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Bend It Like Beckham

Bend It Like Beckham

πŸ“… Release: March 12, 2003
🎭 Genre: ComedyDrama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Anupam Kher, Kulvinder Ghir, Archie Panjabi
πŸ“– Synopsis: What happens when you bend the rules to follow your dreams? BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM is a new British film about a teenage girl named Jess (Parminder Nagra) living in London who must make a choice betwe...
Dreamcatcher

Dreamcatcher

πŸ“… Release: March 21, 2003
🎭 Genre: Horror
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Morgan Freeman, Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Timothy Olyphant, Donnie Wahlberg
πŸ“– Synopsis: Dreamcatcher, the film based on Stephen King’s best-selling novel, tells of four young friends who perform a heroic act -- and are changed forever by the uncanny powers they gain in return. Years ...
Piglet's Big Movie

Piglet's Big Movie

πŸ“… Release: March 21, 2003
🎭 Genre: Animation
⭐ Rating: G
🎬 Starring: John Fiedler, Jim Cummings, Ken Samson, Peter Cullen
πŸ“– Synopsis: "Piglet's Big Movie" brings "the little pink guy" to center stage fo a story of friendship and appreciation as the gang from the Hundred Acre Wood learns that it doesn't take somebody big to do big ...
Man Apart, A

Man Apart, A

πŸ“… Release: April 4, 2003
🎭 Genre: ActionCrime
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Vin Diesel, Larenz Tate, Timothy Olyphant, Jacqueline Obradors, Geno Silva, Juan Fernandez
πŸ“– Synopsis: A Man Apart features Vin Diesel in a compelling role as tough DEA agent Sean Vetter, who sets out to avenge the brutal murder of his wife in a botched hit. As the drug wars rage along the US/Mexican...
Phone Booth

Phone Booth

πŸ“… Release: April 4, 2003
🎭 Genre: Thriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Katie Holmes, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, Paula Jai Parker
πŸ“– Synopsis: Red-hot superstar Colin Farrell ("Daredevil," "The Recruit") toplines the thriller PHONE BOOTH, from director Joel Schumacher. A phone call can change your life, but for one man it can also end it. ...
Head Of State

Head Of State

πŸ“… Release: March 28, 2003
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Dylan Baker, Nick Searcy, Lynn Whitfield, Robin Givens, Tracy Morgan
πŸ“– Synopsis: May Gilliam (Chris Rock) is a Washington D.C. neighborhood Alderman, who's about to be redlined out of his job. But after the untimely death of the party frontrunner, Gilliam is plucked from obscuri...
Good Thief, The

Good Thief, The

πŸ“… Release: April 2, 2003
🎭 Genre: ActionCrime
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Nick Nolte, Tcheky Karyo, Said Taghmaoui, Nutsa Kukhianidze, Gerard Darmon, Marc Lavoine
πŸ“– Synopsis: Set against the glitzy backdrop of the French Riviera and its seedy underworld is Academy Award (R) winner - Neil Jordan's clever, sexy caper. THE GOOD THIEF. Bob Montagnet (Nick Nolte) is about to ...
Ghosts Of The Abyss

Ghosts Of The Abyss

πŸ“… Release: April 11, 2003
🎭 Genre: Documentary
⭐ Rating: G
🎬 Starring: Bill Paxton, Tava Smiley, James Cameron
πŸ“– Synopsis: Academy Award(R) Winning director and master storyteller James Cameron journeys back to the site of his greatest inspiration - the legendary wreck of the Titanic. With a team of the world's foremost...
Better Luck Tomorrow

Better Luck Tomorrow

πŸ“… Release: April 11, 2003
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Karin Anna Cheung, Parry Shen, Jason J. Tobin, Sung Kang, Roger Fan, John Cho, Jerry Mathers, Aaron Takahashi
πŸ“– Synopsis: Everyone knows a person like Ben - the perfect Asian American high school teen. He's an extremely intelligent perfectionist, an overachiever whose tunnel vision will lead to nothing less than gradua...
Bulletproof Monk

Bulletproof Monk

πŸ“… Release: April 16, 2003
🎭 Genre: Action
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William Scott, Jaime King, Karel Roden, Marcus Jean Pirae, Victoria Smurfit
πŸ“– Synopsis: The Monk (Chow Yun-Fat) is a Zen-calm martial arts master whose duty has been to protect a powerful ancient scroll. Faced with finding the scroll's next guardian, the Monk's quest brings him to New ...
Holes

