Grind is a 2003 American adventure, comedy film about four young aspiring amateur skaters Eric Rivers (Mike Vogel), Matt Jensen (Vince Vieluf), Dustin Knight (Adam Brody), and Sweet Lou Singer (Joey Kern) who are trying to make it in the world of pro skateboarding by pulling insane stunts in front of pro skater Jimmy Wilson (Jason London). The film has developed a cult following.

Plot[link]

While the rest of his high school graduating class is heading to the same old kind of college, skateboarder Eric Rivers and his best friends, Dustin, a goal-oriented workaholic, and misfit slacker Matt have one last summer roadtrip together to follow their dream of getting noticed by the professional skateboarding world—and getting paid to skate. When skating legend Jimmy Wilson's skate demo tour hits town, the boys figure that as soon as he sees their fierce tricks, he'll sign them up for his renowned skate team immediately, right? Unfortunately, the guys are intercepted by Jimmy's road manager and they can't get their foot in the door, much less their boards. But they do get some free advice: keep skating, stay true to yourself, and stay in the game—if you're good, you'll get noticed. Following their dream—and Jimmy's national tour—Eric, Dustin and Matt start their own skate team, reluctantly sponsored by Dustin and his college fund.

After recruiting laid-back ladies man Sweet Lou to join their crew and provide the wheels for their tour, team Super Duper launches the ride of their lives in an outrageous road trip from Chi-town to Santa Monica. The professional scene doesn't exactly welcome nobody skaters, but these outsiders stick together through extreme misadventures. In their quest to go pro, they meet professional vert skating champions Bucky Lasek, Bob Burnquist and Pierre Luc Gagnon, skate pro Bam Margera and his crew Preston Lacy, Ehren Danger McGhehey and Jason Wee Man Acuña, as well as sexy skate chick Jamie as they grind handrails across America and force the skateboarding world to give 'em a piece of the action.^[1]

Cast[link]

• Mike Vogel as Eric Rivers
• Vince Vieluf as Matt Jensen
• Joey Kern as Sweet Lou Singer
• Adam Brody as Dustin Knight
• Jennifer Morrison as Jamie
• Jason London as Jimmy Wilson
• Summer Altice as Winona
• Bam Margera as Himself
• Erin Murphy as Hot Mama
• Stephen Root as Cameron
• Christopher McDonald as Mr. Rivers
• Brian Posehn as Orville the Scraggly Guy
• Jason Acuña as Little Timmy (As Wee Man)
• Donte Calarco as Buxom Girl #1
• Christine Estabrook as Sarah Jensen
• Randy Quaid as Jock Jensen
• Lindsay Felton as Dawn Jensen
• Chad Fernandez as Rival Skater #1
• Alfred Briere as Rival Skater #2
• Ehren McGhehey as Rival Skater #3
• Jake Muxworthy as Pro
• Shonda Farr as Sandy Moore
• Bob "Bobcat" Goldthwait as Bell Clerk
• Tom Green as Colorado Skate Shop Owner
• Ryan Sheckler as Rod St. James
• Guillermo Aguilar as Himself
• Preston Lacy as Himself

Soundtrack[link]

A soundtrack consisting of a blend of rock, hip hop and reggae music was released on August 12, 2003 by Atlantic Records.

Critical response[link]

The film received unfavorable reviews from critics. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 8% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 71 reviews, with an average score of 3.1/10.^[2] Metacritic gave it an average score of 30 out of 100 from the 24 reviews it collected.^[3]

Joe Laydon, of Variety Magazine called the "Skating scenes ... unremarkable and repetitious," concluding that the film was less than good.

Keith Phipps, for The Onion's A.V. Club, said "The film ... will gleam the cube only of viewers with an unusually high tolerance for porta-toilet and Dutch-oven gags."

References[link]

External links[link]

• Grind
• Grind at the Internet Movie Database

A wetgrinder is a hand operated grinding stone where the dust is gathered below the stone in water

A modernised wetgrinder was re-invented by Jens-Martin Nielsen, Denmark in 1980

The grind of a blade refers to the shape of the cross-section of the blade. It is distinct from the type of blade (e.g., clip point or drop point knife, sabre or cutlass, axe or chisel, etc.), though different tools and blades may have lent their name to a particular grind.

