YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 2003

 

1. MEMORIES OF MURDER
2. SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER . . . AND SPRING
3. AMERICAN SPLENDOR
4. LOST IN TRANSLATION
5. KILL BILL VOL. 1
6. MONSTER
7. UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN
8. JANDEK ON CORWOOD
9. FINDING NEMO
10. THE LORD OF THE RINGS:  THE RETURN OF THE KING
11. THE FIVE DISTRACTIONS
12. LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF
13. THE ELDRITCH INFLUENCE:  THE LIFE, VISION AND PHENOMENON OF H.P. LOVECRAFT
14. ONG BAK
15. END OF THE CENTURY:  THE STORY OF THE RAMONES
16. A TALE OF TWO SISTERS
17. IDENTITY
18. AZUMI
19. A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE
20. MYRA:  THE MAKING OF A MONSTER
21. DEAD END
22. TOKYO GODFATHERS
23. BIG FISH
24. HIGH TENSION
25. THE FOG OF WAR
26. THE DREAMERS
27. MYSTIC RIVER
28. BAD SANTA
29. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN:  THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
30. DIE, MOMMIE, DIE!
31. THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
32. EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS
33. COFFEE AND CIGARETTES
34. X2
35. SEABISCUIT
36. HULK
37. FREDDY VS. JASON
38. THE ERA OF VAMPIRES
39. HELL'S HIGHWAY:  THE TRUE STORY OF HIGHWAY SAFETY FILMS
40. SAM COOKE:  LEGEND
41. THE GIN GAME
42. UNDEAD
43. MASTER AND COMMANDER:  THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
44. THE SINGING DETECTIVE
45. WONDERLAND
46. INTERSTELLA 5555
47. BATMAN:  MYSTERY OF THE BATWOMAN
48. LOVE, ACTUALLY
49. THE ROOM
50. THE MATRIX RELOADED
51. HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES
52. THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
53. THE MINDSCAPE OF ALAN MOORE
54. THE ORDER
55. SYLVIA
56. THE LION IN WINTER
57. PETER PAN
58. BEHIND THE CAMERA:  THE UNAUTHORIZED STORY OF THREE'S COMPANY
59. DIECOVERY
60. VLAD
61. THE HAUNTED MANSION
62. THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS
63. UNDERWORLD
64. ANUS MAGILLICUTTY