10th Critics' Choice Awards

The 10th Critics' Choice Awards given by the Broadcast Film Critics Association on 10 January 2005 honored the finest achievements in 2004 filmmaking.

Top 10 Films

(in alphabetical order)

1. The Aviator
2. Collateral
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Finding Neverland
5. Hotel Rwanda
6. Kinsey
7. Million Dollar Baby (Academy Award for Best Picture)
8. The Phantom of the Opera
9. Ray
10. Sideways

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

Jamie Foxx - Ray

• Javier Bardem - The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)
• Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
• Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
• Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
• Paul Giamatti - Sideways

Best Actress

Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby

• Annette Bening - Being Julia
• Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
• Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Uma Thurman - Kill Bill: Volume 2
• Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Animated Film

The Incredibles

• Shrek 2
• The Polar Express

Best Cast

Sideways

• Closer
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• Ocean's Twelve

Best Composer

Howard Shore - The Aviator

• Michael Giacchino - The Incredibles
• Rolfe Kent - Sideways

Best Director

Martin Scorsese - The Aviator

• Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
• Marc Forster - Finding Neverland
• Taylor Hackford - Ray
• Alexander Payne - Sideways

Best Documentary Film

Fahrenheit 9/11

Best Film

Sideways

• The Aviator
• Collateral
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Finding Neverland
• Hotel Rwanda
• Kinsey
• Million Dollar Baby
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Ray

Best Film - Family (Live Action)

Finding Neverland

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Miracle
• Spider-Man 2

Best Film - Popular

Spider-Man 2

• The Bourne Supremacy
• The Incredibles
• Napoleon Dynamite
• The Passion of the Christ

Best Foreign Language Film

The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) • Spain

• House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) by Zhang Yimou • China
• Maria Full of Grace (Maria, llena eres de gracia) by Joshua Marston • Colombia
• The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) by Walter Salles • Argentina
• A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet • France

Best Song

"Old Habits Die Hard" performed by Mick Jagger - Alfie

• "Accidentally in Love" - Shrek 2
• "Believe" - The Polar Express

Best Soundtrack

"Ray"

• "Alfie"
• "Beyond the Sea"
• "De-Lovely"
• "Garden State"

Best Supporting Actor

Thomas Haden Church - Sideways

• Jamie Foxx - Collateral
• Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
• Clive Owen - Closer
• Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey

Best Supporting Actress

Virginia Madsen - Sideways

• Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
• Laura Linney - Kinsey
• Natalie Portman - Closer
• Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland

Best Young Actor

Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland

• Liam Aiken - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Cameron Bright - Birth
• Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• William Ullrich - Beyond The Sea

Best Young Actress

Emmy Rossum - The Phantom of the Opera

• Emily Browning - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Dakota Fanning - Man on Fire
• Lindsay Lohan - Mean Girls
• Emma Watson - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Best Writer (Best Screenplay)

Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor - Sideways

• Bill Condon - Kinsey
• Charlie Kaufman - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• John Logan - The Aviator
• David Magee - Finding Neverland

Awards breakdown

5 / 8 Sideways: Best Cast, Film, Supporting Actor and Actress & Writer

2 / 4 Ray: Best Actor & Soundtrack

2 / 6 The Aviator: Best Composer & Director

2 / 7 Finding Neverland: Best Family Film & Young Actor

1 / 1 Fahrenheit 9/11: Best Documentary Film

1 / 2 Alfie: Best Song

1 / 2 The Phantom of the Opera: Best Young Actress

1 / 2 The Sea Inside (Mar adentro): Best Foreign Language Film

1 / 2 Spider-Man 2: Best Popular Film

1 / 3 The Incredibles: Best Animated Film

1 / 4 Million Dollar Baby: Best Actress