My personal awards

As of right now (they'll change in 15 seconds), with all Oscar nominees in their respective categories taken out. Sometimes, I don't nominate any of the Oscar nominees (Best Picture 2004). Sometimes, I nominate several of the Oscar nominees (Best Actress 2006). Note that if a person was nominated for an Oscar for one performance while also having another strong one in that year (like Nicole Kidman in '01), I didn't let the actor into my lineup for that year; also, I didn't count TV movies, notably Angels in America, Wit, and Something the Lord Made. In preference order. For now, up to and including 2003, I'll do the rest later:

2000
Best Picture
Requiem for a Dream
You Can Count on Me
Best in Show
Wonder Boys
The House of Mirth

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, Requiem for a Dream
Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Amores perros
Lars von Trier, Dancer in the Dark
Sofia Coppola, The Virgin Suicides
Kenneth Lonergan, You Can Count on Me

Best Actor
Christian Bale, American Psycho
Billy Crudup, Jesus' Son
Clive Owen, Croupier
Forest Whitaker, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys

Best Actress
Renee Zellweger, Nurse Betty
Ziyi Zhang, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Cate Blanchett, The Gift
Gillian Anderson, The House of Mirth
Michelle Pfeiffer, What Lies Beneath

Best Supporting Actor
Mark Ruffalo, You Can Count on Me
Jeffrey Wright, Shaft
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Almost Famous
Jack Black, High Fidelity
Bill Murray, Hamlet

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Connelly, Requiem for a Dream
Samantha Morton, Jesus' Son
Kirsten Dunst, The Virgin Suicides
Kate Winslet, Quills
Goya Toledo, Amores perros


2001
Best Picture
In the Mood for Love
Lantana
Shrek
Memento
Zoolander (ask me how serious I am.)

Best Director
Wong Kar-Wai, In the Mood for Love
Christopher Nolan, Memento
Stephen Spielberg, AI: Artificial Intelligence
Todd Field, In the Bedroom
Alejandro Amenabar, The Others

Best Actor
Ewan McGregor, Moulin Rouge!
Haley Joel Osment, AI: Artificial Intelligence
Tony Leung, In the Mood for Love
Jake Gyllenhaal, Donnie Darko
Anthony LaPaglia, Lantana

Best Actress
Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr.
Charlotte Rampling, Under the Sand
Maggie Cheung, In the Mood for Love
Lena Endre, Faithless
Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom

Best Supporting Actor
Steve Buscemi, Ghost World
Jude Law, AI: Artificial Intelligence
Brian Cox, L.I.E.
Will Ferrell, Zoolander
Justin Theroux, Mulholland Dr.

Best Supporting Actress
Laura Elena Harring, Mulholland Dr.
Gwyneth Paltrow, The Royal Tenenbaums
Kerry Armstrong, Lantana
Scarlett Johansson, Ghost World
Uma Thurman, Tape


2002
Best Picture
25th Hour (this movie was so robbed, in so many categories)
Talk to Her
Minority Report
Adaptation.
Y tu mama tambien

Best Director
Spike Lee, 25th Hour
Spike Jonze, Adaptation.
Stephen Spielberg, Minority Report and Catch Me If You Can
Alfonso Cuaron, Y tu mama tambien
Todd Haynes, Far from Heaven

Best Actor
Campbell Scott, Roger Dodger
Edward Norton, 25th Hour
Leonardo DiCaprio, Catch Me If You Can
James Nesbitt, Bloody Sunday
Robin Williams, One Hour Photo

Best Actress
Samantha Morton, Morvern Callar
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Secretary
Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Teacher
Meryl Streep, The Hours
Catherine Keener, Lovely and Amazing

Best Supporting Actor
Dennis Quaid, Far from Heaven
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Punch-Drunk Love
Barry Pepper, 25th Hour
Ray Liotta, Narc
Brian Cox, 25th Hour

Best Supporting Actress
Toni Collette, The Hours
Samantha Morton, Minority Report
Miranda Richardson, Spider
Emily Watson, Punch-Drunk Love
Michelle Pfeiffer, White Oleander


2003
Best Picture
Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Big Fish
Finding Nemo
City of God
Love Actually

Best Director
Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Robert Altman, The Company
Andrew Jarecki, Capturing the Friedmans
Danny Boyle, 28 Days Later
Tim Burton, Big Fish

Best Actor
Hayden Christensen, Shattered Glass (lol?)
Kevin Spacey, The Life of David Gale
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dirty Pretty Things
Russell Crowe, Master and Commander: And the Rest of This Title Got Lost Somewhere
Robert Downey Jr., The Singing Detective

Best Actress
Scarlett Johansson, Lost in Translation *
Uma Thurman, Kill Bill, Vol. 1 *
Zooey Deschanel, All the Real Girls
Evan Rachel Wood, thirteen
Cate Blanchett, Veronica Guerin
* tied.

