2003 in film

The year 2003 in film involved some significant events.

Highest-grossing films
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King grossed more than $1.19 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in 2003 worldwide and in North America and the second-highest-grossing film up to that time. It was also only the second film at the time to surpass the billion-dollar milestone after Titanic in 1997. It is now, unadjusted, the 12th-highest-grossing film of all time.

Finding Nemo was the highest-grossing animated movie of all time until being overtaken by Shrek 2 in 2004. It is currently the ninth-highest-grossing animated film after its 3D release and the 43rd-highest-grossing film of all time.

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

January–March

 * The Rescuers Down Under (re-release) - March 7, 2003
 * Rocky V (re-release) - February 14, 2003

Notable films released in 2003
U.S.A. unless stated

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 * 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
 * 11:14, starring Rachael Leigh Cook - (Canada/USA)
 * 2 Fast 2 Furious, starring Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson and Eva Mendes
 * 2LDK - (Japan)
 * 21 Grams, starring Sean Penn, Naomi Watts and Benicio del Toro
 * 3 Deewarein (3 Walls) - (India: Hindi)
 * The 4th Floor (Planta 4ª) - (Spain)
 * 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out, starring Michael Madsen

A–D
A B C D
 * Acacia – (South Korea)
 * After You... (Après vous...), starring Daniel Auteuil and José Garcia – (France)
 * Agent Cody Banks, starring Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff, Angie Harmon
 * Alex and Emma, starring Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson
 * Alexandra's Project – (Australia)
 * Alien (re-release, was originally released in 1979)
 * All the Real Girls, starring Zooey Deschanel
 * All Tomorrow's Parties (Mingri tianya) – (China)
 * Alone Across Australia – (Australia)
 * The Alzheimer Case (a.k.a. The Memory of a Killer) – (Belgium)
 * American Splendor, starring Paul Giamatti and Hope Davis
 * American Wedding, starring Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott
 * Ana and the Others (Ana y los otros) – (Argentina)
 * Ang Tanging Ina (The Only Mother) – (Philippines)
 * Anger Management, starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson
 * Anger of the Gods (La colère des dieux) – (Burkina Faso/France)
 * Angulimala – (Thailand)
 * The Animatrix – (Japan/USA)
 * Any Way the Wind Blows – (Belgium)
 * Anything Else, starring Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Danny DeVito
 * Après la vie (a.k.a. Three: After Life) – (France/Belgium)
 * Arisan! (The Gathering) – (Indonesia)
 * At Five in the Afternoon (Panj é asr) – (Iran)
 * 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 (Gardener) – (India: Hindi)
 * The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) – (Canada) – (Cesar Award for Best Film)
 * Basic, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Connie Nielsen
 * The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone (La pelota vasca: la piel contra la piedra) – (Spain)
 * Beautiful Boxer (บิวตี้ฟูล บ๊อกเซอร์) – (Thailand)
 * Beauty and the Beast – (South Africa/UK)
 * Beneath Her Window (Pod njenim oknom) – (Slovenia)
 * The Best of Youth (La Meglio gioventù) – (Italy)
 * Beyond Borders, starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen
 * Beyond Re-Animator – (Spain)