Holes

πŸ“… Release: April 18, 2003
🎭 Genre: CrimeDrama
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson, Shia LaBeouf, Patricia Arquette, Rick Fox, Dulé Hill, Damien Luvara
πŸ“– Synopsis: Based on the award-winning book by Louis Sachar, "Holes" is a fun and poignant adventure that tells the story of Stanley Yelnats (SHIA LaBEOUF), an unusual young hero. Dogged by bad luck stemming fr...
Malibu's Most Wanted

Malibu's Most Wanted

πŸ“… Release: April 18, 2003
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Jamie Kennedy, Anthony Anderson, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Ryan O'Neal, Blair Underwood
πŸ“– Synopsis: Malibu's most wanted rapper, Brad "B-Rad" Gluckman, maintains a hip-hop lifestyle that is seriously hindering his father's bid for governor. When his dad's campaign manager tries to neutralize the "...
Mighty Wind, A

Mighty Wind, A

πŸ“… Release: April 18, 2003
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Eugene Levy, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr., Parker Posey
πŸ“– Synopsis: When folk icon Irving Steinbloom passed away, he left behind a legacy of music and a family of performers he had shepherded to folk stardom. To celebrate a life spent submerged in folk, Irving's lov...
Man, The

Man, The

πŸ“… Release: September 9, 2005
🎭 Genre: ActionComedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy, Luke Goss, Miguel Ferrer, Anthony Mackie, Susie Essman, Horatio Sanz, Rachel Crawford
πŸ“– Synopsis: What happens when a smooth-talking, trigger-happy federal agent is forced to partner with a mild-mannered, accident-prone dental supply salesman? In this high-octane action comedy directed by [c=Les ...
Chasing Papi

Chasing Papi

πŸ“… Release: April 18, 2003
🎭 Genre: ComedyRomance
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Eduardo Verastegui, Roselyn Sanchez, Sofia Vergara, Jaci Velasquez
πŸ“– Synopsis: Three women think they have found the perfect man. For New York heiress Patricia (Jaci Velasquez), he’s a wild adventurer who offers her freedom from her mother’s cloying ambitions. For Lorena ...
Confidence

Confidence

πŸ“… Release: April 25, 2003
🎭 Genre: CrimeThriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Edward Burns, Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia, Paul Giamatti, Rachel Weisz, Morris Chestnut, Tom Lister Jr.
πŸ“– Synopsis: What Jake Vig (Edward Burns) doesn?t know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of hi...
It Runs In The Family

It Runs In The Family

πŸ“… Release: April 25, 2003
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Cameron Douglas, Diana Douglas, Sarita Choudhury, Rory Culkin, Colman Domingo, Bernadette Peters
πŸ“– Synopsis: Alex Gromberg (Michael Douglas) is a man caught in the middle. Trying to avoid the mistakes his father made while coming to terms with the ones he's already passed on to his own sons, Alex is naviga...
City Of Ghosts

City Of Ghosts

πŸ“… Release: April 25, 2003
🎭 Genre: Thriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Matt Dillon, James Caan, Gerard Depardieu, Leo Fitzpatrick, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgard
πŸ“– Synopsis: Jimmy Cremming (Matt Dillon) finds himself in Bangkok after fleeing the investigation of an insurance scam in the United States. Having discovered that his partner and mentor Marvin (James Caan) has...
House Of Fools

House Of Fools

πŸ“… Release: April 25, 2003
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Bryan Adams, Yuliya Vysotskaya, Sultan Islamov, Stanislav Varkki, Vladas Bagdonas, Yevgeni Mironov, Yelena Fomina
πŸ“– Synopsis: In House of Fools, a beautiful young Chechen woman, Janna (Julia Vysotsky) is one of several inmates living in a psychiatric hospital. Insulated from the world, the inmates are oblivious to the war ...
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl

Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl

πŸ“… Release: July 9, 2003
🎭 Genre: Adventure
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Pryce, Jack Davenport
πŸ“– Synopsis: From producer Jerry Bruckheimer comes he rollicking live action adventure "Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl," starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, and Orlando Bloom, directed ...
Down With Love