Best Supporting Actor
Peter Sarsgaard, Shattered Glass
Bill Nighy, Love Actually
Kevin Bacon, Mystic River
Bobby Cannavale, The Station Agent
Hugh Grant, Love Actually

Best Supporting Actress
Natalie Portman, Cold Mountain
Laura Linney, The Life of David Gale
Lucy Liu, Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Catherine O'Hara, A Mighty Wind
Emma Thompson, Love Actually

TBC when I'm not so darn tired

2001

2001 was a pretty darn good year...I like my top 10 a lot. It's super idiosyncratic, and probably closer to a "favorites" list than a "best" list, but I did hate/dislike a lot of the critics' darlings of this year (Ghost World, Amelie, Donnie Darko...).

Best Picture
1. Moulin Rouge!
2. In the Bedroom
3. Lantana
4. Gosford Park
5. In the Mood for Love
6. Shrek (it's become trendy to hate this movie, but I will always love it)
7. Memento
8. Zoolander (!) (it was my favorite movie until like...last year, when I started seriously wathcing movies. I can't help it.)
9. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
10. Bridget Jones' Diary

Best Director
1. Baz Lurhmann for Moulin Rouge!
2. David Lynch for Mulholland Dr.
3. Robert Altman for Gosford Park
4. Wong Kar Wai for In the Mood for Love
5. Stephen Spielberg for AI: Artificial Intelligence
6. Christopher Nolan for Memento
7. Todd Field for In the Bedroom
8. Alejandro Amenábar for The Others
9. Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
10. Wes Anderson for The Royal Tenenbaums

Best Actor (GREAT year, and I stand by my #1 100%)
1. Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind
2. Tom Wilkinson in In the Bedroom
3. Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge!
4. Denzel Washington in Training Day
5. Haley Joel Osment in AI: Artificial Intelligence
6. Tony Leung in In the Mood for Love
7. Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko
8. Anthony LaPaglia in Lantana
9. Eric Bana in Chopper
10. Jack Nicholson in The Pledge

Best Actress
1. Naomi Watts in Mulholland Dr.
2. Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge!
3. Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones' Diary (one of the best comedic performances maybe ever)
4. Charlotte Rampling in Under the Sand
5. Nicole Kidman in The Others
6. Maggie Cheung in In the Mood for Love
7. Lena Endre in Faithless
8. Sissy Spacek in In the Bedroom
9. Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde
10. Brooke Smith in Series 7: The Contenders

Best Supporting Actor
1. Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast
2. Ian McKellen in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. Steve Buscemi in Ghost World
4. Jim Broadbent in Moulin Rouge!
5. Jude Law in AI: Artificial Intelligence
6. Brian Cox in L.I.E.
7. Jim Broadbent in Iris
8. Tony Shaloub in The Man Who Wasn't There
9. Owen Wilson in The Royal Tenenbaums
10. Justin Theroux in Mulholland Dr.

Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Connelly belongs nowhere near this list)
1. Kate Winslet in Iris
2. Marisa Tomei in In the Bedroom
3. Laura Elena Harring in Mulholland Dr.
4. Gwyneth Paltrow in The Royal Tenenbaums
5. Helen Mirren in Gosford Park
6. Kerry Armstrong in Lantana
7. Maggie Smith in Gosford Park
8. Scarlett Johansson in Ghost World
9. Uma Thurman in Tape
10. Cameron Diaz in Vanilla Sky

Best Screenplay
1. Lantana
2. In the Bedroom
3. Gosford Park
4. Memento
5. Shrek
6. The Royal Tenenbaums
7. Together
8. Mulholland Dr.
9. Sexy Beast
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

You probably haven't seen or maybe even heard of Lantana...and that's silly. Go see it now.