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Early Oscar '00 Nominee Predictions

Opening Commentary: One thing that is for sure is that, as William Golding would say, nobody knows nothing. This is one Oscar season that can be written as being in the air. I like to think that most of my early predictions will pay off this year, but too many races are too close to make anything really seem for sure.

I blame this on the lackluster year, or at least in the Oscar-type films at least. Some late in the year entries from the indie companies (including Fine Line's Before Night Falls, Cowboy Releasing's George Washington, and Artisan's Requiem for a Dream) are too low key for the Academy and will probably be forgotten despite the fact that they are better films than most of what the studios produced this year (in their defence, Paramount did give us Wonder Boys and DreamWorks produced Almost Famous). In a perfect world, the Oscars would be a duel between Requiem for a Dream and Dancer in the Dark, but I am seriously doubting the chances for these two fine films.

That's not to say that this year will be left to bad films, just not the best. I liked Erin Brockovich, Gladiator, and Billy Elliot, but I cannot support them over some of the films that they will probably leave to the side of the tracks. I can only wish that the most artsy directors branch will pay off with some high-end choices, but even I doubt that.

So now that we are in one of the few lulls in the awards season (the next awards announcement is the National Society of Film Critics on 6 January), I have decided to look at the Oscar prospects at this moment.

Nota Bene: I am not the king of Oscar nominee predictions. Alex Fung is much better at the nominees. My claim to fame is predicting the winners, where I have won a competition for three straight years (and that's not even including the year that I predicted the Juliette Binoche upset in 1996). The week before the Academy Awards, I'll have a special column out on who should win and who will win. Take that closer to home -- take this with a grain of salt.

In parenthesis are awards and nominations given in that category (NBR = National Board of Review, LAFC = Los Angles Film Critics, NYFC = New York Film Critics, BFC = Boston Film Critics, TFC = Toronto Film Critics, BrFC = Broadcast Film Critics, SDFC = San Diego Film Critics, EFA = European Film Awards, GS = Golden Satellites, GG = Golden Globes; [H] = Honorary Award, W = Winner, N = Nominee or Runner- Up).

So now my own version of Alex Fung's "wild, flailing guesses with little basis in reality."

Note: due to how far away the actual nominations are, I'm only going to give explanatory remarks on picture, director, acting, and writing awards. Also I'm not going to work with the Best Animated Short, Best Documentary Short Subject, and Best Documentary Feature nominations since I have absolutely no idea what films are in competition.

Best Picture

21 December Predictions
Billy Elliot (N: NBR, BrFC, SDFC, EFA, GS, GG)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (W: NBR, LAFC, TFC; N: NYFC, BFC [H], BrFC) 
Erin Brockovich (N: BFC, BrFC, GS, GG)
Gladiator (N: NBR, BrFC, EFA, GS, GG)
Quills (W: NBR; N: BrFC, GS, )

Other Possibilities: All the Pretty Horses, Almost Famous, Before Night Falls, Cast Away, Chocolat, The Contender, Dancer in the Dark, The Family Man, Finding Forrester, The Gift, The House of Mirth, Pollock, Requiem for a Dream, Thirteen Days, Traffic, Wonder Boys, You Can Count On Me.

With the year so in the air, this category is highly hard to predict. Some might say that the lack of strong leads from the studios means that the independent films will flourish like in 1996, but I'm still not bought on yet. The studios still have some trump cards to throw out, including Almost Famous, Wonder Boys, Cast Away, and Finding Forrester. If the independent films do hit hard, I'd say that Traffic will be the one to add to my three indies above (Billy Elliot, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Quills) with the independent minded Almost Famous rounding out the list.

Even that scenerio seems a little off-kilter to me. I have a very hard time believing that this will not be the year to be Gladiator, which is most definately the Braveheart and Titanic of 2000. Expect the film to pick up as many as, if not more, nominations than any other film thanks to being that all important period piece.

The only film that might take up an equal amount of nominations is Taiwan's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which is poised to become the Life is Beautiful of this year. Admittedly, the two films go for two different art house crowds (in other words, a comparison of the people going to see Howards End to the people going to see Enter the Dragon). The added help to Crouching Tiger's chances is that could be a huge cross-over hit, picking up viewers who have been enthralled by the previous work of Wu Ping, some little arty film called The Matrix.

