Utopian Oscars

 

Winners in bold.

 

2006 awards

 

Best picture

Army of Shadows

Casino Royale

Children of Men

Inland Empire

Pan's Labyrinth

 

Best director

Alfonso Cuaron, Children of Men

Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth

Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Three Times

David Lynch, Inland Empire

Jean-Pierre Melville, Army of Shadows

 

Best actress

Maggie Cheung, Clean

Laura Dern, Inland Empire

Sook-Yin Lee, Shortbus

Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada

Karen Young, Heading South

 

Best actor

Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson

Will Oldham, Old Joy

Peter O'Toole, Venus

Lino Ventura, Army of Shadows

Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

 

Best supporting actress

Viola Davis, World Trade Center

Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson

Eva Green, Casino Royale:

Maggie Gyllenhaal, World Trade Center

Simone Signoret, Army of Shadows

 

Best supporting actor

Andrew Bujalski, Mutual Appreciation

Jean-Pierre Cassel, Army of Shadows

Sacha Baron Cohen, Talledega Nights

Nick Nolte, Clean

Bruce Willis, Fast Food Nation

 

Best original screenplay

Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth

Fernando Eimbcke and Paula Markovitch, Duck Season

David Lynch, Inland Empire

John Cameron Mitchell, Shortbus

Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, Letters from Iwo Jima

 

Best adapted screenplay

Frank Cottrell Boyce, Tristram Shandy

Robin Campillo and Laurent Cantet, Heading South

Jean-Pierre Melville, Army of Shadows

Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, Casino Royale

Eric Schlosser and Richard Linklater, Fast Food Nation

 

2005 awards

 

Best picture

The Best of Youth

Funny Ha Ha

King Kong

Kings and Queen

Turtles Can Fly

 

Best director

David Cronenberg, A History of Violence

Arnaud Desplechin, Kings and Queen

Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly

Peter Jackson, King Kong

Wong Kar-Wai, 2046

 

Best actress

Maria Alche, The Holy Girl

Kate Dollenmayer, Funny Ha Ha

Miranda July, Me and You and Everyone We Know

Naomi Watts, King Kong

Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line

 

Best actor

Mathieu Amalric, Kings and Queen

Soran Ebrahim, Turtles Can Fly

Tony Leung, 2046

Luigi Lo Cascio, The Best of Youth

Cillian Murphy, Breakfast on Pluto

 

Best supporting actress

Maria Bello, A History of Violence

Taraji P. Henson, Hustle & Flow

Tilda Swinton, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Sharon Stone, Broken Flowers

Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain

 

Best supporting actor

Alessio Boni, The Best of Youth

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Serenity

Gavin Friday, Breakfast on Pluto

Stephen Rea, Breakfast on Pluto

Christian Rudder, Funny Ha Ha

 

Best original screenplay

Roger Bohbot and Arnaud Desplechin, Kings and Queen

Hwang Jo-Yun, Lim Chun-Hyeong and Park Chan-Wook, Oldboy

Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly

Miranda July, Me and You and Everyone We Know

Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli, The Best of Youth

 

Best adapted screenplay

Jacques Audiard and Tonino Benacquista, The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Karen Janszen and Mark St. Germain, Duma

Neil Jordan, Breakfast on Pluto

Steve Kloves, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson, King Kong

 

2004 awards

 

Best picture

Before Sunset

Crimson Gold

House of Flying Daggers

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Springtime in a Small Town

 

Best director

Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Richard Linklater, Before Sunset

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Last Life in the Universe

Tian Zhuangzhuang, Springtime in a Small Town

Zhang Yimou, House of Flying Daggers

 

Best actress

Annette Bening, Being Julia

Julie Delpy, Before Sunset

Moon So-Ri, Oasis

Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake

Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

 

Best actor

Hossain Emadeddin, Crimson Gold

Jamie Foxx, Ray

Tony Leung, Infernal Affairs

Bernie Mac, Mr. 3000

Denzel Washington, The Manchurian Candidate

 

Best supporting actress

Maggie Cheung, Hero

Regina King, Ray

Lu Si Si, Springtime in a Small Town

Meryl Streep, The Manchurian Candidate

Naomi Watts, We Don't Live Here Anymore

 

Best supporting actor

Thomas Hayden Church, Sideways

Phil Davis, Vera Drake

Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby

Ben Stiller, Dodgeball

Tom Wilkinson, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

 

Best original screenplay

Felix Chong and Alan Mak Siu Fai, Infernal Affairs

Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Li Feng, Wang Bin and Zhang Yimou, House of Flying Daggers

Abbas Kiarostami, Crimson Gold

Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, Before Sunset

 

Best adapted screenplay

Mark Achbar, Joel Bakan and Harold Crooks, The Corporation

Ah Cheng, Springtime in a Small Town

Steve Kloves, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Sideways

Daniel Pyne and Dean Georgaris, The Manchurian Candidate

 

2003 awards

 

Best picture

Elephant

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Lost in Translation

Mystic River

Spellbound

 

Best actress

Oksana Akinshina, Lilya 4-Ever

Tara Birtwhistle, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary

Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider

Scarlett Johansson, Lost in Translation

Valerie Lemercier, Friday Night

 

Best actor

Paul Giamatti, American Splendor

Eugene Levy, A Mighty Wind

Bill Murray, Lost in Translation

Sean Penn, Mystic River

Tim Robbins, Mystic River