Movies released in 2004| 12 Days of Christmas Eve | Martha Coolidge |
| 12 Days of Terror | Jack Sholder |
| 13 Going on 30 | Gary Winick |
| 2046 | Wong Kar-wai |
| 3-Iron | Kim Ki-duk |
| 36th Precinct | Olivier Marchal |
| 50 First Dates | Peter Segal |
| 50 Worst Movies Ever Made, The | Brandon Christopher |
| 9 Songs | Michael Winterbottom |
| Ab-normal Beauty | Oxide Pang Chun |
| After the Sunset | Brett Ratner |
| Alamo, The | John Lee Hancock |
| Along Came Polly | John Hamburg |
| Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid | Dwight H. Little |
| Anatomy of Hell | Catherine Breillat |
| Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Adam McKay |
| Appleseed | Shinji Aramaki |
| Arahan | Ryoo Seung-wan |
| Arakimentari | Travis Klose |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Frank Coraci |
| Autumn | Ra'up McGee |
| Aviator, The | Martin Scorsese |
| AVP: Alien vs. Predator | Paul W.S. Anderson |
| Baadasssss! | Mario Van Peebles |
| Bad Education | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Be with You | Nobuhiro Doi |
| Before Sunset | Richard Linklater |
| Being Julia | István Szabó |
| Berserker: Hell's Warrior | Paul Matthews |
| Beyond Our Ken | Pang Ho-cheung |
| Big Question, The | Alberto Molinari, Francesco Cabras |
| Binta and the Great Idea | Javier Fesser |
| Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story | Brant Sersen |
| Blade of the Phantom Master | Jôji Shimura |
| Blade: Trinity | David S. Goyer |
| Blood and Bones | Yôichi Sai |
| Boa vs. Python | David Flores |
| Bodyguard, The | Petchtai Wongkamlao |
| Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman |
| Born to Fight | Panna Rittikrai |
| Bourne Supremacy, The | Paul Greengrass |
| Box | Takashi Miike |
| Boy from Hell, The | Mari Asato |
| Breaking News | Johnnie To |
| Bride & Prejudice | Gurinder Chadha |
| Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Beeban Kidron |
| Bring It On Again | Damon Santostefano |
| Brothers | Susanne Bier |
| Bunshinsaba: Ouija Board | Ahn Byeong-ki |
| Calamari Wrestler, The | Minoru Kawasaki |
| Card Player, The | Dario Argento |
| Cashback | Sean Ellis |
| Casshern | Kazuaki Kiriya |
| Catch That Kid | Bart Freundlich |
| Catwoman | Pitof |
| Cellular | David R. Ellis |
| Characters of Star Wars, The | |
| Christmas with the Kranks | Joe Roth |
| Chronicles of Riddick, The | David Twohy |
| Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, The | Peter Chung |
| Clean | Olivier Assayas |
| Clifford's Really Big Movie | Robert C. Ramirez |
| Closer | Mike Nichols |
| Coffee and Cigarettes | Jim Jarmusch |
| Collateral | Michael Mann |
| Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | Sara Sugarman |
| Creep | Christopher Smith |
| Criminal | Gregory Jacobs |
| Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse | Olivier Dahan |
| Crying Out Love in the Center of the World | Isao Yukisada |
| Cube Zero | Ernie Barbarash |
| Curse of the Komodo, The | Jim Wynorski |
| Cut | Park Chan-wook |
| Cutie Honey | Hideaki Anno |
| Dark Tales of Japan | Takashi Shimizu, Norio Tsuruta, Masayuki Ochiai, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Kôji Shiraishi |
| Dawn of the Dead | Zack Snyder |
| Day After Tomorrow, The | Roland Emmerich |
| Dead Birds | Alex Turner |
| Dead Easy | Neal Sundstrom |
| Dead Girl Walking | Kôji Shiraishi, Yokoyama Kazuhiro |
| Dead Man's Shoes | Shane Meadows |
| Death Row Girls | Sadaaki Haginiwa |
| Death Train | Kazuyuki Sakamoto |
| Demons at the Door | Roy Knyrim |
