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Critics' Choice 2005 Winners & Nominees

The 10th Critics' Choice Awards (2005) took place on January 10, 2005. Sideways won Best Picture and 4 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 18 categories is below.

All 18 categories Most wins
categories
18
nominations
88
films nominated
41
winners
18
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Best Picture
Sideways
Headline winners

Critics' Choice 2005: The Winners

Sideways won Best Picture against 9 other nominees. Martin Scorsese (Best Director), Jamie Foxx (Best Actor) and Hilary Swank (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Sideways (2004) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Sideways

2004 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · $110M worldwide

5 wins from 8 nominations at the 10th Critics' Choice Awards (2005)

  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Best Acting Ensemble
  • Best Writer

A struggling writer facing a stalled career and a failing marriage reluctantly agrees to a week-long wine-tasting trip through California's wine country with his free-spirited best friend, who is preparing for his own wedding. During their journey through the vineyards, they both confront personal challenges, explore the nuances of friendship, and grapple with themes of love, loss, and missed opportunities.

About Sideways
Scoreboard

Critics' Choice 2005: Which Films Won the Most

Sideways won 5 awards from 8 nominations. 11 films won at least once, while Kinsey went home empty-handed from 4 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Sideways (2004) movie poster
    Sideways 5 / 8
    2004 · Drama, Comedy · 5 wins from 8 nominations
  2. Finding Neverland (2004) movie poster
    Finding Neverland 2 / 7
    2004 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 7 nominations
  3. The Aviator (2004) movie poster
    The Aviator 2 / 6
    2004 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 6 nominations
  4. Ray (2004) movie poster
    Ray 2 / 4
    2004 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 4 nominations
  5. Million Dollar Baby (2004) movie poster
    Million Dollar Baby 1 / 4
    2004 · Drama, Sport · 1 win from 4 nominations
  6. The Incredibles (2004) movie poster
    The Incredibles 1 / 3
    2004 · Action, Adventure · 1 win from 3 nominations
  7. The Phantom of the Opera (2004) movie poster
    The Phantom of the Opera 1 / 2
    2004 · Drama, Thriller · 1 win from 2 nominations
  8. The Sea Inside (2004) movie poster
    The Sea Inside 1 / 2
    2004 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 2 nominations
  9. Alfie (2004) movie poster
    Alfie 1 / 2
    2004 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 2 nominations
  10. Spider-Man 2 (2004) movie poster
    Spider-Man 2 1 / 2
    2004 · Action, Sci-Fi · 1 win from 2 nominations
Full results

All 18 Critics' Choice 2005 Categories: Winners & Nominees

18 categories and 88 nominations; Best Picture had the most nominees (10). The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

18 categories · 88 nominations

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By genre

The Genres Behind the Critics' Choice 2005 Winners

Drama led with 67 nominations across 29 films and won 15. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 15 wins · 67 nominations · 22%
  2. Biography 7 wins · 27 nominations · 26%
  3. Romance 6 wins · 22 nominations · 27%
  4. Comedy 6 wins · 21 nominations · 29%
  5. Family 3 wins · 21 nominations · 14%
  6. Adventure 1 win · 17 nominations · 6%
  7. Thriller 2 wins · 14 nominations · 14%
  8. Fantasy 1 win · 13 nominations · 8%
  9. Music 2 wins · 8 nominations · 25%
  10. Action 2 wins · 8 nominations · 25%
2005 season

How the Rest of the 2005 Awards Season Voted

The other 10 ceremonies of 2005, with the winner of each top prize. Sideways also won the top prize at 2 of them. The Aviator and Million Dollar Baby took as many.

All 2005 awards
Earlier years

Previous Critics' Choice Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Critics' Choice page has every year back to 1996.

Every Critics' Choice ceremony

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Critics' Choice 2005: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 10th Critics' Choice Awards (2005), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 10th Critics' Choice Awards (2005)?

Sideways (2004) won Best Picture. The other nominees were The Aviator, Collateral, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland, Hotel Rwanda, Kinsey, Million Dollar Baby, The Phantom of the Opera and Ray.

About Sideways

Which film won the most awards at the 10th Critics' Choice Awards (2005)?

Sideways (2004) won the most: 5 awards from 8 nominations. Finding Neverland, The Aviator and Ray followed with 2 wins each.

Which film had the most nominations at the 10th Critics' Choice Awards (2005)?

Sideways (2004) led with 8 nominations and won 5 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 10th Critics' Choice Awards (2005)?

Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Aviator. Best Actor: Jamie Foxx for Ray. Best Actress: Hilary Swank for Million Dollar Baby. Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church for Sideways. Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen for Sideways.

When was the 10th Critics' Choice Awards (2005)?

The 10th Critics' Choice Awards (2005) took place on January 10, 2005. The database has 18 categories and 88 nominations for it.