Best Movies of 2004
Most watched in 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban2004 · ★ 8.0 · 2h 21m
The Incredibles2004 · ★ 7.7 · 1h 55m
Spider-Man 22004 · ★ 7.3 · 2h 7m
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2004 · ★ 8.1 · 1h 48m
Kill Bill: Vol. 22004 · ★ 7.9 · 2h 16m
Shrek 22004 · ★ 7.3 · 1h 32m
#1 Howl's Moving Castle (2004) · ★ 8.4 · 11,504 votes · 1h 59m · fantasy, adventure, animationSophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to…
#2 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) · ★ 8.1 · 16,796 votes · 1h 48m · romance, drama, science-fictionJoel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he re…
#3 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) · ★ 8.0 · 23,701 votes · 2h 21m · fantasy, adventureHarry Potter's life is in danger once more as dangerous wizard Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban Prison and is heading to Hogwarts.…
#4 Million Dollar Baby (2004) · ★ 8.0 · 10,419 votes · 2h 12m · dramaDespondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and t…
#5 Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) · ★ 8.0 · 794 votes · 2h 28m · action, adventure, dramaWhen two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.…
#6 Nobody Knows (2004) · ★ 8.0 · 685 votes · 2h 21m · dramaIn a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.…
#7 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) · ★ 7.9 · 15,285 votes · 2h 16m · action, thriller, crimeThe Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former assoc…
#8 The Notebook (2004) · ★ 7.9 · 12,889 votes · 2h 3m · romance, dramaAn epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who i…
#9 Downfall (2004) · ★ 7.9 · 4,479 votes · 2h 35m · drama, history, warIn April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capita…
#10 Before Sunset (2004) · ★ 7.8 · 3,936 votes · 1h 20m · romance, dramaNine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and…
#11 3-Iron (2004) · ★ 7.8 · 1,300 votes · 1h 28m · romance, drama, crimeA drifter lives in people's houses while they are away and repays them by doing chores for them. His life changes when he meets a beautiful woman who wants to escape her unhappy ma…
#12 The Incredibles (2004) · ★ 7.7 · 19,352 votes · 1h 55m · action, adventure, animationBob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a myst…
#13 Hotel Rwanda (2004) · ★ 7.7 · 3,290 votes · 2h 2m · drama, history, warInspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world.…
#14 The Chorus (2004) · ★ 7.7 · 2,671 votes · 1h 37m · comedy, drama, musicIn 1940s France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.…
#15 The Butterfly Effect (2004) · ★ 7.6 · 8,544 votes · 1h 53m · thriller, science-fictionA young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. H…
#16 The Sea Inside (2004) · ★ 7.6 · 1,050 votes · 2h 6m · dramaRamón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops…
#17 Shaun of the Dead (2004) · ★ 7.5 · 9,664 votes · 1h 39m · comedy, horrorShaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to…
#18 The Machinist (2004) · ★ 7.5 · 6,331 votes · 1h 42m · thriller, dramaTrevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.…
#19 Man on Fire (2004) · ★ 7.5 · 5,915 votes · 2h 26m · action, thriller, dramaJaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnap…
#20 The Passion of the Christ (2004) · ★ 7.5 · 5,277 votes · 2h 7m · dramaA graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life.…
#21 Kung Fu Hustle (2004) · ★ 7.5 · 3,351 votes · 1h 39m · action, comedy, fantasyIt's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortun…
#22 Ray (2004) · ★ 7.5 · 2,286 votes · 2h 32m · drama, musicBorn on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calli…
#23 Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper (2004) · ★ 7.5 · 1,555 votes · 1h 26m · comedy, animation, familyIn her first animated musical featuring seven original songs, Barbie comes to life in this modern re-telling of a classic tale of mistaken identity and the power of friendship. Bas…
#24 The Consequences of Love (2004) · ★ 7.5 · 923 votes · 1h 40m · thriller, dramaLugano, Switzerland. Titta Di Girolamo is a discreet and sullen man who has been living for almost a decade in a modest hotel room, a prisoner of an atrocious routine, apparently w…
#25 Head-On (2004) · ★ 7.5 · 644 votes · 2h 2m · romance, dramaWith the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead…
#26 Saw (2004) · ★ 7.4 · 10,368 votes · 1h 43m · horror, crime, mysteryTwo men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sad…
#27 The Terminal (2004) · ★ 7.4 · 9,002 votes · 2h 8m · comedy, dramaAn Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.…
#28 The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) · ★ 7.4 · 1,463 votes · 2h 6m · dramaBased on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South Americ…
#29 Bad Education (2004) · ★ 7.4 · 1,097 votes · 1h 45m · drama, crimeWhen an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding s…
#30 Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) · ★ 7.4 · 1,027 votes · 1h 40m · drama, science-fiction, animationCyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The…
#31 Spider-Man 2 (2004) · ★ 7.3 · 16,913 votes · 2h 7m · action, adventure, science-fictionPeter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake o…
#32 Shrek 2 (2004) · ★ 7.3 · 13,820 votes · 1h 32m · comedy, fantasy, adventureHappily ever after never seemed so far far away when a trip to meet the in-laws turns into a hilariously twisted adventure for Shrek and Fiona. With the help of ever-faithful Donke…
#33 The Bourne Supremacy (2004) · ★ 7.3 · 8,442 votes · 1h 48m · action, thriller, dramaA CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pai…
#34 Finding Neverland (2004) · ★ 7.3 · 3,797 votes · 1h 46m · fantasy, dramaDuring a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead…
#35 House of Flying Daggers (2004) · ★ 7.3 · 1,852 votes · 1h 59m · action, adventure, dramaIn 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin he…
#36 The Phantom of the Opera (2004) · ★ 7.3 · 1,823 votes · 2h 21m · thriller, romance, dramaA young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House.…
#37 Shutter (2004) · ★ 7.3 · 1,449 votes · 1h 36m · thriller, horror, mysteryWhen Jane and Tun run over a girl in a car accident, they speed away immediately from the crime scene. However, Tun, a photographer, soon discovers strange shadows in his photos, w…
#38 A Very Long Engagement (2004) · ★ 7.3 · 1,371 votes · 2h 13m · romance, drama, warYoung Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone.…
#39 Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (2004) · ★ 7.3 · 632 votes · 1h 22m · action, comedy, adventureNaruto is thrilled when he is sent on a mission to protect his favorite actress, Yukie Fujikaze, on the set of her new movie, The Adventures of Princess Gale. But when the crew ven…
#40 Troy (2004) · ★ 7.2 · 11,341 votes · 2h 43m · action, adventure, historyIn year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sa…