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1. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.
Director: Andrew Jarecki | Stars: Arnold Friedman, Jesse Friedman, David Friedman, Elaine Friedman
Votes: 27,139 | Gross: $3.12M
2. A Certain Kind of Death (2003)
69 min | Documentary
Unblinking and unsettling, this documentary lays bare a mysterious process that goes on all around us - what happens to people who die with no next of kin.
Directors: Grover Babcock, Blue Hadaegh | Stars: Fred Corral, Sherwood Dixon, Julie Wilson
Votes: 971
3. A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
R | 138 min | Documentary
A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.
Directors: Ted Demme, Richard LaGravenese | Stars: Francis Ford Coppola, William Friedkin, Robert Altman, John G. Avildsen
Votes: 2,804 | Gross: $0.03M
4. American Experience (1987– )
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt
Votes: 2,205
5. Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)
83 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary on Bayard Rustin, best-remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.
Directors: Nancy D. Kates, Bennett Singer | Stars: Bayard Rustin, Dorothy Jackson, John Rodgers, Louis John
Votes: 225
6. Bukowski: Born into This (2003)
R | 130 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary on Charles Bukowski, author of 'Notes of a Dirty Old Man', 'Love Is a Dog from Hell', and the autobiographical novels, 'Women', 'Hollywood', and 'Post Office'.
Director: John Dullaghan | Stars: Charles Bukowski, Bono, John Bryan, Linda Lee Bukowski
Votes: 3,644 | Gross: $0.30M
7. My Flesh and Blood (2003)
Unrated | 83 min | Documentary
Documentary following Susan Tom of Fairfield, California and her 11 adopted special needs children.
Director: Jonathan Karsh | Stars: Susan Tom, Anthony Tom, Faith Tom, Joe Tom
Votes: 1,766
8.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Robert Capa: In Love and War
(2003)
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary about the life of famed war photographer Robert Capa.
Director: Anne Makepeace | Stars: Steven Spielberg, Goran Visnjic
Votes: 211
9. State of Denial (2003)
86 min | Documentary
An unprecedented and unflinching look at how the citizens of South Africa are living with the AIDS epidemic, given the climate of governmental confusion and neglect.
Director: Elaine Epstein | Stars: Adurrazack Achmat, Joseph F. Lovett
Votes: 17
10. Stevie (2002)
R | 140 min | Documentary
In 1995, director Steve James (of 'Hoop Dreams') returned to rural Southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy to whom he had been an "Advocate Big Brother" ten years earlier.
Director: Steve James | Stars: Steve James, Stephen Fielding, Tonya Gregory, Bernice Hagler
Votes: 2,742 | Gross: $0.10M
11.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
The Education of Gore Vidal
(2003)
TV-14 | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A contrarian and wickedly funny man, "The Education of Gore Vidal" explores Vidal's extraordinary life and work, joining him at his cliff-side villa in Ravello, Italy.
Director: Deborah Dickson | Stars: Gore Vidal, Elizabeth Ashley, Howard Austen, Dick Cavett
Votes: 131
12. The Same River Twice (2003)
Unrated | 78 min | Documentary, Adventure
From peyote to prozac, a sensitive portrait of five former hippies now approaching middle age.
Director: Robb Moss
Votes: 299
13. The Weather Underground (2002)
Unrated | 92 min | Documentary, History, War
The remarkable story of The Weather Underground, radical activists of the 1970s, and of radical politics at its best and most disastrous.
Directors: Sam Green, Bill Siegel | Stars: Lili Taylor, Pamela Z, Jim Lange, Evan White
Votes: 3,769 | Gross: $0.56M
14. Tom Dowd & the Language of Music (2003)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary about Tom Dowd, who was an innovative recording engineer and producer of noted albums with John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Otis Redding, Eric Clapton, the Allman Brothers and many others.
Director: Mark Moormann | Stars: Ray Charles, John Coltrane, Aretha Franklin, Ginger Baker
Votes: 579 | Gross: $0.04M
15. What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices from Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison (2003)
78 min | Documentary
A look at playwright Eve Ensler's writing workshop inside Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women.
