Best of the Decade: 2000s

Best Picture

1. The Pianist/The Lord of the Rings trilogy (tie)
2. The Dark Knight
3. In Bruges
4. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 
5. The Lives of Others
6. Hot Fuzz 
7. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8. Collateral
9. There Will Be Blood
10. Zodiac
11. Inglorious Basterds 
12. District 9
13. The Prestige 
14. Master and Commander
15. Kill Bill Vol. 2
16. Memories of Murder
17. Gladiator
18. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
19. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
20. Adaptation
21. Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
22. The Departed
23. A Bittersweet Life
24. Mulholland Drive
25. Memento
26. Wall-E
27. Pan's Labyrinth 
28. The Royal Tenanbaums
29. Big Fish
30. Dirty Pretty Things

Best Director

1. Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 
2. Michael Mann, Collateral 
3. Roman Polanski, The Pianist
4. Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings trilogy as a whole
5. Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
6. Edgar Wright, Hot Fuzz
7. David Fincher, Zodiac
8. Neill Blomkamp, District 9
9. Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
10. Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds

Best Actor

1. Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others
2. Adrien Brody, The Pianist
3. Viggo Mortensen, The Road
4. Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
5. Christian Bale, The Prestige
6. Casey Affleck, The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
7. Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges
8. Colin Farrell, In Bruges
9. Guy Pearce, Memento
10. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Synedoche, New York

HM: Bruno Ganz, Downfall

Best Actress

1. Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive
2. Charlize Theron, Monster
3. Nicole Kidman, Dogville
4. Uma Thurman, Kill Bill Vol. 2
5. Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
6. Carey Mulligan, An Education
7. Christina Ricci, Black Snake Moan
8. Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
9. Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
10. Helen Mirren, The Queen

Best Supporting Actor

1. Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
2. Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds
3. Ben Foster, 3:10 to Yuma
4. Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
5. Albert Finney, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
6. Steve Zahn, Rescue Dawn
7. Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood
8. David Carradine, Kill Bill Vol. 2
9. Gary Oldman, The Dark Knight
10. Sean Astin, Return of the King

Best Supporting Actress

1. Mo'nique, Precious
2. Gwenyth Paltrow, The Royal Tenenbaums
3. Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There 
4. Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
5. Emily Watson, The Proposition
6. Marion Cotillard, Public Enemies
7. Michelle Monaghan, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
8. Melanie Laurent/Diane Kruger, Inglorious Basterds 
9. Imelda Staunton, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
10. Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April

Best Original Screenplay

1. In Bruges
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. The Lives of Others
4. Inglorious Basterds
5. Memento

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. The Prestige
2. Adaptation
3. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4. Zodiac
5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Best Original Score

1. The Lord of the Rings films
2. Pirates of the Caribbean films
3. Gladiator
4. There Will Be Blood
5. Master and Commander

Best Editing

1. Hot Fuzz
2. Inglorious Basterds
3. Zodiac
4. The Lord of the Rings trilogy
5. Collateral

Best Cinematography

1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2. Collateral
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Master and Commander
5. Memories of Murder

Best Costume Design

1. The Royal Tenenbaums
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy
3. Inglorious Basterds
4. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
5. The Dark Knight (sometimes, less is more)

Best Production Design

1. Pan's Labyrinth
2. The Pianist
3. The Lord of the Rings trilogy
4. Inglorious Basterds
5. District 9

Best Makeup/Hairstyling

1. The Lord of the Rings films
2. Pan's Labrinyth
3. District 9
4. The Dark Knight (sometimes, less is more)
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Sound Mixing

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy
3. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4. Mulholland Drive
5. Kill Bill Vol. 1

Best Sound Editing

1. Master and Commander
2. The Pianist
3. Children of Men
4. Apocalypto
5. Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Visual Effects

1. The Lord of the Rings films
2. District 9
3. King Kong
4. Transformers
5. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

Best Music Compilation

1. Moulin Rouge
2. In Bruges
3. Collateral
4. Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2
5. The Departed

Best Ensemble

1. Inglorious Basterds
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy
3. The Dark Knight
4. Zodiac
5. Kill Bill Vol. 2