1996 National Society of Film Critics Awards

Annual US film awards ceremony 31st NSFC Awards January 5, 1997 Best Film: Breaking the Waves The 31st National Society of Film Critics Awards, given by the National Society of Film Critics on January 5, 1997, honored the best in film for 1996.New Honors for 'Breaking the Waves' https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-01-06-ca-15965-story.html 2 January 2018 Los Angeles Times 6 January 1997Levy Emanuel U.S. crix make ‘Waves’ best pic, Murphy actor Crix awards to ‘Waves’ https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/u-s-crix-make-waves-best-pic-murphy-actor-crix-awards-to-waves-1117434093/ 2 January 2018 Variety 5 January 1997'Waves' Wins Critics' Vote https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/07/movies/waves-wins-critics-vote.html 2 January 2018 The New York Times 7 January 1997Carr Jay 'Breaking Waves' crests national critics' list https://www.proquest.com/docview/403803348 2 January 2018 The Boston Globe 6 January 1997 7 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307021709/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/403803348.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=&author=&pub=&edition=&startpage=&desc= liveGerstel Judy Breaking The Waves sweeps awards https://www.proquest.com/docview/437612523 2 January 2018 Toronto Star 6 January 1997 11 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160311191620/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/437612523.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=&author=&pub=&edition=&startpage=&desc= live Winners Best Picture 1. Breaking the Waves 2. Secrets & Lies 3. Dead Man Best Director 1. Lars von Trier – Breaking the Waves 2. Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies 3. Jim Jarmusch – Dead Man Best Actor 1. Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor 2. Vincent D'Onofrio – The Whole Wide World 3. Geoffrey Rush – Shine Best Actress 1. Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves 2. Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies 3. Frances McDormand – Fargo 3. Lili Taylor – I Shot Andy Warhol Best Supporting Actor 1. Martin Donovan – The Portrait of a Lady 1. Tony Shalhoub – Big Night 3. Edward Norton – Everyone Says I Love You, The People vs. Larry Flynt and Primal Fear Best Supporting Actress 1. Barbara Hershey – The Portrait of a Lady 2. Renée Zellweger – Jerry Maguire 3. Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient Best Screenplay 1. Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson – Mother 2. Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci – Big Night 3. David O. Russell – Flirting with Disaster Best Cinematography 1. Robby Müller – Breaking the Waves and Dead Man 2. Chris Menges – Michael Collins 3. John Seale – The English Patient Best Foreign Language Film 1. La Cérémonie 2. Lamerica 3. Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) Best Documentary 1. When We Were Kings 2. Anne Frank Remembered 3. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills Special Citation James Katz and Robert A. Harris for their restoration of Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Vertigo. References External links Past Awards 1996 National Society of Film Critics Awards National Society of Film Critics Awards National Society of Film Critics Awards