Film Comment: Reader's Poll--The Top Films of 2004; 13 Films to Look Out For in 2005

(In the parentheses are the film's ranking in the previous month's critic's poll.)

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, U.S.) (2)
2. Sideways (Alexander Payne, U.S.) (1)
3. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, U.S.) (3)
4. Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood, U.S.) (4)
5. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, U.S.) (8)
6. The Aviator (Martin Scorsese, U.S.) (12)
7. Dogville (Lars von Trier, Denmark) (9)
8. Bad Education (Pedro Almódovar, Spain) (11)
9. Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore, U.S.) (15)
10. Vera Drake (Mike Leigh, U.K.) (7)
11. The Incredibles (Brad Bird, U.S.) (13)
12. I ♥ Huckabees (David O. Russell, U.S.) (16)
13. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson, U.S.) (42)
14. Collateral (Michael Mann, U.S.) (18)
15. The Motorcycle Diaries (Walter Salles, Brazil/Argentina) (43)
16. The Saddest Music in the World (Guy Maddin, Canada) (27)
17. Maria Full of Grace (Joshua Marston, U.S./Colombia) (30)
18. House of Flying Daggers (Zhang Yimou, China) (19)
19. Garden State (Zach Braff, U.S.) (-)
20. Moolaadé (Ousmane Sembene, Senegal) (10)
21. Kinsey (Bill Condon, U.S.) (28)
22. The Five Obstructions (Lars von Trier & Jørgen Leth, Denmark) (23)
23. Napoleon Dynamite (Jared Hess, U.S.) (49)
24. Closer (Mike Nichols, U.S.) (-)
25. The Return (Andrei Zvygintsev, Russia) (24)
26. Goodbye Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan) (5)
27. Notre musique (Jean-Luc Godard, France/Switzerland) (6)
28. Hotel Rwanda (Terry George, U.K.) (48)
29. Crimson Gold (Jafar Panahi, Iran) (14)
30. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, U.K.) (44)

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Also Film Comment's critics have compiled a list of 15 films to keep an eye out for in 2005