Best Director

21 December Predictions
Philip Kaufman - Quills (W: NBR [H]; N: GS)
Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon  (N: LAFC, NYFC, TFC, BrFC, GS, GG)
Ridley Scott - Gladiator (N: BrFC, GS, GG)
Steven Soderbergh - Erin Brockovich (W: NBR, LAFC, NYFC, BrFC; N: BFC, GS, GG)
Steven Soderbergh - Traffic (W: NBR, LAFC, NYFC, TFC, BrFC; N: BFC, GS, GG)

Other Possibilities: Darren Aronofsky for Requeim for a Dream, Cameron Crowe for Almost Famous, Stephen Daldry for Billy Elliot, Terence Davies for House of Mirth, Roger Donaldson for Thirteen Days, Lasse Hallstrom for Chocolat, Curtis Hanson for Wonder Boys, Ed Harris for Pollock, Kenneth Lonergan for You Can Count on Me, Rod Lurie for The Contender, E. Elias Merhige for Shadow of the Vampire, Sam Raimi for The Gift, Julian Schnabel for Before Night Falls, Billy Bob Thornton for All the Pretty Horses, Gus van Sant for Finding Forrester, Lars von Trier for Dancer in the Dark, Robert Zemeckis for Cast Away.

One of the big questions this year is whether or not Steven Soderbergh will become the first director in over fifty years to be nominated twice for different films in the same year. I was one of the last people to think that it would happen -- even if there was a huge push for Erin Brockovich to get a nomination for him, it would probably lose to those not knowing that they could nominate film twice or who want to share the wealth. Until the Golden Globe nominations this morning, I had Stephen Daldry up for Billy Elliot instead of Soderbergh for Brockovich.

Should Daldry come in and get a nomination, expect the spoiler to be either Cameron Crowe for Almost Famous or Curtis Hanson for Wonder Boys. Now, if the Academy wants to be really interesting, may I recommend Darren Aronofsy for Requiem for a Dream or Lars von Trier for Dancer in the Dark.

As it is now, Soderbergh is promised one nomination, with Scott and Lee also holding fast to their spots. Philip Kaufman, like his film, is very questionable. I would not be surprised if he is the weak link and will be replaced by the time I do my next Oscar nominee predictions.

Best Actor

21 December Predictions
Javier Bardem - Before Night Falls (W: NBR; N: LAFC, NYFC, BFC, GG)
Sean Connery - Finding Forrester (N: GS)
Michael Douglas - Wonder Boys (W: LAFC; N: BrFC, GS, GG)
Tom Hanks - Cast Away (W: NYFC; N: BFC, BrFC, GG)
Geoffrey Rush - Quills (N: BrFC, GS, GG)

Other Possibilities: Christian Bale for American Psycho, Jamie Bell for Billy Elliot, Nicholas Cage for The Family Man, Russell Crowe for Gladiator, Michael Douglas for Traffic, Ralph Fiennes for Sunshine, Colin Farrell for Tigerland, Ed Harris for Pollock, Philip Seymour Hoffman for State and Main, Jack Nicholson for The Pledge, Mark Ruffalo for You Can Count on Me, Denzel Washington for Remember the Titans, Chow Yun-Fat for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

With the Golden Globe nomination for him, Javier Bardem finally picks up the added attraction to his race for a nomination. If he does not get a nomination, it will be a true travesty. I'm hoping that the same voters who did not let a homosexual character get in the way of Ian McKellen's James Whale in Gods and Monsters will rush behind Bardem's performance as Reinaldo Arenas in Before Night Falls.

Michael Douglas has spent most of this year on the short list for a Best Actor nomination, and he should remain there up until the day of the announcement of nominees. He'd be the only person I have listed that I feel really good about.

As for Connery, Hanks, and Rush, thier chances are somewhat determined by the overall reaction of their films. I had not even considered Hanks as a top-five contender until his New York Film Critics win, and I'm still not completely bought on -- but when I finally see the film tomorrow, I might have the insight needed to look at his chances (believe it or not, having seen the films in these cateories is very helpful in Oscar prognosticating). The actor's branch could very well brush off Connery as being too laid back in Finding Forrester and Rush being too over the top in Quills.