Grinding involves removing significant portions of metal from the blade and is thus distinct from honing and polishing. It is notably done when first sharpening the blade or when a blade has been significantly damaged or abused (such as breaking a tip, chipping, or extensive corrosion) A well maintained blade will need less frequent grinding than one which is not treated well.

The terms edge angle and included angle can be important when talking about grinding. The edge angle is measured between the surface of an edge and a line running from the point of the cutting edge to the back edge. The included angle is the sum of the edge angles. All other things being equal, the smaller the included angle the sharper the blade and the easier it is to damage the edge.

An appropriate grind will depend upon what the blade is to be used for and the material from which the blade is made. Knife manufacturers may offer the same model of knife with different grinds on the blade and owners of a blade may choose to reshape it as a different grind to obtain different blade properties. A trade off exists between a blade's ability to take an edge and its ability to keep an edge. Various grinds are easier to maintain than others or can provide a better shape over the life of the blade as the blade is worn away by repeated sharpening. In material science terms, harder steels take sharper edges, but are more brittle and hence chip more easily, while softer steels are tougher, and are used for knives such as cleavers which must be tough but do not require a sharp edge. In the range of hardnesses used for knives, the relationship between hardness and toughness is fairly complex and high hardness and high toughness are often possible at the same time.

As a rough guide, Western kitchen knives generally have a double-bevel (approximately 15° on the first bevel and 20–22° on the second), while East Asian kitchen knives are made of harder steel and are ground at 15–18°, being either wedge-shaped (double-ground) or chisel-shaped (single-ground).

Process[link]

A sharp object works by concentrating forces which creates a high pressure due to the very small area of the edge, but high pressures can nick a thin blade or even cause it to roll over into a rounded tube when it is used against hard materials. An irregular material or angled cut is also likely to apply much more torque to hollow-ground blades due to the "lip" formed on either side of the edge. More blade material can be included directly behind the cutting edge to reinforce it, but during sharpening some proportion of this material must be removed to reshape the edge, making the process more time-consuming. Also, any object being cut must be moved aside to make way for this wider blade section, and any force distributed to the grind surface reduces the pressure applied at the edge.^[1]

One way around this dilemma is to use the blade at an angle, which can make a blade's grind seem less steep, much as a switchback makes a trail easier to climb. Using the edge in this way is made easier by introducing a curve in the blade, as seen in sabers, scimitars, and katana, among many others. Some old European swords (most memorably Hrunting) and the Indonesian style of kris have a wavelike shape, with much the same effect in drawing or thrusting cuts.

When speaking of Japanese edged weapons, the term niku (肉, meat^?) refers to the grind of the blade: an edge with more niku is more convex and/or steep and therefore tougher, though it seems less sharp. Katana tend to have much more niku than wakizashi. If it is required to measure the angles of cutting edges, it is achieved by using a blade edge protractor ( or goniometer) see CATRA Hobbigoni

Typical grinds[link]

1. Hollow grind-a knife blade which has been ground to create a characteristic concave, beveled cutting edge along. This is characteristic of straight razors, used for shaving, and yields a very sharp but weak edge which requires stropping for maintenance. Also used on ice skating blades.
2. Flat grind—The blade tapers all the way from the spine to the edge from both sides. A lot of metal is removed from the blade and is thus more difficult to grind, one factor that limits its commercial use. It sacrifices edge durability in favor of more sharpness. The Finnish puukko is an example of a flat ground knife. A true, flat ground knife having only a single bevel is somewhat of a rarity.
3. Sabre grind—Similar to a flat grind blade except that the bevel starts at about the middle of the blade, not the spine. Also named "Scandinavian Grind", it produces a more lasting edge at the expense of some cutting ability and is typical of kitchen knives. Also sometimes referred to as a "V Grind", made with strength in mind and found on tactical and military knives.
4. Chisel grind—As on a chisel, only one side is ground (often at an edge angle of about 20 – 30°); the other remains flat. As many Japanese culinary knives tend to be chisel ground they are often sharper than a typical double bevelled Western culinary knife. (A chisel grind has only a single edge angle. If a sabre grind blade has the same edge angle as a chisel grind, it still has two edges and thus has twice the included angle.) Knives which are chisel ground come in left and right-handed varieties, depending upon which side is ground.

