2004 in film

none 2004 film radio television music 2004 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Shrek 2 was the year's top-grossing film, and Million Dollar Baby won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Evaluation of the year American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy described 2004 as "a banner year for actors, particularly men." He went on to emphasize, "I can't think of another year in which there were so many good performances, in every genre. It was a year in which we saw the entire spectrum of demographics displayed on the big screen, from vet actors such as Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman, to seniors such as Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Dustin Hoffman, to newcomers such as Topher Grace. As always, though, the centre of the male acting pyramid is occupied by actors in their forties and fifties, such as Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, Kevin Kline, Don Cheadle, Jim Carrey. In terms of film genres, Levy stated, "The year's most prominent genre was the biopicture, a genre that in the past has suffered from lack of prestige and abundance of clichés. There were a dozen worthy biopictures, including Alexander, The Aviator, Beyond the Sea, Finding Neverland, Hotel Rwanda, Kinsey, Motorcycle Diaries, and Ray. Celebrating entrepreneurs, playwrights, singers, sex researchers, composers, and politicians, they continued to show one alarming bias: They were all about men. You don't have to be a feminist critic or a sociologist to deduct that, as far as real or reel heroes are concerned, women matter less in Hollywood and American society at large. Can't anyone come up with a strong part for a femme-driven bio a la British film Vera Drake, without relegating women to showbiz personae." Levy also stated, "Classic Hollywood cinema, which reached its height during the golden age of studio system and has been in decline, is kept alive by one major force: Clint Eastwood. The "Man With No Name" has become the "Man With the Best Name", a director who's experiencing an unparallel artistic height with “Million Dollar Baby,” a follow-up to the equally sublime Mystic River."Oscar 2004 : Film Year in Review Highest-grossing films Lists of box office number-one films#2000s The top 10 films released in 2004 by worldwide gross are as follows:https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2004/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1 2004 Worldwide Box Office Box Office Mojo IMDb July 20, 2022 + Highest-grossing films of 2004 Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross 1 Shrek 2 DreamWorks $929,098,316nb reissue Excluding grosses from subsequent re-releases. 2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Bros. $795,634,069 3 Spider-Man 2 Sony $783,766,341 4 The Incredibles Walt Disney Pictures $631,442,092 5 The Passion of the Christ Icon / Newmarket $611,486,736 6 The Day After Tomorrow 20th Century Fox / Lionsgate $552,639,571 7 Meet the Fockers Universal / DreamWorks $522,657,936 8 Troy Warner Bros. $497,409,852 9 Shark Tale DreamWorks $374,583,879 10 Ocean's Twelve Warner Bros. $362,744,280 nb Shrek 2 set a new record for total gross by an animated film making it the highest-grossing animated film of all time. The record was later surpassed by Toy Story 3 in 2010. It also remained the highest-grossing non-Disney animated film until it was surpassed by Despicable Me 2 in 2013 and the highest-grossing non-Disney or Universal animated film until it was surpassed by Ne Zha 2 in 2025. It also remained the highest grossing film of Mike Myers' career until it was surpassed by Michael in 2026. On July 7, Spider-Man 2 reached a $200 million domestic gross in a record time of eight days. On July 18, after 19 days in release, Spider-Man 2 reached $300 million domestically in another record time. