2003

Holes 2003

"But if you forget to come back for Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity." Those were the exact words spoken to young Elya Yelnats the day he forgot to repay Madame Zeroni. From then on his family was cursed with bad luck. One hundred years later Stanley Yelnats IV is accused of stealing a pair of cleats from a major league baseball player and sent to Camp Green Lake (a dry lake bed in the middle of the desert). It never rains at Camp Green Lake, it hasn't for one hundred years. The secretive and mysterious Warden has each inmate spend every day digging one hole to "build character." But when an artifact from the famous "Kissin' Kate" Barlow is found in a hole, the Warden forces the boys to work double time leading Stanley to deduce they're digging because the Warden is looking for something. But what? And how is the mystery of Camp Green Lake connected to Stanley's family curse?

Category: Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Stars: Sigourney Weaver,Jon Voight,Tim Blake Nelson,Shia LaBeouf

7.1 IMDB Rating 9,254 Views
Hulk 2003

Bruce Banner, a brilliant scientist with a cloudy past about his family, is involved in an accident in his laboratory causing him to become exposed to gamma radiation and Nanomeds (A tiny life-form that is supposed to heal wounds but has killed everything with which they have made contact). Confused and curious about his survival, Banner discovers that since the accident, whenever he becomes angry he transforms into a giant green monster destroying everything in sight in an act of fury. Bruce's mysterious past and the answer to why the radiation had this effect becomes revealed to him as his Birth Father David Banner intervenes with hopes to continue experimenting on him.

Category: Action, Sci-Fi

Stars: Eric Bana,Jennifer Connelly,Sam Elliott,Josh Lucas

5.7 IMDB Rating 11,522 Views
Mimic: Sentinel 2003

A man enclosed in a plastic bubble, his sister, and their best friend must defend an apartment complex from the mutant Judas Breed insects.

Category: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Stars: Lance Henriksen, Karl Geary, Alexis Dziena, Keith D. Robinson

4.3 IMDB Rating 5,095 Views
Gothika 2003

Dr. Miranda Grey is a psychiatrist who works in a penitentiary, in the mental institution sector. She is married with Dr. Douglas Grey, the chief of department where Dr. Pete Graham also works. Chloe Sava, a patient of Dr. Miranda formerly abused by her stepfather, claims that she is frequently raped by the devil in her cell. After leaving the asylum in a stormy night, Dr. Miranda has a car accident, and when she wakes up, she is an inmate of the institution, being accused of an horrible crime and having no memory of the incident.

Category: Mystery, Thriller

Stars: Halle Berry,Robert Downey Jr.,Charles S. Dutton,John Carroll Lynch

5.8 IMDB Rating 7,278 Views
National Security 2003

Earl and Hank have only one thing in common: they're both L.A.P.D. rejects. One just got kicked out, the other can't even get in. After confronting each other on opposite sides of the law during a traffic stop that escalates out of control, these two luckless individuals end up partnered as lowly security guards. Despite being damned to the lowest rung of the law enforcement ladder, Earl and Hank uncover a sophisticated smuggling operation led by Nash and his band of thugs. When Earl and Hank get their hands on some hot property, they go on the run from, first the bad guys, then the L.A.P.D.--led by Lt. Washington and Detective McDuff. What these two unlikely partners do to law enforcement is a crime, but they just might save the day. That is, if they don't kill each other first.

Category: Action, Comedy, Crime

Stars: Martin Lawrence,Steve Zahn,Colm Feore,Bill Duke

5.6 IMDB Rating 10,004 Views
Angels in America 2003

Several disparate but connected individuals go through the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s.

Category: Drama, Fantasy, Romantic, TV Mini

Stars: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson

8.1 IMDB Rating 13,320 Views
Brother Bear / Björnbröder 2003

Kenai, a man who resents bears after a fight with one kills his older brother, is turned into a bear so he can see life from a different perspective. He is visited by the spirit of his older brother, and is told that, if he wishes to be changed back into a human, he must travel to the place where the lights touch the Earth, in other words, the Northern Lights. Fueled by hope, Kenai sets off on his long journey, and, along the way, encounters a younger bear, Koda, who is a chatterbox and a fun-loving spirit; Koda is trying to find his way back to his home, the Salmon Run, which, coincidentally, is right next to where the lights touch the Earth. Koda and Kenai team up, but are hunted by Kenai's other brother, Denahi, who fears that the bear has killed Kenai as well. Along the way, the two bears meet other friends, including two moose, some rams, and some mammoths, with whom they hitch a ride. However, Kenai discovers that he likes being a bear, and realizes that humans aren't only afraid of bears; through Koda's eyes, the humans are the monsters, with their long spears. With a whole new view on life, Kenai makes a decision that will change his world forever.

