National Board of Review Awards 2003
75th NBR Awards
December 3, 2003
Best Film:
Mystic River
The 75th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2003, were given on 3 December 2003.
Top 10 films
- Mystic River
- The Last Samurai
- The Station Agent
- 21 Grams
- House of Sand and Fog
- Lost in Translation
- Cold Mountain
- In America
- Seabiscuit
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Top Foreign Films
- The Barbarian Invasions
- The Best of Youth
- Monsieur Ibrahim
- Autumn Spring
- Man on the Train
Top Five Documentaries
- The Fog of War
- Capturing the Friedmans
- My Architect
- Winged Migration
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- Best Animated Feature:
- Best Film or Mini-Series Made for Cable TV:
- Angels in America
- Career Achievement Award:
- Billy Wilder Award For Excellence In Directing:
- Special Filmmaking Achievement:
- Sofia Coppola, for writing, directing, and producing Lost in Translation
- Career Achievement - Music Composition:
- Career Achievement - Cinematography:
- 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
- 11'9"01 September 11
- 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
External links
- National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 2003
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