The Year in Movies - *** 1/2, 9/10, etc.

[A.J. Hakari]

Hey all. First off, thanks for the reception you've given my "Month in Movies" threads for the past year or so. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one keeping logs of their latest cinematic viewings. Anyway, as a companion piece to those threads, I'm creating this and many others to serve as sort of a broken-up, "Year in Movies" compendium. In each thread, post the titles you've seen so far this year that full under that thread's rating or its equivalent (for example, if you don't use the **** scale, then use that thread to post the titles you've seen that fall under your equivalent of four stars).

This thread is for movies you've seen in 2004 that you've rated either *** 1/2 or whatever falls under the range of a similar placement on your ratings scale. Thanks for participating!

And now, my *** 1/2 flicks...

21 Grams
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
And Now for Something Completely Different
BaadAsssss!
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
Bubba Ho-Tep
Buffalo Soldiers
The Butterfly Effect
Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker
Chris Rock: Bring the Pain
City of God
Cold Mountain
Control Room
David Byrne: Live at Union Chapel
The Decline of the American Empire
Dogville
The Dreamers
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
Elephant
Eric Bogosian: Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Festival Express
The Fog of War
For a Few Dollars More
Friday Night Lights
George Carlin: Complaints & Grievances
Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Gold Rush
Graduating Peter
Gray's Anatomy
His Girl Friday
The House of Fear
Iris
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
King Kong (1933)
The Last Seduction
The Last Temptation of Christ
Love Actually
Love and Death
The Magdalene Sisters
Maria Full of Grace
The Matrix Revisited
Monster in a Box
Mystic River
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
P.1
The Polar Express
Prick Up Your Ears
Pursuit to Algiers
Rashomon
Ray
Rififi
Rock 'n' Roll High School
Roy Orbison: Black & White Night
Saw
Spider-Man 2
Super Size Me
Swimming to Cambodia
Talk Radio
Trading Places
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election

[A Canadian ThereWolf]

Super Size Me
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
BaadAsssss!
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[Trinity]

My **** (out of *****) movies for this year, alphabetically:


21 Grams
The 400 Blows
An Affair to Remember (57)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Alphaville
Beauty and the Beast (46)
Amores Perros
The Barbarian
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (57)
Black Narcissus
The Blue Dahlia
Bringing Up Baby
Carefree
Cat People (42)
The Cat's Meow
The Circus
Cleopatra (34)
Cries and Whispers
Detour
Dodsworth
Dogville
Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde (31)
Follow the Fleet
Georgy Girl
Gold Diggers of 1933
The Good Earth
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Gun Crazy
Hold Back the Dawn
The Hudsucker Proxy
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
I Love You Again
I Married a Witch
The King and I
King Kong (33)
Kings Row
The Letter
A Letter to Three Wives
Limelight
The Lost Weekend
Love, Actually
Love and Death
The Majestic
The Major and the Minor
Mediterraneo
Men in White
Metropolis
Midnight
The More the Merrier
Morocco
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Murder, My Sweet
My Darling Clementine
Nora Prenitiss
Le Notti di Cabiria
The Old Maid
One Hour With You
The Palm Beach Story
Portrait of Jennie
The Princess Bride
The Prizefighter and the Lady
Pygmalion
The Razor's Edge
Red River
The Red Shoes
The Right Stuff
The Quiet Man
Quo Vadis
Samson and Delilah
The Searchers
Sergeant York
Shadow of a Doubt
Shall We Dance (37)
The Shanghai Gesture
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Since You Went Away
Sleeper
So Proudly We Hail
Son of Fury
Spartacus
The Spiral Staircase
Stamboul Quest
Stella Dallas
Sweethearts
The Talk of the Town
The Ten Commandments (56)
Test Pilot
These Three
Twentieth Century
White Heat
The Woman in the Window
Wild Strawberries
Witness
You Can't Take It With You
Zelig

[go2]

the movies i give ***1/2 are.
win a date with tad hamilton
the big bounce
eurotrip
secret window
scooby doo2
walking tall
mean girls
van helsing
dodgeball
cellular
without a paddle
wicker park

[The Lolo]

Sixth Sense, The (1999)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Signs (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
What About Bob? (1991)
Rear Window (1954)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
25th Hour (2002)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Chicago (2002)
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Frequency (2000)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Happy Gilmore (1996)
Phone Booth (2002)
El Norte (1983)

[wyodebbie]

