| 73rd National Board of Review Awards (2001) |
| Top 10 films: |
| 1. Moulin Rouge! | |
| 2. In the Bedroom | |
| 3. Ocean's Eleven | |
| 4. Memento | |
| 5. Monster's Ball | |
| 6. Black Hawk Down | |
| 7. The Man Who Wasn't There | |
| 8. A.I. Artificial Intelligence | |
| 9. The Pledge | |
| 10. Mulholland Drive |
| Best Film: |
| Moulin Rouge! |
| Best Director: |
| Todd Field - In the Bedroom |
| Best Acting by an Ensemble: |
| Last Orders |
| Best Actor: |
| Billy Bob Thornton - The Man Who Wasn't There, Monster's Ball, Bandits |
| Best Actress: |
| Halle Berry - Monster's Ball |
| Best Supporting Actor: |
| Jim Broadbent - Iris and Moulin Rouge! |
| Best Supporting Actress: |
| Cate Blanchett - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Man Who Cried, and The Shipping News |
| Best Screenplay: |
| In the Bedroom - Robert Festinger and Todd Field |
| Best Art Direction: |
| Grant Major - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
| Best Foreign Language Film: |
| Amores perros, Mexico |
| Best Documentary Feature: |
| The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition |
| Best Animated Feature: |
| Shrek |
| Outstanding Directorial Debut: |
| John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| Breakthrough Performance - Male: |
| Hayden Christensen - Life as a House |
| Breakthrough Performance - Female: |
| Naomi Watts - Mulholland Drive |
| Best Film made for Cable TV: |
| Wit |
| Career Achievement Award: |
| Jon Voight |
| Billy Wilder Award For Excellence In Directing: |
| Steven Spielberg |
| Special Filmmaking Achievement: |
| Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
| Career Achievement - Music Composition: |
| John Williams |
| Humanitarian Award: |
| Arthur Cohn |
| William K. Everson Award For Film History: |
| Martin Scorsese, My Voyage to Italy |
| Freedom Of Expression: |
| Baran | |
| Jung in the Land of the Mujaheddin | |
| Kandahar |
| Top Foreign Films: |
| 1. Amores perros | |
| 2. Behind the Sun | |
| 3. Dark Blue World | |
| 4. No Man's Land | |
| 5. Amélie |
| Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking: |
| The Anniversary Party | |
| The Deep End | |
| Diamond Men | |
| Ghost World | |
| Happy Accidents | |
| Iris | |
| Lantana | |
| L.I.E. | |
| Piñero | |
| Sexy Beast |