2004 National Society of Film Critics Awards nominees

List of the 2004 National Society of Film Critics Awards nominees:

Winners in bold:

Feature Films

Best Picture

• Before Sunset
• Million Dollar Baby
• Sideways

Acting

Best Actor

• Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
• Jamie Foxx – Collateral and Ray
• Paul Giamatti – Sideways

Best Actress

• Julie Delpy – Before Sunset
• Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake (TIE)
• Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby (TIE)

Best Supporting Actor

• Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
• Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby
• Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey

Best Supporting Actress

• Cate Blanchett – The Aviator and Coffee and Cigarettes
• Laura Linney – Kinsey
• Virginia Madsen – Sideways

Directing / Writing

Best Director

• Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
• Alexander Payne – Sideways
• Yimou Zhang – Shi mian mai fu (also known as House of Flying Daggers)

Best Screenplay

• Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Sideways

References

• Critics Are in 'Baby's' Corner Los Angeles Times
• Eastwood Film Captures Critics' Votes Eugene Register-Guard
• Film critics pick gritty 'Baby' as top film in 2004 The San Diego Union-Tribune