My 9/10 (A or A-) movies watched this last year for first time:
Matchstick Men
American Splendor
Seabiscuit
Carlito's Way
Frida
Fallen Idol
Hours, The
Talk To Her
Being There
Stand By Me
Adaptation
Pianist, The
Catch-22
Third Man, The
Oliver
Dr. Strangelove
Cry Freedom
World According to Garp
The Right Stuff
Missing
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Nosferatu
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Wild Bunch, The
Killers, The
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Hope and Glory
War and Peace
Good Earth, The
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers

[Kucha]

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (9.5)
Kill Bill: Volume Two
Mean Girls
Open Water
21 Grams (2003 movie - seen in september 2004)
May (2002 movie - seen in march 2004)
House Of Sand And Fog (2003 movie - seen in march 2004)
Pieces Of April
Thirteen (2003 movie - seen in january 2004)
The Hours (2003 movie - seen in july 2004)
Moulin Rouge! (2002 movie - seen in june 2004 rewatch, never finished it first time)
Matchstick Men (2003 movie - seen in febuary 2004)

[Cronos]

20 Million Miles To Earth
25th Hour
51st State, The
8MM
Abominable Dr. Phibes, The
Ace Ventura Pet Detective
Ace Ventura When Nature Calls
Alice, Sweet Alice
American Nightmare, The
Anatomy
Angels In America
As Good As It Gets
Assault On Precinct 13
Bad Boys 2
Bandits
Basket Case 2
Basket Case 3
Below
Blade 2
Bones
Boy And His Dog, A
Butterfly Effect, The
Cat People (original)
Cherry Falls
Company Of Wolves, The
Crazies, The
Day After Tomorrow, The
Dead End
Dead Ringers
Devils, The
Don’t Look Now
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Face/Off
Finding Nemo
Freaks
French Connection, The
Friday The 13th
Friday The 13th Part 10: Jason X
Grosse Pointe Blank
Godzilla
Good Morning Vietnam
Hannibal
Happiness Of The Katakuris, The
Haute Tension
Hellraiser 5: Inferno
Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer
Horror
House On Haunted Hill
Insomnia
I Spit On Your Grave
I Stand Alone
Jeepers Creepers 2
Joe Somebody
John Q
Killing Zoe
Keep, The
Last Of The Dogman
Last Supper, The
Liar Liar
Little Nicky
Lost Highway
Love Object
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Magic
Majestic, The
Man Apart, A
Maniac Cop 2
Man Who Sued God
Matchstick Men
Meet The Parents
Men In Black 2
Mission Impossible
Mr. Deeds
Murder On A Sunday Morning
Nightmare On Elm Street, A
Ninth Gate, The
Nosferatu
People Vs Larry Flynt
Phantom Of The Opera, The
Pit And The Pendulum, The
Practical Magic
Raising Cain
Relic, The
Returner
Secretary
Simone
Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers
Stagefright
Taxi Driver
To Live And Die In L.A.
Toolbox Murders, The
Windtalkers
Witchfinder General
Wishmaster

[RogueSpear]

With two full months still to go, here's the 9/10 movies I've seen so far in this year of 2004:

01. Donnie Darko
02. Gangs of New York
03. The Jerk
04. The Passion of the Christ
05. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Rewatch; grade raised from an 8/10)

[Fisting Ackbar]

First time viewings I gave a 9/10:

GROUNDHOG DAY
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
SOME LIKE IT HOT
GONE WITH THE WIND
RAGING BULL
BEFORE SUNRISE
BEFORE SUNSET
OLD BOY

[Tayzlor]

9/10

Amadeus
Apartment, The
Barry Lyndon
Blue Velvet
Boogie Nights
Crumb
Dawn of the Dead (Romero)
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The
Easy Rider
Garden State
Godfather, The
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Goodfellas
Graduate, The
Grand Illusion
Hannah And Her Sisters
Happiness
Kill Bill: Volume II
Lawrence of Arabia
Metropolis
Midnight Cowboy
Paths of Glory
Ran
Rashomon
Roger & Me
Schindler's List
Storytelling
Sweet And Lowdown
Third Man, The
Virgin Suicides, The

[ANavissi500]

*only films i saw for the first time this year are on here*

8 Women
21 Grams
The 400 Blows
About A Boy
All About Eve
American Splendor
Big Fish
Brazil
City of God
Collateral
Dr. Strangelove
Evita
Fahrenheit 9/11
The Five Obstructions
Garden State
Goodfellas
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I Heart Huckabees
In America
Latter Days
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Murder by Death
North by Northwest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ordinary People
The Producers
Psycho
Rear Window
The Sound of Music
The Terminal
To Kill A Mockingbird
Vertigo
Waking the Dead
West Side Story

[ilovemovies]

I can't remember if I saw House of Sand and Fog in late 2003 or very early 2004. So I won't include it.

