| 76th National Board of Review Awards (2004) |
| Top 10 films: |
| 1. Finding Neverland | |
| 2. The Aviator | |
| 3. Closer | |
| 4. Million Dollar Baby | |
| 5. Sideways | |
| 6. Kinsey | |
| 7. Vera Drake | |
| 8. Ray | |
| 9. Collateral | |
| 10. Hotel Rwanda |
| Best Film: |
| Finding Neverland |
| Best Director: |
| Michael Mann - Collateral |
| Best Acting by an Ensemble: |
| Closer |
| Best Actor: |
| Jamie Foxx - Ray |
| Best Actress: |
| Annette Bening - Being Julia |
| Best Supporting Actor: |
| Thomas Haden Church - Sideways |
| Best Supporting Actress: |
| Laura Linney - Kinsey |
| Best Screenplay - Adapted: |
| Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor |
| Best Screenplay - Original: |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman |
| Career Achievement - Cinematography: |
| Caleb Deschanel |
| Outstanding Production Design: |
| House of Flying Daggers |
| Outstanding Film Music Composition: |
| Jan A. P. Kaczmarek - Finding Neverland |
| Best Foreign Language Film: |
| Mar adentro (The Sea Inside), Spain/France/Italy |
| Best Documentary: |
| Born into Brothels |
| Best Animated Feature: |
| The Incredibles |
| Best Directorial Debut: |
| Zach Braff - Garden State |
| Breakthrough Performance Actor: |
| Topher Grace - In Good Company and P.S. |
| Breakthrough Performance Actress: |
| Emmy Rossum - The Phantom of the Opera |
| Career Achievement: |
| Jeff Bridges |
| Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing: |
| Miloš Forman |
| Special Filmmaking Achievement: |
| Clint Eastwood, for producing, directing, acting, and scoring Million Dollar Baby |
| William K. Everson Award for Film History: |
| Richard Schickel |
| Producers Award: |
| Jerry Bruckheimer |
| Freedom of Expression: |
| Fahrenheit 9/11 | |
| The Passion of the Christ | |
| Conspiracy of Silence |
| Top Foreign Films: |
| 1. The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) | |
| 2. Bad Education (La mala educación) | |
| 3. Maria Full of Grace (María llena eres de gracia) | |
| 4. The Chorus (Les choristes) | |
| 5. The Motorcycle Diaries (Los diarios de motocicleta) |
| Top Five Documentaries: |
| 1. Born into Brothels | |
| 2. Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession | |
| 3. Paper Clips Project | |
| 4. Super Size Me | |
| 5. The Story of the Weeping Camel |
| Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking: |
| The Assassination of Richard Nixon | |
| Before Sunset | |
| The Door in the Floor | |
| Enduring Love | |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | |
| Facing Windows | |
| Garden State | |
| A Home at the End of the World | |
| Imaginary Heroes | |
| Since Otar Left | |
| Stage Beauty | |
| Undertow | |
| The Woodsman |