Category: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids

Stars: Joaquin Phoenix,Jeremy Suarez,Jason Raize,Rick Moranis

6.8 IMDB Rating 16,379 Views
Kopps 2003

When a small-town police station is threatened with shutting down because of too little crime, the police realize that something must be done.

Category: Action, Comedy

Stars: Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Göran Ragnerstam

6.7 IMDB Rating 12,772 Views
House of Sand and Fog 2003

An emotionally broken woman, Kathy, suddenly finds herself homeless after her house is wrongly repossessed and auctioned. Seeking respite from his marriage, Lester, a sympathetic sheriff's deputy comes to the aid of Kathy and becomes intimately involved in her situation. Soon, Behrani, a proud emigrant Iranian and his family move into the house only to find their new lives burdened by harassment from Lester and Kathy as they attempt to reclaim her former home. The once prosperous colonel denies Kathy's pleas for he knows his recent purchase promises a profitable return and a better future for his adolescent son and his wife. But latent consequences lie beneath Behrani's well intentioned plan as Kathy's emotions spiral out of control and her actions spark a tragic chain of events that will leave no resident unscathed in the House of Sand and Fog.

Category: Drama

Stars: Jennifer Connelly,Ben Kingsley,Ron Eldard,Frances Fisher,Kim Dickens,Shohreh Aghdashloo,Jonathan Ahdout,Navi Rawat,Carlos Gómez,Kia Jam,Jaleh Modjallal,Samira Damavandi,Matthew Simonian,Namrata Singh Gujral,Nasser Faris

7.6 IMDB Rating 4,709 Views
Big Fish 2003

A frustrated son tries to determine the fact from fiction in his dying father's life.

Category: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Stars: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup

8.0 IMDB Rating 7,979 Views
Open Range 2003

Boss Spearman, Charley Waite, Mose Harrison and Button freegraze their cattle across the vast prairies of the West, sharing a friendship forged by a steadfast code of honor and living a life unencumbered by civilization. When their wayward herd forces them near the small town of Harmonville, the cowboys encounter a corrupt sheriff and kingpin rancher who govern the territory through fear, tyranny and violence. Boss and Charley find themselves inextricably drawn towards an inevitable showdown, as they are forced to defend the freedom and values of a lifestyle that is all too quickly vanishing. Amidst the turmoil, life suddenly takes an unexpected turn for the loner Charley when he meets the beautiful and warm spirited Sue Barlow, a woman who embraces both his heart and his soul.

Category: Drama, Romantic, Western

Stars: Robert Duvall,Kevin Costner,Annette Bening,Michael Gambon

7.5 IMDB Rating 8,306 Views
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life 2003

Intrepid British archaeologist Lara Croft has made perhaps the most important archaeological discovery in history: an orb that leads to the mythical Pandora's Box. Unfortunately, the orb falls into the hands of Jonathan Reiss, an evil scientist who deals in killer viruses and hopes to sell the secrets of the box as the ultimate weapon. Recruited by British Intelligence to get the orb back from Reiss, Lara recruits Terry Sheridan, a British marine turned mercenary (and her former love interest) to help. The two embark on an adventure that spans continents in an attempt to regain the orb...

Category: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Stars: Angelina Jolie,Gerard Butler,Ciarán Hinds,Chris Barrie

5.5 IMDB Rating 11,908 Views
The Jungle Book 2 2003

Mowgli, missing the jungle and his old friends, runs away from the man village unaware of the danger he's in by going back to the wild.

