38th National Society of Film Critics Awards (2003)

Best Picture

	1. American Splendor
	2. Mystic River
	3. Lost in Translation

Best Director

	1. Clint Eastwood - Mystic River
	2. Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
	3. Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation

Best Actor

	1. Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
	2. Sean Penn - Mystic River
	3. Paul Giamatti - American Splendor

Best Actress

	1. Charlize Theron - Monster
	2. Hope Davis - American Splendor and The Secret Lives of Dentists
	3. Naomi Watts - 21 Grams

Best Supporting Actor

	1. Peter Sarsgaard - Shattered Glass
	2. Tim Robbins - Mystic River
	3. Alec Baldwin - The Cooler

Best Supporting Actress

	1. Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April and The Station Agent
	2. Maria Bello - The Cooler
	3. Shohreh Aghdashloo - House of Sand and Fog

Best Screenplay

	1. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini - American Splendor
	2. Brian Helgeland - Mystic River
	3. Craig Lucas - The Secret Lives of Dentists

Best Cinematography

	1. Russell Boyd - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
	2. Lance Acord - Lost in Translation
	3. Harris Savides - Elephant

Best Foreign Language Film

	1. The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä)
	2. The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville)
	3. Unknown Pleasures (Rèn xiāo yáo)

Best Non-Fiction Film

	1. To Be and to Have (Être et avoir)
	2. The Fog of War
	3. Spellbound