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- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsJim CaviezelSean PennNick NolteAdaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.Decade: 1990s
Best Picture: The Thin Red Line (excludes best screenplay/director wins)
Runner Up: The Matrix
Best Actor: Sean Penn - The Thin Red Line
Best Actress: Sheryl Lee - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Best Supporting Actor: John Goodman - The Big Lebowski
Best Supporting Actress: Uma Thurman - Pulp Fiction
Best Director: The Wachowskis - The Matrix
Best Screenplay: John Hodge - Trainspotting
Best Cinematography - John Toll - The Thin Red Line
Best Editing: James Haygood - Fight Club
Best Score: John Williams - Jurassic Park/The Phantom Menace
Best Action Sequence: Foot Chase - Se7en
Funniest Scene: Shooting Marvin - Pulp Fiction
Scariest Moment: "Funny How?" - Goodfellas
Runners Up:
Best Actor: Al Pacino - Heat
Best Actress: Sussanne Lothar - Funny Games
Best Supporting Actor: Tom Cruise - Magnolia
Best Supporting Actress: Julianne Moore - Magnolia
Best Director: Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs
Best Screenplay: Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni - Life is Beautiful
Best Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski - Saving Private Ryan
Best Editing: Michael Kahn: Saving Private Ryan
Best Score: Hans Zimmer: The Thin Red Line
Best Action Sequence: Subway Fight - The Matrix
Funniest Scene: Bat Credit Card - Batman and Robin
Scariest Moment: Hospital Patient Follows - Exorcist III - DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsLiam NeesonRalph FiennesBen KingsleyIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsMorgan FreemanBrad PittKevin SpaceyTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsSheryl LeeRay WiseMädchen AmickLaura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town.
- DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiGiorgio CantariniWhen an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve BuscemiMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsEwan McGregorEwen BremnerJonny Lee MillerRenton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsTom CruiseNicole KidmanTodd FieldA Manhattan doctor embarks on a bizarre, night-long odyssey after his wife's admission of unfulfilled longing.
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsTom CruiseJason RobardsJulianne MooreAn epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodViggo MortensenIan McKellenGandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.Decade: 2000s
Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (excludes screenplay/director wins)
Runner Up: Let the Right One In
Best Actor: Michael Shannon - Bug
Best Actress: Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for A Dream
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Mylene Jampanoi - Martyrs
Best Director: Thomas Alfredson - Let the Right One In
Best Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman - Synecdoche, New York
Best Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Editing: Sun-Min Kim - Memories of Murder
Best Score: Johnny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
Best Action Sequence: Weapons Fight - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Funniest Scene: "Hip to be Square" - American Psycho
Scariest Moment: Monster Under the Bed - Martyrs
Runners Up:
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Synecdoche, New York
Best Actress: Naomi Watts - Mullholland Drive
Best Supporting Actor: Sergei Lopez - Pan's Labyrinth
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly - Requiem for A Dream
Best Director: Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Best Screenplay: Christopher and Jonathan Nolan - The Prestige
Best Cinematography: Emanuel Lubezki - Children of Men
Best Editing: Chris Dickens - Hot Fuzz
Best Score: Don Davis - The Matrix Reloaded
Best Action Sequence: Boxing Match - Sherlock Holmes
Funniest Scene: Taking a Hostage - Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Scariest Moment: Diner Exit - Mulholland Drive - DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer RagnarOskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHugh JackmanScarlett JohanssonAfter a tragic accident, two stage magicians in 1890s London engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsChow Yun-FatMichelle YeohZiyi ZhangA young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.
- DirectorPascal LaugierStarsMorjana AlaouiMylène JampanoïCatherine BéginA young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
- DirectorCharlie KaufmanStarsPhilip Seymour HoffmanSamantha MortonMichelle WilliamsA theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli RothIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTatsuya FujiwaraAki MaedaTarô YamamotoIn the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
- DirectorBrad BirdJan PinkavaStarsBrad GarrettLou RomanoPatton OswaltA rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Paris restaurant.
- DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsDavid Alan BascheOlivia ThirlbyLiza Colón-ZayasA real-time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on September 11th, 2001 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.
- DirectorDaniel KwanDaniel ScheinertStarsPaul DanoDaniel RadcliffeMary Elizabeth WinsteadA hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.Decade: 2010s So Far...
Best Film: Swiss Army Man (excludes screenplay/direction wins)
Runner Up: The Tree of Life
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Best Actress: Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Radcliffe - Swiss Army Man
Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
Best Director: Joshua Oppenheimer - The Act of Killing
Best Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network
Best Cinematography: Emanuel Lubezki - Gravity
Best Editing: Tom Cross - La La Land/Whiplash
Best Score: Andy Hull and Robert McDowell - Swiss Army Man
Best Action Sequence: Kitchen Fight - The Raid 2
Funniest Scene: "OK you *beep* - Kick Ass
Scariest Moment: Stealing the Baby - The Witch
Runners Up:
Best Actor: Jack O'Connell - Starred Up
Best Actress: Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale - The Fighter
Best Supporting Actress: Naomi Harris - Moonlight
Best Director: Lynne Ramsay - We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins - Sicario
Best Editing: Margaret Sixel - Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Score: Junkie XL - Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Action Sequence: House Raid - Zero Dark Thirty
Funniest Scene: "Puny God" - The Avengers
Scariest Moment: Eating the Finger - Raw - DirectorTerrence MalickStarsBrad PittSean PennJessica ChastainThe story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerAnonymousChristine CynnStarsAnwar CongoHerman KotoSyamsul ArifinA documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsJesse EisenbergAndrew GarfieldJustin TimberlakeAs Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
- DirectorLynne RamsayStarsTilda SwintonJohn C. ReillyEzra MillerKevin's mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.