# 10th Critics' Choice Awards

The 10th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 10, 2005, at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, California, honoring the finest achievements of 2004 filmmaking. The ceremony was hosted by Eric McCormack and broadcast live on The WB. The nominees were announced on December 15, 2004.

## Top 10 films

(in alphabetical order)
* The Aviator
* Collateral
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
* Finding Neverland
* Hotel Rwanda
* Kinsey
* Million Dollar Baby
* The Phantom of the Opera
* Ray
* Sideways

## Winners and nominees

| Best Picture 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 Director Martin Scorsese – The Aviator Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby Marc Forster – Finding Neverland Taylor Hackford – Ray Alexander Payne – Sideways |
| Best Actor Jamie Foxx – Ray as Ray Charles Javier Bardem – The Sea Inside as Ramón Sampedro Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda as Paul Rusesabagina Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland as J. M. Barrie Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator as Howard Hughes Paul Giamatti – Sideways as Miles Raymond | Best Actress Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby as Maggie Fitzgerald Annette Bening – Being Julia as Julia Lambert Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace as Maria Álvarez Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake as Vera Drake Uma Thurman – Kill Bill: Volume 2 as Beatrix Kiddo Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Clementine Kruczynski |
| Best Supporting Actor Thomas Haden Church – Sideways as Jack Cole Jamie Foxx – Collateral as Max Durocher Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby as Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris Clive Owen – Closer as Larry Gray Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey as Clyde Martin | Best Supporting Actress Virginia Madsen – Sideways as Maya Randall Cate Blanchett – The Aviator as Katharine Hepburn Laura Linney – Kinsey as Clara McMillen Natalie Portman – Closer as Alice Ayres / Jane Jones Kate Winslet – Finding Neverland as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies |
| Best Young Actor Freddie Highmore – Finding Neverland as Peter Llewelyn Davies Liam Aiken – Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as Klaus Baudelaire Cameron Bright – Birth as Young Sean Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Harry Potter William Ullrich – Beyond the Sea as Little Bobby | Best Young Actress Emmy Rossum – The Phantom of the Opera as Christine Daaé Emily Browning – Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as Violet Baudelaire Dakota Fanning – Man on Fire as Lupita Ramos Lindsay Lohan – Mean Girls as Cady Heron Emma Watson – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Hermione Granger |
| Best Acting Ensemble Sideways Closer The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Ocean's Twelve | Best Writer Sideways – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor The Aviator – John Logan Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Charlie Kaufman Finding Neverland – David Magee Kinsey – Bill Condon |
| Best Animated Feature The Incredibles The Polar Express Shrek 2 | Best Documentary Feature Fahrenheit 9/11 Control Room Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Super Size Me |
| Best Family Film Finding Neverland Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Miracle Spider-Man 2 | Best Foreign Language Film The Sea Inside • France / Italy / Spain House of Flying Daggers • China / Hong Kong Maria Full of Grace • Colombia / USA The Motorcycle Diaries • Argentina / Brazil / Chile / France / Germany / Peru / UK / USA A Very Long Engagement • France / USA |
| Best Composer The Aviator – Howard Shore The Incredibles – Michael Giacchino Sideways – Rolfe Kent | Best Song "Old Habits Die Hard" – Alfie "Accidentally in Love" – Shrek 2 "Believe" – The Polar Express |
| Best Popular Film Spider-Man 2 The Bourne Supremacy The Incredibles Napoleon Dynamite The Passion of the Christ | Best Soundtrack Ray Alfie Beyond the Sea De-Lovely Garden State |

### Best Picture Made for Television

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
* The Five People You Meet in Heaven
* Something the Lord Made
* The Wool Cap

### Distinguished Career Achievement in Performing Arts Award

Tom Cruise

## Statistics

| Nominations | Film |
| 8 | Sideways |
| 7 | Finding Neverland |
| 6 | The Aviator |
| 4 | Kinsey |
| 4 | Million Dollar Baby |
| 4 | Ray |
| 3 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
| 3 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
| 3 | The Incredibles |
| 3 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events |
| 2 | Alfie |
| 2 | Beyond the Sea |
| 2 | Closer |
| 2 | Collateral |
| 2 | Hotel Rwanda |
| 2 | Maria Full of Grace |
| 2 | The Phantom of the Opera |
| 2 | The Polar Express |
| 2 | The Sea Inside |
| 2 | Shrek 2 |
| 2 | Spider-Man 2 |
| Wins | Film |
| 5 | Sideways |
| 2 | The Aviator |
| 2 | Finding Neverland |
| 2 | Ray |