Directors: Madeleine Gavin, Judith Katz, Gary Sunshine | Stars: Mary Alice, Glenn Close, Eve Ensler, Hazelle Goodman
Votes: 112
16. American Splendor (2003)
R | 101 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Shari Springer Berman, Harvey Pekar, Chris Ambrose
Votes: 52,377 | Gross: $6.00M
17. All the Real Girls (2003)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance
Small-town love story of a young man with a reputation for womanizing and his best friend's sister.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Zooey Deschanel, Paul Schneider, Patricia Clarkson, Shea Whigham
Votes: 11,034 | Gross: $0.55M
18. Camp (2003)
PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Musical, Drama
After a series of Broadway flops, songwriter Bert Hanley (Dixon) goes to work at a musical camp for young performers. Inspired by the kids, he finds an opportunity to regain success by staging an altogether new production.
Director: Todd Graff | Stars: Don Dixon, Daniel Letterle, Joanna Chilcoat, Robin de Jesus
Votes: 6,169 | Gross: $1.63M
19. Die, Mommie, Die! (2003)
R | 90 min | Comedy
An ex-pop singer kills her much-hated husband to be with her young lover. Her daughter plots Electra-like revenge.
Director: Mark Rucker | Stars: Charles Busch, Natasha Lyonne, Jason Priestley, Angela Paton
Votes: 2,137
20. Dopamine (2003)
R | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A San Franciscan computer programmer falls in love with a schoolteacher in the days after the dot.com boom.
Director: Mark Decena | Stars: John Livingston, Sabrina Lloyd, Bruno Campos, Rueben Grundy
Votes: 1,171 | Gross: $0.02M
21. Party Monster (2003)
R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on the true story of Michael Alig, a Club Kid party organizer whose life was sent spiraling down when he bragged on television about killing his drug dealer and roommate.
Directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Wilson Cruz, Seth Green, Diana Scarwid
Votes: 17,228 | Gross: $0.73M
22. Pieces of April (2003)
PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
A wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.
Director: Peter Hedges | Stars: Katie Holmes, Oliver Platt, Patricia Clarkson, Derek Luke
Votes: 22,127 | Gross: $2.53M
23. Quattro Noza (2003)
R | 96 min | Action, Drama
A romance blooms between Quattro (Beaumont) and Noza (Hernandez), two kids caught up in the illegal street car racing scene of Southern California.
Director: Joey Curtis | Stars: Brihanna Hernandez, Victor Larios, Robert Beaumont, Greg Leone
Votes: 345 | Gross: $0.00M
24. Rhythm of the Saints (2003)
83 min | Drama
Tough 15-year-old Rena, terrorized by her stepfather, turns to Santeria-practicing Wanda Love for help. But Rena's boyfriend and his friends have come up with their own way to teach her father a lesson.
Director: Sarah Rogacki | Stars: Sarita Choudhury, Daniella Alonso, Ryan Donowho, Onahoua Rodriguez
Votes: 36
25. The Cooler (2003)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance
In an old school Las Vegas casino, its top gambling jinx breaks his curse when he falls in love, much to his boss' consternation.
Director: Wayne Kramer | Stars: William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Alec Baldwin, Shawn Hatosy
Votes: 35,510 | Gross: $8.24M
26. The Mudge Boy (2003)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The film follows the story of Duncan, a fourteen-year-old misfit farm boy trying to fill the void and alleviate the numbness left by his mother's passing. Unable to let her go quite yet, ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Burke | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Richard Jenkins, Tom Guiry, Pablo Schreiber
Votes: 4,691
27. The Station Agent (2003)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson, Bobby Cannavale, Paul Benjamin
Votes: 73,443 | Gross: $5.74M
28. The Technical Writer (2003)
96 min | Drama
A bored housewife (O'Neal) attempts to lure an agoraphobic technical writer (Harris) out of his apartment and into the heart of New York City.
Director: Scott Saunders | Stars: Michael Harris, Tatum O'Neal, William Forsythe, Pamela Gordon
Votes: 118
29. The United States of Leland (2003)
R | 108 min | Drama
A young man's experience in a juvenile detention center that touches on the tumultuous changes that befall his family and the community in which he lives.
Director: Matthew Ryan Hoge | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Don Cheadle, Kevin Spacey, Chris Klein
Votes: 24,278 | Gross: $0.34M
30. Thirteen (2003)
R | 100 min | Drama
A thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.
Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed, Vanessa Hudgens
Votes: 98,063 | Gross: $4.60M
31. What Alice Found (2003)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama
A young woman looking to escape her life is rescued on the highway by a friendly couple in an RV. But as the miles pass the couple's motives come into question and a strange mother/daughter relationship evolves.
