BEST FILMS OF 2003
1. Lost In Translation
Sofia Coppola, U.S.
2. Mystic River
Clint Eastwood, U.S.
3. Elephant
Gus Van Sant, U.S.
4. Kill Bill Volume One
Quentin Tarantino, U.S.
5. American Splendor
Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini, U.S.
6. The Fog of War
Errol Morris, U.S.
7. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Peter Jackson, U.S.
8. Capturing the Friedmans
Andrew Jarecki, U.S.
9. The Son
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Belgium
10. The Man Without a Past
Aki Kaurismäki, Finland
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12. Unknown Pleasures |
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13. Ten |
14. School of Rock |
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15. Spider |
16. Finding Nemo |
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17. Master and Commander: |
18. Bus 174 |
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19. To Be and To Have |
20. Platform |
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21. Spellbound
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22. City of God |
23. Dirty Pretty Things |
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24. 21 Grams |
25. Irreversible |
26. In America |
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27. La Commune Paris, 1871 |
28. Raising Victor Vargas |
29. All the Real Girls |
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30. The Triplets of Belleville |
31. Love and Diane |
32. Lilya 4-Ever |
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33. Sweet Sixteen |
34. In This World |
35. 28 Days Later |
36. Friday Night |
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37. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary |
38. The Magdalene Sisters |
39. Cold Mountain |
40. The Secret Lives of Dentists |
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41. The Weather |
42. Pistol Opera |
43. A Mighty Wind |
44. The Man on |
45. Japón |
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46. Chi-hwa-seon |
47. The Good Thief |
48. Bad Santa |
49. Divine Intervention |
50. Whale Rider |
BEST UNRELEASED FILMS OF 2003
1. Goodbye Dragon Inn
Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan
2. Crimson Gold
Jafar Panahi, Iran
3. Dogville
Lars von Trier, Denmark
4. Distant
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey
5. Bright Leaves
Ross McElwee, U.S.
6. The Saddest Music in the World
Guy Maddin, Canada
7. Good Morning, Night
Marco Bellocchio, Italy
8. S21: Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
Rithy Panh, Cambodia/France
9. Since Otar Left
Julie Bertucelli, France/Georgia
10. The Story of Marie and Julien
Jacques Rivette, Japan
11. Coffee and Cigarettes
Jim Jarmusch, U.S.
12. The Best of Youth
Marco Tullio Giordana, Italy
(tie) Zatoichi
Takeshi Kitano, Japan
13. Los Angeles Plays Itself
Thom Anderson, U.S.
14. The Brown Bunny
Vincent Gallo, U.S.
15. Raja
Jacques Doillon, France
16. Springtime in a Small Town
Tian Zhuangzhuang, China
17. The Return
Andrei Zvyagintsev, Russia
(tie) Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter & Spring
Ki-duk Kim, South Korea
18. Vibrator
Ryuichi Hiroki, Japan
19. Turning Gate
Hong Sang-soo, South Korea
20. Young Adam
David Mackenzie, U.K.
21. Funny Ha Ha
Andrew Bujalski, U.S.
22. Time of the Wolf
Michael Haneke, Austria
23. An Injury to One
Travis Wilkerson, U.S.
24. Blissfully Yours
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand
25. The Five Obstructions
Jorgen Leth and Lars von Trier, Denmark
Participants: John Anderson, David Ansen, Nicole Armour, Paul Arthur, Mike Atkinson, Marjorie Baumgarten, John Caps, Michael Chaiken, Chris Chang, Godfrey Cheshire, Travis Crawford, Edward E. Crouse, Gary Crowdus, Mike D’Angelo, Manohla Dargis, Hazel-Dawn Dumpert, Justine Elias, FX Feeney, Scott Foundas, Chris Fujiwara, Graham Fuller, Susan Gerhard, Larry Gross, Tom Gunning, Ernest Hardy, Dennis Harvey, James Harvey, Elizabeth Helfgott, J. Hoberman, Robert Horton, Gary Indiana, Harlan Jacobson, Kent Jones, Kristin Jones, Dave Kehr, Lisa Kennedy, Glenn Kenny, Sarah Kerr, Stuart Klawans, Michael Koresky, Nathan Lee, Dennis Lim, Phillip Lopate, Alice Lovejoy, Tim Lucas, Cynthia Lucia, Guy Maddin, Greil Marcus, Todd McCarthy, Maitland McDonagh, Wesley Morris, Chris Norris, Geoffrey O’Brien, Mark Olsen, Gerald Peary, Richard Peña, Mark Peranson, Tony Pipolo, Richard Porton, Alissa Quart, Rachel Rosen, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Paul Schrader, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Gavin Smith, Roger Smith, Gregory Solman, Christine Spines, Chuck Stephens, David Sterritt, Bob Strauss, Erik Syngle, Amy Taubin, Anne Thompson, Desson Thomson, Joumane Trad, Kenneth Turan, Giulia D’agnolo Vallan, David Walsh, Armond White, Mike Wilmington, Tom Zummer.