   Japanese knives feature subtle variations on the chisel grind: firstly, the back side of the blade is often concave, to reduce drag and adhesion so the food separates more cleanly; this feature is known as urasuki.^[2] Secondly, the kanisaki deba, used for cutting crab and other shellfish, has the grind on the opposite side (left side angled for right-handed use), so that the meat is not cut when chopping the shell.^[3]

5. Double bevel or compound bevel—A back bevel, similar to a sabre or flat grind, is put on the blade behind the edge bevel (the bevel which is the foremost cutting surface). This back bevel keeps the section of blade behind the edge thinner which improves cutting ability. Being less acute at the edge than a single bevel, sharpness is sacrificed for resilience: such a grind is much less prone to chipping or rolling than a single bevel blade. In practice, double bevels are common in a variety of edge angles and back bevel angles, and Western kitchen knives generally have a double bevel, with an edge angle of 20–22° (included angle of 40–44°).
6. Convex grind—Rather than tapering with straight lines to the edge, the taper is curved, though in the opposite manner to a hollow grind. Such a shape keeps a lot of metal behind the edge making for a stronger edge while still allowing a good degree of sharpness. This grind can be used on axes and is sometimes called an axe grind. As the angle of the taper is constantly changing this type of grind requires some degree of skill to reproduce on a flat stone. Convex blades usually need to be made from thicker stock than other blades. This is also known as 'hamaguriba' in Japanese kitchen knives, both single and double beveled. Hamaguriba means "clam shaped edge".^[1]

It is possible to combine grinds or produce other variations. For example, some blades may be flat ground for much of the blade but be convex ground towards the edge.

See also[link]

• Blade geometry

References[link]

The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs. Jason, X2: X-Men United, Bad Boys II, Scary Movie 3, and Final Destination 2.

Highest-grossing films[link]

These are the top grossing films that were first released in 2003. The top ten films of 2003, by worldwide gross in United States dollars, as well as the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia grosses, are as follows:

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King grossed more than $1.19 billion, making it the second-highest-grossing film in 2004.

Finding Nemo was the highest grossing animated movie of all time but it has since been overtaken and it is currently the 4th highest grossing animated film of all time and the 25th highest grossing film of all time (it was once the 9th highest grossing film).

The other film, The Matrix Reloaded is also in the list of the fifty highest-grossing films.

Events[link]

• February 24 - The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography.
• November 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Governor of California.
• December 22: Both of the movies from the Matrix trilogy released in 2003 were shut out of visual effects Oscar consideration by the Visual Effects Award Nominating Committee.
• December 31 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mails nomination ballots in which it qualifies 254 films released in 2003 as eligible for Oscar consideration.

Awards[link]

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Elephant, directed by Gus Van Sant, United States

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Vozvrashcheniye (The Return), directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

In This World, directed by Michael Winterbottom, United Kingdom

Films released in 2003[link]

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#

• 2 Fast 2 Furious, starring Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson and Eva Mendes
• 2LDK - (Japan)
• 3 Deewarein (3 Walls) - (India: Hindi)
• The 4th Floor (Planta 4ª) - (Spain)
• 11:14, starring Rachel Leigh Cook - (Canada/USA)
• 21 Grams, starring Sean Penn, Naomi Watts and Benicio del Toro
• 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out, starring Michael Madsen
• 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

A-D[link]

• Acacia - (South Korea)
• Agent Cody Banks, starring Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff, Angie Harmon
• Alex and Emma, starring Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson
• Alien (re-release, was originally released in 1979)
• Alien Hunter, starring James Spader
• All the Real Girls, starring Zooey Deschanel
• Alone Across Australia - (Australia)
• The Alzheimer Case (aka The Memory of a Killer) - (Belgium)
• American Splendor, starring Paul Giamatti and Hope Davis
• American Wedding, starring Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan and Seann William Scott
• Anger Management, starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson
• Anger of the Gods (La colère des dieux) - (Burkina Faso/France)
• The Animatrix - (Japan/USA)
• Anything Else, starring Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Danny DeVito
• Any Way the Wind Blows - (Belgium)
• Après la vie (aka Three: After Life) - (France/Belgium)
• Arisan! (The Gathering) - (Indonesia)

