Winners indicated (*). I still need to see a lot of films, like L'Appartement, Sleepers, Basquiat, Michael Collins, Bound, Ghosts of Mississippi, Flirting with Disaster, Marvin's Room, Ponette, Hamsun, Jude, Kolya, SubUrbia, Mars Attacks, When We Were Kings, Unhook the Stars, Citizen Ruth, Pusher, Ridicule, Big Night, Schizopolis, Trees Lounge, The Fan, Angels and Insects, Grace of My Heart, Stealing Beauty, Courage Under Fire, The War at Home, Female Perversions, Gray's Anatomy, Les Voleurs, Rendezvous in Paris, Goodbye South, Goodbye, Some Mother's Son, Mary Reilly, Up Close & Personal, The Frighteners, and Star Trek: First Contact.
 |
| Trainspotting |
BEST PICTURE:
Fargo
La Promesse
Romeo + Juliet
Secrets & Lies
Trainspotting*
BEST DIRECTOR:
Danny Boyle, Trainspotting*
Joel Coen, Fargo
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, La Promesse
Mike Leigh, Secrets & Lies
Baz Luhrmann, Romeo + Juliet
 |
| Secrets & Lies |
BEST ACTOR:
Kenneth Branagh, Hamlet*
Leonardo DiCaprio, Romeo + Juliet
Mel Gibson, Ransom
Ewan McGregor, Trainspotting
Timothy Spall, Secrets & Lies
BEST ACTRESS:
Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies
Neve Campbell, Scream
Frances McDormand, Fargo
Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves*
Reese Witherspoon, Freeway
 |
| Breaking the Waves |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Steve Buscemi, Fargo*
Robert Carlyle, Trainspotting
Olivier Gourmet, La Promesse
William H. Macy, Fargo
Edward Norton, Primal Fear
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Joan Allen, The Crucible
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient*
Katrin Cartlidge, Breaking the Waves
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets & Lies
Natalie Portman, Beautiful Girls
 |
| La Promesse |
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Bottle Rocket
The English Patient
Romeo + Juliet
Sling Blade
Trainspotting*
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Breaking the Waves
Fargo
La Promesse
Secrets & Lies*
Swingers
 |
| Fargo |
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Breaking the Waves
The English Patient
Fargo*
Fly Away Home
Romeo + Juliet
BEST FILM EDITING:
Breaking the Waves
Fargo
Romeo + Juliet
Scream
Trainspotting*
 |
| Swingers |
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
DragonHeart
The English Patient
Fargo*
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Romeo + Juliet
BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"I Believe I Can Fly", Space Jam
"Kissing You", Romeo + Juliet
"That Thing You Do!", That Thing You Do!*
"Walls", She's the One
"You Must Love Me", Evita
Additional Categories
 |
| The English Patient |
BEST ART DIRECTION:
The Birdcage
The English Patient
Hamlet
The Portrait of a Lady
Romeo + Juliet*
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
The English Patient
Hamlet
101 Dalmatians
The Portrait of a Lady
Romeo + Juliet*
 |
| Romeo + Juliet |
BEST MAKEUP:
Mission: Impossible*
The Nutty Professor
Romeo + Juliet
BEST SOUND (MIXING AND EDITING):
Independence Day
Mission: Impossible
The Rock
Romeo + Juliet*
Twister
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
From Dusk Till Dawn
Independence Day*
Twister
Updated: 5/20/15
That was a strong year for cinema. You could make arguments that Lars von Trier, Danny Boyle, Coens, Anthony Minghella, Mike Leigh, Baz Luhrmann, Roland Emmerich, Robert Rodriguez, Wes Craven,and even Michael Bay put out some of their best work.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. I actually have von Trier as my #6 in Best Director and the film at #6 in Best Picture. I hate leaving him off, but I nominate him twice (Director - Melancholia, Song - Dancer in the Dark), so I've rewarded him elsewhere.
DeleteI will never understand how Trainspotting ONLY got a Screenplay nomination. It deserved so much more.
ReplyDeleteSame here. I'm just glad it snagged a nomination. Hopefully, more people saw it because of that.
DeleteUGH, I AM I LOVE WITH THE MANY ROMEO + JULIET NOMINATIONS! I was so scared when I clicked on the link...but this is amazing! And I love that you nominate Mel Gibson. I thought I was the only one!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Knew you would be! Glad I rewatched R+J. :)
DeleteThanks for mentioning Gibson. I probably would've seen the film beforehand, but I had no idea he was so great in that performance.
Great to see Buscemi as your win and all the love for Trainspotting!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I love 'em. :)
DeleteFor me, Breaking the Waves is the best film of that year. It changed everything about my ideas of films. It just that had that very personal look as well as not being afraid to be grimy and such. It is still Lars von Trier's best work. I would put Trainspotting a close second followed by Fargo, Bottle Rocket, La Promesse, Secrets & Lies, Romeo + Juliet, Freeway, Citizen Ruth, Manny & Lo (that featured a young Scarlett Johansson), Bastard Out of Carolina (featuring a young Jena Malone), and Primal Fear.
ReplyDeleteBreaking the Waves was *this* close to making my top 5, as was von Trier. I agree that it's von Trier's best work, but I do nominate him for other films. Nice list. I forgot to include Manny & Lo and Bastard Out of Carolina on the list of films I haven't watched yet.