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has the highest international revenue of $546 million compared to Shrek 2s $487.5 million. The Passion of the Christ, directed by Mel Gibson, became the first blockbuster motion picture of 2004 and also the highest grossing R-rated film domestically. Meet the Fockers beat 2003's Bruce Almighty record for the highest-grossing comedy film; both were released by Universal. Events Month Day Event January 25 Golden Globe Awards: Major winners include The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Lost in Translation. 26 Golden Raspberry Award nominations announced, leading films are: 9: Gigli 8: The Cat in the Hat 8: From Justin to Kelly 7: Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 27 Academy Awards nominations announced, leading films are: 11: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 10: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 7: Cold Mountain 7: Seabiscuit 6: Mystic River February 4 9th Empire Awards: Major winners include Love Actually and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 15 BAFTA Awards: Major winners include Scarlett Johansson, Best Actress and Bill Murray, Best Actor 22 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Charlize Theron, The Actor for Best Female Actor, Johnny Depp, The Actor for Best Male Actor, Tim Robbins, The Actor for Best Male Supporting Actor, Renée Zellweger, The Actor for Best Female Supporting Actor. 23 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King becomes the second film in history to gross more than $1 billion in worldwide box office receipts. 25 The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson's major motion picture about the last days of Jesus's life on Earth, opens huge in time for Lent. 28 Gigli dominates the Golden Raspberry Awards, walking away with 6 awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Actress (Jennifer Lopez), Worst Actor (Ben Affleck), Worst Director (Martin Brest), Worst Screenplay (Brest) and worst on-screen couple (Lopez and Affleck). Worst supporting acting awards went to actress Demi Moore for Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and actor Sylvester Stallone for Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. 29 76th Academy Awards: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King wins picture and director awards as well as nine others for a total of 11 Academy Awards, a tie for the most ever won by a single film. March 19 The highly acclaimed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind releases in theaters. It later went on to win Best Original Screenplay at the 77th Academy Awards. May 22 Fahrenheit 9/11, a controversial documentary by Michael Moore wins the top prize, the Palme d'Or, at the Cannes Film Festival. June 5 The 2004 MTV Movie Awards were held at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California and hosted by Lindsay Lohan. 27 Fahrenheit 9/11 breaks the record for highest opening-weekend earnings in the United States for a documentary, earning $23.9 million. And going on to earn over $119M in domestic box office earnings. July 1 Marlon Brando, considered by many to be the greatest actor of all time, dies at the age of 80 from respiratory failure at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. October 27 DreamWorks Animation is spun off from DreamWorks Pictures into a separate company. 29 Voices of Iraq released, the first "wikified" documentary film created by sending multiple DV cameras to participants. December 13 The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the 2005 Golden Globes awards with comedy Sideways garnering seven nominations and actor Jamie Foxx with three for his work in both film and television. 