Top 10 Films of 2003
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- DirectorPeter WeirStarsRussell CrowePaul BettanyBilly BoydDuring 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.
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsChoi Min-sikYoo Ji-taeKang Hye-jeongAfter 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.
- DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsBruce WillisCole HauserMonica BellucciA 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.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsKevin SpaceyKate WinsletLaura LinneyA man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
- DirectorEd SolomonStarsBilly Bob ThorntonMorgan FreemanKirsten DunstAfter two decades in prison for murder, a man is released on parole and returns to his hometown seeking redemption.
- DirectorBernardo BertolucciStarsMichael PittLouis GarrelEva GreenA 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.
- DirectorTom McCarthyStarsPeter DinklagePatricia ClarksonBobby CannavaleWhen 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.
- DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsAndreas WilsonHenrik LundströmGustaf SkarsgårdA 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.
- DirectorEric TillStarsJoseph FiennesBruno GanzPeter UstinovDuring 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.
- DirectorErik Van LooyStarsKoen De BouwWerner De SmedtJan DecleirVincke 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.
- DirectorMatt DillonStarsMatt DillonJames CaanNatascha McElhoneA 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.
- DirectorMario Van PeeblesStarsMario Van PeeblesNia LongJoy BryantMario Van Peebles' half-documentary/half-homage to his father Melvin Van Peebles' movie Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971).
- DirectorSue BrooksStarsToni ColletteGotaro TsunashimaLynette CurranAgainst 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. The end of the journey leaves no one capable of going back to where they started from.
- DirectorKonrad NiewolskiStarsArkadiusz DetmerAndrzej ChyraJanusz BukowskiA man falsely accused of assaulting an old woman tries to adapt to his new life in prison.
- DirectorJim HershlederStarsJaneane GarofaloGiancarlo EspositoTony SpiridakisAfter 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 loneliness inherent in New York life, but it does so with a refreshing wit and humor that will leave you smiling.
- DirectorA. Dean BellStarsEmily GraceJudith IveyBill RaymondA 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.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsColin FarrellKiefer SutherlandForest WhitakerPublicist 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.
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsDaryl HannahMaggie GyllenhaalMary SteenburgenA 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.
- DirectorGuy MaddinStarsIsabella RosselliniMark McKinneyMaria de MedeirosA 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.
- DirectorScott SmithStarsMiranda RichardsonKristin AdamsMonté GagnéThree teenage sisters cope in their individual ways to growing up in a dysfunctional family with an abusive father and drunk mother.
- DirectorNathaniel GearyStarsAlex RiceRobert HarperL. Harvey GoldAngel 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 slips deeper into a world consumed by abandonment and fuelled by drugs.
- DirectorRené ManzorStarsLambert WilsonSylvie TestudFrédéric DiefenthalPsychologist 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?
- DirectorVictor VuStarsKathleen LuongCatherine AiLong NguyenA 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.
- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoKim Sang-kyungKim Roe-haIn 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.
- DirectorMarco Tullio GiordanaStarsLuigi Lo CascioAlessio BoniJasmine TrincaAn Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers from the 1960s to the 2000s.
- DirectorNimród AntalStarsSándor CsányiEszter BallaZoltán MucsiA 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.
- DirectorAmos GitaiStarsYaël AbecassisHana LasloUri KlauznerSlice-of-life look at the lives of twelve people who live or work in the same apartment complex in Tel Aviv.
- DirectorSean McGinlyStarsAdam ScottKarl WiedergottMark PhinneyPaul 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.
- DirectorGerardo HerreroLeigh RomeroStarsSaffron BurrowsHarvey KeitelEduard FernándezOn 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 about to publish a book critical of Dominican strongman, Trujillo. In 1988, a graduate student, Muriel Colber, wants to make Galíndez the subject of her dissertation. She's in Spain doing research; finding little, she goes to Santo Domingo. At every turn, the C.I.A., in the person of Agent Robards, tries to thwart her; and, at each turn, as she considers abandoning the project, someone offers new information, often contradictory. She wants the truth behind the Galíndez mystery; will she find it?
- DirectorMarleen GorrisStarsJulia StilesShirley MacLaineAlessandro NivolaA young woman escapes her wildly eccentric family in search for a life of normalcy.
- DirectorPeter SpirerStarsJeannetta ArnetteRus BlackwellW. Earl BrownAn investigator from the state attorney general's office is sent to a small Southern town to investigate a strange murder.
- DirectorPaul MorrisonStarsSam SmithLeagh ConwellDominic BarklemEleven-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.
- DirectorCarl BessaiStarsIan McKellenDeborah Kara UngerTheo CraneIn a story weaving the past and present together, Emile seeks redemption from the family he abandoned.
- DirectorRocco SimonelliStarsKamal AhmedNoora AlbrightVictoria AlexanderA man finds the woman of his dreams, a tough, beautiful bartender. Unfortunately, she happens to be dating his shallow and self-obsessed brother.
- DirectorScott CaanStarsScott CaanJeff GoldblumShawn HatosyRusty (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.