Here is the current (but occasionally updated) list of my favorite films from 2004.<\/p>\n
In order to understand the purpose and meaning of this list, please read\u00a0my introduction to the Looking Closer Favorite Films lists here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022
\nRed = Treasures
\n<\/span>Purple = Favorites
\n<\/span>Blue = Achievements
\n<\/span>Gray = Decent\/Noteworthy
\n<\/span>Green = Unseen or Undecided<\/span>
\n* = This film was discovered after the year in question and added in a list revision.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/span><\/li>\nAs-yet Unseen or Unratable Films of 2004<\/h6>\n
3-iron (Kim Ki-duk)<\/span>
\n 5\u00d72<\/span>
\n A Christmas Carol<\/span>
\n A Film About Townes Van Zandt<\/span>
\n Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer<\/span>
\n All the Ships at Sea (Dan Sallitt)<\/span>
\n Ana and the Others (Celina Murga)<\/span>
\n AVP: Alien vs. Predator (Paul W.S. Anderson)<\/span>
\n Bad Education<\/span>
\n Be Here to Love Me:<\/span>
\n Birthday Boy<\/span>
\n Bomb\u00f3n: El Perro<\/span>
\n Breaking News (Johnny To)<\/span>
\n Brothers<\/span>
\n Chiens \u00e9gar\u00e9s<\/span>
\n Clean<\/span>
\n Connie and Carla<\/span>
\n Criminal<\/span>
\n Darwin\u2019s Nightmare<\/span>
\n Dead Man\u2019s Shoes (Shane Meadows)<\/span>
\n Delivery<\/span>
\n De-Lovely<\/span>
\n Destination Mars!<\/span>
\n DiG!<\/span>
\n Duck Season<\/span>
\n Electric Edwardians<\/span>
\n Ett H\u00e5l i mitt hj\u00e4rta<\/span>
\n Evolution of a Filipino Family (Lav Diaz)<\/span>
\n Firecracker<\/span>
\n Frankie & Johnny Are Married<\/span>
\n Gilles\u2019 Wife<\/span>
\n Goodnight, We Love You<\/span>
\n Gunner Palace<\/span>
\n Haryu insaeng<\/span>
\n Head in the Clouds (John Duigan)<\/span>
\n Head-On (Fatih Ak\u0131n)<\/span>
\n Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinematheque<\/span>
\n Holy Lola<\/span>
\n I\u2019m Not Scared<\/span>
\n In My Father\u2019s Den<\/span>
\n Innocence: Ghost in the Shell 2 (Mamoru Oshii)<\/span>
\n Innocent Voices<\/span>
\n Isn\u2019t This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal<\/span>
\n It\u2019s All Gone Pete Tong<\/span>
\n Keane (Lodge Kerrigan)<\/span>
\n King of the Corner<\/span>
\n Kings and Queen (Arnaud Desplechin)<\/span>
\n Lavorare con lentezza<\/span>
\n Layer Cake<\/span>
\n Le Grand voyage<\/span>
\n Lightning in a Bottle<\/span>
\n Little Terrorist<\/span>
\n Look at Me (Agnes Jaoui)<\/span>
\n Mind Game (Masaaki Yuasa)<\/span>
\n Moolaad\u00e9 (Ousmane Sembene)<\/span>
\n Mountain Patrol: Kekexili<\/span>
\n Mouse Heaven (Kenneth Anger)<\/span>
\n My Summer of Love<\/span>
\n Mysterious Skin<\/span>
\n Never Die Alone<\/span>
\n Notre musique (Jean-Luc Godard)<\/span>
\n Omagh<\/span>
\n Or (Mon Tresor) (Keren Yedaya)<\/span>
\n Ovunque sei<\/span>
\n Palindromes (Todd Solondz)<\/span>
\n Promised Land<\/span>
\n Red Lights (Cedric Kahn)<\/span>
\n Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher<\/span>
\n Riding Giants<\/span>
\n Ryan<\/span>
\n Saving Face<\/span>
\n ScaredSacred<\/span>
\n Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Rom\u00e9o Dallaire<\/span>
\n Silver City<\/span>
\n Sombra Dolorosa (Guy Maddin)<\/span>
\n Stand van de maan<\/span>
\n Star Spangled to Death (Ken Jacobs)<\/span>
\n Suspect Zero (E. Elias Merhige)<\/span>
\n Taking Lives<\/span>
\n Team America: World Police<\/span>
\n Tell Them Who You Are<\/span>
\n The Alamo<\/span>
\n The Assassination of Richard Nixon<\/span>
\n The Bridesmaid (Claude Chabrol)<\/span>
\n The Brown Bunny (Vincent Gallo)<\/span>
\n The Chorus<\/span>
\n The Consequences of Love<\/span>
\n The Garden of Earthly Delights (Lech Majewski)<\/span>
\n The Gate of the Sun (Yousry Nasrallah)<\/span>
\n The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (Asia Argento)<\/span>
\n The Hero<\/span>
\n The Intruder (Claire Denis)<\/span>
\n The Keys to the House<\/span>
\n The Libertine<\/span>
\n The Merchant of Venice<\/span>
\n The Notebook<\/span>
\n The Phantom of the Opera<\/span>
\n The Sea Inside<\/span>