Motion picture winners and nominees
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Best Actor – Drama
Geoffrey Rush – Shine as David Helfgott (TIE)
James Woods – Killer: A Journal of Murder as Carl Panzram (TIE)
- Christopher Eccleston – Jude as Jude Fawley
- Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient as László Almásy
- William H. Macy – Fargo as Jerry Lundergaard
- Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade as Karl Childers
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire as Jerry Maguire
- Nathan Lane – The Birdcage as Albert Goldman
- Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor as Sherman Klump
- Jack Nicholson – Mars Attacks! as President James Dale
- Stanley Tucci – Big Night as Secondo
Best Actress – Drama
Frances McDormand – Fargo as Marge Gunderson
- Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies as Cynthia Purley
- Kristin Scott Thomas – The English Patient as Katharine Clifton
- Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves as Bess McNeill
- Robin Wright Penn – Moll Flanders as Moll Flanders
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
Gwyneth Paltrow – Emma as Emma Woodhouse
- Glenn Close – 101 Dalmatians as Cruella de Vil
- Shirley MacLaine – Mrs. Winterbourne as Grace Winterbourne
- Heather Matarazzo – Welcome to the Dollhouse as Dawn Wiener
- Bette Midler – The First Wives Club as Brenda Morelli-Cushman
Best Animated or Mixed Media Film
Best Art Direction
Romeo + Juliet – Catherine Martin
Best Cinematography
The English Patient – John Seale
Best Costume Design
Best Director
- Scott Hicks – Shine
- Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies
- Anthony Minghella – The English Patient
- Lars von Trier – Breaking the Waves
Best Editing
Independence Day – David Brenner
Best Film – Drama
Best Film – Musical or Comedy
Best Foreign Language Film
Breaking the Waves, Denmark
- Bitter Sugar (Azúcar amarga), Cuba
- A Judgement in Stone (Le cérémonie), France
- Kolya (Kolja), Czech Republic
- Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik), Russia
- Ridicule, France
Best Original Score
"The English Patient" – Gabriel Yared
- "Hamlet" – Patrick Doyle
- "Mars Attacks!" – Danny Elfman
- "Michael Collins" – Elliot Goldenthal
- "Sling Blade" – Daniel Lanois
Best Original Song
"You Must Love Me" performed by Madonna – Evita
- "God Give Me Strength" performed by Kristen Vigard – Grace of My Heart
- "Kissing You" performed by Des'ree – Romeo + Juliet
- "That Thing You Do" performed by The Wonders – That Thing You Do!
- "Walls" performed by Tom Petty – She's the One
Best Screenplay – Adapted
The English Patient – Anthony Minghella
- The Crucible – Arthur Miller
- Jude – Hossein Amini
- The Portrait of a Lady – Laura Jones
- Trainspotting – John Hodge
Best Screenplay – Original
Lone Star – John Sayles (TIE)
The People vs. Larry Flynt – Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (TIE)
Best Supporting Actor – Drama
Armin Mueller-Stahl – Shine as Peter
- Steve Buscemi – Fargo as Carl Showalter
- Robert Carlyle – Trainspotting as Francis "Franco" Begbie
- Jeremy Irons – Stealing Beauty as Alex Parrish
- John Lynch – Moll Flanders as Jonathan
- Paul Scofield – The Crucible as Thomas Danforth
Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy
Cuba Gooding Jr. – Jerry Maguire as Rod Tidwell
- Woody Allen – Everyone Says I Love You as Joe Berlin
- Danny DeVito – Matilda as Harry Wormwood
- Gene Hackman – The Birdcage as Senator Kevin Keeley
- Ian McKellen – Cold Comfort Farm as Amos Starkader
Best Supporting Actress – Drama
Courtney Love – The People vs. Larry Flynt as Althea Flynt
- Joan Allen – The Crucible as Elizabeth Proctor
- Stockard Channing – Moll Flanders as Mrs. Allworthy
- Miranda Richardson – The Evening Star as Patsy Carpenter
- Kate Winslet – Hamlet as Ophelia
Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy
Debbie Reynolds – Mother as Beatrice Henderson
- Lauren Bacall – The Mirror Has Two Faces as Hannah Morgan
- Goldie Hawn – Everyone Says I Love You as Skylar Dandridge
- Sarah Jessica Parker – The First Wives Club as Shelly Stewart
- Renée Zellweger – Jerry Maguire as Dorothy Boyd
