Movies of 2004

1. Miracle-Kurt Russell, Noah Emerich, D: Gavin O’Connor, ***
2. The Butterfly Effect-Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, **1/2
3. 50 First Dates-Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, D: Peter Segal, ***
4. Welcome to Mooseport-Gene Hackman, Ray Romano, D: Donald Petrie, **
5. The Passion of the Christ-Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci, D: Mel Gibson, **
6. Starsky & Hutch-Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, D: Todd Phillips, *1/2
7. Dawn of the Dead-Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, D: Zack Snyder, ***1/2
8. Walking Tall-The Rock, Johnny Knoxville, D: Kevin Bray, **1/2
9. Jersey Girl-Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, D: Kevin Smith, ***1/2
10. Hellboy-Ron Perlman, John Hurt, D: Guillermo Del Toro, ***
11. Secret Window-Johnny Depp, John Turturro, D: David Koepp, ***
12. Dogville-Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, D: Lars Von Trier, ZERO STARS
13. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, ***1/2
14. Spartan-Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, D: David Mamet, **
15. Kill Bill: Volume 2-Uma Thurman, Michael Madsen, D:Quentin Tarantino, ***
16. The Punisher-Thomas Jane, John Travolta, D: Jonathan Hensleigh, *
17. Man on Fire-Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, D: Tony Scott, **1/2
18. Troy-Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, D: Wolfgang Peterson, ***1/2
19. Shrek 2-Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, ***
20. Mean Girls-Lindsay Lohan, Tim Meadows, ***1/2
21. Super Size Me-D: Morgan Spurlock, ***1/2
22. Van Helsing-Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, D: Stephen Sommers, *1/2
23. The Day After Tomorrow-Dennis Quaid, Ian Holm, D: Roland Emmerich **
24. The Chronicles of Riddick-Vin Diesel, Colm Feore D: David Twohy, **
25. The Terminal-Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, D: Steven Spielberg, **1/2
26. Fahrenheit 9/11-Michael Moore, George W. Bush, D: Michael Moore, ****
27. Dodgeball-Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, **
28. Spider-man 2-Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, D: Sam Raimi, ***1/2
29. King Arthur-Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, D: Antoine Fuqua, *1/2
30. Anchorman-Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, ***1/2
31. I Robot-Will Smith, Bruce Greenwood, D: Alex Proyas, ***
32. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, ****
33. The Bourne Supremacy-Matt Damon, Brian Cox, D: Paul Greengrass, ***
34. The Village-Joaquin Phoenix, William Hurt, D: M. Night Shyamalan, ½*
35. The Manchurian Candidate-Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, ***
36. Collateral-Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, D: Michael Mann, ***1/2
37. Open Water-Blanchard Ryan, ***
38. Exorcist: The Beginning-Stellan Skarsgard, D: Renny Harlin, **
39. Hero-Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi, ***
40. Garden State-Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, D: Zach Braff, ****
41. Mr. 3000-Bernie Mac, Paul Sorvino, D: Charles Stone III, **1/2
42. Silver City-Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, D: John Sayles, **1/2
43. Shaun of the Dead-Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, D: Edgar Wright, ***1/2
44. The Motorcycle Diaries-Gael Garcia Bernal, Mia Maestro, ***1/2
45. Team America: World Police-D: Trey Parker, **1/2
46. I Heart Huckabees-Dustin Hoffman, Mark Wahlberg, D: David O. Russell, **
47. Ray-Jamie Foxx, Larenz Tate, D: Taylor Hackford, ****
48. Saw-Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, D James Wan, ***
49. The Incredibles-Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, D: Brad Bird, ***
50. Vera Drake-Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, D: Mike Leigh, ****
51. Sideways-Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, D: Alexander Payne, ****
52. Spongebob Squarepants-D: Stephen Hillenberg, **1/2
53. National Treasure-Nicolas Cage, Sean Bean, D: John Turteltaub, **1/2
54. Alexander-Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, D: Oliver Stone, *
55. Blade: Trinity-Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristopherson, D: David Goyer, ***
56. Finding Neverland-Johnny Depp, Dustin Hoffman, D: Marc Forster, ***
57. Ocean’s Twelve-George Clooney, Brad Pitt, D: Steven Soderbergh, **
58. Closer-Julia Roberts, Jude Law, D: Mike Nichols, ****
59. House of Flying Daggers-Ziyi Zhang, D: Zhang Yimou, ***1/2
60. The Aviator-Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, D: Martin Scorsese, ***1/2
61. The Life Aquatic-Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, D: Wes Anderson, *1/2
62. Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events- Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, ***
63. Hotel Rwanda-Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, D: Terry George, ****
64. Bad Education-Gael Garcia Bernal, D: Pedro Almodovar, ***
65. Beyond the Sea-Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, D: Kevin Spacey, ***
66. In Good Company-Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, ***1/2
67. Million Dollar Baby-Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, D: Clint Eastwood, ****

Best films of 2004

1. Garden State
2. Hotel Rwanda
3. Million Dollar Baby
4. Closer
5. Sideways
6. Dawn of the Dead
7. Vera Drake
8. The Aviator
9. Ray
10. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

11. House of Flying Daggers
12. Fahrenheit 9/11
13. Collateral
14. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
15. Shaun of the Dead
16. Bad Education
17. The Motorcycle Diaries
18. In Good Company
19. Finding Neverland
20. Hero
21. Spider-Man 2
22. The Incredibles
23. Mean Girls
24. Troy
25. Anchorman

Best Action: Collateral

Best Science Fiction: I Robot

Best Comedy: Garden State

Best Drama: Hotel Rwanda

Best Horror: Dawn of the Dead

Best Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11

Best Foreign Film: House of Flying Daggers

Worst Good Movie of the Year: Miracle

Best Bad Movie of the Year: Anchorman

Worst Films of the year:

1. Dogville
2. The Village
3. The Life Aquatic
4. Alexander
5. The Punisher
6. Exorcist: The Beginning
7. Starsky and Hutch
8. Van Helsing
9. King Arthur
10. The Passion of The Christ

Worst Movie of the Year:

Dogville

Worst Actor:

Colin Farrell-Alexander

Worst Actress:

Nicole Kidman-Dogville

Worst Director:

M. Night Shymalan-The Village

Worst Supporting Actor:

Owen Wilson-The Life Aquatic

Worst Supporting Actress:

Kate Beckinsale-Van Helsing

Worst Action Movie:

The Punisher

Most Horrible Horror Movie:

Exorcist: The Beginning

Least Funny Comedy:

Starsky and Hutch

Most Pathetic Epic:

King Arthur