Search of 2004 on SouthFilms.
White Chicks
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Starring: Jaime King, John Heard, Jessica Cauffiel, Marlon Wayans, Frankie Faison, Terry Crews, Shawn Wayans
Directors: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Country: USA
Year: 2004
After an unsuccessful mission, FBI agents Kevin Copeland and Marcus Copeland fall in disgrace in the agency. They decide to swap their bad position with his superior Section Chief Elliott Gordon working undercover in an abduction case, disguised in the two spoiled white daughters of a tycoon, Brittany and Tiffany Wilson, getting in hilarious situations.
Kung fu
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
Starring: Stephen Chow, Xiaogang Feng, Wah Yuen, Chi Chung Lam, Qiu Yuen, Kai Man Tin, Kang Xi Jia
Directors: Stephen Chow
Country: China, Hong Kong
Year: 2004
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. Sing's actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and the slumlords to engage in an explosive kung-fu battle. Only one side will win and only one hero will emerge as the greatest kung-fu master of all.
Millions
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Family
Starring: James Nesbitt, Christopher Fulford, Leslie Phillips, Alun Armstrong, Daisy Donovan, Pearce Quigley, Jane Hogarth
Directors: Danny Boyle
Country: UK
Year: 2004
The UK is about to switch its currency from Pounds to Euros, giving a gang a chance to rob the poorly-secured train loaded with money on its way to incineration. But, during the robbery, one of the big bags falls literally from the sky on Damian's playhouse, a 5-year old given to talking to saints. The boy then starts seeing what the world and the people around him are made of. Ethics, being human and the soul all come to the forefront in this film.
Home of Phobia (aka "Freshman Orientation")
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Starring: Sam Huntington, John Goodman, Marla Sokoloff, Mike Erwin, Heather Matarazzo, Kaitlin Doubleday, Bryce Johnson
Directors: Ryan Shiraki
Country: USA
Year: 2004
A typical Midwestern 18 year-old freshman at a large state university eager to delve into the college party life, instead discovers that school is not the beer-driven, sexual fantasy of his imagination. Determined to do anything to obtain the girl of his dreams (a gorgeous but reluctant sorority girl), he decides to adopt a gay identity in order to insinuate himself in her life. This casual charade, however, quickly lands him in a morass of campus activism, gender warfare, fraternity hazes, sorority torture, "coming out" narratives, political martyrdom, and ultimately, a university-wide meltdown.
Around the World in 80 Days
Genres: Action, Comedy, Adventure
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Ewen Bremner, Steve Coogan, Jackie Chan, Robert Fyfe, Ian McNeice, David Ryall
Directors: Frank Coraci
Country: Germany, USA, UK, Ireland
Year: 2004
Set in 1872, the story focuses on Passepartout, a Chinese thief who steals a valuable jade Buddha and then seeks refuge in the traveling companionship of an eccentric London inventor and adventurer, Phileas Fogg, who has taken on a bet with members of his gentlemen's club that he can make it around the world in a mere 80 days, using a variety of means of transportation, like boats, trains, balloons, elephants, etc. Along the way, Passepartout uses his amazing martial arts abilities to defend Fogg from the many dangers they face.. One major threat to their adventure is a detective that's following them. Why? Just as Fogg and Passeportout left ...
Twisted
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Ashley Judd, Richard T. Jones, Mark Pellegrino, Camryn Manheim, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn
Directors: Philip Kaufman
Country: Germany, USA
Year: 2004
Jessica Shepard is an on the rise police officer of San Francisco's esteemed police department, after having solved a big case about a serial killer. Her mentor John Mills is proud of Jessica as a father would be of his daughter, since Mills was the partner of Jessica's late father. With a newly established promotion, Jessica finds that she might once again have to prove herself in a department that takes no prisoners. Not to mention a new partner named Mike Delmarco, who might be Jessica's next closest thing to a confidant. However, a man has been found dead and the two officers are brought into the investigation. What they find is a surpris...
Against the Ropes
Genres: Romance, Drama, Sport
Starring: Holt McCallany, Beau Starr, Charles S. Dutton, Dean McDermott, Kerry Washington, Tony Shalhoub, Meg Ryan
Directors: Charles S. Dutton
Country: Germany, USA
Year: 2004
A Jewish woman from Detroit who became a boxing manager, guiding several major careers. This film focuses on her relationship with one boxer (Epps), who's reportedly a composite of several including Toney, McKart and Hearns. Kallen eventually left her husband of 30 years, and moved to Los Angeles, becoming the commissioner of the International Female Boxers Association...
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Genres: Fantasy, Drama
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Emy Aneke, Callum Keith Rennie, Jon Voight, Ellen Burstyn, Dagmara Dominczyk, Michael Imperioli
Directors: Lloyd Kramer
Country: USA
Year: 2004
Eddie is the responsible for the maintenance of the Ruby Pier amusement park and a veteran of World War II. While trying to save a five year old girl from an accident with ride that is falling after rupturing the wire, Eddie dies. He awakes in Heaven, and the Blue Man explains him that he will have a journey meeting five people in their heavens that will show the importance of his life before he goes to the next level.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Animation
Starring: Roger Jackson, Nick Chinlund, Keith David, Rick Gomez, Vin Diesel, Tress MacNeille, Rhiana Griffith
Directors: Peter Chung
Country: USA
Year: 2004
After escaping from a desert planet, Escaped convict Richard B. Riddick and his two companions, Jack and Imam are captured by a crew of bounty hunters of the vessel "Kublah-Khan" commanded by a imperial woman named Antonia Chillingsworth and her chief henchman Junner. Riddick discovers Chillingsworth has her own museum on-board and she collects the galaxy's most-wanted criminals and instead of delivering them to penal colonies and claiming the bounty, Chillingsworth turns them into living statues and Riddick has become the latest addition to her collection.
Shark Tale
Genres: Comedy, Family, Animation
Starring: Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, Jack Black, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Ziggy Marley, Doug E. Doug
Directors: Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron
Country: USA
Year: 2004
The sea underworld is shaken up when the son of the shark mob boss is found dead and a young fish named Oscar is found at the scene. Being a bottom feeder, Oscar takes advantage of the situation and makes himself look like he killed the finned mobster. Oscar soon comes to realize that his claim may have serious consequences.
George and the Dragon
Genres: Action, Comedy, Adventure
Starring: Michael Clarke Duncan, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Simon Callow, Joan Plowright, Piper Perabo, James Purefoy, Patrick Swayze
Directors: Tom Reeve
Country: Germany, USA, UK
Year: 2004
The first crusade to free the Holy Land has ended. A mass of weary knights, squires, soldiers of fortune and priests are making their way home across a Europe that has changed forever. George, a handsome English knight, unsettled by the horrendous bloodletting he witnessed in Palestine, desires to hang up his sword and settle down to a quiet, peaceful life. On returning to England, George heads north where he's heard the land is good and the population sparse and of a kindly King named Edgaar. He finds King Edgaar in a terrible state. His beautiful daughter, Lunna has recently disappeared. In return for a small plot of land, George agrees to ...
The Libertine
Genres: Drama
Starring: Francesca Annis, Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, Richard Coyle, Tom Hollander, Kelly Reilly, Paul Ritter
Directors: Laurence Dunmore
Country: UK, Australia
Year: 2004
In 1660, with the return of Charles II to the English throne, theater, the visual arts, science and sexual intercourse flourish. Thirteen years later, in the middle of political and economical problems, Charles II asks the return of his friend John Wilmot, aka the second Earl of Rochester, from the exile to London. John is a morally corrupt, drunkard and sexually active cynical poet, and the King asks him to prepare a play for the French ambassador to make him pleased. John meets the aspirant actress Elizabeth Barry in the playhouse and decides to make her a great star. He falls in love for her, and she becomes his mistress; during the presen...
Troy
Genres: Action, Romance
Starring: Brian Cox, John Shrapnel, Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, Diane Kruger, Brad Pitt, Brendan Gleeson
Directors: Wolfgang Petersen
Country: USA, UK, Malta
Year: 2004
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles, and the fo...
Laws of Attraction
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Starring: Parker Posey, Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Michael Sheen, Frances Fisher, Nora Dunn, Heather Ann Nurnberg
Directors: Peter Howitt
Country: Germany, UK, Ireland
Year: 2004
In New York, the efficient, insecure and single divorce lawyer Audrey Woods faces the charming, unethical but also efficient divorce lawyer Daniel Rafferty in a litigation case. On the evening before the trial, they date and drink a lot, they have one night stand, and she loses her first case in court when Daniel uses information disclosed by Audrey in their meeting in the previous night. She becomes upset with him and their competition increases, until the rock star Thorne Jamison and his wife Serena hire Audrey and Daniel respectively in the millionaire divorce case. They have to go to Ireland, where they get married after a drinking night....
