Venice Film Festival - Official Competition (2000-2009)
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1. The Circle (2000)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Maryiam Palvin Almani, Nargess Mamizadeh, Mojgan Faramarzi, Elham Saboktakin
Votes: 6,689 | Gross: $0.67M
2. Before Night Falls (2000)
R | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The life of Cuban poet and novelist, Reinaldo Arenas.
Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp, Olatz López Garmendia, Giovani Florido
Votes: 26,386 | Gross: $4.22M
3. One Hundred Steps (2000)
114 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
"I cento passi" (one hundred steps) was the distance between the Impastatos' house and the house of Tano Badalamenti, an important Mafia boss, in the small Sicilian town of Cinisi. The ... See full summary »
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana | Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Luigi Maria Burruano, Lucia Sardo, Paolo Briguglia
Votes: 6,408
4. Comedy of Innocence (2000)
100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Today, Camille turns nine. He had sworn that on his 9th birthday he would show his parents the videos he was shooting on the side-the tail of a cat scampering away, a window, and a veiled ... See full summary »
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jeanne Balibar, Charles Berling, Edith Scob
Votes: 946
5. Denti (2000)
96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Antonio is a man who was born with unusually large incisors; his freakishly huge teeth make him an outcast from his peers as a child, and he attempts more than once to break off the offending choppers.
Director: Gabriele Salvatores | Stars: Sergio Rubini, Anouk Grinberg, Tom Novembre, Anita Caprioli
Votes: 852
6. Dr. T & the Women (2000)
R | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wealthy gynecologist's ideal life is thrown into turmoil when the women closest to him begin to affect his life in unexpecting ways.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern
Votes: 20,273 | Gross: $13.11M
7. O Fantasma (2000)
Unrated | 87 min | Drama
Young and handsome Sergio works the night shift as a trash collector in Lisbon, Portugal. He can't force himself to connect with his pretty female co-worker Fatima, who displays an avid ... See full summary »
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues | Stars: Ricardo Meneses, Beatriz Torcato, Andre Barbosa, Eurico Vieira
Votes: 3,973 | Gross: $0.13M
8. Freedom (2000)
96 min | Drama
Two men and a woman are stranded in the Moroccan desert after a failed smuggling trip.
Director: Sharunas Bartas | Stars: Valentinas Masalskis, Fatima Ennaflaoui, Axel Neumann, Corey Large
Votes: 358
9. The Goddess of 1967 (2000)
119 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Distraught Japanese businessman obsessed with Citroën DS (French car brand nicknamed Goddess) and a troubled blind 17-year-old Aussie girl who promised to sell him one drive through the Australian Outback to kill her abusive grandfather.
Director: Clara Law | Stars: Rose Byrne, Rikiya Kurokawa, Nicholas Hope, Elise McCredie
Votes: 1,936
10. Liam (2000)
R | 90 min | Drama
A family falls into poverty during the Depression.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Anthony Borrows, Ian Hart, Claire Hackett, Dave Hart
Votes: 2,675 | Gross: $1.01M
11. La lingua del santo (2000)
110 min | Comedy
The adventures of two cute stragglers, Willy and Antonio, who penetrated at night in the Basilica Del Santo in Padua almost accidentally steal a precious relic of St. Anthony . Realizing ... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Mazzacurati | Stars: Antonio Albanese, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Toni Bertorelli, Ivano Marescotti
Votes: 566
12. Durian Durian (2000)
116 min | Drama
Hong Kong life from the perspective of a young northern mainland Chinese woman working as a prostitute in Hong Kong.
Director: Fruit Chan | Stars: Hailu Qin, Wai-Fan Mak, Xiao Ming Biao, Wai Yiu Yung
Votes: 800
13. The Man Who Cried (2000)
R | 100 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A young refugee traveling from Russia to America in search of her lost father falls for a gypsy horseman.
Director: Sally Potter | Stars: Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, Oleg Yankovskiy, Claudia Lander-Duke
Votes: 16,466 | Gross: $0.74M
14. Palavra e Utopia (2000)
130 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Father Antonio Vieira, a 17th-century Portuguese priest who lived in Brazil and worked for better treatment of the Indians and to abolish slavery.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Lima Duarte, Luís Miguel Cintra, Ricardo Trêpa, Miguel Guilherme
Votes: 415
15. Il partigiano Johnny (2000)
135 min | Drama, War
After 8 September 1943, Northern Italy is occupied by the Germans. The Italian army collapses and the soldiers escape to the mountains to set up a resistance. Many civilians do the same, ... See full summary »
Director: Guido Chiesa | Stars: Stefano Dionisi, Gabriele Montanari, Toni Bertorelli, Lina Bernardi
Votes: 327
16. To Matthieu (2000)
108 min | Drama
Matthieu and Eric are two brothers who work at the same factory as their father in Normandy. When his father is dismissed for smoking on the factory floor, Matthieu is incensed and tries to have him reinstated, in vain. His brother has just got married and, with a child and mortgage on the way, is reluctant to stir up trouble. Likewise, Matthieu's fellow workers refuse to get involved. Then ... See full summary »
Director: Xavier Beauvois | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Nathalie Baye, Antoine Chappey, Fred Ulysse
Votes: 348
17. The Isle (2000)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
Working at a fishing resort in an idyllic location, but surrounded by various facets of human unpleasantness, a young mute woman falls in love with a man on the run from the law for committing murder.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Jung Suh, Kim Yu-seok, Cho Jae-hyun, Jang Hang-seon
Votes: 14,726 | Gross: $0.02M
18. Uttara (2000)
99 min | Drama
Two railway signal men, Nemai and Balaram, share a passion for wrestling and spend their days wrestling after working hours. However, things change when Balaram marries Uttara.
Director: Buddhadev Dasgupta | Stars: Jaya Seal, Tapas Pal, Shankar Chakraborty, R.I. Asad
Votes: 201
19. Our Lady of the Assassins (2000)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama
The writer F. Vallejo returns to Medellin after an absence of over 30 years. He meets 16-year-old Alexis. Alexis is the kind of killer who knocks people off on command. The two are immediately attracted to each other.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: Germán Jaramillo, Anderson Ballesteros, Juan David Restrepo, Manuel Busquets
Votes: 4,278 | Gross: $0.53M
20. Platform (2000)
154 min | Drama, History
A theatre troupe from rural Fenyang struggles under the decline of communism and rise of popular culture in China in the 1980s.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Hongwei Wang, Tao Zhao, Liang Jingdong, Tian-yi Yang
Votes: 3,077
21. Monsoon Wedding (2001)
R | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.
Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah, Vijay Raaz
Votes: 26,697 | Gross: $13.88M
22. Behind the Sun (2001)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama
When ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother, a young man questions the tradition of violence between two rival families.
Director: Walter Salles | Stars: José Dumont, Rodrigo Santoro, Rita Assemany, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos
Votes: 7,408 | Gross: $0.06M
23. Bully (2001)
R | 108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A pack of naïve teenagers conspire to murder a mutual friend, whose aggressive demeanour has proven too much.
Director: Larry Clark | Stars: Brad Renfro, Nick Stahl, Bijou Phillips, Rachel Miner
Votes: 40,545 | Gross: $1.54M
24. Dupa-amiaza unui tortionar (2001)
80 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A young journalist interviews a man who was a torturer during the early days of the communist regime in Romania.
Director: Lucian Pintilie | Stars: Gheorghe Dinica, Radu Beligan, Ioana Ana Macaria, Coca Bloos
Votes: 784
25. Eden (I) (2001)
91 min | Drama, Romance, War
Is the story of Samantha and Dov Ernst, American Zionists who emigrated to Palestine. Kalkofsky, a German Jew and bookseller, left behind his family in Europe. He accommodates Silvia, a young revolutionary against British rule.
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Samantha Morton, Thomas Jane, Luke Holland, Daphna Kastner
Votes: 295
26. Hollywood Hong Kong (2001)
108 min | Comedy
A prostitute named Tong Tong enters the life of a man who runs a barbecue pork restaurant and quickly begins to ruin his life, as well as the life of his two rotund sons, and a local gangster.
