Top 20 of 2004

By: Marq

(based on North American non-festival release date)

• 01
  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  Michel Gondry
• 02
  Before Sunset
  Richard Linklater
• 03
  Kill Bill: Vol. 2
  Quentin Tarantino
• 04
  Birth
  Jonathan Glazer
• 05
  Primer
  Shane Carruth
• 06
  The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
  Wes Anderson
• 07
  Man on Fire
  Tony Scott
• 08
  The Brown Bunny
  Vincent Gallo
• 09
  Code 46
  Michael Winterbottom
• 10
  P.S.
  Dylan Kidd
• 11
  Spartan
  David Mamet
• 12
  The Dreamers
  Bernardo Bertolucci
• 13
  Dogville
  Lars von Trier
• 14
  Shaun of the Dead
  Edgar Wright
• 15
  The Return
  Andrei Zvyagintsev
• 16
  Collateral
  Michael Mann
• 17
  The Five Obstructions
  Jørgen Leth
• 18
  The Machinist
  Brad Anderson
• 19
  Sideways
  Alexander Payne
• 20
  Crimson Gold
  Jafar Panahi