Tyler's Choice Awards: Best of the Decade (2000s)

I have decided to do the special awards on here too, because I have no life.

Best Picture

• Chicago (Martin Richards)
• The Departed (Brad Grey, Graham King & Brad Pitt)
• The Lord of the Rings trilogy (Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Barrie M. Osborne & Tim Sanders)
• Slumdog Millionaire (Christian Clemenson)
• Up (Jonas Rivera)
  (Honourable Mentions: Catch Me if You Can, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, No Country for Old Men, Spider-Man 2, WALL·E)

Best Director

• Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
• Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
• Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings
• Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• Martin Scorsese - The Departed
  (Honourable Mentions: Brad Bird - The Incredibles, Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men, Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind, Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight, Steven Spielberg - Minority Report)

Best Lead Actor

• Adrien Brody - The Pianist
• Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
• Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
• Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy
• Paul Giamatti - Sideways
  (Honourable Mentions: Russell Crowe - Gladiator, Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote, Sean Penn - Mystic River, Denzel Washington - Training Day, Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland)

Best Lead Actress

• Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich
• Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
• Meryl Streep - Julie and Julia
• Charlize Theron - Monster
• Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  (Honourable Mentions: Halle Berry - Monster's Ball, Helen Mirren - The Queen, Elliot Page - Juno, Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby, Renee Zellweger - Bridget Jones' Diary)

Best Supporting Actor

• Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
• Benicio del Toro - Traffic
  
• Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
• Tim Robbins - Mystic River
• Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds
  (Honourable Mentions: Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Tom Hanks - Catch Me if You Can, Ian McKellen - The Lord of the Rings, Alfred Molina - Spider-Man 2, Eddie Murphy - Shrek)

Best Supporting Actress

• Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind
• Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
• Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
• Renée Zellweger - Cold Mountain
• Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago
  (Honourable Mentions: Shorheh Aghdashloo - House of Sand and Fog, Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls, Rinko Kikuchi - Babel, Meryl Streep - Adaptation., Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener)

Best Original Screenplay

• Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth)
• Little Miss Sunshine (Michael Arndt)
• Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola)
• WALL·E (Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon & Pete Docter)
  (Honourable Mentions: (500) Days of Summer, Finding Nemo, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Pan's Labyrinth, Up)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Lord of the Rings trilogy (Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Stephen Sinclair; based on the "The Lord of the Rings" books by J.R.R. Tolkien)
• No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen; based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy)
• Shrek (Terry Rossio, Ted Elliott, Joe Stillman & Roger S. H. Schulman; based on the picture book "Shrek!" by William Steig)
• Slumdog Millionaire (Simon Beaufoy; based on the novel "Q & A" by Vikas Swarup)
• Traffic (Stephen Mirrione; based on the television series "Traffik" by Simon Moore)
  (Honourable Mentions: A Beautiful Mind, Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Departed, The Pianist)

Best Cast Ensemble

• The Dark Knight [John Papsidera] (Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Eric Roberts, Nestor Carbonell & Morgan Freeman, et. al.)
• Into the Wild [Francine Maisler] (Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Catherine Keener, Kristen Stewart, Merritt Wever, Vince Vaughn, Zach Galifianakis & Hal Holbrook, et. al.)
• Little Miss Sunshine [Justine Arteta & Kim Davis-Wagner] (Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Bryan Cranston, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Dean Norris & Abigail Breslin, et. al.)
• The Lord of the Rings [Victoria Burrows, Amy Hubbard, John Hubbard, Liz Mullane & Ann Robinson] (Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Christopher Lee, Sean Bean & Andy Serkis, et. al.)
• Star Trek [April Webster & Alyssa Weisberg] (Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Simon Pegg, Bruce Greenwood, Eric Bana & Leonard Nimoy, et. al.)
  (Honourable Mentions: Almost Famous, Chicago, Moulin Rouge!, Slumdog Millionaire, Traffic)

Best Young Actor

• Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot
• Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
• Haley Joel Osment - A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
• Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter series
• Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
  (Honourable Mentions: Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider, Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland, Max Records - Where the Wild Things Are, Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones, Jaden Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness)

Best Foreign Language Film

• Amélie [France] (Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Taiwan] (Ang Lee)
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly [France] (Julian Schnabel)
• Pan's Labyrinth [Mexico] (Guillermo del Toro)
• Spirited Away [Japan] (Hayao Miyazaki)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Barbarian Invasions, House of Flying Daggers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Talk to Her, Waltz with Bashir)

Best Documentary Feature

• Bowling for Columbine (Michael Moore, Kathleeen Glynn, Jim Czarnecki & Michael Donovan)
• The Cove (Louie Psihoyos & Fisher Stevens)
• Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore, Kathleen Glynn & Jim Czarnecki)
• An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim, Lawrence Bender, Scott Z. Burns & Lesley Chilcott)
• March of the Penguins (Luc Jacquet, Yves Darondeau & Emmanuel Pirou)
  (Honourable Mentions: Capturing the Friedmans, Food, Inc., Grizzly Man, Man on Wire, Sicko)

