List of American films of 2003
A list of American films released in 2003. ' won the Academy Award for Best Picture, the BAFTA Award for Best Film and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. Lost in Translation won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Satellite Award for Best Film – Musical or Comedy.
Finding Nemo won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
The Fog of War won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. ' won the Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film.
American Splendor won the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic. Elephant won the Palme d'Or
Gigli won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| ' | Greg Marcks | Henry Thomas, Blake Heron, Barbara Hershey, Clark Gregg | Crime drama | |
| ' | Jim Kammerud | Barry Bostwick, Jason Alexander, Martin Short | Animated | Direct to DVD |
| 2 Fast 2 Furious | John Singleton | Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Eva Mendes, Ludacris, Cole Hauser, James Remar, Devon Aoki | Action, crime | Distributed by Paramount Pictures Preceded by The Fast and the Furious |
| 21 Grams | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio del Toro | Crime drama | |
| ' | Yves Simoneau | Michael Madsen, Ron Livingston | Action | |
| Abby Singer | Ryan Williams | Clint J. Palmer, Ryan Williams, Wendy Buss | Comedy, drama | |
| Afro-Punk | James Spooner | race identity within punk subculture | Documentary | |
| Agent Cody Banks | Harald Zwart | Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff | Action, family | MGM Pictures |
| ' | Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill | the life of Aileen Wuornos | Documentary | preceded by ' |
| Alex & Emma | Rob Reiner | Kate Hudson, Luke Wilson, Sophie Marceau | Romantic comedy | |
| Alien Hunter | Ron Krauss | James Spader | Action, sci-fi | |
| All the Real Girls | David Gordon Green | Paul Schneider, Zooey Deschanel, Shea Whigham | Drama, romance | |
| ' | Lee Hirsch | the use of music against South Africa under apartheid | Documentary | winner of the Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film |
| American Splendor | Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman | Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis | Comedy-drama | Based on American Splendor by Harvey Pekar winner of the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic |
| American Wedding | Jesse Dylan | Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, January Jones | Comedy | Preceded by American Pie 2 |
| Anger Management | Peter Segal | Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei, Luis Guzmán, Woody Harrelson, John Turturro | Comedy | Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios |
| Anne B. Real | Lisa France | David Zayas, Carlos Leon | Drama | |
| Anything Else | Woody Allen | Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Stockard Channing, Danny DeVito, Jimmy Fallon, Woody Allen | Romantic comedy | DreamWorks Pictures |
| BAADASSSSS! | Mario Van Peebles | Mario Van Peebles, Adam West | Biography, drama | |
| Bad Boys II | Michael Bay | Martin Lawrence, Will Smith | Action comedy | Columbia Pictures. Preceded by Bad Boys |
| Bad Santa | Terry Zwigoff | Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham | Comedy, Crime | Dimension Films |
| Basic | John McTiernan | John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L. Jackson | Thriller | Columbia Pictures, Intermedia Films |
| The Battle of Shaker Heights | Efram Potelle, Kyle Rankin | Shia La Beouf, Elden Henson, Amy Smart | Comedy-drama | Project Greenlight winner |
| Bells of Innocence | Alin Bijan | Mike Norris, Marshall R. Teague, Chuck Norris | Horror | |
| The Best Two Years | Scott S. Anderson | K.C. Clyde, Kirby Heyborne, David Nibley | Comedy-drama | based on The Best Two Years of My Life by Scott S. Anderson |
| Beyond Borders | Martin Campbell | Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen | Romance, War | |
| Big Fish | Tim Burton | Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Danny DeVito, Alison Lohman, Jessica Lange | Comedy-drama, fantasy | Based on ' by Daniel Wallace |