If the Academy's actors really buy into Billy Elliot (which would not be that much of a surprise considering the subject of the film), Jamie Bell may very well become the youngest actor nominated in the lead category. Take that Haley Joel!

There's been much bally-hoo about Ed Harris in Pollock, his labor of love biography of artist Jackson Pollock, but the steam has nearly settled and the film looks to be forgotten come time of the nominations. I have a far better feeling for Marcia Gay Harden picking up a Best Supporting Actress nomination (where the competition is slimmer) than for old Ed to do it.

Remember what I said about Gladiator in the Best Picture commentary? Well, this is one of the few categories where I think it'll be knocked out. Nothing against the performance from Russell Crowe, but his chances are dying down as his new film Proof of Life arrived D.O.A. and his respectability a little tarnished. Let us remember that Braveheart's Mel Gibson and Titanic's Leonardo DiCaprio both failed to pick up a nomination here.

Best Actress

21 December Predictions
Joan Allen - The Contender (N: BrFC, GS, GG)
Gillian Anderson - House of Mirth (N: NYFC, GS)
Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream (W: BFC; N: NYFC, TFC, BrFC, GS, GG)
Laura Linney - You Can Count on Me (W: NYFC, TFC, SDFC; N: LAFC, BFC, GS, GG)
Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich (W: NBR, LAFC, BrFC, SDFC; N: BFC, GS, GG)

Other Possibilities: Angela Basset for Boesman and Lena, Juliette Binoche for Chocolat, Björk for Dancer in the Dark, Cate Blanchett for The Gift, Téa Leoni for The Family Man, Michelle Rodriguez for Girlfight, Kate Winslett for Quills, Michelle Yeoh for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Renée Zellweger for Nurse Betty.

As things get closer and closer to the day of the actual nominations, this is the only category that seems to be mellowing into a final five. Yes, there could always be an upset nomination for Björk or Michelle Rodriguez (neither of whom I'd be disappointed with) in place of, say, Gillian Anderson, who is slowly losing ground. Ellen Burstyn might get a nomination in the Supporting Actress category if Artisan should choose to push her that way or if the Screen Actors Guild names her in the category. Otherwise everyone else seems secure, with Julia Roberts standing as the front-runner to win (but don't count out indie darling Laura Linney yet).

Best Supporting Actor

21 December Predictions
Willem Dafoe - Shadow of the Vampire (W: LAFC; N: NYFC, SDFC, GS, GG)
Benicio Del Toro - Traffic (W: NYFC, TFC, SDFC; N: LAFC, BrFC, GS, GG)
Albert Finney - Erin Brockovich (N: BFC, BrFC, GS, GG)
Joaquin Phoenix - Gladiator (W: NBR, BrFC, SDFC [H]; N: GS, GG)
Mark Ruffalo - You Can Count on Me (N: BFC, TFC, SDFC)

Other Possibilities: Jeff Bridges for The Contender, Michael Caine for Quills, Billy Crudup for Almost Famous, Johnny Depp for Chocolat, Bruce Greenwood for Thirteen Days, Philip Seymour Hoffman for Almost Famous, Philip Seymour Hoffman for State and Main, Gary Lewis for Billy Elliot, Tobey Maguire for Wonder Boys, Gary Oldman for The Contender, Joaquin Phoenix for Quills, Oliver Reed for Gladiator.

One of the biggest problems in this category this year is that many of the contenders are actually lead performers. Dafoe, Del Toro, and Ruffalo have all been noted as being the lead actors of their respective films, but it is the Supporting Category that they have better chances. If Ruffalo gets picked up in the Best Actor race (which could very well happen depending on where the Screen Actors Guild places him, if anywhere), he will be left out and his spot here will be replaced. Otherwise this category is shut-off to anyone else.

Ruffalo did fail to get a nomination from the Golden Globes, which does not bode well for the actors chances. I feel better about that position being filled by Bridges for The Contender (who took the fifth Golden Globe nomination) or Lewis for Billy Elliot than anyone else, but I would not completely count out anyone that I have listed above.

