69th New York Film Critics Circle Awards (2003)

Best Film:

	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
	Runners-up: Mystic River, American Splendor, and Lost in Translation

Best Director:

	Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
	Runner-up: Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Actor:

	Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
	Runners-up: Sean Penn - Mystic River and Jack Black - School of Rock

Best Actress:

	Hope Davis - American Splendor and The Secret Lives of Dentists
	Runners-up: Naomi Watts - 21 Grams and Charlize Theron - Monster

Best Supporting Actor:

Eugene Levy - A Mighty Wind

Best Supporting Actress:

Shohreh Aghdashloo - House of Sand and Fog

Best Screenplay:

	Craig Lucas - The Secret Lives of Dentists
	Runners-up: Steven Knight - Dirty Pretty Things and Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation

Best Cinematography:

Harris Savides - Elephant and Gerry

Best Foreign Language Film:

	City of God (Cidade de Deus) • Brazil/France/United States
	Runner-up: The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä) • Finland

Best Non-Fiction Film:

	Capturing the Friedmans
	Runner-up: The Fog of War

Best Animated Film:

	The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville)
	Runner-up: Finding Nemo

Best First Film:

Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini - American Splendor