I collected approximately 18 “Best Movies of 2003” lists from newspapers, magazines, and the Internet, and combined them into one list. Here are the results: every movie on three or more of the original source lists. If I’ve seen the film, I’ve included my 1-10 rating.

On 16 lists
Lost in Translation (US/Japan) – Sofia Coppola (8/10)

On 12 lists
American Splendor (US) – Shari Springer Berman (10/10)

On 11 lists
Kill Bill, Volume 1 (US) – Quentin Tarantino (7/10)
Capturing the Friedmans (US) – Andrew Jarecki (10/10)

On 10 lists
Mystic River (US) – Clint Eastwood (9/10)

On 9 lists
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (US) – Peter Weir (8/10)

On 8 lists
Elephant (US) – Gus Van Sant (8/10)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (New Zealand/US) – Peter Jackson (10/10)
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (US) – Errol Morris (9/10)
Spellbound (US) – Jeffrey Blitz (8/10)

On 7 lists
The School of Rock (US) – Richard Linklater (7/10)
Finding Nemo (US) – Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich (7/10)

On 6 lists
A Mighty Wind (US) – Christopher Guest (7/10)
The Son (Belgium/France) – Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
The Barbarian Invasions (Canada/France) – Denys Arcand (8/10)
The Triplets of Belleville (France/Belgium/Canada/UK) – Sylvain Chomet (8/10)
In America (Ireland/US/UK) – Jim Sheridan

On 4 lists
The Magdalene Sisters (UK/US) – Peter Mullan
The Man without a Past (Finland) – Aki Kaurismäki (8/10) 
To Be and to Have (France) – Nicolas Philibert (8/10)
Bus 174 (Brazil) – José Padilha & Felipe Lacerda (8/10)
Whale Rider (New Zealand/Germany) – Niki Caro (8/10)
Ten (Iran) – Abbas Kiarostami (9/10)

On 3 lists                   
Angels in America (US) – Mike Nichols (8/10)
Japón (Mexico) – Carlos Reygadas
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin’s Diary (Canada) – Guy Maddin
Bad Santa (US) – Terry Zwigoff (7/10)
Bend it like Beckham (UK/Germany/US) – Gurinder Chadha (7/10)
28 Days Later… (UK) – Danny Boyle (8/10)