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10. X2
Director – Bryan Singer
Cast – Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 30 April 2003
Box Office – $407.7 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
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9. The Last Samurai
Director – Edward Zwick
Cast – Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Tony Goldwyn, Tom Cruise, Koyuki
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 66%
Release Date – 22 November 2003
Box Office – $456.8 million
Genre – Action, Drama, War
Awards – None
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8. Lost in Translation
Director – Sofia Coppola
Cast – Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Anna Faris, Giovanni Ribisi, Fumihiro Hayashi
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 9 September 2003
Box Office – $119.7 million
Genre – Drama
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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7. Oldboy
Director – Park Chan-wook
Cast – Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Brolin, Sharlto Copley
IMDB Rating – 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 21 November 2003
Box Office – $4.8 million
Genre – Action, Drama, Mystery
Awards – None
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6. Mystic River
Director – Clint Eastwood
Cast – Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Marcia Gay Harden, Kevin Bacon
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 3 October 2003
Box Office – $156.8 million
Genre – Crime, Drama, Mystery
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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5. Big Fish
Director – Tim Burton
Cast – Jessica Lange, Ewan McGregor, Helena Bonham Carter, Albert Finney, Steve Buscemi
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 75%
Release Date – 26 March 2004
Box Office – $122.9 million[
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Awards – None
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4. Kill Bill: Volume 1
Director – Quentin Tarantino
Cast – Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Chiaki Kuriyama, Michael Parks
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – 10 October 2003
Box Office – $180.9 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Thriller
Awards – None
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3. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Director – Gore Verbinski
Cast – Keira Knightley, Johnny Depp, Jonathan Pryce, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – 15 August 2003
Box Office – $654.3 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Awards – None
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2. Finding Nemo
Director – Andrew Stanton
Cast – Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Willem Dafoe, Alexander Gould
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 99%
Release Date – 30 May 2003
Box Office – $940.3 million
Genre – Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Director – Peter Jackson
Cast – Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett, Elijah Wood, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, David Wenham, Billy Boyd, Sean Astin
IMDB Rating – 8.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 7 December 2003
Box Office – $1.120 billion
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Awards – Won 11 Oscars
Plot –
Animated film Finding nemo got highly positive reviews in 2003 and some cited it as the best animated film ever made. Do you agree with this? Do you think Finding Nemo is the best film released in 2003? Share your views.