The 4th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2003, were given on 2 February 2004.

• Best Actor:
  • Sean Penn - Mystic River
• Best Actress:
  • Charlize Theron - Monster
• Best Director:
  • Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Best Film:
  • Lost in Translation
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Cidade de Deus (City of God), Brazil
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Alec Baldwin - The Cooler
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April

• Best Actor:
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman - Owning Mahowny
• Best Actress:
  • Sarah Polley - My Life Without Me
• Best Film:
  • The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares)
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • JR Bourne - On the Corner
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Rebecca Harker - Moving Malcolm