- The Pianist – Roman Polanski, Robert Benmusso and Alain Sarde
- Chicago – Martin Richards
- Gangs of New York – Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein
- The Hours – Scott Rudin and Robert Fox
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson
| - Roman Polanski – The Pianist
- Martin Scorsese – Gangs of New York
- Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Rob Marshall – Chicago
- Stephen Daldry – The Hours
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- Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York as William Cutting
- Adrien Brody – The Pianist as Władysław Szpilman
- Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt as Warren Schmidt
- Michael Caine – The Quiet American as Thomas Fowler
- Nicolas Cage – Adaptation as Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
| - Nicole Kidman – The Hours as Virginia Woolf
- Halle Berry – Monster's Ball as Leticia Musgrove
- Meryl Streep – The Hours as Clarissa Vaughan
- Renée Zellweger – Chicago as Roxie Hart
- Salma Hayek – Frida as Frida Kahlo
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- Christopher Walken – Catch Me If You Can as Frank Abagnale Sr.
- Alfred Molina – Frida as Diego Rivera
- Chris Cooper – Adaptation as John Laroche
- Ed Harris – The Hours as Richard Brown
- Paul Newman – Road to Perdition as John Rooney
| - Catherine Zeta-Jones – Chicago as Velma Kelly
- Julianne Moore – The Hours as Laura Brown
- Meryl Streep – Adaptation as Susan Orlean
- Queen Latifah – Chicago as Matron "Mama" Morton
- Toni Collette – About a Boy as Fiona Brewer
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- Talk to Her – Pedro Almodóvar
- Dirty Pretty Things – Steven Knight
- Gangs of New York – Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan
- The Magdalene Sisters – Peter Mullan
- Y tu mamá también – Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón
| - Adaptation – Charlie Kaufman
- About a Boy – Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz
- Catch Me If You Can – Jeff Nathanson
- The Hours – David Hare
- The Pianist – Ronald Harwood
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- Road to Perdition – Conrad Hall
- Chicago – Dion Beebe
- Gangs of New York – Michael Ballhaus
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Andrew Lesnie
- The Pianist – Paweł Edelman
| - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
- Catch Me If You Can – Mary Zophres
- Chicago – Colleen Atwood
- Frida – Julie Weiss
- Gangs of New York – Sandy Powell
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- City of God – Daniel Rezende
- Chicago – Martin Walsh
- Gangs of New York – Thelma Schoonmaker
- The Hours – Peter Boyle
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Michael J. Horton
| Best Makeup and Hair - Frida – Judy Chin, Beatrice De Alba, John E. Jackson and Regina Reyes
- Chicago – Jordan Samuel and Judi Cooper-Sealy
- Gangs of New York – Manlio Rocchetti and Aldo Signoretti
- The Hours – Ivana Primorac, Conor O'Sullivan and Jo Allen
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Peter Owen, Peter King and Richard Taylor
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- The Hours – Philip Glass
- Catch Me If You Can – John Williams
- Chicago – Danny Elfman, John Kander and Fred Ebb
- Gangs of New York – Howard Shore, Robbie Robertson and The Edge
- The Pianist – Wojciech Kilar
| - Road to Perdition – Dennis Gassner
- Chicago – John Myhre
- Gangs of New York – Dante Ferretti
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Stuart Craig
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Grant Major
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- Chicago – Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee and Maurice Schell
- Gangs of New York – Tom Fleischman, Ivan Sharrock, Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Randy Thom, Dennis Leonard, John Midgley, Ray Merrin, Graham Daniel and Rick Kline
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Ethan Van der Ryn, David Farmer, Mike Hopkins, Hammond Peek, Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Michael Hedges
- The Pianist – Jean-Marie Blondel, Dean Humphreys and Gerard Hardy
| Best Special Visual Effects - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
- Gangs of New York – Bruce Steinheimer, Michael Owens, Ed Hirsh and Jon Alexander
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Jim Mitchell, Nick Davis, John Richardson, Bill George and Nick Dudman
- Minority Report – Scott Farrar, Michael Lantieri, Nathan McGuinness and Henry LaBounta
- Spider-Man – John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
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- The Warrior – Bertrand Faivre and Asif Kapadia
- Bend It Like Beckham – Deepak Nayar and Gurinder Chadha
- Dirty Pretty Things – Tracey Seaward, Robert Jones and Stephen Frears
- The Hours – Scott Rudin, Robert Fox and Stephen Daldry
- The Magdalene Sisters – Frances Higson and Peter Mullan
| Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer - The Warrior – Asif Kapadia (Writer/Director)
- AKA – Duncan Roy (Writer/Director)
- Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry – Simon Bent (Writer)
- Lost in La Mancha – Lucy Darwin (Producer)
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- Fish Never Sleep – Gaëlle Denis
- The ChubbChubbs! – Jacquie Barnbrook, Eric Armstrong and Jeff Wolverton
- The Dog Who Was a Cat Inside – Andrew Ruhemann, Siân Rees and Siri Melchoir
- Sap – Lucie Wenigerová and Hyun-Joo Kim
- Wedding Espresso – Jonathan Bairstow, Sandra Ensby and Lesley Glaister
| Best Short Film - My Wrongs 8245–8249 & 117 – Mark Herbert and Chris Morris
- Bouncer – Natasha Carlish, Sophie Morgan, Michael Baig-Clifford and Geoff Thompson
- Candy Bar Kid – Benjamin Johns and Shan Khan
- Good Night – Yoav Factor and Sun-Young Chun
- The Most Beautiful Man in the World – Hugh Welchman and Alicia Duffy
- Rank – Andrew O'Connell, David Yates and Robbie McCallum
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- Talk to Her – Agustín Almodóvar and Pedro Almodóvar
- City of God – Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Mauricio Andrade Ramos and Fernando Meirelles
- Devdas – Bharat Shah and Sanjay Leela Bhansali
- The Warrior – Bertrand Faivre and Asif Kapadia
- Y tu mamá también – Jorge Vergara and Alfonso Cuarón
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