National Board of Review Awards 1996
68th National Board of Review Awards
Best Picture:
Shine
The 68th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 1996, were announced on 9 December 1996 and given on 9 February 1997.
Top 10 films
- Shine
- The English Patient
- Fargo
- Secrets & Lies
- Everyone Says I Love You
- Evita
- Sling Blade
- Trainspotting
- Breaking the Waves
- Jerry Maguire
Top Foreign Films
- Ridicule
- Les Voleurs
- Bitter Sugar
- La Cérémonie
- Kolya
Winners
- Best Picture:
- Shine
- Best Foreign Language Film
- Ridicule, France
- Best Actor:
- Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
- Best Actress:
- Frances McDormand - Fargo
- Best Supporting Actor:
- Edward Norton - Everyone Says I Love You
- Best Supporting Actress (tie):
- Juliette Binoche and Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient
- Best Ensemble Acting:
- Breakthrough performance:
- Renée Zellweger - Jerry Maguire
- Best Director:
- Joel Coen - Fargo
- Best Documentary:
- Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
- Best Film Made for Cable TV:
- Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
- Special Achievement in Filmmaking:
- Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade
- Special Citation:
- Elia Kazan, for lifetime achievement in direction
- Freedom of Expression Award:
- International Freedom Award:
- Zhang Yuan
- Billy Wilder Award:
- Career Achievement Award:
- William K. Everson Award for Film History:
- Peter Bogdanovich, for Who the Devil Made It?
- 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
- The Substance of Fire
- Swingers
- The Deli
- The War Room
- Unhook the Stars
- Welcome to the Dollhouse
External links
- National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1996
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