Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
* Traffic – Benjamin Bratt, James Brolin, Don Cheadle, Erika Christensen, Clifton Collins Jr., Benicio del Toro, Michael Douglas, Albert Finney, Topher Grace, Amy Irving, Dennis Quaid, and Catherine Zeta-Jones
Almost Famous – Fairuza Balk, Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Frances McDormand, Anna Paquin, and Noah Taylor
Billy Elliot – Jamie Bell, Jamie Draven, Gary Lewis, and Julie Walters
Chocolat – Juliette Binoche, Leslie Caron, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugh O’Conor, Lena Olin, Peter Stormare, and John Wood
Gladiator – Russell Crowe, Richard Harris, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, Joaquin Phoenix, and Oliver Reed

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
* Benicio del Toro – Traffic as Javier Rodríguez
Jamie Bell – Billy Elliot as Billy Elliot
Russell Crowe – Gladiator as Maximus Decimus Meridius
Tom Hanks – Cast Away as Chuck Noland
Geoffrey Rush – Quills as Marquis de Sade

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
* Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich as Erin Brockovich
Joan Allen – The Contender as 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

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
* Albert Finney – Erin Brockovich as Ed Masry
Jeff Bridges – The Contender as Jackson Evans
Willem Dafoe – Shadow of the Vampire as Max Schreck
Gary Oldman – The Contender as Shelley Runyon
Joaquin Phoenix – Gladiator as Commodus

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
* Judi Dench – Chocolat as Armande Voizin
Kate Hudson – Almost Famous as Penny Lane
Frances McDormand – Almost Famous as Mrs. Miller
Julie Walters – Billy Elliot as Mrs. Wilkinson
Kate Winslet – Quills as Madeleine “Maddy” LeClerc