Academy Award Nominations & Oscar Winners - 2004

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Below are the Academy Award nominees and winners for 2004. Which movie was given the Best Picture Oscar? Who won the Best Actor Oscar? Which movies were denied an Academy Award?

Best Picture
WINNER: Million Dollar Baby	A
The Aviator	A+
Finding Neverland	A-
Ray	B
Sideways	A
Best Director
WINNER: Million Dollar Baby - Clint Eastwood	A
The Aviator - Martin Scorsese	A+
Ray - Tayler Hackford	B
Sideways - Alexander Payne	A
Vera Drake - Mike Leigh	B
Best Actor in a Leading Role
WINNER: Ray - Jamie Foxx	B
The Aviator - Leonardo DiCaprio	A+
Finding Neverland - Johnny Depp	A-
Hotel Rwanda - Don Cheadle	A
Million Dollar Baby - Clint Eastwood	A
Best Actress in a Leading Role
WINNER: Million Dollar Baby - Hilary Swank	A
Being Julia - Annette Bening	B+
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Kate Winslet	B+
Maria Full of Grace - Catalina Sandino Moreno	A-
Vera Drake - Imelda Staunton	B
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER: Million Dollar Baby - Morgan Freeman	A
The Aviator - Alan Alda	A+
Closer - Clive Owen	B+
Collateral - Jamie Foxx	B+
Sideways - Thomas Haden Church	A
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
WINNER: The Aviator - Cate Blanchett	A+
Closer - Natalie Portman	B+
Hotel Rwanda - Sophie Okonedo	A
Kinsey - Laura Linney	A
Sideways - Virginia Madsen	A
Best Original Screenplay
WINNER: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman	B+
The Aviator - John Logan	A+
Hotel Rwanda - Terry George	A
The Incredibles - Brad Bird	A
Vera Drake - Mike Leigh	B
Best Adapted Screenplay
WINNER: Sideways - Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor	A
Before Sunset - Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
Finding Neverland - David Magee	A-
Million Dollar Baby - Paul Haggis	A
The Motorcycle Diaries - Jose Rivera	B+
Best Foreign Picture
WINNER: The Sea Inside - Spain	A
As It is in Heaven - Sweden
The Chorus - France	B
Downfall - Germany	A
Yesterday - South Africa	B+
Best Documentary Picture
WINNER: Born Into Brothels	A-
The Story of the Weeping Camel	A-
Super Size Me	B+
Tupac: Resurrection
Twist of Faith	C+
Best Animated Picture
WINNER: The Incredibles	A
Shark Tale	C+
Shrek 2	A-
Best Art Direction
WINNER: The Aviator	A+
Finding Neverland	A-
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	C+
The Phantom of the Opera	B
A Very Long Engagement	B+
Best Cinematography
WINNER: The Aviator	A+
House of Flying Daggers	B-
The Passion of The Christ	B+
The Phantom of the Opera	B
A Very Long Engagement	B+
Best Costume Design
WINNER: The Aviator	A+
Finding Neverland	A-
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	C+
Ray	B
Troy	C+
Best Film Editing
WINNER: The Aviator	A+
Collateral	B+
Finding Neverland	A-
The Motorcycle Diaries	B+
Ray	B
Best Makeup
WINNER: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	C+
The Passion of The Christ	B+
The Sea Inside	A
Best Original Score
WINNER: Finding Neverland	A-
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	A-
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	C+
The Passion of The Christ	B+
The Village	C+
Best Original Song
WINNER: The Motorcycle Diaries - Al Otro Lado Del Rio	B+
The Chorus - Look to Your Path	B
The Phantom of the Opera - Learn to be Lonely	B
The Polar Express - Believe	C-
Shrek 2 - Accidentally in Love	A-
Best Sound Mixing
WINNER: Ray	B
The Aviator	A+
The Incredibles	A
The Polar Express	C-
Spider-Man 2	A-
Best Sound Editing
WINNER: The Incredibles	A
The Polar Express	C-
Spider-Man 2	A-
Best Visual Effects
WINNER: Spider-Man 2	A-
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	A-
I, Robot	B
Best Documentary Short
WINNER: Mighty Times: The Children's March
Autism is a World
Children of Leningradsky, The
Hardwood
Sister Rose's Passion
Best Animated Short Film
WINNER: Ryan
Birthday Boy
Gopher Broke
Guard Dog
Lorenzo
Best Live-Action Short Film
WINNER: Wasp
7:35 in the Morning
Everything in this Country Must
Little Terrorist
Two Cars, One Night