2003: The Year In Film (Arsaib's Top 45)

By: Arsaib

I. (in alphabetical order)

AUGUST SUN
Prasanna Vithanage

THE BROWN BUNNY
Vincent Gallo

CAFÉ LUMIÉRE
Hou Hsiao-hsien

GAMES OF LOVE AND CHANCE
Abdellatif Kechiche

GOODBYE, DRAGON INN
Tsai Ming-liang

GOOD MORNING, NIGHT
Marco Bellocchio

THE MAGIC GLOVES
Martín Rejtman

THE STORY OF MARIE AND JULIEN
Jacques Rivette

TIE XI QU: WEST OF THE TRACKS
Wang Bing

TIME OF THE WOLF
Michael Haneke

II. (in alphabetical order)

BLIND SHAFT
Li Yang

COME AND GO
João César Monteiro

CRIMSON GOLD
Jafar Panahi

DANCING IN THE DUST
Asghar Farhadi

ELEPHANT
Gus Van Sant

THE FOREST FOR THE TREES
Maren Ade

LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

THE LAST TRAIN
Aleksei German Ml.

LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF
Thom Andersen

LOST IN TRANSLATION
Sofia Coppola

LE MONDE VIVANT
Eugène Green

MYSTIC RIVER
Clint Eastwood

SARABAND
Ingmar Bergman

SON FRÉRE
Patrice Chéreau

VIBRATOR
Hiroki Ryuichi

THE WAITING ROOM
Zeki Demirkubuz

YOSHINO’S BARBER SHOP
Ogigami Naoko

III. (in alphabetical order)

ALL THE REAL GIRLS
David Gordon Green

ANA AND THE OTHERS
Celina Murga

DISTANT LIGHTS
Hans-Christian Schmid

DOGVILLE
Lars von Trier

DRIFTERS
Wang Xiaoshuai

FILME DE AMOR
Júlio Bressane

THE FLOWER OF EVIL
Claude Chabrol

GOFF IN THE DESERT
Heinz Emigholz

HALF-PRICE
Isild Le Besco

IN THE FOREST… AGAIN
Goutam Ghose

THE INHERITANCE
Per Fly

KENEDI GOES BACK HOME
Želimir Žilnik

PALACE OF THE WINDS
Vipin Vijay

PEEP “TV” SHOW
Tsuchiya Yutaka

RAJA
Jacques Doillon

SHARA
Kawase Naomi

SHE’S ONE OF US
Siegrid Alnoy

TWENTYNINE PALMS
Bruno Dumont

• 01
  August Sun
  Prasanna Vithanage
• 02
  The Brown Bunny
  Vincent Gallo
• 03
  Café Lumière
  Hou Hsiao-hsien
• 04
  Games of Love and Chance
  Abdellatif Kechiche
• 05
  Goodbye, Dragon Inn
  Tsai Ming-liang
• 06
  Good Morning, Night
  Marco Bellocchio
• 07
  The Magic Gloves
  Martín Rejtman
• 08
  Mystic River
  Clint Eastwood
• 09
  The Story of Marie and Julien
  Jacques Rivette
• 10
  Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks - Part 1: Rust
  Wang Bing
• 11
  Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks - Part 2: Remnants
  Wang Bing
• 12
  Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks - Part 3: Rails
  Wang Bing
• 13
  Time of the Wolf
  Michael Haneke
• 14
  Blind Shaft
  Li Yang
• 15
  Come and Go
  João César Monteiro
• 16
  Crimson Gold
  Jafar Panahi
• 17
  Dancing in the Dust
  Asghar Farhadi
• 18
  Elephant
  Gus Van Sant
• 19
  The Forest for the Trees
  Maren Ade
• 20
  A Good Lawyer's Wife
  Im Sang-soo
• 21
  Kill Bill: Vol. 1
  Quentin Tarantino
• 22
  Last Life in the Universe
  Pen-ek Ratanaruang
• 23
  The Last Train
  Aleksei German Ml.
• 24
  Los Angeles Plays Itself
  Thom Andersen
• 25
  Lost in Translation
  Sofia Coppola
• 26
  Le monde vivant
  Eugène Green
• 27
  Saraband
  Ingmar Bergman
• 28
  Son frère
  Patrice Chéreau
• 29
  Vibrator
  Ryuichi Hiroki
• 30
  The Waiting Room
  Zeki Demirkubuz
• 31
  Yoshino's Barber Shop
  Naoko Ogigami
• 32
  All the Real Girls
  David Gordon Green
• 33
  Ana and the Others
  Celina Murga
• 34
  Distant Lights
  Hans-Christian Schmid
• 35
  Dogville
  Lars von Trier
• 36
  Drifters
  Wang Xiaoshuai
• 37
  Filme de Amor
  Júlio Bressane
• 38
  The Flower of Evil
  Claude Chabrol
• 39
  Goff in the Desert
  Heinz Emigholz
• 40
  Half-Price
  Isild Le Besco
• 41
  In the Forest... Again
  Goutam Ghose
• 42
  The Inheritance
  Per Fly
• 43
  Kenedi Goes Back Home
  Želimir Žilnik
• 44
  Maqbool
  Vishal Bhardwaj
• 45
  Palace of the Winds
  Vipin Vijay
• 46
  Peep "TV" Show
  Yutaka Tsuchiya
• 47
  Raja
  Jacques Doillon
• 48
  Shara
  Naomi Kawase
• 49
  She's One of Us
  Siegrid Alnoy
• 50
  Twentynine Palms
  Bruno Dumont