Best Supporting Actress

21 December Predictions
Judi Dench - Chocolat (N: SDFC, GS, GG)
Kate Hudson - Almost Famous (W: BrFC [H]; N: BrFC, GS, GG)
Frances McDormand - Almost Famous (W: LAFC, BFC, BrFC, SDFC; N: NYFC, GS, GG)
Julie Walters - Billy Elliot (N: BFC, BrFC, EFA, GS, GG)
Kate Winslet - Quills (N: BrFC, GS)

Other Possibilities: Jennifer Connelly for Requiem for a Dream, Penélope Cruz for All the Pretty Horses, Catherine Deneuve for Dancer in the Dark, Jennifer Ehle for Sunshine, Marcia Gay Harden for Pollock, Rosemary Harris for Sunshine, Helen Hunt for Cast Away, Amy Madigan for Pollock, Elaine May for Small Time Crooks, Frances McDormand for Wonder Boys, Lena Olin for Chocolat, Catherine Zeta-Jones for Traffic, Zhang Ziyi for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

I have been very steadfast on my prediction of Judi Dench for the last week, even as she was constantly being forgotten by all the critics groups (note that the only nominations she has are from the last three to be announced -- whether that is a very good thing or a bad thing, I don't know). I would not put money on her, but I would certainly not count her out.

Considering that Quills was supposedly going to be a big nominee at the Golden Globes going in, it is a little disappointing to see Kate Winslet without a nomination. I was hoping that I could make a clean-sweep in this category in these early predictions, but her prediction may be the downfall. Catherine Zeta-Jones was the fifth nominee and, as much as I doubt it, could take the fifth slot if vacated by either Winslet or Dench.

As for the rest, well, McDormand and Walters seem to have their nominations promised, and Kate Hudson should make the list by default. How can an actor write down McDormand for Almost Famous on their ballot without immediately thinking about mentioning Kate Hudson too?

Best Adapted Screenplay

21 December Predictions
All the Pretty Horses - Ted Tally (W: NBR; N: SDFC)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Wang Hui Ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo Jung
Quills - Doug Wright (N: GS, GG)
Traffic - Stephen Gaghan (W: BrFC; N: GS, GG)
Wonder Boys - Steven Kloves (W: BFC, BrFC; N: LAFC, GG)

Other Possibilities: Before Night Falls by Lazaro Gomez, Carriles Cunnigham O'Keefe, and Julian Schnabel, The Claim by Frank Cottrell Boyce, High Fidelity by D.V. DeVincentis, House of Mirth by Terence Davies, Meet the Parents by James Herzfeld and John Hamburg, O Brother, Where Art Thou by Joel and Ethan Coen, Pollock by Susan Emshwiller and Barbara Turner, Requiem for a Dream by Darren Aronofsky.

The grim and the gritty usually does better in the screenplays, but I don't see lightning striking twice this year. Expect Requiem for a Dream to be left out here for more dependable fare like Ted Tally's All the Pretty Horses (one can only imagine how much of his screenplay does not make it into the final edit).

The year's other grim and gritty screenplay, Stephen Gaghan's Traffic, should recieve a nomination thanks to streak that the Soderbergh films should have. Since this category has some more unusual choices (a foreign langauge film nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay? Blasphemy!), I would not be surprised if this is one category that I completely change over the next two months working up to the day of the nominations. We can never really count out Before Night Falls or The House of Mirth, can we? Or how about some lighter films like Meet the Parents of High Fidelity?

Best Original Screenplay

21 December Predictions
Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe (W: BFC, BrFC, SDFC; N: GS, GG)
Billy Elliot - Lee Hall (N: GS)
Erin Brockovich - Susannah Grant (N: GS)
Finding Forrester - Mike Rich
You Can Count on Me - Kenneth Lonergan (W: NBR [H], LAFC, NYFC, TFC; N: GS, GG)

Other Possibilities: Cast Away by William Broyles, Jr., Chicken Run by Peter Lord, Nick Park, and Karey Kirkpatrick, The Contender by Rod Lurie, Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier, The Gift by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson, Girlfight by Karyn Kusama, Gladiator by David Fanzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson, Nurse Betty by John C. Richards and James Flamberg, Shadow of the Vampire by Steven Katz, Small Time Crooks by Woody Allen, State and Main by David Mamet, Thirteen Days by David Self.

