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The Movies of 2004: World Premieres
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Top Ten List

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Dir. Michel Gondry. Jim Carrey A
2. Maria Full of Grace Dir. Joshua Marston. Catalina Sandino Moreno A
3. Tropical Malady Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Banlop Lomnoi A–
4. Birth Dir. Jonathan Glazer. Nicole Kidman, Cameron Bright, Anne Heche A–
5. The Holy Girl Dir. Lucrecia Martel. María Alche, Carlos Belloso, Mercedes Morán A–
6. The Bourne Supremacy Dir. Paul Greengrass. Matt Damon, Joan Allen, Brian Cox A–
7. Before Sunset Dir. Richard Linklater. Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy A–
8. Notre musique Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. Sarah Adler, Nade Dieu, Jean-Luc Godard A–
9. Kings and Queen Dir. Arnaud Desplechin. Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric A–
10. Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow Dir. Theo Angelopoulos. Nikos Poursadinis A–


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 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Dir. Michel Gondry. Jim Carrey A
 Maria Full of Grace Dir. Joshua Marston. Catalina Sandino Moreno A

 Before Sunset Dir. Richard Linklater. Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy A–
 Birth Dir. Jonathan Glazer. Nicole Kidman, Cameron Bright, Anne Heche A–
 The Bourne Supremacy Dir. Paul Greengrass. Matt Damon, Joan Allen, Brian Cox A–
Clean Dir. Olivier Assayas. Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte, Martha Henry A–
Closer Dir. Mike Nichols. Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen A–
 Dawn of the Dead Dir. Zack Snyder. Sarah Polley, Jake Weber, Ving Rhames A–
The Holy Girl Dir. Lucrecia Martel. María Alche, Carlos Belloso, Mercedes Morán A–
 I ♥ Huckabees Dir. David O. Russell. Jason Schwartzman, Lily Tomlin A–
Kings and Queen Dir. Arnaud Desplechin. Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric A–
 Million Dollar Baby Dir. Clint Eastwood. Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank A–
Notre musique Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. Sarah Adler, Nade Dieu, Jean-Luc Godard A–
Palindromes Dir. Todd Solondz. Sharon Wilkins, Shayna Levine, Ellen Barkin A–
Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow Dir. Theo Angelopoulos. Nikos Poursadinis A–
Tropical Malady Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Banlop Lomnoi A–

2046 Dir. Wong Kar-wai. Tony Leung, Faye Wong, Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Carina Lau B+
Brother to Brother Dir. Rodney Evans. Anthony Mackie, Roger Robinson B+
Brothers Dir. Susanne Bier. Ulrich Thomsen, Connie Nielsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas B+
 Collateral Dir. Michael Mann. Jamie Foxx, Tom Cruise, Jada Pinkett Smith B+
 Control Room Dir. Jehane Noujaim. Documentary about al-Jazeera and CentCom B+
 Enduring Love Dir. Roger Michell. Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton, Rhys Ifans B+
 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Dir. Alfonso Cuarón. Daniel Radcliffe B+
Howl's Moving Castle Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. the voice of Jean Simmons B+
In Good Company Dir. Paul Weitz. Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid B+
The Incredibles Dir. Brad Bird. Voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter B+
Kill Bill, Vol. 2 Dir. Quentin Tarantino. Uma Thurman, David Carradine B+
Mixed Greens Dir. Michelle Citron. Experimental documentary/essay film B+
Moolaadè Dir. Ousmane Sembène. Fatoumata Coulibaly B+
Los Muertos Dir. Lisandro Alonso. Argentino Vargas, Francesco Domez B+
Salvador Allende Dir. Patricio Guzmán. Documentary about dictator's life B+
 Shrek 2 Dirs. Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon B+
Sideways Dir. Alexander Payne. Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church B+
 Vera Drake Dir. Mike Leigh. Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Daniel Mays, Alex Kelly B+

