Best by Genre of 2004

Best Action/Adventure Film of 2004

Winner

  • Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Additional Nominees

  • The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
  • The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
  • The Incredibles (2004)
  • Kill Bill, Volume 2 (2004)
  • Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

Best Animated Film of 2004

Winner

  • The Incredibles (2004)

Additional Nominees

  • Shark Tale (2004)
  • Shrek 2 (2004)
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie (2004)

Best Comedic Film of 2004

Winner

  • I Heart Huckabees (2004)

Additional Nominees

  • DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)
  • Mean Girls (2004)
  • Saved! (2004)
  • Sideways (2004)

Best Documentary of 2004

Winner

  • Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

Additional Nominees

  • Broadway: The Golden Age (2004)
  • Games People Play: New York (2004)
  • Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism (2004)
  • Super Size Me (2004)
  • Trekkies 2 (2004)

Best Dramatic Film of 2004

Winner

  • Garden State (2004)
  • Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Additional Nominees

  • Closer (2004)
  • The Door in the Floor (2004)
  • Hotel Rwanda (2004)
  • Kinsey (2004)
  • Ray (2004)
  • The Woodsman (2004)

Best Historical Film of 2004

Winner

  • The Aviator (2004)

Additional Nominees

  • De-Lovely (2004)
  • Finding Neverland (2004)
  • Hero (2004)
  • Straight-Jacket (2004)
  • Troy (2004)

Best LGBTQ Film of 2004

Winner

  • Eating Out (2004)

Additional Nominees

  • HellBent (2004)
  • A Home at the End of the World (2004)
  • Latter Days (2004)
  • Straight-Jacket (2004)
  • Touch of Pink (2004)

Best Musical Film of 2004

Winner

  • Ray (2004)

Additional Nominees

  • Beyond the Sea (2004)
  • Connie and Carla (2004)
  • De-Lovely (2004)
  • The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
  • Shrek 2 (2004)

Best Mystery, Suspense, Horror, or Thriller Film of 2004

Winner

  • Collateral (2004)

Additional Nominees

  • The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
  • The Grudge (2004)
  • HellBent (2004)
  • Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Film of 2004

Winner

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Additional Nominees

  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
  • The Incredibles (2004)
  • Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
  • Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004)

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