The Top Twenty Best Movies of 2004 Ever

Here at The Pop Culture Petri Dish, we love top ten lists. So why didn't we post the obligatory year end top ten list of the best movies of 2004? Frankly, because we wanted to write in-depth analysis of each entry on the list but never got around to it. But as we get to work on our 2005 list (hopefully), we thought it only fair to let you see what we would've ranked as the top (and bottom) movies of 2004. These lists haven't been modified since February of 2005, though with the benefit of hindsight, some of the ordering would probably change. And now, a year late...

The Top Twenty Best Movies of 2004
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. The Terminal
3. Spider-Man 2
4. Closer
5. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
6. Spanglish
7. Before Sunset
8. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
9. Collateral
10. Kinsey
11. Kill Bill, Vol. 2
12. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
13. Million Dollar Baby
14. Sideways
15. The Aviator
16. A Very Long Engagement
17. Assassination of Richard Nixon
18. Dawn of the Dead
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
20. Shrek 2

And...

The Top Ten Worst Movies of 2004
1. She Hate Me
2. The Grudge
3. Van Helsing
4. The Forgotten
5. Troy
6. The Phantom of the Opera
7. Catwoman
8. Shark Tale
9. The Passion of the Christ
10. Meet the Fockers