Director: A. Dean Bell | Stars: Emily Grace, Judith Ivey, Bill Raymond, Jane Lincoln Taylor
Votes: 1,048
32. Dig! (2004)
R | 107 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary on the once-promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols, and the friendship/rivalry between their respective founders, Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor.
Director: Ondi Timoner | Stars: Anton Newcombe, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Joel Gion, Matt Hollywood
Votes: 6,691 | Gross: $0.13M
33. A Place of Our Own (2004)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Stanley Nelson's look back at the 40 years he spent summering at Oak Bluffs, a black-oriented resort community on Martha's Vineyard.
Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Cecelia Antoinette, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Lani Guinier, Manning Marable
Votes: 63
34. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
R | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, News
Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.
Directors: Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman | Stars: Kochi, Avijit Halder, Shanti Das, Manik
Votes: 18,009 | Gross: $3.41M
35. Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
A documentary on Brooklyn-based Congresswoman Shirley's Chisholm's 1972 presidential bid.
Director: Shola Lynch | Stars: Shirley Chisholm, Walter Cronkite, George Wallace, Ralph Abernathy
Votes: 325
36. Deadline (2004)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A documentary on Illinois Governor George Ryan, who, with 60 days left in office, makes a decision on the fate of death row prisoners.
Directors: Katy Chevigny, Kirsten Johnson | Stars: Anthony Amsterdam, Jeanne Bishop, Stephen Bright, George W. Bush
Votes: 238
37. Farmingville (2004)
79 min | Documentary
Documentary on the attempted murder of two Mexican day laborers in Farmingville, New York.
Directors: Carlos Sandoval, Catherine Tambini
Votes: 217
38. Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst (2004)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
The story of the 1974 kidnap of teenage heiress Patty Hearst, which set off one of the most bizarre episodes in recent American history.
Director: Robert Stone | Stars: Russ Little, Michael Bortin, Timothy Findley, Dan Grove
Votes: 631
39. Heir to an Execution: A Granddaughter's Story (2004)
TV-PG | 99 min | Documentary
A filmmaker explores the lives and deaths of her grandparents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed as spies in 1953.
Director: Ivy Meeropol | Stars: Bob Considine, Robert Meeropol, Morton Sobell, Sally Kanter Bruin
Votes: 445
40. Home of the Brave (2004)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
Documentary on the civil rights activist, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered in 1965 as she campaigned for black suffrage in Selma, Alabama, and its effect on her family.
Director: Paola di Florio | Stars: Julie Stevens, Stockard Channing, Molly Howe, Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Votes: 144 | Gross: $0.00M
41. I Like Killing Flies (2004)
R | 80 min | Documentary
This bitingly funny comedy follows a prickly, profanity-prone man seeking to preserve his dream; it dishes up bites of wisdom along the way, ultimately serving both a hilarious trip and a charming slice of New York history.
Director: Matt Mahurin | Stars: Michael Fishman, John A. Papa, Eve Shopsin, Kenny Shopsin
Votes: 1,271 | Gross: $0.01M
42.
Independent Lens (1999– )
Episode:
Imelda
(2003)
Unrated | 103 min | Documentary
A "beyond the shoes" documentary on the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos.
Director: Ramona S. Diaz | Stars: Imelda Marcos, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Imee Marcos, Fe Bautista
Votes: 251
43. In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)
Unrated | 81 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary on Henry Darger, visionary artist, janitor, and novelist.
Director: Jessica Yu | Stars: Henry Darger, Dakota Fanning, Larry Pine, Frier McCollister
Votes: 2,246 | Gross: $0.41M
44. Persons of Interest (2004)
63 min | Documentary
A documentary concerning the detention of Muslim-Americans in the wake of 9/11.
Directors: Alison Maclean, Tobias Perse | Star: David Paterson
Votes: 78
45. Super Size Me (2004)
PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary
While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
Director: Morgan Spurlock | Stars: Morgan Spurlock, Daryl Isaacs, Chemeeka Walker, Dania Abu-Rmaileh
Votes: 113,302 | Gross: $11.53M
46.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Fight
(2004)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary on the boxing match between American Joe Louis and German Max Schmeling, which captured the world's attention on June 22, 1938.
Director: Barak Goodman | Stars: Courtney B. Vance, Steve Acunto, Gus Adams, Muhammad Ali
Votes: 153
47. Word Wars (2004)
Unrated | 80 min | Documentary, Comedy
A look at the obsessive world of competitive Scrabble.
