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2003 year in film

Tobias

These were the best films released in the U.S. in 2003, THERE ARE NONE GREATER....these lists are excerpts from an ongoing book/project on film I've been editing since 1999 titled "The Refined and Uncompromising Picture Show". Not all of these films are for everyone, but I promise if you true cinephiles sit through most of them maybe you'll take something away. These are the motion pictures that tower above all other films for the years they came out in the U.S. If any of your favorite films are missing let me know and i'll either thank you for reminding me or i'll let you know why i didn't feel i needed to mention it. I would love to hear anyone's thoughts on these lists or read your own personal film lists! You can read more about these films extensively if you copy and paste the titles @ http://www.imdb.com

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	TobiasXimenez's Rating	My Rating
1	In America (2003, PG-13)
2	To Be and to Have (Etre et Avoir) (2003, Unrated) A surprisingly humble and restrained work of art. Even though Claude Lanzmann's SHOAH (1985) is a much greater achievement for the documentary form sociologically, and the craft of most modern documentaries owe more to Errol Morris' THIN BLUE LINE, TO BE AND TO HAVE has been my favorite non-fiction film since I first saw it in 2003. This small and patient cinematic treasure is a moving portrait of a human being who turns his everyday job of teaching a whole community's children into an near art form. This film manages to transcendentally evoke bittersweet memories I have of early youth and grade school.
3	Elephant (2003, R)
4	Cidade de Deus, (City of God) (2003, R)
5	The Son (2003, Unrated)
6	Mystic River (2003, R)
7	Memories of Murder (Salinui chueok) (2003, Unrated) Good companion viewing with David Fincher's ZODIAC and Michael Mann's MANHUNTER. Bong joon-ho is a filmmaker I'm going to be keeping my eye on for sometime.
8	The Fog of War - Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003, PG-13)
9	All the Real Girls (2003, R)
10	The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (2003, PG-13)
11	The Company (2003, PG-13)
12	The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville, Belleville Rendez-vous) (2003, PG-13)
13	Lost In Translation (2003, R)
14	21 Grams (2003, R)
15	Millennium Actress (Sennen joyû) (2001, PG)
16	Balseros (2003, Unrated)
17	Big Fish (2003, PG-13)
18	Blissfully Yours (Sud sanaeha) (2001, Unrated)
19	Finding Nemo (2003, G)
20	Chernobyl Heart (1986, Unrated)
21	Japon (2003, R)
22	American Splendor (2003, R)
23	28 Days Later (2003, R)
24	Dirty Pretty Things (2003, R)
25	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002, R)
26	Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003, R)
27	Cabin Fever (2002, R)
28	Unknown Pleasures (2003, Unrated)