The 10 Best DVDs of 2004

After being the single distributor with the highest number of releases in any given year's Top 10 listing, the Criterion Collection finally made the number one spot this year with their outstading box set release of Robert Altman's mozaic masterpiece Short Cuts. The third and final Extended Edition entry in Peter Jackson's Tolkien trilogy nabbed the first runner-up position, while other Criterion releases to make the top ten were Fanny and Alexander and Videodrome.

• Editor's Top 10 for 2004 •

Top 25 DVD Essentials
Building from our old Top 10 list of titles, we felt that the time had come to expand the list to offer richer coverage of the many quality DVD titles now available.

Our editing staff has come up with a list that represents what we think are the best DVDs currently available. We will continue to update this list as new titles appear on DVD and others grow outdated or overplayed.

• Top 25 DVD Essentials •