30th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (2004)

Best Picture:

	Sideways
	Runner-up: Million Dollar Baby

Best Director:

	Alexander Payne - Sideways
	Runner-up: Martin Scorsese - The Aviator

Best Actor:

	Liam Neeson - Kinsey
	Runner-up: Paul Giamatti - Sideways

Best Actress:

	Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
	Runner-up: Julie Delpy - Before Sunset

Best Supporting Actor:

	Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
	Runner-up: Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby

Best Supporting Actress:

	Virginia Madsen - Sideways
	Runner-up: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator and Coffee and Cigarettes

Best Screenplay:

	Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor - Sideways
	Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Cinematography:

	Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron - Collateral
	Runner-up: Xiaoding Zhao - House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)

Best Production Design:

	Dante Ferretti - The Aviator
	Runner-up: Huo Tingxiao - House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)

Best Music Score:

	Michael Giacchino - The Incredibles
	Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat - Birth

Best Foreign-Language Film:

	House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) • China/Hong Kong
	Runner-up: The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) • Argentina

Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:

	Born into Brothels
	Runner-up: Fahrenheit 9/11

Best Animation:

The Incredibles

The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:

Ken Jacobs - Star Spangled to Death

New Generation Award:

Joshua Marston (director) and Catalina Sandino Moreno (actress) - Maria Full of Grace

Career Achievement Award:

Jerry Lewis

Special Citation:

Richard Schickel and Brian Jamieson of Warner Bros. for the reconstruction of Samuel Fuller's The Big Red One.