Films of 2004
2004 was the most romantic year of its era.
Across 276 well-known films, 2004 reads higher on romance than the decade around it — 29.7 against 26.4, a gap of 3.3. Every year is measured against its own era rather than against all of cinema, because a slow trend is not a year’s signature.
The best-liked films of 2004

Howl's Moving Castle
8.4 / 10

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8.1 / 10

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
8.0 / 10

Million Dollar Baby
8.0 / 10

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
8.0 / 10

Nobody Knows
8.0 / 10

Kill Bill: Vol. 2
7.9 / 10

The Notebook
7.9 / 10

Downfall
7.9 / 10

Before Sunset
7.8 / 10

3-Iron
7.8 / 10

The Incredibles
7.7 / 10
The most singular films of 2004
Highest Cinnamon Scores of the year, leaving out anything already listed above. Not the best films of 2004 — the ones you cannot get anywhere else.

The Butterfly Effect
Cinnamon 90

The Machinist
Cinnamon 90

The Consequences of Love
Cinnamon 90

Hotel Rwanda
Cinnamon 87

Shaun of the Dead
Cinnamon 86

Head-On
Cinnamon 86

The Sea Inside
Cinnamon 85

Coffee and Cigarettes
Cinnamon 84

House of Flying Daggers
Cinnamon 83

2046
Cinnamon 83

Saw
Cinnamon 82

Napoleon Dynamite
Cinnamon 82