The 70th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2004, were announced on 13 December 2004 and presented on 9 January 2005.^[1][2][3]

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Paul Giamatti – Sideways
  • Runners-up: Jamie Foxx – Ray, Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda, and Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
• Best Actress:
  • Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
  • Runners-up: Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Annette Bening – Being Julia
• Best Animated Feature:
  • The Incredibles
• Best Cinematography:
  • Christopher Doyle – Hero (Ying xiong)
• Best Director:
  • Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
  • Runner-up: Zhang Yimou – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
• Best Film:
  • Sideways
  • Runners-up: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Million Dollar Baby, and Kinsey
• Best First Film:
  • Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Bad Education (La mala educación) • Spain
• Best Non-Fiction Film:
  • Fahrenheit 9/11
  • Runner-up: Tarnation
• Best Screenplay:
  • Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Sideways
  • Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Clive Owen – Closer
  • Runner-up: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Virginia Madsen – Sideways
• Special Award:
  • Milestone Films