THE BEST FILMS OF 2004
Eric Hoyt1. Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood, U.S.A.)
2. Crimson Gold (Jafar Panahi, Iran)
3. Vera Drake (Mike Leigh, U.K.)
4. Before Sunset (Ricahrd Linklater, U.S.A.)
5. Sideways (Alexander Payne, U.S.A.)
6. Maria Full of Grace (Joshua Marston, Colombia/U.S.A.)
7. The Incredibles (Brad Bird, U.S.A.)
8. Bad Education (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)
9. The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass, U.S.A.)
10. Dogville (Lars Von Trier, Denmark)
11. Moolaade (Ousmane Sembene, Senegal)
12. Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore, U.S.A.)
13. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, U.S.A.)
14. Tarnation (Jonathan Couette, U.S.A.)
15. The Saddest Music in the World (Guy Maddin, Canada)
16. Collateral (Micahel Mann, U.S.A.)
17. Bright Leaves (Ross McElwee, U.S.A.)
18. Baadasssss! (Martin Scorsese, U.S.A.)
19. I Heart Huckabees (David O. Russell, U.S.A.)
20. Control Room (Jehane Noujaim, U.S.A.)
Jon Lefkovitz
1. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, U.S.A.)
2. Undertow (David Gordon Green, U.S.A.)
3. My Architect: A Son’s Journey (Nathaniel Kahn, U.S.A.)
4. Sideways (Alexander Payne, U.S.A)
5. The Fog of War (Errol Morris, U.S.A.)
6. Vera Drake (Mike Leigh, U.K.)
7. The Incredibles (Brad Bird, U.S.A.)
8. Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore, U.S.A.)
9. Dogville (Lars von Trier, Denmark)
10. Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood, U.S.A.)
11. Kinsey (Bill Condon, U.S.A.)
12. Coffee and Cigarettes (Jim Jarmusch, U.S.A.)
13. Shrek 2 (Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon, U.S.A.)
14. The Five Obstructions (Jørgen Leth & Lars von Trier, Denmark)
15. A Touch of Pink (Ian Iqbal Rashid, U.S.A.)
Runners-Up:
Bad Education (Pedro Almodovar, Spain)
Bright Leaves (Ross McElwee, U.S.A.)
Collateral (Michael Mann, U.S.A.)
Mayor of the Sunset Strip (George Hickenlooper, U.S.A.)
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky, U.S.A.)