Director: Fruit Chan | Stars: Xun Zhou, Glen Chin, You-Nam Wong, Sze Ping Leung
Votes: 753
27. How Harry Became a Tree (2001)
R | 99 min | Drama
This drama is set in rural Ireland. Believing that "a man is measured by his enemies", Harry Maloney ('Colm Meany') sets out to ruin George O'Flaherty - the most powerful man in town, who ... See full summary »
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Colm Meaney, Adrian Dunbar, Cillian Murphy, Kerry Condon
Votes: 940
28. Dog Days (2001)
R | 121 min | Drama
In the tomb-like quiet of their ranch-style purgatory, a divorced husband and wife fight a wordless war while mourning an unspeakable mutual loss. A sadistic lover's ritual humiliation spawns both tenderness and revenge.
Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Maria Hofstätter, Christine Jirku, Viktor Hennemann, Georg Friedrich
Votes: 6,548 | Gross: $0.01M
29. Loin (2001)
120 min | Drama
Serge, a young truck driver, makes the crossing from Europe to Africa and regularly comes to Tangiers where he meets up with his mistress Sarah and his friend Saïd. But this time, Serge gives in to the temptation of trafficking.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Stéphane Rideau, Lubna Azabal, Mohamed Hamaidi, Yasmina Reza
Votes: 574
30. Light of My Eyes (2001)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Romance
Antonio is a lonely man who works as a driver of luxury cars. Outside of his work, he spends his time reading science fiction novels, and, especially by night, driving through the streets ... See full summary »
Director: Giuseppe Piccioni | Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Sandra Ceccarelli, Silvio Orlando, Barbara Valente
Votes: 886
31. Luna rossa (2001)
116 min | Crime, Drama
Red Moon is the story of a repentant member of the Mafia, who confesses to a judge, in a lengthy flashback to all the misfortunes wrought by the horrendous crimes of some families that ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Capuano | Stars: Licia Maglietta, Carlo Cecchi, Toni Servillo, Antonino Iuorio
Votes: 160
32. The Navigators (2001)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Five Yorkshiremen try to survive after the British Rail is bought out by a private company.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Dean Andrews, Thomas Craig, Joe Duttine, Steve Huison
Votes: 3,107 | Gross: $0.00M
33. The Others (2001)
PG-13 | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann
Votes: 393,494 | Gross: $96.52M
34. Who Are You? (2001)
112 min | Drama, History
A historical classic drama in three acts, retold after an original prologue about dreams and nightmares of the thirteen-year-old noble heroine, Maria de Noronha.
Director: João Botelho | Stars: Patrícia Guerreiro, Suzana Borges, Rui Morisson, Rogério Samora
Votes: 242
35. Secret Ballot (2001)
G | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
A female election agent and a gun-toting soldier try to collect votes among the local islanders with mixed success.
Director: Babak Payami | Stars: Nassim Abdi, Cyrus Abidi, Youssef Habashi, Farrokh Shoja
Votes: 1,279 | Gross: $0.11M
36. Wild Innocence (2001)
123 min | Comedy, Drama
A movie director does a new film against heroine consumption, and the producers are heroine dealers.
Director: Philippe Garrel | Stars: Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Julia Faure, Michel Subor, Mathieu Genet
Votes: 536
37. Address Unknown (2001)
R | 117 min | Drama, War
Romances end in blood and the frail hopes of individuals are torn apart in a vile karmic continuity of colonialism, civil war and occupation. After surviving Japanese colonization, Korea ... See full summary »
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Yang Dong-kun, Min-jung Ban, Kim Young-min, Pang Eun-jin
Votes: 3,888
38. The Triumph of Love (2001)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Romance
A Princess is determined to restore her homeland's throne to its rightful heir, a young Prince with whom she falls in love.
Director: Clare Peploe | Stars: Mira Sorvino, Ben Kingsley, Rachael Stirling, Jay Rodan
Votes: 1,633 | Gross: $0.45M
39. Waking Life (2001)
R | 99 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Trevor Jack Brooks, Lorelei Linklater, Wiley Wiggins
Votes: 66,956 | Gross: $2.89M
40. And Your Mother Too (2001)
R | 106 min | Drama
In Mexico, two teenage boys and an older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life and each other.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Gael García Bernal, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ana López Mercado
Votes: 128,934 | Gross: $13.62M
41. The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
R | 114 min | Drama
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
Director: Peter Mullan | Stars: Eileen Walsh, Dorothy Duffy, Nora-Jane Noone, Anne-Marie Duff
Votes: 28,469 | Gross: $4.89M
42. Nearest to Heaven (2002)
96 min | Drama, Romance
A mature woman restores the romantic events of her youth.
Director: Tonie Marshall | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, William Hurt, Bernard Le Coq, Hélène Fillières
Votes: 576
43. Bear's Kiss (2002)
101 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A fairy tale-like love story between young circus artist Lola and the bear Misha, who one day transforms into a human.
Director: Sergei Bodrov | Stars: Rebecka Liljeberg, Joachim Król, Sergey Bodrov, Keith Allen
Votes: 972
44. Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Irregular migrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night Okwe stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder, setting off a series of events that could lead to disaster or freedom.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sophie Okonedo, Kriss Dosanjh
Votes: 44,106 | Gross: $8.11M
45. Dolls (2002)
114 min | Drama, Romance
Three stories of never-ending love.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kyôko Fukada
Votes: 17,367 | Gross: $0.00M
46. House of Fools (2002)
R | 104 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In the midst of the Chechen War, a remote psychiatric institution is left without staff leaving the patients to fend for themselves. Based on a true story.
Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy | Stars: Yuliya Vysotskaya, Sultan Islamov, Bryan Adams, Evgeniy Mironov
Votes: 2,902 | Gross: $0.06M
47. Far from Heaven (2002)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Romance
In 1950s Connecticut, a flustered housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson
Votes: 49,338 | Gross: $15.85M
48. La forza del passato (2002)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
Days after the death and funeral of his high-powered army father, children's book author Gianni Orzan (Sergio Rubini) meets the suspicious Gianni Bogliasco (Bruno Ganz), who proceeds to ... See full summary »
Director: Piergiorgio Gay | Stars: Sergio Rubini, Bruno Ganz, Sandra Ceccarelli, Mariangela D'Abbraccio
Votes: 144
49. Frida (2002)
R | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Mía Maestro
Votes: 95,388 | Gross: $25.89M
50. Führer Ex (2002)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama
Repentant ex neo-Nazi Ingo Hasselbach's autobiographical experiences are the basis for "Fuhrer Ex". Two friends dream of escaping the oppression of communist GDR in 1980s in Berlin. When ... See full summary »
Director: Winfried Bonengel | Stars: Aaron Hildebrand, Christian Blümel, Jule Flierl, Detlef Kapplusch
Votes: 1,551
51. Man on the Train (2002)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man steps off a train into a French village awaiting the day when he will rob the town bank. He meets a retired poetry teacher striking up a strange friendship and explore the road not taken, each wanting to live the other's life.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stévenin, Charlie Nelson
Votes: 7,544 | Gross: $2.54M
52. Julie Walking Home (2002)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Romance
A desperate mother (Miranda Otto) in the midst of a failing marriage travels to Poland in search of a mysterious man rumored to have miraculous healing powers in this fantastic romantic drama.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Miranda Otto, William Fichtner, Lothaire Bluteau, Ryan Smith
Votes: 1,074
53. The Best of Times (2001)
109 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Although their characters and temperaments couldn't be less alike, 19-year olds Wei and Jie are best friends. They're also neighbours, living with widower fathers and problem siblings in ... See full summary »
Director: Tso-chi Chang | Stars: Wing Fan, Meng-Chieh Kao, Wan-mei Yu, Mao-ying Tien
Votes: 398
54. Nackt (2002)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
Three couples meet for dinner and talk about love and sex.
Director: Doris Dörrie | Stars: Heike Makatsch, Benno Fürmann, Alexandra Maria Lara, Jürgen Vogel
Votes: 2,349
55. Nha Fala (2002)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
It has always been a firm conviction of the family that any woman who sings, will die. Now, while a girl is in France she becomes an international star. She realises that sooner rather than... See full summary »
Director: Flora Gomes | Stars: Fatou N'Diaye, Jean-Christophe Dollé, Ângelo Torres, Bia Gomes
Votes: 211
56. Oasis (2002)
133 min | Drama, Romance
An irresponsible and childish ex-con befriends a girl with cerebral palsy and develops a progressively stronger bond with her.
