ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)
Ben Kingsley (House of Sand and Fog)
Jude Law (Cold Mountain)
Bill Murray (Lost in Translation)
Sean Penn (Mystic River)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Alec Baldwin (The Cooler)
Benicio Del Toro (21 Grams)
Djimon Hounsou (In America)
Tim Robbins (Mystic River)
Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider)
Diane Keaton (Something's Gotta Give)
Samantha Morton (In America)
Charlize Theron (Monster)
Naomi Watts (21 Grams)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog)
Patricia Clarkson (Pieces of April)
Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River)
Holly Hunter (Thirteen)
Renée Zellweger (Cold Mountain)

BEST PICTURE:
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

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Brother Bear
Finding Nemo
The Triplets of Belleville

ART DIRECTION:
Girl With a Pearl Earring
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
City of God
Cold Mountain
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit

COSTUME DESIGN:
Girl With a Pearl Earring
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit

DIRECTING:
Fernando Meirelles (City of God)
Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation)
Peter Weir (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World)
Clint Eastwood (Mystic River)

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
Balseros
Capturing the Friedmans
The Fog of War
My Architect
The Weather Underground

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT):
Asylum
Chernobyl Heart
Ferry Tales

FILM EDITING:
City of God
Cold Mountain
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
The Barbarian Invasions
Evil
The Twilight Samurai
Twin Sisters
Želary

MAKEUP:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE):
Danny Elfman (Big Fish)
Gabriel Yared (Cold Mountain)
Thomas Newman (Finding Nemo)
James Horner (House of Sand and Fog)
Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG):
Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, "Into the West")
Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole (A Mighty Wind, "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow")
T Bone Burnettand Elvis Costello (Cold Mountain, "Scarlet Tide")
Benoit Charest and Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville, "The Triplets of Belleville")
Sting (Cold Mountain, "You Will Be My Ain True Love")

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED):
Boundin'
Destino
Gone Nutty
Harvie Krumpet
Nibbles

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION):
Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket)
Most (The Bridge)
Squash
(A) Torzija ([A] Torsion)
Two Soldiers

SOUND:
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Seabiscuit

SOUND EDITING:
Finding Nemo
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

VISUAL EFFECTS:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

WRITING (SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED):
Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman (American Splendor)
Braulio Mantovani (City of God)
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
Brian Helgeland (Mystic River)
Gary Ross (Seabiscuit)

WRITING (SCREENPLAY WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR THE SCREEN):
Denys Arcand (The Barbarian Invasions)
Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things)
Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds; Original Story by Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo)
Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan (In Americar)
Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation)