National Board of Review Awards 2001

73rd NBR Awards

December 5, 2001

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Best Film:
Moulin Rouge!

The 73rd National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2001, were announced on 5 December 2001 and given on 7 January 2002.

Top 10 films

Top Foreign Films

Winners

Best Film:
*Moulin Rouge!
Best Foreign Language Film:
*Amores perros, Mexico
Best Actor:
*Billy Bob Thornton – The Man Who Wasn't There, Monster's Ball, Bandits
Best Actress:
*Halle Berry – Monster's Ball
Best Supporting Actor:
*Jim Broadbent – Iris and Moulin Rouge!
Best Supporting Actress:
*Cate Blanchett – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Man Who Cried, and The Shipping News
Best Acting by an Ensemble:
*Last Orders
Breakthrough Performance – Male:
*Hayden Christensen – Life as a House
Breakthrough Performance – Female:
*Naomi Watts – Mulholland Drive
Best Director:
*Todd Field – In the Bedroom
Outstanding Directorial Debut:
*John Cameron Mitchell – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Best Screenplay:
*In the Bedroom – Robert Festinger and Todd Field
Best Documentary Feature:
*The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Best Animated Feature:
*Shrek
Best Film made for Cable TV:
*Wit
Career Achievement Award:
*Jon Voight
Billy Wilder Award For Excellence In Directing:
*Steven Spielberg
Special Filmmaking Achievement:
*Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Art Direction:
*Grant Major – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Career Achievement – Music Composition:
*John Williams
Humanitarian Award:
*Arthur Cohn
William K. Everson Award For Film History:
*Martin Scorsese, My Voyage to Italy
Freedom Of Expression:
*Baran
*Jung in the Land of the Mujaheddin
*Kandahar
Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking:
*The Anniversary Party
*The Deep End
*Diamond Men
*Ghost World
*Happy Accidents
*Iris
*Lantana
*L.I.E.
*Piñero
*''Sexy Beast''