Best movies of 2004

Actors : Kevin Bacon, David Alan Grier, Kyra Sedgwick, Yasiin Bey,
Directors : Nicole Kassell,

A child molester returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.

Actors : Clea DuVall, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, William Mapother,
Directors : Takashi Shimizu,

An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.

Actors : Sam Neill, Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany, Jon Favreau,
Directors : Richard Loncraine,

A pro tennis player has lost his ambition and has fallen in rank to 119. Fortunately for him, he meets a young player on the women's circuit who helps him recapture his focus for Wimbledon.

Actors : Angelina Jolie, Colin Farrell, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Hopkins,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest military leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.

Actors : Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello, Timothy Hutton,
Directors : David Koepp,

A writer is accused of plagiarism by a strange man, who then starts haunting him for "justice."

Actors : Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman, Adam Sandler,
Directors : James L. Brooks,

A woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family where the patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.

Actors : Paddy Considine, Dean Andrews, Emily Blunt, Natalie Press,
Directors : Pawel Pawlikowski,

In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona meets the exotic, pampered Tamsin. Over the summer season, the two young women discover they have much to teach one another, and much to explore together.

Actors : Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons, Lynn Collins,
Directors : Michael Radford,

In 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.

Actors : Hugh Jackman, Richard Roxburgh, Shuler Hensley, Kate Beckinsale,
Directors : Stephen Sommers,

The notorious monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for some sinister purpose.

Actors : Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Nicolas Cage, Sean Bean,
Directors : Jon Turteltaub,

A historian races to find the legendary Templar Treasure before a team of mercenaries.

Actors : Debra Messing, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ben Stiller,
Directors : John Hamburg,

A buttoned up newlywed finds his too organized life falling into chaos when he falls in love with an old classmate.

Actors : Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Jay Roach,

All hell breaks loose when the Byrnes family meets the Focker family for the first time.

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 : Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Michelle Trachtenberg, Travis Wester,

Dumped by his girlfriend, a high school grad decides to embark on an overseas adventure in Europe with his friends.

Actors : Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Thandie Newton, Judi Dench,
Directors : David Twohy,

The wanted criminal Riddick arrives on a planet called Helion Prime, and finds himself up against an invading empire called the Necromongers, an army that plans to convert or kill all humans in the universe.

Actors : Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Kathy Bates, Jim Broadbent,
Directors : Frank Coraci,

To win a bet, an eccentric British inventor beside his Chinese valet and an aspiring French artist, embarks on a trip full of adventures and dangers around the world in exactly 80 days.

Actors : Parker Posey, Kris Kristofferson, Wesley Snipes, Ryan Reynolds,
Directors : David S. Goyer,

Blade, now a wanted man by the FBI, must join forces with the Nightstalkers to face his most challenging enemy yet: Dracula.

Actors : Anne Hathaway, Joanna Lumley, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes,
Directors : Tommy O'Haver,

Ella is under a spell to be constantly obedient, a fact she must hide from her new step-family in order to protect the prince of the land, her friend for whom she's falling.

Actors : Robert Patrick, Joaquin Phoenix, Jacinda Barrett, John Travolta,
Directors : Jay Russell,

A firefighter, injured and trapped in a burning building, has flashbacks of his life as he drifts in and out of consciousness. Meanwhile, fellow firefighters led by the Chief attempt to rescue him.

Actors : Hugh Grant, Renée Zellweger, Gemma Jones, Colin Firth,
Directors : Beeban Kidron,

After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she's dreamed of having.