9th Critics' Choice Awards

9th Critics' Choice Awards
Date	January 10, 2004
Official website	www.criticschoice.com
Highlights
Best Film	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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

Top 10 films

(in alphabetical order)

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

Winners and nominees

Peter Jackson, Best Director winner

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Sean Penn, Best Actor winner

Charlize Theron, Best Actress winner

Tim Robbins, Best Supporting Actor winner

Renée Zellweger, Best Supporting Actress winner

Keisha Castle-Hughes, Best Child Performance winner

Jim Sheridan, Best Writer co-winner

Best Actor

Sean Penn – Mystic River

• Russell Crowe – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Ben Kingsley – House of Sand and Fog
• Bill Murray – Lost in Translation

Best Actress

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 Animated Feature

Finding Nemo

• Brother Bear
• The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville)
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action
• Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Best Cast

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

• Love Actually
• A Mighty Wind
• Mystic River

Best Child Performance

Keisha Castle-Hughes – Whale Rider

• Emma Bolger – In America
• Sarah Bolger – In America
• Evan Rachel Wood – Thirteen

Best Composer

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 Director

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 Documentary Feature

Capturing the Friedmans

• The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
• Ghosts of the Abyss

Best Family Film

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

• Daddy Day Care
• Freaky Friday
• Holes
• Peter Pan

Best Foreign Language Film

The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) • Canada / France

• City of God (Cidade de Deus) • Brazil
• Swimming Pool • France / UK

Best Picture

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: The Far Side of the World
• Mystic River
• Seabiscuit

Best Picture Made for Television

Angels in America

• And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
• The Reagans

Best Song

"A Mighty Wind" – A Mighty Wind

• "The Heart of Every Girl" – Mona Lisa Smile
• "Man of the Hour" – Big Fish
• "School of Rock" – School of Rock
• "Time Enough for Tears" – In America
• "Beyond the Sea" - Finding Nemo

Best Supporting Actor

Tim Robbins – Mystic River

• Alec Baldwin – The Cooler
• Paul Bettany – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Benicio del Toro – 21 Grams
• Ken Watanabe – The Last Samurai

Best Supporting Actress

Renée Zellweger – Cold Mountain

• Patricia Clarkson – Pieces of April
• Marcia Gay Harden – Mystic River
• Holly Hunter – Thirteen
• Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation

Best Writer

In America – Jim, Kirsten, and Naomi Sheridan

• Big Fish – John August
• Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola
• Mystic River – Brian Helgeland
• Seabiscuit – Gary Ross