9th Critics' Choice Awards

The 9th Critics' Choice Awards, honoring the best in film for 2003, were given on 10 January 2004.

Top 10 Films

(in alphabetical order)

1. Big Fish
2. Cold Mountain
3. Finding Nemo
4. In America
5. The Last Samurai
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King *Academy Award for Best Picture*
7. Lost in Translation
8. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
9. Mystic River
10. Seabiscuit

Winners and nominees

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 Film

Finding Nemo

• Brother Bear
• The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville)

Best Cast

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

• Love Actually
• A Mighty Wind
• Mystic River

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 (Live Action)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

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

Best Film

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 Foreign Language Film

The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares), Canada/France

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

Best Screenplay

In America - Jim, Kirsten and Naomi Sheridan

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

Best Song

"A Mighty Wind" - A Mighty Wind

• "The Heart of Every Girl" - Mona Lisa Smile
• "Beondy The Sea" - Finding Nemo
• "School of Rock" - School of Rock
• "Time Enough for Tears" - In America

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 TV Film

Angels in America

• And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
• The Reagans

Best Young Performer

Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider

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