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2003 Awards

18Apr By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments
2003 Awards, All Movie Awards, Best Foreign Language Films, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, National Board of Review

2003 National Board of Review – Best Foreign Language Films Winner and Nominees

2003 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerAutumn SpringTerminal prankster Frantisek Hána refuses to grow up and take certain responsibilities, despite his wife Emilie's constant badgering to do so. Even faced with his own looming death and an ...AmazonMan on the TrainA bank robber arrives to do a job in a small French town and strikes up a friendship with a retired poetry teacher.AmazonMonsieur IbrahimIn Paris, a Turkish shop owner befriends a Jewish boy in his mid-teens.AmazonThe Barbarian InvasionsDuring his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.AmazonThe Barbarian InvasionsDuring his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.AmazonThe Be...
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18Apr By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments
2003 Awards, All Movie Awards, Breakthrough Performance, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, National Board of Review

2003 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance Winner and Nominees

2003 National Board of Review - Breakthrough Performance WinnerAmerican SplendorPaul GiamattiAn original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.AmazonMonsterCharlize TheronBased on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.Amazon
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18Apr By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments
2003 Awards, All Movie Awards, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, Freedom of Expression Award, National Board of Review

2003 National Board of Review – Freedom of Expression Award Winner and Nominees

2003 National Board of Review - Freedom of Expression Award Winner44085The effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks are told from different points of view around the world.AmazonCapturing the FriedmansDocumentary 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.AmazonDirty Pretty ThingsAn illegal Nigerian immigrant discovers the unpalatable side of London life.AmazonThe Magdalene SistersThree young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.Amazon
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18Apr By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments
2003 Awards, All Movie Awards, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, National Board of Review, Top Documentaries

2003 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries Winner and Nominees

2003 National Board of Review - Top Documentaries WinnerCapturing the FriedmansDocumentary 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.AmazonMy ArchitectDirector Nathaniel Kahn searches to understand his father, noted architect Louis Kahn, who died bankrupt and alone in 1974.AmazonSpellboundSpellbound follows eight teenagers on their quest to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee.AmazonThe Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamaraThe story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Robert McNamara.AmazonThe Fog of War:...
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18Apr By awardsarchive_e47t1fNo Comments
2003 Awards, All Movie Awards, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, National Board of Review, Top Ten Films

2003 National Board of Review – Top Ten Films Winner and Nominees

2003 National Board of Review - Top Ten Films Winner21 GramsA freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician, a grieving mother, and a born-again ex-con.AmazonCold MountainIn the waning days of the American Civil War, a wounded soldier embarks on a perilous journey back home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his sweetheart.AmazonHouse of Sand and FogAn abandoned wife is evicted from her house and starts a tragic conflict with her house's new owners.AmazonIn AmericaA family of Irish immigrants adjust to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.AmazonLost in TranslationA faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.AmazonMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldD...
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