The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures

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Awards for 1996:

Best Acting By An Ensemble
The First Wives Club, presented to Ivana Trump and Olivia Goldsmith by Ben Gazzara

Best Actor
Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire, presented by Jerry Orbach

Best Actress
Frances McDormand, Fargo, presented by Lili Taylor

Best Director
Joel Cohen, Fargo, presented to Frances McDormand by Stanley Tucci

Best Documentary
Paradise Lost, presented to Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky by Michael Moore

Best Film
Shine, presented to Scott Hicks and Jane Scott by Isaac Stern

Best Film Made For Cable TV
Wild Bill Hollywood Maverick, (Best TV Documentary), presented by Alan Arkin

Best Foreign Language Film
Ridicule, presented to Katherine Verret by Juliette Binoche

Best Supporting Actor
Ed Norton, Everyone Says I Love You, presented by Ann Biederman

Best Supporting Actress
Juliette Binoche and Kristin Scott Thomas, The English Patient, presented by Anthony Minghella

Billy Wilder Award For Excellence In Directing
Sidney Lumet, presented by Rod Steiger

Breakthrough Performance - Female
Renee Zellweger, Jerry Maguire, presented by Jerry Orbach

Career Achievement Award
Gena Rowlands, presented by Gerard Depardieu

Freedom Of Expression
Milos Forman & Oliver Stone, The People vs. Larry Flynt, presented by Frank Langella

International Freedom Award
Zhang Yuan, presented by Bob Sklar

Special Achievement in Filmmaking
Billy Bob Thornton, Slingbade, presented by Larry Meistrich

Special Citations
Elia Kazan, Lifetime Achievement in Direction, presented by Patricia Neal

Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking
Angels & Insects, Basquiat, Big Night, Bound, Caught, Follow Me Home, I Shot Andy Warhol, Lone Star, Marvin´s Room, Substance of Fire, Swingers, The Deli, The War Room, Unhook the Stars, Welcome to the Dollhouse

Top Foreign Films
Ridicule, Les Voleurs, Bitter Sugar, La Ceremonie, Kolya

Top Ten Films
Shine, The English Patient, Fargo, Secrets & Lies, Everyone Says I Love You, Evita, Sling Blade, Trainspotting, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Breaking the Waves, Jerry Maguire

William K. Everson Award For Film History
Peter Bogdanovich, Who The Devil Made It, presented by John Ritter

 

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