Down With Love

πŸ“… Release: May 16, 2003
🎭 Genre: ComedyRomance
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Rachel Dratch, Sarah Paulson, David Hyde Pierce, Tony Randall, Jeri Ryan, Dorie Barton
πŸ“– Synopsis: DOWN WITH LOVE is an old-fashioned romantic comedy with a twist, starring "Chicago's Oscar(R) nominated Renee Zellweger and "Moulin Rouge's" Ewan McGregor. Putting a hip spin on the golden age of th...
Assassination Tango

Assassination Tango

πŸ“… Release: March 28, 2003
🎭 Genre: Thriller
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Robert Duvall, Kathy Baker, Ruben Blades, Luciana Pedraza, Frank Gio
πŸ“– Synopsis: John J. (Robert Duvall) is a seasoned hit man send to Argentina on a job. When the General he was sent to kill delays his return to the country, John passes the time with Manuela (Luciana Pedraza), ...
28 Days Later

28 Days Later

πŸ“… Release: June 27, 2003
🎭 Genre: Thriller,Sci-Fi
⭐ Rating: R
🎬 Starring: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Megan Burns, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher Eccleston, Alex Palmer
πŸ“– Synopsis: After breaking into a primate research facility, a group of animal rights activists discover caged chimps chained up before banks of screens displaying horrifically violent images. Ignoring the warn...
And Now Ladies And Gentlemen

And Now Ladies And Gentlemen

πŸ“… Release: August 8, 2003
🎭 Genre: RomanceCrime
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, Thierry Lhermitte, Alessandra Martines, Constantin Alexandrov, Amidou, Yvan Attal
πŸ“– Synopsis: Valentin (Jeremy Irons) is an English jewel thief and master of disguise who has managed to pull off heists from the greatest gem shops of Europe using only two weapons: humorous bluff and charming ...
Lizzie McGuire Movie, The

Lizzie McGuire Movie, The

πŸ“… Release: May 2, 2003
🎭 Genre: ComedyTeen
⭐ Rating: PG
🎬 Starring: Hilary Duff, Adam Lamberg, Robert Carradine, Hallie Todd, Jake Thomas, Alex Borstein
πŸ“– Synopsis: Disney's "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" serves up the comic foibles of loveable Lizzie McGuire and her pals Gordo, Kate and Ethan, who all pack their bags and plan to live la dolce vita while on a class...
Bruce Almighty

Bruce Almighty

πŸ“… Release: May 23, 2003
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman, Catherine Bell, Philip Baker Hall, Lisa Ann Walter, Steven Carell
πŸ“– Synopsis: It's fun to have God's powers...and if you don't believe it, just ask Bruce Nolan (JIM CARREY), because he should know!Bruce is a local Eyewitness News TV reporter in Buffalo, New York, best known for...
Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo

πŸ“… Release: May 30, 2003
🎭 Genre: Animation
⭐ Rating: G
🎬 Starring: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Willem Dafoe, Richard Kind, Erica Beck, Alexander Gould, Allison Janney
πŸ“– Synopsis: The Academy Award (R) - winning creators of "Toy Story", "A Bug's Life" and "Monsters, Inc." dive into a whole new world of computer-animated fun, fantasy, and heartfelt emotion with this stunning un...
In-Laws, The

In-Laws, The

πŸ“… Release: May 23, 2003
🎭 Genre: Comedy
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Ryan Reynolds, Lindsay Sloane, Candice Bergen, Robin Tunney, Maria Ricossa, David Suchet
πŸ“– Synopsis: When prospective fathers-in-law Steve Tobias (MICHAEL DOUGLAS) and Jerry Peyser (ALBERT BROOKS) meet for the first time to celebrate their children's upcoming marriage, the cake hits the fan. Dr. J...
Unfinished Life, An

Unfinished Life, An

πŸ“… Release: September 9, 2005
🎭 Genre: Drama
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez, Morgan Freeman, Josh Lucas, Camryn Manheim, Damian Lewis, Becca Gardner
πŸ“– Synopsis: Set against the rugged ranchlands of Wyoming, "An Unfinished Life" is the story of a modern-day Western family, as stoic as they are divided, learning the true meaning of forgiveness. Robert Redford s...
Exorcism Of Emily Rose, The

Exorcism Of Emily Rose, The

πŸ“… Release: September 9, 2005
🎭 Genre: DramaHorrorThriller
⭐ Rating: PG-13
🎬 Starring: Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jennifer Carpenter, Colm Feore
πŸ“– Synopsis: In an extremely rare decision, the Catholic Church officially recognized the demonic possession of a 19 year-old college freshman. Told in terrifying flashbacks, "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" chronic...