Anyway a ***1/2 movie is an 8/10 to me.

***1/2 of 2004:

The Passion of the Christ
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Terminal
13 Going on 30
Troy
Jersey Girl
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

[Katsumoto]

Baadasssss!!!!
Before Sunset
Collateral
Dreamers, The
Fahrenheit 9/11
Friday Night Lights
Garden State
Hero
Man On Fire
Maria Full Of Grace
Napoleon Dynamite
Passion Of The Christ, The
Shrek 2

[arto_j]

9/10's of first time viewings in 2004. Some might be missing because I didn't keep a "log" over the summer.

Adaptation
Mulholland Dr.
Gone With the Wind
All the President's Men
His Girl Friday
Femme Fatale
Lilya 4-Ever
Best in Show
Harold and Maude
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Breathless
Down with Love

[Hucksta G]

First Viewing 9/10's

Dances With Wolves
The Last Samurai
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Pianist
Big Fish
Malena
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
Kill Bill Volume 2
Se7en

[MinimalistCouch]

9/10 or **** in 2004


After Hours
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Rashomon
Eyes Wide Shut
Marat/Sade
Teorema
Freaks
Alphaville
Performance
Walkabout
Dogma
Fireworks
A Zed and Two Noughts
Shaun of the Dead
Maria Full of Grace
Gates of Heaven
The Thin Red Line
The Girl Next Door
American Psycho
The Seventh Seal
War Zone
Elephant
Amarcord
1900
Touching the Void
Naked Lunch
Strange Days
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
24 Hour Party People
The Leopard
Catch 22
Chasing Amy
Assault on Precinct 13
The Road Warrior
All About My Mother
Before Sunset
Society
Sleepaway Camp
Full Metal Jacket
The Toxic Avenger
Near Dark
Basic Instinct
Three Kings
M
Begotten

[mikeyD]

I'm still getting my list together but I'm surprised to see super size me on a few lists...I didn't see the big deal with that at all.

[Richthecrippler]

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Shaun of the Dead
Starsky and Hutch
Team America: World Police
Dawn of the Dead
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Hellboy
Mean Girls
Napoleon Dynamite
Spider-Man 2

[Mav-Man]

Amadeus
Barry Lyndon
Boogie Nights
Dawn of the Dead (Romero)
Easy Rider
The Godfather Part II
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Once Upon a Time in the West
Goodfellas
Graduate, The
Kill Bill: Volume II
Paths of Glory
Ran
21 Grams
About Schmidt
Raiders of the Lost Ark
American Splendor
Leaving Las Vegas
Lolita
Lost in Translation
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Annie Hall
The Big Lebowski
Bowling for Columbine
The Conversation
The Elephant Man
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fargo
Five Easy Pieces
Rashomon
Pee Wee' Big Adventure
Planes, Trains, & Automobiiles
Psycho
Punch-Drunk Love
Requiem for a Dream
The Shining
Spartacus
Stray Dog
Unforgiven

[FilmBuff84]

Going by films seen in cinema, missed cinema films on video, or straight to video released in '04...

My 9/10's

The Last Samurai
Lost In Translation
The Passion of the Christ
The Butterfly Effect
Monster
The Cooler
Intermission
Spider-Man 2
Shrek 2

[Briare Rabbit]

Ill do 9 and 8/10, since they're both ***1/2 to me.

9/10:
Frankenstein (1931)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Manhattan (1979)
King of Comedy (1983)
Collateral (2004)
Millennium Actress (2002)
Trainspotting (1996)
The Kid Stays in the Picture (2001)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
You Can't Take it With You (1938)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

8/10:
First Blood (1982)
Cabin Fever (2003)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Night of the Hunter (1955)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Anchorman (2004)
The Untouchables (1987)

[A.J. Hakari]

BUMP

[A.J. Hakari]

And the year-end grand total...

63

[Duke Nukem]

The Butterfly Effect
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter . . . And Spring
Collateral
Hero
Saw
The Incredibles
Closer
The Sea Inside

[Fisting Ackbar]

Originally posted by Fisting Ackbar
First time viewings I gave a 9/10:

GROUNDHOG DAY
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
SOME LIKE IT HOT
GONE WITH THE WIND
RAGING BULL
BEFORE SUNRISE
BEFORE SUNSET
OLD BOY

+

BULLET IN THE HEAD
MODERN TIMES

[bigred760]

My 9/10 movies from 2004:

The Incredibles
The Aviator
The Passion of the Christ

[Mikey2Dope]

9/10

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Collateral
Super Size Me

9/10's in 2003 - 11