The Great Films: 2004, 2005

It's getting to be that time of year again when I begin to compile my list of the 25 best movies of the year. As a prelude I revisit the Top 25 from past years. Click on the titles to learn more about the films.

2004
1. Sideways
2. Million Dollar Baby
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Before Sunset
5. The Incredibles
6. House of Flying Daggers
7. Maria Full of Grace
8. Mooladé
9. Tarnation
10. Bad Education
11. Vera Drake
12. Hero
13. Kill Bill: Volume 2
14. Good Bye, Dragon Inn
15. Spider-Man 2
16. The Aviator
17. Notre Musique
18. Hotel Rwanda
19. Kinsey
20. A Very Long Engagement
21. Collateral
22. Fahrenheit 9/11
23. The Sea Inside
24. Dogville
25. I Heart Huckabees

2005
1. Brokeback Mountain
2. Capote
3. Grizzly Man
4. The Best of Youth
5. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
6. A History of Violence
7. The Squid and the Whale
8. King Kong
9. Good Night, and Good Luck
10. Caché
11. Kings and Queen
12. Pride and Prejudice
13. The Constant Gardener
14. Saraband
15. Junebug
16. Howl’s Moving Castle
17. 2046
18. Crash
19. Syriana
20. Me and You and Everyone We Know
21. Tropical Malady
22. Munich
23. Mysterious Skin
24. Match Point
25. Cinderella Man