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Picks of 2003
J. Robert Parks
For those who want to compare
my list with other critics' top10s, here are my ten best films released
theatrically in 2003:
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Stevie
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Fog of War
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Finding Nemo
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Ten
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In This World
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City of God
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Under the Skin of the City
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The Revolution Will Not Be
Televised
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Spellbound
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Spider.
Other highly worthy movies
of 2003 include: Bus 174, Decay of Fiction, Girl with a Pearl Earring,
In America, Lilya 4-Ever, Lost in Translation, Man without a Past, Pirates
of the Caribbean, Raising Victor Vargas, Return of the King, Rivers and
Tides, and Triplets of Belleville.
Marie Asner
Ten Best Films of 2003 in
alphabetical order:
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Big Fish (Columbia) (PG 13)
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Finding Nemo (Walt Disney Pictures
(G
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House of Sand and Fog (DreamWorks)
(R)
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Lord of the Rings: Return of
the King (New Line Cinema) (PG 13)
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Master and Commander: Far Side
Of The World (20th Century Fox) (PG 13)
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Mystic River (Warner Brothers)
(R)
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Shattered Glass (Lions Gate)
(PG 13)
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The Dancer Upstairs (Fox Searchlight)
(R)
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Together (United Artists) (PG)
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Whale Rider (Newmarket) (PG
13)
Also rans:
Secondhand Lions (New Line
Cinema) (PG)
The Gospel of John (ThinkFilm)
(PG 13)
The Worst Films of 2003
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A Mighty Wind (Warner Bros)
(PG 13)
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Bruce Almighty (Universal) (PG
13)
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Cabin Fever (Lions Gate) (R)
and Darkness Falls (Columbia) (PG 13)
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Cat In A Hat (PG)
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Daredevil (PG 13)
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Fighting Temptations (PG 13)
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Haunted Mansion (PG)
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Matrix 2: Reloaded (Warner Bros)
(R) and Matrix 3: Revolutions (Warner Bros) (R)
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Scary Movie 3 (Dimension Films)
(PG 13)
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The Hulk (PG 13)
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Also ran: “Dumb and Dumberer”
(New Line Cinema) (PG 13)
Gareth Von Kallenbach
10. Finding Nemo
9. Bad Santa
8 Cabin Fever
7 Kill Bill Vol 1
6 28 Days Later
5 Alien The Directors Cut
4 Cold Mountain
3 Seabiscuit
2 Master and Commander The
Far Side of the World
1 Lost in Translation
Worst
10 Jeepers Creepers 2
9 Hollywood Homicide
8 Malibus Most wanted
7 The Hulk
6 Dickie Roberts Former
Child Star
5 Lara Croft Tomb Raider
the Cradle of Life
4 The Medallion
3 Matrix Revolutions
2 Dreamcatcher
1 Cat in the Hat
Dan Singleton
Movies
1. Lord of the Rings - Return
of the King
2. Kill Bill, Vol. 1
3. Master and Commander
- Far Side of the World
4. The Last Samurai
5. School of Rock
6. Pirates of the Caribbean
- The Curse of the Black Pearl
7. Terminator 3 - Rise of
the Machines
8. Finding Nemo
9. Identity
10. Johnny English
Best Picture: Lord of the
Rings - Return of the King
Best Director: Quentin Tarantino
(Kill Bill, Vol. 1)
Best Actor: Stephen Lang
(Gods and Generals)
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett
(Veronica Guerin)
Shari Lloyd
LotR - Return of the King
Finding Nemo
Seabiscuit
Jeffrey Overstreet
(for blurbs, photos, and
a summary of the year, go to:
http://promontoryartists.org/lookingcloser/awards/Awards-2003.htm)
1. Stevie
2. The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King
3. Finding Nemo
4. Lost in Translation'
5. In America
6. Pieces of April
7. The Son
8. Master and Commander:
The Far Side of the World
9. Dirty Pretty Things
10. (tie) Pirates of the
Carribean / X2: X-Men United
11. (tie) Winged Migration
/ Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working in Time
12. Spellbound
13. American Splendor
14. Raising Victor Vargas
15. In This World
16. Shattered Glass
17. 28 Days Later
18. Cold Mountain
19. Man on the Train
20. Whale Rider
Jonathan Nelson
LOTR: FOTR - 1
Whale Rider - 2
Bend It Like Beckham - 3
Open Range - 4
Finding Nemo - 5
Pirates of the Caribbean:
COTBP - 6
X-Men 2 - 7
School of Rock - 8
Elf - 9
Cabin Fever - 10
Steve White
The Lord of the Rings: The
Return of the King - 1
Bruce Almighty - 2
The Last Samurai - 3
Phone Booth - 4
Finding Nemo - 5
A Mighty Wind - 6
Matrix Reloaded - 7
Pirates of the Caribbean
- 8
X-Men 2 - 9
Daredevil - 10
Matrix Revolutions - 11
Ryan Little
Return of the King-1
The Two Towers: Special
Extended DVD Edition-2
Seabiscut-3
Finding Nemo-4
Bruce Almighty-5
X2: X-men united-6
Master and Commander: the
far side of the world-7
Pirates of the Carribean-8
Matrix: Reloaded-9
Looney Tunes: back in action-10
Trae Cadenhead
1. American Splendor
2. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
3. Mystic River
4. In America
5. The Lord of the Rings:
The Return of the King
6. Lost in Translation
7. 21 Grams
8. Cold Mountain
9. The Station Agent
10. Elephant
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