Cameron Crowe and Kenneth Lonergan have nearly every single critics award in thier hats for thier films and expect them to have nice nominations come February. The other three kind of depend on the Best Picture nominees, where Billy Elliot might not have the artistic pizzaz to enlighted the writers branch. Then there's Finding Forrester, which most people consider to be Good Will Hunting II. Even Erin Brockovich might fail to gain a nomination, though it has a better chance than the other two weak links I predict.

Cast Away and Thirteen Days could turn out to be huge hits and gain momentum going into the nominated period. Who knows, they might even pull an upset and get Best Picture nominations. Even the grim and gritty scenerio works here, with The Gift and Dancer in the Dark standing as prospects. And, like Adapted Screenplay, there's always room for some light hearted films like Nurse Betty, Small Time Crooks, State and Main, and, even maybe, Chicken Run.

Best Cinematography

21 December Predictions
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Peter Pau (W: LAFC, NYFC, BFC; N: SDFC, GS)
Gladiator - John Mathieson (W: BrFC, SDFC; N: GS)
Quills - Rogier Stoffers
Requiem for a Dream - Matthew Libatique (N: BFC)
Wonder Boys - Dante Spinotti

Other Possibilities: All the Pretty Horses, Almost Famous, Billy Elliot, Cast Away, Chocolat, Dancer in the Dark, Erin Brockovich, The Gift, The House of Mirth, The Legend of Bagger Vance, The Perfect Storm, Shadow of the Vampire, Sunshine, Thirteen Days, Unbreakable.

Best Film Editing

21 December Predictions
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tim Squyres (N: GS)
Erin Brockovich - Anne V. Coates
Gladiator - Pietro Scalia (N: GS)
Quills - Peter Boyle
Requiem for a Dream - Jay Rabinowitz

Other Possibilities: All the Pretty Horses, Billy Elliot, Cast Away, Chocolat, Dancer in the Dark, Erin Brockovich, Finding Forrester, The Gift, The Perfect Storm, Shadow of the Vampire, Sunshine, Thirteen Days, Traffic, Unbreakable.

Best Sound

21 December Predictions
Cast Away
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (N: GS)
Gladiator
The Perfect Storm (N: GS)
U-571

Other Possibilities: All the Pretty Horses, Almost Famous, Charlie's Angels, Erin Brockovich, Mission: Impossible 2, The Patriot, Traffic, Unbreakable, X-Men.

Best Sound Effects Editing

21 December Predictions
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gladiator
The Perfect Storm

Other Possibilities: Cast Away, Charlie's Angels, Mission: Impossible 2, The Patriot, U-571, X-Men.

Best Visual Effects

21 December Predictions
Gladiator (N: GS)
The Perfect Storm
X-Men

Other Possibilities: Cast Away, The Cell, Charlie's Angels, Dinosaur, Hollow Man, Mission: Impossible 2, Mission to Mars, Red Planet.

Best Makeup

21 December Predictions
The Cell
Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
X-Men

Other Possibilities: Cast Away, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Gladiator, The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, Proof of Life, Quills, Requiem for a Dream, Shadow of the Vampire.

Best Costume Design

21 December Predictions
The Cell
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (N: GS, )
Gladiator (N: GS)
The House of Mirth (N: GS)
Quills

Other Possibilities: Almost Famous, Cast Away, Chocolat, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Golden Bowl, The Patriot, Shadow of the Vampire, Sunshine, Vatel.

Best Art Direction

21 December Predictions
The Cell
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (W: LAFC; N: GS)
Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (N: GS)
Gladiator (W: NBR, BrFC; N: GS)
The House of Mirth (N: LAFC, GS)

Other Possibilities: Almost Famous, Cast Away, Chocolat, The Golden Bowl, The Patriot, Quills, Shadow of the Vampire, Sunshine, Vatel.

