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Best movies of 2004
The countdown to the Oscars has begun with the American National Board of Review announcing their award winners for the year 2004, ahead of a host of others in the run up to the premier global movie event.
The Board is usually the first to announce their list of award winners in this, the movie awards season (this is ahead of the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild and the Academy Awards). The National Review Board was formed 95 years ago and comprises film historians, students and educators. The organization, which is usually the first to announce its top film picks each year, does not always select the same film to be their favourite as the eventual Academy Award winner.
In recent years, the National Board has chosen MYSTIC RIVER, THE HOURS, MOULIN ROUGE and QUILLS - none of which won the best-picture Oscar. In 1999, however, it matched up with the Oscars, picking AMERICAN BEAUTY.
The Board's Top 10 films in order are:
1. Finding Neverland
2. The Aviator
3. Closer
4. Million Dollar Baby
5. Sideways
6. Kinsey
7. Vera Drake
8. Ray
9. Collateral
10. Hotel Rwanda
Ster-Kinekor Distribution is proud to note that the following titles were recognized by the National Board of Review:
Past decisions of the Board have indicated that they have a preference for movies based on real-life characters movies with literary credentials based on real-life characters, such as The Hours and Quills.
