See also: 2003 in film, other events of 2004, 2005 in film and the list of 'years in film'

Events

• January 25 - Golden Globe Awards: Major winners include and Lost in Translation.
• January 27 - Academy Awards nominations announced, leading films are (11), Master and Commander (10), Seabiscuit (7), Mystic River (6), and Cold Mountain (6). Keisha Castle-Hughes, at 13, becomes the youngest nominee ever for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
• February 15 - BAFTA Awards: Major winners include Scarlett Johansson, Best Actress and Bill Murray, Best Actor
• February 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, Renee Zellweger, The Actor for Best Female Supporting Actor.
• February 23 - becomes the second film in history to gross more than $1 billion in worldwide box office reciepts.
• February 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 and actor Sylvester Stallone for .
• February 29 - 76th Academy Awards: 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. Acting honors where as follows: Best Actor: Sean Penn for Mystic River, Best Actress: Charlize Theron for Monster, Best Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins for Mystic River, Best Supporting Actress: Renee Zellweger for Cold Mountain.
• 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 27 - Fahrenheit 9/11 breaks the record for highest opening-weekend earnings in the United States for a documentary, earning $23.9 million.

Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 2004; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year 2004.

The controversial film, The Passion of the Christ, helmed by Mel Gibson became the first blockbuster motion picture of 2004. Taking only eight days, Spider-Man 2 became the fastest film to reach $200 in North American gross box office sales while Shrek 2 and Fahrenheit 9/11 became the highest-grossing animated film and documentary in history, respectively. These are the top 10 grossing estimates as of August 27, 2004 (U.S. and Canada) and August 22, 2004 (United Kingdom):

2004 Rank	Title	Studio	Total Int'l Box Office Gross	North American Box Office Gross	United Kingdom Box Office Gross
1.	Shrek 2	Dreamworks	$839,761,703	$436,721,703	£46,507,271
2.	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	$761,512,921	$247,112,921	£45,683,194
3.	Spider-Man 2	Columbia Pictures	$728,323,237	$366,658,000	£25,432,947
4.	The Passion of the Christ	Newmarket Films	$609,493,825	$370,270,943	£10,604,723
5.	The Day After Tomorrow	20th Century Fox	$539,454,144	$186,081,521	£25,049,442
6.	Troy	Warner Bros.	$491,198,577	$133,298,577	£17,997,954
7.	Van Helsing	Universal Pictures	$269,486,561	$120,150,546	£15,019,852
8.	I, Robot	20th Century Fox	$267,346,583	$139,653,000	£14,086,690
9.	50 First Dates	Columbia Pictures	$193,002,031	$120,870,628	£7,708,648
10.		Warner Bros.	$178,798,209	$84,198,209	£16,372,417

So far worldwide, 23 films released in 2004 grossed more than $100 million, reaching blockbuster status. Of that group, eight grossed more than $200 million, six more than $400 million, five films grossed more than $500 million, four films grossed more than $600 million and three films more than $700 million and one film more than $800 milion.

For a complete list of 2004's top-grossing films, follow these links:

• Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view=worldwide&yr=2004&p=.htm
  • North America: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2004&p=.htm
  • United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/statistics/boxoffice/

Notable film celebrities who died in 2004 include actors Marlon Brando, Tony Randall, Ronald Reagan and Fay Wray.

A more complete list of notable deaths is as follows: The following deaths are listed by date, name, age and legacy in film.

