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)
- The Aviator
- Collateral
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Finding Neverland
- Hotel Rwanda
- Kinsey
- Million Dollar Baby (Academy Award for Best Picture)
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Ray
- 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