B

• BAADASSSSS!, directed by and starring Mario Van Peebles
• Bad Boys II, starring Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Gabrielle Union
• Bad Santa, directed by Terry Zwigoff, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, Bernie Mac
• Baghban (Gardener) - (India: Hindi)
• Basic, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Connie Nielsen
• Beautiful Boxer (บิวตี้ฟูล บ๊อกเซอร์) - (Thailand)
• Beauty and the Beast - (South Africa/UK)
• Beneath Her Window (Pod njenim oknom) - (Slovenia)
• The Best of Youth (La Meglio gioventù) - (Italy)
• Beyond Borders, starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen
• Beyond Re-Animator - (Spain)
• Big Fish, directed by Tim Burton, starring Ewen McGregor, Albert Finney, Jessica Lange
• Biker Boyz, starring Laurence Fishburne)
• Bimmer (Бумер) - (Russia)
• Blind Shaft (Mángjǐng) - (China)
• Blizzard, starring Christopher Plummer, Brenda Blethyn, Whoopi Goldberg - (Canada/USA)
• The Blue Light (Ao no Honō) - (Japan)
• Blueprint, starring Franka Potente - (Germany)
• Bon Voyage, starring Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu - (France)
• Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (Ha-Kochavim Shel Shlomi) - (Israel)
• Boredom in Brno (Nuda v Brně) - (Czech Republic)
• Bright Future (Akarui Mirai), directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa - (Japan)
• Bright Young Things, directed by Stephen Fry - (UK)
• Bringing Down the House, starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah
• Brother Bear
• The Brown Bunny
• Bruce Almighty, starring Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman, Steve Carell
• Bulletproof Monk, starring Chow Yun-fat and Seann William Scott

C

• Cafe Lumiere (Kohi Jiko), directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien - (Japan)
• Calendar Girls, starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters - (UK)
• Carandiru, directed by Hector Babenco - (Brazil/Argentina)
• Carolina, starring Julia Stiles
• Casa de los Babys, directed by John Sayles, starring Daryl Hannah and Marcia Gay Harden - (Mexico/USA)
• The Cat in the Hat, starring Mike Myers, Dakota Fanning, Spencer Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Kelly Preston
• Caterina in the Big City (Caterina va in città) - (Italy)
• Cavale (aka One: On the Run) - (France/Belgium)
• Cell Phone (shŏujī) - (China)
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, starring Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Demi Moore and Bernie Mac
• Cheaper by the Dozen, starring Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo, Hilary Duff and Tom Welling
• Cheerleader Queens (ว้ายบึ้ม! เชียร์กระหึ่มโลก) - (Thailand)
• Cheese and Jam (Kajmak in marmelada) - (Slovenia)
• Chirusoku no natsu - (Japan)
• The Classic (클래식) - (South Korea)
• Cleopatra - (Argentina)
• Cloaca - (Netherlands)
• Code 46, directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Tim Robbins - (UK)
• Coffee and Cigarettes, starring Bill Murray, Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni
• Cold Creek Manor, starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis and Kristen Stewart
• Cold Mountain, directed by Anthony Minghella, starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger
• The Company, directed by Robert Altman, starring Neve Campbell
• Confidence, starring Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Edward Burns, Andy García
• The Cooler, starring William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Alec Baldwin
• The Core, starring Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart, DJ Qualls
• The Corporation - (Canada)
• Cowards Bend the Knee - (Canada)
• Cradle 2 the Grave, starring Jet Li and DMX
• Crimson Gold (طلای سرخ), directed by Jafar Panahi - (Iran)
• The Cunning Little Vixen, animated version of Leoš Janáček's opera - (UK) - (film only mentioned in article)

D

• Daddy Day Care, starring Eddie Murphy
• Daredevil, starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell and Michael Clarke Duncan
• Dark Blue, starring Kurt Russell
• Darkness Falls
• Deliver Us from Eva, starring Gabrielle Union and LL Cool J
• Devil's Pond
• Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, starring David Spade
• Distant Lights (Lichter) - (Germany)
• Le Divorce, starring Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts
• Dogville, directed by Lars von Trier, starring Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall, Stellan Skarsgard, Ben Gazzara - (International)
• Down with Love, starring Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, David Hyde Pierce
• Dreamcatcher, starring Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Timothy Olyphant
• The Dreamers (Les Reveurs), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Michael Pitt and Eva Green - (France/UK/Italy)
• Duplex, starring Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore
• DysFunKtional Family

