| Best Picture |
Best Director |
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Lost in Translation
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Mystic River
- Seabiscuit
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- Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Fernando Meirelles – City of God
- Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation
- Peter Weir – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Clint Eastwood – Mystic River
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| Best Actor |
Best Actress |
- Sean Penn – Mystic River
- Jude Law – Cold Mountain
- Ben Kingsley – House of Sand and Fog
- Bill Murray – Lost in Translation
- Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
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- Charlize Theron – Monster
- Naomi Watts – 21 Grams
- Samantha Morton – In America
- Diane Keaton – Something's Gotta Give
- Keisha Castle-Hughes – Whale Rider
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| Best Supporting Actor |
Best Supporting Actress |
- Tim Robbins – Mystic River
- Benicio del Toro – 21 Grams
- Alec Baldwin – The Cooler
- Djimon Hounsou – In America
- Ken Watanabe – The Last Samurai
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- Renée Zellweger – Cold Mountain
- Shohreh Aghdashloo – House of Sand and Fog
- Marcia Gay Harden – Mystic River
- Patricia Clarkson – Pieces of April
- Holly Hunter – Thirteen
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| Best Original Screenplay |
Best Adapted Screenplay |
- Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola
- Dirty Pretty Things – Steven Knight
- Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds
- In America – Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan
- The Barbarian Invasions – Denys Arcand
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- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
- American Splendor – Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
- City of God – Bráulio Mantovani
- Mystic River – Brian Helgeland
- Seabiscuit – Gary Ross
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| Best Animated Feature |
Best Foreign Language Film |
- Finding Nemo
- Brother Bear
- The Triplets of Belleville
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- The Barbarian Invasions (Canada)
- Evil (Sweden)
- The Twilight Samurai (Japan)
- Twin Sisters (Netherlands)
- Želary (Czech Republic)
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| Best Documentary Feature |
Best Documentary Short |
- The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara – Errol Morris and Michael Williams
- Balseros – Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech
- Capturing the Friedmans – Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling
- My Architect – Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr
- The Weather Underground – Sam Green and Bill Siegel
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- Chernobyl Heart – Maryann DeLeo
- Asylum – Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker
- Ferry Tales – Katja Esson
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| Best Live Action Short |
Best Animated Short |
- Two Soldiers – Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks
- Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket) – Florian Baxmeyer
- Most (The Bridge) – Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka
- Squash – Lionel Bailliu
- (A) Torzija – Stefan Arsenijevic
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- Harvie Krumpet – Adam Elliot
- Boundin' – Bud Luckey
- Destino – Dominique Monfery and Roy Edward Disney
- Gone Nutty – Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin
- Nibbles – Christopher Hinton
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| Best Original Score |
Best Original Song |
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore
- Big Fish – Danny Elfman
- Cold Mountain – Gabriel Yared
- House of Sand and Fog – James Horner
- Finding Nemo – Thomas Newman
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- "Into the West" from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox
- "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from A Mighty Wind – Music and Lyric by Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole
- "You Will Be My Ain True Love" from Cold Mountain – Music and Lyric by Sting
- "Scarlet Tide" from Cold Mountain – Music and Lyric by T Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello
- "Belleville Rendez-vous" from The Triplets of Belleville – Music by Benoît Charest; Lyric by Sylvain Chomet
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| Best Sound Editing |
Best Sound Mixing |
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Richard King
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
- Finding Nemo – Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers
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- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
- The Last Samurai – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Jeff Wexler
- Seabiscuit – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Tod A. Maitland
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David E. Campbell and Lee Orloff
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill and Art Rochester
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| Best Art Direction |
Best Cinematography |
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
- Girl with a Pearl Earring – Art Direction: Ben Van Os; Set Decoration: Cecile Heideman
- Seabiscuit – Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Leslie Pope
- The Last Samurai – Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Art Direction: William Sandell; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
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- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Russell Boyd
- City of God – Cesar Charlone
- Girl with a Pearl Earring – Eduardo Serra
- Seabiscuit – John Schwartzman
- Cold Mountain – John Seale
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| Best Makeup |
Best Costume Design |
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Richard Taylor and Peter King
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Edouard Henriques III and Yolanda Toussieng
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- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
- Girl with a Pearl Earring – Dien van Straalen
- Seabiscuit – Judianna Makovsky
- The Last Samurai – Ngila Dickson
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Wendy Stites
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| Best Film Editing |
Best Visual Effects |
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Jamie Selkirk
- City of God – Daniel Rezende
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Lee Smith
- Cold Mountain – Walter Murch
- Seabiscuit – William Goldenberg
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- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Alex Funke and Joe Letteri
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness and Robert Stromberg
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee
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