72nd Academy Awards
Held in 2000 · 19 categories
Best Picture
- Winner American Beauty
- Nominee The Cider House Rules
- Nominee The Green Mile
- Nominee The Insider
- Nominee The Sixth Sense
Best Actor
- Winner American Beauty · Kevin Spacey
- Nominee Sweet and Lowdown · Sean Penn
- Nominee The Hurricane · Denzel Washington
- Nominee The Insider · Russell Crowe
- Nominee The Straight Story · Richard Farnsworth
Best Actress
- Winner Boys Don't Cry · Hilary Swank
- Nominee American Beauty · Annette Bening
- Nominee Music of the Heart · Meryl Streep
- Nominee The End of the Affair · Julianne Moore
- Nominee Tumbleweeds · Janet McTeer
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner The Cider House Rules · Michael Caine
- Nominee Magnolia · Tom Cruise
- Nominee The Green Mile · Michael Clarke Duncan
- Nominee The Sixth Sense · Haley Joel Osment
- Nominee The Talented Mr. Ripley · Jude Law
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner Girl, Interrupted · Angelina Jolie
- Nominee Being John Malkovich · Catherine Keener
- Nominee Boys Don't Cry · Chloë Sevigny
- Nominee Sweet and Lowdown · Samantha Morton
- Nominee The Sixth Sense · Toni Collette
Best Director
- Winner American Beauty · Sam Mendes
- Nominee Being John Malkovich · Spike Jonze
- Nominee The Cider House Rules · Lasse Hallström
- Nominee The Insider · Michael Mann
- Nominee The Sixth Sense · M. Night Shyamalan
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner American Beauty · Alan Ball
- Nominee Being John Malkovich · Charlie Kaufman, Pieter Willem Korthals
- Nominee Magnolia · Paul Thomas Anderson
- Nominee The Sixth Sense · M. Night Shyamalan
- Nominee Topsy-Turvy · Mike Leigh
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner The Cider House Rules · John Irving
- Nominee Election · Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
- Nominee The Green Mile · Frank Darabont
- Nominee The Insider · Eric Roth, Michael Mann
- Nominee The Talented Mr. Ripley · Anthony Minghella
Best International Feature Film
- Winner All About My Mother
- Nominee East/West
- Nominee Himalaya
- Nominee Solomon & Gaenor
- Nominee Under the Sun
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner One Day in September · Arthur Cohn, Kevin Macdonald
- Nominee Buena Vista Social Club · Ulrich Felsberg
- Nominee Genghis Blues · Adrian Belic, Roko Belic
- Nominee On the Ropes · Brett Morgen, Nanette Burstein
- Nominee Speaking in Strings · Lilibet Foster, Paola di Florio
Best Original Score
- Winner The Red Violin · John Corigliano
- Nominee American Beauty · Thomas Newman
- Nominee Angela's Ashes · John Williams
- Nominee The Cider House Rules · Rachel Portman
- Nominee The Talented Mr. Ripley · Gabriel Yared
Best Original Song
- Winner You'll Be in My Heart from Tarzan · Phil Collins
- Nominee Blame Canada from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut · Marc Shaiman, Trey Parker
- Nominee Music of My Heart from Music of the Heart · Diane Warren
- Nominee Save Me from Magnolia · Aimee Mann
- Nominee When She Loved Me from Toy Story 2 · Randy Newman
Best Cinematography
- Winner American Beauty · Conrad Hall
- Nominee Sleepy Hollow · Emmanuel Lubezki
- Nominee Snow Falling on Cedars · Robert Richardson
- Nominee The End of the Affair · Roger Pratt
- Nominee The Insider · Dante Spinotti
Best Film Editing
- Winner The Matrix · Zach Staenberg
- Nominee American Beauty · Christopher Greenbury, Tariq Anwar
- Nominee The Cider House Rules · Lisa Zeno Churgin
- Nominee The Insider · David Rosenbloom, Paul Rubell, William Goldenberg
- Nominee The Sixth Sense · Andrew Mondshein
Best Production Design
- Winner Sleepy Hollow · Peter Young, Rick Heinrichs
- Nominee Anna and the King · Ian Whittaker, Luciana Arrighi
- Nominee The Cider House Rules · Beth Rubino, David Gropman
- Nominee The Talented Mr. Ripley · Bruno Cesari, Roy Walker
- Nominee Topsy-Turvy · Eve Stewart, John Bush
Best Costume Design
- Winner Topsy-Turvy · Lindy Hemming
- Nominee Anna and the King · Jenny Beavan
- Nominee Sleepy Hollow · Colleen Atwood
- Nominee The Talented Mr. Ripley · Ann Roth, Gary Jones
- Nominee Titus · Milena Canonero
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Winner Topsy-Turvy · Christine Blundell, Trefor Proud
- Nominee Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me · Michèle Burke, Mike Smithson
- Nominee Bicentennial Man · Greg Cannom
- Nominee Life · Rick Baker
Best Sound
- Winner The Matrix · David E. Campbell, David Lee, Gregg Rudloff, John T. Reitz
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · Gary Rydstrom, John Midgley, Shawn Murphy, Tom Johnson
- Nominee The Green Mile · Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick, Robert J. Litt, Willie D. Burton
- Nominee The Insider · Andy Nelson, Doug Hemphill, Lee Orloff
- Nominee The Mummy · Chris Carpenter, Chris Munro, Leslie Shatz, Rick Kline
Best Visual Effects
- Winner The Matrix · Janek Sirrs, John Gaeta, Jon Thum, Steve Courtley
- Nominee Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · Dennis Muren, John Knoll, Rob Coleman, Scott Squires
- Nominee Stuart Little · Eric Allard, Henry F. Anderson III, Jerome Chen, John Dykstra