E-K[link]

• Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off
• Elephant - directed by Gus van Sant, winner of Palme d'Or award
• Elf, directed by Jon Favreau, starring Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Bob Newhart
• Eve's Dropping In
• Evil (Ondskan) - (Sweden)
• Evil Alien Conquerors, starring Diedrich Bader and Chris Parnell

F

• Facing Windows (La finestra di fronte) - (Italy) - Golden Space Needle award (for 2004)
• Fake (เฟค โกหกทั้งเพ) - (Thailand)
• Falling Angels, starring Miranda Richardson - (Canada)
• Fan Chan (My Girl) - (Thailand)
• Far Side of the Moon (La face cachée de la lune) - (Canada)
• Faster - (USA/Spain)
• Fear and Trembling (Stupeur et tremblements) - (France)
• Festival Express, featuring Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, The Band - (Netherlands/UK)
• The Fighting Temptations, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Beyoncé Knowles, and Mike Epps
• Final Destination 2, starring Ali Larter and A.J. Cook
• Finding Nemo - Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
• The First Night (La primera noche) - (Colombia)
• Flywheel
• Foolproof, starring Ryan Reynolds and Kristin Booth - (Canada)
• Freaky Friday, starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis
• Freddy vs. Jason
• Free Radicals (Böse Zellen) - (Austria)
• Fuse (Gori vatra) - (Bosnia & Herzegovina)

G

• Garden of Heaven (Haneul jeongwon) - (South Korea)
• Gigli, starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez - Winner of 6 Razzies
• Girl with a Pearl Earring, starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth - (UK/Luxembourg)
• Godforsaken (Van God Los) - (Netherlands)
• Gods and Generals, starring Stephen Lang, Jeff Daniels, Robert Duvall
• Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. ((ゴジラ×モスラ×メカゴジラ SOS) - (Japan)
• Going for Broke, starring Gerald McRaney and Delta Burke
• Good Boy!
• Good Bye Lenin! - (Germany)
• A Good Lawyer's Wife (Baramnan Kajok) - (South Korea)
• Good Morning, Night (Buongiorno, notte) - (Italy)
• Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Bu San) - (Taiwan)
• The Gospel of John, starring Henry Ian Cusick - (UK/Canada/USA)
• Gothika, starring Halle Berry and Robert Downey, Jr.
• Gozu, directed by Takashi Miike - (Japan)
• Grand Theft Parsons, starring Johnny Knoxville and Christina Applegate
• The Green Butchers (De grønne slagtere), starring Mads Mikkelsen - (Denmark)
• Grind
• A Guy Thing, starring Julia Stiles, Jason Lee, Selma Blair

H

• The Haunted Mansion, starring Eddie Murphy
• Haute Tension (High Tension) - (France)
• Havana Suite (Suite Habana) - (Cuba)
• Head of State, starring Chris Rock and Bernie Mac
• The Heart of Me, starring Helena Bonham Carter, Paul Bettany, Olivia Williams - (UK)
• Hey DJ, starring Charlotte Lewis, Terry Camilleri, Jon Jacobs, Tina Wiseman
• Holes, starring Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Patricia Arquette, Jon Voight
• Hollywood Homicide, starring Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett
• Honey, starring Jessica Alba
• Hope Springs, starring Colin Firth, Minnie Driver, Heather Graham - (UK/USA)
• Horseman (Konjanik) - (Croatia)
• House of 1000 Corpses, directed by Rob Zombie
• House of Sand and Fog, starring Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley
• A House with a View of the Sea (Una casa con vista al mar) - (Venezuela)
• How to Deal, starring Mandy Moore
• How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey
• Hulk, starring Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott and Josh Lucas
• The Human Stain, directed by Robert Benton, starring Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman
• The Hunted, directed by William Friedkin, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio del Toro