| Devilman | Hiroyuki Nasu |
| Dhoom | Sanjay Gadhvi |
| Dirty Shame, A | John Waters |
| District B13 | Pierre Morel |
| DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | Rawson Marshall Thurber |
| Doll Master, The | Jeong Yong-ki |
| Double Dare | Amanda Micheli |
| Downfall | Oliver Hirschbiegel |
| Dracula 3000 | Darrell James Roodt |
| Dumplings | Fruit Chan |
| Edgeplay: A Film About The Runaways | Victory Tischler-Blue |
| Elvis Has Left the Building | Joel Zwick |
| Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy | Kevin Burns, Edith Becker |
| End, The | Kirby Dick |
| End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream, The | Gregory Greene |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Michel Gondry |
| Everybody Has Secrets | Jang Hyeon-su |
| Face | Sang-Gon Yoo |
| Fahrenheit 9/11 | Michael Moore |
| Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours | |
| Final Cut, The | Omar Naim |
| Finding Neverland | Marc Forster |
| Five Children and It | John Stephenson |
| Flight of the Phoenix | John Moore |
| Flower & Snake | Takashi Ishii |
| Forbidden Warrior | Jimmy Nickerson |
| Force Is with Them: The Legacy of Star Wars, The | |
| Forgotten, The | Joseph Ruben |
| Frankenfish | Mark A.Z. Dippé |
| Frankenstein | Marcus Nispel |
| Frankenstein | Kevin Connor |
| Freak Out | Christian James |
| Freshman Orientation | Ryan Shiraki |
| Friday Night Lights | Peter Berg |
| Future of Food, The | Deborah Koons |
| Galaxy Hunter | Mark Borchetta |
| Gamebox 1.0 | David Hillenbrand, Scott Hillenbrand |
| Garden State | Zach Braff |
| Garfield | Peter Hewitt |
| Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness | Jim Wynorski |
| Garuda | Monthon Arayangkoon |
| Ghost, The | Kim Tae-kyung |
| Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | Mamoru Oshii |
| Ghost Shout | Renpei Tsukamoto |
| Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed | Brett Sullivan |
| Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning | Grant Harvey |
| Girl Next Door, The | Luke Greenfield |
| Godzilla: Final Wars | Ryûhei Kitamura |
| Going the Distance | Mark Griffiths |
| Gorgonas | Salvador Sanz |
| Green Vinyl | Kleber Mendonça Filho |
| Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers | Joanna Kerns |
| Grudge, The | Takashi Shimizu |
| Hand, The | Wong Kar-wai |
| Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | Danny Leiner |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Alfonso Cuarón |
| Heart of Me, The | Thaddeus O'Sullivan |
| Hellboy | Guillermo del Toro |
| Hellevator: The Bottled Fools | Hiroki Yamaguchi |
| Hidalgo | Joe Johnston |
| Hidden Blade, The | Yôji Yamada |
| Home on the Range | Will Finn, John Sanford |
| Hotel | Jessica Hausner |
| House of Flying Daggers | Zhang Yimou |
| House of Voices | Pascal Laugier |
| Howl's Moving Castle | Hayao Miyazaki |
| I Like Killing Flies | Matt Mahurin |
| I ♥ Huckabees | David O. Russell |
| I, Robot | Alex Proyas |
| Immortal | Enki Bilal |
| In Good Company | Paul Weitz |
| In the Realms of the Unreal | Jessica Yu |
| In The Site | Kôji Kawano |
| Incident at Loch Ness | Zak Penn |
| Incredibles, The | Brad Bird |
| Iron Jawed Angels | Katja von Garnier |
| Jersey Girl | Kevin Smith |
| Jiang Hu | Wong Ching-Po |
| Johnson Family Vacation | Christopher Erskin |
| Ju-rei: The Uncanny | Kôji Shiraishi |
| Justice League: The Brave and the Bold | |
| Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek | Shuhei Morita |
