2003 in film

Highest-grossing films

Events

• February 24: The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography.
• November 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Governor of California.
• December 22: Both of the movies from the Matrix trilogy released in 2003 were shut out of visual effects Oscar consideration by the Visual Effects Award Nominating Committee.
• December 31: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mails nomination ballots in which it qualifies 254 films released in 2003 as eligible for Oscar consideration.

  Award ceremonies

• 8th Empire Awards

  Awards

2003 wide-release films

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 2003

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• '
• ', starring Rachael Leigh Cook -
• 2 Fast 2 Furious, starring Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson and Eva Mendes
• 2LDK -
• 21 Grams, starring Sean Penn, Naomi Watts and Benicio del Toro
• 3 Deewarein -
• The 4th Floor -
• , starring Michael Madsen

  A

• Acacia –
• After You..., starring Daniel Auteuil and José Garcia –
• Agent Cody Banks, starring Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff, Angie Harmon
• Alex and Emma, starring Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson
• Alexandra's Project –
• Alien
• All the Real Girls, starring Zooey Deschanel
• All Tomorrow's Parties –
• Alone Across Australia –
• The Alzheimer Case –
• American Splendor, starring Paul Giamatti and Hope Davis
• American Wedding, starring Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott
• Ana and the Others –
• Ang Tanging Ina –
• Anger Management, starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson
• Anger of the Gods –
• Angulimala –
• The Animatrix –
• Any Way the Wind Blows –
• Anything Else, starring Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Danny DeVito
• Après la vie –
• Arisan! –
• At Five in the Afternoon –

  B

• Baadasssss!, directed by and starring Mario Van Peebles
• Bad Boys II, starring Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Gabrielle Union
• Bad Santa, directed by Terry Zwigoff, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, Bernie Mac
• Baghban –
• The Barbarian Invasions – –
• Basic, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Connie Nielsen
• –
• Beautiful Boxer –
• Beauty and the Beast –
• Beneath Her Window –
• The Best of Youth –
• Beyond Borders, starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen
• Beyond Re-Animator –
• Big Fish, directed by Tim Burton, starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Jessica Lange
• Bimmer –
• Biola Tak Berdawai –
• Blind Shaft –
• Blizzard, starring Christopher Plummer, Brenda Blethyn, Whoopi Goldberg –
• The Blue Light –
• Blueprint, starring Franka Potente –
• Bon Voyage, starring Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu –
• Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi –
• Boredom in Brno –
• Bright Future, directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa –
• Bright Young Things, directed by Stephen Fry –
• Bringing Down the House, starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah
• Brother Bear
• The Brown Bunny, starring Vincent Gallo and Chloë Sevigny
• Bruce Almighty, starring Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman, Steve Carell
• Buddy –
• Bulletproof Monk'', starring Chow Yun-fat and Seann William Scott

  C

• Café Lumière, directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien –
• Cala, My Dog! –
• Calendar Girls, starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters –
• Carandiru, directed by Héctor Babenco –
• Carolina, starring Julia Stiles
• Casa de los Babys, directed by John Sayles, starring Daryl Hannah and Marcia Gay Harden –
• The Cat in the Hat, starring Mike Myers, Dakota Fanning, Spencer Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Kelly Preston
• Caterina in the Big City –
• Cavale –
• Cell Phone –
• , starring Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Demi Moore, Bernie Mac
• Cheaper by the Dozen, starring Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling
• Cheerleader Queens –
• Cheese and Jam –
• Chirusoku no Natsu –
• The Classic –
• Cleopatra –
• Cloaca –
• Code 46, directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Tim Robbins –
• Coffee and Cigarettes, starring Bill Murray, Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni
• Cold Creek Manor, starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Stewart
• Cold Mountain, directed by Anthony Minghella, starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger
• The Company, directed by Robert Altman, starring Neve Campbell
• Confidence, starring Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Edward Burns, Andy García
• The Cooler, starring William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Alec Baldwin
• The Core, starring Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart, DJ Qualls
• The Corporation –
• Cowards Bend the Knee –
• Cradle 2 the Grave, starring Jet Li and DMX
• Crimson Gold, directed by Jafar Panahi –
• Cristina Quer Casar –
• The Cunning Little Vixen, animated version of Leoš Janáček's opera – –

