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Anbe Sivam (2003)
Plot Summary:
Nalla Sivam and Anbarasu meet under different circumstances and their lives are changed as they take the journey of their life
Duration: 160 min
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: life changing experience, communism, atheism, odd couple, accident, self discovery, social differences, introspection, tragic love, terrorism, destiny, fall in love, social relations, capitalist, secret, disability, compassion, recovery, motivation, discovery, adventurer, slice of life, self awareness, innovation, airport
Finding Nemo (2003)
Plot Summary:
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Plot tags: friendship, underwater, shark, memory loss, father son relationship, animal, freedom, courage, single father, rescue, odd couple, talking animal, fish, amnesia, escape attempt, parent child relationship, father son reunion, ocean, anthropomorphism, pelican, protective father, friends, sea, overprotective father, obstacle
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)
Plot Summary:
A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor
Duration: 156 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: hospital, mistaken identity, medical school, starting over, impersonating, misfit, parents and children, love and romance, ambition, lifestyle, hidden identity, disorder, pretense, family disapproval, dishonesty, love, abduction, criminal, cancer, doctor, pickpocket, deception, lie, surgery, medical student
Tomorrow May Never Come (2003)
Plot Summary:
Naina is a very serious girl with a very serious life. But one day, her soul is awakened by the happy-go-lucky Aman, who teaches her that life is meant to be lived. Naturally, she falls in love with him. But Aman is harboring a secret that keeps him from reciprocating Naina's love. But he cannot stand having her live a life without love, so he sets off on a mission to fill her life with someone else's love - someone she already knows
Duration: 186 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 74000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India, Canada
Plot tags: terminal illness, love triangle, neighbor, young woman, secret, diary, family life, best friend, unfulfilled love, tragic event, depression, family relations, parents and children, young man, family problems, starting over, family tradition, human nature, death in the family, character change, tragic love, urban, brother sister relationship, gay slur, hindu
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Plot Summary:
One Christmas Eve three people, a middle-aged alcoholic named Gin, a former drag queen Hana and a dependent runaway girl Miyuki, discover an abandoned newborn while looking through the garbage
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Plot tags: holiday, christmas, homeless, transgender, baby, friends, parents and children, life is a bitch, friendship, gay, loneliness, lgbt, runaway, melancholy, lgbtq, snow, homelessness, society, new year, lgbtqi, humour, group of friends, help, uncover truth, mafia
The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
Plot Summary:
When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters--an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire--to rescue him
Duration: 80 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music, Sport
Country: France, Belgium, Canada, UK, Latvia, USA
Plot tags: dog, cycling, tour de france, very little dialogue, bicycle, dream, chase, mafia, boy, friendship, rescue, escapades, danger, old woman, friends, championship, melancholy, eccentricity, boat, sister sister relationship, grandmother grandson relationship, journey, darkness, rivalry, european
Lost in Translation (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 480000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Japan
Plot tags: loneliness, midlife crisis, age difference, friendship, older man younger woman relationship, alienation, melancholy, fish out of water, love story, unlikely couple, couples, self discovery, relationships, adultery, culture clash, character study, dull life, hotel room, photographer, unlikely friendships, hotel, bittersweet, advertising, housewife, love and romance
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Plot Summary:
An affectionate and refreshing East/West-Germany comedy about a boy who’s mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell and when she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happen (since she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack
Duration: 121 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 151000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Plot tags: berlin wall, coma, politics, capitalism, idealism, communism, society, cold war, culture clash, amnesia, childhood, doctor, german reunification, revolution, family relations, parents and children, social differences, protecting from truth, international relations, family secret, young man, secret, political unrest, dishonesty, waking up from a coma
Control (2003)
Plot Summary:
A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, his fellow inspectors, who are all without exception likeable characters, a rival ticket inspection team, and racing along the tracks... And a tale about love
Duration: 111 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Plot tags: subway, train, workplace, serial killer, social misfits, dark humor, european, underground, love, musician, chess, angel, death, claustrophobia, chase, surrealism, redemption, drinking, distopia, artist, time loop, obsession, misfit, railway, architecture
The Station Agent (2003)
Plot Summary:
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
Duration: 89 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: loneliness, bittersweet, solitude, friendship, depression, small town, melancholy, society, loss, death, prejudice, grief, railway, eccentricity, lifestyle, friends, journey, social misfits, loss of child, human nature, small town life, antisocial behavior, unfulfillment, troubled, mail
The Man Who Copied (2003)
Plot Summary:
André, 19, lives in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and works as a photocopier operator. He likes to see his neighbor Sílvia with a pair of binoculars. She works selling clothes. Becoming attracted to her, he tries to get nearer, and goes to her shop to buy something, but finds out that he can't afford it. So he puts the photocopier to other uses, and begins to envisage fishy schemes to earn some money
