2004 National Society of Film Critics Awards nominees

List of the 2004 National Society of Film Critics Awards nominees:

(Winner in bold.)

Feature films

Best Picture

• Before Sunset
• Million Dollar Baby
• Sideways

Acting

Best Actor

• Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
• Jamie Foxx - Collateral and Ray
• Paul Giamatti - Sideways

Best Actress

• Julie Delpy - Before Sunset
• Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
• Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby

Best Supporting Actor

• Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
• Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey

Best Supporting Actress

• Cate Blanchett - The Aviator and Coffee and Cigarettes
• Laura Linney - Kinsey
• Virginia Madsen - Sideways

Directing/Writing

Best Director

• Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
• Alexander Payne - Sideways
• Yimou Zhang - Shi mian mai fu (also known as House of Flying Daggers)

Best Screenplay

• Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor - Sideways