- Gladiator – Douglas Wick, David Franzoni and Branko Lustig
- Almost Famous – Cameron Crowe and Ian Bryce
- Billy Elliot – Greg Brenman and Jon Finn
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Bill Kong, Hsu Li Kong and Ang Lee
- Erin Brockovich – Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher
| - Ang Lee – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Ridley Scott – Gladiator
- Stephen Daldry – Billy Elliot
- Steven Soderbergh – Erin Brockovich
- Steven Soderbergh – Traffic
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- Jamie Bell – Billy Elliot as Billy Elliot
- Geoffrey Rush – Quills as Marquis de Sade
- Michael Douglas – Wonder Boys as Professor Grady Tripp
- Russell Crowe – Gladiator as Maximus Decimus Meridius
- Tom Hanks – Cast Away as Chuck Noland
| - Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich as Erin Brockovich
- Hilary Swank – Boys Don't Cry as Brandon Teena
- Juliette Binoche – Chocolat as Vianne Rocher
- Kate Hudson – Almost Famous as Penny Lane
- Michelle Yeoh – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as Yu Shu Lien
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- Benicio del Toro – Traffic as Javier Rodriguez
- Albert Finney – Erin Brockovich as Edward L. Masry
- Gary Lewis – Billy Elliot as Jackie Elliot
- Joaquin Phoenix – Gladiator as Commodus
- Oliver Reed – Gladiator as Antonius Proximo (posthumous)
| - Julie Walters – Billy Elliot as Sandra Wilkinson
- Frances McDormand – Almost Famous as Elaine Miller
- Judi Dench – Chocolat as Armande Voizin
- Lena Olin – Chocolat as Josephine Muscat
- Zhang Ziyi – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as Jen Yu
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- Almost Famous – Cameron Crowe
- Billy Elliot – Lee Hall
- Erin Brockovich – Susannah Grant
- Gladiator – David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
| - Traffic – Stephen Gaghan
- Chocolat – Robert Nelson Jacobs
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – James Schamus, Wang Hui-Ling and Tsai Kuo-Jung
- High Fidelity – D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack and Scott Rosenberg
- Wonder Boys – Steve Kloves
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- Gladiator – John Mathieson
- Billy Elliot – Brian Tufano
- Chocolat – Roger Pratt
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Peter Pau
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Roger Deakins
| - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tim Yip
- Chocolat – Renee Ehrlich Kalfus
- Gladiator – Janty Yates
- The House of Mirth – Monica Howe
- Quills – Jacqueline West
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- Gladiator – Pietro Scalia
- Billy Elliot – John Wilson
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tim Squyres
- Erin Brockovich – Anne V. Coates
- Traffic – Stephen Mirrione
| Best Makeup and Hair - How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Rick Baker, Kazuhiro Tsuji, Toni G, Gail Ryan and Sylvia Nava
- Chocolat – Naomi Donne
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Man Yun Ling and Chau Siu Mui
- Gladiator – Paul Engelen and Graham Johnston
- Quills – Peter King and Nuala Conway
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- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tan Dun
- Almost Famous – Nancy Wilson
- Billy Elliot – Stephen Warbeck
- Gladiator – Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? – T Bone Burnett and Carter Burwell
| Best Production Design - Gladiator – Arthur Max
- Chocolat – David Gropman
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tim Yip
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? – Dennis Gassner
- Quills – Martin Childs
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Best Sound - Almost Famous – Jeff Wexler, Doug Hemphill, Rick Kline, Paul Massey and Mike Wilhoit
- Billy Elliot – Mark Holding, Mike Prestwood Smith and Zane Hayward
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Drew Kunin, Reilly Steele, Eugene Gearty and Robert Fernandez
- Gladiator – Ken Weston, Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and Per Hallberg
- The Perfect Storm – Keith A. Wester, John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell, Wylie Stateman and Kelly Cabral
| Best Special Visual Effects - The Perfect Storm – Stefen Fangmeier, John Frazier, Walt Conti, Habib Zargarpour and Tim Alexander
- Chicken Run – Paddy Eason, Mark Nelmes and Dave Alex Riddett
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Rob Hodgson, Leo Lo, Jonathan F. Strylund, Bessie Cheuk and Travis Baumann
- Gladiator – John Nelson, Tim Burke, Rob Harvey and Neil Corbould
- Vertical Limit – Kent Houston, Tricia Ashford, Neil Corbould, Paul Docherty and Dion Hatch
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Outstanding British Film - Billy Elliot – Greg Brenman, Jon Finn and Stephen Daldry
- Chicken Run – Peter Lord, David Sproxton and Nick Park
- The House of Mirth – Olivia Stewart and Terence Davies
- Last Resort – Ruth Caleb and Paweł Pawlikowski
- Sexy Beast – Jeremy Thomas and Jonathan Glazer
| Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer - Last Resort – Paweł Pawlikowski (Writer/Director)
- Billy Elliot – Lee Hall (Writer)
- Billy Elliot – Stephen Daldry (Director)
- Saving Grace – Mark Crowdy (Writer/Producer)
- Some Voices – Simon Cellan Jones (Director)
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- Father and Daughter – Claire Jennings, Willem Thijssen and Michaël Dudok de Wit
- Cloud Cover – Lisbeth Svarling
- Lounge Act – Teun Hitte and Gareth Love
- Six of One – Phil Davies and Tim Webb
| Best Short Film - Shadowscan – Gary Holding, Justine Leahy and Tinge Krishnan
- Going Down – Soledad Gatti-Pascual, Tom Shankland and Jane Harris
- Je t'aime John Wayne – Luke Morris, Toby MacDonald and Luke Ponte
- The Last Post – Lee Santana and Dominic Santana
- Sweet – Rob Mercer and James Pilkington
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- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Bill Kong, Hsu Li Kong and Ang Lee
- Girl on the Bridge – Christian Fechner and Patrice Leconte
- Harry, He's Here to Help – Michel Saint-Jean and Dominik Moll
- In the Mood for Love – Wong Kar-Wai
- Malèna – Harvey Weinstein, Carlo Bernasconi and Giuseppe Tornatore
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