0023: Best of the 2000's in the Major Categories
BEST DIRECTOR
Pedro Almodovar - Talk to Her
Wes Anderson - The Royal Tenenbaums
Darren Aronofsky - Requiem for a Dream
Todd Haynes - Far from Heaven
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings
Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Baz Luhrmann - Moulin Rouge!
David Lynch - Mulholland Drive
Lars Von Trier - Dancer in the Dark
Kar-Wai Wong - In the Mood for Love
runners-up Robert Altman - Gosford Park, Gus Van Sant - Elephant
BEST ACTRESS
Bjork - Dancer in the Dark
Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream
Isabelle Huppert - The Piano Teacher
Nicole Kidman - The Others
Laura Linney - You Can Count on Me
Julianne Moore - Far from Heaven
Charlotte Rampling - Under the Sand
Naomi Watts - Mulholland Drive
Evan Rachel Wood - thirteen
Michelle Yeoh - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
runners-up Nicole Kidman - The Hours, Maggie Cheung - In the Mood for Love
BEST ACTOR
Javier Bardem - Before Night Falls
Adrien Brody - The Pianist
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Ed Harris - Pollock
Ben Kinglsey - House of Sand and Fog
John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt
Campbell Scott - Roger Dodger
Tom Wilkinson - In the Bedroom
runners-up Hugh Grant - About a Boy, Ewan McGregor - Moulin Rouge!
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Connelly - Requiem for a Dream
Marcia Gay Harden - Pollock
Holly Hunter - thirteen
Helen Mirren - Gosford Park
Bebe Neuwirth - Tadpole
Catherine O'Hara - A Mighty Wind
Lupe Ontiveros - Chuck & Buck
Kerry Washington - Our Song
Kate Winslet - Iris
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago
runners-up Shoreh Aghdashloo - House of Sand and Fog, Gwyneth Paltrow - The Royal Tenenbaums
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jim Broadbent - Moulin Rouge!
Steve Buscemi - Ghost World
Willem Dafoe - Shadow of the Vampire
Benicio Del Toro - Traffic
Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast
Jude Law - A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Ian McKellan - The Lord of the Rings
Mark Ruffallo - You Can Count on Me
Peter Sarsgaard - Shattered Glass
Andy Serkis - The Lord of the Rings
runners-up Paul Newman - Road to Perdition, Dennis Quaid - Far from Heaven
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Dancer in the Dark
Gosford Park
Lost in Translation
Mulholland Drive
Roger Dodger
The Royal Tenenbaums
Talk to Her
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Yi Yi
You Can Count on Me
runners-up Memento, Far from Heaven
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
25th Hour
About Schmidt
Adaptation.
Ghost World
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The House of Mirth
The Lord of the Rings
Peter Pan
Requiem for a Dream
Wonder Boys
runners-up American Splendor, In the Bedroom
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Elephant
Far from Heaven
In the Mood for Love
The Lord of the Rings
The Man Who Wasn't There
Moulin Rouge!
Mulholland Drive
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Talk to Her
runners-up Punch-Drunk Love, Requiem for a Dream
BEST ART DIRECTION / PRODUCTION DESIGN
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Down With Love
Far from Heaven
Gangs of New York
Gladiator
The House of Mirth
The Lord of the Rings
Moulin Rouge!
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Royal Tenenbaums
runners-up Spirited Away, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
8 Women
Almost Famous
Far from Heaven
Gladiator
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The House of Mirth
The Lord of the Rings
Moulin Rouge!
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
The Royal Tenenbaums
runners-up The Cat's Meow, Down With Love
BEST EDITING
24 Hour Party People
25th Hour
Amores Perros
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Lord of the Rings
Moulin Rouge!
Mulholland Drive
Punch-Drunk Love
Requiem for a Dream
Traffic
runners-up Gosford Park, Elephant
Wow, now this is one ambitious list. I greatly enjoyed reading it!
I've checked out Dancer in the Dark from the library, and I am hoping to have a chance to watch it tomorrow. I noticed they also have Hedwig, and I put a hold on it.
Aside from those two, which I haven't seen, I LOVE all the films on your picture list.
Great list.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
I'm glad to hear that you and I have a similar sense of the new decade's cinematic treasures. I really can't wait to see what you think of Dancer in the Dark and Hedwig. Funny, they're both unconventional musicals. I guess maybe that's an indication of my love for musical theatre / film.
I'm planning on expanding this to include a few more categories. We'll see.
AAA, this list rocks. I need to see Talk to Her, Dancer in the Dark, and Far From Heaven to see everything in your top 10 "Best Pictures". I love the way you've managed to not swamp the other categories with those 10 movies, as well.
Thanks Jim! I try hard to make sure that I give the most deserving films in every category credit. I was actually worried that I had created some clear sweepers (MR! especially), so you're comments have done much to reassure me.