Film year 2004

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The winners of the Bravo Otto reader poll 2004:
- Male Movie Stars Category: Gold Brad Pitt , Silver Daniel Radcliffe , Bronze Orlando Bloom
- Female Movie Stars Category: Gold Olsen Twins , Silver Hilary Duff , Bronze Emma Watson

Top 10 most successful films

In Germany

The ten most successful films at the German box office by number of visitors (as of August 24, 2011):

space	Movie title	Visitors
1.	(T) Spaceship Surprise - Period 1	9,165,932
2.	7 dwarfs - men alone in the forest	6,799,699
3.	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	6,627,175
4th	Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns	5,322,170
5.	The downfall	4,624,506
6th	Troy	4,429,985
7th	The Day After Tomorrow	4,111,623
8th.	The Incredibles	3,501,969
9.	Bear brothers	3,452,760
10.	Spider-Man 2	3,282,125

In Austria

The ten most successful films at the Austrian box office by attendance:

space	Movie title	Visitors
1.	(T) Spaceship Surprise - Period 1	1,173,846
2.	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	662.138
3.	Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns	652.029
4th	7 dwarfs - men alone in the forest	626.704
5.	Troy	554,953
6th	my wife, her in-laws and me	516.903
7th	Bear brothers	480,633
8th.	The Day After Tomorrow	444,968
9.	The Incredibles	436.006
10.	Spider-Man 2	381,755

In the United States

The ten most successful films at the US box office by grossing in US dollars (as of August 24, 2011):

space	Movie title	revenue
1.	Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns	$ 441,226,247
2.	Spider-Man 2	$ 373,585,825
3.	The Passion of Christ	$ 370,274,604
4th	my wife, her in-laws and me	$ 279,261,160
5.	The Incredibles	$ 261,441,092
6th	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	$ 249,541,069
7th	The Day After Tomorrow	$ 186,740,799
8th.	The Bourne Conspiracy	$ 176,241,941
9.	The legacy of the Knights Templar	$ 173,008,894
10.	The polar express	$ 162,775,358

Worldwide

The ten most successful films worldwide by grossing in US dollars (as of August 24, 2011):

space	Movie title	revenue
1.	Shrek 2 - The daring hero returns	$ 919,838,758
2.	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	$ 796,688,549
3.	Spider-Man 2	$ 783,766,341
4th	The Incredibles	$ 631,442,092
5.	The Passion of Christ	$ 611,899,420
6th	The Day After Tomorrow	$ 544,272,402
7th	my wife, her in-laws and me	$ 516,642,939
8th.	Troy	$ 497,409,852
9.	Shark Tale	$ 367,275,019
10.	Ocean's 12th	$ 362,744,280

Film awards

Berlinale

Best Film: Against the Wall (Director: Fatih Akın , Germany / Turkey)
Grand Jury Prize: El Abrazo partido (Director: Daniel Burman , Argentina)
Best Director: Kim Ki-duk for Samaria (South Korea)
Best Actor: Daniel Hendler for El Abrazo partido (Director: Daniel Burman , Argentina)
Best Actress: Catalina Sandino Moreno for Maria Full of Grace (Director: Joshua Marston , USA / Columbia) and Charlize Theron for Monster (Director: Patty Jenkins , USA)

Complete list of award winners

Cannes

Golden Palm: Fahrenheit 9/11 (Director: Michael Moore , USA)
Jury Grand Prize: Oldboy (Director: Park Chan-wook , South Korea)
Best Actor: Yūya Yagira for Nobody Knows (Direction: Hirokazu Koreeda , Japan)
Best Actress: Maggie Cheung for Clean (Director: Olivier Assayas , Canada / France / Great Britain)

Complete list of award winners

Venice

Golden Lion: Vera Drake (Director: Mike Leigh , England)
Great special prize from the jury: The Sea in Me (Director: Alejandro Amenábar , Chile)
Best Actor: Javier Bardem for The Sea in Me (Director: Alejandro Amenábar , Chile)
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton for Vera Drake (Director: Mike Leigh , England)