| Kamikaze Girls | Tetsuya Nakashima |
| Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.! | Ron Myrick |
| Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Quentin Tarantino |
| Kill Devil | Yûichi Onuma |
| Kill Your Idols | Scott Crary |
| Killing Words | Laura Mañá |
| King Arthur | Antoine Fuqua |
| King of the Ants | Stuart Gordon |
| King Solomon's Mines | Steve Boyum |
| Koma | Law Chi-Leung |
| Kung Fu Hustle | Stephen Chow |
| Lady Death | Andy Orjuela |
| Ladykillers, The | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
| Last Farm, The | Rúnar Rúnarsson |
| Layer Cake | Matthew Vaughn |
| Librarian: Quest for the Spear, The | Peter Winther |
| Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The | Wes Anderson |
| Lion King 1½, The | Bradley Raymond |
| Lizard Baby | Yoshihiro Nakamura |
| Locker, The | Kei Horie |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Thom Andersen |
| Lost Reality | |
| Love Song for Bobby Long, A | Shainee Gabel |
| Lucky | Steve Cuden |
| Machinist, The | Brad Anderson |
| Madhouse | William Butler |
| Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 2', The | Shannon McIntosh |
| Making of ‘Mulholland Drive’, The | David Dessites |
| Malevolence | Stevan Mena |
| Man on Fire | Tony Scott |
| Marebito | Takashi Shimizu |
| Maria Full of Grace | Joshua Marston |
| Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon | Albert Pyun |
| Mean Girls | Mark Waters |
| Meet the Fockers | Jay Roach |
| Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky |
| Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers | Donovan Cook |
| Mighty Fight | |
| Million Dollar Baby | Clint Eastwood |
| Mind Game | Masaaki Yuasa |
| Mindhunters | Renny Harlin |
| Miracle | Gavin O'Connor |
| Moment to Remember, A | John H. Lee |
| Monster Island | Jack Perez |
| Moog | Hans Fjellestad |
| Mountain Patrol | Lu Chuan |
| Mulan II | Darrell Rooney, Lynne Southerland |
| My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure | Scott Spiegel |
| Mysterious Skin | |
| Napoleon Dynamite | Jared Hess |
| Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow | Tensai Okamura |
| National Lampoon's Tooned-Up | |
| National Treasure | Jon Turteltaub |
| New Police Story | Benny Chan |
| Night Watch | Timur Bekmambetov |
| Nobody Knows | Hirokazu Kore-eda |
| Notebook, The | Nick Cassavetes |
| Occult Detective Club: The Doll Cemetery | Kiyoshi Yamamoto |
| Ocean's Twelve | Steven Soderbergh |
| Oh My God | John E. Bryant |
| Oh! My Zombie Mermaid | Terry Ito, Naoki Kudo |
| One Nite in Mongkok | Derek Yee Tung-Sing |
| One Piece: Curse of the Sacred Sword | Kazuhisa Takenôchi |
| Open Water | Chris Kentis |
| Our Time Is Up | Rob Pearlstein |
| P.S. | Dylan Kidd |
| Passion of the Christ, The | Mel Gibson |
| Perfect Score, The | Brian Robbins |
| Phantom of the Opera, The | Joel Schumacher |
| Polar Express, The | Robert Zemeckis |
| Premonition | Norio Tsuruta |
| Primer | Shane Carruth |
| Prince & Me, The | Martha Coolidge |
| Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, The | Garry Marshall |
| Punisher, The | Jonathan Hensleigh |
| Pusher II | Nicolas Winding Refn |
| R-Point | Kong Su-chang |
| Raising Helen | Garry Marshall |
| Raptor Island | Stanley Isaacs |
| Ravaged House: Zoroku's Disease, The | Kazuyoshi Kumakiri |
| Resident Evil: Apocalypse | Alexander Witt |
| Retrograde | Christopher Kulikowski |
| Returned, The | Robin Campillo |
| Ring of the Nibelungs | Uli Edel |
| Runaway, The | Ulrike Grote |
| Samaritan Girl | Kim Ki-duk |
