Arch Campbell WRC (Channel 4)
Best Picture: American Beauty
Best Director: Sam Mendes (for American Beauty)
Best Actor: Kevin Spacey (for American Beauty)
Best Actress: Annette Bening (for American Beauty)
Best Supporting Actor: Haley Joel Osmont (for The Sixth Sense)
Best Supporting Actress: Angelina Jolie (for Girl, Interrupted)
Best Foreign Language Film: All About My Mother (Spain)

Stephen Hunter (The Washington Post)
Best Picture: Magnolia
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (for Magnolia)
Best Actor: Kevin Spacey (for American Beauty)
Best Actress: Annette Bening (for American Beauty)
Best Supporting Actor: Tom Cruise (for Magnolia)
Best Supporting Actress: Angelina Jolie (for Girl, Interrupted)
Best Foreign Language Film: All About My Mother (Spain)

Randy Berry (Washington Film Society and Randy Reviews)
Best Picture: American Beauty
Best Director: Anthony Minghella (for The Talented Mr. Ripley )
Best Actor: Kevin Spacey (for American Beauty)
Best Actress: Annette Bening (for American Beauty)
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Caine (for The Cider House Rules)
Best Supporting Actress: Emily Watson (for Angela's Ashes)
Best Foreign Language Film: The Red Violin (Canada)

Adam Spector (Washington Film Society)
Best Picture: The Talented Mr. Ripley
Best Director: Anthony Minghella (for The Talented Mr. Ripley)
Best Actor: Denzel Washington (for Hurricane)
Best Actress: Hilary Swank (for Boys Don't Cry)
Best Supporting Actor: John Malkovich (for Being John Malkovich)
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener (for Being John Malkovich)
Best Foreign Language Film: The Red Violin (Canada)

Eddie Cockrell (Variety, Nitrate Online, and indieWIRE)
Best Picture: Magnolia
Best Director: Sam Mendes (for American Beauty)
Best Actor: Russell Crowe (for The Insider)
Best Actress: Heather Donahue (for The Blair Witch Project)
Best Supporting Actor: Haley Joel Osment (for The Sixth Sense)
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener (for Being John Malkovich)
Best Foreign Language Film: All About My Mother (Spain)

Michael O'Sullivan (The Washington Post)
Best Picture: Being John Malkovich
Best Director: Spike Jonze (for Being John Malkovich)
Best Actor: Kevin Spacey (for American Beauty)
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon (for Election)
Best Supporting Actor: Tom Cruise (for Magnolia)
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener (for Being John Malkovich)
Best Foreign Language Film: All About My Mother (Spain)

Bill Henry (Freelance)
Best Picture: American Beauty
Best Director: Sam Mendes (for American Beauty)
Best Actor: Denzel Washington (for Hurricane)
Best Actress: Janet McTeer (for Tumbleweeds)
Best Supporting Actor: David Morse (The Green Mile)
Best Supporting Actress: Chloe Sevigny (for Boys Don't Cry)
Best Foreign Language: Earth (India)

Wendell Wagner (Washington Film Society)
Best Picture: Being John Malkovich
Best Director: M. Night Shyamalan (for The Sixth Sense)
Best Actor: Kevin Spacey (for American Beauty)
Best Actress: Hilary Swank (for Boys Don't Cry)
Best Supporting Actor: John Malkovich (for Being John Malkovich)
Best Supporting Actress: Chloe Sevigny (for Boys Don't Cry)
Best Foreign Language Film: All About My Mother (Spain)

Consensus Choices
Best Picture: American Beauty
Best Director: Sam Mendes (for American Beauty)
Best Actor: Kevin Spacey (for American Beauty)
Best Actress: Annette Bening (for American Beauty)
Best Supporting Actor: (Tie) Tom Cruise (for Magnolia), Haley Joel Osment (for The Sixth Sense), John Malkovich (for Being John Malkovich)
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich)
Best Foreign Language Film: All About My Mother (Spain)