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