21. American Splendor
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Actors: Paul Giamatti, Harvey Pekar, Earl Billings, Shari Springer Berman, Maggie Moore, Hope Davis
Plot: A file clerk finds success writing comics about an everyday man that people seem to enjoy reading about because of the real people he creates.
22. Monster
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Patty Jenkins
Actors: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Annie Corley, Marc Macaulay, Tim Ware, Bruce Dern
Plot: Based on the life of the Female Serial Killing Prostitute who terrorized truck drivers on the east coast.
23. Elephant
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gus Van Sant
Actors: John Robinson, Eric Deulen, Alex Frost, Elias McConnell, Carrie Finklea, Brittany Mountain
Plot: A look at what could have been in Littleton Colorado as the camera follows the days of ordinary students in an ordinary school.
24. The Magdalene Sisters
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Mullan
Actors: Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy, Eileen Walsh, Mary Murray
25. The Last Samurai
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Edward Zwick
Actors: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Tony Goldwyn, John Koyama, Togo Igawa
Plot: After being captured by the same samurai who he was hired to kill, he falls in love with their culture and decides to fight with them until the end.
26. Capturing the Friedmans
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrew Jarecki
Actors: Arnold Friedman, Elaine Friedman, David Friedman, Seth Friedman, Jesse Friedman, John McDermott
27. Shattered Glass
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Billy Ray
Actors: Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Chloë Sevigny, Rosario Dawson, Melanie Lynskey, Hank Azaria
Plot: Stephen Glass, a freelance political writer is found to be hiding a dark secret, having fabricated every story he has ever written as fact. His web of lies and secrecy starts to untangle and everyone he loves and respects is out to find out how much Stephen Glass has made up.
28. Open Range
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Costner
Actors: Kevin Costner, Robert Duvall, Annette Bening, Diego Luna, Michael Gambon, Michael Jeter
Plot: A corrupt sherif threatens a cattle crew leader who happens to be a former gunslinger in the old west.
29. Old School
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Todd Phillips
Actors: Will Ferrell, Luke Wilson, Ellen Pompeo, Vince Vaughn, Seann William Scott, Jeremy Piven
Plot: A heart broken man realizes that it is not too late to relive the college days as they try recruiting old men and college kids to join their new fraternity.
30. In America
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jim Sheridan
Actors: Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Sarah Bolger, Emma Bolger, Neal Jones, Djimon Hounsou
