National Board of Review Awards 2002

74th NBR Awards

December 4, 2002

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Best Film:
The Hours

The 74th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2002, were announced on 4 December 2002 and given on 14 January 2003.

Top 10 films

1. The Hours
2. Chicago (Academy Award for Best Picture)
3. Gangs of New York
4. The Quiet American
5. Adaptation.
6. Rabbit-Proof Fence
7. The Pianist
8. Far from Heaven
9. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
10. Frida

Top Foreign Films

1. Talk to Her
2. Y tu mamá también
3. 8 Women
4. City of God
5. El crimen del Padre Amaro

Winners

• Best Film:
  • The Hours
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Hable con ella (Talk to Her), Spain
• Best Actor:
  • Campbell Scott - Roger Dodger
• Best Actress:
  • Julianne Moore - Far from Heaven
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Chris Cooper - Adaptation.
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Kathy Bates - About Schmidt
• Best Cast:
  • Nicholas Nickleby
• Breakthrough Performance - Male:
  • Derek Luke - Antwone Fisher
• Breakthrough Performance - Female:
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal - Secretary
• Best Director:
  • Phillip Noyce - The Quiet American and Rabbit-Proof Fence
• Best Debut Director:
  • Rob Marshall - Chicago
• Best Screenplay:
  • Charlie Kaufman - Adaptation., Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Human Nature
• Best Documentary Feature:
  • Bowling for Columbine
• Best Animated Feature:
  • Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away)
• Best Film Made For Cable TV:
  • The Laramie Project
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Christopher Plummer
• Special Award for Visionary Cinematic Achievement:
  • George Lucas
• Special Filmmaking Achievement:
  • George Clooney, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
• Career Achievement - Music Composition:
  • Elmer Bernstein
• Career Achievement - Cinematography:
  • Conrad Hall
• Humanitarian Award:
  • Sheila Nevins (HBO)
• William K. Everson Award For Film History:
  • Annette Insdorf, Films and the Holocaust
• Freedom Of Expression:
  • Rabbit-Proof Fence
  • Ararat
  • Bloody Sunday
  • The Grey Zone
• Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking:
  • Frailty
  • The Good Girl
  • The Guys
  • Heaven
  • Igby Goes Down
  • Max
  • Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
  • Real Women Have Curves
  • Roger Dodger
  • Sunshine State
  • Tadpole
  • Tully

External links

• National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 2002