I

• I Am David, starring Jim Caviezel
• I Capture the Castle - (UK)
• I'm Not Scared (Io non ho paura) - (Italy)
• Identity, starring John Cusack, Ray Liotta and Amanda Peet
• Imagining Argentina, starring Antonio Banderas and Emma Thompson - (Spain/UK/USA)
• In the Cut, starring Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo
• The In-Laws (remake), starring Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks
• Infernal Affairs II (Mou gaan dou II) - (Hong Kong)
• The Inheritance (Arven) - (Denmark)
• Intermission, starring Cillian Murphy, Colin Farrell, Kelly MacDonald - (Ireland)
• Intolerable Cruelty, starring George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush
• Invisible Children of Love - (India: Bengali)
• Les Invasions barbares (Barbarian Invasions) - (Canada/France) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• It Runs in the Family, starring Kirk Douglas and Michael Douglas
• The Italian Job, starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Jason Statham

J

• James' Journey to Jerusalem (Massa'ot James Be'eretz Hakodesh) - (Israel)
• Japanese Story, starring Toni Collette - (Australia)
• Jeepers Creepers II
• Johnny English, starring Rowan Atkinson - (UK/USA)
• The Jungle Book 2, voices of Haley Joel Osment and John Goodman
• Ju-on: The Grudge - (Japan)
• Just Married, starring Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy

K

• Kaena: The Prophecy (Kaena: La prophétie), starring Kirsten Dunst and Richard Harris - (Canada/France)
• Kal Ho Naa Ho (Tomorrow Might Never Come) - (India: Hindi)
• Kangaroo Jack, starring Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren, Christopher Walken - (USA/Australia)
• Kart Racer - (Canada)
• Kill Bill Vol. 1, directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Sonny Chiba
• Killing Words (Palabras encadenadas) - (Spain)
• Kitchen Stories (Salmer fra Kjøkkenet) - (Sweden/Norway)
• The Kite (Tayyara men wara) - (Lebanon)
• Koi... Mil Gaya (I Found Someone) - (India: Hindi)
• Kontroll (Control) - (Hungary)

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• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, starring Angelina Jolie - (USA/UK/Japan/Germany)
• Last Life in the Universe (Ruang rak noi nid mahasan) - (Thailand)
• The Last Samurai, starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe
• The Last Supper (Choihui mancheon) - (South Korea)
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, starring Sean Connery - (UK/USA)
• Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde, starring Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Sally Field
• The Life of David Gale, starring Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, and Laura Linney
• The Lizzie McGuire Movie, starring Hilary Duff
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action, starring Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin and Heather Locklear
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen - (New Zealand) - Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards for Best Picture
• Lost in Translation, directed by Sofia Coppola, starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson - (USA/Japan) - Golden Globe for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
• Love Actually, directed by Richard Curtis, starring Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson - (UK)
• Love Don't Cost a Thing
• Love Me If You Dare (Jeux d'enfants) - (France/Belgium)
• Luther, starring Joseph Fiennes - (Germany/USA)

M

• Magnifico - (Philippines)
• Malibu's Most Wanted, starring Jamie Kennedy and Taye Diggs
• Mamay - (Ukraine)
• A Man Apart, starring Vin Diesel and Larenz Tate
• The Man of the Year (O Homen do Ano) - (Brazil)
• The Man Who Copied (O Homem que Copiava) - (Brazil)
• Manhood
• Masked and Anonymous, starring Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, John Goodman
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, directed by Peter Weir, starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany
• Matchstick Men, starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell and Alison Lohman
• The Matrix Reloaded, starring Keanu Reeves
• The Matrix Revolutions, starring Keanu Reeves
• The Medallion, starring Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani - (Hong Kong/USA)
• Memories of Murder (Salinui chueok) - (South Korea)
• A Mighty Wind, directed by Christopher Guest, starring Bob Balaban, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara
• The Missing, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett
• Mona Lisa Smile, starring Julia Roberts, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst
• Monsieur Ibrahim (aka Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran), starring Omar Sharif - (France)
• Monster, starring Charlize Theron (winner Oscar and Golden Globe for best actress) and Christina Ricci
• Monster Man
• Most (aka The Bridge) - (Czech Republic)
• The Mother, starring Anne Reid and Daniel Craig - (UK)
• Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., starring Sanjay Dutt - (India: Hindi)
• My Boss's Daughter, starring Ashton Kutcher, Tara Reid and Terence Stamp
• My Life Without Me, starring Sarah Polley - (Spain/Canada)
• Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon - winner of 2 Oscars and 2 Golden Globes