Duration: 123 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Plot tags: love and romance, voyeurism, neighbor, society, shyness, cons and scams, poverty, sex, stalking, moral ambiguity, dream, deception, sexual perversion, painting, heist, explosions, intrigue, samba, troubled, blaxploitation, robbery, interracial romance, fall in love, deadend life, perversion
Love Actually (2003)
Plot Summary:
Follows seemingly unrelated people as their lives begin to intertwine while they fall in – and out – of love. Affections languish and develop as Christmas draws near
Duration: 135 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 515000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Plot tags: christmas, love, holiday, relationships, love story, love and romance, multiple storylines, marriage, fall in love, couples, first love, couple relations, looking for love, infidelity, winter, unrequited love, marital problem, adultery, bittersweet, family relations, love at first sight, wedding, workplace romance, lovers, flirting
Zatoichi (2003)
Plot Summary:
Zatôichi is a 19th century blind nomad who makes his living as a gambler and masseur. However, behind this humble facade, he is a master swordsman gifted with a lightning-fast draw and breathtaking precision. While wandering, Zatôichi discovers a remote mountain village at the mercy of Ginzo, a ruthless gang-leader. Ginzo disposes of anyone who gets in his way, especially after hiring the mighty samurai ronin, Hattori, as a bodyguard. After a raucous night of gambling in town, Zatôichi encounters a pair of geishas--as dangerous as they are beautiful--who've come to avenge their parents' murder. As the paths of these and other colorful characters intertwine, Ginzo's henchmen are soon after Zatôichi. With his legendary cane sword at his side, the stage is set for a riveting showdown
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: samurai, martial arts, sword fight, master warrior, fencing, zatoichi, violence, gang, good versus evil, protector, blind character, swordsman, medieval, escapades, rivalry, assassin, violent, ninja, asian, gory, murder, kung fu, disability, martial artist, japanese history
Secondhand Lions (2003)
Plot Summary:
"Secondhand Lions" follows the comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives
Duration: 111 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Plot tags: uncle nephew relationship, coming of age, greed, childhood, youth, misfit, bittersweet, fish out of water, courage, aging, suicidal, family relations, adventurer, family secret, eccentric family, hunting, old love, partner, disorder, odd couple, wilderness, young at heart, princess, warrior, rescue
The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
Plot Summary:
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', 50-something Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. He decides to make amends meet to his friends and family before he dies. He first tries to made peace with his ex-wife Louise, who asks their estranged son Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the entire Canadian system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while he also tries to reunite his former friends, Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude to see their old friend before he passes on
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada, France
Plot tags: friendship, illness, philosophy, culture clash, medical, drug addiction, terminal illness, cancer, life, existentialism, loneliness, dysfunctional family, depression, life & death, haunted by the past, corruption, hospital, old age, dying, professor, aging, bittersweet, heroin, estrangement, disability
Love Me If You Dare (2003)
Plot Summary:
As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 72000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Plot tags: youth, love hate relationship, game, friends in love, friendship, best friends in love, friends, love story, lovers, music box, relationships, prank, destiny, first love, childhood love, crush, coming of age, obsession, competition, twists and turns, life, brutality, best friend, childhood, dark humor
Last Life in the Universe (2003)
Plot Summary:
An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his days contemplating suicide in his lifeless apartment. His life changes when he witnesses the death of Nid, seconds before he was about to jump off a bridge. This brings him in contact with Nid's elder sister Noi - these two lost and lonely souls help each other find the meaning to their meaningless existences
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Thailand, Japan, Netherlands
Plot tags: suicide attempt, melancholy, suicide, friendship, self discovery, perfectionist, loneliness, relationships, opposites attract, existentialism, destiny, couples, love and romance, alienation, bittersweet, romantic relationship, changing lives, life is a bitch, social problems, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, lifestyle change, character change, drastic change of life, violence, depression
American Splendor (2003)
Plot Summary:
An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: artist, writer's life, comic book, biopic, loneliness, depression, superhero, art, loser, antisocial behavior, character study, childhood, cancer, self discovery, rising to stardom, new job, ambition, social misfits, lifestyle, human nature, painter, jazz, bittersweet, hipster, narration
Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
Plot Summary:
Monsieur Ibrahim is a story about a young Jewish boy in Paris who meets an old Muslim Turkish grocery store owner. The film touches the themes of friendship and love as the old man is a father figure to the boy as he teaches him of the Koran. The film is based on a book of the popular book by the French author Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
Duration: 96 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Plot tags: coming of age, muslim, adoption, religion, friendship, self discovery, youth, man boy relationship, childhood, koran, generation gap, family relations, teaching the ways of the world, parent child relationship, parents and children, young heroes, islam, father son relationship, european, teacher, depression, death, prostitution, boy, on the road
Matchstick Men (2003)
Plot Summary:
