Best movies of 2004 that are oscar winners or nominees

Actors : Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt,
Directors : M. Night Shyamalan,

A series of events tests the beliefs of a small isolated countryside village.

Actors : Angelina Jolie, Will Smith, Renée Zellweger, Robert De Niro,

When a son of a gangster shark boss is accidentally killed while on the hunt, his would-be prey and his vegetarian brother both decide to use the incident to their own advantage.

Actors : Emmy Rossum, Miranda Richardson, Patrick Wilson, Gerard Butler,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House. He kidnaps the soprano and forces the owners of the play to keep her as the lead role of the play.

Actors : Maury Chaykin, Michael Gambon, Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons,
Directors : István Szabó,

Set in '30s London, the film involves stage actors and their experiences with love and revenge.

Actors : Tobey Maguire, James Franco, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina,
Directors : Sam Raimi,

Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a brilliant scientist named Doctor Otto Octavius.

Actors : Leleti Khumalo, Lihle Mvelase, Kenneth Khambula, Harriet Lenabe,
Directors : Darrell Roodt,

After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.