2004 Awards Season | Film
Titles nominated in major categories:
at the major awards ceremonies:
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Best Achievement in Directing
- Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- Best Acting, Leading Role
- Best Acting, Supporting Role
at the major awards ceremonies:
- Academy Awards
- Golden Globe Awards
- British Academy Film Awards
- Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Independent Spirit Awards
- Directors Guild of America Awards
- Writers Guild of America Awards
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Producers Guild of America Awards
- National Society of Film Critics Awards
- National Board of Review Awards
- American Film Institute Awards
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- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsPaul GiamattiThomas Haden ChurchVirginia MadsenTwo men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
- WINNER: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Alexander Payne)- WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Directors Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Alexander Payne; Jim Taylor)- WINNER: Academy Awards
- WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
- WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
- WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
- WINNER: Writers Guild of America Awards
- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
- WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Paul Giamatti)- WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Thomas Haden Church)- WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
- WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Virginia Madsen)- WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Points: 323 - DirectorClint EastwoodStarsHilary SwankClint EastwoodMorgan FreemanFrankie, an ill-tempered old coach, reluctantly agrees to train aspiring boxer Maggie. Impressed with her determination and talent, he helps her become the best and the two soon form a close bond.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- WINNER: Academy Awards
- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Clint Eastwood)- WINNER: Academy Awards
- WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
- WINNER: Directors Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Paul Haggis)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Clint Eastwood)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Hilary Swank)- WINNER: Academy Awards
- WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
- WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- WINNER: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Morgan Freeman)- WINNER: Academy Awards
- WINNER: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
Points: 218 - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioCate BlanchettKate BeckinsaleA biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
- WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
- WINNER: Producers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Martin Scorsese)- WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Directors Guild of America Awards
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (John Logan)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Leonardo DiCaprio)- WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Cate Blanchett)- WINNER: Academy Awards
- WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
- WINNER: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Alan Alda)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
Points: 191 - DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsJamie FoxxRegina KingKerry WashingtonThe story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Taylor Hackford)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Directors Guild of America Awards
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (James L. White)- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Jamie Foxx)- WINNER: Academy Awards
- WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
- WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- WINNER: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
- WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
Points: 109 - DirectorMichel GondryStarsJim CarreyKate WinsletTom WilkinsonWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Michel Gondry)- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Charlie Kaufman)- WINNER: Academy Awards
- WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
- WINNER: Writers Guild of America Awards
- WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Jim Carrey)- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Kate Winslet)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Points: 101 - DirectorMarc ForsterStarsJohnny DeppKate WinsletJulie ChristieThe story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Marc Foster)- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Directors Guild of America Awards
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (David Magee)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Johnny Depp)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Kate Winslet)- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Julie Christie)- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Freddie Highmore)- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Points: 100 - DirectorMike LeighStarsImelda StauntonJim BroadbentHeather CraneyAbortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Mike Leigh)- WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Mike Leigh)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Imelda Staunton)- WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Phil Davis)- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Heather Craney)- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
Points: 74 - DirectorBill CondonStarsLiam NeesonLaura LinneyChris O'DonnellA look at the life of Alfred Kinsey, a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw science address sexual behavior.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Bill Condon)- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Liam Neeson)- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Laura Linney)- WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Peter Sarsgaard)- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
Points: 65 - DirectorMike NicholsStarsNatalie PortmanJude LawClive OwenThe relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Mike Nichols)- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Patrick Marber)- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Natalie Portman)- WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Clive Owen)- WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
- WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Points: 61 - DirectorMichael MannStarsTom CruiseJamie FoxxJada Pinkett SmithA cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Michael Mann)- WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Stuart Beattie)- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Jamie Foxx)- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Points: 58 - DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsDon CheadleSophie OkonedoJoaquin PhoenixPaul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Keir Pearson; Terry George)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Don Cheadle)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Sophie Okonedo)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Points: 46 - DirectorJoshua MarstonStarsCatalina Sandino MorenoGuilied LopezOrlando TobónA pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately-needed money for her family.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Joshua Marston)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Catalina Sandino Moreno)- WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Yenny Paola Vega)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 36 - DirectorWalter SallesStarsGael García BernalRodrigo de la SernaMía MaestroErnesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Walter Salles)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (José Rivera)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Gael García Bernal)- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Rodrigo de la Serna)- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
