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2004: Overstreet’s Favorite Films

Last updated on: November 12, 2012 at 1:02 pm   by Jeffrey Overstreet

2004: Overstreet’s Favorite Films 2012-11-12T13:02:53-07:00 Jeffrey Overstreet

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Here is the current (but occasionally updated) list of my favorite films from 2004.

In order to understand the purpose and meaning of this list, please read my introduction to the Looking Closer Favorite Films lists here.

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2004

  1. Millions
  2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  3. The Incredibles
  4. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
  5. 2046 (review)
  6. The Motorcycle Diaries
  7. Birth
  8. Before Sunset
  9. Born Into Brothels
  10. Tony Takitani*
  11. Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow
  12. Spider-man 2
  13. The Taste of Tea* (review)
  14. Mean Creek
  15. The Bourne Supremacy
  16. The World
  17. Shaun of the Dead
  18. Primer
  19. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
  20. Napoleon Dynamite
  21. Vera Drake
  22. Million Dollar Baby
  23. Hotel Rwanda
  24. Howl’s Moving Castle*
  25. Dear Frankie
As-yet Unseen or Unratable Films of 2004
3-iron (Kim Ki-duk) 5×2 A Christmas Carol A Film About Townes Van Zandt Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer All the Ships at Sea (Dan Sallitt) Ana and the Others (Celina Murga) AVP: Alien vs. Predator (Paul W.S. Anderson) Bad Education Be Here to Love Me: Birthday Boy Bombón: El Perro Breaking News (Johnny To) Brothers Chiens égarés Clean Connie and Carla Criminal Darwin’s Nightmare Dead Man’s Shoes (Shane Meadows) Delivery De-Lovely Destination Mars! DiG! Duck Season Electric Edwardians Ett Hål i mitt hjärta Evolution of a Filipino Family (Lav Diaz) Firecracker Frankie & Johnny Are Married Gilles’ Wife Goodnight, We Love You Gunner Palace Haryu insaeng Head in the Clouds (John Duigan) Head-On (Fatih Akın) Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinematheque Holy Lola I’m Not Scared In My Father’s Den Innocence: Ghost in the Shell 2 (Mamoru Oshii) Innocent Voices Isn’t This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal It’s All Gone Pete Tong Keane (Lodge Kerrigan) King of the Corner Kings and Queen (Arnaud Desplechin) Lavorare con lentezza Layer Cake Le Grand voyage Lightning in a Bottle Little Terrorist Look at Me (Agnes Jaoui) Mind Game (Masaaki Yuasa) Moolaadé (Ousmane Sembene) Mountain Patrol: Kekexili Mouse Heaven (Kenneth Anger) My Summer of Love Mysterious Skin Never Die Alone Notre musique (Jean-Luc Godard) Omagh Or (Mon Tresor) (Keren Yedaya) Ovunque sei Palindromes (Todd Solondz) Promised Land Red Lights (Cedric Kahn) Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher Riding Giants Ryan Saving Face ScaredSacred Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire Silver City Sombra Dolorosa (Guy Maddin) Stand van de maan Star Spangled to Death (Ken Jacobs) Suspect Zero (E. Elias Merhige) Taking Lives Team America: World Police Tell Them Who You Are The Alamo The Assassination of Richard Nixon The Bridesmaid (Claude Chabrol) The Brown Bunny (Vincent Gallo) The Chorus The Consequences of Love The Garden of Earthly Delights (Lech Majewski) The Gate of the Sun (Yousry Nasrallah) The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (Asia Argento) The Hero The Intruder (Claire Denis) The Keys to the House The Libertine The Merchant of Venice The Notebook The Phantom of the Opera The Sea Inside The Staircase The Syrian Bride The Talent Given Us The Woodsman Three… Extremes Throwdown (Johnny To) Tout un hiver sans feu Triple Agent (Eric Rohmer) Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul) Turtles Can Fly Udalionnyy dostup Waiting (Sky Hirschkron) Walk on Water Watermarks When Will I Be Loved With Blood on My Hands: Pusher II Woman is the Future of Man (Hong Sang-soo) Word Wars Yesterday

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