| Biker Boyz | Reggie Rock Bythewood | Laurence Fishburne, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Luke | Action | |
| Black Cadillac | John Murlowski | Randy Quaid, Shane Johnson, Josh Hammond | Horror | |
| Blind Horizon | Michael Haussman | Val Kilmer, Neve Campbell, Sam Shepard | Drama | |
| Blizzard | LeVar Burton | Brenda Blethyn, Christopher Plummer, Kevin Pollak | Family | |
| Boat Trip | Mort Nathan | Cuba Gooding, Jr., Horatio Sanz, Vivica A. Fox, Roselyn Sánchez, Victoria Silvstedt, Roger Moore | Comedy | |
| Bringing Down the House | Adam Shankman | Steve Martin, Queen Latifah, Eugene Levy | Crime comedy | |
| Bringing Rain | Noah Buschel | Adrian Grenier, Niesha Butler | Drama, romance | |
| Brother Bear | Aaron Blaise, Bob Walker | Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis | Animation, Family | Walt Disney Pictures |
| The Brown Bunny | Vincent Gallo | Vincent Gallo, Chloë Sevigny | Drama | |
| Bruce Almighty | Tom Shadyac | Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell | Comedy, Fantasy | |
| Bulletproof Monk | Paul Hunter | Chow Yun-fat, Seann William Scott, Jaime King | Action, comedy | Based on Bulletproof Monk by Michael Avon Oeming |
| Camp | Todd Graff | Daniel Letterle, Joanna Chilcoat, Robin de Jesus | Comedy, Musical | |
| Carolina | Marleen Gorris | Julia Stiles, Shirley MacLaine, Alessandro Nivola | Romantic comedy | |
| Casa de los Babys | John Sayles | Marcia Gay Harden, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daryl Hannah | Drama | |
| The Cat in the Hat | Bo Welch | Mike Myers, Alec Baldwin, Dakota Fanning, Spencer Breslin, Kelly Preston, Sean Hayes | Family | based on The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss; 8 Razzie nominations |
| ' | McG | Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Bernie Mac, Demi Moore | Action comedy | Preceded by Charlie's Angels; 7 Razzie nominations |
| Chasing Papi | Linda Mendoza | Roselyn Sánchez, Sofía Vergara, Jaci Velasquez, Eduardo Verástegui | Comedy | |
| Cheaper by the Dozen | Shawn Levy | Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling, Piper Perabo, Ashton Kutcher | Comedy, Family | Based on Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey |
| Christmas Child | Bill Ewing | William R. Moses, Steven Curtis Chapman, Megan Follows | Drama | |
| Coffee and Cigarettes | Jim Jarmusch | Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright, Joie Lee | Comedy-drama | |
| Cold Creek Manor | Mike Figgis | Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis | Drama, Thriller | |
| Cold Mountain | Anthony Minghella | Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger | Romance, war | Based on Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier |
| Comandante | Oliver Stone | the politics of Fidel Castro | Documentary | |
| The Company | Robert Altman | Neve Campbell, Malcolm McDowell, James Franco | Drama, musical | |
| Confidence | James Foley | Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Dustin Hoffman, Andy García, Paul Giamatti, Robert Forster | Crime | |
| The Cooler | Wayne Kramer | William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Alec Baldwin | Drama, Romance | |
| The Core | Jon Amiel | Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci, Tchéky Karyo, Bruce Greenwood, DJ Qualls, Richard Jenkins, Alfre Woodard | Action, sci-fi | Based on Core by Paul Preuss |
| Cosmopolitan | Nisha Ganatra | Roshan Seth, Carol Kane, Madhur Jaffrey, Purva Bedi | Comedy-drama, romance | Screened in festivals and on PBS |
| Cradle 2 the Grave | Andrzej Bartkowiak | Jet Li, DMX, Kelly Hu, Anthony Anderson, Tom Arnold, Mark Dacascos, Gabrielle Union | Action | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Crime Spree | Brad Mirman | Gérard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel, Johnny Hallyday | Comedy, crime | |
| Daddy Day Care | Steve Carr | Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, Anjelica Huston | Comedy, Family | Columbia Pictures |
| Daredevil | Mark Steven Johnson | Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell, Jon Favreau, Joe Pantoliano, David Keith | Superhero | 20th Century Fox, Regency Enterprises |
