Just because it was a particularly good year for movies, here is my own list of Best movies of 2004.

in no particular order, Serious ones :
- Swades (hindi, for being far far better than Lagaan and making me fall in love with Shah Rukh all over again)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (for their innovative take on romance, hair colour and MRI)
- Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (for Rahul Bose+ Konkona Sen + excellent story and direction)
- Garden State (two words- Zach Braff)
- Fahrenheit 911 (for putting the word out there for the kids and frogs-living-in-wells)
- Chokher Bali, bengali, even though I had originally seen it at the TIFF 2003 (for renewing my faith in Bengali movies post S. Ray)
- Motorcycle Diaries (for introducing me to Che and Latin America)

Lighter fare:
- Main Hoon Na (hindi, for making me laugh ever after the 8th time) - Shrek2 (for not being better than Shrek but being an excellent sequel)
- Hum Tum (hindi, for being the first from-beginning-to-end-cutest Bollywood romantic comedy)
- Dhoom (hindi, for pinching off every Hollywood action movie under the studio skies and actually pulling it off with style)
- Series of Unfortunate Events (for shaking me out of the slumber of the last movie version of 'Harry Potter')
- my 2004 introduction to Monty Python series, notably the Holy Grail (for commiting me to the MP world and making me laugh so hard that I fell off the bed and choked on some coconuts..kidding; for those who don't get it I say "Ni!")

Movies on the 'Must Watch' List for 2005:
- Hotel Rwanda (released) --update: it was even sadder and more compelling than I had thought
- Finding Neverland (released) --update: movie: arright, Depp and the kid playing Peter: awesome
- Closer (released)
- Raincoat (released) ----update: it was very artsy and good
- Ray (released) ----update: Great acting my Jamie Fox
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (not yet)
- Black (not yet)