The US Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) has announced its nominees for the seventh annual Critics Choice Awards which will be announced on Jan 11 in Los Angeles. Leading the way with five nominations was A Beautiful Mind followed by The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring with four.

The BFCA nominates ten films for Best Picture with three nominees in each of the 16 other categories. The nominations are as follows:

Best Picture
Ali; A Beautiful Mind; In the Bedroom; The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; The Man Who Wasn't There; Memento; Moulin Rouge; Mulholland Drive; The Shipping News; Shrek

Best Actor
Russell Crowe A Beautiful Mind
Sean Penn I Am Sam
Will Smith Ali

Best Actress
Nicole Kidman Moulin Rouge
Sissy Spacek In the Bedroom
Renee Zellweger Bridget Jones's Diary

Best Supporting Actor
Jim Broadbent Iris
Ben Kingsley Sexy Beast
Jon Voight Ali

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Connelly A Beautiful Mind
Cameron Diaz Vanilla Sky
Marisa Tomei In the Bedroom

Best Acting Ensemble
Gosford Park
Ocean's Eleven
The Royal Tenenbaums

Best Director
Ron Howard A Beautiful Mind
Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Baz Luhrmann Moulin Rouge

Best Screenplay
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen The Man Who Wasn't There
Akiva Goldsman A Beautiful Mind
Christopher Nolan Memento

Best Young Actor or Actress
Dakota Fanning I Am Sam
Haley Joel Osment AI Artificial Intelligence
Daniel Radcliffe Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Best Animated Feature
Monsters, Inc.
Shrek
Waking Life

Best Family Film (Live Action)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The Princess Diaries
Spy Kids

Best Foreign Language Film
Amelie
In the Mood for Love
No Man's Land

Best Song
"May It Be" by Enya from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
"There You'll Be" by Diane Warren from Pearl Harbor
"Until" by Sting from Kate & Leopold
"Vanilla Sky" by Paul McCartney from Vanilla Sky

Best Composer
Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
John Williams AI Artificial Intelligence & Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Christopher Young The Shipping News