2004 movies by grade

    A

  • Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003) 92

    • A-

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry) 88
  • Primer (Shane Carruth) 84
  • Los Angeles Plays Itself (Thom Andersen, 2003) 83
  • Distant (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2002) 82

    • B+

  • Crimson Gold (Jafar Panahi, 2003) 81
  • Sideways (Alexander Payne) 79
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson) 79
  • Before Sunset (Richard Linklater) 77
  • Cowards Bend the Knee (Guy Maddin, 2003) 76
  • Vera Drake (Mike Leigh) 76
  • Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring (Ki-duk Kim, 2003) 75
  • Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino) 74
  • Red Lights (Cédric Kahn) 74
  • The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass) 73
  • House of Flying Daggers (Yimou Zhang) 73

    • B

  • Bad Education (Pedro Almodóvar) 72
  • The Return (Andrei Zvyaginstev, 2003) 71
  • The Twilight Samurai (Yoji Yamada, 2002) 71
  • Amazing Couple, An (Lucas Belvaux, 2002) 70
  • Time of the Wolf (Michael Haneke, 2003) 70
  • Touching the Void (Kevin Macdonald, 2003) 69
  • The Brown Bunny (Vincent Gallo, 2003) 69
  • The Five Obstructions (Lars von Trier, 2003) 69
  • Bright Leaves (Ross McElwee, 2003) 69
  • Raja (Jacques Doillon, 2003) 69
  • Secret Things (Jean-Claude Brisseau, 2002) 68
  • The Saddest Music in the World (Guy Maddin, 2003) 68
  • Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi) 68
  • Spartan (David Mamet) 67
  • Control Room (Jehane Noujaim) 67
  • Hero (Yimou Zhang, 2002) 67
  • Tarnation (Jonathan Caouette, 2003) 67
  • Dawn of the Dead (Zack Snyder) 66
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Alfonso Cuarón) 66
  • After the Life (Lucas Belvaux, 2002) 66
  • On the Run (Lucas Belvaux, 2002) 66
  • Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (Bruce Sinofsky) 65
  • The Manchurian Candidate (Jonathan Demme) 65
  • The Corporation (Mark Achbar, 2003) 65
  • Closer (Mike Nichols) 65
  • Oasis (Chang-dong Lee, 2002) 65
  • Super Size Me (Morgan Spurlock) 64
  • Infernal Affairs (Alan Mak, 2002) 64
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Stephen Hillenburg) 64
  • S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine (Rithy Panh, 2003) 64

    • B-

  • Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright) 63
  • Birth (Jonathan Glazer) 63
  • Gozu (Takashi Miike, 2003) 62
  • The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (Takeshi Kitano, 2003) 61
  • Blind Shaft (Yang Li, 2003) 61
  • Dig! (Ondi Timoner) 61
  • Maria Full of Grace (Joshua Marston) 60
  • Twentynine Palms (Bruno Dumont, 2003) 60
  • Farenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore) 59
  • Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood) 58
  • Code 46 (Michael Winterbottom, 2003) 57
  • 50 First Dates (Peter Segal) 56
  • Mean Girls (Mark Waters) 55

    • C+

  • The Incredibles (Brad Bird) 54
  • Ocean's Twelve (Steven Soderbergh) 51
  • The Door in the Floor (Tod Williams) 51
  • Ju-on: The Grudge (Takashi Shimizu, 2003) 49
  • The Dreamers (Bernardo Bertolucci, 2003) 48
  • Coffee and Cigarettes (Jim Jarmusch) 48
  • The Aviator (Martin Scorsese) 48
  • The Ladykillers (Ethan Coen) 47
  • In Good Company (Paul Weitz) 47
  • Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (Joan Churchill, 2003) 46

    • C

  • Troy (Wolfgang Petersen) 45
  • The Butterfly Effect (J. Mackye Gruber) 45
  • The Polar Express [IMAX 3D version] (Robert Zemeckis) 44
  • Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Adam McKay) 40
  • The Village (M. Night Shyamalan) 40
  • Collateral (Michael Mann) 37

    • C-

  • The Big Bounce (George Armitage) 34
  • Along Came Polly (John Hamburg) 31

    • D+

  • Open Water (Laura Lau, 2003) 21

    • D

    D-

    F