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

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

Winners

Best Film:

Mystic River

Best Foreign Language Film:

Les invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions), Canada/France

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 Acting by an Ensemble:

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Academy Award for Best Picture)

Breakthrough Performance Actor:

Paul Giamatti - American Splendor

Breakthrough Performance Actress:

Charlize Theron - Monster

Best Director:

Edward Zwick - The Last Samurai

Outstanding Directorial Debut:

Vadim Perelman - House of Sand and Fog

Best Screenplay (Adapted):

Anthony Minghella - Cold Mountain

Best Screenplay (Original)

Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sherdian - In America

Best Documentary Feature:

The Fog of War

Best Animated Feature:

Finding Nemo

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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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