N

• Narradores de Javé (The Storytellers) - (Brazil)
• Nathalie..., starring Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Gérard Depardieu - (France)
• National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze
• National Security, starring Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn
• Natural City (내츄럴 시티) - (South Korea)
• Ned Kelly, starring Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts - (Australia)
• Nemesis Game - (New Zealand/Canada)

O

• Octane, starring Madeleine Stowe - (UK/Luxembourg)
• Okkadu, directed by Gunasekhar - (India: Telugu)
• Oldboy (올드보이), directed by Park Chan-wook, starring Choi Min-sik - (South Korea) - winner of 2004 Grand Prix
• Old School, starring Will Ferrell, Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn
• The Olive Harvest - (Palestine)
• Once Upon a Time in Mexico, directed by Robert Rodriguez, starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp
• Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, starring Tony Jaa - (Thailand)
• Open Range, directed by and starring Kevin Costner with Robert Duvall and Annette Bening
• Open Water
• The Order, starring Heath Ledger - (Germany/USA)
• Osama (أسامة‎) - (Afghanistan) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• Osuofia in London - (Nigeria)
• Otets i syn (Father and Son) - (Russia)
• Out of Time, starring Denzel Washington and Eva Mendes
• Owning Mahowny, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Hurt, Minnie Driver - (Canada/UK)

P-Q

• PTU (aka PTU: Police Tactical Unit) - (Hong Kong)
• Paloh - (Malaysia)
• Paycheck, starring Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart
• Party Monster, starring Macaulay Culkin and Seth Green
• Peter Pan - (Australia/UK/USA)
• Phone Booth, starring Colin Farrell, Forest Whitaker, Kiefer Sutherland
• Pieces of April, starring Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt
• Piglet's Big Movie
• Pinjar - (India: Hindi)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
• Pokémon Heroes - (Japan)
• Politiki Kouzina (A Touch of Spice) - (Greece/Turkey)
• Prey for Rock & Roll, starring Gina Gershon
• The Professional (Profesionalac) - (Serbia)

R-Z[link]

• Radio, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Ed Harris
• Rahtree: Flower of the Night (Buppah Rahtree) - (Thailand)
• The Real Cancun
• The Reckoning, starring Willem Dafoe and Paul Bettany - (UK/Spain)
• The Recruit, starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell
• Remake - (Bosnia & Herzegovina/France/Turkey)
• Remember Me, My Love (Ricordati di me) - (Italy)
• Reversal of Fortune (Yeokjeone sanda) - (South Korea)
• Rugrats Go Wild
• Runaway Jury, starring John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz
• The Rundown, starring The Rock and Seann William Scott

S

• S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine - (Cambodia/France)
• S.W.A.T., starring Samuel L. Jackson, LL Cool J, Colin Farrell
• The Saddest Music in the World, starring Isabella Rossellini - (Canada)
• Save the Green Planet (Jigureul Jikyeora!) - (South Korea)
• Scary Movie 3, starring Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Pamela Anderson
• Scent of Love (Gukhwaggot hyanggi) - (South Korea)
• School of Rock, starring Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White and Sarah Silverman
• Schultze Gets the Blues - (Germany)
• Seabiscuit, starring Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, William H. Macy, Chris Cooper
• Secondhand Lions, starring Haley Joel Osment, Robert Duvall, Michael Caine
• Seducing Doctor Lewis (La grande séduction) - (Canada)
• Shanghai Knights, starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson
• Shara (Sharasōju) - (Japan)
• Shattered Glass, starring Hayden Christensen, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Hank Azaria
• Shelter Dogs
• Silmido - (South Korea)
• Simhadri (సింహాద్రి), directed by S.S. Rajamouli (India: Telugu)
• Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
• The Singing Detective, starring Robert Downey, Jr.
• Singles - (South Korea)
• The Snow Walker - (Canada)
• Soldados de Salamina (The Soldiers of Salamis) - (Spain)
• Something's Gotta Give, starring Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, written and directed by Nancy Meyers
• Song for a Raggy Boy, starring Aidan Quinn - (Ireland)
• South of the Clouds (Yún de nán fāng) - (China)
• Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring (Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom) - (South Korea)
• Spy Kids 3D: Game Over - (redirects to Spy Kids)
• The Station Agent, starring Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson
• The Statement, directed by Norman Jewison, starring Michael Caine and Tilda Swinton - (Canada/UK/France)
• The Story of the Weeping Camel (Ingen nulims) - (Mongolia/Germany)
• Stuck on You, directed by Farrelly Brothers, starring Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear
• Summer in the Golden Valley (Ljeto u zlatnoj dolini) - (Bosnia & Herzegovina/France/UK)
• Swimming Pool, starring Charlotte Rampling - (France/UK)
• Swimming Upstream - (Australia)
• Sylvia, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig - (UK/USA)

