70th New York Film Critics Circle Awards (2004)
Best Film:
Sideways
Runners-up: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Million Dollar Baby, and Kinsey
Best Director:
Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Runner-up: Zhang Yimou - House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
Best Actor:
Paul Giamatti - Sideways
Runners-up: Jamie Foxx - Ray, Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda, and Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Best Actress:
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
Runners-up: Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Annette Bening - Being Julia
Best Supporting Actor:
Clive Owen - Closer
Runner-up: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
Best Supporting Actress:
Virginia Madsen - Sideways
Best Screenplay:
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor - Sideways
Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Cinematography:
Christopher Doyle - Hero (Ying xiong)
Best Foreign Language Film:
Bad Education (La mala educación) • Spain
Best Non-Fiction Film:
Fahrenheit 9/11
Runner-up: Tarnation
Best Animated Feature:
The Incredibles
Best First Film:
Joshua Marston - Maria Full of Grace