Director: Lee Chang-dong | Stars: Sol Kyung-gu, Moon So-ri, Ahn Nae-sang, Ryu Seung-wan
Votes: 10,411
57. Road to Perdition (2002)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A mob enforcer's son in 1930s Illinois witnesses a murder, forcing him and his father to take to the road, and his father down a path of redemption and revenge.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman
Votes: 284,671 | Gross: $104.45M
58. The Tracker (2002)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Western
Fanatic is a government trooper who is heading an expedition to find an Aboriginal man accused of murdering a white woman. Others in the expedition are the Follower, a greenhorn trooper, the Veteran, and the Tracker.
Director: Rolf de Heer | Stars: David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page
Votes: 3,299
59. Un monde presque paisible (2002)
Unrated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jewish tailor Albert (Abkarian) and his wife Lea (Breitman) are reestablishing their business in 1946 Paris. Albert hires six people, more than he needs to meet current slow season demand, ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Simon Abkarian, Zabou Breitman, Vincent Elbaz, Lubna Azabal
Votes: 402 | Gross: $0.11M
60. Velocità massima (2002)
111 min | Drama
Claudio, age 17, has a simple aspiration: he wants to be a mechanic. His father, though, would like him to take over his small auto-wrecker company that he has built up over his lifetime.
Director: Daniele Vicari | Stars: Valerio Mastandrea, Cristiano Morroni, Alessia Barela, Ivano De Matteo
Votes: 592
61. A Scandalous Journey (2002)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The life and scandalous loves of early 20th century poet Sibilla Aleramo.
Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Laura Morante, Stefano Accorsi, Alessandro Haber, Galatea Ranzi
Votes: 399
62. The Return (2003)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
In the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father - a man they know only through a single photograph - resurfaces.
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Vladimir Garin, Ivan Dobronravov, Konstantin Lavronenko, Nataliya Vdovina
Votes: 47,528 | Gross: $0.50M
63. 21 Grams (2003)
R | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Danny Huston
Votes: 245,966 | Gross: $16.29M
64. 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: 648 | Gross: $0.05M
65. A Good Lawyer's Wife (2003)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Bored, horny, and frustrated, a woman begins an affair with a teenage boy.
Director: Im Sang-soo | Stars: Moon So-ri, Hwang Jung-min, Youn Yuh-jung, In-mun Kim
Votes: 1,831
66. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
82 min | Drama, Comedy
On a dark, wet night a historic and regal Chinese cinema sees its final film. Together with a small handful of souls they bid "Goodbye, Dragon Inn".
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Kiyonobu Mitamura, Chun Shih
Votes: 6,184 | Gross: $0.03M
67. Good Morning, Night (2003)
106 min | Drama
The 1978 kidnapping of politician Aldo Moro as seen from the perspective of one of his assailants: a conflicted young woman in the ranks of the Red Brigade.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Maya Sansa, Luigi Lo Cascio, Roberto Herlitzka, Paolo Briguglia
Votes: 4,045 | Gross: $0.01M
68. The Kite (2003)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama
A young 15 year old girl, Lamia, lives in a southern Lebanese village on the border with Israel. She is given in marriage to her cousin on the other side of the border. As Lamia crosses the... See full summary »
Director: Randa Chahal Sabag | Stars: Flavia Bechara, Maher Bsaibes, Randa Asmar, Renée Dick
Votes: 789
69. 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: 21,134 | Gross: $0.20M
70. Imagining Argentina (2003)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A man has the power to see the fate of missing people - with the exception of his own beloved wife.
