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2004 · Drama
The Whore and the Whale
2004 · Drama
Noi the Albino
2004 · Drama
Able Edwards
2004 · Drama
Family Sins
2004 · Drama
Distant
2004 · Drama
Machuca
2004 · Drama
Dog Nail Clipper
2004 · Drama
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (re-released)
2004 · Drama
The Return
2004 · Drama
The Ketchup Effect
2004 · Comedy
Frenchman
2004 · Comedy
Japanese Story
2003 · Drama
The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003 · Drama
Cold Mountain
2003 · Drama
Filipinas
2003 · Drama
Girl with a Pearl Earring
2003 · Biography
Tehzeeb
2003 · Drama
The Singing Forest
2003 · Drama
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I Vitelloni [re-release]
2003 · Drama
Abby Singer
2003 · Comedy
The Truce
2003 · Drama
Caterina in the Big City
2003 · Drama
The Forest for the Trees
2003 · Comedy
Sylvia
2003 · Biography
The Hired Hand (re-release)
2003 · Western
Eroica
2003 · Drama
My Life Without Me
2003 · Drama
Yossi & Jagger
2003 · Drama
Anything Else
2003 · Comedy
Raktha Kanneeru
2003 · Comedy
Lost in Translation
2003 · Drama
Millennium Actress
2003 · Drama
The Story of Marie and Julien
2003 · Drama
My Father and I
2003 · Drama
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003 · Drama
Gaz Bar Blues
2003 · Drama
The Kite
2003 · Romance
Oresama
2003 · Drama
Green Tea
2003 · Drama
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