Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: Na About Schmidt (2002), Nicholson gosipụtara onye lara ezumike nká Omaha, Nebraska, onye na-enyocha ndụ ya mgbe nwunye ya nwụsịrị. Egwuregwu ya nke dị jụụ mere ka ọ nweta nhọpụta Academy Award maka Best Actor. Na Anger Management (2003), ọ rụrụ ọrụ onye na-agwọ ọrịa na-eme ihe ike nke e kenyere iji nyere nwoke na-eme udo aka (Adam Sandler). N'afọ 2003, Nicholson mekwara ihe nkiri na Something's Gotta Give, dịka onye na-eme egwuregwu na-eme agadi nke na-adabara na nne (Diane Keaton) nke enyi ya nwanyị na-eto eto. Na ngwụcha afọ 2006, Nicholson gosipụtara nlọghachi ya n'akụkụ gbara ọchịchịrị dị ka Frank Costello, onye isi ọjọọ nke Boston Irish Mob, dabere na Whitey Bulger onye ka na-agba ọsọ n'oge ahụ, na-eduzi Matt Damon na Leonardo DiCaprio na Martin Scorsese's Oscar-emeri ihe nkiri The Departed, a remake of Andrew Lau's Infernal Affairs. Ọrụ ahụ nyere Nicholson otuto zuru ụwa ọnụ, yana mmeri na nhọpụta dị iche iche, gụnyere nhọpụta Golden Globe maka onye na-akwado ihe nkiri kacha mma.  Ajụjụ: Afọ ole ka akwụkwọ ahụ bụ́ About Schmidt pụtara?
Afọ 2002