Director: Christopher Hampton | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Rubén Blades, Irene Escolar
Votes: 3,548
71. The Floating Landscape (2003)
100 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
Maan has recently lost her lover, Sam, a painter who died tragically of an incurable disease. Before his death, he was remembering a beautiful landscape from the days when he was still a ... See full summary »
Director: Miu-Suet Lai | Stars: Karena Kar-Yan Lam, Ekin Cheng, Ye Liu, Jin Su
Votes: 241
72. Il miracolo (2003)
92 min | Drama
Tonio is a 12 year old boy who one day gets run over by a car. Before he loses his senses, Tonio sees something which will change his life. When he wakes from the coma in the hospital, he ... See full summary »
Director: Edoardo Winspeare | Stars: Carlo Bruni, Stefania Casciaro, Ippolito Chiariello, Cosimo Cinieri
Votes: 208
73. Pornografia (2003)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Romance, War
Two intellectuals, a writer and a director, begin to play a mysterious psychological game in a peaceful countryside manor house during the German occupation.
Director: Jan Jakub Kolski | Stars: Krzysztof Majchrzak, Adam Ferency, Krzysztof Globisz, Grazyna Blecka-Kolska
Votes: 1,006
74. Raja (2003)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama
A cross-cultural drama about a wealthy middle-aged Frenchman's yearning for a nineteen year local girl. Raja is an orphan literally and figuratively scarred by life. Fred is an emotionally ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Doillon | Stars: Pascal Greggory, Najat Benssallem, Ilham Abdelwahed, Hassan Khissal
Votes: 433
75. Rosenstrasse (2003)
PG-13 | 136 min | Drama, War
After the death of her father, Hannah becomes concerned with the strange behavior of her mother. As her mother's troubled childhood is revealed, Hannah realizes how little she ever knew.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Svea Lohde, Jutta Lampe
Votes: 2,538 | Gross: $0.73M
76. Segreti di stato (2003)
85 min | Drama
On the first of May 1947, the bandit Salvatore Giuliano conducted a raid to the mountain pass Portella della Ginestra, with a view to capturing Sicily's most prominent communist, Giacomo ... See full summary »
Director: Paolo Benvenuti | Stars: Antonio Catania, David Coco, Bruno De Stephanis, Sergio Graziani
Votes: 146
77. Feelings (2003)
94 min | Drama, Romance
Jacques, médecin (Jean-Pierre Bacri), et Carole (Nathalie Baye), son épouse, habitent une maison en région parisienne. Dans la maison voisine s'installent François (Melvil Poupaud) et Edith... See full synopsis »
Director: Noémie Lvovsky | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Isabelle Carré, Melvil Poupaud
Votes: 1,086
78. Loving Glances (2003)
Unrated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Swan is a lonely Serbian refugee in Belgrade. He hopes for a visa to follow his long-lost fiancée to Chicago, but winds up at the Happy Millennium dating agency. A warm romantic comedy with a twist.
Director: Srdjan Karanovic | Stars: Senad Alihodzic, Ivana Bolanca, Jelena Djokic, Milena Dravic
Votes: 303
79. Twentynine Palms (2003)
Unrated | 119 min | Drama, Horror
David, an American photographer, and his Russian girlfriend Katia are scouting locations for a photo shoot. During the day, they drive through some of the wildest, most bizarre desert landscapes, but their luck begins to run out.
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Yekaterina Golubeva, David Wissak
Votes: 5,097 | Gross: $0.05M
80. Um Filme Falado (2003)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Lisbon, Marseilles, Naples, Athens, Istanbul, Cairo, Aden and Bombay. Along with a university teacher and her little daughter, we embark on a long journey, experiencing different cultures and civilizations.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve
Votes: 2,092 | Gross: $0.01M
81. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Yui Natsukawa, Michiyo Yasuda
Votes: 51,557 | Gross: $0.85M
82. Vera Drake (2004)
R | 125 min | Crime, Drama
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Heather Craney, Richard Graham
Votes: 26,868 | Gross: $3.75M
83. Five Times Two (2004)
R | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Five stages in the romance between a woman and a man.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Françoise Fabian, Michael Lonsdale
Votes: 10,448 | Gross: $0.13M
84. 3-Iron (2004)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A transient young man breaks into empty homes to partake of the vacationing residents' lives for a few days.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Lee Seung-yun, Jae Hee, Hyuk-ho Kwon, Joo Jin-mo
Votes: 58,305 | Gross: $0.24M
85. Birth (2004)
R | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A young boy attempts to convince a woman that he is her dead husband reborn.
Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Cameron Bright, Lauren Bacall, Danny Huston
Votes: 40,933 | Gross: $5.01M
86. The Keys to the House (2004)
PG | 111 min | Drama
Meeting his disabled son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Kim Rossi Stuart, Andrea Rossi, Charlotte Rampling, Alla Faerovich
Votes: 2,473
87. Delivery (II) (2004)
100 min | Drama
Young man arrives in Athens to seek his fortune. Vainly.
Director: Nikos Panayotopoulos | Stars: Thanos Samaras, Alexia Kaltsiki, Errikos Litsis, Dimitris Imellos
Votes: 473
88. Haryu insaeng (2004)
105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Heroic, yet a tragic life of a fearless man begins! School days filled with fist fights It is at the end of President RHEE Seung-man's Liberal Party regime, and the streets are filled ... See full summary »
Director: Im Kwon-taek | Stars: Cho Seung-woo, Kim Gyu-ri, Hak-jun Kim, Ha-jun You
Votes: 295
89. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
PG | 119 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin, Akihiro Miwa
Votes: 450,040 | Gross: $4.71M
90. The Intruder (2004)
Unrated | 130 min | Drama
An emotionally cold man leaves the safety of his Alpine home to seek a heart transplant and an estranged son.
Director: Claire Denis | Stars: Michel Subor, Grégoire Colin, Yekaterina Golubeva, Bambou
Votes: 2,146 | Gross: $0.04M
91. Café Lumière (2003)
108 min | Drama
The story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search of a cafe that was frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara, Kimiko Yo
Votes: 3,331
92. Land of Plenty (2004)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, War
A drama that investigates anxiety and disillusionment in America.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Wendell Pierce, Shaun Toub
Votes: 4,118
93. Working Slowly (Radio Alice) (2004)
111 min | Drama
This documentary-style film takes place in Bologna, Italy. The Radio Alice program began on February 9, 1976. The radio station used an ex-military transmitter. They were mao-dadaists. The ... See full synopsis »
Director: Guido Chiesa | Stars: Marco Luisi, Tommaso Ramenghi, Claudia Pandolfi, Valerio Mastandrea
Votes: 648
94. The Sea Inside (I) (2004)
PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama
The factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera
Votes: 85,270 | Gross: $2.09M
95. Another Life (2004)
85 min | Drama
A young couple, Matteo and Emma, work in a hospital. He is working in the ambulance and she is a surgeon. In one night, their lives will change.
Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Barbora Bobulova, Violante Placido, Stefano Dionisi
Votes: 336
96. Palindromes (2004)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
Director: Todd Solondz | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ellen Barkin, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Matthew Faber
Votes: 12,871 | Gross: $0.55M
97. Promised Land (2004)
88 min | Drama, Thriller
"Promised Land" tells the story of a group of young unwitting Estonian girls smuggled through Egypt to be auctioned off as prostitutes in Israel, and of their initiation into this trade of ... See full summary »
Director: Amos Gitai | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Diana Bespechni, Hanna Schygulla, Anne Parillaud
Votes: 598
98. Kings & Queen (2004)
Unrated | 150 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Parallel storylines tell the current state of affairs for two ex-lovers: Nora's a single mother who comes to care for her terminally ill father; holed in up in mental ward, Ismael, a brilliant musician, plots his escape.
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Geoffrey Carey, Thierry Bosc, Olivier Rabourdin
Votes: 4,018 | Gross: $0.29M
99. Stray Dogs (2004)
93 min | Drama
The story of survival of 2 children in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Their mother has been imprisoned for "adultery" and their father is in Guantanamo Bay.
Director: Marzieh Makhmalbaf | Stars: Gol-Ghotai, Zahed, Agheleh Rezaie, Sohrab Akbari
Votes: 706
100. The World (2004)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
An exploration on the impact of urbanization and globalization on a traditional culture.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Tao Zhao, Taishen Cheng, Jue Jing, Zhongwei Jiang
Votes: 3,490 | Gross: $0.06M
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