  D

• Daddy Day Care, starring Eddie Murphy
• Danny Deckchair, starring Rhys Ifans and Miranda Otto –
• Daredevil, starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan
• Dark Blue, starring Kurt Russell
• Darkness Falls, starring Chaney Kley and Emma Caulfield
• Deliver Us from Eva, starring Gabrielle Union and LL Cool J
• Devil's Pond, starring Tara Reid
• , starring David Spade
• Dil Ka Rishta starring Arjun Rampal, Aishwarya Rai, Isha Koppikar, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Raakhee, Paresh Rawal –
• Distant Lights –
• Le Divorce, starring Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts
• Dogville, directed by Lars von Trier, starring Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall, Stellan Skarsgård, Ben Gazzara –
• Doppelganger –
• Down with Love, starring Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, David Hyde Pierce
• Dreamcatcher, starring Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Timothy Olyphant
• The Dreamers, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Michael Pitt and Eva Green –
• Drifters –
• Duplex, starring Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore
• DysFunKtional Family

  E

• Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off
• Elephant – directed by Gus Van Sant, winner of Palme d'Or award
• Elf, directed by Jon Favreau, starring Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Bob Newhart
• Eve's Dropping In
• Evil –

  F

• Facing Windows – – Golden Space Needle award
• Fake –
• Falling Angels, starring Miranda Richardson –
• Fan Chan –
• Far Side of the Moon –
• Faster –
• Father and Son, directed by Alexander Sokurov –
• Fear and Trembling –
• Festival Express, featuring Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, The Band –
• The Fighting Temptations, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Beyoncé Knowles, Mike Epps
• Final Destination 2, starring Ali Larter and A.J. Cook
• Finding Nemo – Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
• The Five Obstructions, directed by and starring Lars von Trier –
• The First Night –
• Flywheel
• Foolproof, starring Ryan Reynolds and Kristin Booth –
• Freaky Friday, starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis
• Freddy vs. Jason, starring Robert Englund
• Free Radicals –
• Fuse –

  G

• ', featuring Garry Kasparov –
• Games of Love and Chance –
• Garden of Heaven –
• Gettin' Square –
• Gigli, directed by Martin Brest, starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez – Winner of 6 Razzies
• Ginger and Cinnamon –
• Girl with a Pearl Earring, starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth –
• Godforsaken –
• Gods and Generals, starring Stephen Lang, Jeff Daniels, Robert Duvall
• ' –
• Going for Broke, starring Gerald McRaney and Delta Burke
• Good Bye, Lenin! –
• A Good Lawyer's Wife –
• Good Morning, Night –
• Goodbye, Dragon Inn –
• The Gospel of John, starring Henry Ian Cusick –
• Gothika, starring Halle Berry and Robert Downey, Jr.
• Gozu, directed by Takashi Miike –
• Grand Theft Parsons, starring Johnny Knoxville and Christina Applegate
• The Greatest Expectation –
• The Green Butchers, starring Mads Mikkelsen –
• Green Tea, directed by Zhang Yuan –
• Grind
• A Guy Thing, starring Julia Stiles, Jason Lee, Selma Blair

  H

• Harvie Krumpet, starring Geoffrey Rush –
• The Haunted Mansion, starring Eddie Murphy
• Haute Tension –
• Havana Suite –
• Head of State, starring Chris Rock and Bernie Mac
• The Heart of Me, starring Helena Bonham Carter, Paul Bettany, Olivia Williams –
• Helmiä ja sikoja –
• Hey DJ, starring Charlotte Lewis, Terry Camilleri, Jon Jacobs, Tina Wiseman
• Holes, starring Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Patricia Arquette, Jon Voight
• Hollywood Homicide, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett
• Hope Springs, starring Colin Firth, Minnie Driver, Heather Graham –
• Horseman –
• House of 1000 Corpses, directed by Rob Zombie
• House of Sand and Fog, starring Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley
• A House with a View of the Sea –
• How to Deal, starring Mandy Moore
• How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey
• Hulk, starring Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas
• The Human Stain, directed by Robert Benton, starring Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman
• The Hunted, directed by William Friedkin, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio del Toro

  I

• I Am David, starring Jim Caviezel
• I Capture the Castle, starring Romola Garai –
• I'm Not Scared –
• Identity, starring John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet
• If You Were Me –
• Imagining Argentina, starring Antonio Banderas and Emma Thompson –
• In the City –
• In the Cut, starring Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo
• The In-Laws, starring Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks
• Incantato –
• Infernal Affairs II –
• Infernal Affairs III, starring Andy Lau and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai –
• ...ing -
• The Inheritance –
• Intermission, starring Cillian Murphy, Colin Farrell, Kelly Macdonald –
• Interview, directed by Theo van Gogh –
• Into the Mirror –
• Intolerable Cruelty, starring George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush
• –
• The Invisible Children of Love –
• Les Invasions barbares – – Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• It Runs in the Family, starring Kirk Douglas and Michael Douglas
• The Italian Job, starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Jason Statham

  J

• Jade Goddess of Mercy –
• Jajantaram Mamantaram
• James' Journey to Jerusalem –
• Japanese Story, starring Toni Collette –
• Jeepers Creepers 2
• Johnny English, starring Rowan Atkinson –
• The Jungle Book 2, voices of Haley Joel Osment and John Goodman
• –
• Just Married, starring Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy

