2004 was almost better for movies than it was for games; at least we think it was, since this was the year that was distinguished by potentially entertaining movies we didn’t see. This list isn’t the Oscars - it’s what we saw in 2004 and talked/laughed/cried about later, regardless of the film’s critical merits.

Favorite Films (2004) | 2003 | 2002

12 (tie). Mean Girls
12 (tie). Troy
11. Team America: World Police
10. The Bourne Supremacy
09. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
08. Blade: Trinity
07. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
06. Shrek 2
05. The House of Flying Daggers
04. The Incredibles
03. Spider-Man 2
02. Hero
01. Kill Bill: Volume 2

Before you ask, “hey what about [insert film name here]?” I should point out that there are a lot of movies that we thought looked interesting that we didn’t get a chance to see. The films of 2004 that might have made our list, had we seen them (in alphabetical order):

• Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
• The Aviator
• Closer
• Collateral
• Eurotrip
• Finding Neverland
• Garden State
• The Grudge
• Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
• Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• The Manchurian Candidate
• Ocean’s Twelve
• Resident Evil: Apocolypse
• Saved!
• Saw
• Shaun of the Dead
• Sideways
• Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman