1996 - Academy Awards

Best Picture

Fargo
Shine
Secrets And Lies
Jerry Maguire
The English Patient

Best Director

Joel Coen, Fargo
Milos Forman, The People Vs Larry Flynt
Scott Hicks, Shine
Mike Leigh, Secrets And Lies
Anthony Minghella, The English Patient

Best Actor

Woody Harrelson, The People Vs Larry Flynt
Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade
Geoffrey Rush, Shine
Tom Cruise, Jerry Maguire
Ralph Fiennes, The English Patient

Best Actress

Emily Watson, Breaking The Waves
Frances McDormand, Fargo
Brenda Blethyn, Secrets And Lies
Diane Keaton, Marvin's Room
Kristin Scott Thomas, The English Patient

Best Supporting Actor

Armin Mueller-Stahl, Shine
William H. Macy, Fargo
Cuba Gooding Jr, Jerry Maguire
James Woods, Ghosts Of Mississippi
Edward Norton, Primal Fear

Best Supporting Actress

Joan Allen, The Crucible
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets And Lies
Lauren Bacall, The Mirror Has Two Faces

Barbara Hershey, The Portrait Of A Lady
Juliette Binoche, The English Patient

Best Original Screenplay

Secrets And Lies
Fargo
Shine
Jerry Maguire
Lone Star

Best Screenplay Adaptation

Trainspotting
Sling Blade
Hamlet
The Crucible
The English Patient

Best Cinematography

Michael Collins
Fly Away Home
Evita
Fargo
The English Patient

Best Art Direction

Romeo And Juliet
Hamlet
Evita
The Birdcage
The English Patient

Best Costume Design

Emma
Hamlet
Angels And Insects
The Portrait Of A Lady
The English Patient

Best Sound

The Rock
Evita
Independence Day
The English Patient
Twister

Best Editing

Evita
Fargo
Shine
Jerry Maguire
The English Patient

Best Original Song

"That Thing You Do", That Thing You Do
"You Must Love Me", Evita
"I've Finally Found Someone", The Mirror Has Two Faces
"Because You Loved Me", Up Close And Personal
"For the First Time", One Fine Day

Best Original Score

Hamlet
Michael Collins
Shine
Sleepers
The English Patient

Best Musical Score

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
James And The Giant Peach
Emma
The Preacher's Wife
The First Wives Club

Best Visual Effects

Independence Day
Dragonheart
Twister

Best Sound Effects

Eraser
Daylight
The Ghost And The Darkness

Best Makeup

Star Trek: First Contact
Ghosts Of Mississippi
The Nutty Professor

Best Documentary Feature

When We Were Kings
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
Mandela
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press

Best Documentary Short

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
Cosmic Voyage
An Essay on Matisse
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

Best Cartoon

La Salla
Canhead
Quest
Wat's Pig

Best Live-Action Short

Dear Diary
De tripas, corazón
Ernst & lyset
Esposados
Senza parole

Best Foreign Film

Ridicule, France
The Other Side Of Sunday, Norway
Kolya, Czech Republic
A Chef In Love, Georgia
Prisoner Of The Mountains, Russia