Oscar Nominees – 2000s Movies (REVISED MARCH 6, 2019)

The decade of the 2000s was one of change for movies. In 2001, the category “Best Animated Feature” was added, and for you trivia nerds, the very first film receiving an Oscar in this category was Shrek.

Ugly is the new hot? Shrek spawned four sequels, totaling a box office gross of $1.4 billion domestically and $3.5 billion worldwide.

The decade of the 2000s in film also saw a good deal of diversity in films, with two nominated films released in 2000 both being foreign language films Chocolat and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; a 2005 film featuring a relationship between two gay men (Brokeback Mountain) and lastly, a 2003 fantasy film won best picture (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King). What better way to celebrate diversity than a film featuring hobbits, elves, orcs, dwarves and nazgul? 🙂 I remember when this ceremony was airing, my husband and I were on a trip to Chicago, and watching in a hotel’s restaurant. Yes, we were very, very excited to see this one win best picture!

2000

Zhang Ziyi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. See? I don’t ALWAYS use picture of dudes I think are hot in my blogs! Speaking of diversity (LOL)!

WINNER – BEST PICTURE –

Gladiator

Nominees:

Chocolat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Erin Brockovich
Traffic

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTOR –

Russell Crowe, Gladiator

Nominees:

Javier Bardem When Night Falls
Tom Hanks, Cast Away
Ed Harris, Pollock
Geoffrey Rush, Quills

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR –

Benicio Del Toro, Traffic

Nominees:

Jeff Bridges, The Contender
Willem Defoe, Shadow of the Vampire
Albert Finney, Erin Brockovich
Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTRESS –

Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich

Nominees:

Joan Allen, The Contender
Juliette Binoche, Chocolat
Ellen Burstyn, Requiem for a Dream
Laura Linney, You Can Count On Me

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS –

Marcia Gay Harden – Pollock

Nominees:

Judi Dench, Chocolat
Kate Hudson, Almost Famous
Frances McDormand, Almost Famous
Julie Walters; Billy Elliott

WINNER – BEST ORIGINAL SONG –

Wonder Boys – Things Have Changed, Bob Dylan

Ethan Hawke and Denzel Washington in Training Day. Both actors received Oscar nominations for their roles, Washington won the Oscar for best leading actor.

2001

WINNER – BEST PICTURE –

A Beautiful Mind

Nominees:

Gosford Park
In The Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTOR –

Denzel Washington, Training Day

Nominees:

Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind
Sean Penn, I Am Sam
Will Smith, Ali
Tom Wilkinson, In The Bedroom

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR –

Jim Broadbent, Iris

Nominees:

Ethan Hawke, Training Day
Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast
Ian McKellen, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
Jon Voight, Ali

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTRESS –

Halle Berry – Monster’s Ball

Nominees:

Judi Dench, Iris
Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge
Sissy Spacek, In The Bedroom
Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jones’ Diary

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS –

Jennifer Connelly – A Beautiful Mind.

Nominees:

Helen Mirren, Gosford Park
Maggie Smith, Gosford Park
Marisa Tomei, In The Bedroom
Kate Winslet; Iris

WINNER – BEST ORIGINAL SONG –

Monsters Inc. – If I Didn’t Have You, Randy Newman

WINNER – BEST ANIMATED FEATURE –

Shrek

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Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago, which won best picture. She won the Oscar for best supporting actress in this film.

2002

WINNER – BEST PICTURE –

Chicago

Nominees:

Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTOR –

Adrien Brody, The Pianist

Nominees:

Nicolas Cage, Adaptation
Michael Caine, The Quiet American
Daniel Day Lewis, Gangs of New York
Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR –

Chris Cooper, Adaptation

Nominees:

Ed Harris, The Hours
Paul Newman, Road to Perdition
John C. Reilly, Chicago
Christopher Walken, Catch Me If You Can

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTRESS –

Nicole Kidman – The Hours

Nominees:

Salma Hayek, Frida
Diane Lane, Unfaithful
Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven
Renee Zellweger, Chicago

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS –

Catherine Zeta-Jones – Chicago

Nominees:

Kathy Bates, About Schmidt
Julianne Moore, The Hours
Queen Latifah, Chicago
Meryl Streep; Adaptation

WINNER – BEST ORIGINAL SONG –

Lose Yourself – 8 Mile, Eminem

WINNER – BEST ANIMATED FEATURE –

Spirited Away

Eowyn tells the Witch King what’s what in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which won best picture. Then she kills him…

2003

WINNER – BEST PICTURE –

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Nominees:

Lost In Translation
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mystic River
Seabiscuit

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTOR –

Sean Penn, Mystic River

Nominees:

Johnny Depp, The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Ben Kingsley, House of Sand and Fog
Jude Law, Cold Mountain
Bill Murray, Lost in Translation

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR –

Tim Robbins, Mystic River

Nominees:

Alec Baldwin, The Cooler
Benicio Del Toro, 21 Grams
Djmon Hounsou, In America
Ken Watanabe, The Last Samurai

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTRESS –

Charlize Theron – Monster

Nominees:

Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider
Diane Keaton, Something’s Gotta Give
Samantha Morton, In America
Naomi Watts, 21 Grams

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS –

Renee Zellweger – Cold Mountain

Nominees:

Shohreh Aghadashlou, House of Sand and Fog
Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April
Marcia Gay Harden, Mystic River
Holly Hunter; Thirteen

WINNER – BEST ORIGINAL SONG –

Into the West, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

WINNER –BEST ANIMATED FEATURE –

Finding Nemo

Edna Mode in The Incredibles. This character is based on legendary costume designer Edith Head. As of this posting (Aug. 4, 2018), The Incredibles franchise (Incredibles and Incredibles 2) has grossed $837.1 million domestically and $1.6 billion worldwide.

