The Best and Worst of 2004

The author’s considered best/worst in each category are listed in bold italics with an asterisk (*). The listed links will take you to more detailed reviews of each film.


The 10 Best Films

  1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  2. C.S.A: The Confederate States of America
  3. Saw
  4. Strings
  5. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
  6. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
  7. Team America: World Police
  8. D.E.B.S.
  9. 2046
  10. The Ordeal

Worst Films

  1. Van Helsing
  2. Riding the Bullet
  3. Boa vs Python
  4. Ella Enchanted
  5. Catwoman

Best Director

Jonathan Glazer – Birth
Joseph Ruben – The Forgotten
M. Night Shyamalan – The Village
Christopher Smith – Creep
James Wan – Saw (*)
Zhang Yimou – House of Flying Daggers


Best Original Screenplay

The Butterfly Effect
C.S.A: The Confederate States of America
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (*)
The Final Cut
Saw


Best Adapted Screenplay

Appleseed
Howl’s Moving Castle (*)
The Manchurian Candidate
Night Watch
Spider-Man 2


Best Actor

Christian Bale – The Machinist (*)
C. Thomas Howell – The Hillside Strangler
Tong Leung Chiu Wai – 2046
Sean Penn – The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Ron Perlman – Hellboy


Best Actress

Jordana Brewster– D.E.B.S.
Sara Foster – D.E.B.S.
Bryce Dallas Howard – The Village (*)
Bai Ling – Dumplings
Emmy Rossum – The Phantom of the Opera
Zhang Ziyi – House of Flying Daggers and 2046


Best Supporting Actor

Jackie Berroyer – The Ordeal
Cameron Bright – Birth
Liev Schreiber – The Manchurian Candidate
John Turturro – Secret Window (*)
Nicholas Turturro – The Hillside Strangler


Best Supporting Actress

Minnie Driver – The Phantom of the Opera
Kirsten Dunst – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (*)
Trine Dyrholm – In Your Hands
Anne Heche – Birth
Parker Posey – Blade Trinity


Best Cinematography

Ab-Normal Beauty
Birth
House of Flying Daggers (*)
The Phantom of the Opera
Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt


Best Musical Score

Birth (*)
Secret Window
Taking Lives
Team America: World Police
The Village


Best Special Effects

The Day After Tomorrow (*)
I, Robot
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Spider-Man 2
Van Helsing


Best Makeup Effects

AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Blade Trinity
Creep
Dawn of the Dead
Hellboy (*)
Seed of Chucky


Best Production Design

Casshern
The Chronicles of Riddick
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Phantom of the Opera
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (*)
Thunderbirds