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2004 Movies

Take a nostalgic look back at the top movies of 2004, celebrating the films, directors and actors that defined the year and left a lasting legacy in the world of entertainment.

2004 Academy Awards

Spider-Man 2
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, James Franco
Country: United States of America
Outline: Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a brilliant scientist named Doctor Otto Octavius.
Ocean's Twelve
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Country: United States of America
Outline: Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's 11.
Before Sunset
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torrès
Country: United States of America
Outline: Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.
Hotel Rwanda
Directed by: Terry George
Starring: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix, Xolani Mali
Country: United States of America
Outline: Paul Rusesabagina was a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.
Million Dollar Baby
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel
Country: United States of America
Outline: A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.
Donnie Darko
Directed by: Richard Kelly
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne
Country: United States of America
Outline: A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after he narrowly escapes a bizarre accident.
The Machinist
Directed by: Brad Anderson
Starring: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, John Sharian
Country: United States of America
Outline: An industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity.
Saw
Directed by: James Wan
Starring: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Ken Leung
Country: United States of America
Outline: Two strangers, who awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer.
Collateral
Directed by: Michael Mann
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo
Country: United States of America
Outline: A cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.
The Aviator
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly
Country: United States of America
Outline: A biopic depicting the early years of legendary Director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.
The Terminal
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chi McBride, Stanley Tucci
Country: United States of America
Outline: An eastern immigrant finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.
Shattered Glass
Directed by: Billy Ray
Starring: Hayden Christensen, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Zahn, Peter Sarsgaard
Country: United States of America
Outline: The story of a young journalist who fell from grace when it was discovered he fabricated over half of his articles from the publication The New Republic magazine.
Kinsey
Directed by: Bill Condon
Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard
Country: United States of America
Outline: A look at the life of Alfred Kinsey, a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw science address sexual behavior.
Runaway Jury
Directed by: Gary Fleder
Starring: John Cusack, Rachel Weisz, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman
Country: United States of America
Outline: A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
P.S. I Love You
Directed by: Richard LaGravenese
Starring: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Harry Connick Jr., Lisa Kudrow
Country: United States of America
Outline: A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.