  K

• ', starring Kirsten Dunst and Richard Harris –
• Kal Ho Naa Ho –
• Kangaroo Jack, starring Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren, Christopher Walken –
• Kart Racer –
• ', directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Sonny Chiba
• Killing Words –
• Kitchen Stories –
• The Kite –
• Koi... Mil Gaya –
• Kontroll –
• Kopps –

  L

• ', starring Angelina Jolie –
• Last Life in the Universe –
• The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe
• The Last Supper –
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, starring Sean Connery –
• ', starring Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Sally Field
• The Life of David Gale, starring Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, and Laura Linney
• The Lizzie McGuire Movie, starring Hilary Duff
• ', starring Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Heather Locklear
• ', directed by Peter Jackson, starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen – – Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards for Best Picture
• Lost in Translation, directed by Sofia Coppola, starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson – – Golden Globe for Best Picture
• Love Actually, directed by Richard Curtis, starring Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson –
• Love Me If You Dare –
• Luther, starring Joseph Fiennes –

  M

• Magnifico –
• Malibu's Most Wanted, starring Jamie Kennedy and Taye Diggs
• Mamay –
• A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel and Larenz Tate
• The Man of the Year –
• The Man Who Copied –
• Manhood
• Marci X, starring Lisa Kudrow and Damon Wayans
• Masked and Anonymous, starring Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, Penélope Cruz, Luke Wilson, Jessica Lange, John Goodman
• , directed by Peter Weir, starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany
• Matchstick Men, starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman
• The Matrix Reloaded, starring Keanu Reeves
• The Matrix Revolutions, starring Keanu Reeves
• The Medallion, starring Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani –
• Memories of Murder –
• A Mighty Wind, directed by Christopher Guest, starring Bob Balaban, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer
• The Missing, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett
• Mona Lisa Smile, starring Julia Roberts, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst
• Monsieur Ibrahim, starring Omar Sharif –
• Monsieur N. –
• Monster, starring Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci
• Monster Man
• Most –
• The Mother, starring Anne Reid and Daniel Craig –
• Mother Teresa of Calcutta, starring Olivia Hussey
• Mr. Butterfly –
• Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., starring Sanjay Dutt –
• Mutt Boy –
• My Boss's Daughter, starring Ashton Kutcher, Tara Reid, Terence Stamp
• My Father and I –
• My Life Without Me, starring Sarah Polley –
• Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon – winner of 2 Oscars and 2 Golden Globes

  N

• Narradores de Javé –
• Nathalie..., starring Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Gérard Depardieu –
• National Security, starring Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn
• Natural City –
• Ned –
• Ned Kelly, starring Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts –
• Nemesis Game –
• Nicotina –
• Nina's Tragedies –
• Noi the Albino –
• Nousukausi –
• Nuan –

  O

• OK Baytong –
• Okkadu, directed by Gunasekhar –
• Oldboy, directed by Park Chan-wook, starring Choi Min-sik – – winner of 2004 Grand Prix
• Old School, starring Will Ferrell, Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn
• The Olive Harvest –
• Once Upon a Time in Mexico, directed by Robert Rodriguez, starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp
• , starring Tony Jaa –
• Open Range, directed by and starring Kevin Costner, with Robert Duvall and Annette Bening
• Open Water
• The Order, starring Heath Ledger –
• Osama – – Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• Osuofia in London –
• Out of Time, starring Denzel Washington and Eva Mendes
• Owning Mahowny, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Hurt, Minnie Driver –

  P–Q

• PTU –
• Paloh –
• Paycheck, starring Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart
• Party Monster, starring Macaulay Culkin and Seth Green
• Peter Pan –
• Pieces of April, starring Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt
• Piglet's Big Movie
• Pinjar –
• , starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
• Pokémon Heroes –
• Politiki Kouzina –
• Prey for Rock & Roll, starring Gina Gershon
• The Professional –

  R

• Radio, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Ed Harris
• The Rage in Placid Lake –
• –
• The Reckoning, starring Willem Dafoe and Paul Bettany –
• Reconstruction –
• The Recruit, starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell
• The Rescuers Down Under United States
• Remake, starring François Berléand and Évelyne Bouix –
• Remember Me, My Love –
• The Return –
• Revengers Tragedy, directed by Alex Cox, starring Christopher Eccleston and Eddie Izzard –
• Reversal of Fortune –
• The Room, starring Tommy Wiseau
• Rugrats Go Wild
• Runaway Jury, starring John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz
• The Rundown, starring The Rock and Seann William Scott
• Running on Karma, starring Andy Lau –

