The 3rd San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2004, were given on December 13, 2004.

• Best Picture:
  • Sideways
• Best Director:
  • Alexander Payne - Sideways
• Best Screenplay:
  • Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
• Best Actor:
  • Paul Giamatti - Sideways
• Best Actress:
  • Julie Delpy - Before Sunset
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Virginia Madsen - Sideways
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Maria Full of Grace • Colombia/United States/Ecuador
• Best Documentary:
  • Fahrenheit 9/11
• Marlon Riggs Award (for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community):
  • Anita Monga, former programmer for the Castro Theatre

• 2004 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards

• 'Sideways' takes top honors / S.F. critics give comedy six awards