The Clearing
Genres: Thriller, Drama
Starring: Wendy Crewson, Robert Redford, Willem Dafoe, Alessandro Nivola, Helen Mirren, Matt Craven, Diana Scarwid
Directors: Pieter Jan Brugge
Country: Germany, USA
Year: 2004
Wayne and Eileen Hayes live the American Dream. Together they've raised two children and struggled to build a successful business from the ground up. But there have been sacrifices along the way. When Wayne is kidnapped by an ordinary man, Arnold Mack, and held for ransom in a remote forest, the couple's world is turned inside out. Eileen finds her home full of FBI agents, their life under scrutiny. While Wayne is engaged in the negotiation of his lifetime, Eileen works frantically with the FBI to secure his release. The terrifying ordeal causes Wayne and Eileen to reassess their marriage and come to a deeper sense of their commitment to each...
Dead Birds
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Western
Starring: Michael Shannon, Mark Boone Junior, Isaiah Washington, Patrick Fugit, Henry Thomas, Muse Watson, Donna Biscoe
Directors: Alex Turner
Country: USA
Year: 2004
In Civil War-era Alabama, a band of outlaws takes refuge at an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank that held a cache of Confederate gold. Led by William, the group includes Sam, Todd, Annabelle, Clyde and Joseph. They intend to flee to Mexico, but nightfall and a thunderstorm force the robbers to remain in place. As the night wears on, each member of the group begins to have visions of the atrocities that occurred within the house. As supernatural forces begin to manifest themselves, the six turn on one another.
National Treasure
Genres: Action, Thriller, Adventure
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Mark Pellegrino, Sean Bean, Oleg Taktarov, Jon Voight, Christopher Plummer, Armando Riesco
Directors: Jon Turteltaub
Country: USA
Year: 2004
Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
Since childhood, Benjamin Franklin Gates has known that he is decended from a long line of people whose job is to guard a treasure hidden by the Founding Fathers, who hid clues to its whereabouts in the country's currency and on the back of the Declaration of Independence. Now, he has learned of a plot to steal the Declaration, and has only one option: steal it himself. Even if he pulls off this monumental task, keeping the treasure safe is still going to be incredibly hard, especially since the FBI has also gotten wind of the scheme.
Jersey Girl
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Mike Starr, George Carlin, Betty Aberlin, Ben Affleck, Stephen Root, Paulie Litt
Directors: Kevin Smith
Country: USA
Year: 2004
Ollie Trinkie is a publicist, who has a great girlfriend, Gertrude, whom he marries and they are expecting a baby but while he is looking forward to being a father, he doesn't lighten his workload. Gertrude gives birth but dies in the process. Ollie doesn't live up to his responsibilities as a father. Eventually the strain and pressure of losing his wife and being a father gets to him and he has breakdown, which leads to his termination. So with nothing much to do he tries to be good father to his daughter, Gertie. He also meets a young woman name Maya, who likes him but he is still not over his wife.
Alfie
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Jude Law, Nia Long, Marisa Tomei, Claudette Mink, Omar Epps, Gedde Watanabe, Jane Krakowski
Directors: Charles Shyer
Country: USA, UK
Year: 2004
Alfie is quite the ladies man and rarely gets rejected when it comes to the opposite sex. He successfully has relations with multiple women without a hint of emotional attachment. A major (lifelong) problem arises when he sleeps with the wrong woman, namely his best friend's (and future business partner) ex-girlfriend. As a result, his life slowly comes into focus and he begins to appreciate the little things he always missed in the opposite sex. A must see for all guys who call themselves "players".
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Starring: Mykelti Williamson, Naomi Watts, Nick Searcy, Sean Penn, April Grace, Michael Wincott, Don Cheadle
Directors: Niels Mueller
Country: USA, Mexico
Year: 2004
Fact-based story about a disturbed office furniture salesman who in 1972 concocted a plot to kill then-President Nixon by hi-jacking a plane to fly over the White House to drop a gas bomb. At the start of the movie, the man is separated from his wife and stressed in his job where he is made the butt of jokes and is an under-performer. Attempts to get his brother's old tire business resurrected with a black partner is rejected by the banks. When he is officially served with divorce papers, everything comes apart and Richard Nixon's broken promises comes to represent all the evils that have come down on him. A news story about a pilot that land...