Directors: Eric Chaikin, Julian Petrillo | Stars: Joe Edley, Matt Graham, Marlon Hill, Joel Sherman
Votes: 1,741 | Gross: $0.06M
48. Primer (2004)
PG-13 | 77 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Four friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.
Director: Shane Carruth | Stars: Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya
Votes: 114,211 | Gross: $0.42M
49. Book of Love (2004)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Drama
Living among fusty academics, an unusual young man gets between a high school history teacher and his wife.
Director: Alan Brown | Stars: Frances O'Connor, Simon Baker, Gregory Smith, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 1,804
50. Brother to Brother (2004)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.
Director: Rodney Evans | Stars: Anthony Mackie, Roger Robinson, Alex Burns, Kevin Jackson
Votes: 1,262
51. Chrystal (2004)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama
Twenty years after the accident that claimed his son's life and permanently injured his wife, a man returns to his home in search of redemption.
Director: Ray McKinnon | Stars: Lisa Blount, Billy Bob Thornton, Kamron Ross Stacey, David Rhodes
Votes: 1,687 | Gross: $0.08M
52. Down to the Bone (2004)
R | 104 min | Drama
A woman stuck in a stale marriage struggles to raise her children and manage her secret drug habit. But when winter comes to her small town, her balancing act begins to come crashing down.
Director: Debra Granik | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Hugh Dillon, Clint Jordan, Caridad 'La Bruja' De La Luz
Votes: 2,441 | Gross: $0.02M
53. Easy (2003)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
Heart-broken after several affairs, a woman finds herself torn between a Poet and a TV Host.
Director: Jane Weinstock | Stars: Marguerite Moreau, Brían F. O'Byrne, Naveen Andrews, Emily Deschanel
Votes: 1,775 | Gross: $0.01M
54. Evergreen (2004)
PG-13 | 86 min | Drama
A young girl seduced by a boy's affluent, seemingly idyllic family, goes to extremes to gain acceptance and escape her poverty-stricken homelife.
Director: Enid Zentelis | Stars: Cara Seymour, Mary Kay Place, Noah Fleiss, Gary Farmer
Votes: 202
55. Garden State (2004)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A quietly troubled young man returns home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade.
Director: Zach Braff | Stars: Zach Braff, Peter Sarsgaard, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm
Votes: 223,223 | Gross: $26.78M
56. Harry + Max (2004)
74 min | Drama, Romance
Two brothers, 23 and 16, who are both teen idols, come to terms with their dysfunctional family past and deep affection for each other.
Director: Christopher Munch | Stars: Bryce Johnson, Cole Williams, Rain Phoenix, Katherine Ellis
Votes: 1,105 | Gross: $0.01M
57. Maria Full of Grace (2004)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately-needed money for her family.
Director: Joshua Marston | Stars: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Guilied Lopez, Orlando Tobón, Virginia Cristina Ariza
Votes: 36,189 | Gross: $6.52M
58. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
PG | 96 min | Comedy
A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
Director: Jared Hess | Stars: Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell
Votes: 237,875 | Gross: $44.54M
59. November (I) (2004)
R | 73 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Sophie Jacobs is going through the most difficult time of her life. Now, she just has to find out if it's real.
Director: Greg Harrison | Stars: Courteney Cox, James Le Gros, Michael Ealy, Dori Mizrahi
Votes: 3,164 | Gross: $0.19M
60. One Point O (2004)
R | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After receiving mysterious empty packages inside his apartment, a young computer-programmer begins a personal investigation into their origins.
Directors: Jeff Renfroe, Marteinn Thorsson | Stars: Richard Rees, Jeremy Sisto, Udo Kier, Deborah Kara Unger
Votes: 5,985
61. The Best Thief in the World (2004)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
Izzy, the youngest son of a troubled New York family, takes a shine to breaking into people's apartments as a way to get attention.
Director: Jacob Kornbluth | Stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Michael Silverman, David Warshofsky, Audra McDonald
Votes: 547
62. The Woodsman (2004)
R | 87 min | Drama
A child molester returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.
Director: Nicole Kassell | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Yasiin Bey, David Alan Grier
Votes: 35,396 | Gross: $0.04M
63. We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance
An indiscretion between two close friends tears down their respective marriages.
Director: John Curran | Stars: Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Peter Krause, Naomi Watts
Votes: 9,951 | Gross: $2.04M
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