Drama Movies 2003 List

With Tobey Maguire • Elizabeth Banks • Jeff Bridges • Gary Ross • William H. Macy • Eddie Jones • Chris Cooper • Annie Corley • Kingston DuCoeur • Ed Lauter • Chris McCarron • Michael O'Neill • Gary Stevens

This is the true story of a former bicycle repairman, Charles Howard (Jeff Bridges), who made his fortune introducing the automobile to the American West, and who owned a small, knobbly-kneed horse called Seabiscuit. Howard teamed up with a half-blind ex-boxing prize fighter, Red Pollard (Tobey Maguire), who became the horse's jockey and a former "mustang breaker" Wild West performer called "The Lone Plainsman", Tom Smith (Chris Cooper), who became the horse's trainer. As the United States struggled through the Great Depression, people around the country followed with rapt interest of the Seabiscuit story, leading to his win of the Horse of the Year honors in 1938...

With Javier Bardem • Luis Tosar • Joaquín Climent • Laura Domínguez • Serge Riaboukine • José Ángel Egido • Nieve de Medina • Enrique Villén • Celso Bugallo • Aida Folch

The story of six friends variously struggling to make ends meet in the wake of a shipyard closure several years earlier in a depressed northern Spanish coastal city. The portrait of their friendship contrasted with their family lives is ultimately poignant and bittersweet.

With Joaquin Phoenix • Anna Paquin • Gregor Jordan • Ed Harris • Gabriel Mann • Scott Glenn • Leon Robinson • Dean Stockwell • Elizabeth McGovern

Set on an American Army Base in 1989, as the Berlin Wall is about to fall, "Buffalo Soldiers" takes a satiric look as these men steal, drink, fight, and make, take, and sell drugs. Elwood (Joaquin Phoenix) is the brains behind the operation, easily duping his superior (Ed Harris) and sleeping with his wife (Elizabeth McGovern). But with the arrival of the new Sergeant (Scott Glenn), everything changes. The Sergeant cracks down; Elwood retaliates by dating his daughter (Anna Paquin) and attempting a big "weapons for drugs" deal, with the Sergeant in closer pursuit.

With Anna Kendrick • Steven Cutts • Dequina Moore • Robin de Jesus • Todd Graff • Daniel Letterle • Joanna Chilcoat • Tiffany Taylor • Sasha Allen • Alana Allen • Don Dixon • Stephen DiMenna • Egle Petraityte

This musical set at a summer camp for young singers, dancers, actors and musicians tells the story of Bert Hanley, a former Broadway songwriter who has to work at the camp because his career has burnt out after a series of flops. Inspired by the kids at the camp, however, Bert sees his chance to find success again by recruiting them to put together a new production. The long summer days at Camp Ovation are ripe with life lessons, fast friendships, jealousies and antics, along with the shocking discovery that there is an honest-to-goodness straight boy in the bunch.