2003 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 110 Academy Award records for the 2003 film year, covering 49 films and including 24 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingBarrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers
5 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
11 wins from 11 award records
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2 wins from 10 award records
- Mystic River
2 wins from 6 award records
- Cold Mountain
1 win from 7 award records
- Finding Nemo
1 win from 4 award records
- Lost in Translation
1 win from 4 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ Mystic River — Jimmy Markum
- ★ Mystic River — Dave Boyle
- ★ Monster — Aileen Wuornos
- ★ Cold Mountain — Ruby Thewes
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Into The West
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 110 of 110 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDB — Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers
- Lost in Translation IMDB — Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola, Producers
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World IMDB — Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson, Producers
- Mystic River IMDB — Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt and Clint Eastwood, Producers
- Seabiscuit IMDB — Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Gary Ross, Producers
Best Actor
- ★ Mystic River IMDB — Sean PennJimmy Markum
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl IMDB — Johnny DeppJack Sparrow
- House of Sand and Fog IMDB — Ben KingsleyBehrani
- Cold Mountain IMDB — Jude LawInman
- Lost in Translation IMDB — Bill MurrayBob Harris
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Mystic River IMDB — Tim RobbinsDave Boyle
- The Cooler IMDB — Alec BaldwinShelly Kaplow
- 21 Grams IMDB — Benicio Del ToroJack Jordan
- In America IMDB — Djimon HounsouMateo
- The Last Samurai IMDB — Ken WatanabeKatsumoto
Best Actress
- ★ Monster IMDB — Charlize TheronAileen Wuornos
- Whale Rider IMDB — Keisha Castle-HughesPaikea
- Something's Gotta Give IMDB — Diane KeatonErica Barry
- In America IMDB — Samantha MortonSarah
- 21 Grams IMDB — Naomi WattsCristina Peck
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ Cold Mountain IMDB — Renée ZellwegerRuby Thewes
- House of Sand and Fog IMDB — Shohreh AghdashlooNadi
- Pieces of April IMDB — Patricia ClarksonJoy Burns
- Mystic River IMDB — Marcia Gay HardenCeleste Boyle
- Thirteen IMDB — Holly HunterMelanie
Animated Feature Film
- ★ Finding Nemo IMDB — Andrew Stanton
- Brother Bear IMDB — Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker
- The Triplets of Belleville IMDB — Sylvain Chomet
Art Direction
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDB — Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
- Girl with a Pearl Earring IMDB — Art Direction: Ben Van Os; Set Decoration: Cecile Heideman
- The Last Samurai IMDB — Art Direction: Lilly Kilvert; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World IMDB — Art Direction: William Sandell; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
- Seabiscuit IMDB — Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Leslie Pope
Cinematography
Costume Design
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ The Fog of War IMDB — Errol Morris and Michael Williams
- Balseros IMDB — Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech
- Capturing the Friedmans IMDB — Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling
- My Architect IMDB — Nathaniel Kahn and Susan R. Behr
- The Weather Underground IMDB — Sam Green and Bill Siegel
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ Chernobyl Heart IMDB — Maryann DeLeo
- Asylum IMDB — Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker
- Ferry Tales IMDB — Katja Esson
Film Editing
International Feature Film
- ★ The Barbarian Invasions IMDB — Canada
- Evil IMDB — Sweden
- The Twilight Samurai IMDB — Japan
- Twin Sisters IMDB — The Netherlands
- Zelary IMDB — Czech Republic
Makeup and Hairstyling
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDB — Richard Taylor and Peter King
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World IMDB — Edouard Henriques III and Yolanda Toussieng
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl IMDB — Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDB — Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie LennoxInto The West
- The Triplets of Belleville IMDB — Music by Benoît Charest; Lyric by Sylvain ChometBelleville Rendez-vous
- A Mighty Wind IMDB — Music and Lyric by Michael McKean and Annette O'TooleA Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow
- Cold Mountain IMDB — Music and Lyric by T Bone Burnett and Elvis CostelloScarlet Tide
- Cold Mountain IMDB — Music and Lyric by StingYou Will Be My Ain True Love
Animated Short Film
- ★ Harvie Krumpet IMDB — Adam Elliot
- Boundin' IMDB — Bud Luckey
- Destino IMDB — Dominique Monfery and Roy Edward Disney
- Gone Nutty IMDB — Carlos Saldanha and John C. Donkin
- Nibbles IMDB — Chris Hinton
Live Action Short Film
- ★ Two Soldiers IMDB — Aaron Schneider and Andrew J. Sacks
- Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket) IMDB — Florian Baxmeyer
- Most (The Bridge) IMDB — Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka
- Squash IMDB — Lionel Bailliu
- (A) Torzija [(A) Torsion] IMDB — Stefan Arsenijevi¿
Sound Editing
- ★ Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World IMDB — Richard King
- Finding Nemo IMDB — Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl IMDB — Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
Sound Mixing
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDB — Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
- The Last Samurai IMDB — Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Jeff Wexler
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World IMDB — Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Arthur Rochester
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl IMDB — Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David Campbell and Lee Orloff
- Seabiscuit IMDB — Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Tod A. Maitland
Visual Effects
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDB — Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World IMDB — Dan Sudick, Stefen Fangmeier, Nathan McGuinness and Robert Stromberg
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl IMDB — John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDB — Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson
- American Splendor IMDB — Written by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman
- City of God IMDB — Screenplay by Braulio Mantovani
- Mystic River IMDB — Screenplay by Brian Helgeland
- Seabiscuit IMDB — Written for the Screen by Gary Ross
Original Screenplay
- ★ Lost in Translation IMDB — Written by Sofia Coppola
- The Barbarian Invasions IMDB — Written by Denys Arcand
- Dirty Pretty Things IMDB — Written by Steven Knight
- Finding Nemo IMDB — Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds; Original Story by Andrew Stanton
- In America IMDB — Written by Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan
Nominated films and other recorded entries
49 films represented in the 2003 archive selection.
- (A) Torzija [(A) Torsion]
- 21 Grams
- A Mighty Wind
- American Splendor
- Asylum
- Balseros
- Big Fish
- Boundin'
- Brother Bear
- Capturing the Friedmans
- Chernobyl Heart
- City of God
- Cold Mountain
- Destino
- Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket)
- Dirty Pretty Things
- Evil
- Ferry Tales
- Finding Nemo
- Girl with a Pearl Earring
- Gone Nutty
- Harvie Krumpet
- House of Sand and Fog
- In America
- Lost in Translation
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Monster
- Most (The Bridge)
- My Architect
- Mystic River
- Nibbles
- Pieces of April
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Seabiscuit
- Something's Gotta Give
- Squash
- The Barbarian Invasions
- The Cooler
- The Fog of War
- The Last Samurai
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- The Triplets of Belleville
- The Twilight Samurai
- The Weather Underground
- Thirteen
- Twin Sisters
- Two Soldiers
- Whale Rider
- Zelary
About these award records
This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.
Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.
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