantling the Section.
Directors: Yasuhiro Geshi, Kenji Kamiyama | Stars: Dino Andrade, Kevin Brief, Steve Cassling, Loy Edge
Votes: 218
49.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)
Episode:
Kouan 9 ka, Futatabi/Stand Alone Complex
(2003)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Crime
The final episode completes the first stand alone series. Togusa is released from prison but has no idea what has happened to section 9 members and still can not believe that the chief ... See full summary »
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Toshiyuki Kôno | Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera
Votes: 298
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