Best 2003 Movies

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Best 2003 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 2003 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

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#20. 21 Grams

- Stacker score: 79.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 251,000)
- Metascore: 70
- Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- Actors: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts
- Runtime: 2 hours 4 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $16,290,476

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#19. Last Life in the Universe

- Stacker score: 79.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 12,000)
- Metascore: 73
- Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
- Actors: Tadanobu Asano, Sinitta Boonyasak, Takashi Miike
- Runtime: 1 hour 52 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $32,014

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#18. Monster

- Stacker score: 79.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 169,000)
- Metascore: 74
- Director: Patty Jenkins
- Actors: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern
- Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $34,469,210

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#17. Kill Bill: Vol. 1

- Stacker score: 82.1
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (votes: 1.3 million)
- Metascore: 69
- Director: Quentin Tarantino
- Actors: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah
- Runtime: 1 hour 51 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $70,099,045

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#16. The Corporation

- Stacker score: 83.2
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 22,000)
- Metascore: 73
- Director: Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott
- Actors: Mikela Jay, Rob Beckwermert, Christopher Gora
- Runtime: 2 hours 25 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $3,493,516

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#15. A Mighty Wind

- Stacker score: 83.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 30,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Christopher Guest
- Actors: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean
- Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $17,781,006

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#14. Tokyo Godfathers

- Stacker score: 83.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 52,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Shôgo Furuya, Satoshi Kon
- Actors: Tôru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto
- Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $367,131

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#13. School of Rock

- Stacker score: 83.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 349,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Richard Linklater
- Actors: Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack
- Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $81,261,177

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#12. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

- Stacker score: 84.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 249,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Peter Weir
- Actors: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd
- Runtime: 2 hours 18 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $93,927,920

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#11. The Station Agent

- Stacker score: 85.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 77,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Tom McCarthy
- Actors: Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson, Bobby Cannavale
- Runtime: 1 hour 29 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $5,739,376

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#10. Touching the Void

- Stacker score: 87.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 39,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Kevin Macdonald
- Actors: Simon Yates, Joe Simpson, Brendan Mackey
- Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $4,593,598

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#9. Memories of Murder

- Stacker score: 88.6
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 249,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Bong Joon Ho
- Actors: Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roe-ha
- Runtime: 2 hours 12 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $15,357

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#8. Mystic River

- Stacker score: 88.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 509,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Clint Eastwood
- Actors: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon
- Runtime: 2 hours 18 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $90,135,191

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#7. American Splendor

- Stacker score: 89.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 54,000)
- Metascore: 90
- Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
- Actors: Paul Giamatti, Shari Springer Berman, Harvey Pekar
- Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $6,010,990

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#6. Capturing the Friedmans

- Stacker score: 90.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 28,000)
- Metascore: 90
- Director: Andrew Jarecki
- Actors: Arnold Friedman, Jesse Friedman, David Friedman
- Runtime: 1 hour 47 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $3,119,113

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#5. The Fog of War

- Stacker score: 90.8
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 26,000)
- Metascore: 87
- Director: Errol Morris
- Actors: Robert McNamara, John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro
- Runtime: 1 hour 47 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $4,198,566

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#4. Lost in Translation

- Stacker score: 91.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 516,000)
- Metascore: 91
- Director: Sofia Coppola
- Actors: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi
- Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $44,585,453

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#3. Finding Nemo

- Stacker score: 93.5
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (votes: 1.2 million)
- Metascore: 90
- Director: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
- Actors: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould
- Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $380,843,261

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#2. The Best of Youth

- Stacker score: 94.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.4 (votes: 26,000)
- Metascore: 89
- Director: Marco Tullio Giordana
- Actors: Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Jasmine Trinca
- Runtime: 6 hours 14 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $274,024

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#1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 9.0 (votes: 2.1 million)
- Metascore: 94
- Director: Peter Jackson
- Actors: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen
- Runtime: 3 hours 21 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $381,878,219

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