36th National Society of Film Critics Awards (2001)
Best Picture
1. Mulholland Drive
2. Gosford Park
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Director
1. Robert Altman - Gosford Park
2. David Lynch - Mulholland Drive
3. Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Actor
1. Gene Hackman - The Royal Tenenbaums
2. Denzel Washington - Training Day
3. Tom Wilkinson - In the Bedroom
Best Actress
1. Naomi Watts - Mulholland Drive
2. Sissy Spacek - In the Bedroom
3. Charlotte Rampling - Under the Sand (Sous le sable)
Best Supporting Actor
1. Steve Buscemi - Ghost World
2. Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast
3. Brian Cox - L.I.E.
Best Supporting Actress
1. Helen Mirren - Gosford Park
2. Maggie Smith - Gosford Park
3. Marisa Tomei - In the Bedroom
Best Screenplay
1. Julian Fellowes - Gosford Park
2. Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff - Ghost World
3. Christopher Nolan - Memento
Best Cinematography
1. Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping Bin - In the Mood for Love (Faa yeung nin wa)
2. Peter Deming - Mulholland Drive
3. Roger Deakins - The Man Who Wasn't There
Best Foreign Language Film
1. In the Mood for Love (Faa yeung nin wa)
2. The Circle (Dayereh)
3. Amores perros
Best Non-Fiction Film
1. The Gleaners and I (Les glaneurs et la glaneuse)
2. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
3. My Voyage to Italy (Il mio viaggio in Italia)
Experimental Film Award
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