Points: 23 - DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEthan HawkeJulie DelpyVernon DobtcheffNine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Richard Linklater; Julie Delpy; Ethan Hawke)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Julia Delpy)- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
Points: 20 - DirectorIstván SzabóStarsAnnette BeningMichael GambonMaury ChaykinSet in 1930s London, this movie involves stage actors and actresses and their experiences with love and revenge.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Annette Bening)
- WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Points: 18 - DirectorYimou ZhangStarsZiyi ZhangTakeshi KaneshiroAndy LauA romantic police captain breaks a beautiful member of a rebel group out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Zhang Yimou)
- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Zhang Ziyi)- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
Points: 17 - DirectorBrad BirdStarsCraig T. NelsonSamuel L. JacksonHolly HunterWhile trying to lead a quiet suburban life, a family of undercover superheroes are forced into action to save the world.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Brad Bird)- Nominee: Academy Awards
Points: 16 - DirectorMario Van PeeblesStarsMario Van PeeblesNia LongJoy BryantMario Van Peebles' half-documentary/half-homage to his father Melvin Van Peebles' movie Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971).BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Mario Van Peebles)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Mario Van Peebles; Dennis Haggerty)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 14 - DirectorShane CarruthStarsShane CarruthDavid SullivanCasey GoodenFour friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Shane Carruth)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 11 - DirectorSam RaimiStarsTobey MaguireKirsten DunstAlfred MolinaPeter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a former brilliant scientist named Otto Octavius.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
Points: 6 - DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsGerard ButlerEmmy RossumPatrick WilsonA young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Points: 6 - DirectorPeter BergStarsBilly Bob ThorntonJay HernandezDerek LukeBased on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
Points: 6 - DirectorTod WilliamsStarsJeff BridgesKim BasingerJon FosterA writer's young assistant becomes both pawn and catalyst in his boss's disintegrating household.BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Tod Williams)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Jeff Bridges)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 6 - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsUma ThurmanDavid CarradineMichael MadsenThe Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Uma Thurman)
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (David Carradine)- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
Points: 5 - DirectorZach BraffStarsZach BraffPeter SarsgaardNatalie PortmanA quietly troubled young man returns home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade.BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Zach Braff)
- Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
Points: 4 - DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsJavier BardemBelén RuedaLola DueñasThe factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Javier Bardem)
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Points: 4 - DirectorMark WatersStarsLindsay LohanJonathan BennettRachel McAdamsCady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Tina Fey)
- Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
Points: 3 - DirectorChristophe BarratierStarsGérard JugnotFrançois BerléandJean-Baptiste MaunierPierre, a successful orchestra conductor, returns home when his mother dies. He stumbles upon an old diary and recollects the childhood school memories and his music teacher Clement Mathieu.BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Christopher Barratier; Philippe Lopes-Curval)
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
Points: 3 - DirectorMichael SchultzStarsKimberly EliseT.D. JakesMichael BoatmanAn adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' self-help novel, chronicling a woman's struggle to come to terms with her legacy of abuse, addiction and poverty.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Kimberly Elise)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Loretta Devine)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 3 - DirectorLisa CholodenkoStarsKyra SedgwickAidan QuinnSherilyn FennA traumatic event sends a musician (Sedgwick) back to her hometown in an effort to reunite with the daughters she abandoned. To do so, she must confront her abusive ex-husband (Quinn), from whom she fled years ago.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Kyra Sedgwick)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Aidan Quinn)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 3 - DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsDenzel WashingtonLiev SchreiberMeryl StreepIn the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Meryl Streep)
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
Points: 2 - DirectorJim JarmuschStarsBill MurrayTom WaitsRoberto BenigniA series of vignettes that all have coffee and cigarettes in common.BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Cate Blanchett)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
Points: 2 - DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsNicole KidmanCameron BrightLauren BacallA young boy attempts to convince a woman that he is her dead husband reborn.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Nicole Kidman)
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
Points: 2 - DirectorNicole KassellStarsKevin BaconKyra SedgwickYasiin BeyA child molester returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Kevin Bacon)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 2 - DirectorShainee GabelStarsScarlett JohanssonJohn TravoltaGabriel MachtA headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Scarlett Johansson)
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
Points: 2 - DirectorVondie Curtis-HallStarsJamie FoxxLynn WhitfieldLee Thompson YoungThe story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, the former leader of the "Crips" gang. Stan wrote award-winning children's books, brokered peace treaties between warring gangs, and won a Nobel Peace Prize nomination before he was executed.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Jamie Foxx)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 2 - DirectorLori SilverbushMichael SkolnikStarsAnny MarianoJudy MartePaola MendozaFollows the choices made by three young women - one a drug dealer, one an addict, one a pregnant teen - in Jersey City.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Judy Marte)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 2 - DirectorNick CassavetesStarsGena RowlandsJames GarnerRachel McAdamsAn elderly man reads to a woman with dementia the story of two young lovers whose romance is threatened by the difference in their respective social classes.BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (James Garner)
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Points: 1 - DirectorJared HessStarsJon HederEfren RamirezJon GriesA listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Jon Gries)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 1 - DirectorJames L. BrooksStarsAdam SandlerTéa LeoniPaz VegaA woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family whose patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Cloris Leachman)
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Points: 1 - DirectorRodney EvansStarsAnthony MackieRoger RobinsonAlex BurnsA drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Roger Robinson)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 1 - DirectorMario F. de la VegaStarsLouie Olivos Jr.Víctor MartínezPedro PanoThree intertwined stories follow characters whose lives are affected by crime as they come into contact with an illegal shipment travelling along the U.S.-Mexico border.BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Robin Simmons)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 1