National Board of Review List

The National Board of Review has chosen the following films and people for 2004.



TOP TEN FILMS OF 2004

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 FIVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS

1. The Sea Inside

2. Bad Education

3. Maria Full of Grace

4. Les Choristes

5. The Motorcycle Diaries



TOP FIVE DOCUMENTARIES OF 2004

1. Born into Brothels

2. Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

3. Paper Clips

4. Supersize Me

5. The Story of the Weeping Camel





Best Film: Finding Neverland



Best Foreign Language Film: The Sea Inside



Best Documentary: Born into Brothels



Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles



Best Actor: Jamie Foxx, Ray



Best Actress: Annette Bening, Being Julia



Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Chuch, 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: Zack Braff, Garden State



Best Adapted Screenplay: Sideways, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor



Best Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Charlie Kaufman



Outstanding Production Design: House of Flying Daggers



Career Achievement: Jeff Bridges



Special Filmmaking Achievement: Clint Eastwood, for producing, directing, acting, and scoring Million Dollar Baby



Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking



(Listed alphabetically)

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Before Sunset

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