75th National Board of Review Awards (2003)
Top 10 films:
1. Mystic River
2. The Last Samurai
3. The Station Agent
4. 21 Grams
5. House of Sand and Fog
6. Lost in Translation
7. Cold Mountain
8. In America
9. Seabiscuit
10. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Best Film:
Mystic River
Best Director:
Edward Zwick - The Last Samurai
Best Acting by an Ensemble:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best Actor:
Sean Penn - 21 Grams and Mystic River
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 Screenplay (Adapted):
Anthony Minghella - Cold Mountain
Best Screenplay (Original)
Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sherdian - In America
Best Foreign Language Film:
Les invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions), Canada/France
Best Documentary Feature:
The Fog of War
Best Animated Feature:
Finding Nemo
Outstanding Directorial Debut:
Vadim Perelman - House of Sand and Fog
Breakthrough Performance Actor:
Paul Giamatti - American Splendor
Breakthrough Performance Actress:
Charlize Theron - Monster
Best Film or Mini-Series Made for Cable TV:
Angels in America
Career Achievement Award:
Morgan Freeman
Billy Wilder Award For Excellence In Directing:
Norman Jewison
Special Filmmaking Achievement:
Sofia Coppola, for writing, directing, and producing Lost in Translation
Career Achievement - Music Composition:
Hans Zimmer
Career Achievement - Cinematography:
John Toll
William K. Everson Award For Film History:
Richard LaGravenese and Ted Demme, A Decade Under the Influence
Producers Award:
Gale Anne Hurd
Kathleen Kennedy
Christine Vachon
Freedom Of Expression:
Capturing the Friedmans
Dirty Pretty Things
The Magdalene Sisters
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Top Foreign Films:
1. The Barbarian Invasions
2. The Best of Youth
3. Monsieur Ibrahim
4. Autumn Spring
5. Man on the Train
Top Five Documentaries:
1. The Fog of War
2. Capturing the Friedmans
3. My Architect
4. Winged Migration
5. Spellbound
Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking:
American Splendor
Bend It Like Beckham
The Cooler
Dirty Pretty Things
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Pieces of April
The Secret Lives of Dentists
Shattered Glass
The Statement
Thirteen
Whale Rider