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The Oscars: The Precursors: National Board of Review

2000s / 1990s / 1980s / 1970s / 1960s / 1950s / 1940s / 1930s / 1920s
P - This indicates which film won the Precursor Award.
O - This indicates which film was also an Oscar Nominee.
O - This indicates which film was the Oscar winner.

All Picture, Documentary and Feature lists featuring five or more titles are in ranked order except for the following years: 2005, 1931, 1930, 1929.
2000s
PRECURSOR OSCAR
2006
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2005
PICTURE P A History of Violence
P Brokeback Mountain O
P Capote O
P Crash O
P Good Night, and Good Luck O O
P Match Point
P Memoirs of a Geisha
P Munich O
P Syriana
P Walk the Line
O Munich
O Brokeback Mountain
O Capote
O Crash
O Good Night, and Good Luck
PICTURE
ACTOR P Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote O O

O Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
ACTOR
ACTRESS P Felicity Huffman - Transamerica O

O Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR
P Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain O

O George Clooney - Syriana
SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
P Gong Li - Memoirs of a Geisha

O Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR P Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain O O

O Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
DIRECTOR
ORIGINAL
SCREENPLAY
P The Squid and the Whale O

O Crash
ORIGINAL
SCREENPLAY
ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY
P Syriana O

O Brokeback Mountain
ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY
ANIMATED
PICTURE
P The Corpse Bride O
O Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
ANIMATED
PICTURE
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
P 2046
P Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
P Downfall
P Paradise Now O
P Walk on Water

O Joyeux Noel
O Paradise Now
O Sophie Scholl - The Final Days
O La Bestia Nel Cuore
O Tsotsi
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY P Ballets Russes
P Grizzly Man
P Mad Hot Ballroom
P March of the Penguins O O
P Murderball O

O Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
O March of the Penguins
O Murderball
O Darwin's Nightmare
O Street Fight
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
2004
PICTURE P Finding Neverland O
P The Aviator O
P Closer
P Million Dollar Baby O O
P Sideways O
P Kinsey
P Vera Drake
P Ray O
P Collateral
P Hotel Rwanda
O The Aviator
O Finding Neverland
O Million Dollar Baby
O Ray
O Sideways
PICTURE
ACTOR P Jamie Foxx - Ray O O

O Jamie Foxx - Ray
ACTOR
ACTRESS P Annette Bening - Being Julia O

O Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR
P Thomas Haden Church - Sideways O

O Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
P Laura Linney - Kinsey O

O Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR P Michael Mann - Collateral

O Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
DIRECTOR
ORIGINAL
SCREENPLAY
P Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind O O

O Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
ORIGINAL
SCREENPLAY
ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY
P Sideways O O

O Sideways
ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY
ART
DIRECTION
P House of Flying Daggers

O The Aviator
ART
DIRECTION
ANIMATED
PICTURE
P The Incredibles O O
O The Incredibles
ANIMATED
PICTURE
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
P The Sea Inside O O
P Bad Education
P Maria Full of Grace
P The Chorus
P The Motorcycle Diaries

O As It Is in Heaven
O The Chorus
O Downfall
O The Sea Inside
O Yesterday
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY P Born into Brothels O O
P Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
P Paper Clips
P Supersize Me O
P The Story of the Weeping Camel O

O Born Into Brothels
O The Story of the Weeping Camel
O Supersize Me
O Tupac: Resurrection
O Twist of Faith
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
2003
PICTURE P Mystic River O
P The Last Samurai
P The Station Agent
P 21 Grams
P House of Sand and Fog
P Lost in Translation O
P Cold Mountain
P In America
P Seabiscuit O
P Master and Commander O
O The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
O Master and Commander
O Seabiscuit
O Lost in Translation
O Mystic River
PICTURE
ACTOR P Sean Penn- Mystic River/21 Grams O O

O Sean Penn - Mystic River
ACTOR
ACTRESS P Diane Keaton - Something's Gotta Give O

O Charlize Theron - Monster
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR
P Alec Baldwin - The Cooler O

O Tim Robbins - Mystic River
SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
P Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April/The Station Agent O

O Renee Zellweger - Cold Mountain
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR P Edward Zwick - The Last Samurai

O Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
DIRECTOR
ORIGINAL
SCREENPLAY
P In America O

O Lost in Translation
ORIGINAL
SCREENPLAY
ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY
P Cold Mountain

O The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY
ANIMATED
PICTURE
P Finding Nemo O O
O Finding Nemo
ANIMATED
PICTURE
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
P The Barbarian Invasions O O
P Best of Youth
P Monsieur Ibrahim
P Autumn Spring
P Man on the Train

O Evil
O The Barbarian Invasions
O The Twilight Samurai
O Twin Sisters
O Zelary
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY P The Fog of War O O
P Capturing the Friedmans O
P My Architect O
P Winged Migration
P Spellbound

O Balseros
O Capturing the Friedmans
O The Fog of War
O My Architect
O The Weather Underground
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
2002
PICTURE P The Hours O
P Chicago O O
P Gangs of New York O
P The Quiet American
P Adaptation
P Rabbit-Proof Fence
P The Pianist O
P Far From Heaven
P Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
P Frida
O Chicago
O The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
O Gangs of New York
O The Pianist
O The Hours
PICTURE
ACTOR P Campbell Scott - Roger Dodger