 * Big Fish, directed by Tim Burton, starring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Jessica Lange
 * Bimmer (Бумер) – (Russia)
 * Biola Tak Berdawai (The Stringless Violin) – (Indonesia)
 * Blind Shaft (Mángjǐng) – (China)
 * Blizzard, starring Christopher Plummer, Brenda Blethyn, Whoopi Goldberg – (Canada/USA)
 * The Blue Light (Ao no Honō) – (Japan)
 * Blueprint, starring Franka Potente – (Germany)
 * Bon Voyage, starring Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu – (France)
 * Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (Ha-Kochavim Shel Shlomi) – (Israel)
 * Boredom in Brno (Nuda v Brně) – (Czech Republic)
 * Bright Future (Akarui Mirai), directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa – (Japan)
 * Bright Young Things, directed by Stephen Fry – (UK)
 * 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 – (Norway)
 * Bulletproof Monk, starring Chow Yun-fat and Seann William Scott
 * Café Lumière (Kohi Jiko), directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien – (Japan)
 * Cala, My Dog! (Kala shi tiao gou) – (China)
 * Calendar Girls, starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters – (UK)
 * Carandiru, directed by Héctor Babenco – (Brazil/Argentina)
 * Carolina, starring Julia Stiles
 * Casa de los Babys, directed by John Sayles, starring Daryl Hannah and Marcia Gay Harden – (Mexico/USA)
 * The Cat in the Hat, starring Mike Myers, Dakota Fanning, Spencer Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Kelly Preston
 * Caterina in the Big City (Caterina va in città) – (Italy)
 * Cavale (a.k.a. One: On the Run) – (France/Belgium)
 * Cell Phone (shŏujī) – (China)
 * Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, 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 (ว้ายบึ้ม! เชียร์กระหึ่มโลก) – (Thailand)
 * Cheese and Jam (Kajmak in marmelada) – (Slovenia)
 * Chirusoku no Natsu – (Japan)
 * The Classic (클래식) – (South Korea)
 * Cleopatra – (Argentina)
 * Cloaca – (Netherlands)
 * Code 46, directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Tim Robbins – (UK)
 * 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 – (Canada)
 * Cowards Bend the Knee – (Canada)
 * Cradle 2 the Grave, starring Jet Li and DMX
 * Crimson Gold (Talaye Sorkh), directed by Jafar Panahi – (Iran)
 * Cristina Quer Casar (Cristina Wants to Get Married) – (Brazil)
 * The Cunning Little Vixen, animated version of Leoš Janáček's opera – (UK) – (film only mentioned in article)
 * Daddy Day Care, starring Eddie Murphy
 * Danny Deckchair, starring Rhys Ifans and Miranda Otto – (Australia)
 * 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
 * Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, starring David Spade
 * Dil Ka Rishta (English: Relationship of Heart) starring Arjun Rampal, Aishwarya Rai, Isha Koppikar, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Raakhee, Paresh Rawal – (India: Hindi)
 * Distant Lights (Lichter) – (Germany)
 * 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 – (International)
 * Doppelganger – (Japan)
 * Down with Love, starring Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, David Hyde Pierce
 * Dreamcatcher, starring Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Timothy Olyphant
 * The Dreamers (Les Reveurs), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Michael Pitt and Eva Green – (France/UK/Italy)
 * Drifters (Er di) – (China)
 * Duplex, starring Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore
 * DysFunKtional Family

E–K
E F G H I J K
 * 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 (Ondskan) – (Sweden)
 * Facing Windows (La finestra di fronte) – (Italy) – Golden Space Needle award (for 2004)
 * Fake (เฟค โกหกทั้งเพ) – (Thailand)
 * Falling Angels, starring Miranda Richardson – (Canada)
 * Fan Chan (My Girl) – (Thailand)
 * Far Side of the Moon (La face cachée de la lune) – (Canada)
 * Faster – (USA/Spain)
 * Father and Son (Otets i syn), directed by Alexander Sokurov – (Russia)
 * Fear and Trembling (Stupeur et tremblements) – (France)
 * Festival Express, featuring Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, The Band – (Netherlands/UK)
 * 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 (De fem benspænd), directed by and starring Lars von Trier – (Denmark)
 * The First Night (La primera noche) – (Colombia)
 * Flywheel
 * Foolproof, starring Ryan Reynolds and Kristin Booth – (Canada)
 * Freaky Friday, starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis
 * Freddy vs. Jason, starring Robert Englund
 * Free Radicals (Böse Zellen) – (Austria)
 * Fuse (Gori vatra) – (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
 * Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine, featuring Garry Kasparov – (UK/Canada)
 * Games of Love and Chance (L'Esquive) – (France)
 * Garden of Heaven (Haneul jeongwon) – (South Korea)
 * Gettin' Square – (Australia)
 * Gigli, directed by Martin Brest, starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez – Winner of 6 Razzies
 * Ginger and Cinnamon (Dillo con parole mie) – (Italy)
 * Girl with a Pearl Earring, starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth – (UK/Luxembourg)
 * Godforsaken (Van God Los) – (Netherlands)
 * Gods and Generals, starring Stephen Lang, Jeff Daniels, Robert Duvall
 * Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (Gojira tai Mosura tai Mekagojira Tōkyō Esu Ō Esu) – (Japan)
 * Going for Broke, starring Gerald McRaney and Delta Burke
 * Good Bye, Lenin! – (Germany)
 * A Good Lawyer's Wife (Baramnan Kajok) – (South Korea)
 * Good Morning, Night (Buongiorno, notte) – (Italy)
 * Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Bu San) – (Taiwan)
 * The Gospel of John, starring Henry Ian Cusick – (UK/Canada/USA)
 * Gothika, starring Halle Berry and Robert Downey, Jr.
 * Gozu, directed by Takashi Miike – (Japan)
 * Grand Theft Parsons, starring Johnny Knoxville and Christina Applegate
 * The Greatest Expectation (Widaehan yusan) – (South Korea)
 * The Green Butchers (De grønne slagtere), starring Mads Mikkelsen – (Denmark)
 * Green Tea (Lu Cha), directed by Zhang Yuan – (China)
 * Grind
 * A Guy Thing, starring Julia Stiles, Jason Lee, Selma Blair
 * Harvie Krumpet, starring Geoffrey Rush – (Australia)
 * The Haunted Mansion, starring Eddie Murphy
 * Haute Tension (High Tension) – (France)
 * Havana Suite (Suite Habana) – (Cuba)
 * Head of State, starring Chris Rock and Bernie Mac
 * The Heart of Me, starring Helena Bonham Carter, Paul Bettany, Olivia Williams – (UK)
 * Helmiä ja sikoja (Pearls and Pigs) – (Finland)
 * 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 – (UK/USA)
 * Horseman (Konjanik) – (Croatia)
 * 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 (Una casa con vista al mar) – (Venezuela)
 * 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 Am David, starring Jim Caviezel
 * I Capture the Castle, starring Romola Garai – (UK)
 * I'm Not Scared (Io non ho paura) – (Italy)
 * Identity, starring John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet
 * If You Were Me (Yeoseot gae ui siseon) – (South Korea)
 * Imagining Argentina, starring Antonio Banderas and Emma Thompson – (Spain/UK/USA)
 * In the City (En la ciudad) – (Spain)
 * In the Cut, starring Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo
 * The In-Laws (remake), starring Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks
 * Incantato (a.k.a. The Heart is Elsewhere) – (Italy)
 * Infernal Affairs II (Mou gaan dou II) – (Hong Kong)
 * Infernal Affairs III (Mou gaan dou III: Jung gik mou gaan), starring Andy Lau and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai – (Hong Kong)
 * ...ing - (South Korea)
 * The Inheritance (Arven) – (Denmark)
 * Intermission, starring Cillian Murphy, Colin Farrell, Kelly Macdonald – (Ireland)
 * Interview, directed by Theo van Gogh – (Netherlands)
 * Into the Mirror (Geoul sokeuro) – (South Korea)
 * Intolerable Cruelty, starring George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush
 * Inuyasha the Movie: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (Eiga Inuyasha: Tenka Hadō no Ken) – (Japan)
 * The Invisible Children of Love – (India: Bengali)
 * Les Invasions barbares (Barbarian Invasions) – (Canada/France) – 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
 * Jade Goddess of Mercy (Yu Guan Yin) – (China)
 * Jajantaram Mamantaram
 * James' Journey to Jerusalem (Massa'ot James Be'eretz Hakodesh) – (Israel)
 * Japanese Story, starring Toni Collette – (Australia)
 * Jeepers Creepers 2
 * Johnny English, starring Rowan Atkinson – (UK/USA)
 * The Jungle Book 2, voices of Haley Joel Osment and John Goodman
 * Ju-on: The Grudge – (Japan)
 * Just Married, starring Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy
 * Kaena: The Prophecy (Kaena: La prophétie), starring Kirsten Dunst and Richard Harris – (Canada/France)
 * Kal Ho Naa Ho (Tomorrow Might Never Come) – (India: Hindi)
 * Kangaroo Jack, starring Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren, Christopher Walken – (USA/Australia)
 * Kart Racer – (Canada)
 * Kill Bill: Volume 1, directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Sonny Chiba
 * Killing Words (Palabras encadenadas) – (Spain)
 * Kitchen Stories (Salmer fra Kjøkkenet) – (Sweden/Norway)
 * The Kite (Tayyara men wara) – (Lebanon)
 * Koi... Mil Gaya (I Found Someone) – (India: Hindi)
 * Kontroll (Control) – (Hungary)
 * Kopps (Cops) – (Sweden)

L–Q
L M N O P–Q
 * Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, starring Angelina Jolie – (USA/UK/Japan/Germany)
 * Last Life in the Universe (Ruang rak noi nid mahasan) – (Thailand)
 * The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwick, starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe
 * The Last Supper (Choihui mancheon) – (South Korea)
 * The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, starring Sean Connery – (UK/USA)
 * Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, 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
 * Looney Tunes: Back in Action, starring Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Heather Locklear
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen – (New Zealand/U.S.A.) – Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards for Best Picture
 * Lost in Translation, directed by Sofia Coppola, starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson – (USA/Japan) – Golden Globe for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
 * Love Actually, directed by Richard Curtis, starring Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson – (UK)
 * Love Me If You Dare (Jeux d'enfants) – (France/Belgium)
 * Luther, starring Joseph Fiennes – (Germany/USA)
 * Magnifico – (Philippines)
 * Malibu's Most Wanted, starring Jamie Kennedy and Taye Diggs
 * Mamay – (Ukraine)
 * A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel and Larenz Tate
 * The Man of the Year (O Homen do Ano) – (Brazil)
 * The Man Who Copied (O Homem que Copiava) – (Brazil)
 * 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
 * Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 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 – (Hong Kong/USA)
 * Memories of Murder (Salinui chueok) – (South Korea)
 * 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 (a.k.a. Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran), starring Omar Sharif – (France)
 * Monsieur N. – (France/UK)
 * Monster, starring Charlize Theron (winner Oscar and Golden Globe for best actress) and Christina Ricci
 * Monster Man
 * Most (a.k.a. The Bridge) – (Czech Republic)
 * The Mother, starring Anne Reid and Daniel Craig – (UK)
 * Mother Teresa of Calcutta, starring Olivia Hussey
 * Mr. Butterfly (Nabi) – (South Korea)
 * Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., starring Sanjay Dutt – (India: Hindi)
 * Mutt Boy (Ddong Gae) – (South Korea)
 * My Boss's Daughter, starring Ashton Kutcher, Tara Reid, Terence Stamp
 * My Father and I (Wo he Baba) – (China)
 * My Life Without Me, starring Sarah Polley – (Spain/Canada)
 * Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon – winner of 2 Oscars and 2 Golden Globes
 * Narradores de Javé (The Storytellers) – (Brazil)
 * Nathalie..., starring Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Gérard Depardieu – (France)
 * National Security, starring Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn
 * Natural City (내츄럴 시티) – (South Korea)
 * Ned – (Australia)
 * Ned Kelly, starring Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts – (Australia)
 * Nemesis Game – (New Zealand/Canada)
 * Nicotina (Nicotine) – (Mexico)
 * Nina's Tragedies (Ha-Asonot Shel Nina) – (Israel)
 * Noi the Albino (Nói albinói) – (Iceland)
 * Nousukausi (Upswing) – (Finland)
 * Nuan – (China)
 * OK Baytong – (Thailand)
 * Okkadu, directed by Gunasekhar – (India: Telugu)
 * Oldboy (올드보이), directed by Park Chan-wook, starring Choi Min-sik – (South Korea) – winner of 2004 Grand Prix
 * Old School, starring Will Ferrell, Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn
 * The Olive Harvest – (Palestine)
 * Once Upon a Time in Mexico, directed by Robert Rodriguez, starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp
 * Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, starring Tony Jaa – (Thailand)
 * Open Range, directed by and starring Kevin Costner, with Robert Duvall and Annette Bening
 * Open Water
 * The Order, starring Heath Ledger – (Germany/USA)
 * Osama (أسامة) – (Afghanistan) – Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
 * Osuofia in London – (Nigeria)
 * Out of Time, starring Denzel Washington and Eva Mendes
 * Owning Mahowny, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Hurt, Minnie Driver – (Canada/UK)
 * PTU (a.k.a. PTU: Police Tactical Unit) – (Hong Kong)
 * Paloh – (Malaysia)
 * Paycheck, starring Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart
 * Party Monster, starring Macaulay Culkin and Seth Green
 * Peter Pan – (Australia/UK/USA)
 * Pieces of April, starring Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt
 * Piglet's Big Movie
 * Pinjar – (India: Hindi)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
 * Pokémon Heroes – (Japan)
 * Politiki Kouzina (A Touch of Spice) – (Greece/Turkey)
 * Prey for Rock & Roll, starring Gina Gershon
 * The Professional (Profesionalac) – (Serbia)

