National Board of Review
Best Film
….. Mystic River
Top Ten Films
….. Mystic River
….. The Last Samurai
….. The Station Agent
….. 21 Grams
….. House of Sand and Fog
….. Lost in Translation
….. Cold Mountain
….. In America
….. Seabiscuit
….. Master and Commander
Best Foreign Film
….. Barbarian Invasions
Top Five Foreign Films
….. Barbarian Invasions
….. Best of Youth
….. Monsieur Ibrahim
….. Autumn Spring
….. Man on the Train
Top Five Documentaries
….. The Fog of War
….. Capturing the Friedmans
….. My Architect
….. Winged Migration
….. Spellbound
Best Actor
….. Sean Penn, Mystic River and 21 Grams
Best Actress
….. Diane Keaton, Something’s Gotta Give
Best Supporting Actor
….. Alec Baldwin, The Cooler
Best Supporting Actress
….. Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April and The Station Agent
Best Acting by an Ensemble
….. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Breakthrough Performance Actor
….. Paul Giamatti, American Splendor
Breakthrough Performance Actress
….. Charlize Theron, Monster
Best Director
….. Edward Zwick, The Last Samurai
Best Directorial Debut
Vadim Perelman, House of Sand and Fog
Best Adapted Screenplay
Cold Mountain, Anthony Minghella
Best Original Screenplay
In America, Jim Sheridan, Naomi & Kirsten Sheridan
Best Documentary
….. The Fog of War
Best Animated Feature
….. Finding Nemo
Best Film or Mini-Series Made for Cable TV
….. Angels in America
Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing
….. Norman Jewison
Career Achievement – Film Music Composition
….. Hans Zimmer
Career Achievement – Cinematography
….. John Toll
William K. Everson Award for Film History
….. Richard LaGravanese and Ted Demme for A Decade Under the Influence
Producer’s Award
….. Gale Anne Hurd, Kathleen Kennedy, and Christine Vachon