| Sars Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis | Taweewat Wantha |
| Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 1 - The Heaven Chapter | Takeshi Miyasaka |
| Saved! | Brian Dannelly |
| Saw | James Wan |
| Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | Raja Gosnell |
| Secret Window | David Koepp |
| Seed of Chucky | Don Mancini |
| Shark Attack in the Mediterranean | Jorgo Papavassiliou |
| Shark Tale | Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron, Rob Letterman |
| Shaun of the Dead | Edgar Wright |
| Shrek 2 | Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon |
| Sideways | Alexander Payne |
| Silver Hawk | Jingle Ma |
| Sisterhood, The | David DeCoteau |
| Six Shooter | Martin McDonagh |
| Skeleton Man | Johnny Martin |
| Skinned Deep | Gabriel Bartalos |
| Skulls III, The | J. Miles Dale |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Kerry Conran |
| Spanglish | James L. Brooks |
| Spider Forest | Song Il-gon |
| Spider-Man 2 | Sam Raimi |
| SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, The | Stephen Hillenburg |
| Spy Girl | Park Han-jun |
| Staircase, The | Jean-Xavier de Lestrade |
| Starsky & Hutch | Todd Phillips |
| Steamboy | Katsuhiro Otomo |
| Stepford Wives, The | Frank Oz |
| Sting: Moment of Truth | George King |
| Strange Portrait of the Lady in Yellow, The | Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani |
| Suburban Sasquatch | Dave Wascavage |
| Super Size Me | Morgan Spurlock |
| Survive Style 5+ | Gen Sekiguchi |
| Surviving Christmas | Mike Mitchell |
| Suspect Zero | E. Elias Merhige |
| Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War | Kang Je-gyu |
| Taking Lives | D.J. Caruso |
| Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie | Keisuke Toyoshima, Akio Yoshida, Keita Amemiya, Hirohisa Sasaki, Ryuta Miyake, Shunichi Hirano, Kôsuke Suzuki |
| Tama Tū | Taika Waititi |
| Taste of Tea, The | Katsuhito Ishii |
| Teacher's Pet | Timothy Bjorklund |
| Team America: World Police | Trey Parker |
| Terminal, The | Steven Spielberg |
| Thief Of Time, A | Chris Eyre |
| Three... Extremes | Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike, Fruit Chan |
| Throw Down | Johnnie To |
| Thunderbirds | Jonathan Frakes |
| Tokyo Booty Nights | Toshiki Sato |
| Tony Takitani | Jun Ichikawa |
| Torque | Joseph Kahn |
| Tremors 4: The Legend Begins | S. S. Wilson |
| Troy | Wolfgang Petersen |
| Tsumugi | Hidekazu Takahara |
| Twins Effect II, The | Corey Yuen, Patrick Leung |
| Two Cars, One Night | Taika Waititi |
| Ultraman: The Next | Kazuya Konaka |
| Undertow | David Gordon Green |
| Van Helsing | Stephen Sommers |
| Vanity Fair | Mira Nair |
| Vera Drake | Mike Leigh |
| Village, The | M. Night Shyamalan |
| Vital | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Walking Tall | Kevin Bray |
| We Don't Live Here Anymore | John Curran |
| What's New Scooby-Doo? Vol. 4: Merry Scary Holiday | |
| White Dragon, The | Wilson Yip |
| Wicker Park | Paul McGuigan |
| Wimbledon | Richard Loncraine |
| Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo | Saul Blinkoff, Elliot M. Bour |
| Without a Paddle | Steven Brill |
| Woman Is the Future of Man | Hong Sang-soo |
| Word Wars | Eric Chaikin, Julian Petrillo |
| World, The | Jia Zhangke |
| World Without Thieves, A | Feng Xiaogang |
| Yesterday Once More | Johnnie To |
| You Got Served | Chris Stokes |
| Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession | Xan Cassavetes |
| Zebraman | Takashi Miike |