Best Films of 2003
Eric and Jon revealed their lists on a special "Best of 2003" edition of Cinema Beach Party that aired on Saturday January 10, 2004.Eric Hoyt
1. Elephant (Gus Van Sant)
2. Unknown Pleasures (Jia Zhangke)
3. Stevie (Steve James)
4. The Fog of War (Errol Morris)
5. Dracula: Pages From a Virgin’s Diary (Guy Maddin)
6. Mystic River (Clint Eastwood)
7. Cold Mountain (Anthony Minghella)
8. Spider (David Cronenberg)
9. Down With Love (Peyton Reed)
10. In America (Jim Sheridan)
11. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Peter Weir)
12. Capturing the Friedmans (Andrew Jarecki)
13. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino)
14. American Splendor (Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini)
15. Gerry (Gus Van Sant)
Jon Lefkovitz
1. All The Real Girls (David Gordon Green)
2. Spellbound (Jeffrey Blitz)
3. The School of Rock (Richard Linklater)
4. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino)
5. Gerry (Gus Van Sant)
6. Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (Guy Maddin)
7. Down with Love (Peyton Reed)
8. Raising Victor Vargas (Peter Sollett)
9. American Splendor (Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini)
10. Capturing the Friedmans (Andrew Jarecki)
11. A Mighty Wind (Christopher Guest)
12. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Peter Weir)
13. In America (Jim Sheridan)
14. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton)
15. Elephant (Gus Van Sant)
Five Runners-up:
16. Intolerable Cruelty (Joel and Ethan Coen)
17. Cold Mountain (Anthony Minghella)
18. Laurel Canyon (Lisa Cholodenko)
19. Stevie (Steve James)
20. 11’09’’01 (11 directors, 11 countries)