DeleteAh, Trainspotting. The movie that ruined public toilets for me. Great picks -- Emily Watson was amazing in Breaking the Waves, wasn't she? I definitely would've chosen Fargo over Trainspotting, but of course that's strictly a matter of opinion. ;-)
ReplyDeleteHaha, thanks. Watson was phenomenal, which is why she made my top 10 performances on my top 100 list. :) My fifth spot actually came down to Fargo vs. Breaking the Waves, but I do love Fargo quite a bit.
DeleteOh Mark would be so happy you put Trainspotting on your ballot. Y'know somehow I thought that film is much older than Baz's R+J and Fargo, turns out they're released in the same year!
ReplyDeleteBtw, I love That Thing You Do!, it's such a fun movie and the music is great. I just read that it was Tom Hanks' fave of his own films.
Haha, it's hard to believe they're 17 years old!
DeleteI saw a lot of films last month, but I couldn't quite squeeze that one in. I'll definitely see it at some point though. :)
Glad to see all the love for Romeo + Juliet. I was beginning to think I was the only one that likes it. And yes, Fargo and Trainspotting are amazing films.
ReplyDeleteOf the ones you haven't seen I recommend starting with Bound and When We Were Kings.
Thrilled that you're a fan of those films as well.
DeleteI really need to see those already!
A really good year with a multitude of choices. In every category I had more choices than slots, definitely not an every year occurence. Our ballots are miles apart in most every category, it's an indication of how varied the films were I think although I hated Trainspotting, which I see you liked. It seems to be a love it or hate it title. I was also didn't get the love for The English Patient by the academy though I thought the acting fine.
ReplyDeletePicture:
Brassed Off
Emma
Fargo
Hamlet
Primal Fear-Winner
With two excellent literary adaptations, a kitchen sink drama with amazing music and a skewed look at murder in the frozen north it was a varied field but my choice is the engrossing courtroom drama of Primal Fear.
Director:
Kenneth Branagh-Hamlet-Winner
Joel & Ethan Coen-Fargo
Gregory Hoblit-Primal Fear
Baz Luhrman-Romeo & Juliet
Douglas McGrath-Emma
All excellent jobs of guiding their films but Branagh's relocation and rethinking of Shakespearse's Scottish play reinvigorated that heavy duty drama making it absorbing despite its excessive length.
Actor:
Kenneth Branagh-Hamlet
Richard Gere-Primal Fear
Steven Mackintosh-Different for Girls
Pete Postlewaite-Brassed Off
Eric Roberts-It's My Party-Winner
A strong year for actors, shown I think in that none of my nominees match the academy's decent line-up. Mackintosh treats the post operative Kim with great dignity never playing her struggles for anything but true emotion. Postlewaite's likewise gives his ailing band leader a strong mix of pride and pathos, Gere gives one of his best performances as the morally questionable Martin Vail and Branagh directs himself to a brilliant performance. Great though they all are this is my all time favorite Roberts performance. Subsuming all his patented tics and tricks as the doomed Nick Stark tying up loose ends before his exit he always plays to the reality of the situation balancing humor and heartbreak expertly.
Actress:
Ileana Douglas-Grace of My Heart
Diane Keaton-Marvin's Room
Frances McDormand-Fargo-Winner
Gena Rowlands-Unhook the Stars
Emily Watson-Breaking the Waves
Five great performances, I was especially impressed by Watson in a film I detested and a character I found pathetic I still thought she did beautiful work, but McDormand's performance can't be beat.
Supporting Actor:
Steve Buscemi-Fargo
Matt Damon-Courage Under Fire
Edward Norton-Primal Fear-Winner
Tony Shaloub-Big Night
Stephen Tompkinson-Brassed Off
Buscemi is terrific in Fargo and my runner-up Tompkinson gripping as a man at the end of his rope in Brassed Off but Norton's astonishing debut in Primal Fear is so varied and rich he had to be the winner.
Supporting Actress:
Joan Allen-The Crucible
Julie Christie-Hamlet
Lee Grant-It's My Party
Sophie Thompson-Emma-Winner
Kate Winslet-Hamlet
Again wonderful work from all but Sophie Thompson is so good as the loquacious Miss Bates showing the kindness and insecurity beneath her flibbertigibbet ways and turning what would be merely comic relief in other hands into something truly memorable.
I love that our ballots are very different again. Love the Fargo, Hamlet and Primal Fear mentions. Glad that Branagh wins Best Director. I actually switched to him for Best Actor earlier this year (I had Spall beforehand), since I wanted to reward him somewhere for his great work on the film (and his Shakespearean work in general). I left out Brassed Off on my watchlist, but I really want to see it, as well as Emma.
DeleteVery good stuff here. I love seeing Breaking The Waves get some major love. I have Watson as my Best Actress winner. Also, Scream getting in Actress and Editing is neat.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm way behind on this year, though. I need to do more research so I can make graphics.
DeleteBreaking the Waves barely misses my Best Picture lineup, and Watson gives one of my all-time (top 5!) favorite performances. Scream might actually get a Screenplay nomination as well now. Love that movie, and Campbell is so underrated in it.