T

• Tagore (ఠాగూర్), directed by V. V. Vinayak (India: Telugu)
• Tais-toi ! (Shut Up!), starring Gérard Depardieu and Jean Reno - (France)
• Take My Eyes (Te doy mis ojos) - (Spain)
• A Tale of Two Sisters (Janghwa, Hongryeon) - (South Korea)
• Tears of the Sun, starring Bruce Willis
• Teesh and Trude - (Australia)
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Claire Danes, Nick Stahl and Kristanna Loken
• The Tesseract, directed by Oxide Pang, starring Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - (Thailand/Japan/UK)
• Testosterone, starring Antonio Sabato, Jr. - (USA/Argentina)
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, starring Jessica Biel
• Thirteen, starring Evan Rachel Wood and Holly Hunter
• This Girl's Life
• A Thousand Clouds of Peace (Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo) - (Mexico)
• Till There Was You - (Philippines)
• Timeline, starring Frances O'Connor, Paul Walker, Gerard Butler
• Tiresia - (France)
• Today and Tomorrow (Hoy y mañana) - (Argentina)
• Tokyo Godfathers (東京ゴッドファーザーズ) - (Japan)
• Touching the Void - (UK)
• Travellers and Magicians (ཆང་ཧུབ་ཐེངས་གཅིག་གི་འཁྲུལ་སྣང) - (Bhutan)
• Les Triplettes de Belleville (The Triplets of Belleville) - (France/Belgium/Canada)
• Tupac: Resurrection
• Twist, starring Nick Stahl - (Canada)
• Two Days, starring Paul Rudd

U

• Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle (ウルトラマンコスモスVSウルトラマンジャスティス) - (Japan)
• Uncle Nino, starring Joe Mantegna
• Under the Tuscan Sun, starring Diane Lane - (USA/Italy)
• Underworld, starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman - (UK/USA/Germany/Hungary)
• Untold Scandal (Joseon namnyeo sangyeoljisa) - (South Korea)
• Uptown Girls, starring Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning and Heather Locklear
• Utterly Alone (Vienui Vieni) - (Lithuania)

V

• V-Day: Until the Violence Stops
• Veronica Guerin, starring Cate Blanchett - (Ireland/UK/USA)
• View from the Top, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Mark Ruffalo, Mike Myers
• Vozvrashcheniye (The Return) - (Russia) - Golden Lion award

W

• What a Girl Wants, starring Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth and Kelly Preston
• When the Last Sword is Drawn (Mibu Gishi Den) - (Japan)
• The Whore and the Whale (La puta y la ballena) - (Argentina)
• Willard
• Witnesses (Svjedoci) - (Croatia)
• Wonderful Days (원더풀 데이즈), - (South Korea)
• Wonderland, starring Val Kilmer and Lisa Kudrow
• Wondrous Oblivion, starring Delroy Lindo - (UK)
• Wrong Turn, starring Eliza Dushku and Desmond Harrington

XYZ

• X2 (X2: X-Men United) - directed by Bryan Singer, starring Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin

• The Yes Men
• Young Adam, starring Ewan McGregor and Tilda Swinton - (UK)
• Young Black Stallion

• Zatoichi (The Blind Swordsman), directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano - (Japan)
• Želary - (Czech Republic/Slovakia)
• Zhou Yu's Train (zhōu yú de huǒchē), starring Gong Li and Tony Leung - (China)

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