Critics' Darlings: The Films of 2003

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Metacritic.com is a site that collects the major print reviews and assigns a score on a 100-point scale to each(when the critic doesn't do so). The scores for a given film are then averaged. These are the films released in 2003 with the highest critical scores:
93 LOTR: THE RETURN OF THE KING
92 FINDING NEMO
AMERICAN SPLENDOR
LOST IN TRANSLATION
90 THE SON (Belgium)
CAPTURING THE FREEDMANS
88 TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
MAROONED IN IRAK (Iran)
RUSSIAN ARK (Russia)
SWEET SIXTEEN
87 MAN WITHOUT A PAST (Finland)
LOVE AND DIANE
86 SCHOOL OF ROCK
TO BE AND TO HAVE (France)
MYSTIC RIVER
85 RAISING VICTOR VARGAS
MAGDALENE SISTERS
SPIDER
BUS174
84 TEN (Iran)
THIRTEEN
83 LILYA 4-EVER (Swe/Den)
WINGED MIGRATION (Fran)
82 A MIGHTY WIND
MY ARCHITECT
MASTER AND COMMANDER
THE FOG OF WAR
THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED
WHALE RIDER
81 CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES
SPELLBOUND
80 CITY OF GOD (Brasil)
OT:OUR TOWN
78 BLUE CAR
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS
SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS
77 28 DAYS LATER
MAN ON THE TRAIN (Fra)
76 DIVINE INTERVENTION (Palestine)
JAPON (Mexico)
28 DAYS LATER (UK)
THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND
75 HOLES
LAWLESS HEART
74 LOST IN LA MANCHA
NOWHERE IN AFRICA (Germany)
SEABISCUIT
73 CHIHWASEON (So. Korea)
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
SHATTERED GLASS
STOKED
72 ALL THE REAL GIRLS
BALSEROS (Spain)
COLD MOUNTAIN
ELEPHANT
FREAKY FRIDAY
SWIMMING POOL
FELLINI:I'M A BORN LIAR (Ita/Fra)
70 FRIDAY NIGHT
THE HOUSEKEEPER (Fra)
X2
71 INTOLERABLE CRUELTY
69 BETTER LUCK TOMMOROW
68 BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM