2003

1. Dogville- Lars Von Trier
2. KiLL BiLL: vol. 1- Quentin Tarantino
3. Cowards Bend the Knee- Guy Maddin
4. The Five Obstructions- Jørgen Leth and Lars Von Trier
5. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King- Peter Jackson
6. Histoire de Marie et Julien- Jacques Rivette
7. Not on the Lips- Alain Resnais
8. Fast Film- Virgil Widrich [short]
9. Stuck on You- Peter and Bobby Farrelly
10. Los Angeles Plays Itself- Thom Andersen
11. The Company- Robert Altman
12. A Mighty Wind- Christopher Guest
13. Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman- Takeshi Kitano
14. Capturing the Friedmans- Andrew Jarecki
15. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World- Peter Weir
16. L’Esquive (Games of Love and Chance)- Abdel Kechiche
17. The Corporation- Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott
18. All the Real Girls- David Gordon Green
19. Finding Nemo- Andrew Stanton
20. Mystic River- Clint Eastwood
21. Shattered Glass- Billy Ray
22. Oldboy- Chan-wook Park
23. American Splendor- Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
24. School of Rock- Richard Linklater

Other notable shorts: ( ) (Morgan Fisher), Das Rad (Chris Steiner/Arvid Uibel/Heidi Wittlinger)

Ripe for re-appraisal: The Brown Bunny (Vincent Gallo), Crimson Gold (Jafar Panahi), Sexual Dependency (Rodrigo Bellott), Time of the Wolf (Michael Haneke), Twentynine Palms (Bruno Dumont)

Need to see: At Five in the Afternoon (Samira Makhmalbaf), Bright Future (Kiyoshi Kurosawa), No Rest For the Brave (Alain Guiraudie), Raja (Jacques Doillon), Son Frere (Patrice Chereau), A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim Ji-woon), Tous ces belle promesses (Jean-Paul Civeyrac), Vibrator (Ryuichi Hiroki)

Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
César Awards, Best Film: The Barbarian Invasions (Denys Arcand)
Cannes, Palme d’Or: Elephant (Gus Van Sant)
Venice, Golden Lion: The Return (Andrey Zvyagintsev)
Berlin, Golden Bear: In This World (Michael Winterbottom)
Sundance, Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic): American Splendor
Toronto, Audience Award: Zatoichi
Skandies, Best Film: Irreversible (Gaspar Noe)