74th National Board of Review Awards (2002)
Top 10 films:
1. The Hours
2. Chicago
3. Gangs of New York
4. The Quiet American
5. Adaptation.
6. Rabbit-Proof Fence
7. The Pianist
8. Far from Heaven
9. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
10. Frida
Best Film:
The Hours
Best Director:
Phillip Noyce - The Quiet American and Rabbit-Proof Fence
Best Cast:
Nicholas Nickleby
Best Actor:
Campbell Scott - Roger Dodger
Best Actress:
Julianne Moore - Far from Heaven
Best Supporting Actor:
Chris Cooper - Adaptation.
Best Supporting Actress:
Kathy Bates - About Schmidt
Best Screenplay:
Charlie Kaufman - Adaptation., Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Human Nature
Best Foreign Language Film:
Hable con ella (Talk to Her), Spain
Best Documentary Feature:
Bowling for Columbine
Best Animated Feature:
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away)
Best Debut Director:
Rob Marshall - Chicago
Breakthrough Performance - Male:
Derek Luke - Antwone Fisher
Breakthrough Performance - Female:
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Secretary
Best Film Made For Cable TV:
The Laramie Project
Career Achievement Award:
Christopher Plummer
Special Award for Visionary Cinematic Achievement:
George Lucas
Special Filmmaking Achievement:
George Clooney, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Career Achievement - Music Composition:
Elmer Bernstein
Career Achievement - Cinematography:
Conrad Hall
Humanitarian Award:
Sheila Nevins (HBO)
William K. Everson Award For Film History:
Annette Insdorf, Films and the Holocaust
Freedom Of Expression:
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Ararat
Bloody Sunday
The Grey Zone
Top Foreign Films:
1. Talk to Her
2. Y Tu Mamá También
3. 8 Women
4. City of God
5. El crimen del Padre Amaro
Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking:
Frailty
The Good Girl
The Guys
Heaven
Igby Goes Down
Max
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
Real Women Have Curves
Roger Dodger
Sunshine State
Tadpole
Tully