Comedy Movies 2003 List

With Imelda Staunton • Ralph Brown • Ian McNeice • Charlotte Church • Jemma Redgrave • Craig Ferguson • Stephan Noonan

This is the story of how a washed-up 1980s pop star (Craig Ferguson) gets a chance at a new direction in his life when he discovers that he has a teenage daughter, Olivia (Charlotte Church), in Cardiff, Wales (her real-life hometown) as the result of a weekend affair he had back at the height of his fame, especially when she decides she wants to follow him with a musical career of her own, against the wishes of her mother (Jemma Redgrave).

With Eugene Levy • Alyson Hannigan • January Jones • Craig Perry • Jason Biggs • Fred Willard • Eddie Kaye Thomas • Chris Weitz • Thomas Ian Nicholas • Seann W. Scott • Patrick Gallo • Justin Isfeld • Paul Weitz • Jesse Dylan • Chris Bender • Warren Zide • Adam Herz • Chris Moore

With East Great Falls High now just a memory, the kids have grown into young adults ready to wreak havoc with a new rite of passage - Jim (Jason Biggs) and Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) are getting married! Stifler (Seann William Scott) plans to be there (bridesmaids!), and more importantly to throw the ultimate bachelor party (strippers!). Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) is all for the hedonistic rituals, but not for letting Stifler steal the maid of honor, who happens to be Michelle's sexy younger sister, Cadence (January Jones). While everybody else sweats and frets, Jim's Dad (Eugene Levy) is cool as ever, dispensing advice that no one wants to hear and getting ready for one of the best days of his life.

With Ben Affleck • Al Pacino • Jennifer Lopez • Christopher Walken • Justin Bartha • Jenna Fischer • Mark Aaron Wagner • David Pressman • Brian Sites • Nichole Hiltz • Missy Crider • Shelby Fenner • Martin Brest

"Gigli", is a new romantic gangster comedy from director Martin Brest, ("Scent of a Woman", "Midnight Run", "Beverly Hills Cop") about a lowly thug who lets love get in the way of a high-risk mob assignment. Gigli (Ben Affleck) is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor. When plans go awry, Gigli's boss sends in Ricki (Jennifer Lopez), a gorgeous, free-spirited female gangster who has her own set of orders to assist with the kidnapping. But Gigli begins falling for the decidedly unavailable Ricki, which could be a hazard to his occupation.

With Jay Gillespe • Craig Chester • Andersen Gabrych • Nora Burns • Weston Mueller • Alan Brown • Brian Sloan • Phillip J. Bartell • Eric Mueller

This movie is an anthology of four gay-themed short films that have been recent hits on the film festival circuit: "Bumping Heads"; "L.T.R."; "O' Beautiful"; and "This Car Up". "Bumping Heads" is the story of two gay men trying to figure out if they want to become boyfriends who find themselves working through issues one night at a hospital emergency room. "L.T.R." is the story of a young gay couple in a "long-term relationship" who allow a documentary film crew to follow them around. "O Beautiful" shows what happens after a gay bashing in a corn field, when one of the attackers returns to reveal a secret, and express remorse for what he did. "This Car Up" uses a split-screen to follow the synchronized lives of two lovers.

With Jamie Lee Curtis • Lindsay Lohan • Mark Harmon • Harold Gould • Christina Vidal • Julie Gonzalo • Chad Murray • Ryan Mulgarini • Stephen Tobolowsky • Haley Hudson • Mark S. Waters

Dr. Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her fifteen-year-old daughter, Anna (Lindsay Lohan), are not getting along. They don't see eye-to-eye on clothes, hair, music, and certainly not in each other's taste in men. One Thursday evening, their disagreements reach a fever pitch - Anna is incensed that her mother doesn't support her musical aspirations and Tess, a widow about to remarry, can't see why Anna won't give her fiance (Mark Harmon) a break. Everything soon changes when two identical Fortune Cookies cause a little mystic mayhem.

With Kate Hudson • Naomi Watts • Glenn Close • Stockard Channing • Bebe Neuwirth • Stephen Fry • Matthew Modine • James Ivory • Diane Johnson • Melvil Poupaud • Romain Duris • Jean-Marc Barr • Thierry Lhermitte • Leslie Caron • Sam Waterston • Ismail Merchant • Michael Schiffer • Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

In this modern-day comedy of manners, American sisters Isabel (Kate Hudson) and Roxy (Naomi Watts) come face to face with the complicated social mores of French society. Pregnant and jilted by her scoundrel husband, Roxy is headed for "Le Divorce", while Isabel leaps into l'amour with a married French diplomat who happens to be the uncle of Roxy's soon-to-be-ex. Culture clash and scandal ensue as the sisters learn what it really takes to be an American in Paris.

With Stephen Chow • Patrick Tse Yin • Cecilia Cheung • Karen Mok • Wong Yut Fei • Lee Wai • Vicki Zhao Wei • Ng Man-Tat • Cheung Ming Ming • Law Kar-Ying • Karen Morris • Alan Tam • Po Yip Tung

Shaolin was an art practiced through the ages; a skill mastered in the heart. In "Shaolin Soccer", it is so much more than a philosophy for six young believers. It is a complete way of life. But as the world changed around them, and Honor and Discipline become forgotten virtues, they lose their way - except for one loyal follower, Sing (Stephen Chow). With the help of a former soccer star, he reunites his old, out of shape, misfit friends, and recruits a young woman with extraordinary Kung Fu skills. Together, they're out to combine the ancient power of Shaolin with the modern game of soccer and in the process, just might take the world's most popular sport to its most extreme.

