BEST FILMS of 2004

We’ll get started with the Top 10…. but as always, you can scroll down the page for honorable mentions and the worst movies of the year.

1. The Village
If you mistook this film for a thriller… then you missed the entire film.  This is a love story!
2. Closer
As bitter and angry a film as you will see all year. It skewers modern relationships.
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Endlessly inventive and beautifully written.
4. Garden State
Such a lovely film from first time director, Zach Braff.
5. A Very Long Engagement
Audrey Tautou stars in what is easily the most aesthetically beautiful film of 2004.
6. Fahrenheit 9/11
Michael Moore rips the entire Republican party to shreds.
7. The Passion of the Christ
This is Mel Gibson’s version of reality.  I may not share it… but I truly admire his vision.
8. Kill Bill: Vol 2
Tarantino completes a devastating one-two punch.
9. Dogville
Lars von Trier… An Empty Sound Stage… Nicole Kidman… A Brilliant Script.
t10. Facing Windows
Giovanna Mezzogiorno is a superb Italian drama.
t10. The Dreamers
One of the sexiest and most thoughtful films in recent memory.

Honorable Mentions

Head in the Clouds
Mean Girls
Open Water
Wicker Park
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Remember Me, My Love
Napoleon Dynamite
The Phantom of the Opera
Sideways
Birth
Intermission
The Whore’s Son
The Notebook
Saved!
Primer
Million Dollar Baby
Iron Jawed Angels

The Worst of the Worst

Torque
Time of the Wolf
The Card Player
Highwayman