Category: Adventure, Animation, Family, Kids

Stars: John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, Tony Jay

5.3 IMDB Rating 10,664 Views
2 Fast 2 Furious 2003

EX LAPD cop Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) teams up with his ex-con friend Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson) and works with undercover U.S. Customs Service agent Monica Fuentes (Eva Mendes) to bring Miami-based drug lord Carter Verone (Cole Hauser) down.

Category: Action, Crime, Thriller

Stars: Paul Walker,Tyrese Gibson,Eva Mendes,Cole Hauser

5.9 IMDB Rating 19,396 Views
Tears of the Sun 2003

Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their conscience and protect a group of innocent refugees. When the democratic government of Nigeria collapses and the country is taken over by a ruthless military dictator, Waters, a fiercely loyal and hardened veteran is dispatched on a routine mission to retrieve a Doctors Without Borders physician, Dr. Lena Kendricks. Dr. Kendricks, an American citizen by marriage, is tending to the victims of the ongoing civil war at a Catholic mission in a remote village. When Waters arrives, however, Dr. Kendricks refuses to leave unless he promises to help deliver the villagers to political asylum at the nearby border. If they are left behind, they will be at the mercy of the enormous rebel army. Waters is under strict orders from his commanding officer Captain Bill Rhodes to remain disengaged from the conflict. But as he and his men witness the brutality of the rebels first-hand, they are won over to Dr. Kendricks' cause and place their lives at risk by agreeing to escort the villagers on a perilous trek through the dense jungle. As they move through the countryside on foot, Waters' team, experts at evasion and concealment, are inexplicably and ferociously pursued by an army of rebels. They are confounded until they discover that, among the refugees, is the sole survivor of the country's previous ruling family, whom the rebels have been ordered to eliminate at all costs. Waters and his small band of soldiers must weigh the life of one man against their own and the refugees they feel obliged to protect.

Category: Action, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Bruce Willis,Monica Bellucci,Cole Hauser,Eamonn Walker

6.6 IMDB Rating 8,069 Views
Bruce Almighty 2003

Bruce Nolan, a television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y., is discontented with almost everything in life despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend Grace . At the end of the worst day of his life, Bruce angrily ridicules and rages against God and God responds. God appears in human form and, endowing Bruce with divine powers, challenges Bruce to take on the big job to see if he can do it any better.

Category: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Stars: Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Baker Hall

6.7 IMDB Rating 15,278 Views
The Matrix Revolutions 2003

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

Category: Action, Sci-Fi

Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss

6.7 IMDB Rating 14,250 Views
The Matrix Reloaded 2003

Freedom fighters Neo, Trinity and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army, unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills and weaponry against the systematic forces of repression and exploitation.

Category: Action, Sci-Fi

Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss

7.2 IMDB Rating 15,271 Views
The Lizzie McGuire Movie 2003

Teen queen Lizzie McGuire grows up a bit and hits the big screen in this comedy drama, based on the popular Disney Network series. Lizzie McGuire and her best friends Kate, Gordo, and Ethan have just graduated from middle school, and to celebrate, they're taking part in a class trip to Rome, Italy. Eager to celebrate their new maturity as high school students, Lizzie and her pals hope to live it up in one of Europe's most fabled cities, but fate has something more spectacular in store for Lizzie. Lizzie discovers that she bears a striking resemblance to Isabella, an Italian teen-pop idol famous for her duets with heart-throb Paolo -- so much so that when Paolo and Isabella have a falling out, he asks Lizzie to take Isabella's place for an upcoming concert. Lizzie, however, isn't sure she feels comfortable stepping into the spotlight, and is even less sure about the way she feels about Paolo, who makes no secret of his infatuation with her. Things don't get any simpler for Lizzie when her family gets wind of her newfound fame, and catch the next flight to Italy.

Category: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Kids

Stars: Hilary Duff, Adam Lamberg, Hallie Todd, Robert Carradine

5.5 IMDB Rating 7,696 Views
Wrong Turn 2003

Chris and a group of five friends are left stranded deep in the middle of the woods after their cars collide. As they venture deeper into the woods, they face an uncertain and bloodcurdling fate.

Category: Horror, Thriller

Stars: Eliza Dushku, Jeremy Sisto, Emmanuelle Chriqui

6.1 IMDB Rating 14,808 Views