Best Original Score

• Catch Me if You Can (John Williams)
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Tan Dun)
• The Lord of the Rings (Howard Shore)
• Slumdog Millionaire (A.R. Rahman)
• Up (Michael Giacchino)
  (Honourable Mentions: A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, Atonement, Avatar, Finding Nemo, Gladiator)

Best Original Song

• "Falling Slowly" - Once (Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová)
• "Into the West" - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Fran Walsh, Howard Shore & Annie Lennox)
• "Lost Yourself" - 8 Mile (Eminem, Jeff Bass & Luis Resto)
• "The Weary Kind" - Crazy Heart (Ryan Bingham & T-Bone Burnett)
• "Your Heart Will Lead You Home" - The Tigger Movie (Kenny Loggins, Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Accidentally in Love" - Shrek 2, "Down to Earth" - WALL·E, "Here I Am" - Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, "If I Didn't Have You" - Monsters, Inc., "Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Sound Editing

• The Dark Knight (Richard King)
• The Incredibles (Randy Thom & Michael Silvers)
• King Kong (Mike Hopkins & Ethan Van der Ryn)
• The Lord of the Rings (Mike Hopkins & Ethan Van der Ryn)
• Transformers (Mike Hopkins & Ethan Van der Ryn)
  (Honourable Mentions: Gladiator, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Trek, WALL·E)

Best Sound Mixing

• Avatar (Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson & Tony Johnson)
• Gladiator (Scott Millan, Bob Beemer & Ken Weston)
• King Kong (Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges & Hammond Peek)
• The Lord of the Rings (Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh, Michael Hedges & Hammond Peek)
• WALL·E (Tom Myers, Michael Semanick & Ben Burtt)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Bourne Ultimatum, The Hurt Locker, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Slumdog Millionaire, Spider-Man 2)

Best Animated Feature

• Ratatouille (Brad Bird & Brad Lewis)
• Shrek (Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson, Aron Warner, John H. Williams & Jeffrey Katzenberg)
• Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki & Toshio Suzuki)
• Up (Pete Docter)
• WALL·E (Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon)
  (Honourable Mentions: Chicken Run, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Kung Fu Panda, Monsters, Inc.)

Best Voice-Over Performance [TIE]

• George Clooney - Fantastic Mr. Fox for voicing Mr. Fox
• Ellen DeGeneres - Finding Nemo for voicing Dory
• Jason Lee - The Incredibles for voicing Syndrome
• Eddie Murphy - Shrek for voicing Donkey
• Miranda Richardson - Chicken Run for voicing Mrs. Tweedy
  (Honourable Mentions: Sacha Baron Cohen - Madagascar, Dustin Hoffman - Kung Fu Panda, John Leguizamo - Ice Age, Ian McKellen - Flushed Away, Mike Myers - Shrek)

Best Cinematography

• Avatar (Mauro Fiore)
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Peter Pau)
• The Dark Knight (Wally Pfister)
• The Lord of the Rings (Andrew Lesnie)
• Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Navarro)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Aviator, Gladiator, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Road to Perdition, Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Film Editing

• Chicago (Martin Walsh)
• The Departed (Thelma Schoonmaker)
• The Lord of the Rings (John Gilbert, Michael Horton & Jamie Selkirk)
• Slumdog Millionaire (Chris Dickens)
• Traffic (Stephen Mirrione)
  (Honourable Mentions: Black Hawk Down, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Dark Knight, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Million Dollar Baby)

Best Art Direction

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Timmy Yip)
• The Lord of the Rings (Grant Major, Dan Hennah & Alan Lee)
• Moulin Rouge! (Catherine Martin & Brigitte Broch)
• Pan's Labyrinth (Eugenio Caballero & Pilar Revuelta)
• WALL·E (Ralph Eggleston)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Aviator, Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha, Sherlock Holmes, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)

Best Costume Design

• The Aviator (Sandy Powell)
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Jacqueline West)
• Gladiator (Janty Yates)
• Moulin Rouge! (Catherine Martin & Angus Strathie)
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Colleen Atwood)
  (Honourable Mentions: Chicago, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Lord of the Rings, Memoirs of a Geisha, Pirates of the Caribbean)

Best Makeup

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Greg Cannom)
• The Lord of the Rings (Peter Owen, Richard Taylor & Peter "Swords" King)
• Pan's Labyrinth (David Martí & Montse Ribé)
  (Honourable Mentions: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, La Vie en Rose, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Star Trek)

Best Visual Effects

• Avatar (Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham & Andrew R. Jones)
• King Kong (Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers & Richard Taylor)
• The Lord of the Rings (Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson, Joe Letteri & Alex Funke)
• Spider-Man 2 (John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara & John Frazier)
• Transformers (Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl & John Frazier)
  (Honourable Mentions: A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Gladiator, Harry Potter series, Pirates of the Caribbean)

Actor of the Decade

• George Clooney
• Johnny Depp
• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Meryl Streep
• Kate Winslet
  (Honourable Mentions: Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert Downey, Jr., Ian McKellen, Will Smith, Renée Zellweger)

Non-Actor of the Decade

• Colleen Atwood (costume designer)
• Christopher Boyes (sound mixer)
• Joe Letteri (visual effects supervisor)
• Michael Moore (film director)
• Thelma Schoonmaker (film editor)