Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: 2005

Critics Choice Award

Date:	10 January
Location:	Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA

Best Picture


Winner:
	Sideways (2004)
Other Nominees:
	Collateral (2004) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Finding Neverland (2004) Hotel Rwanda (2004) Kinsey (2004) Million Dollar Baby (2004) Ray (2004/I) The Aviator (2004) The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

Best Actor


Winner:
	Ray (2004/I) - Jamie Foxx
Other Nominees:
	Finding Neverland (2004) - Johnny Depp Hotel Rwanda (2004) - Don Cheadle Mar adentro (2004/I) - Javier Bardem Sideways (2004) - Paul Giamatti The Aviator (2004) - Leonardo DiCaprio

Best Young Actor


Winner:
	Finding Neverland (2004) - Freddie Highmore
Other Nominees:
	Beyond the Sea (2004) - William Ullrich Birth (2004) - Cameron Bright Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - Daniel Radcliffe Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) - Liam Aiken

Best Actress


Winner:
	Million Dollar Baby (2004) - Hilary Swank
Other Nominees:
	Being Julia (2004) - Annette Bening Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Kate Winslet Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) - Uma Thurman Maria Full of Grace (2004) - Catalina Sandino Moreno Vera Drake (2004) - Imelda Staunton

Best Young Actress


Winner:
	The Phantom of the Opera (2004) - Emmy Rossum
Other Nominees:
	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - Emma Watson (II) Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) - Emily Browning Man on Fire (2004) - Dakota Fanning Mean Girls (2004) - Lindsay Lohan

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Sideways (2004) - Thomas Haden Church
Other Nominees:
	Closer (2004/I) - Clive Owen Collateral (2004) - Jamie Foxx Kinsey (2004) - Peter Sarsgaard Million Dollar Baby (2004) - Morgan Freeman (I)

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Sideways (2004) - Virginia Madsen
Other Nominees:
	Closer (2004/I) - Natalie Portman Finding Neverland (2004) - Kate Winslet Kinsey (2004) - Laura Linney The Aviator (2004) - Cate Blanchett

Best Director


Winner:
	The Aviator (2004) - Martin Scorsese
Other Nominees:
	Finding Neverland (2004) - Marc Forster Million Dollar Baby (2004) - Clint Eastwood Ray (2004/I) - Taylor Hackford Sideways (2004) - Alexander Payne (I)

Best Soundtrack


Winner:
	Ray (2004/I)
Other Nominees:
	Alfie (2004) Beyond the Sea (2004) De-Lovely (2004) Garden State (2004)

Best Song


Winner:
	Alfie (2004) - Mick Jagger; David A. Stewart - For the song "Old Habits Die Hard".
Other Nominees:
	Shrek 2 (2004) - Adam Duritz (as Counting Crows); Matthew Malley (as Counting Crows); Dan Vickrey (as Counting Crows); David Immergl�ck (as Counting Crows) - For the song "Accidentally in Love". The Polar Express (2004) - Josh Groban - For the song "Believe".

Best Documentary Feature


Winner:
	Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Other Nominees:
	Control Room (2004) Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004) Super Size Me (2004)

Best Foreign-Language Film


Winner:
	Mar adentro (2004/I)
Other Nominees:
	Diarios de motocicleta (2004) Maria Full of Grace (2004) Shi mian mai fu (2004) Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004)

Best Acting Ensemble


Winner:
	Sideways (2004) - Thomas Haden Church; Paul Giamatti; Virginia Madsen; Sandra Oh
Other Nominees:
	Closer (2004/I) - Jude Law; Clive Owen; Natalie Portman; Julia Roberts (I) Ocean's Twelve (2004) - Don Cheadle; George Clooney; Matt Damon; Andy Garcia (I); Bernie Mac; Brad Pitt; Julia Roberts (I); Catherine Zeta-Jones The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) - Cate Blanchett; Bud Cort; Willem Dafoe; Michael Gambon; Jeff Goldblum; Anjelica Huston; Bill Murray (I); Noah Taylor (I); Owen Wilson (I)

Best Writer


Winner:
	Sideways (2004) - Alexander Payne (I); Jim Taylor (III)
Other Nominees:
	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Charlie Kaufman Finding Neverland (2004) - David Magee (II) Kinsey (2004) - Bill Condon The Aviator (2004) - John Logan (I)

Best Family Film (Live Action)


Winner:
	Finding Neverland (2004)
Other Nominees:
	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) Miracle (2004) Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Best Animated Feature

Best Composer


Winner:
	The Aviator (2004) - Howard Shore
Other Nominees:
	Sideways (2004) - Rolfe Kent The Incredibles (2004) - Michael Giacchino

Best Popular Movie


Winner:
	Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Other Nominees:
	Napoleon Dynamite (2004) The Bourne Supremacy (2004) The Incredibles (2004) The Passion of the Christ (2004)

Best Picture Made for Television


Winner:
	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
Other Nominees:
	Something the Lord Made (2004) (TV) The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004) (TV) The Wool Cap (2004) (TV)