101. Coffee and Cigarettes
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Actors: Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Cate Blanchett
Plot: Eleven vignettes, where most of the actors are playing versions of themselves, all revolve around coffee and cigarettes. Even though most agree that the caffeine and nicotine aren't doing them any good, it manages to bridge the gap and make uncomfortable situations a bit more relaxing.
102. Veer-Zaara
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Yash Chopra
Actors: Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, Kiron Kher, Divya Dutta, Amitabh Bachchan
103. The Polar Express
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Tom Hanks, Leslie Harter Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen, Nona Gaye, Peter Scolari, Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak
Plot: Based on the book, when a boy who doubts Santa exists stays up Christmas Eve for the arrival of the jolly man, he is instead greeted by a steam-powered train headed for the North Pole.
104. Gozu ( Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Hideki Sone, Sho Aikawa, Kimika Yoshino, Shohei Hino, Keiko Tomita, Harumi Sone
Plot: Ozaki, a Yakuza, is prone to increasingly bizarre behavior and gives the boss a reason to dispatch him. Minami, a fellow Yakuza is tasked with taking him out, even though he respects Ozaki for saving his life. Their intertwined fate takes on a surreal edge when he loses Ozaki's body and has to wade through a town full of oddities and mysteries to get it back.
105. Bukowski: Born Into This
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Dullaghan
Actors: Charles Bukowski, Bono, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Harry Dean Stanton, Barbet Schroeder
106. The Phantom of the Opera
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Joel Schumacher
Actors: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver, Ciarán Hinds
Plot: At the most popular opera house in Paris, a masked man haunts the aspiring star. But when another man starts to pay attention to her, her "guardian angel" swears to have her all to herself. Now she must choose between her childhood sweetheart and her mentor.
107. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Actors: Richard Epcar, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Crispin Freeman, William Knight, Michael McCarty, Joey D'Auria
Plot: Batô, the living cyborg working for Public Security Section 9, investigates a case where a pleasure model female robot has killed her owner. But in 2032, the line between humanity and cybernetics is becoming more and more blurred as humans live out there every whim - in all this a lonely ghost of man seeks to reclaim his own humanity.
108. Dumplings ( Jiao zi )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fruit Chan
Actors: Bai Ling, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, Meme Tian, Miki Yeung, Pauline Lau
Plot: Aunt Mei is known in Hong Kong for the rejuvenating effect of her dumplings. Former actress Mrs. Li arrives looking to regain some of her lost youth and attract her wolfish husband back into her arms. But the process is too slow, and Li asks for an acceleration - but the special ingredient is not easily sought - and harder still to stomach once Li finds out the secret...
109. Dead End
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Fabrice Canepa
Actors: Ray Wise, Lin Shaye, Mick Cain, Alexandra Holden, Billy Asher, Amber Smith
Plot: For the past 20 year, Frank has reluctantly driven his family to his mother-in-laws house for Christmas. This year he decides to take a shortcut, which will be the biggest mistake he has ever made.
110. Carandiru
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Portuguese
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hector Babenco
Actors: Ailton Graça, Aida Leiner, Rodrigo Santoro, Maria Luisa Mendonça, Gero Camilo, Lázaro Ramos
Plot: Brazilian MD Drauzio Varella starts AIDS prevention in Brazil's largest prison, Carandiru, in Sao Paulo, where the population is nearly double its 4000 maximum. Doc learns from experience, and through stories, the tragic history behind the crimes which landed the prisoners there. Just when he believes to leave the prisoners happy with a soccer tournament, a silly clothing line argument kick-starts a politically opportune revolt.
