Comedy Movies 2004 List

With Matthew Goode • Mark Harmon • Jeremy Piven • Annabella Sciorra • Andy Cadiff

Budding teenage beauty Anna Foster (Mandy Moore) wants the American dream: life and liberty to pursue happiness. But as the only child of the President of the United States, every detail of Anna's life is constantly monitored by the media, the public and her very protective parents — who are backed up by a battalion of Secret Service agents that safeguard Anna from any danger, including the perils of first dates. Charming and irreverent, Anna just wants the freedom to live life like any other teenager — which means ditching the agents who are seriously curbing her good times. While on a diplomatic trip to Europe with her parents, Anna extracts a promise from her father, the President, which allows her a night alone, unescorted. But when her dad has a change of heart, Anna decides to take things into her own hands. In a wild escape, incognito Anna meets mysterious stranger Ben Calder (Matthew Goode), who reluctantly aids her European getaway. Reveling in her newfound independence, Anna decides to take Europe by storm, accompanied by dashing Ben. As Anna's madcap European adventure takes her farther from her family and brings her closer to Ben, she's dreading the day her holiday will come to an end. Because the most powerful man in the free world is her father, Anna knows that she has a lot more to worry about than getting grounded. But before she can face the President, she has to find a way tell Ben the truth about her identity and risk getting her heart broken — the one thing her father can't fix.

With Amy Sedaris • Paula Jai Parker • Michael Imperioli • Method Man • Cheryl Dunye • Bai Ling • Eddie Griffin • Scott Thompson • Anthony Anderson • Joanna Bacalso • Damon Daniels

Lonnie (Eddie Griffin), G (Anthony Anderson) and Dominic (Michael Imperioli) are three bachelor buddies from the hood who, after a lifetime of hard partying, are in for a rude awakening when their respective girlfriends all get pregnant at the same time. The fathers-to-be embark on an always hilarious and often touching journey while learning as much about themselves as they do about love and fatherhood.

With Jennifer Aniston • Ben Stiller • Alec Baldwin • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Debra Messing • Hank Azaria • Bryan Brown • Jsu Garcia • Mitch Silpa • John Hamburg

Ben Stiller portrays risk-averse Reuben Feffer, whose best-laid plans for life and love careen wildly off track when his bride (Debra Messing) dumps him on their honeymoon for a muscle-bound scuba instructor (Hank Azaria). Stunned, humiliated and in the grip of acute indigestion, Reuben plans to play it safer than ever. But a chance encounter with an adventure-craving, childhood friend named Polly (Jennifer Aniston) shoots him into a whirlwind of extreme sports, spicy foods, ferrets, salsa dancing and living in the moment.

With Danny DeVito • Steve Buscemi • Jessica Lange • Tim Burton • Ewan McGregor • Alison Lohman • Billy Crudup • Albert Finney • Helena Bonham-Carter

In the heartwarming film "Big Fish", director Tim Burton brings his inimitable imagination on a journey that delves deep into a fabled relationship between a father and his son. Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) has always been a teller of tall-tales about his oversized life as a young man (Ewan McGregor), when his wanderlust led him on an unlikely journey from a small-town in Alabama, around the world, and back again. His mythic exploits dart from the delightful to the delirious as he weaves epic tales about giants, blizzards, a witch and conjoined-twin lounge singers. With his larger-than-life stories, Bloom charms almost everyone he encounters except for his estranged son Will (Billy Crudup). When his mother Sandra (Jessica Lange) tries to reunite them, Will must learn how to separate fact from fiction as he comes to terms with his father's great feats and great failings.

With Jack Kehler • Trace Fraim • Michael Covert • Tara Chocol • Luke Perry

Abandoned by the death of their mother, Junior and Scooter find themselves ill prepared for life on their own. To ease their suffering, they search the desert dregs of West Texas for a woman to take Mom's place. Due to their social disability, they are forced to kidnap a woman from a Piggly Wiggly supermarket. They soon realize that they have gotten more than they bargained for when their "victim," Dede, turns out to be the maltreated wife of an abusive Texas Ranger. She quickly turns her misfortune into theirs, convincing the brothers to steal her baby away from her sadistic husband. Life gets even more complicated for these simple-hearted boys when the vengeful Ranger tracks them down bent on keeping them from living happily ever after.

With Morgan Freeman • Owen Wilson • Bebe Neuwirth • Charlie Sheen • Kris Kristofferson • Gary Sinise • George Armitage • Scott Caan • Harry Dean Stanton • Willie Nelson • Sara Foster

Jack Ryan (Owen Wilson), a charming drifter, meets a beautiful criminal, Nancy Hayes, in a Michigan resort town. The powerful and rich local Mr. Majestyk wants Jack gone and Nancy all to himself.

With Scarlett Johansson • Chris Evans • Bryan Greenberg • Erika Christensen • Darius Miles • Leonardo Nam • Tyra Ferrell • Brian Robbins

Six high school students band together and develop a plan to heist the SAT exam in order to prevent the test from unfairly defining who they'll become. Each in the group has his or her own set of circumstances that leads to the conclusion that the only way to truly decide one's own fate is to beat the system.