| Dark Blue | Ron Shelton | Kurt Russell, Scott Speedman, Michael Michele, Brendan Gleeson, Ving Rhames, Kurupt | Crime drama | United Artists |
| Darkness Falls | Jonathan Liebesman | Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield, Lee Cormie | Horror | |
| Deliver Us from Eva | Gary Hardwick | LL Cool J, Gabrielle Union | Romantic comedy | |
| Devil's Pond | Joel Viertel | Tara Reid, Kip Pardue | Drama | |
| ' | Sam Weisman | David Spade, Mary McCormack | Comedy | Paramount Pictures |
| Le Divorce | James Ivory | Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts | Drama, romance | based on Le Divorce by Diane Johnson |
| Down with Love | Peyton Reed | Ewan McGregor, Renée Zellweger, David Hyde Pierce | Romantic comedy | Fox 2000 Pictures, Regency Enterprises |
| Dreamcatcher | Lawrence Kasdan | Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, Timothy Olyphant, Tom Sizemore, Donnie Wahlberg | Horror, Science fiction | Based on Dreamcatcher by Stephen King |
| ' | Troy Miller | Derek Richardson, Eric Christian Olsen, Eugene Levy | Comedy | Preceded by Dumb and Dumber |
| Duplex | Danny DeVito | Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore, Eileen Essell, Harvey Fierstein | Comedy | |
| Dysfunktional Family | George Gallo | Eddie Griffin | Performance film | |
| Elephant | Gus Van Sant | Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson | Crime, drama | winner of the Palme d'Or |
| Elf | Jon Favreau | Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner | Comedy, Family | New Line Cinema |
| Evil Alien Conquerors | Chris Matheson | Diedrich Bader, Chris Parnell | Science fiction, comedy | |
| Faster | Mark Neale | the motorcycle racing world championship, MotoGP | Documentary | |
| Festival Express | Bob Smeaton | the Trans Continental Pop Festival | Rockumentary | |
| The Fighting Temptations | Jonathan Lynn | Cuba Gooding, Jr., Beyoncé Knowles | Musical, Comedy | |
| Final Destination 2 | David R. Ellis | Ali Larter, A. J. Cook, Michael Landes, Tony Todd | Horror | New Line Cinema Preceded by Final Destination |
| Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich | Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould | Animation, family | Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animations Studio Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature |
| Flywheel | Alex Kendrick | Lisa Arnold, Alex Kendrick, Tracy Goode | Drama | |
| The Fog of War | Errol Morris | life and times of Robert McNamara | Documentary | winner of Academy Award for Best Documentary |
| Freaky Friday | Mark Waters | Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chad Michael Murray, Mark Harmon | Family | Walt Disney; based on Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers; remake of 1976 film |
| Freddy vs. Jason | Ronny Yu | Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Monica Keena, Jason Ritter | Horror | Preceded by Wes Craven's New Nightmare and Jason X |
| From Justin to Kelly | Robert Iscove | Justin Guarini, Kelly Clarkson | Comedy, Musical | American Idol stars; 8 Razzie nominations |
| Gang of Roses | Jean-Claude La Marre | Lil' Kim, LisaRaye McCoy, Marie Matiko | Drama, Western | |
| Gigli | Martin Brest | Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Al Pacino, Justin Bartha, Christopher Walken, Lainie Kazan, Lenny Venito, Missy Crider | Crime, Comedy | winner of 6 Razzie Awards including Worst Picture |
| Gods and Generals | Ronald F. Maxwell | Jeff Daniels, Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall | Drama, war | based on Gods and Generals by Michael Shaara |
| Good Boy! | John Hoffman | Liam Aiken, Molly Shannon, Kevin Nealon, Matthew Broderick | Comedy | Based on Dogs from Outer Space by Zeke Richardson |
| Gothika | Mathieu Kassovitz | Halle Berry, Robert Downey, Jr., Penélope Cruz, Charles S. Dutton | Horror | |
| Grand Theft Parsons | David Caffrey | Johnny Knoxville, Michael Shannon, Christina Applegate | Comedy-drama | |
| Grind | Casey La Scala | Mike Vogel, Adam Brody, Vince Vieluf, Joey Kern | Comedy, sports | |
| A Guy Thing | Chris Koch | Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair | Romantic comedy | |
| The Haunted Mansion | Rob Minkoff | Eddie Murphy | Family, fantasy | based on Haunted Mansion |
| Head of State | Chris Rock | Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Tracy Morgan | Comedy | DreamWorks Pictures |
| Hey DJ | 3 directors | Charlotte Lewis, Tina Wiseman, Terry Camilleri, Jon Jacobs | Comedy | |
| Holes | Andrew Davis | Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Sigourney Weaver, Tim Blake Nelson, Patricia Arquette, Henry Winkler | Comedy, family | based on Holes by Louis Sachar |
| Hollywood Homicide | Ron Shelton | Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Lolita Davidovich, Dwight Yoakam, Master P, Martin Landau | Crime comedy | |
| Honey | Bille Woodruff | Jessica Alba, Mekhi Phifer, Lil' Romeo | Musical, romance | |
| Hope Springs | Mark Herman | Colin Firth, Heather Graham, Minnie Driver | Romantic comedy | |
| House of 1000 Corpses | Rob Zombie | Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Erin Daniels | Comedy, horror | |
| House of Sand and Fog | Vadim Perelman | Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Shohreh Aghdashloo | Drama | based on House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III |
| House of the Dead | Uwe Boll | Jonathan Cherry, Ona Grauer, Tyron Leitso, Jürgen Prochnow, Ellie Cornell, Clint Howard, Enuka Okuma, Will Sanderson, Kira Clavell, Michael Eklund | Horror | based on The House of the Dead |
| How to Deal | Clare Kilner | Mandy Moore, Allison Janney, Trent Ford | Romantic comedy | based on That Summer and Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen |
| How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | Donald Petrie | Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey | Romantic comedy | |
| Hulk | Ang Lee | Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas | Superhero, Action | |
| The Human Stain | Robert Benton | Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman | Romance | based on The Human Stain by Philip Roth |
| The Hunted | William Friedkin | Tommy Lee Jones, Benicio del Toro, Connie Nielsen | Action, drama | |
| I Am David | Paul Feig | Jim Caviezel, Ben Tibber, Joan Plowright | Drama | based on I Am David by Anne Holm |
| Identity | James Mangold | John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Clea DuVall, Rebecca De Mornay | Horror | |
| Imagining Argentina | Christopher Hampton | Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson | Drama, romance | based on Imagining Argentina by Lawrence Thornton |
| In the Cut | Jane Campion | Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh | Crime drama | based on In the Cut by Susanna Moore |
| The In-Laws | Andrew Fleming | Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, David Suchet, Candice Bergen, Ryan Reynolds, Robin Tunney | Action, comedy | based on The In-Laws |
| Indigo | Stephen Simon | Neale Donald Walsch, Dane Bowman | Drama | |
| Intolerable Cruelty | Joel and Ethan Coen | George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones | Crime comedy | |
| It Runs in the Family | Fred Schepisi | Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas | Drama | |
| The Italian Job | F. Gary Gray | Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Donald Sutherland, Seth Green, Jason Statham, Mos Def, Franky G | Action, Crime | Paramount Pictures; remake of 1969 film |
| Jeepers Creepers II | Victor Salva | Ray Wise, Jonathan Breck, Nicki Lynn Aycox | Horror | preceded by Jeepers Creepers |
| The Jungle Book 2 | Steven Trenbirth | John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, Mae Whitman | Animation | preceded by The Jungle Book |
| Just Married | Shawn Levy | Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy | Romantic comedy | |
| Kangaroo Jack | David McNally | Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren, Christopher Walken | Crime comedy | |
| ' | Quentin Tarantino | Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen | Action | |
| ' | Jan de Bont | Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler | Action, fantasy | preceded by ' |
| The Last Samurai | Edward Zwick | Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly | Action, drama | |
| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | Stephen Norrington | Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, Jason Flemyng, Richard Roxburgh | Superhero | based on comic by Alan Moore |
