The 2nd Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2003, were given on December 19, 2003.^[1][2]

Winners and nominees

Best Film

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

• City of God
• Lost in Translation
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Mystic River

Best Actor

• Bill Murray – Lost in Translation

• Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Chiwetel Ejiofor – Dirty Pretty Things
• Ben Kingsley – House of Sand and Fog
• Sean Penn – Mystic River

Best Actress

• Naomi Watts – 21 Grams

• Cate Blanchett – Veronica Guerin
• Keisha Castle-Hughes – Whale Rider
• Diane Keaton – Something's Gotta Give
• Evan Rachel Wood – Thirteen

Best Supporting Actor

• Benicio del Toro – 21 Grams

• Alec Baldwin – The Cooler
• Tim Robbins – Mystic River
• Peter Sarsgaard – Shattered Glass
• Ken Watanabe – The Last Samurai

Best Supporting Actress

• Anna Deavere Smith – The Human Stain

• Sarah Bolger – In America
• Holly Hunter – Thirteen
• Ludivine Sagnier – Swimming Pool
• Renée Zellweger – Cold Mountain

Best Director

• Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

• Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation
• Clint Eastwood – Mystic River
• Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund – City of God
• Peter Weir – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Best Ensemble

• Love Actually

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• A Mighty Wind
• Mystic River

Best Original Screenplay

• Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation

• Guillermo Arriaga – 21 Grams
• Steven Knight – Dirty Pretty Things
• Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, and David Reynolds – Finding Nemo
• Catherine Hardwicke and Nikki Reed – Thirteen

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Brian Helgeland – Mystic River

• Bráulio Mantovani – City of God
• Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Peter Weir and John Collee – Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Billy Ray – Shattered Glass

Best Animated Film

• Finding Nemo

• Brother Bear
• The Triplets of Belleville
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action
• Rugrats Go Wild

Best Documentary Film

• The Fog of War

• Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
• Capturing the Friedmans
• Step into Liquid
• Tupac: Resurrection

Best Guilty Pleasure

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

• 2 Fast 2 Furious
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
• Freaky Friday
• Willard