R–Z
R S T U V W X-Z
 * Radio, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Ed Harris
 * The Rage in Placid Lake – (Australia)
 * Rahtree: Flower of the Night (Buppah Rahtree) – (Thailand)
 * The Reckoning, starring Willem Dafoe and Paul Bettany – (UK/Spain)
 * Reconstruction – (Denmark)
 * The Recruit, starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell
 * The Rescuers Down Under (re-release) United States
 * Remake, starring François Berléand and Évelyne Bouix – (Bosnia & Herzegovina/France/Turkey)
 * Remember Me, My Love (Ricordati di me) – (Italy)
 * The Return (Vozvrashchenie) – (Russia)
 * Revengers Tragedy, directed by Alex Cox, starring Christopher Eccleston and Eddie Izzard – (UK)
 * Reversal of Fortune (Yeokjeone sanda) – (South Korea)
 * 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 (Daai zek lou), starring Andy Lau – (Hong Kong)
 * S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine – (Cambodia/France)
 * S.W.A.T., starring Samuel L. Jackson, LL Cool J, Colin Farrell
 * The Saddest Music in the World, starring Isabella Rossellini – (Canada)
 * Save the Green Planet! (Jigureul Jikyeora!) – (South Korea)
 * Scary Movie 3, starring Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Pamela Anderson
 * Scent of Love (Gukhwaggot hyanggi) – (South Korea)
 * School of Rock, starring Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman
 * Schultze Gets the Blues – (Germany)
 * 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 (La grande séduction) – (Canada)
 * Sexo con Amor (Sex with Love) – (Chile)
 * Shanghai Knights, starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson
 * Shara (Sharasōju) – (Japan)
 * Shattered Glass, starring Hayden Christensen, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Hank Azaria
 * Shelter Dogs
 * Silmido – (South Korea)
 * Simhadri (సింహాద్రి), directed by S. S. Rajamouli (India: Telugu)
 * Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
 * The Singing Detective, starring Robert Downey, Jr.
 * Singles – (South Korea)
 * Slim Susie (Smala Sussie) – (Sweden)
 * The Snow Walker – (Canada)
 * Soldados de Salamina (The Soldiers of Salamis) – (Spain)
 * 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 – (Ireland)
 * The Southern Cross (La cruz del sur) – (Argentina)
 * Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom) – (South Korea)
 * Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over – (redirects to Spy Kids)
 * The Station Agent, starring Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson
 * The Statement, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Michael Caine and Tilda Swinton – (Canada/UK/France)
 * The Story of Marie and Julien (Histoire de Marie et Julien), directed by Jacques Rivette, starring Emmanuelle Béart – (France)
 * The Story of the Weeping Camel (Ingen nulims) – (Mongolia/Germany)
 * Stuck on You, directed by the Farrelly Brothers, starring Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear
 * Summer in the Golden Valley (Ljeto u zlatnoj dolini) – (Bosnia & Herzegovina/France/UK)
 * Svidd neger (Burned Negro) – (Norway)
 * Swimming Pool, starring Charlotte Rampling – (France/UK)
 * Swimming Upstream – (Australia)
 * Sylvia, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig – (UK/USA)
 * Tagore (ఠాగూర్), directed by V. V. Vinayak (India: Telugu)
 * Tais-toi ! (Shut Up!), starring Gérard Depardieu and Jean Reno – (France)
 * Take My Eyes (Te doy mis ojos) – (Spain)
 * A Tale of Two Sisters (Janghwa, Hongryeon) – (South Korea)