2004

WINNER – BEST PICTURE –

Million Dollar Baby

Nominees:

The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Ray
Sideways

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTOR –

Jamie Foxx, Ray

Nominees:

Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland
Leonardo Di Caprio, The Aviator
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR –

Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby

Nominees:

Alan Alda, The Aviator
Thomas Haden-Church, Sideways
Jamie Foxx, Collateral
Clive Owen, Closer

WINNER –

BEST LEADING ACTRESS –

Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby

Nominees:

Annette Bening, Being Julia
Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Kate Winslet, Finding Neverland

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS –

Cate Blanchett – The Aviator

Nominees:

Laura Linney, Kinsey
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda
Natalie Portman, Closer

WINNER – BEST ORIGINAL SONG –

The Motorcycle Diaries

WINNER – BEST ANIMATED FEATURE –

The Incredibles

Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain. Both actors received acting nominations for their performances in this film, but neither of them won. Director Ang Lee, however, did win the Oscar for best director. Usually the best picture winners mirror the best director (same film for both people), but not in this case…Read more about this topic in this blog.

2005

WINNER – BEST PICTURE –

Crash

Nominees:

Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Good Night and Good Luck
Munich

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTOR –

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote

Nominees:

Terrence Howard, Hustle and Flow
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk The Line
David Straitharn, Good Night and Good Luck

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR –

George Clooney, Syriana

Nominees:

Matt Dillon, Crash
Paul Giammati, Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
William Hurt, A History of Violence

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTRESS –

Reese Witherspoon – Walk The Line

Nominees:

Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Keira Knightley, Pride and Prejudice
Charlize Theron, North Country

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS –

Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener

Nominees:

Amy Adams, Junebug
Catherine Keener, Capote
Frances McDormand, Country
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain

WINNER – BEST ORIGINAL SONG –

It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp in Hustle & Flow

WINNER – BEST ANIMATED FEATURE –

Wallace & Gromit – The Curse of the Were -Rabbit

Jennifer Hudson, who received the best supporting actress Oscar for Dreamgirls. Actor Eddie Murphy received a nomination for supporting actor for this movie.

2006

WINNER – BEST PICTURE –

The Departed

Nominees:

Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTOR –

Forest Whittaker, The Last King of Scotland

Nominees:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Peter O’Toole, Venus
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR –

Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine

Nominees:

Jackie Dillon, Crash
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTRESS –

Helen Mirren – The Queen

Nominees:

Penelope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet, Little Children

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls

Nominees:

Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes On A Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

WINNER – BEST ORIGINAL SONG –

I Need To Wake Up in An Inconvenient Truth

WINNER – BEST ANIMATED FEATURE –

Happy Feet

Hal Holbrook and Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild, based on a novel by Jon Krakauer about Christopher McCandless, who wandered into the Alaskan…wild and died. Holbrook received a supporting actor nod for this film.

2007

WINNER – BEST PICTURE –

No Country For Old Men

Nominees:

Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
There Will Be Blood

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTOR –

Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Nominees:

George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones, In The Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR –

Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men

Nominees:

Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook, Into The Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTRESS –

Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose

Nominees:

Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS –

Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton

Nominees:

Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saorirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

WINNER – BEST ORIGINAL SONG –

ONCE, Falling Slowly in Once

WINNER – BEST ANIMATED FEATURE –

Ratatouille

Supporting actress Oscar winner Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. I have not seen this one, and I probably will not ever see it, because it was directed by Woody Allen.

2008

WINNER – BEST PICTURE –

Slumdog Millionaire

Nominees:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTOR –

Sean Penn, There Will Be Blood

Nominees:

Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR –

Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Nominees:

Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTRESS –

Kate Winslet – The Reader

Nominees:

Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married;
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Meryl Streep, Doubt

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS –

Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Nominees:

Amy Adams, Doubt
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Maria Tomei, The Wrestler

WINNER – BEST ORIGINAL SONG –

Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire

WINNER – BEST ANIMATED FEATURE –

Wall-E

Lead actor winner Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart. Want a fun game to play on Facebook? Ask your friends to complete the sentence “The Dude Abides,” and have them fill in the rest with a basic plot outline of any Jeff Bridges film! For example, “The Dude abides while Michelle Pfeiffer wears a red dress and lolls around atop of a piano.” Get it? Have fun with this! He’s been in a shit-ton of films, so the options are endless!

2009

WINNER – BEST PICTURE –

The Hurt Locker

Nominees:

Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
WINNER – BEST LEADING ACTOR –
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Nominees:

George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

WINNER – BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR –

Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Nominees:

Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Hal Holbrook, Into The Wild
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones