2001 (74th) A Beautiful Mind, Gosford Park, In the Bedroom - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Moulin Rouge!
2002 (75th) Chicago, Gangs of New York, The Hours - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Pianist
2003 (76th) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King -Lost in Translation - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Mystic River Seabiscuit
2004 (77th) Million Dollar Baby The Aviator, Finding Neverland -Ray
2005 (78th) Crash, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night and Good Luck, Munich
2006 (79th) The Departed -Babel - Letters from Iwo Jima - Little Miss Sunshine The Queen -
2007 (80th) Atonement - Juno - Michael Clayton - No Country for Old Men -There Will Be Blood -
Best Actor
1998 Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful as "Guido Orefice" Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan as "Captain John H. Miller" Ian McKellen - Gods and Monsters as James Whale Nick Nolte - Affliction as "Wade Whitehouse" Edward Norton - American History X as "Derek Vinyard"
1999 Kevin Spacey - American Beauty as "Lester Burnham" Russell Crowe - The Insider as Dr. Jeffrey Wigand Richard Farnsworth - The Straight Story as Alvin Straight Sean Penn - Sweet and Lowdown as "Emmet Ray" Denzel Washington -The Hurricane as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
2000 Russell Crowe - Gladiator as "Maximus Decimus Meridius" Javier Bardem - Before Night Falls as Reinaldo Arenas Tom Hanks - Cast Away as "Chuck Noland" Ed Harris - Pollock as Jackson Pollock Geoffrey Rush - Quills as The Marquis de Sade
2001 Denzel Washington - Training Day as "Alonzo Harris" Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind as John Forbes Nash Sean Penn - I Am Sam as "Sam Dawson" Will Smith - Ali as Muhammad Ali Tom Wilkinson - In the Bedroom as "Matt Fowler"
2002 Adrien Brody - The Pianist as W³adys³aw Szpilman Nicolas Cage - Adaptation. as Charlie Kaufman/"Donald Kaufman" Michael Caine - The Quiet American as "Thomas Fowler" Daniel Day-Lewis - Gangs of New York as "William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting" Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt as "Warren Schmidt"
2003 Sean Penn - Mystic River as "Jimmy Markum" Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as "Captain Jack Sparrow" Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog as "Behrani" Jude Law - Cold Mountain as "Inman" Bill Murray - Lost in Translation as "Bob Harris"
2004 Jamie Foxx - Ray as Ray Charles Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda as Paul Rusesabagina Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland as Sir James Matthew Barrie Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator as Howard Hughes Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby as "Frankie Dunn"
2005 Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote as Truman Capote Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow as "Djay" Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain as Ennis Del Mar Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line as Johnny Cash David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck. as Edward R. Murrow
2006 Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland as Idi Amin Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond as "Danny Archer" Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson as "Dan Dunne" Peter O'Toole - Venus as "Maurice" Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness as "Chris Gardner"
2007 George Clooney - Michael Clayton as "Michael Clayton" Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood as "Daniel Plainview" Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as "Sweeney Todd" Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah as "Hank Deerfield" Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises as "Nikolai Luzhin"
Best Actress
1998 Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love as Viola de Lesseps Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth as Queen Elizabeth I Fernanda Montenegro - Central do Brasil as Dora Meryl Streep - One True Thing as Kate Gulden Emily Watson - Hilary and Jackie as Jacqueline du Pré
1999 Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry as Brandon Teena Annette Bening - American Beauty as Carolyn Burnham Janet McTeer - Tumbleweeds as Mary Jo Walker Julianne Moore - The End of the Affair as Sarah Miles Meryl Streep - Music of the Heart as Roberta Guaspari
2000 (73rd) Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich as Erin Brockovich Joan Allen - The Contender as Sen. Laine Hanson Juliette Binoche - Chocolat as Vianne Rocher Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream as Sara Goldfarb Laura Linney - You Can Count on Me as Samantha 'Sammy' Prescott
2001 (74th) Halle Berry - Monster's Ball as Leticia Musgrove Judi Dench - Iris as Iris Murdoch Nicole Kidman - Moulin Rouge! as Satine Sissy Spacek - In the Bedroom as Ruth Fowler Renée Zellweger - Bridget Jones's Diary as Bridget Jones
2002 (75th) Nicole Kidman - The Hours as Virginia Woolf Salma Hayek - Frida as Frida Kahlo Diane Lane - Unfaithful as Connie Sumner Julianne Moore - Far From Heaven as Cathy Whitaker Renée Zellweger - Chicago as Roxie Hart
2003 (76th) Charlize Theron - Monster as Aileen Wuornos Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider as Paikea Diane Keaton - Something's Gotta Give as Erica Jane Barry Samantha Morton - In America as Sarah Naomi Watts - 21 Grams as Cristina Peck
2004 (77th) Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby as Maggie Fitzgerald Annette Bening - Being Julia as Julia Lambert Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace as María Álvarez Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake as Vera Drake Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Clementine Kruczynski
2005 (78th) Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line as June Carter Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents as Laura Henderson Felicity Huffman - Transamerica as Bree Osbourne Keira Knightley - Pride and Prejudice as Elizabeth Bennet Charlize Theron - North Country as Josey Aimes
2006 (79th) Helen Mirren - The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II Penélope Cruz - Volver as Raimunda Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal as Barbara Covett Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada as Miranda Priestly Kate Winslet - Little Children as Sarah Pierce
2007 (80th) Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Queen Elizabeth I Julie Christie - Away from Her as Fiona Anderson Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose as Édith Piaf Laura Linney - The Savages as Wendy Savage Ellen Page - Juno as Juno MacGuff