With Dakota Fanning • Boaz Yakin • Brittany Murphy • Donald Faison • Heather Locklear • Marley Shelton • Jesse Spencer • Megan Corletto

Molly Gunn (Murphy) is the freewheeling daughter of a late rock legend and the toast of the Manhattan social scene, but when her inheritance is stolen, Molly is forced to do something she's never done before - get a job. She becomes nanny to precocious Ray Schleine (Fanning), an "eight-year-old going on forty." Emotionally distant from her A&R executive mother Roma (Locklear), Ray has grown up with a revolving door of nannies and too little stability. Molly and Ray both feel painfully alone in the world, but as they try to make their new arrangement work, each discovers in the other a true friend.

With George Clooney • Julia Roberts • Sam Rockwell • Drew Barrymore • Rutger Hauer

Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative.

With Emmy Rossum • Jason Isaacs • Seymour Cassel • Robert Montano • Lupe Ontiveros • Sofia Milos • Theresa Russell • Chris Tardio • Luis Colina • Marion Eaton • Anthero Montenegro • Russ Vigilante

A Portuguese woman is convinced by her teen daughter to become romantically involved with a businessman who has become wealthy in the fishing industry. The woman becomes more and more attached to him, little knowing that her paramour is really a professional gambler pretending to be a legitimate businessman.

With Adam Brody • Colin McKay • Mike Vogel • Jennifer Morrison • Joey Kern • Robert Baker • Shonda Farr • Lindsay Felton • Vince Vieluf • Casey LaScala

Four skaters follow the summer tour of a skateboard star (Colin McKay) from Chicago to Oceanside, CA, pulling tricks and tearing it up, in their wild attempts to get noticed and grab a major sponsor and a chance to become stars themselves.

With Jackie Chan • John Rhys-Davies • Claire Forlani • Christy Chung • Lee Evans • Gordon Chan

Combining the physicality of international action superstar Jackie Chan with state-of-the-art special effects, Highbinders is an action comedy co-starring Claire Forlani and Julian Sands. Chan stars as Eddie, an indomitable Hong Kong cop who, after a near-fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion, is suddenly transformed into a Highbinder -- an immortal warrior with superhuman powers. Eddie enlists the help of fellow agent Nicole (Claire Forlani) to determine the secret of the medallion and face down the evil Highbinders who so desperately want it back.

With Ashton Kutcher • Molly Shannon • Michael Madsen • David Koechner • Tara Reid • Andy Richter • Carmen Electra • Terence Stamp • David Zucker • Jeffrey Tambor • Jon Abrahams • Ever Carradine

Eager but accident-prone young executive Tom Stansfield has finally happened upon the opportunity of his lifetime: he can impress his megalomaniac boss and the boss's luscious daughter, Lisa, by simply house-sitting their lavish mansion for one night. It's a plan that could lead to love and success, if only the guests didn't keep arriving. From director David Zucker ("The Naked Gun", "Airplane!") comes an outrageous, fast-and-rowdy romantic comedy about a young man whose quest for the girl of his dreams is interrupted by a constant flow of calamities. One by one, a barrage of wild and crazy visitors take over the house he's supposed to be watching and turn it upside-down, as well as inside out.

With Jane Krakowski • Lisa Kudrow • Christine Baranski • Veanne Cox • Damon Wayans • Paula Garces • Richard Benjamin • Charles Kimbrough • Sheri Rene Scott

When protest breaks out over Dr. S's new CD, the owner of the rapper's record label, Ben Feld, is hospitalized by a heart attack. But his pampered daughter Marci, who's never set foot in the business world, steps in, stands up to Dr. S and tries to tone down his bad-boy edge.

With Emmy Rossum • Mary McDonnell • James Badge Dale • Steven Bauer • Adam LeFevre • Bernie McInerney • Michael Medeiros • Larry Pine • Michael Cavadias • Thom Christopher • Sam Coppola • Janis Dardaris • Dominic Marcus • Lynne Matthew • Alan Hruska

Nola (Emmy Rossum), an aspiring songwriter who grew up in a trailer park, abused by her stepfather, travels to New York City in hopes of both starting her career and finding, and establishing a relationship with, her biological father. Along the way, she gets a job at a coffee shop owned by a high-class madam, Margaret (Mary McDonnell), and finds herself involved with a court case against one of Dorothy's powerful clients.

With Secun de la Rosa • Natalia Verbeke • Tomás Cimadevilla • Paz Vega • Guillermo Toledo • Leticia Dolera • Ernesto Alterio • Alberto San Juan • Geli Albaladejo • Roma Alfaro • Ramon Barea • Maria Esteve • Daniel Gonzalez • Javier Gutierrez • Emilio Martmnez Lazaro • Tomas Cimadevella • José Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña • David Serrano

Two young couples in Madrid (Alterio and Vega; Toledo and Verbeke) are searching for love and happiness, but ultimately they find only lies and heartache, as they switch lovers back and forth, and the erotic tension escalates. There's also a good deal of singing and dancing amidst all the bed swapping.