10th District Court Dir. Raymond Depardon. Documentary about French court B
 13 Going on 30 Dir. Gary Winick. Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer B
9 Songs Dir. Michael Winterbottom. Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley B
À tout de suite Dir. Benoît Jacquot. Isild Le Besco, Ouassani Embarek B
Bad Education Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez B
Born into Brothels Dirs. Ross Kauffman, Zana Briski. Documentary B
Breakin' All the Rules Dir. Daniel Taplitz. Jamie Foxx, Morris Chestnut B
 The Clearing Dir. Pieter Jan Brugge. Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe B
Darwin's Nightmare Dir. Hubert Sauper. Documentary about Tanzanian eco crisis B
 De-Lovely Dir. Irwin Winkler. Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce B
Downfall Dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel. Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara B
 Fahrenheit 9/11 Dir. Michael Moore. Documentary about Bush administration B
Head-On Dir. Fatih Akin. Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Güven Kirac B
Hotel Rwanda Dir. Terry George. Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte B
House of Flying Daggers Dir. Zhang Yimou. Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro B
In the Battlefields Dir. Danielle Arbid. Marianne Feghali, Rawia Elchab B
In the Realms of the Unreal Dir. Jessica Yu. Documentary about Henry Darger B
The Merchant of Venice Dir. Michael Radford. Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes B
Mondovino Dir. Jonathan Nossiter. Documentary about modern wine-making B
 The Motorcycle Diaries Dir. Walter Salles. Gael García Bernal B
 Napoleon Dynamite Dir. Jared Hess. Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino B
Nobody Knows Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda. Yuuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura B
The Notebook Dir. Nick Cassavetes. Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner B
Primer Dir. Shane Carruth. Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden B
Somersault Dir. Cate Shortland. Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette Curran B
 Super Size Me Dir. Morgan Spurlock. Documentary about American obesity B
Undertow Dir. David Gordon Green. Jamie Bell, Devon Alan, Josh Lucas B
When the Sea Rises Dir. Gilles Porte, Yolande Moreau. Yolane Moreau B
Woman Is the Future of Man Dir. Hong Sang-soo. Kim Tae-woo, Yu Ji-tae B

10 on Ten Dir. Abbas Kiarostami. Ten lectures on philosophy and film B–
3-Iron Dir. Kim Ki-duk. Hee Jae, Lee Seung-yeon, Kwon Hyuk-ho, Ju Jin-mo B–
5x2 Dir. François Ozon. Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss B–
Alfie Dir. Charles Shyer. Jude Law, Marisa Tomei, Omar Epps, Nia Long B–
The Assassination of Richard Nixon Dir. Niels Mueller. Sean Penn, Naomi Watts B–
The Aviator Dir. Martin Scorsese. Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Alan Alda B–
Brodeuses Dir. Eléonore Faucher. Lola Naymark, Ariane Ascaride B–
Cho Revolution Dir. Lorene Machado. Documentary of stand-up performance B–
Crash Dir. Paul Haggis. Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard B–
 The Day After Tomorrow Dir. Roland Emmerich. Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal B–
The Cutting Edge: The Art of Film Editing Dir. Wendy Apple. Documentary B–
Down to the Bone Dir. Debra Granik. Vera Farmiga, Hugh Dillon, Clint Jordan B–
Friday Night Lights Dir. Peter Berg. Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Derek Luke B–
 Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry Dir. George Butler. Documentary B–
Kinsey Dir. Bill Condon. Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Peter Sarsgaard B–
Land of Plenty Dir. Wim Wenders. Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Wendell Pierce B–
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Dir. Brad Silberling B–
The Libertine Dir. Laurence Dunmore. Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton B–
The Machinist Dir. Brad Anderson. Christian Bale, John Sharian B–
Mean Girls Dir. Mark S. Waters. Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert B–
 Mr. 3000 Dir. Charles Stone III. Bernie Mac, Angela Bassett, Brian White B–
 The Passion of the Christ Dir. Mel Gibson. Jim Caviezel, Maia MorgensternB–
Saving Face Dir. Alice Wu. Michelle Krusiec, Joan Chen, Lynn Chen B–
Speak Dir. Jessica Sharzer. Kristen Stewart, Elizabeth Perkins, Steve Zahn B–
Vanity Fair Dir. Mira Nair. Reese Witherspoon, James Purefoy, Romola Garai B–
Wild Side Dir. Sébastien Lifshitz. Stéphanie Michelini, Edouard Nikitine B–

The Consequences of Love Dir. Paolo Sorrentino. Toni Servillo, Olivia Magnani C+
The Fever Dir. Carlo Nero. Vanessa Redgrave, Michael Moore, Angelina Jolie C+
 The Forgotten Dir. Joseph Ruben. Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Linus Roache C+
The Heart Is Deceitful above All Things Dir. Asia Argento. Jimmy Bennett C+
Hotel Dir. Jessica Hausner. Franziska Weisz, Birgit Minichmayr, Peter Strauss C+
 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Dir. Stephen Hopkins. Geoffrey Rush C+
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Dir. Wes Anderson. Bill Murray C+
Life Is a Miracle Dir. Emir Kusturica. Slavko Stimac, Natasa Tapuskovic C+
Look at Me Dir. Agnès Jaoui. Marilou Berry, Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri C+
 The Manchurian Candidate Dir. Jonathan Demme. Denzel Washington C+
Mean Creek Dir. Jacob Aaron Estes. Rory Culkin, Scott Mechlowicz C+
My Summer of Love Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski. Natalie Press, Emily Blunt C+
 OutFoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism Dir. Robert Greenwald C+
 Shaun of the Dead Dir. Edgar Wright. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield C+
 Spider-Man 2 Dir. Sam Raimi. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina C+
Thirst Dir. Tawfik Abu Wael. Hussein Yassin Mahajne, Ahamed Abed Elrani C+
To Take a Wife Dir. Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz. Ronit Elkabetz, Simon Abkarian C+
The White Diamond Dir. Werner Herzog. Documentary about a zeppelin pilot C+