Complete list of award winners

European film award

Best Film: Against the Wall (Director: Fatih Akın , Germany)
Best director: Alejandro Amenábar for The Sea in Me
Best Actor: Javier Bardem for The Sea in Me (Spain / France)
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton for Vera Drake (Director: Mike Leigh , Great Britain / France)

Complete list of award winners

Oscar

Best film: The Lord of the Rings III - The Return of the King (Director: Peter Jackson, New Zealand / USA)
Best Director: Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings III - The Return of the King (New Zealand / USA)
Best Actor: Sean Penn for Mystic River (Director: Clint Eastwood , USA)
Best Actress: Charlize Theron for Monster (Director: Patty Jenkins , USA)
Best foreign language film: The Barbarian Invasion (Director: Denys Arcand , Canada / France)

Complete list of award winners

Golden Globe Awards

Best film (drama): The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Film (Comedy / Musical): Lost in Translation
Best Director: Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Actress (Drama): Charlize Theron for Monster
Best Actress (Comedy / Musical): Diane Keaton for What Your Heart Desires
Best Actor (Drama): Sean Penn for Mystic River
Best Actor (Comedy / Musical): Bill Murray for Lost in Translation
Best supporting actress: Renée Zellweger for On the Road to Cold Mountain
Best Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins for Mystic River
Best Foreign Film: Osama (Director: Siddig Barmak )

Complete list of award winners

German film award

Best Film: Against the Wall (Director: Fatih Akın )
Best director: Fatih Akın for Gegen die Wand
Best leading actor: Birol Ünel for Gegen die Wand
Best Actress: Sibel Kekilli for Gegen die Wand
Best supporting actor: Detlev Buck for Mr. Lehmann
Best supporting actress: Fritzi Haberlandt learn to lie down

Best foreign film: Lost in Translation by Sofia Coppola

César

Best Film: The Barbarian Invasions (Director: Denys Arcand , Canada, France)
Best Director: Denys Arcand for The Barbarian Invasions
Best Actor: Omar Sharif for Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran (Director: François Dupeyron , France)
Best leading actress: Sylvie Testud for Stupeur et tremblements (Director: Alain Corneau , France, Japan)
Best Foreign Film: Mystic River by Clint Eastwood

Complete list of award winners

British Academy Film Award

Best film: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Director: Peter Jackson , USA)
Best director: Peter Weir for Master & Commander - Until the End of the World
Best Actor: Bill Murray for Lost in Translation (Director: Sofia Coppola , USA)
Best Actress: Scarlett Johansson for Lost in Translation
Best Non-English Language Film: In This World by Michael Winterbottom

Complete list of award winners

Bavarian film award

The Bavarian Film Prize 2003 was awarded on January 16, 2004.

Best production: lights
Best actress: Johanna Wokalek in Hierankl
Best actor: Christian Ulmen in Mr. Lehmann
Best director: Sönke Wortmann for The Miracle of Bern
Honorary award: Peter Ustinov

Sun Dance

Grand Jury Prize: Primer (Director: Shane Carruth , USA)
Best Director (Feature Film): Debra Granik for Down to the Bone (USA)
Best Director (Documentary): Morgan Spurlock for Super Size Me (USA)
Audience Award: Jean-François Pouliot for The Great Seduction (Canada)

New York Film Critics Circle Award

Best film: Sideways by Alexander Payne
Best Director: Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor: Paul Giamatti in Sideways
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton in Vera Drake
Best Supporting Actor: Clive Owen in Closer
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen in Sideways
Best Cinematography: Christopher Doyle for Hero
Best Foreign Film: Bad Education - Bad Education by Pedro Almodovar

National Board of Review

Best film: When dreams learn to fly by Marc Forster

Best director: Michael Mann for Collateral

Best Actor: Jamie Foxx in Ray

Best Actress: Annette Bening in Being Julia

Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church in Sideways

Best Supporting Actress: Laura Linney in Kinsey - The Truth About Sex

Best Acting Company : Close to Mike Nichols

Best foreign language film: The Sea in Me by Alejandro Amenábar

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Best film: Sideways by Alexander Payne
Best Director: Alexander Payne for Sideways
Best Actor: Liam Neeson in Kinsey - The Truth About Sex
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton in Vera Drake
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church in Sideways
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen in Sideways
Best Foreign Language Film: House of Flying Daggers by Zhang Yimou

Jupiter

Best International Film: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by Peter Jackson
Best German Film: Good Bye, Lenin! by Wolfgang Becker
Best Director International: Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best German director: Sönke Wortmann for The Miracle of Bern
Best Actor International: Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean
Best German performer: Daniel Brühl in Good Bye, Lenin!
Best Actress International: Nicole Kidman in On the Road to Cold Mountain
Best German actress: Katrin Sass in Good Bye, Lenin!

