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Envy (2004 film)
Envy (2004 film), a Barry Levinson black comedy starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Christopher Walken; Tim declines a stake in Nick's poop-vanishing spray Vapoorize, and the DreamWorks release flopped with $14.6 million worldwide and 7% on Rotten Tomatoes.
EuroTrip
EuroTrip is a 2004 American teen sex comedy directed by Jeff Schaffer, in which a recent high school graduate travels across Europe to reach his German pen pal.
First Daughter (2004 film)
First Daughter is a 2004 American romantic comedy directed by Forest Whitaker, starring Katie Holmes as the president's daughter who falls for an undercover Secret Service agent at college.
Garden State (film)
Garden State (2004) is Zach Braff's comedy-drama directorial debut, starring Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm, and Peter Sarsgaard. A $2.5 million Sundance film that grossed $35.8 million, it is known for its platinum, Grammy-winning soundtrack and for Portman's Sam, a defining Manic Pixie Dream Girl example.
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (不散)
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (不散, Bu san) is Tsai Ming-liang's 2003 Taiwanese slow-cinema feature, set in Taipei's closing Fu-Ho theater during a final screening of King Hu's Dragon Inn (1967), with Lee Kang-sheng and Chen Shiang-chyi; Venice FIPRESCI winner.
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) is a Danny Leiner stoner comedy starring John Cho and Kal Penn as two Asian American friends on a late-night New Jersey burger quest; it grossed $18.2M, scored 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, and spawned a franchise.
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days is a 2003 American romantic comedy directed by Donald Petrie and distributed by Paramount Pictures, starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey.
I Heart Huckabees
I Heart Huckabees (I ♥ Huckabees) is a 2004 existential comedy directed by David O. Russell, written with Jeff Baena, starring Jason Schwartzman, Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin, Jude Law, and Mark Wahlberg; grossed $12.8M, 63% on Rotten Tomatoes.
In Good Company (2004 film)
In Good Company (2004) is a Paul Weitz comedy-drama starring Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, and Scarlett Johansson: a 51-year-old ad executive works for a 26-year-old boss dating his daughter.
Intolerable Cruelty
Intolerable Cruelty is a 2003 screwball romantic comedy directed by Joel Coen, starring George Clooney as divorce lawyer Miles Massey and Catherine Zeta-Jones as gold digger Marylin Rexroth; it grossed about $120 million worldwide.
Jersey Girl (2004 film)
Jersey Girl is a 2004 American comedy-drama-romance written and directed by Kevin Smith, starring Ben Affleck as a widowed Manhattan publicist raising his daughter in New Jersey.
Johnson Family Vacation
Johnson Family Vacation is a 2004 American road comedy directed by Christopher Erskin, in which Cedric the Entertainer takes his family to a reunion in Missouri.
Just Married
Just Married is a 2003 American romantic comedy directed by Shawn Levy, starring Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy as newlyweds on a disastrous Italian honeymoon.
Kamikaze Girls (下妻物語)
Kamikaze Girls (下妻物語, Shimotsuma Monogatari) is Tetsuya Nakashima's 2004 Japanese comedy, adapted from Nobara Takemoto's novel, starring Kyoko Fukada and Anna Tsuchiya as a Lolita-fashion teen and biker girl in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki; Yokohama Film Festival Best Picture.
Kebab Connection
Kebab Connection: 2004 German culture-clash comedy directed by Anno Saul, written with Fatih Akin, about Ibo, a Hamburg Turk dreaming of the first German kung-fu film; released 21 April 2005, distinct from kebab restaurants of the same name.
Laws of Attraction
Laws of Attraction is a 2004 romantic comedy directed by Peter Howitt, starring Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore as rival New York divorce lawyers who marry in Ireland; New Line release grossing $30 million worldwide.
Lisbela and the Prisoner
Lisbela and the Prisoner (Lisbela e o Prisioneiro) is a 2003 Brazilian romantic comedy directed by Guel Arraes, adapted from Osman Lins's play and starring Selton Mello and Débora Falabella.
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Looney Tunes: Back in Action is Joe Dante's 2003 Warner Bros. live-action/animated comedy, the anti-Space Jam: Daffy Duck and Brendan Fraser hunt the Blue Monkey Diamond. Flopped at the box office after a troubled production, later reappraised.
Lost in Translation (film)
Lost in Translation is Sofia Coppola's 2003 comedy-drama starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson as two Americans bonding in a Tokyo hotel. It won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and grossed $44.6 million in the US.
Love Actually
Love Actually (2003) is Richard Curtis's directorial debut, a Working Title/Universal ensemble romantic comedy of ten interlocking London love stories culminating at Christmas. It grossed $252.6 million worldwide, scored 55 on Metacritic, and was voted Britain's favourite Christmas film in 2016.
Love Don't Cost a Thing (film)
Love Don't Cost a Thing is a 2003 American teen romantic comedy directed by Troy Beyer, starring Nick Cannon and Christina Milian, released by Warner Bros.
Malibu's Most Wanted
Malibu's Most Wanted is a 2003 American comedy film directed by John Whitesell, starring Jamie Kennedy as a rich Malibu teen who raps like a gangsta.
Marrying the Mafia (가문의 영광)
Marrying the Mafia (가문의 영광, Gamun-ui Yeonggwang) is a 2002 South Korean gangster romantic comedy directed by Chung Hung-soon, starring Jung Joon-ho and Kim Jung-eun; the most watched Korean film of 2002 and first of a 2002–2012 franchise.
Mean Girls
Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy directed by Mark Waters and written by Tina Fey, in which homeschooled Cady Heron joins a high school clique.
Men Suddenly in Black (大丈夫)
Men Suddenly in Black (大丈夫) is Pang Ho-cheung's 2003 Hong Kong black comedy in which four married men attempt a 14-hour cheating spree while their wives are in Thailand; it won two Hong Kong Film Awards and spawned a 2006 sequel.
Millions
Millions (2004) is Danny Boyle's British children's comedy drama, written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, about brothers Damian and Anthony spending a quarter million pounds from a railway heist before the UK converts to the Euro; distinct from the 1936 BFI film of the same name.
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (मुझसे शादी करोगी)
Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (मुझसे शादी करोगी), also Will You Marry Me?, is a 2004 Hindi romantic comedy directed by David Dhawan, starring Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, and Priyanka Chopra; the fourth highest-grossing Hindi film of 2004, set in Goa with cricketer cameos.
My Little Bride
My Little Bride (어린 신부, Eorin Shinbu) is a 2004 South Korean romantic comedy directed by Kim Ho-jun, starring Moon Geun-young and Kim Rae-won as a forced teenage bride and college groom; it drew 3,149,500 admissions and won both Daejong new-acting awards.
Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite (2004) is a Jared Hess comedy starring Jon Heder as an awkward Idaho teen helping friend Pedro run for class president. Made for roughly $200,000-$400,000 by BYU film students, it grossed $44.5M and spawned the 'Vote for Pedro' craze.
New York Minute (film)
New York Minute is a 2004 American teen comedy directed by Dennie Gordon, starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as estranged twins on a disastrous single day in Manhattan.