Films in Year 2004 / The Movies of 2004
Top 10 Movies from the Year 2004:
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ² Dir. Michel Gondry. With Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst
2. Oasis Dir. Lee Chang-dong. Sol Kyung-gu, Moon So-ri, Ahn Nae-sang
3. The Corporation Dirs. Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott. Documentary. Critical history of corporations
4. Maria Full of Grace Dir. Joshua Marston. With Catalina Sandino Moreno, Yenny Paola Vega, Guilied Lopez
(tie) Osama Dir. Siddiq Barmak. With Marina Golbahari, Zubaida Sahar, Arif Herati
5. Code 46 Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri
(tie) Notre musique Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. With Sarah Adler, Nade Dieu, Jean-Luc Godard
6. Before Sunset Dir. Richard Linklater. With Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff
(tie) Since Otar Left Dir. Julie Bertucelli. With Esther Gorintin, Dinara Drukarova, Nino Khomasuridze
7. I ? Huckabees ³ Dir. David O. Russell. With Jason Schwartzman, Lily Tomlin, Dustin Hoffman
8. The Bourne Supremacy Dir. Paul Greengrass. With Matt Damon, Joan Allen, Brian Cox
9. Dawn of the Dead ² Dir. Zack Snyder. With Sarah Polley, Jake Weber, Ving Rhames
(tie) Time of the Wolf Dir. Michael Haneke. With Isabelle Huppert, Anaïs Demoustier, Lucas Biscombe
10. Birth Dir. Jonathan Glazer. With Nicole Kidman, Cameron Bright, Anne Heche
The Return Dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev. With Ivan Dobronravov, Vladimir Garin, Konstantin Lavronenko
Other Movies in Year 2004:
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer Dirs. Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill. Documentary
Alexander Dir. Oliver Stone. With Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer
Alfie Dir. Charles Shyer. With Jude Law, Marisa Tomei, Omar Epps
Anatomy of Hell Dir. Catherine Breillat. With Amira Casar, Rocco Siffredi, Jacques Monge
The Assassination of Richard Nixon Dir. Niels Mueller. With Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle
The Aviator ² Dir. Martin Scorsese. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Alan Alda
Baadasssss! Dir. Mario Van Peebles. With Mario Van Peebles, Khleo Thomas, Nia Long
Bad Education Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. With Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Lluís Homar
The Battle of Algiers [re-issue] Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo. With Brahim Haggiag, Saadi Yacef, Jean Martin
Being Julia Dir. István Szábo. With Annette Bening, Shaun Evans, Jeremy Irons
Born into Brothels Dirs. Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski. Documentary. Profile of children of Calcutta prostitutes
Breakin' All the Rules Dir. Daniel Taplitz. With Jamie Foxx, Morris Chestnut, Gabrielle Union
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Dir. Beeban Kidron. With Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant
Brother to Brother Dir. Rodney Evans. With Anthony Mackie, Roger Robinson, Duane Boutte
Cavedweller Dir. Lisa Cholodenko. With Kyra Sedgwick, Regan Arnold, Aidan Quinn
Les Choristes Dir. Christophe Barratier. With Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Jean-Baptiste Maunier
The Clearing Dir. Pieter Jan Brugge. With Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe
Closer Dir. Mike Nichols. With Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts
Coffee and Cigarettes Dir. Jim Jarmusch. With Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright, Steve Buscemi
Collateral Dir. Michael Mann. With Jamie Foxx, Tom Cruise, Jada Pinkett Smith
Control Room Dir. Jehane Noujaim. Documentary. Profiles of al-Jazeera and CentCom news stations in Qatar
Cowards Bend the Knee Dir. Guy Maddin. With Darcy Fehr, Melissa Dionisio, Tara Birtwhistle
Crimson Gold Dir. Jafar Panahi. With Hossein Emadeddin, Kamyar Sheisi, Ehsan Amani
The Day After Tomorrow Dir. Roland Emmerich. With Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum
Days of Being Wild [re-issue] Dir. Wong Kar-wai. With Leslie Cheung, Carina Lau, Maggie Cheung
De-Lovely Dir. Irwin Winkler. With Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce
Distant Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan. With Muzaffer Özdemir, Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer Erkaya
Dogville Dir. Lars von Trier. With Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Stellan Skarsgård
Donnie Darko [Director's Cut] Dir. Richard Kelly. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone
The Door in the Floor Dir. Tod Williams. With Jeff Bridges, Jon Foster, Kim Basinger
The Dreamers Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. With Michael Pitt, Eva Green, Louis Garrel
Enduring Love Dir. Roger Michell. With Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton, Rhys Ifans
Facing Windows Dir. Ferzan Ozpetek. With Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova
Fahrenheit 9/11 ² Dir. Michael Moore. Documentary/Political essay about the George W. Bush administration
Father and Son Dir. Aleksandr Sokurov. With Andrei Shchetinin, Aleksei Nejmyshev, Fedor Lavrov
Finding Neverland Dir. Marc Forster. With Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Freddie Highmore
The Five Obstructions Dirs. Jørgen Leth and Lars von Trier. With Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier
The Forgotten Dir. Joseph Ruben. With Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Linus Roache
Friday Night Lights Dir. Peter Berg. With Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Derek Luke
Garden State Dir. Zach Braff. With Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry Dir. George Butler. Profile of Kerry's military service and antiwar activism
Good bye, Lenin! Dir. Wolfgang Becker. With Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova
Grande école Dir. Robert Salis. With Gregori Baquet, Jocelyn Quivrin, Alice Taglioni
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Dir. Alfonso Cuarón. With Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson
Hero Dir. Zhang Yimou. With Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung
A Home at the End of the World Dir. Michael Mayer. With Colin Farrell, Dallas Roberts, Robin Wright Penn
Hotel Rwanda Dir. Terry George. With Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte
House of Flying Daggers ² Dir. Zhang Yimou. With Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau
I, Robot Dir. Alex Proyas. With Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, James Cromwell
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Dir. Mike Hodges. With Clive Owen, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Charlotte Rampling
In Good Company Dir. Paul Weitz. With Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid, Scarlett Johansson
In the Realms of the Unreal Dir. Jessica Yu. Documentary. Speculative biography of artist Henry Darger
The Incredibles Dir. Brad Bird. Animated. With the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter
Infernal Affairs Dirs. Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. With Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Eric Tsang
The Intended Dir. Kristian Levring. With Janet McTeer, JJ Feild, Tony Maudsley
Kill Bill, Vol. 2 Dir. Quentin Tarantino. With Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen
Kinsey Dir. Bill Condon. With Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Peter Sarsgaard
The Ladykillers Dirs. Joel & Ethan Coen. With Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans
Last Life in the Universe Dir. Pen-ek Ratanaruang. With Tadanobu Asano, Sinitta Boonyasak, Laila Boonyasak
Latter Days Dir. C. Jay Cox. With Steve Sandvoss, Wes Ramsey, Rebekah Jordan
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Dir. Brad Silberling. With Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Dir. Wes Anderson. With Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston
A Love Song for Bobby Long Dir. Shainee Gabel. With John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson, Gabriel Macht
The Machinist Dir. Brad Anderson. With Christian Bale, John Sharian, Jennifer Jason Leigh
The Manchurian Candidate Dir. Jonathan Demme. With Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep
Mean Girls Dir. Mark S. Waters. With Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert
Meet the Fockers Dir. Jay Roach. With Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman
The Merchant of Venice Dir. Michael Radford. With Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins
Million Dollar Baby ² Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman
Monsieur Ibrahim Dir. François Dupeyron. With Pierre Boulanger, Omar Sharif, Gilbert Melki
The Mother Dir. Roger Michell. With Anne Reid, Daniel Craig, Cathryn Bradshaw
The Motorcycle Diaries Dir. Walter Salles. With Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo De la Serna, Jorge Chiarella
Napoleon Dynamite Dir. Jared Hess. With Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino
Ocean's Twelve Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon
Open Water Dir. Chris Kentis. With Daniel Travis, Blanchard Ryan, Saul Stein
OutFoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism Dir. Robert Greenwald. Documentary/Political essay
The Passion of the Christ Dir. Mel Gibson. With Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Monica Bellucci
The Phantom of the Opera Dir. Joel Schumacher. With Emmy Rossum, Gerard Butler, Patrick Wilson
Primer ² Dir. Shane Carruth. With Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden
Proteus Dirs. John Greyson and Jack Lewis. With Rouxnet Brown, Neil Sandilands, Shaun Smyth
p.s. Dir. Dylan Kidd. With Laura Linney, Topher Grace, Marcia Gay Harden
Ray Dir. Taylor Hackford. With Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King
The Saddest Music in the World Dir. Guy Maddin. With Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros
Saw Dir. James Wan. With Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover
The Sea Inside Dir. Alejandro Amenábar. With Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas
Secret Things Dir. Jean-Claude Brisseau. With Sabrina Seyvecou, Coralie Revel, Fabrice Deville
Sex Is Comedy Dir. Catherine Breillat. With Anne Parillaud, Grégoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida
Shaun of the Dead Dir. Edgar Wright. With Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield
Shrek 2 Dirs. Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon. Animated. With the voice of Mike Myers
Sideways ² Dir. Alexander Payne. With Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen
Silver City Dir. John Sayles. With Danny Huston, Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Dir. Kerry Conran. With Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Giovanni Ribisi
Spanglish Dir. James L. Brooks. With Paz Vega, Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni
Spider-Man 2 Dir. Sam Raimi. With Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring Dir. Kim Ki-duk. With Oh Yeong-su, Kim Ki-duk, Kim Young-min
Springtime in a Small Town Dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang. With Jun Wu, Jingfan Hu, Bai Qing Xin
Stage Beauty Dir. Richard Eyre. With Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett
The Stepford Wives Dir. Frank Oz. With Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler
The Story of the Weeping Camel Dirs. Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni. Documentary
Super Size Me Dir. Morgan Spurlock. Documentary. Personal investigation into American obesity trends
Tarnation Dir. Jonathan Caouette. Collage exploration of filmmaker's family history
Team America: World Police Dir. Trey Parker. With the voices of Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller
The Terminal Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Tom Hanks, Stanley Tucci, Catherine Zeta-Jones
13 Going on 30 ² Dir. Gary Winick. With Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer
This So-Called Disaster Dir. Michael Almereyda. Documentary. Record of Sam Shepard's rehearsal process
Touching the Void Dir. Kevin Macdonald. Docudrama. With Joe Simpson, Simon Yates, Richard Hawking
Troy Dir. Wolfgang Petersen. With Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom
Twentynine Palms Dir. Bruno Dumont. With David Wissak, Katerina Golubeva
The Twilight Samurai Dir. Yoji Yamada. With Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Undertow Dir. David Gordon Green. With Jamie Bell, Devon Alan, Josh Lucas
Vanity Fair Dir. Mira Nair. With Reese Witherspoon, James Purefoy, Romola Garai
Vera Drake Dir. Mike Leigh. With Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Daniel Mays
A Very Long Engagement Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! Dir. Robert Luketic. With Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel, Topher Grace
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! Dir. Robert Luketic. With Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel, Topher Grace
The Woodsman Dir. Nicole Kassell. With Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Benjamin Bratt
The Yes Men Dirs. Chris Smith, Dan Ollman, and Sarah Price. Documentary. With Mike Bonnano, Andy Bichlbaum
Young Adam Dir. David Mackenzie. With Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan
Zatôichi: The Blind Swordsman Dir. Takeshi Kitano. With Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Gadarukanaru Taka
Zhou Yu's Train Dir. Zhou Sun. With Gong Li, Honglei Sun, Tony Leung Ka Fai
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