The Circle has made annual awards, the Women Film Critics Circle Awards, since 2004. This is a list of the winners of the first set of awards (2004):
- Best Picture:
- Vera Drake
- Best Actor:
- Paul Giamatti - Sideways
- Best Actress:
- Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
- Best Comedic Performance (tie):
- Halle Berry - Catwoman
- Irma Hall - The Ladykillers
- Best Documentary - Above and Beyond:
- Born into Brothels
- Best Documentary - Groundbreaker (tie):
- Control Room
- The Corporation
- Best Female Images in a Movie:
- Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace (a.k.a. Maria, llena eres de gracia)
- Best Song:
- "She Walks in Beauty" - Vanity Fair
- Courage in Filmmaking:
- Audrey Brohey - The Oil Factor
- Lifetime Achievement Award:
- Margarethe von Trotta
- Most Offensive Male Character:
- Ben Affleck - Surviving Christmas
- Special Mention for Promoting a Woman's Right to Male Roles in Movies:
- Queen Latifah - Taxi
- Special Mention for Up and Coming Filmmaking:
- Nicole Kassell - The Woodsman
- WFCC Hall of Shame:
- She Hate Me - Spike Lee
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