Movie Rankings 2003

1) American Splendor *****
2) Lord Of The Rings – The Return of the King *****
3) The Pianist *****
4) Master and Commander ****1/2
5) **Space Station 3D ****1/2
6) The Quiet American ****1/2
7) Mystic River ****1/2
8) Solaris ****1/2
9) 24 Hour Party People ****
10) Alien: The Director’s Cut ****
11) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ****
12) Lost in Translation ****
13) Punch Drunk Love ****
14) Cypher ****
15) Whale Rider ****
16) Buffalo Soldiers ****
17) The Matrix Reloaded ***1/2
18) The Matrix Revolutions ***1/2
19) Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind ***1/2
20) 25th hour ***1/2
21) Gettin’ Square ***1/2
22) Intolerable Cruelty ***1/2
23) X Men 2 ***1/2
24) Kill Bill – Volume 1 ***1/2
25) Star Trek: Nemesis ***
26) Spider ***
27) About Schmidt ***
28) Auto Focus ***
29) Secretary ***
30) Bright Young Things ***
31) Welcome To Collinwood ***
32) *Turkish Film Festival Film ***
33) The Good Thief ***
34) Catch Me If You Can ***
35) The Night We Called It A Day ***
36) Nowhere In Africa ***
37) Alexandra’s Project ***
38) Perfect Strangers **1/2
39) Japanese Story **1/2
40) 28 Days Later **1/2
41) The Italian Job **1/2
42) Undercover Brother **1/2
43) Matchstick Men **1/2
44) The Hours **
45) Chaos **
46) Chicago **
47) Habla Con Ella (Talk To Her) **
48) Johnny English *1/2
49) Russian Ark *
50) One Hour Photo 1/2
51) *Gerry 0

* Sydney Film Festival release that did not receive general release (deservedly so in Gerry’s case)
** IMAX film