21 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces seven films are eligible for the Academy Award for Visual Effects: The Aviator The Day After Tomorrow Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban I, Robot Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Spider-Man 2 28 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces that 267 films released in 2004 are eligible for consideration of the Academy Award for Best Picture. Awards Category/Organization 10th Critics' Choice AwardsJanuary 10, 2005 62nd Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 16, 2005 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 58th BAFTA AwardsFebruary 12, 2005 77th Academy AwardsFebruary 27, 2005 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film Sideways The Aviator Sideways The Aviator Million Dollar Baby Best Director Martin ScorseseThe Aviator Clint EastwoodMillion Dollar Baby Mike LeighVera Drake Clint EastwoodMillion Dollar Baby Best Actor Jamie FoxxRay Leonardo DiCaprioThe Aviator Jamie FoxxRay Best Actress Hilary SwankMillion Dollar Baby Annette BeningBeing Julia Hilary SwankMillion Dollar Baby Imelda StauntonVera Drake Hilary SwankMillion Dollar Baby Best Supporting Actor Thomas Haden ChurchSideways Clive OwenCloser Morgan FreemanMillion Dollar Baby Clive OwenCloser Morgan FreemanMillion Dollar Baby Best Supporting Actress Virginia MadsenSideways Natalie PortmanCloser Cate BlanchettThe Aviator Best Screenplay, Adapted SidewaysAlexander Payne and Jim Taylor SidewaysAlexander Payne and Jim Taylor Best Screenplay, Original Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindCharlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, and Pierre Bismuth Best Animated Film The Incredibles The Incredibles Best Original Score Howard ShoreThe Aviator Gustavo SantaolallaThe Motorcycle Diaries Jan A. P. KaczmarekFinding Neverland Best Original Song "Old Habits Die Hard"Alfie "Al otro lado del río"The Motorcycle Diaries Best Foreign Language Film The Sea Inside The Motorcycle Diaries The Sea Inside Palme d'Or (57th Cannes Film Festival): Fahrenheit 9/11, directed by Michael Moore, United States Golden Lion (61st Venice International Film Festival): Vera Drake, directed by Mike Leigh, United Kingdom Golden Bear (54th Berlin International Film Festival): Head-On (Gegen die Wand), directed by Fatih Akın, Germany 2004 films By country/region List of American films of 2004 List of Argentine films of 2004 List of Australian films of 2004 List of Bangladeshi films of 2004 List of Brazilian films of 2004 List of British films of 2004 List of Canadian films of 2004 List of Chinese films of 2004 List of Hong Kong films of 2004 List of French films of 2004 List of Indian films of 2004 List of Bengali films of 2004 List of Bollywood films of 2004 List of Kannada films of 2004 List of Tamil films of 2004 List of Telugu films of 2004 List of Malayalam films of 2004 List of Italian films of 2004 List of Japanese films of 2004 List of Mexican films of 2004 List of Pakistani films of 2004 List of Russian films of 2004 List of South Korean films of 2004 List of Spanish films of 2004 By genre/medium List of action films of 2004 List of animated feature films of 2004 List of avant-garde films of 2004 List of crime films of 2004 List of comedy films of 2004 List of drama films of 2004 List of horror films of 2004 List of science fiction films of 2004 List of thriller films of 2004 List of western films of 2004 Births January 10 – Kaitlyn Maher, American singer and actress January 17 – Harry Collett, English actor January 25 – Rohan Chand, American actor February 19 – Millie Bobby Brown, English actress and producer March 5 – Kit Connor, English actor April 21 – Emma Tremblay, Canadian actress April 23 – Teagan Croft, Australian actress