Updated July 16, 2009
The first of the critic's groups to announce their awards for the season, New York Film Critics Online picked their winners for 2003 at the Walter Reade Theater yesterday. For the first time, your guides joined Stephanie Zacharek (Salon.com), David Edelstein (Slate), Armond White (New York Press), and others to pick the best of 2003. New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) is composed of 23 top online critics.
Proving that she is significant talent in her own right, Sofia Coppola's second film "Lost In Translation" was the big winner. The movie took four awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.
Top Ten Films
1. Lost in Translation2. American Splendor
3. In America
4. 21 Grams
5. A Mighty Wind (tie)
Cold Mountain (tie)
Girl with a Pearl Earring (tie)
Lawless Heart (tie)
The Barbarian Invasions (tie)
10. The Station Agent
The Complete List of Awards:
- Best Picture - Lost in Translation
- Best Director - Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation)
- Best Actor - Bill Murray (Lost in Translation)
- Best Actress - Charlize Theron (Monster)
- Best Support Actor - Alex Baldwin (The Cooler)
- Best Support Actress - Scarlett Johanson (Lost in Translation)
- Best Screenplay - In America (Jim, Naomi & Kirsten Sheridan)
- Best Foreign Language Film - Demonlover (Oliver Assayas, France)
- Best Documentary - Winged Migration
- Best Cinematography - Girl with a Pearl Earring (Eduardo Serra)
- Best Animation - Finding Nemo
- Breakthrough performance - Peter Dinklage (The Station Agent)


