The Best Films of 2004

1. The Sea Inside - 9.5 (To Be or Not to Be)

2. Bad Education - 9.25 (Perception is Reality)

3. Fahrenheit 9/11 - 9.25 (Passion of the Left)

4. A Very Long Engagement - 9 (Love Conquers All)

5. Dogville - 9 (Unpleasantville)

6. The Door in the Floor - 9 (Dissolution)

7. Million Dollar Baby - 9 (Ode to Title IX)

8. Motorcycle Diaries - 9 (Road Trip to a Revolution)

9. Oasis - 9 (Of Human Bondage)

10. Sideways - 9 (L'Chaim)

11. Stage Beauty - 9 (Gender Bender)

12. Vera Drake - 9 (Angel of Mercy or No Good Deed Goes Unpunished)

13. Maria Full of Grace -elevated from an 8 to a 9 (Maria the Talking Mule)

14. The Woodsman - 9 (Innocence Lost)

The Worst Films of 2004

1. The Saddest Music in the World - 1 (The Worst Film in the World)

2. Purple Butterfly - 2 (Pretentious Crap)

3. Napoleon Dynamite - 2 (Revenge of the Nerds)

4. I (Heart) Huckabees - 2 (Existential Crap)

5. Kill Bill Vol. 2 DOA - 2 (Dead on Arrival)

6. Crimson Gold - 2 (Iranian Bomb)

7. The Life Aquatic - 2 (Deep Sea Doo-Doo)

8. Spartan - 2 (Meager)

9. Strayed - 4 (Adrift)

10. Alfie - 4 (Who Cares What it's All About)?