National Board of Review Awards 2004



76th NBR Awards January 11, 2005

Best Film:  Finding Neverland  The 76th (US) National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2004, were given on 11 January 2005.

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

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

Winners

 * Best Film:
 * Finding Neverland
 * Best Foreign Language Film:
 * Mar adentro (The Sea Inside), Spain/France/Italy
 * 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 Acting by an Ensemble:
 * Closer
 * Breakthrough Performance Actor:
 * Topher Grace - In Good Company and P.S.
 * Breakthrough Performance Actress:
 * Emmy Rossum - The Phantom of the Opera
 * Best Director:
 * Michael Mann - Collateral
 * Best Directorial Debut:
 * Zach Braff - Garden State
 * Best Screenplay - Adapted:
 * Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
 * Best Screenplay - Original:
 * Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman
 * Best Documentary:
 * Born into Brothels
 * Best Animated Feature:
 * The Incredibles
 * 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
 * Outstanding Production Design:
 * House of Flying Daggers
 * Outstanding Film Music Composition:
 * Jan A. P. Kaczmarek - Finding Neverland
 * Career Achievement - Cinematography:
 * Caleb Deschanel
 * 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
 * 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