YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 2004

 

1. PRIMER
2. NAPOLEON DYNAMITE
3. THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU
4. SIDEWAYS
5. ANCHORMAN:  THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY
6. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
7. BEFORE SUNSET
8. KILL BILL VOL. 2
9. Z CHANNEL:  A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION
10. SHAUN OF THE DEAD
11. TOM DOWD & THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC
12. IMAGINARY WITNESS:  HOLLYWOOD AND THE HOLOCAUST
13. JACQUELINE DU PRE IN PORTRAIT
14. I, CURMUDGEON
15. SUPER SIZE ME
16. SAW
17. DOWNFALL
18. CREEP
19. SATAN'S LITTLE HELPER
20. MAREBITO
21. HELLBOY
22. FAHRENHEIT 9/11
23. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
24. THE AVIATOR
25. OCEAN'S TWELVE
26. THE CUTTING EDGE:  THE MAGIC OF MOVIE EDITING
27. SCOOBY-DOO 2:  MONSTERS UNLEASHED
28. SCORSESE ON SCORSESE
29. INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS
30. BE HERE TO LOVE ME
31. TEAM AMERICA:  WORLD POLICE
32. 1421:  THE YEAR CHINA DISCOVERED AMERICA?
33. CARY GRANT:  A CLASS APART
34. DR. HORROR'S EROTIC HOUSE OF IDIOTS
35. KUNG FU HUSTLE
36. HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE
37. HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE
38. THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
39. SECRET WINDOW
40. RAY
41. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
42. H.H. HOLMES:  AMERICA'S FIRST SERIAL KILLER
43. HEIR TO AN EXECUTION
44. GODZILLA:  FINAL WARS
45. HAWKING
46. THE HOLLOW
47. BETTIE PAGE:  THE GIRL IN THE LEOPARD PRINT BIKINI
48. JOHN CARPENTER:  THE MAN AND HIS MOVIES
49. SCOOBY-DOO AND THE LOCH NESS MONSTER
50. WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW?
51. DAWN OF THE DEAD
52. NIGHT WATCH
53. UNCONVENTIONAL
54. NATIONAL TREASURE
55. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
56. HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
57. SHREK 2
58. THE GRUDGE
59. TROY
60. MICKEY'S TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS
61. JERSEY GIRL
62. CRACKING THE DA VINCI CODE
63. THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON
64. SPIDER-MAN 2
65. SHAOLIN VS. EVIL DEAD
66. BEYOND THE SEA
67. 9 SONGS
68. UNLOCKING DA VINCI'S CODE
69. THE POLAR EXPRESS
70. I, ROBOT
71. THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
72. RESIDENT EVIL:  APOCALYPSE
73. ALEXANDER
74. THE STEPFORD WIVES
75. SALEM'S LOT
76. THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
77. GARFIELD
78. TWO BROTHERS
79. FRANKENSTEIN
80. VAN HELSING