Beautiful Boxer Dir. Ekachai Uekrongtham. Asanee Suwan, Sorapong Chatree C
Being Julia Dir. István Szábo. Annette Bening, Shaun Evans, Jeremy Irons C
Les Choristes Dir. Christophe Barratier. Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand C
Crónicas Dir. Sebastián Cordero. John Leguizamo, Damián Alcázar C
A Good Woman Dir. Mike Barker. Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson C
The Grudge Dir. Takashi Shimizu. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr C
Keane Dir. Lodge Kerrigan. Damian Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Amy Ryan C
Meet the Fockers Dir. Jay Roach. Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman C
Melinda and Melinda Dir. Woody Allen. Radha Mitchell, Chloë Sevigny C
 Ocean's Twelve Dir. Steven Soderbergh. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon C
 Ray Dir. Taylor Hackford. Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King C
Summer Storm Dir. Marco Kreuzpaintner. Robert Standlober, Kostja Ullmann C
Veno Dir. Kingsley Ogoro. Regina Askia, Ramsey Noah, Jr., Fred Amata, Ada Ameh C
A Very Long Engagement Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel C
Walk on Water Dir. Eytan Fox. Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters C
 Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! Dir. Robert Luketic. Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel C

Cavedweller Dir. Lisa Cholodenko. Kyra Sedgwick, Regan Arnold, Aidan Quinn C–
I, Robot Dir. Alex Proyas. Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, James Cromwell C–
Mysterious Skin Dir. Gregg Araki. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Jeff Licon C–
Silver City Dir. John Sayles. Danny Huston, Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss C–
Spanglish Dir. James L. Brooks. Paz Vega, Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni C–
 Stage Beauty Dir. Richard Eyre. Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett C–
Team America: World Police Dir. Trey Parker. Voices of Trey Parker, Matt Stone C–
 The Village Dir. M. Night Shyamalan. Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix C–
 We Don't Live Here Anymore Dir. John Curran. Mark Ruffalo, Naomi Watts C–
The Woodsman Dir. Nicole Kassell. Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Benjamin Bratt C–
Yes Dir. Sally Potter. Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill, Shirley Henderson C–

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Dir. Adam McKay. Will Ferrell D+
 The Door in the Floor Dir. Tod Williams. Jeff Bridges, Jon Foster, Kim Basinger D+
Eros Dirs. Wong Kar-wai, Steven Soderbergh, Michelangelo Antonioni. Gong Li D+
Grande école Dir. Robert Salis. Gregori Baquet, Jocelyn Quivrin, Alice Taglioni D+
 A Home at the End of the World Dir. Michael Mayer. Colin Farrell D+
A Love Song for Bobby Long Dir. Shainee Gabel. John Travolta D+
The Phantom of the Opera Dir. Joel Schumacher. Emmy Rossum, Gerard Butler D+
p.s. Dir. Dylan Kidd. Laura Linney, Topher Grace, Marcia Gay Harden D+
Saw Dir. James Wan. Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover D+
The Sea Inside Dir. Alejandro Amenábar. Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda D+
 The Stepford Wives Dir. Frank Oz. Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick D+
 Troy Dir. Wolfgang Petersen. Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Brian Cox D+

Anatomy of Hell Dir. Catherine Breillat. Amira Casar, Rocco Siffredi D
Finding Neverland Dir. Marc Forster. Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet D
 Garden State Dir. Zach Braff. Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard D
In My Country Dir. John Boorman. Juliette Binoche, Samuel L. Jackson D
 The Ladykillers Dirs. Joel and Ethan Coen. Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall D
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Dir. Kerry Conran. Jude Law D

 Alexander Dir. Oliver Stone. Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto D–
Don't Move Dir. Sergio Castellitto. Sergio Castellito, Penélope Cruz D–
Ma mère Dir. Christophe Honoré. Louis Garrel, Isabelle Huppert D–

 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Dir. Beeban Kidron. Renée Zellweger F
 The Terminal Dir. Steven Spielberg. Tom Hanks, Stanley Tucci F