BSFC Winners 1990s

1999 (Dec. 12)

• Best Film – Three Kings
• Best Actor – Jim Carrey for Man on the Moon
• Best Actress – Hilary Swank for Boys Don’t Cry
• Best Supporting Actor – Christopher Plummer (I) for The Insider
• Best Supporting – Chloë Sevigny for Actress Boys Don’t Cry
• Best Director  – David O. Russell for Three Kings
• Best Screenplay – Charlie Kaufman for Being John Malkovich
• Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki for Sleepy Hollow
• Best Documentary – Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary
• Best Foreign Language Film – Todo sobre mi madre
• Best New Filmmaker – Kimberly Peirce for Boys Don’t Cry

1998 (Dec. 13)

• Best Film – Out of Sight
• Best Actor – Brendan Gleeson for The General
• Best Actress – Samantha Morton for Under the Skin
• Best Supporting Actor – Tie: William H. Macy for Pleasantville and Billy Bob Thornton for A Simple Plan
• Best Supporting Actress – Joan Allen (I) for Pleasantville
• Best Director – John Boorman for The General
• Best Screenplay – Out of Sight – Scott Frank (I)
• Best Cinematography- Janusz Kaminski (I) for Saving Private Ryan
• Best Documentary – The Big One
• Best Foreign Language Film – Ta’m e guilass
• Best New Filmmaker – Carine Adler for Under the Skin

1997 (Dec. 14)

• Best Film – L.A. Confidential
• Best Actor  – Al Pacino for Donnie Brasco
• Best Actress – Helena Bonham Carter for The Wings of the Dove
• Best Supporting Actor – Kevin Spacey for L.A. Confidential
• Best Supporting Actress – Sarah Polley (I) for The Sweet Hereafter
• Best Director  – Curtis Hanson (I) for L.A. Confidential
• Best Screenplay- Curtis Hanson (I) and Brian Helgeland for L.A. Confidential
• Best Cinematography- Roger Deakins for Kundun
• Best Documentary – Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
• Best Foreign Language Film – Underground
• Best New Filmmaker – Paul Thomas Anderson for Boogie Nights

1996 (Dec. 13)

• Best Film – Trainspotting
• Best Actor – Geoffrey Rush for Shine
• Best Actress – Brenda Blethyn for Secrets & Lies
• Best Supporting Actor – Edward Norton (I) for The People vs. Larry Flynt (and for Primal Fear and Everyone Says I Love You)
• Best Supporting Actress – Courtney Love for The People vs. Larry Flynt
• Best Director – Mike Leigh for Secrets & Lies
• Best Screenplay – Stanley Tucci and Joseph Tropiano for Big Night
• Best Cinematography – John Seale (I) for The English Patient
• Best Documentary – Anne Frank Remembered
• Best Foreign Language Film – Ma saison préférée
• Best New Filmmaker – Campbell Scott (I) and Stanley Tucci for Big Night

1995 (Dec. 17)

• Best Film – Sense and Sensibility
• Best Actor – Nicolas Cage for Leaving Las Vegas
• Best Actress – Nicole Kidman for To Die For
• Best Supporting Actor – Kevin Spacey for The Usual Suspects
• Best Supporting Actress- Joan Allen (I) for Nixon
• Best Director – Ang Lee for Sense and Sensibility
• Best Screenplay – Emma Thompson (I) for Sense and Sensibility
• Best Cinematography – Alex Nepomniaschy for Safe
• Best Documentary – Crumb
• Best Foreign Language Film Mina Tannenbaum

1994 (Dec. 18)

• Best Film-  Pulp Fiction
• Best Actor  – Albert Finney for The Browning Version
• Best Actress  – Julianne Moore (I) for Vanya on 42nd Street
• Best Supporting Actor – Martin Landau for Ed Wood
• Best Supporting Actress – Kirsten Dunst for Interview with the Vampire (and Little Women)
• Best Director – Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction
• Best Screenplay – Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary for Pulp Fiction
• Best Cinematography – Stefan Czapsky for Ed Wood
• Best Documentary – Hoop Dreams
• Best Foreign Language Film – Trois couleurs: Rouge

1993 (Dec. 18)

• Best Film – Schindler’s List
• Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis for In the Name of the Father
• Best Actress – Holly Hunter for The Piano
• Best Supporting Actor – Ralph Fiennes for Schindler’s List
• Best Supporting Actress – Rosie Perez for Fearless
• Best Director  – Steven Spielberg (I) fro Schindler’s List
• Best Screenplay – Robert Altman (I) and Frank Barhydt for Short Cuts
• Best Cinematography – Janusz Kaminski (I) for Schindler’s List
• Best Documentary – Visions of Light
• Best Foreign Language Film – Ba wang bie ji

1992 (NA)

• Best Film – Unforgiven
• Best Actor – Denzel Washington for Malcolm X
• Best Actress – Emma Thompson for Howard’s End
• Best Supporting Actor – Gene Hackman for Unforgiven
• Best Supporting Actress – Judy Davis for Husband and Wives
• Best Director – Robert Altman for The Player
• Best Screenplay – Neil Jordan for The Crying Game
• Best Cinematography – Jack N. Green for Unforgiven
• Best Documentary – Brother’s Keeper
• Best Foreign Language Film – Raise the Red Lantern

1. Special Award: Frank Avruch, host of WCVB-TV’s “The Great Entertainment” for 18 years
2. Special Award: David Kleiler, programmer at Coolidge Corner, “for his persistence in providing diverse alternative programming under the best theatrical conditions” (Globe language, not necessarily verbatim from BSFC) Best Discovery or Rediscovery: Blowout (De Palma), California Split (Altman), The Golden Coach (Renoir), Meantime (Leigh), Othello (Welles) Best Film Series: Classic Arkoff: At the Drive-In with American International Pictures (Harvard Film Archive), Marvelous Méliès (HFA), The Films of Mike Leigh (MFA), The Films of Robert Altman (Brattle), Yiddish Film: Between Two Worlds (National Center for Jewish Film, screened at Brattle, Coolidge Corner, and MFA)

1991 (Dec. 26)

• Best Film – The Silence of the Lambs
• Best Actor – Nick Nolte for The Prince of Tides
• Best Actress – Geena Davis for Thelma & Louise
• Best Supporting Actor  – Anthony Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs
• Best Supporting Actress – Mercedes Ruehl for The Fisher King
• Best Director – Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs
• Best Screenplay – David Cronenberg for Naked Lunch
• Best Cinematography – Tak Fujimoto for The Silence of the Lambs
• Best Documentary – Paris Is Burning
• Best Foreign Language Film – Europa Europa

1990 (Jan. 6, 1991)

• Best Film – Goodfellas
• Best Actor Reversal of Fortune – Jeremy Irons
• Best Actress – Anjelica Huston for The Witches (and The Grifters)
• Best Supporting Actor – Joe Pesci for Goodfellas
• Best Supporting Actress – Jennifer Jason Leigh for Miami Blues ( and Last Exit to Brooklyn)
• Best Director – Martin Scorsese for Goodfellas
• Best Screenplay – Nicholas Kazan for Reversal of Fortune
• Best Foreign Language Film – Monsieur Hire