• January 2 - Etta Moten Barnett, 102, actress
• January 7 - Ingrid Thulin, 77, actress
• January 14 - Uta Hagen, 84, actress
• January 14 - Ron O'Neal, 66, actor
• January 17 - Ray Stark, 88, producer
• January 22 - Ann Miller, 80, actress and dancer
• January 31 - Suraiya, 75, actress and singer
• February 15 - Jan Miner, 86, actress
• February 23 - Vijay Anand, 70, director
• March 2 - Mercedes McCambridge, 85, Oscar-winning actress
• March 3 - Cecily Adams, 39, actress
• March 6 - Frances Dee, 96, actress
• March 7 - Paul Winfield, 63, actor
• March 9 - Robert Pastorelli, 49, actor
• March 18 - Guillermo Rivas, 72, actor
• March 26 - Jan Sterling, 82, actress
• March 28 - Peter Ustinov, 82, actor
• April 1 - Carrie Snodgress, 57, actress
• April 5 - Austin Willis, 86, actor
• April 17 - Soundarya, 32, actress
• April 25 - Feridun Karakaya, 76, actor
• May 3 - Anthony Ainley, 71, actor
• May 9 - Alan King, 76, actor
• May 14 - Anna Lee, 91, actress
• May 16 - Marika Rökk, 90, actress
• May 17 - Tony Randall, 84, actor
• May 19 - Mary Dresselhuys, 97, actress
• June 4 - Nino Manfredi, 83, actor
• June 5 - Ronald Reagan, 93, actor
• June 6 - Necdet Mahfi Ayral, 96, actor
• June 6 - Robert Lees, 91, screenwriter
• June 7 - Donald Trumbull, 95, special effects producer
• June 14 - Max Rosenberg, 89, producer
• June 26 - Yash Johar, 75, producer
• July 1 - Marlon Brando, 80, actor
• July 3 - John Barron, 83, actor
• July 6 - Eric Douglas, 46, actor
• July 8 - Jean Lefebvre, 84, actor
• July 9 - Isabel Sanford, 86, actress
• July 11 - Dorothy Hart, 82, actress
• July 17 - Pat Roach, 67, actor
• July 19 - Irvin "Shorty" Yeaworth, 78, director
• July 21 - Jerry Goldsmith, 75, composer
• July 23 - Mehmood, 72, actor
• July 23 - Serge Reggiani, 82, actor
• July 28 - Sam Edwards, 89, actor
• July 28 - Eugene Roche, 75, actor
• July 31 - Laura Betti, 70, actress
• July 31 - Virginia Grey, 87, actress
• August 3 - Margo McLennan, 66, actress
• August 8 - Dimitris Papamichail, 70, actor
• August 8 - Fay Wray, 96, actress
• August 9 - David Raksin, 92, composer
• August 15 - Neal Fredericks, 35, cinematographer
• August 18 - Elmer Bernstein, 82, composer
• August 22 - Daniel Petrie, 83, director
• August 22 - George Kirgo, 78, screenwriter

(Movies released in at least 1,000 North American theatres)

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial weekend.