| ' | Charles Herman-Wurmfeld | Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Luke Wilson, Bob Newhart | Comedy | preceded by Legally Blonde |
| The Life of David Gale | Alan Parker | Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney | Crime drama | |
| The Lizzie McGuire Movie | Jim Fall | Hilary Duff | Comedy | based on Lizzie McGuire |
| ' | Joe Dante | Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Heather Locklear | live-action/animation | based on Looney Tunes |
| ' | Peter Jackson | Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Hugo Weaving, Viggo Mortensen, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Karl Urban, Miranda Otto | Adventure, fantasy | preceded by ' winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, the BAFTA Award for Best Film and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama |
| Lost in Translation | Sofia Coppola | Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson | Comedy-drama | winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Satellite Award for Best Film – Musical or Comedy |
| Love Don't Cost a Thing | Troy Beyer | Nick Cannon, Christina Milian | Romantic comedy | |
| Malibu's Most Wanted | John Whitesell | Jamie Kennedy | Comedy-drama | |
| A Man Apart | F. Gary Gray | Vin Diesel, Larenz Tate, Timothy Olyphant | Crime | |
| Manhood | Bobby Roth | Nestor Carbonell, John Ritter, Janeane Garofalo | Comedy-drama | |
| Marci X | Richard Benjamin | Lisa Kudrow, Damon Wayans | Comedy | |
| Masked and Anonymous | Larry Charles | Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Bob Dylan | Comedy-drama | |
| ' | Peter Weir | Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany | Drama, war | based on books by Patrick O'Brian |
| Matchstick Men | Ridley Scott | Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman | Crime comedy | based on Matchstick Men by Eric Garcia |
| The Matrix Reloaded | Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski | Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving | Action, sci-fi | preceded by The Matrix |
| The Matrix Revolutions | Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski | Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving | Science fiction | preceded by The Matrix Reloaded |
| May | Lucky McKee | Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris | Horror | |
| The Medallion | Gordon Chan | Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani | Fantasy | |
| A Mighty Wind | Christopher Guest | Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Bob Balaban, Parker Posey | Mockumentary | |
| Milwaukee, Minnesota | Allan Mindel | Troy Garity | Drama | |
| The Missing | Ron Howard | Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood | Western drama | based on The Last Ride by Thomas Eidson |
| Mona Lisa Smile | Mike Newell | Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ginnifer Goodwin | Drama, romance | Based on The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark |
| Monster | Patty Jenkins | Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci | Crime drama | Oscar for Theron |
| Monster Man | Michael Davis | Eric Jungmann, Justin Urich, Aimee Brooks, Michael Bailey Smith | Horror comedy | |
| My Boss's Daughter | David Zucker | Ashton Kutcher, Tara Reid, Terence Stamp | Romantic comedy | |
| My Flesh and Blood | Jonathan Karsh | Susam Tom and 11 children with disabilities | Documentary | |
| Mystic River | Clint Eastwood | Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laura Linney, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden | Crime drama | based on Mystic River by Dennis Lehane; Oscars for Penn, Robbins |
| National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze | David Hillenbrand, Scott Hillenbrand | Tatyana Ali, Boti Bliss, Marieh Delfino | Comedy | |
| National Lampoon's Gold Diggers | Gary Preisler | Will Friedle, Chris Owen, Louise Lasser, Renée Taylor | Comedy | |
| National Security | Dennis Dugan | Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn | Action comedy | |
| The Night We Called it a Day | Paul Goldman | Dennis Hopper, Joel Edgerton, Melanie Griffith | Biographical | based on Frank Sinatra tour of Australia |
