#166 – Sideways, 2004, Alexander Payne
Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
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#190: 2046
#190 – 2046, 2004, Wong Kar-wai
Women enter and exit a science fiction author’s life, over the course of a few years, after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
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#208: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
#208 – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004, Michel Gondry
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
#289: Tropical Malady
#289 – Tropical Malady, (สัตว์ประหลาด), 2004, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
‘Tropical Malady’ explores the passionate relationship between two men with unusual consequences. The film is divided in two parts. The first half charts the modest attraction between two men in the sunny, relaxing countryside and the second half charts the confusion and terror of an unknown menace lurking deep within the jungle shadows.
#376: Downfall
#376 – Downfall, (Der Untergang), 2004, Oliver Hirschbiegel
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
#379: Shaun of the Dead
#379 – Shaun of the Dead, 2004, Edgar Wright
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.
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#472: Nobody Knows
#472 – Nobody Knows, (誰も知らない), 2004, Hirokazu Kore-eda
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
#488: Howl’s Moving Castle
#488 – Howl’s Moving Castle, (ハウルの動く城), 2004, Hayao Miyazaki
When Sophie, a shy young woman, is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
#521: The Incredibles
#521 – The Incredibles, 2004, Brad Bird
Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbia. But when he receives a mysterious assignment, it’s time to get back into costume.
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#569: Million Dollar Baby
#569 – Million Dollar Baby, 2004, Clint Eastwood
Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn’t prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie’s determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.
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