 * A Talking Picture (Um Filme Falado), directed by Manoel de Oliveira, starring Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Irene Papas – (Portugal)
 * Tears of the Sun, starring Bruce Willis
 * Teesh and Trude – (Australia)
 * Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Claire Danes, Nick Stahl, Kristanna Loken
 * The Tesseract, directed by Oxide Pang, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers – (Thailand/Japan/UK)
 * Testosterone, starring Antonio Sabàto, Jr. – (USA/Argentina)
 * The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, starring Jessica Biel
 * That Day (Ce jour-là), directed by Raúl Ruiz – (France)
 * Thirteen, starring Evan Rachel Wood and Holly Hunter
 * This Girl's Life
 * A Thousand Clouds of Peace (Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo) – (Mexico)
 * A Thousand Months (Mille Mois) – (Morocco/France)
 * Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (Tiexi Qu) – (China)
 * Till There Was You – (Philippines)
 * Timeline, starring Frances O'Connor, Paul Walker, Gerard Butler
 * Tiresia – (France)
 * Today and Tomorrow (Hoy y mañana) – (Argentina)
 * Tokyo Godfathers (東京ゴッドファーザーズ) – (Japan)
 * Torremolinos 73 – (Spain)
 * Touching the Void – (UK)
 * Travellers and Magicians (ཆང་ཧུབ་ཐེངས་གཅིག་གི་འཁྲུལ་སྣང) – (Bhutan)
 * The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville) – (France/Belgium/Canada)
 * Tupac: Resurrection
 * Turn Left, Turn Right (Xiang zuo zou, xiang you zou) – (Hong Kong/Singapore)
 * Twist, starring Nick Stahl – (Canada)
 * Two Days, starring Paul Rudd
 * Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle (ウルトラマンコスモスVSウルトラマンジャスティス) – (Japan)
 * Uncle Nino, starring Joe Mantegna
 * Under the Tuscan Sun, starring Diane Lane – (USA/Italy)
 * Underworld, starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman – (UK/USA/Germany/Hungary)
 * Untold Scandal (Joseon namnyeo sangyeoljisa) – (South Korea)
 * Uptown Girls, starring Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Heather Locklear
 * Utterly Alone (Vienui Vieni) – (Lithuania)
 * V-Day: Until the Violence Stops
 * Veronica Guerin, starring Cate Blanchett – (Ireland/UK/USA)
 * Vida de Menina – (Brazil)
 * View from the Top, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Mark Ruffalo, Mike Myers
 * Vodka Lemon – (Armenia)
 * Vozvrashcheniye (The Return) – (Russia) – Golden Lion award
 * What a Girl Wants, starring Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston
 * When the Last Sword is Drawn (Mibu Gishi Den) – (Japan)
 * The Whore and the Whale (La puta y la ballena) – (Argentina)
 * Willard
 * Witnesses (Svjedoci) – (Croatia)
 * Wonderful Days (원더풀 데이즈), - (South Korea)
 * Wonderland, starring Val Kilmer and Lisa Kudrow
 * Wondrous Oblivion, starring Delroy Lindo – (UK)
 * Wrong Turn, starring Eliza Dushku and Desmond Harrington
 * X2 (X2: X-Men United) – 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 – (UK)
 * The Young Black Stallion
 * Zatōichi (The Blind Swordsman), directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano – (Japan)
 * Želary – (Czech Republic/Slovakia)
 * Zhou Yu's Train (zhōu yú de huǒchē), starring Gong Li and Tony Leung – (China)

Film debuts

 * Mahershala Ali – Making Revolution
 * Miranda Cosgrove – School of Rock
 * Benedict Cumberbatch – To Kill a King
 * Zac Efron – Melinda's World
 * Selena Gomez – Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
 * Eva Green – The Dreamers
 * Josh Hutcherson – American Splendor
 * Anna Kendrick – Camp
 * Danny McBride – All the Real Girls
 * Kristen Wiig – Melvin Goes to Dinner