North American Release Date	Title	Studio/Distributor	Notable Cast/Crew
January 9	My Baby's Daddy	Universal Studios	Michael Imperioli
January 9	Chasing Liberty	Warner Bros.	Mandy Moore, Mark Harmon
January 16	Along Came Polly	Universal Studios	Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Alec Baldwin, Hank Azaria, Philip Seymour Hoffman
January 16	Teacher's Pet	Walt Disney Pictures	Nathan Lane (voice), David Ogden Stiers (voice), Jerry Stiller (voice)
January 16	Torque	Warner Bros.	Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, Monet Mazur
January 23	The Butterfly Effect	New Line	Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart
January 23	Mindhunters	Dimension	Val Kilmer, LL Cool J, Christian Slater, Kathryn Morris
January 23	Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!	DreamWorks SKG	Kate Bosworth, Josh Duhamel
January 30	The Big Bounce	Warner Bros./Shangri-La Entertainment	Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman
January 30	The Perfect Score	Paramount Pictures	Scarlett Johansson, Erika Christensen, Chris Evans
January 30	You Got Served	Screen Gems	Lil' Kim
February 6		MGM	Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Queen Latifah
February 6	Catch That Kid	20th Century Fox	Kristen Stewart, Max Thieriot, Corbin Bleu, Jennifer Beals
February 6	Miracle	Touchstone Pictures/Walt Disney Pictures	Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson
February 13	50 First Dates	Columbia Pictures	Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin
February 20	Against the Ropes	Paramount Pictures	Meg Ryan, Omar Epps
February 20	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen	Walt Disney Pictures	Lindsay Lohan, Adam Garcia, Carol Kane
February 20	Eurotrip	DreamWorks SKG/Blue Sea Productions	Scott Mechlowicz, Michelle Trachtenberg, Lucy Lawless, Matt Damon, Joanna Lumley
February 20	Welcome to Mooseport	20th Century Fox	Gene Hackman, Ray Romano
February 25	The Passion of the Christ	Newmarket Films	Jim Caviezel, Mel Gibson (director)
February 27	Club Dread	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Jay Chandrasekhar, Bill Paxton
February 27		Artisan Entertainment	Romola Garai, Diego Luna
February 27	Twisted	Paramount Pictures	Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia
March 5	Starsky and Hutch	Warner Brothers	Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, Vince Vaughn
March 5	Hidalgo	Touchstone Pictures	Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Timothy Dalton
March 12		MGM	Frankie Muñiz, Anthony Anderson
March 12	Secret Window	Columbia Pictures	Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Charles S. Dutton, Timothy Hutton, Ving Rhames, Stephen King (screenwriter)
March 12	Spartan	Warner Bros.	Val Kilmer, William H. Macy, David Mamet (director)
March 19	Dawn of the Dead	Universal Pictures	Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames
March 19	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Focus Features	Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood
March 19	Taking Lives	Warner Bros.	Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland, Gena Rowlands, Olivier Martinez
March 26	Jersey Girl	Miramax	Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin, Jason Biggs, Kevin Smith (director)
March 26	The Ladykillers	Touchstone Pictures	Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (directors, producers, screenwriters)
March 26	Never Die Alone	Fox Searchlight Pictures	David Arquette, DMX
March 26		Warner Bros.	Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Linda Cardellini, Seth Green
April 2	Hellboy	Revolution Studios	Ron Perlman, David Hyde Pierce, John Hurt, Guillermo del Toro (director)
April 2	Home on the Range	Walt Disney Pictures	Judi Dench (voice), Roseanne Barr (voice), Jennifer Tilly (voice), Cuba Gooding Jr. (voice), Randy Quaid (voice), Steve Buscemi (voice)
April 2	The Prince & Me	Paramount Pictures/Lions Gate	Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, Miranda Richardson
April 2	Walking Tall	MGM	The Rock (Dwayne Johnson), Johnny Knoxville
April 7	Johnson Family Vacation	20th Century Fox	Cedric the Entertainer, Vanessa Williams, Bow Wow, Solange Knowles, Shannon Elizabeth
April 9	The Whole Ten Yards	Warner Bros.	Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet
April 9	The Alamo	Touchstone	Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric
April 9	The Girl Next Door	20th Century Fox	James Remar
April 9	Ella Enchanted	Miramax	Anne Hathaway, Vivica A. Fox
April 16	Connie and Carla	Universal/Spyglass Entertainment	Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny, Debbie Reynolds
April 16	Kill Bill Vol. 2	Miramax	Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox, Lucy Liu, Quentin Tarantino (director)
April 16	The Punisher	Lions Gate	Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
April 23	13 Going on 30	Columbia Pictures	Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo
April 23	Clifford's Really Big Movie	Warner Bros.	John Ritter (voice)
April 23	Man on Fire	20th Century Fox/Regency Pictures	Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken
April 30	Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius	Bobby Jones Films LLC	Jim Caviezel, Claire Forlani
April 30	The Calcium Kid (released only in the United Kingdom)	Universal Pictures	Orlando Bloom
April 30	Envy	Columbia Pictures/DreamWorks SKG	Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Christopher Walken, Barry Levinson (director)
April 30	Godsend	Lions Gate	Greg Kinnear, Robert De Niro, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
April 30	Laws of Attraction	New Line	Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Nora Dunn, Frances Fisher, Parker Posey
April 30	Life of Brian (re-release)	Paramount Pictures	John Cleese, Eric Idle
April 30	Mean Girls	Paramount Pictures	Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey
May 7	Van Helsing	Universal Pictures	Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh
May 7	New York Minute	Warner Bros.	Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Eugene Levy, Andy Richter, Andrea Martin
May 14	Troy	Warner Bros.	Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Peter O'Toole
May 14	Breakin' All the Rules	Screen Gems	Jamie Foxx, Morris Chestnut, Gabrielle Union, Peter MacNicol, Jennifer Esposito
May 19	Shrek 2	DreamWorks SKG	Mike Myers (voice), Eddie Murphy (voice), Cameron Diaz (voice), Antonio Banderas (voice), Jennifer Saunders (voice), John Cleese (voice), Julie Andrews (voice), Larry King (voice), Rupert Everett (voice)
May 28	The Day After Tomorrow	20th Century Fox	Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Perry King
May 28	Raising Helen	Touchstone Pictures	Kate Hudson, Joan Cusack, Paris Hilton
May 28	Soul Plane	MGM	Tom Arnold, Kevin Hart, Method Man, Snoop Dogg, K.D. Aubert, D.L. Hughley, Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson
May 28	Saved!	MGM	Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Martin Donovan, Mary-Louise Parker
June 4	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Warner Bros.	Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, Emma Thompson, Julie Christie, Richard Griffiths, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith
June 11	The Chronicles of Riddick	Universal Pictures	Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore
June 11		20th Century Fox	Bill Murray (voice), Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Stephen Tobolowsky
June 11	The Stepford Wives	Paramount Pictures/DreamWorks SKG	Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Christopher Walken, Faith Hill, Bette Midler, Glenn Close
June 16	Around the World in 80 Days	Walt Disney Pictures	Jackie Chan, Rob Schneider, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Luke Wilson, Kathy Bates, John Cleese, Johnny Knoxville, Jim Broadbent, Richard Branson
June 18		20th Century Fox	Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Ben Stiller
June 18	The Terminal	DreamWorks SKG	Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci, Steven Spielberg (director)
June 25	Fahrenheit 9/11 ‡	Lions Gate	Michael Moore, George W. Bush
June 25	The Notebook	New Line	Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands, James Garner
June 25	Two Brothers	Universal Pictures	Guy Pearce, Freddie Highmore, Jean-Jacques Annaud (director)
June 25	White Chicks	Columbia Pictures	Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans (director)
June 30	Spider-Man 2	Columbia Pictures	Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, Sam Raimi (director)
July 7	King Arthur	Touchstone Pictures	Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd, Jerry Bruckheimer (producer)
July 9		DreamWorks SKG	Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd, Jack Black
July 9	Sleepover	MGM	Alexa Vega, Mika Boorem, Jane Lynch, Sam Huntington
July 16	I, Robot	20th Century Fox	Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan
July 16	A Cinderella Story	Warner Bros.	Hilary Duff, Jennifer Coolidge, Chad Michael Murray
July 23	The Bourne Supremacy	Universal Pictures	Matt Damon
July 23	Catwoman	Warner Bros.	Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone
July 30	Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle	New Line	John Cho, Kal Penn, Danny Leiner (director)
July 30	The Manchurian Candidate	Paramount Pictures	Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
July 30	Thunderbirds	Universal Pictures	Brady Corbet, Bill Paxton, Ben Kingsley
July 30	The Village	Buena Vista	William Hurt, Adrien Brody, Joaquin Phoenix, Sigourney Weaver, M. Night Shyamalan (director)
August 6	Collateral	DreamWorks SKG/Paramount Pictures	Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo
August 6	Little Black Book	Revolution Studios	Brittany Murphy, Ron Livingston, Holly Hunter, Kathy Bates
August 6	Open Water ‡	Lions Gate	Chris Kentis (director)
August 11		Walt Disney Pictures	Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews
August 13	Alien vs. Predator	20th Century Fox	Lance Henriksen
August 13		Warner Bros.	Dan Green, Wayne Grayson, Amy Birnbaum, Eric Stuart (voices)
August 20		Myriad Pictures Inc.
August 20		Warner Bros.	Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Alan Ford, Ben Cross
August 20	Without a Paddle	Paramount Pictures	Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard, Burt Reynolds
August 27		Screen Gems	Johnny Messner, KaDee Strickland, Matthew Marsden
August 27	Hero	Miramax	Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi, Quentin Tarantino (director)
August 27		Triumph Films	Jon Voight
August 27	Suspect Zero	Paramount Pictures	Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Carrie-Anne Moss

