1988 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

54th New York Film Critics Circle Awards February 2025 54th New York Film Critics Circle Awards January 15, 1989 Best Film: The Accidental Tourist The 54th New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1988. The winners were announced on 15 December 1988 and the awards were given on 15 January 1989.Maslin Janet 'Accidental Tourist' Wins Film Critics' Circle Award https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/16/movies/accidental-tourist-wins-film-critics-circle-award.html 28 December 2017 The New York Times 16 December 1988Carroll Kathleen Film Critics Name 'Tourist' As 1988's Best https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1988/12/19/film-critics-name-tourist-as-1988s-best/ 28 December 2017 NY Daily News 19 December 1988 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053904/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1988-12-19/lifestyle/0090150212_1_dustin-hoffman-award-supporting-actress live Winners Best Actor: Jeremy Irons - Dead Ringers Runners-up: Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man, Tom Hanks - Big and Gene Hackman - Mississippi Burning Best Actress: Meryl Streep - A Cry in the Dark Runners-up: Jodie Foster - The Accused, Melanie Griffith - Working Girl and Carmen Maura - Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) Best Cinematography: Henri Alekan - Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) Runners-up: Sven Nykvist - The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Jörgen Persson - Pelle the Conqueror (Pelle erobreren) Best Director: Chris Menges - A World Apart Runners-up: Clint Eastwood - Bird, Wim Wenders - Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) and Lawrence Kasdan - The Accidental Tourist Best Documentary: The Thin Blue Line Best Film: The Accidental Tourist Runners-up: A World Apart and Dead Ringers Best Foreign Language Film: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios) • Spain Runner-up: Au Revoir Les Enfants • France/West Germany/Italy Best Screenplay: Ron Shelton - Bull Durham Runners-up: Shawn Slovo - A World Apart and Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan - The Accidental Tourist Best Supporting Actor: Dean Stockwell - Married to the Mob and Tucker: The Man and His Dream Runners-up: Alec Guinness - Little Dorrit, Martin Landau - Tucker: The Man and His Dream and Tim Robbins - Bull Durham Best Supporting Actress: Diane Venora - Bird Runner-up: Jodhi May - A World Apart References External links 1988 Awards 1988 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, 1988 New York Film Critics Circle Awards New York Film Critics Circle Awards New York Film Critics Circle Awards New York Film Critics Circle Awards