Winner 
77th Academy Awards
The 2004 file: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.
Ceremony at a glance
Best Picture went to Million Dollar Baby. The winning leader is The Aviator with 5 wins. The most nominated title is The Aviator with 11 nominations. 41 winners named across 31 categories.
Most awarded titles
- The Aviator 5 wins11 nominations
- Million Dollar Baby 4 wins7 nominations
- Ray 2 wins6 nominations
- The Incredibles 2 wins4 nominations
- Finding Neverland 1 win7 nominations
Best Picture Nominees
The major races
Million Dollar Baby took Picture; The Aviator controlled the board. Picture, Director, Actor and Actress: 4 of 4 decided, 20 nominees in all.
- Finding Neverland Richard N. Gladstein | Nellie Bellflower
- Ray Taylor Hackford | Stuart Benjamin | Howard Baldwin
- Sideways Michael London
- The Aviator Michael Mann | Graham King
Complete Ceremony Ledger
The winner in every category. Open the full ballot to see every nominee.
24 categories129 records41 winners
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Million Dollar Baby
Credit: Clint Eastwood
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Sideways
Credit: Alexander PayneJim Taylor
1 winner3 records
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The Incredibles
Credit: Brad Bird
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The Sea Inside
Credit: Spain
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Finding Neverland
Credit: Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
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The Aviator
Credit: Sandy Powell
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The Aviator
Credit: Robert Richardson
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The Aviator
Credit: Thelma Schoonmaker
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Ryan
Credit: Chris Landreth
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Wasp
Credit: Andrea Arnold
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Ceremony Highlights
Winner The Incredibles
Winner Born into Brothels
Winner Mighty Times: The Children's March
Winner The Sea Inside
Winner Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Winner The Motorcycle Diaries
Winner Ryan
Winner Wasp
Winner Spider-Man 2
Winner Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hotel Rwanda
Closer
Collateral
Categories in this ceremony
Winner Circle
Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood
Hilary Swank
Jamie Foxx
Cate Blanchett
Morgan Freeman
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Sideways
The Incredibles
The Sea Inside
Finding Neverland
Al Otro Lado Del Río
Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso
Sandy Powell
Robert Richardson
Thelma Schoonmaker
John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Arthur Widmer
Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston
Takuo Miyagishima
Sidney Lumet
Roger Mayer
Horst Burbulla
Jean-Marie Lavalou, Alain Masseron and David Samuelson
GYULA MESTER and KEITH EDWARDS
Lindsay Arnold, Guy Griffiths, David Hodson, Charlie Lawrence and David Mann
Alan Kapler
Dr. Christopher Hicks and Dave Betts
Dr. John O.B. Greaves, Ned Phipps, Antonie J. Van Den Bogert and William Hayes
Dr. Julian Morris, Michael Birch, Dr. Paul Smyth and Paul Tate
Dr. Nels Madsen, Vaughn Cato, Matthew Madden and Bill Lorton
Greg Cannom and Wesley Wofford
Jerry Cotts and Anthony Seaman
Nelson Tyler
Steven E. Boze
Chris Landreth
Andrea Arnold
Michael Silvers and Randy Thom
Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa
Sortable ledger
Every nomination from this ceremony as a sortable table, for research that needs the raw record beside the posters and winners above.