• America's Heart and Soul
• Baadasssss!
• Beauty Shop
• Before Sunset
• (originally released in Japan)
• The Blue Butterfly
• Bon voyage
• The Clearing
• Coffee and Cigarettes
• Control Room
• Danny Deckchair
• De-Lovely
• Decoys
• Dogville
• Donnie Darko (re-release)
• The Door in the Floor
• The Dreamers
• Eulogy
• Facing Windows
• Formula 17
• Garden State
• Going the Distance
• Highwaymen
• A Home at the End of the World
• House of D
• I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
• I'm Not Scared
• Japanese Story
• Jeux d'enfants (Love Me If You Dare)
• (originally released in France)
• The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
• Mean Creek
• La Meglio gioventù (The Best of Youth outside of Italy)
• Monsieur Ibrahim
• The Mother
• The Motorcycle Diaries
• Napoleon Dynamite
• NASCAR 3D
• The Reckoning
• Riding Giants
• Sacred Planet
• Saw
• Secret Things
• Shaun of the Dead
• She Hate Me
• Showboy
• Speak
• Stage Beauty
• Stateside
• Super Size Me
• Touch of Pink
• Touching the Void
• The United States of Leland
• Valentín
• We Don't Live Here Anymore
• Woman Thou Art Loosed
• Young Adam

