First and foremost, given the expansions of films one and two on DVD, we're giving a special nod to the entire Lord of the Rings Trilogy, because (on whole) it was just a head above all else, when all is said and done.

Best Films alphabetical
American Splendor, In America, The Last Samurai, Monster, Phone Booth, Pirates of the Caribbean, Seabiscuit, Shattered Glass, The Station Agent, X2: X-Men United

Plain ol' Movies
Bruce Almighty, Freaky Friday, Identity,The Italian Job, Runaway Jury, School of Rock, 28 Days Later

Best You've Never Seen

The Guys from Sigourney Weaver and husband writer Jim Simpson, with Weaver and Anthony LaPaglia in starring roles recounting the actions of firefighters killed in the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center is one all grownups should seek out. Dramatized fiction doesn't get much better, and the utter lack of support for the film from the studio -- no website, no nothing -- was equally so.

Worst
Worst Film: Singing Detective was as bad as Gigli -- the former lacked the obscenities of the latter but Gigli made more of an attempt to offer up a cohesive story. A wretched attempt but still . . . Charlie's Angels Full Throttle, at least, had Demi Moore in nothing of a bikini; League of Extraordinary Gentlemen took a great original story and shredded it because Sean Connery is not a supporting role actor. He never should have been cast (but then, League wouldn't have gotten financing. Comics fans were doubly disappointed as everyone else)

Then there's Kill Bill vol 1. Revenge without a backstory or character background is not a substitute for story. As for any artistic slice 'n' dice angle, hell, any slice 'n' dice film will give you twice the kills for the price of a single ticket. You'll have to buy two for the complete Kill Bill, which is as close to a perfect definition of rip off as we've ever seen in the film world

Best		Best Supporting
Actor Paul Giamatti American Splendor Hayden Christensen Shattered Glass Tom Cruise The Last Samurai Ben Kingsley House of Sand and Fog Tobey Maguire Seabiscuit	Actress Charlize Theron Monster Jennifer Connelly House of Sand and Fog Hope Davis American Splendor Catherine Zeta-Jones Intolerable Cruelty	Actor Andy Serkis The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Chris Cooper Seabiscuit Alan Cumming X2 Ken Watanabe The Last Samurai	Actress Renee Zellweger Cold Mountain The Bolger Sisters In America Kirsten Dunst Mona Lisa Smile Christina Ricci Monster
...and the rest of the Best
Director Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Screenplay ADAPTED The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King full credit to: Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson	Screenplay ORIGINAL Jim Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan (In America)