| Old School | Todd Phillips | Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn | Comedy | |
| Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Robert Rodriguez | Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp | Action | preceded by Desperado |
| Open Range | Kevin Costner | Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, Michael Gambon, Diego Luna, James Russo | Western drama | based on The Open Range Men by Lauran Paine |
| Open Water | Chris Kentis | Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis | Drama, Thriller | |
| The Order | Brian Helgeland | Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Benno Fürmann | Action, thriller | |
| Out of Time | Carl Franklin | Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes | Crime drama | |
| Party Monster | Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Seth Green, Macaulay Culkin, Diana Scarwid | Biography, crime | Based on Disco Bloodbath by James St. James |
| Paper Soldiers | David V. Daniel, Damon Dash | Beanie Sigel, Kevin Hart | Crime comedy | |
| Pauly Shore Is Dead | Pauly Shore | Pauly Shore | Mockumentary | |
| Paycheck | John Woo | Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti, Joe Morton | Action, sci-fi | based on "Paycheck" by Philip K. Dick |
| Peter Pan | P.J. Hogan | Jeremy Sumpter, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Jason Isaacs, Ludivine Sagnier | Family, fantasy | based on Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie; Remake of 1953 film |
| Phone Booth | Joel Schumacher | Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes | Thriller | |
| Pieces of April | Peter Hedges | Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Oliver Platt, Patricia Clarkson | Comedy-drama | |
| Piglet's Big Movie | Francis Glebas | Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, John Fiedler | Animation | |
| ' | Gore Verbinski | Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush | Fantasy, swashbuckler | based on Pirates of the Caribbean |
| Poolhall Junkies | Mars Callahan | Mars Callahan, Chazz Palminteri, Rod Steiger, Michael Rosenbaum | Drama | |
| Prey for Rock & Roll | Alex Steyermark | Gina Gershon, Drea de Matteo, Lori Petty, Shelly Cole | Musical drama | |
| ' | Charles Band | Jacob Witkin, Kate Orsini | Horror | Straight to DVD |
| Quicksand | John MacKenzie | Michael Keaton, Michael Caine | Crime | |
| Radio | Mike Tollin | Ed Harris, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Debra Winger | Biography | based on story in Sports Illustrated |
| The Real Cancun | Rick de Oliveira | Benjamin "Fletch" Fletcher, Nicole Frilot, Roxanne Frilot | Reality | 2 Razzie nominations |
| The Recruit | Roger Donaldson | Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan | Action | |
| The Room | Tommy Wiseau | Tommy Wiseau, Juliette Danielle | Drama | |
| Rugrats Go Wild | John Eng, Norton Virgien | Elizabeth Daily, Nancy Cartwright, Dionne Quan | Animation | preceded by ' |
| Runaway Jury | Gary Fleder | John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz | Crime drama | based on The Runaway Jury by John Grisham |
| The Rundown | Peter Berg | The Rock, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken, Rosario Dawson | Action comedy | Universal Pictures |
| S.W.A.T. | Clark Johnson | Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J | Action, Crime | Based on S.W.A.T. |
| Scary Movie 3 | David Zucker | Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Anthony Anderson, Leslie Nielsen, Simon Rex | Comedy, parody | preceded by Scary Movie 2 |
| School of Rock | Richard Linklater | Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman | Comedy, family | |
| Seabiscuit | Gary Ross | Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, William H. Macy, Gary Stevens | Drama, Biography | based on ' by Laura Hillenbrand; nominated for 7 Oscars |
| Secondhand Lions | Tim McCanlies | Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment | Comedy-drama | |
| Shade | Damian Nieman | Gabriel Byrne, Stuart Townsend, Thandie Newton, Sylvester Stallone, Jamie Foxx | Crime thriller | |