Further film prizes and awards

AFI Life Achievement Award : Meryl Streep

Amanda : Buddy of Morten Tyldum (Best Norwegian Film), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by Peter Jackson

American Society of Cinematographers Award : Bruno Delbonnel for Mathilde - A great love

Australian Film Institute Award : Somersault - Like Perfume in the Air by Cate Shortland (Best Australian Film), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by Peter Jackson (Best Foreign Film)

Bodil : Dogville by Lars von Trier

British Independent Film Awards : Vera Drake (Best British Film) and Oldboy (Best Foreign Film)

Chlotrudis Awards : Lost in Translation by Sofia Coppola

Copenhagen International Film Festival : Babushka by Lidiya Bobrova

David di Donatello : The Best Years (Best Italian Film) and The Barbarian Invasions (Best Foreign Film)

German Critics' Prize : Lights by Hans-Christian Schmid

Directors Guild of America Award : Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , Mike Nichols (Lifetime Achievement)

Evening Standard British Film Award : Fall into the Void by Kevin Macdonald

Genie Award : The Barbarian Invasion by Denys Arcand

Gilde Film Prize : Lost in Translation by Sofia Coppola (gold foreign film), Gegen die Wand by Fatih Akın (gold German film), Dogville by Lars von Trier (silver foreign film), lights by Hans-Christian Schmid (silver German film)

GoEast : Koktebel by Boris Chlebnikow and Alexei Popogrebski

Golden Prometheus : Crimson Gold - Crimson Gold by Jafar Panahi

Goya 2004 : Open My Eyes by Icíar Bollaín

Guldbagge : Evil by Mikael Håfström

Helmut Käutner Prize : Wim Wenders

Independent Spirit Awards 2004 : Lost in Translation by Sofia Coppola (Best Film) and Whale Rider by Niki Caro (Best Foreign Film)

International literary film award : Monsieur Ibrahim and the flowers of the Koran by François Dupeyron

Japanese Academy Awards : Mibu gishi den by Yōjirō Takita

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival : Certi Bambini by Andrea Frazzi and Antonio Frazzi

Konrad Wolf Prize : Lars von Trier

Louis Delluc Prize : Rois et Reine by Arnaud Desplechin

Max Ophüls Prize : Muxmäuschenstill by Marcus Mittermeier

Montreal World Film Festival : The Syrian Bride by Eran Riklis (Grand Prix of the Americas)

MTV Movie Awards : The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by Peter Jackson

Nastro d'Argento : The best years of Marco Tullio Giordana and Lost in Translation by Sofia Coppola

National Society of Film Critics Award : American Splendor by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman

Political Film Society Award for Democracy : Silver City by John Sayles

Political Film Society Award for Peace : Brotherhood - When Brothers Must Shoot Each Other (Tae Guk Ki) by Kang Je-Gyu

Political Film Society Award for Human Rights : Hotel Rwanda by Terry George

Polish Film Award : Zmruż oczy by Andrzej Jakimowski

Price of the German Film Critics : The Edukators by Hans Weingartner

Premio Ariel : El misterio del Trinidad by José Luis García Agraz (Best Mexican Film), Mondays in the Sun by Fernando León de Aranoa (Best Latin American Film)

Prix Lumières : The great race of Belleville by Sylvain Chomet

Robert : The legacy of Per Fly (Best Danish Film), Good Bye, Lenin! by Wolfgang Becker (Best Foreign Film Without USA), The Hours by Stephen Daldry (Best American Film)

Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián : Turtles Can Fly by Bahman Ghobadi (Golden Shell)

Satellite Awards : Hotel Rwanda (Best Film / Drama) and Sideways (Best Film / Comedy-Musical)