May 3 – Mel Maia, Brazilian actress May 13 – Ava Acres, American actress May 22 Summer H. Howell, Canadian actress Peyton Elizabeth Lee, American actress June 19 Louis Ashbourne Serkis, English actor Millie Gibson, British actress June 8 - Francesca Capaldi, American actress June 19 Louis Ashbourne Serkis, English actor Millie Gibson, British actress July 2 – Caitlin Carmichael, American actress July 4 – Alex R. Hibbert, American actor July 6 – Dylan Kingwell, Canadian actor July 16 Ruby Barnhill, English actress Amiah Miller, American actress July 17 Logan Allen, American actor Shamon Brown Jr., American actor August 5 – Albert Tsai, American actor August 14 – Marsai Martin, American actress August 19 – Siena Agudong, American actress September 10 – Gabriel Bateman, American actor September 23 – Anthony Gonzalez, American actor October 3 – Noah Schnapp, American actor October 10 – Zain Al Rafeea, Syrian-born Norwegian actor November 1 Jayden Bartels, American YouTuber, singer and actress November 11 – Oakes Fegley, American actor November 16 Marlon Kazadi, Canadian actor Jack Champion, American actor November 27 – Jet Jurgensmeyer, American actor December 5 – Jules LeBlanc, American YouTuber, singer and actress December 9 – Nico Parker, English actress December 18 - Isabella Crovetti, American actress December 22 – Bryce Gheisar, American actor December 30 – Lyliana Wray, American actress Deaths Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 2 Etta Moten Barnett 102 US Actress Flying Down to Rio Gold Diggers of 1933 2 Lynn Cartwright 76 US Actress A League of Their Own The Garbage Pail Kids Movie 4 Brian Gibson 59 UK Director What's Love Got to Do with It Still Crazy 4 Jeff Nuttall 70 UK Actor The World Is Not Enough Damage 6 Philip Gilbert 72 Canada Actor Superman III Reach for the Sky 7 Ingrid Thulin 77 Sweden Actress Wild Strawberries Cries and Whispers 8 Reginald H. Morris 85 UK Cinematographer Porky's A Christmas Story 9 Lyndon Brook 77 UK Actor The Longest Day Plenty 10 Spalding Gray 62 US Actor Beaches Swimming to Cambodia 10 Sidney Miller 87 US Actor, Director The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock Get Yourself a College Girl 13 Phillip Crosby 69 US Actor Robin and the 7 Hoods None but the Brave 14 Catherine Craig 88 US Actress The Strange Love of Martha Ivers You Were Never Lovelier 14 Uta Hagen 84 Germany Actress Reversal of Fortune The Boys from Brazil 14 Ron O'Neal 66 US Actor, Director Super Fly Red Dawn 17 Ray Stark 89 US Producer Funny Girl Steel Magnolias 17 Noble Willingham 72 US Actor City Slickers Good Morning, Vietnam 22 Ann Miller 83 US Actress, Dancer On the Town Mulholland Drive 27 H.B. Haggerty 78 US Actor The Muppet Movie Earthquake 27 Jack Paar 85 US Actor Easy Living Love Nest 28 Elroy Hirsch 80 US Actor Unchained Zero Hour! 28 Joe Viterelli 66 US Actor Analyze This Bullets over Broadway 29 Andrew J. Kuehn 66 US Director Terror in the Aisles Get Bruce February 2 Bernard McEveety 79 US Director Ride Beyond Vengeance Napoleon and Samantha 4 Michael P. Moran 59 US Actor Scarface Carlito's Way 8 Robert F. Colesberry 57 US Producer Mississippi Burning K-PAX 10 J. C. Quinn 63 US Actor The Abyss Days of Thunder 11 Tony Pope 56 US Voice Actor Who Framed Roger Rabbit Cats Don't Dance 12 Martin Jurow 92 US Producer Breakfast at Tiffany's Terms of Endearment 13 Carole Eastman 69 US Screenwriter Five Easy Pieces Man Trouble 13 John Trumper 80 UK Film Editor The Italian Job Get Carter 14 Elois Jenssen 81 US Costume Designer Samson and Delilah Tron 15 Jan Miner 86 US Actress Lenny Mermaids 23 Carl Anderson 58 US Singer, Actor Jesus Christ Superstar The Color Purple 23 John Randolph 88 US Actor Serpico You've Got Mail 26 Russell Hunter 79 UK Actor Taste the Blood of Dracula Up Pompeii 26 Ralph E. Winters 94 