9th Critics' Choice Awards (2004)

The 9th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 10th, 2004 to honor the finest achievements in 2003 filmmaking.

BEST PICTURE

• Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Big Fish
• Cold Mountain
• Finding Nemo
• In America
• The Last Samurai
• Lost in Translation
• Master and Commander
• Mystic River
• Seabiscuit

BEST ACTRESS

• Winner - Charlize Theron - Monster
• Jennifer Connelly - House of Sand and Fog
• Diane Keaton - Something's Gotta Give
• Nicole Kidman - Cold Mountain
• Samantha Morton - In America
• Naomi Watts - 21 Grams

BEST ACTOR

• Winner - Sean Penn - Mystic River
• Russell Crowe - Master and Commander
• Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean
• Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog
• Bill Murray - Lost in Translation

BEST DIRECTOR

• Winner - Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Tim Burton - Big Fish
• Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
• Clint Eastwood - Mystic River
• Jim Sheridan - In America

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Winner - Renee Zellweger - Cold Mountain
• Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April
• Marcia Gay Harden - Mystic River
• Holly Hunter - Thirteen
• Scarlett Johansson - Lost in Translation

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Winner - Tim Robbins - Mystic River
• Alec Baldwin - The Cooler
• Paul Bettany - Master and Commander
• Benicio Del Toro - 21 Grams
• Ken Watanabe - The Last Samurai

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

• Winner - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Love Actually
• A Mighty Wind
• Mystic River

BEST WRITER

• Winner - Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan - In America
• John August - Big Fish
• Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
• Brian Helgeland - Mystic River
• Gary Ross - Seabiscuit

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

• Winner - Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider
• Emma Bolger - In America
• Sarah Bolger - In America
• Rachel Evan Wood - Thirteen

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Winner - Capturing the Friedmans
• The Fog of War
• Ghosts of the Abyss

BEST FORIEGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Winner - The Barbarian Invasions
• City of God
• Swimming Pool

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Winner - Finding Nemo
• The Triplets of Belleville
• Brother Bear

BEST FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION)

• Winner - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Freaky Friday
• Holes
• Peter Pan
• Whale Rider

PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

• Winner - Angels in America
• The Reagans
• And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

BEST SONG

• Winner - "A Mighty Wind", Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Eugene Levy - A Mighty Wind
• "The Heart of Every Girl", Elton John - Mona Lisa Smile
• "Man of the Hour", Pearl Jam - Big Fish
• "School of Rock", Jack Black- School of Rock
• "Time Enough for Tears", Andrea Corr - In America

BEST COMPOSER

• Winner - Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Clint Eastwood - Mystic River
• Danny Elfman - Big Fish
• Gabriel Yared - Cold Mountain
• Hans Zimmer - The Last Samurai

BEST COMPOSER

• Winner - Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Clint Eastwood - Mystic River
• Danny Elfman - Big Fish
• Gabriel Yared - Cold Mountain
• Hans Zimmer - The Last Samurai

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

• Winner - Clint Eastwood

PASSION IN FILM AWARD

• Winner - Peter Weir - Master and Commander