National Board of Review Awards 2002

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<big>74th NBR Awards</big><br> <div style="padding-left: 15px"> December 4, 2002 </div>

Best Film: <br> <big> The Hours </big> </div> 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
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
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• Real Women Have Curves
• Roger Dodger
• Sunshine State
• Tadpole
• Tully