Best Original Score

21 December Predictions
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tan Dun (W: LAFC; N: GG)
Erin Brockovich - Thomas Newman
Gladiator - Hans Zimmer (W: BrFC; N: GS, GG)
Quills - Stephen Warbeck
Requiem for a Dream - Clint Mansell

Other Possibilities: All the Pretty Horses by Daniel Lanois, Billy Elliot by Stephen Warbeck, Cast Away by Alan Silvestri, Chocolat by Rachel Portman, Dinosaur by James Newton Howard, The Golden Bowl by Richard Robbins, The Patriot by John Williams, The Perfect Storm by James Horner, Shadow of the Vampire by Steven Katz, Sunshine by Maurice Jarre, Traffic by Cliff Martinez, Unbreakable by James Newton Howard, Wonder Boys by Christopher Young.

Best Original Musical

21 December Predictions
Dancer in the Dark - Björk (N: LAFC)
The Emperor's New Groove - Marc Shaiman and Sting
The Road to El Dorado - Elton John and Tim Rice

Other Possibilities: What else is in the running?

NOTE: If there are not enough films running for consideration here, the Academy will not give out this award and will deem the films running in this category to be ineligible for any score recgnition this year.

Best Original Song

21 December Predictions
"I've Seen It All" - Dancer in the Dark (N: GG)
"My Funny Friend and Me" - The Emperor's New Groove (W: BrFC; N: GS, GG)
"Someday Out of the Blue" - The Road to El Dorado
"Things Have Changed" - Wonder Boys (N: GS, GG)
"Where are You Christmas" - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Other Possibilities: "Can't Fight the Moonlight" from Cowboy Ugly, "Doesn't Really Matter" from The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, "A Fool in Love" from Meet the Parents, "I Believe" from Billy Elliot, "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" from O Brother, Where Art Thou?, "I Want to Be with You" from Center Stage, "In the Musicals" from Dancer in the Dark, "Independent Woman" from Charlie's Angels, "A Love Before Time" from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, "A New World" from Dancer in the Dark, "One Day She'll Love Me" from The Emperor's New Groove, "This Could Be Heaven" from The Family Man, "Yours Forever" from The Perfect Storm.

Best Foreign Language Film

21 December Predictions
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Ang Lee (Taiwan) (W: NBR, BFC, TFC, BrFC; N: NYFC, SDFC, GS, GG)
In the Mood for Love - Wong Kar-Wai (Hong Kong)
Maelstrom - Denis Villeneuve (Canada)
Songs from the Second Floor - Roy Andersson (Sweden)
A Time for Drunken Horses - Bahman Ghobadi (Iran) (N: NBR)

Other Possibilities: Algeria's Little Senegal from Rachid Bouchareb, Austria's The Stranger from Gotz Spielmann, Belguim's Everbody Famous from Dominique Deruddere, Brazil's Me You Them from Andrucha Waddington, Bulgaria's Letter to America from Iglika Triffonova, China's Breaking he Silence from Sun Zhou, Denmark's A Place Nearby from Kaspar Rostrup, Ecuador's Dreams from the Middle of the World from Carlos Naranjo Estrella, Finland's Seven Songs from the Tundra from Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio, France's The Taste of Others from Agnes Jaoui, Georgia's 27 Missing Kisses from Nana Djordjadze, Germany's No Place to Go from Oscar Roehler, Greece's Peppermint from Costas Kapakas, Italy's The Hundred Stepsfrom Marco Tullio Giodana, The Netherland's Little Crumb from Maria Peters, Spain's You're the One from Jose Luis Garci.

-- FINAL TALLY --

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon...#11
Gladiator...#11
Quills...#9
Erin Brockovich...#7
Requiem for a Dream...#4
Wonder Boys...#4
Almost Famous...#3
Billy Elliot...#3
The Cell...#3
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas...#3
The House of Mirth...#3
The Perfect Storm...#3
Traffic...#3
You Can Count on Me...#3
Cast Away...#2
Dancer in the Dark...#2
The Emperor's New Groove...#2
Finding Forrester...#2
The Road to El Dorado...#2
X-Men...#2
All the Pretty Horses...#1
Before Night Falls...#1
Chocolat...#1
The Contender...#1
In the Mood for Love...#1
Maelstrom...#1
Shadow of the Vampire...#1
Songs from the Second Floor...#1
A Time for Drunken Horses...#1
U-571...#1

Analysis by:
David Perry
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