• 88 Minutes - Al Pacino

A-D

• Alexander - November 5 wide release - Colin Farrell, Rosario Dawson, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, Oliver Stone (director)
• Alfie - October 22 - Jude Law, Omar Epps, Nia Long
• Artemis Fowl
• The Assassination of Richard Nixon - Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson, Naomi Watts, Niels Mueller (director)
• The Aviator - December 17 wide release - Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, Gwen Stefani
• - December 10 wide release - Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Jessica Biel, Parker Posey, Dominic Purcell
• Beyond The Sea - September - Kevin Spacey
• - November 19 - Renée Zellweger
• The Burial Society
• Capoeira
• Carolina - Julia Stiles
• Cellular - September 17 wide release - Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, William H. Macy
• Christmas with the Kranks - November 24 wide release - Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis
• Colour Me Kubrick - John Malkovich, Brian W. Cook (director)
• The Cookout - September 3 wide release - Tim Meadows, Eve, Ja Rule, Farrah Fawcett, Danny Glover
• Country of My Skull
• Crazy in Love - Josh Hartnett, Radha Mitchell
• Criminal - September 10 limited release - John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal
• A Dirty Shame - September 24 British and American releases - Tracey Ullman, Johnny Knoxville, Chris Isaak, Selma Blair
• Driver

E-I

• Edison - Morgan Freeman, LL Cool J, Justin Timberlake, Kevin Spacey
• The Eliminator - Michael Rooker
• Emile
• Father and Son
• The Final Cut - September wide release - Robin Williams
• Finding Neverland - October 22 limited release - Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman
• First Daughter - September 24 wide release - Katie Holmes
• The Forgotten - September 24 wide release - Julianne Moore, Alfre Woodard
• Fracture - scheduled for release in New Zealand - Kate Elliott
• Friday Night Lights - October 15 wide release - Billy Bob Thornton
• The Grudge - Japanese release in October; October 24 American wide release - Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr
• Halloween 9
• Head in the Clouds - Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend
• The Hunting of the President
• I Heart Huckabees - October 1 limited release - Jude Law, Naomi Watts, Mark Wahlberg, Dustin Hoffman, David O. Russell (director)
• In My Father's Den
• The Incredibles - November 5 wide release - Pixar - Craig T. Nelson (voice), Holly Hunter (voice), Samuel L. Jackson (voice), John Ratzenberger (voice), Jason Lee (voice)

J-P

• Kinsey - November 12 limited release - Liam Neeson, Laura Linney
• Ladder 49 - October 8 wide release - Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta
• The Last Shot - September 24 wide release - Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - December 17 wide release - Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Emily Browning, Liam Aiken
• The Life Aquatic - December 1 wide release - Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon, Jeff Goldblum
• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers - Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron, Emily Watson, John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci, Stephen Hopkins (director)
• Lord of War - Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Monica Bellucci, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Jeffrey Wright, Donald Sutherland
• The Machinist - Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh
• Man-Thing - September 23 wide release
• Maria Full of Grace
• Modigliani
• Mr. 3000 - September 24 wide release - Bernie Mac
• National Lampoon's Gold Diggers - September 17 - Will Friedle
• National Treasure - November 24 wide release - Nicolas Cage, Sean Bean, Christopher Plummer, Harvey Keitel, Jerry Bruckheimer (producer)
• Ocean's Twelve - December 10 wide release - George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Julia Roberts
• Paparazzi - September 3 - Cole Hauser, Larry Cedar, Tom Sizemore
• The Polar Express - November 10 wide release - Tom Hanks Chris Coppola, Robert Zemeckis (director)

R-T

• Raise Your Voice - October 8 wide release - Hilary Duff
• Ray - October 29 wide release - Jamie Foxx, Taylor Hackford (director)
• - September 10 wide release - Milla Jovovich
• The Ring 2 - November 10
• RPM
• Santa's Slay - scheduled to be released sometime in 2004 - Bill Goldberg
• Seed of Chucky - October 29 wide release - Brad Dourif (voice), Jennifer Tilly (voice)
• Shall We Dance - October 15 - Jennifer Lopez, Richard Gere
• Shark Tale - October 1 wide release - Will Smith (voice), Robert De Niro (voice), Angelina Jolie (voice), Jack Black (voice)
• Shinobi
• Sideways - November 25 Australian release - Alexander Payne (director)
• Silver City - September 17 wide release - Tim Sayles (director)
• Skeleton Man - Casper Van Dien, Michael Rooker
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - September 17 wide release - Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie
• A Slipping-Down Life
• The Spongebob Squarepants Movie - November 19 wide release - Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Carolyn Lawrence (voices)
• Surviving Christmas - November 19 wide release - Ben Affleck, Christina Applegate
• Swing - Jacqueline Bisset, Jonathan Winters