| Shanghai Knights | David Dobkin | Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson | Action, comedy | preceded by Shanghai Noon |
| Shattered Glass | Billy Ray | Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Chloë Sevigny, Hank Azaria, Steve Zahn, Rosario Dawson | Drama, Biography | story of Stephen Glass |
| ' | Tim Johnson, Patrick Gilmore | Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joseph Fiennes | Animation | |
| The Singing Detective | Keith Gordon | Robert Downey, Jr., Robin Wright Penn, Mel Gibson | Musical comedy | based on The Singing Detective |
| Sky Blue | Kim Moon-saeng, Park Sun-min | Marc Worden, Cathy Cavadini | Animation | |
| Something's Gotta Give | Nancy Meyers | Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Peet, Frances McDormand, Jon Favreau | Romantic comedy | |
| ' | Robert Rodriguez | Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Sylvester Stallone | Adventure, family | Preceded by ' |
| The Station Agent | Tom McCarthy | Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson, Bobby Cannavale, Michelle Williams | Comedy-drama | |
| Stuck on You | Peter and Bobby Farrelly | Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Eva Mendes, Cher | Comedy | |
| Tarnationthe | Jonathan Caouette | the life of Jonathan Caouette | Documentary | |
| Tears of the Sun | Antoine Fuqua | Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser | War | |
| ' | Jonathan Mostow | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken | Action, sci-fi | preceded by ' |
| Testosterone | David Moreton | David Sutcliffe, Antonio Sabàto, Jr. | Action | |
| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Marcus Nispel | Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Eric Balfour, Mike Vogel, Erica Leershen, R. Lee Ermey | Horror | preceded by ' |
| Thirteen | Catherine Hardwicke | Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Nikki Reed | Crime drama | |
| This Girl's Life | Ash | Juliette Marquis, James Woods, Kip Pardue | Drama | |
| This Thing of Ours | Danny Provenzano | Danny Provenzano, Frank Vincent | Crime drama | |
| Timeline | Richard Donner | Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler | Action, sci-fi | Based on Timeline by Michael Crichton |
| ' | Lauren Lazin | the life and death of Tupac Shakur | Documentary | |
| Two Days | Sean McGinly | Paul Rudd, Donal Logue, Mackenzie Astin | Drama | |
| Uncle Nino | Robert Shallcross | Joe Mantegna, Pierrino Mascarino, Anne Archer | Comedy-drama | |
| Under the Tuscan Sun | Audrey Wells | Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan | Romantic comedy | based on Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes |
| Underworld | Len Wiseman | Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen, Shane Broller, Erwin Leder, Bill Nighy | Horror | |
| Uptown Girls | Boaz Yakin | Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Heather Locklear | Romantic comedy | |
| ' | Abby Epstein | V-Day | Documentary | |
| Veronica Guerin | Joel Schumacher | Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciarán Hinds | Biography, crime | |
| View from the Top | Bruno Barreto | Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Mark Ruffalo, Kelly Preston, Rob Lowe, Candice Bergen, Mike Myers | Romantic comedy | |
| What a Girl Wants | Dennie Gordon | Amanda Bynes | Comedy | |
| When Eagles Strike | Cirio H. Santiago | Christian Boeving, Stacy Keach | Action film, war | |
| Willard | Glen Morgan | Crispin Glover | Horror | based on Ratman's Notebooks by Gilbert Ralston |
| Wonderland | James Cox | Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Dylan McDermott | Crime drama | |
| Wrong Turn | Rob Schmidt | Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Jeremy Sisto, Emmanuelle Chriqui | Horror | |
| X2: X-Men United | Bryan Singer | Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin | Superhero | preceded by X-Men |
| The Yes Men | Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Chris Smith | the culture jamming exploits of The Yes Men | Documentary | |
| The Young Black Stallion | Simon Wincer | Biana Tamimi, Patrick Elyas, Eric Grucza | Drama, family | prequel to The Black Stallion |
| Zero Day | Ben Coccio | Andre Keuck, Cal Robertson | Drama |