25th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (2004)
Best Film:
Sideways
Runner-up: Before Sunset
Best Director:
Zhang Yimou - House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
Runner-up: Alexander Payne - Sideways
Best Ensemble Cast:
Sideways
Runner-up: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Best Actor:
Jamie Foxx - Ray
Runner-up: Paul Giamatti - Sideways
Best Actress:
Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
Runner-up (TIE): Annette Bening - Being Julia and Kim Basinger - The Door in the Floor
Best Supporting Actor:
Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
Runner-up: Clive Owen - Closer
Best Supporting Actress (TIE):
Laura Dern - We Don't Live Here Anymore
Sharon Warren - Ray
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
Best Screenplay:
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor - Sideways
Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Cinematography:
Zhao Xiaoding - House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
Runner-up: Bruno Delbonnel - A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)
Best Foreign-Language Film:
House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) • China/Hong Kong
Runner-up: A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) • France/United States
Best Documentary:
Control Room
Runner-up: Touching the Void
Best New Filmmaker:
Jonathan Caouette - Tarnation
Runner-up (TIE): Nicole Kassell - The Woodsman and Joshua Marston - Maria Full of Grace