51. Bad Education ( mala educación, La )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Actors: Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lluís Homar, Francisco Maestre, Francisco Boira
Plot: A man impersonates his brother in order to convince said brother's director friend to take up his script, which was based on their childhood. The story triggers the director's emotions and his love for the impostor. The writer claims that the ending was fictional but is it really fictional? Will the director finally figure out who was he dealing with? Where is his first love? Can the director ever believe what he sees again?
52. Something the Lord Made
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph Sargent
Actors: Alan Rickman, Mos Def, Kyra Sedgwick, Gabrielle Union, Merritt Wever, Charles S. Dutton
53. Mean Girls
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mark Waters
Actors: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler, Lacey Chabert
Plot: Cady Heron a regular high school girl gets in with the "Plastics" who are a group of girls that resemble Barbie dolls and are superficial to the extreme. She discovers who her friends are and why she hates the "Plastics" in the first place.
54. Mean Creek
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jacob Aaron Estes
Actors: Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Josh Peck, Carly Schroeder
55. Very Long Engagement, A ( long dimanche de fiançailles, Un )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Actors: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth, André Dussollier, Jodie Foster
Plot: Set in France near the end of World War I in the deadly trenches of the Somme, in the gilded Parisien halls of power, and in the modest home of an indomitable provincial girl and her relentless search to find her fiancée, who has disappeared. He is one of five French soldiers believed to have been court-martialed under mysterious circumstances and pushed out of an allied trench into an almost-certain death in no-man's land. All an investigation into the arbitrary nature of secrecy, the absurdity of war, and the enduring passion, intuition and tenacity of the human heart.
56. Shaolin Soccer ( Siu lam juk kau )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stephen Chow
Actors: Stephen Chow, Man Tat Ng, Wei Zhao, Yin Tse, Hui Li, Chi Ling Chiu
Plot: A lowly man seeks to combine his loves of soccer and kung-fu. Can he manage to assemble a soccer team that feels his passion and can tap into their true skills? Hold on for a fabulous adventure!
57. Iron Jawed Angels
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Katja von Garnier
Actors: Hilary Swank, Anjelica Huston, Vera Farmiga, Margo Martindale, Frances O'Connor, Lois Smith
58. Undertow
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Gordon Green
Actors: Jamie Bell, Kristen Stewart, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Lucas, Terry Loughlin, Devon Alan
Plot: A dramatic thriller about two brothers, Chris and Tom, who are forced to go on the run in order to guard a secret following the death of their father--and the arrival of their greedy, troubled uncle.
59. Sea Inside, The ( Mar adentro )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Actors: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera, Celso Bugallo, Alberto Amarilla
60. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Anderson
Actors: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Defoe, Jeff Goldblum
Plot: Oceanographer Steve Zissou is after the mythical jaguar shark that killed his long-time partner. Along for the ride is a young man claiming to be his son, a pregnant journalist on assignment, his estranged ex-wife and the most unique crew on the ocean.