  S

• ' –
• S.W.A.T., starring Samuel L. Jackson, LL Cool J, Colin Farrell
• The Saddest Music in the World, starring Isabella Rossellini –
• Save the Green Planet! –
• Scary Movie 3, starring Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Pamela Anderson
• Scent of Love –
• School of Rock, starring Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman
• Schultze Gets the Blues –
• Seabiscuit, directed by Gary Ross, starring Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, William H. Macy, Chris Cooper
• Secondhand Lions, starring Haley Joel Osment, Robert Duvall, Michael Caine
• Seducing Doctor Lewis –
• Sexo con Amor –
• Shanghai Knights, starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson
• Shara –
• Shattered Glass, starring Hayden Christensen, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Hank Azaria
• Shelter Dogs
• Silmido –
• Simhadri, directed by S. S. Rajamouli
• '
• The Singing Detective, starring Robert Downey, Jr.
• Singles –
• Slim Susie –
• The Snow Walker –
• Soldados de Salamina –
• Something's Gotta Give, directed by Nancy Meyers, starring Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Peet
• Song for a Raggy Boy, starring Aidan Quinn –
• The Southern Cross –
• Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring –
• –
• The Station Agent, starring Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson
• The Statement, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Michael Caine and Tilda Swinton –
• The Story of Marie and Julien, directed by Jacques Rivette, starring Emmanuelle Béart –
• The Story of the Weeping Camel –
• Stuck on You, directed by the Farrelly Brothers, starring Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear
• Summer in the Golden Valley –
• Svidd neger –
• Swimming Pool, starring Charlotte Rampling –
• Swimming Upstream –
• Sylvia, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig –

  T

• Tagore, directed by V. V. Vinayak
• Tais-toi !, starring Gérard Depardieu and Jean Reno –
• Take My Eyes –
• A Tale of Two Sisters –
• A Talking Picture, directed by Manoel de Oliveira, starring Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Irene Papas –
• Tears of the Sun, starring Bruce Willis
• Teesh and Trude –
• ', starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Claire Danes, Nick Stahl, Kristanna Loken
• The Tesseract, directed by Oxide Pang, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers –
• Testosterone, starring Antonio Sabàto, Jr. –
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, starring Jessica Biel
• That Day, directed by Raúl Ruiz –
• Thirteen, starring Evan Rachel Wood and Holly Hunter
• This Girl's Life
• A Thousand Clouds of Peace –
• A Thousand Months –
• ' –
• Till There Was You –
• Timeline, starring Frances O'Connor, Paul Walker, Gerard Butler
• Tiresia –
• Today and Tomorrow –
• Tokyo Godfathers –
• Torremolinos 73 –
• Touching the Void –
• Travellers and Magicians –
• The Triplets of Belleville –
• Turn Left, Turn Right –
• Twist, starring Nick Stahl –
• Two Days, starring Paul Rudd

  U

• –
• Uncle Nino, starring Joe Mantegna
• Under the Tuscan Sun, starring Diane Lane –
• Underworld, starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman –
• Untold Scandal –
• Uptown Girls, starring Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Heather Locklear
• Utterly Alone –

  V

• Veronica Guerin, starring Cate Blanchett –
• Vida de Menina –
• View from the Top, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Mark Ruffalo, Mike Myers
• Vodka Lemon –
• Vozvrashcheniye – – Golden Lion award

  W

• What a Girl Wants, starring Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston
• When the Last Sword is Drawn –
• The Whore and the Whale –
• Willard
• Witnesses –
• Wonderful Days, -
• Wonderland, starring Val Kilmer and Lisa Kudrow
• Wondrous Oblivion, starring Delroy Lindo –
• Wrong Turn, starring Eliza Dushku and Desmond Harrington

  X-Z

• X2 – directed by Bryan Singer, starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin
• The Yes Men
• Young Adam, starring Ewan McGregor and Tilda Swinton –
• The Young Black Stallion
• Zatōichi , directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano –
• Želary –
• Zhou Yu's Train, starring Gong Li and Tony Leung –

  Births

• August 18 - Max Charles, American actor

  Notable deaths

Film debuts

• Patrick J. Adams – Old School
• Mahershala Ali – Making Revolution
• Kristen Connolly – Mona Lisa Smile
• Miranda Cosgrove – School of Rock
• Benedict Cumberbatch – To Kill a King
• Zac Efron – Melinda's World
• Selena Gomez –
• Ginnifer Goodwin – Mona Lisa Smile
• Eva Green – The Dreamers
• Josh Hutcherson – American Splendor
• Anna Kendrick – Camp
• Leigh Whannell - The Matrix Reloaded
• Danny McBride – All the Real Girls
• Kristen Wiig – Melvin Goes to Dinner