Canada Film Editor Ben-Hur The Pink Panther 29 Mark Cavell 64 US Actor Cool Hand Luke The Man from the Alamo March 2 Mercedes McCambridge 87 US Actress All the King's Men The Exorcist 3 Arthur Kempel 59 US Composer The Arrival Double Impact 5 Walt Gorney 91 Austria Actor Friday the 13th Trading Places 6 Frances Dee 94 US Actress Four Faces West  Little Women 7 Michael Stringer 79 UK Production Designer, Art Director Fiddler on the Roof Casino Royale 7 Paul Winfield 64 US Actor The Terminator Sounder 8 Robert Pastorelli 50 US Actor Eraser Dances with Wolves 10 Wilhelm von Homburg 63 Germany Actor Die Hard Ghostbusters II 15 René Laloux 74 France Animator, Director Fantastic Planet Gandahar 15 John Vallone 50 US Production Designer Predator Die Hard 2 18 Richard Marner 82 Russia Actor The African Queen The Sum of All Fears 21 Ludmilla Tchérina 79 France Actress, Choreographer The Red Shoes The Tales of Hoffmann 24 Richard Leech 81 Ireland Actor The Dam Busters Night of the Demon 25 Robert Arden 81 UK Actor Little Shop of Horrors A Matter of Life and Death 26 Fred Karlin 67 US Composer Westworld The Sterile Cuckoo 26 Jan Sterling 82 US Actress Ace in the Hole The High and the Mighty 27 Peter Diamond 74 UK Stuntman, Actor An American Werewolf in London Highlander 28 Peter Ustinov 82 UK Actor, Director Spartacus Topkapi 29 Charles Grenzbach 80 US Sound Engineer Platoon The Godfather 29 Simone Renant 93 France Actress No Pity for Women Bedevilled April 1 Carrie Snodgress 58 US Actress Diary of a Mad Housewife Pale Rider 4 Ralph Kemplen 91 UK Film Editor The African Queen The Dark Crystal 4 Austin Willis 87 Canada Actor Goldfinger Firefox 7 Victor Argo 69 US Actor King of New York Bad Lieutenant 17 Bruce Boa 73 Canada Actor The Empire Strikes Back Full Metal Jacket 18 Frances Rafferty 81 US Actress The Hidden Eye Money Madness 19 Tim Burstall 77 UK Director, Screenwriter Kangaroo Attack Force Z 19 Philip Locke 76 UK Actor Thunderball Porridge 21 Mary Selway 68 UK Casting Director Raiders of the Lost Ark Love Actually 25 Albert Paulsen 78 US Actor The Manchurian Candidate The Laughing Policeman May 1 Nelson Gidding 84 US Screenwriter I Want to Live! The Haunting 3 Anthony Ainley 71 UK Actor The Land That Time Forgot The Blood on Satan's Claw 4 Hugh Gillin 78 US Actor Back to the Future Part III Psycho II 5 Vern Taylor 71 US Actor An Officer and a Gentleman Harry and the Hendersons 6 Virginia Capers 78 US Actress Ferris Bueller's Day Off Beethoven's 2nd 9 Tommy Farrell 82 US Actress Breakfast at Tiffany's Singin' in the Rain 9 Alan King 76 US Actor, Producer Just Tell Me What You Want Casino 14 Anna Lee 91 UK Actress The Sound of Music How Green Was My Valley 17 Tony Randall 84 US Actor Pillow Talk Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? 18 Lincoln Kilpatrick 73 US Actor The Omega Man Soylent Green 23 Trudy Marshall 84 US Actress The Fighting Sullivans Once Is Not Enough 27 Patience Cleveland 73 US Actress Donnie Darko Psycho III 28 Irene Manning 91 US Actress Yankee Doodle Dandy The Desert Song 31 Robert A. Burns 60 US Art Director The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Re-Animator June 3 Harold Goodwin 86 UK Actor The Bridge on the River Kwai The Longest Day 4 Charles Correll 60 US Cinematographer Animal House Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 4 Nino Manfredi 83 Italy Actor, Director Between Miracles Café Express 4 Anthony Steffen 73 Italy Actor Django the Bastard Sodom and Gomorrah 5 Virginia North 58 UK Actress On Her Majesty's Secret Service The Abominable Dr. Phibes 5 Mark Northover 54 UK Actor Willow Hardware 5 Ronald Reagan 93 US Actor, 40th President of the United States Knute Rockne, All American Kings Row 6 Judy Campbell 88 UK Actress Convoy Mr. Forbush and the Penguins 7 Donald Trumbull 95 US Visual