8th Critics' Choice Awards

Chicago

• About Schmidt
• Adaptation.
• Catch Me If You Can
• Far from Heaven
• Gangs of New York
• The Hours
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• The Pianist
• Road to Perdition

Steven Spielberg – Catch Me If You Can / Minority Report

• Roman Polanski – The Pianist
• Martin Scorsese – Gangs of New York

Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting (TIE)
Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt as Warren Schmidt (TIE)

• Robin Williams – One Hour Photo as Seymour "Sy" Parrish

Julianne Moore – Far from Heaven as Cathleen "Cathy" Whitaker

• Salma Hayek – Frida as Frida Kahlo
• Nicole Kidman – The Hours as Virginia Woolf
• Diane Lane – Unfaithful as Constance "Connie" Sumner

Chris Cooper – Adaptation. as John Laroche

• Alfred Molina – Frida as Diego Rivera
• Paul Newman – Road to Perdition as John Rooney

Catherine Zeta-Jones – Chicago as Velma Kelly

• Kathy Bates – About Schmidt as Roberta Hertzel
• Meryl Streep – Adaptation. as Susan Orlean

Kieran Culkin – Igby Goes Down as Jason "Igby" Slocumb Jr.

• Tyler Hoechlin – Road to Perdition as Michael Sullivan Jr.
• Nicholas Hoult – About a Boy as Marcus Brewer

Gollum – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

• Dobby – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Yoda – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

Chicago

• The Hours
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Adaptation. / Confessions of a Dangerous Mind – Charlie Kaufman

• About Schmidt – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding – Nia Vardalos

Spirited Away

• Ice Age
• Lilo & Stitch
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

Bowling for Columbine

• The Kid Stays in the Picture
• Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

• The Rookie
• Tuck Everlasting

Y tu mamá también • Mexico

• Monsoon Wedding • India
• Talk to Her • Spain

Catch Me If You Can / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets / Minority Report – John Williams

• The Hours – Philip Glass
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Howard Shore

"Lose Yourself" – 8 Mile

• "Father and Daughter" – The Wild Thornberrys Movie
• "Hero" – Spider-Man