Online Film Critics Society Awards 2003

Best Picture

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

City of God

Kill Bill: Volume 1

Lost in Translation

Mystic River

Best Director

Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation

Clint Eastwood – Mystic River

Alejandro González Iñárritu – 21 Grams

Quentin Tarantino – Kill Bill: Volume 1

Best Actor

Bill Murray – Lost in Translation

Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Paul Giamatti – American Splendor

Ben Kingsley – House of Sand and Fog

Sean Penn – Mystic River

Best Actress

Naomi Watts – 21 Grams

Angela Bettis – May

Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation

Charlize Theron – Monster

Uma Thurman – Kill Bill: Volume 1

Best Supporting Actor

Peter Sarsgaard – Shattered Glass

Sean Astin – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Alec Baldwin – The Cooler

Tim Robbins – Mystic River

Andy Serkis – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best Supporting Actress

Shohreh Aghdashloo – House of Sand and Fog

Maria Bello – The Cooler

Patricia Clarkson – Pieces of April

Holly Hunter – Thirteen

Renée Zellweger – Cold Mountain

Best Original Screenplay

Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola

21 Grams – Guillermo Arriaga

In America – Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan and Naomi Sheridan

Kill Bill: Volume 1 – Quentin Tarantino

The Station Agent – Tom McCarthy

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh

American Splendor – Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini

Bubba Ho-Tep – Don Coscarelli

Mystic River – Brian Helgeland

Shattered Glass – Billy Ray

Best Foreign Language Film

City of God

The Barbarian Invasions

Irreversible

The Man Without a Past

The Triplets of Belleville

Best Documentary

Capturing the Friedmans

The Fog of War

Lost in La Mancha

Spellbound

Winged Migration

Best Animated Feature

Finding Nemo

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Millennium Actress

The Triplets of Belleville

Best Cinematography

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Andrew Lesnie

Girl with a Pearl Earring – Eduardo Serra

Kill Bill: Volume 1 – Robert Richardson

The Last Samurai – John Toll

Winged Migration – Olli Barbé et al.

Best Original Score

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore

Kill Bill: Volume 1 – RZA

The Last Samurai – Hans Zimmer

Lost in Translation – Brian Reitzell and Kevin Shields

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Klaus Badelt

Best Art Direction

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Down with Love

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Kill Bill: Volume 1

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Best Costume Design

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Down with Love

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Kill Bill: Volume 1

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best Sound

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

28 Days Later

Kill Bill: Volume 1

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Best Visual Effects

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Kill Bill: Volume 1

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

X2

Breakthrough Filmmaker

Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini – American Splendor

Niki Caro – Whale Rider

Fernando Meirelles – City of God

Billy Ray – Shattered Glass

Peter Sollett – Raising Victor Vargas

Breakthrough Performer

Keisha Castle-Hughes – Whale Rider

Peter Dinklage – The Station Agent

Chiwetel Ejiofor – Dirty Pretty Things

Keira Knightley – Bend It Like Beckham

Cillian Murphy – 28 Days Later