List of the 2004 National Society of Film Critics Awards nominees: Winners in bold: Feature Films Best Picture Before Sunset Million Dollar Baby Sideways Acting Best Actor Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby Jamie Foxx – Collateral and Ray Paul Giamatti – Sideways Best Actress Julie Delpy – Before Sunset Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake (TIE) Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby (TIE) Best Supporting Actor Thomas Haden Church – Sideways Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey Best Supporting Actress Cate Blanchett – The Aviator and Coffee and Cigarettes Laura Linney – Kinsey Virginia Madsen – Sideways Directing / Writing Best Director Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby Alexander Payne – Sideways Yimou Zhang – Shi mian mai fu (also known as House of Flying Daggers) Best Screenplay Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Sideways References Critics Are in 'Baby's' Corner Los Angeles Times Eastwood Film Captures Critics' Votes Eugene Register-Guard Film critics pick gritty 'Baby' as top film in 2004 The San Diego Union-Tribune National Society Of Film Critics Awards Nominees, 2004