Best Drama movies of 2004

Actors : Shirley Henderson, Sam Neill, Simon Abkarian, Joan Allen,
Directors : Sally Potter,

In this film, told almost entirely in iambic pentameter, She is a scientist in a loveless marriage to Anthony, a devious politician. He is a Lebanese doctor in self-imposed exile, working ...

Actors : Ellen Barkin, Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Monica Bellucci,
Directors : Spike Lee,

Fired from his job for exposing corrupt business practices, a former biotech executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.

Actors : Eun-ju Lee, Hyeong-jin Kong, Dong-gun Jang, Bin Won,
Directors : Je-kyu Kang,

A drama about the fate of brothers forced to fight in the Korean War.

Actors : Michael Ealy, Drew Sidora, David Arquette, DMX,
Directors : Ernest R. Dickerson,

A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.

Actors : Leif Sylvester, Anne Sørensen, Øyvind Hagen-Traberg, Mads Mikkelsen,
Directors : Nicolas Winding Refn,

Tony is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.

Actors : Emile Hirsch, Nicholas Downs, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant,
Directors : Luke Greenfield,

A teenager's dreams come true when a former porn star moves in next door and they fall in love.

Actors : Jean-Baptiste Maunier, François Berléand, Gérard Jugnot, Kad Merad,
Directors : Christophe Barratier,

The new teacher at a severely administered boys' boarding school works to positively affect the students' lives through music.

Actors : Orlando Bloom, Zoe Saldana, Bill Paxton, Agnes Bruckner,
Directors : Frank E. Flowers,

In Cayman Island, the daughter of a powerful man - Andrea - and the fisherman Shy are in a deep but secret love, hidden from Andrea's parents. When Andrea's father sails in a fish-trip, ...

Actors : Malcolm McDowell, Claire Forlani, Jeremy Northam, Jim Caviezel,
Directors : Rowdy Herrington,

Jim Caviezel stars as golf legend Bobby Jones, the icon who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.

Actors : Ioan Gruffudd, Keira Knightley, Clive Owen, Stephen Dillane,
Directors : Antoine Fuqua,

A demystified take on the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

Actors : Michael Ealy, Courteney Cox, Dori Mizrahi, James Le Gros,
Directors : Greg Harrison,

Sophie Jacobs is going through the most difficult time of her life. Now, she just has to find out if it's real.

Actors : Pavan Malhotra, Kay Kay Menon, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Aditya Srivastava,
Directors : Anurag Kashyap,

Black Friday is a film about the investigations following the 1993 serial Bombay bomb blasts, told through the different stories of the people involved --police, conspirators, victims, middlemen.

Actors : Anthony LaPaglia, Aaron Stanford, Allison Janney, Mark Webber,
Directors : Josh Sternfeld,

In this suburban drama, a widower (played by Anthony LaPaglia) confronts his older son's (played by Aaron Stanford) decision to leave home and his younger son's self-destructive behavior.

Actors : Vahina Giocante, Moa Khouas, Karim Ben Haddou, Lotfi Chakri,
Directors : Ziad Doueiri,

Two inner-city teenagers engage in an obsessive, innocent flirtation fueled by Lila's sexually explicit overtures.

Actors : Kris Holden-Ried, Suleka Mathew, Kyle MacLachlan, Jimi Mistry,
Directors : Ian Iqbal Rashid,

A gay Canadian living in London has his perfectly crafted life upset when his devoutly Muslim mother comes to visit.

Actors : Asanee Suwan, Orn-Anong Panyawong, Nukkid Boonthong, Sorapong Chatree,
Directors : Ekachai Uekrongtham,

Bio-pic of transgender Muay Thai boxer Parinya Charoenphol who pursued the sport to pay for her sex change operation.

Actors : Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Sarah Juel Werner,
Directors : Susanne Bier,

Two brothers must negotiate changing roles and shifting family dynamics when one is sent to war in Afghanistan.

Actors : Vera Farmiga, Hugh Dillon, Caridad 'La Bruja' De La Luz, Clint Jordan,
Directors : Debra Granik,

A woman stuck in a stale marriage struggles to raise her children and manage her secret drug habit. But when winter comes to her small town, her balancing act begins to come crashing down.

Actors : David Castillo, Empar Ferrer, Elvira Lindo, José Luis García Pérez,
Directors : Miguel Albaladejo,

Pedro, a gay man with an active social life and big circle of friends, takes in his nephew Bernardo for a couple weeks. When it appears as though it might become a permanent arrangement, ...

Actors : Frederick Weller, Neve Campbell, Dominic Chianese, Ashley Shelton,
Directors : James Toback,

Feeling undervalued by her boyfriend, a young woman begins to explore her sexuality with other people.