31. Word Wars
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Eric Chaikin, Julian Petrillo
Actors: Mike Birbiglia, Joe Edley, Stefan Fatsis, Matt Graham, Marlon Hill, Joel Sherman
Plot: People compete in Scrabble tournaments around the world.
32. Evil ( Ondskan )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mikael Håfström
Actors: Andreas Wilson, Henrik Lundström, Gustaf Skarsgård, Linda Zilliacus, Jesper Salén, Filip Berg
Plot: Erik is a sixteen year old boy whose life has been plagued by violence. Tormented by his abusive stepfather, he has hit back in the only way he knows: by giving a good thrashing to anyone in his way. When he is expelled from public school, Erik is told he has one last chance to make something of himself and is sent to a prestigious private school.
33. Maria Full of Grace
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joshua Marston
Actors: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Virgina Ariza, Yenny Paola Vega, Rodrigo Sánchez Borhorquez, Charles Albert Patiño, Wilson Guerrero
Plot: A young woman living in Mexico becomes pregnant and has no one to turn to.
In desperation, she becomes a drug mule and smuggles drugs over the
border.
34. 2046
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Actors: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Li Gong, Faye Wong, Ziyi Zhang, Maggie Cheung, Takuya Kimura
35. Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
Actors: Aileen Wuornos, Nick Broomfield, Steve Glazer, Jeb Bush
36. Dawn of the Dead
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly
Plot: When the dead suddenly come back to life, a group of strangers hole up in a mall in hopes of surviving the wave of undead.
37. Nobody Knows ( Dare mo shiranai )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Actors: Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Momoko Shimizu, Hiei Kimura, Hanae Kan, You
Plot: Four siblings live happily with their mother in a small apartment in Tokyo. The children all have different fathers and have never been to school. The very existence of three of them has been hidden from the landlord. One day, the mother leaves behind a little money and a note, charging her oldest boy to look after the others. And so begins the children's odyssey, a journey nobody knows. Though engulfed by the cruel fate of abandonment, the four children do their best to survive in their own little world, devising and following their own set of rules. When they are forced to engage with the world outside their cocooned universe, the fragile balance that has sustained them collapses. Their innocent longing for their mother, their wary fascination toward the outside world, their anxiety over their increasingly desperate situation, their inarticulate cries, their kindness to each other, their determination to survive on wits and courage. Written by Sujit R. Varma
38. Swades ( Swades: We, the People )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Actors: Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Balal, Smith Seth, Rajesh Vivek, Daya Shankar Pandey
39. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Adam McKay
Actors: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Steve Carell, Fred Willard, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell
Plot: Ron Burgundy is a chauvinistic local news anchor that gets into a hilarious feud when the station pairs him up with a female anchor.
40. Overnight
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Montana, Mark Brian Smith
Actors: Troy Duffy, Harvey Weinstein, Mark Wahlberg, Willem Dafoe, Vincent D'Onofrio, John Goodman
Plot: The both tragic and hilarious story of Troy Duffy, writer and director of The Boondock Saints, as told by his friends and Troy himself.