O Adrien Brody - The Pianist
ACTOR
ACTRESS P Julianne Moore - Far From Heaven O

O Nicole Kidman - The Hours
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR
P Chris Cooper - Adaptation O O

O Chris Cooper - Adaptation
SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
P Kathy Bates - About Schmidt O

O Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR P Philip Noyce - The Quiet American/Rabbit Proof Fence

O Roman Polanski - The Pianist
DIRECTOR
SCREENPLAY P Adaptation O
P Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
P Human Nature

O Talk to Her
ORIGINAL
SCREENPLAY
O The Pianist
ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY
ANIMATED
PICTURE
P Spirited Away O O
O Spirited Away
ANIMATED
PICTURE
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
P Talk to Her
P Y Tu Mama Tambien
P 8 Women
P City of God
P El Crimen del Padra Amaro O

O El Crimen del Padre Amaro
O Hero
O The Man Without a Past
O Nowhere in Africa
O Zus & Zo
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY P Bowling for Columbine O O

O Bowling for Columbine
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
2001
PICTURE P Moulin Rouge O
P In the Bedroom O
P Ocean's Eleven
P Memento
P Monster's Ball
P Black Hawk Down
P The Man Who Wasn't There
P A.I. Artificial Intelligence
P The Pledge
P Mulholland Drive
O The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
O A Beautiful Mind
O In the Bedroom
O Gosford Park
O Moulin Rouge
PICTURE
ACTOR P Billy Bob Thornton - The Man Who Wasn't There

O Denzel Washington - Training Day
ACTOR
ACTRESS P Halle Berry - Monster's Ball O O

O Halle Berry - Monster's Ball
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR
P Jim Broadbent - Iris/Moulin Rouge O

O Jim Broadbent - Iris
SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
P Cate Blanchett - The Man Who Cried/The Shipping News/The Lord of the Rings

O Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR P Todd Field - In the Bedroom

O Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind
DIRECTOR
SCREENPLAY P In the Bedroom O

O Gosford Park
ORIGINAL
SCREENPLAY
O A Beautiful Mind
ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY
ANIMATED
PICTURE
P Shrek O O
O Shrek
ANIMATED
PICTURE
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
P Amores Perros
P Behind the Sun
P Dark Blue World
P No Man's Land O O
P Amelie O

O Amelie
O Son of the Bride
O Elling
O Lagaan
O No Man's Land
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY P The Endurance

O Murder on a Sunday Morning
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
2000
PICTURE P Quills
P Traffic O
P Croupier
P You Can Count on Me
P Billy Elliott
P Before Night Falls
P Gladiator O O
P Wonder Boys
P Sunshine
P Dancer in the Dark
O Traffic
O Chocolat
O Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
O Erin Brockovich
O Gladiator
PICTURE
ACTOR P Javier Bardem - Before Night Falls O

O Russell Crowe - Gladiator
ACTOR
ACTRESS P Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich O O

O Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR
P Joaquin Phoenix - Quills/The Yards/Gladiator O

O Benicio Del Toro - Traffic
SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
P Lupe Ontiveros - Chuck & Buck

O Marcia Gay Harden - Pollock
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR P Steven Soderbergh - Erin Brockovich/Traffic O O

O Steven Soderbergh - Traffic
DIRECTOR
SCREENPLAY P All The Pretty Horses

O Almost Famous
ORIGINAL
SCREENPLAY
O Traffic
ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
P Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon O O
P Butterfly
P A Time for Drunken Horses
P Malena
P Girl on the Bridge

O Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
O Amores Perros
O Divided We Fall
O Everybody Famous
O The Taste of Others
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY P The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

O Into the Arms of Strangers
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1990s
PRECURSOR OSCAR
1999
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
SCREENPLAY P The Cider House Rules O O

O American Beauty
ORIGINAL
SCREENPLAY
O The Cider House Rules
ADAPTED
SCREENPLAY
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM

FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1998
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
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ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
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FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1997
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
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SUPPORTING
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SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
FOREIGN
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FILM

FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1996
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
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SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
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DIRECTOR
FOREIGN
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FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1995
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
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ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
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DIRECTOR
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FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1994
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
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SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
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DIRECTOR
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FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1993
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
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ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
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DIRECTOR
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FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1992
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
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FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1991
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
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DIRECTOR
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FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1990
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
FOREIGN
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FILM

FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1980s
PRECURSOR OSCAR
1989
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM

FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1988
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM

FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1987
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM

FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1986
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM

FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1985
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM

FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1984
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
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FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1983
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
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DIRECTOR
FOREIGN
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FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1982
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM

FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1981
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
FOREIGN
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FILM

FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1980
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM

FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1970s
PRECURSOR OSCAR
1979
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM

FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1978
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM

FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1977
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS

SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM

FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
FILM
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE
1976
PICTURE PICTURE
ACTOR
ACTOR
ACTRESS
ACTRESS
SUPPORTING
ACTOR

SUPPORTING
ACTOR
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS