Top 10’s of 2004
Chlotrudis Awards members were invited to share their Top 10 movie lists of 2004 on the website. See what various members chose as their top films of the year. See how many of their favorites made the final ballot. See if your tastes coincide with any particular Chlotrudis member. If you’re a member, send in your Top 10 of the year and we’ll include it here.
Peg Aloi’s Top 10 Movies of 2004 (in no particular order)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Vera Drake
- The Woodsman
- King Arthur
- The Motorcycle Diaries
- Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
- The Five Obstructions
- The Legend of Leigh Bowery
- Bright Young Things
- I Heart Huckabees
Caitlin Buckley’s Top 10 Movies of 2004
- Kill Bill, vol. 2
- Infernal Affairs
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- The Saddest Music in the World
- On the Run
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- Goodbye, Dragon Inn
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Tanration
- An Amazing Couple
Beth Caldwell’s Top 10 Movies of 2004
- The Control Room
- The Corporation
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- The Fog of War
- Kitchen Stories
- Monster
- The Return
- The Sea Inside
- The Story of the Weeping Camel
- Supersize me
Michael Colford’s Top 15 Movies of 2004
- Last Life in the Universe
- Belvaux’s The Trilogy
- Good Bye Dragon Inn
- Hero
- Dogville
- The Saddest Music in the World
- The Time of the Wolf
- Yossi & Jagger
- DiG!/Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
- Japanese Story
- Twilight Samurai
- Screaming Men
- Moolaadé
- Father & Son
- Undertow
Couldn’t Quite Squeeze On: Distant, Stander, Tarnation, The Rage in Placid Lake, Millennium Mambo, Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, Broken Wings
Michael’s Top 10 Festival Films
- Wilby Wonderful
- Clean
- A Problem with Fear
- Brothers
- Nobody Knows
- A Hole in My Heart
- Off Beat
- The Best Thief in the World
- Saving Face
- Childstar
Scot Colford’s Top 10 Movies of 2004
- Tarnation
- Reconstruction
- Lucas Belvaux’s Trilogy
- Good Bye, Dragon Inn
- Gozu
- Last Life in the Universe
- UndertowPrimer
- Saddest Music in the World, The
- Saved!
Bob Gladstein’s Top 10 Movies of 2004!
- Bad Education
- Dogville
- Goodbye Dragon Inn
- Ju-On
- Last Life in the Universe
- Reconstruction
- The Return
- Sideways
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring
- Lucas Belvaux’s The Trilogy
Thomas Guttadauro’s Top 10 Movies of 2004!
- Last Life in the Universe
- Hero
- Tokyo Godfathers
- Kill Bill Vol. 2
- The Twilight Samurai
- The Incredibles
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring
- The Lovers
- Gozu
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Ned Hinkle’s Top 13 Films Released In US Theaters in 2004!
- Goodbye, Dragon Inn
- Last Life in the Universe
- Moolaadé
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Hero / House of Flying Daggers (if the good things about both films were distilled into one feature, it would be the greatest martial arts movie of all time! … maybe)
- Hellboy
- Zatôichi: the Blind Swordsman
- The Time of the Wolf
- Infernal Affairs
- Coffee and Cigarettes
- Ju-On
- Dawn of the Dead
- Lucas Belvaux’s The Trilogy
The Rest of the Best (alphabetically): Anatomy Of Hell, The Agronomist, The Five Obstructions, I Heart Huckabees, Kill Bill – Vol. 2, Noi, Notre Musique, The Saddest Music In The World, Saw, Sky Captain & The World Of Tomorrow, Spider Man 2, Touching the Void
Ned’s Top 10 Festival Films of 2004
- Oldboy
- Kung Fu Hustle
- Land of Plenty
- Clean
- Doppelganger
- Tale of Two Sisters
- Memories of Murder
- Les Revenants
- Blessing Bell
- Delamu
Bruce Kingsley’s Top 10 Movies fo 2004
- Goodbye, Dragon Inn
- The Mudge Boy
- Intimate Strangers
- Infernal Affairs
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring
- The Corporation
- Dogville
- The Return
- Being Julia
- Last Life in the Universe
Chris Kriofske’s Top 10 Movies of 2004!
- The Return
- Tarnation
- Before Sunset
- Sideways
- Dogville
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- Undertow
- The Saddest Music in the World
- Moolaadé
- Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Honorable Mentions: DiG!, Vera Drake, Time of the Wolf, Monster, The Incredibles
Barbara Lonergan’s Top 10 Movies of 2004!
- Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself
- The Return
- Sideways
- Lucas Belvaux’s The Trilogy
- Maria Full of Grace
- Bukowski: Born Into This
- The Rage in Placid Lake
- Hero
- The Fog of War
- Monster
Mary McIntire’s Top 10 Movies of 2004
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring
- Kitchen Stories
- Sideways
- Hero
- An Amazing Couple
- Infernal Affairs
- The Girl with the Pearl Earring
- Wilbur Wants to Kill Himselfr
- Last Life in the Universe
- Dogville
Hilary Nieukirk’s Top 10 Movies of 2004! (in alphabetical order)
- Bad Education
- Being Julie
- DiG!
- A Home at the End of the World
- Napoleon Dynamite
- Shaun of the Dead
- Sideways
- Stander
- Tarnation
- Vera Drake
Best Chlotrudis Ineligible: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Best DVD Release: The Apple (1980)
“WHOA, crazy apple/Take a bite!”
Jeffrey Pike’s Top 10 Movies of 2004!
- DiG!
- Festival Express
- Wings of Desire
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring!
- Control Room
- Hero
- Kitchen Stories
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Millennium Mambo
- The Return
I Also Liked: The Rage in Placid Lake (but I had to watch it twice!), Touching the Void, Robot Stories, Dogville, Power Trip, Shaun of the Dead, Coffee and Cigarettes, Nosey Parker, and Blind Shaft
Howard Semones Top 10 Movies of 2004!
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- A Very Long Engagement
- The Incredibles
- Shaun of the Dead
- Spider-Man 2
- Tokyo Godfathers
- Riding Giants
- The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
- Mean Girls
- Kill Bill, Vol. 2
Diane Young’s Top 10 Movies of 2004!
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring!
- The Mother
- Maria Full of Grace
- The Return
- My Architect
- Goodbye, Dragon Inn
- We Don’t Live Here Anymore
- Untold Scandal
- Sideways
- The Incredibles
Carolyn Ziering’s Top 10 Movies of 2004!
- DiG!
- Saved
- A Home at the End of the World
- Finding Neverland
- The Woodsman
- Bad Education
- Girl with a Pearl Earring
- Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
- Kinsey
- Tarnation