The 13 Best Movies of 2004 by David Edelstein —
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Sideways
- Hero and House of Flying Daggers
- Bad Education
- The Incredibles
- Tarnation
- Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
- Moolaadé
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2
- Goodbye, Dragon Inn
- Spanglish
- Team America: World Police
- Collateral (FIRST HALF ONLY)
He says Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is “an inexhaustible masterpiece and, by a wide margin, the best film in many years.”