Effects Artist Star Wars Close Encounters of the Third Kind 9 Barbara Whiting 73 US Actress Beware, My Lovely Dangerous When Wet 10 Ray Charles 73 US Singer, Actor The Blues Brothers Spy Hard 13 Robert Lees 91 US Screenwriter Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein The Black Cat 14 Max Rosenberg 89 US Producer Scream and Scream Again Tales from the Crypt 18 Doris Dowling 81 US Actress The Lost Weekend Bitter Rice 18 George Buck Flower 66 US Actor Back to the Future They Live 19 Colin McCormack 62 UK Actor Death Line First Knight 26 Muriel Angelus 92 UK Actress The Way of All Flesh The Great McGinty 30 Chris Alcaide 80 US Actor The Big Heat Gunslinger July 1 Marlon Brando 80 US Actor On the Waterfront The Godfather 6 Eric Douglas 46 US Actor The Golden Child The Flamingo Kid 6 Jimmie F. Skaggs 59 US Actor Lethal Weapon Catch Me If You Can 9 Carlo Di Palma 79 Italy Cinematographer Blowup Bullets over Broadway 9 Isabel Sanford 86 US Actress Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Lady Sings the Blues 11 Dorothy Hart 82 US Actress The Naked City Tarzan's Savage Fury 12 Jeff Morris 69 US Actor The Blues Brothers Kelly's Heroes 13 George Mallaby 64 UK Actor The Spy Who Loved Me Eliza Fraser 17 Pat Roach 67 UK Actor Raiders of the Lost Ark A Clockwork Orange 18 Richard Ney 87 US Actor Mrs. Miniver Ivy 19 Irvin Yeaworth 78 Germany Director The Blob 4D Man 21 Jerry Goldsmith 75 US Composer Alien Patton 22 Muriel Angelus 92 UK Actress The Great McGinty The Light That Failed 23 Serge Reggiani 82 Italy Actor, Singer The Leopard La terrazza 27 Sam Edwards 89 US Actor Twelve O'Clock High Operation Pacific 28 Eugene Roche 75 US Actor The Late Show Foul Play 31 Laura Betti 77 Italy Actress Theorem 1900 31 Virginia Grey 87 US Actress All That Heaven Allows The Big Store August 1 Vivian Austin 84 US Actress Destiny Philo Vance Returns 3 Geraldine Peroni 51 US Film Editor Brokeback Mountain The Player 8 Paul Garner 95 US Actor Rhinestone Saturday the 14th 8 Fay Wray 96 Canada Actress King Kong The Most Dangerous Game 9 David Raksin 92 US Composer Laura The Bad and the Beautiful 12 Peter Woodthorpe 72 UK Actor The Lord of the Rings The Madness of King George 16 Mildred "Acquanetta" Davenport 83 US Actress Tarzan and the Leopard Woman Captive Wild Woman 18 Elmer Bernstein 82 US Composer Ghostbusters To Kill a Mockingbird 18 Hugh Manning 83 UK Actor The Elephant Man The Dam Busters 22 Daniel Petrie 83 Canada Director A Raisin in the Sun Cocoon: The Return 25 Donald M. Ashton 85 UK Production Designer The Bridge on the River Kwai Indiscreet 26 David Myers 90 US Cinematographer THX 1138 Woodstock 27 William Pierson 78 US Actor Stalag 17 Corvette Summer 30 Bob Sherman 63 US Actor Hellboy The Spy Who Loved Me September 8 Frank Thomas 92 US Animator Lady and the Tramp The Aristocats 9 Caitlin Clarke 52 US Actress Crocodile Dundee Blown Away 10 O. L. Duke 51 US Actor Malcolm X Antwone Fisher 11 Michael A. Carter 77 UK Sound Engineer Aliens Eyes Wide Shut 11 Fred Ebb 76 US Lyricist Chicago New York, New York 15 Bernard Gribble 77 UK Film Editor Top Secret! Death Wish 17 Evi Rauer 88 Estonia Actress Libahunt 18 Russ Meyer 82 US Director Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 19 Annabella Incontrera 61 Italy Actress The Assassination Bureau The Silencers 19 Robert Lawrence 90 Canada Film Editor Spartacus Fiddler on the Roof 24 Tim Choate 49 US Actor Soapdish Pearl Harbor 30 Michael Relph 89 UK Producer Kind Hearts and Coronets Scum 30 Ignatius Wolfington 83 US Actor 1941 Herbie Rides Again October 3 Janet Leigh 77 US Actress Psycho Touch of Evil 5 Rodney Dangerfield 82 US Actor, Comedian Caddyshack Back to School 8 Irina Demick 67 France Actress The Longest Day Prudence and the Pill 10 Christopher Reeve 52 US Actor Superman The Remains of the Day 17 Julius Harris 81 US Actor The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Live and Let Die 26 Patricia Knight 89 US Actress Shockproof Roses Are Red 28 Gil Mellé 72 US Composer The Andromeda Strain The Ultimate Warrior 28 Charles F. Wheeler 88 US Cinematographer Tora! Tora! Tora! Silent Running 30 Peggy Ryan 80 US Actress, Dancer When Johnny Comes Marching Home All Ashore 31 Mari Aldon 78 Lithuania Actress Distant Drums Tangier Incident November 6 Robert Lang 70 UK Actor Four Weddings and a Funeral Wilde 6 Elizabeth Rogers 70 US Actress An Officer and a Gentleman The Towering Inferno 6 Edward Warschilka 76 Hungary Film Editor Harold and Maude Child's Play 7 Howard Keel 85 US Actor Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Show Boat 9 Ed Kemmer 83 US Actor Earth vs. the Spider The Crowded Sky 12 Norman Rose 87 US Actor The Front The Anderson Tapes 13 Carlo Rustichelli 87 Italy Composer Avanti! Alfredo, Alfredo 13 Don Sharpe 75 UK Sound Engineer Aliens Batman 14 Michel Colombier 65 France Composer White Nights Purple Rain 19 Helmut Griem 72 Germany Actor Cabaret Voyage of the Damned 20 Anna Keaveney 55 UK Actress Vera Drake Formula 51 22 Jerry Bick 81 US Producer The Long Goodbye Swing Shift 25 David Bailey 71 US Actor Wicked, Wicked Above the Rim 26 Philippe de Broca 71 France Director, Screenwriter That Man from Rio King of Hearts 27 John Drew Barrymore 72 US Actor Pontius Pilate Guerra di Troia 28 Molly Weir 94 UK Actress The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Scrooge December 1 William Sackheim 85 US Screenwriter, Producer First Blood The In-Laws 4 Carl Esmond 102 Austria Actor Sergeant York Ministry of Fear 9 Jean Tournier 78 France Cinematographer The Day of the Jackal Moonraker 10 John Monks Jr. 94 US Screenwriter Knock on Any Door The People Against O'Hara 15 Maria Perschy 66 Austria Actress Man's Favorite Sport? The Password is Courage 16 Stefano Madia 49 Italy Actor Dear Father The Palermo Connection 20 Howard Feuer 56 US Casting Director The Silence of the Lambs Moonstruck 21 Richard Hamilton 83 US Actor Men in Black Pale Rider 28 Jerry Orbach 69 US Actor Dirty Dancing Beauty and the Beast 29 William Boyett 77 US Actor When a Stranger Calls Newsies 29 Liddy Holloway 57 New Zealand Actress Without a Paddle Queen City Rocker Film debuts Emily Blunt – My Summer of Love Yvette Nicole Brown – Little Black Book Eddie Cahill – Miracle Josh Duhamel – The Picture of Dorian Gray Brian F. Durkin – Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius Alice Eve – Stage Beauty Rebecca Ferguson – Drowning Ghost Will Forte – Around the World in 80 Days Nick Frost – Shaun of the Dead David Harbour – Kinsey Amber Heard – Friday Night Lights Jon Heder – Napoleon Dynamite Ed Helms – Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story Jonah Hill – I Heart Huckabees Cheryl Hines – Along Came Polly Marin Ireland – The Manchurian Candidate Arielle Kebbel – Soul Plane Toby Kebbell – Dead Man's Shoes Rebekah Kochan – Eating Out Riki Lindhome – Seeing Other People Jason Mantzoukas – Terrorists Joel McHale – Spider-Man 2 Denis Ménochet – Automne Jason Momoa – Johnson Family Vacation Mircea Monroe – Cellular Keke Palmer – Barbershop 2: Back in Business Chris Pine – The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement Alba Rohrwacher – An Italian Romance Belén Rueda – The Sea Inside Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace Amanda Seyfried – Mean Girls Cobie Smulders – Walking Tall Olivia Wilde – The Girl Next Door Patrick Wilson – The Alamo References External links List of 2004 films at IMDb 2004 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo List of 2004 deaths at IMDb List of 2004 births at IMDb Film Category:Film by year Category:2004-related lists Category:Mass media timelines by year