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: twists and turns, con artists, cons and scams, mental illness, con men, heist, greed, caper, slick, psychology, plot twist, father daughter relationship, obsession, police investigation, crime gone awry, partner, character study, criminal, misfit, career, family relations, parents and children, self discovery, juvenile delinquency, family reunited
Noi the Albino (2003)
Plot Summary:
17 year old Noi drifts through life on a remote fjord in Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, surrounded by ominous mountains and buried under a shroud of snow. Noi dreams of escaping from this white-walled prison with Iris, a city girl who works in a local gas staion. But his clumsy attempts at escape spiral out of control
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland, Germany, UK, Denmark
Plot tags: coming of age, friendship, youth, family relations, teenage life, unfulfilled love, death, parents and children, love and romance, social relations, hopes, alcohol abuse, high school, dull life, adolescence, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, nordic, winter, gas station, teenage girl, father son relationship, death of girlfriend, love, school, teacher
School of Rock (2003)
Plot Summary:
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 324000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, Germany
Plot tags: music, teacher, teachers and students, school, children, musician, rock music, mentor, rock and roll, high school, music band, rock band, music history, rock, student, youth, rock concert, music competition, substitute teacher, underdog, education, fish out of water, child, guitarist, cheerleader
A Mighty Wind (2003)
Plot Summary:
In "A Mighty Wind", director Christopher Guest reunites the team from "Best In Show" and "Waiting for Guffman" to tell tell the story of 60's-era folk musicians, who inspired by the death of their former manager, get back on the stage for one concert in New York City's Town Hall
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Plot tags: music, satire, musician, folk singer, singer, music band, love and romance, showbiz, lifestyle, musician's life, talented, lovers reunited, buddies, musical tour, storytelling, rock, hippie, tribe, pop music, fictional band, music history, music and dance, mental illness, agent, friends
The Green Butchers (2003)
Plot Summary:
The Green Butchers (Danish: De grønne slagtere) is a black comedy featuring two butchers, Svend "Sweat" and Bjarne, who start their own shop to get away from their arrogant boss. Cannibalism is soon introduced to the plot, and further complications arise due to the reappearance of Bjarne's mentally retarded twin brother Eigil
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Plot tags: cannibalism, butcher, food, greed, crime gone awry, friendship, dark humor, family relations, workplace, business venture, buddies, losing-it hero, workplace situations, coma, brother brother relationship, insanity, cannibal, nordic, satire, wine, restaurant, atmosphere, extreme, plot twist, brother
Elf (2003)
Plot Summary:
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic publisher
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 298000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, father son relationship, santa claus, north pole, christmas season, corporate world, adoption, goofy hero, snow, winter, elf, christmas eve, man child, toys, parenthood, orphan, tickling, xmas, fantasy world, creativity, fish out of water, new year, baby
11:14 (2003)
Plot Summary:
Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the story of murder and deceit
Duration: 86 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: murder, dark humor, accident, twists and turns, chase, vandalism, multiple perspectives, police, obsession, creativity, life philosophy, hit and run, abortion, crime gone awry, disorder, abuse, dishonesty, uncover truth, couple relations, nothing goes right, plot twist, police officer, deception, secret, physical abuse
Bad Santa (2003)
Plot Summary:
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 152000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Plot tags: dark humor, profanity, christmas, heist, robbery, alcohol abuse, christmas eve, holiday, misfit, bullying, bully, anti hero, christmas season, pretense, cons and scams, antisocial behavior, xmas, safecracker, suburbs, sex scene, criminal heroes, sexual humor, winter, friendship, friends
Ruby & Quentin (2003)
Plot Summary:
After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, Ruby, a brooding outlaw encounters Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant who befriends him. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy Quentin Ruby is forced to take him along as he pursues his former partners in crime to avenge the death of the woman he loved and get to the money
Duration: 85 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Plot tags: prison escape, buddies, prison, unlikely partners, buddy, partner, runaway, odd couple, criminal heroes, bank robbery, heist, caper, friendship, justice, mentor, police investigation, life philosophy, henchman, stupidity, unlikely friendships, escape, psychiatry, dumb, mob boss, creativity
Pieces of April (2003)
Plot Summary:
Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help
Duration: 80 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: holiday, thanksgiving, road trip, family drama, food, dysfunctional family, cancer, eccentric family, loneliness, reconciliation, parents and children, family feud, nothing goes right, generation gap, estrangement, interracial love, coming of age, marijuana, neighbor, urban, bittersweet, restaurant, interracial relations, girl, teenager
Latter Days (2003)
Plot Summary:
Aaron Davis (Steve Sandvoss) and Christian Markelli (Wes Ramsey) are the two most opposite people in the world. Aaron is a young Elder (or a Mormon missionary) who wants to do his family proud and is quite passionate about his religion and film. Christian is a shallow WeHo waiter/party boy who only looks forward to bedding a new guy every night
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: gay, homosexuality, homosexual, sex, first gay sexual experience, depression, gay love, relationships, gay teenager, gay interest, one night stand, couples, lgbt, culture clash, male homosexuality, religion, gay lead character, glbt, neighbor, opposites attract, lgbtq, mormon, happy ending, stereotypes, gay slur