1985 National Society of Film Critics Awards



20th NSFC Awards January 3, 1986

Best Film:  Ran  The 20th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 1986, honored the best filmmaking of 1985.

Best Picture
1. Ran 2. Prizzi's Honor 2. The Purple Rose of Cairo

Best Director
1. John Huston – Prizzi's Honor 2. Akira Kurosawa – Ran

Best Actor
1. Jack Nicholson – Prizzi's Honor 2. William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman

Best Actress
1. Vanessa Redgrave – Wetherby 2. Jessica Lange – Sweet Dreams 3. Norma Aleandro – The Official Story (La historia oficial)

Best Supporting Actor
1. John Gielgud – Plenty and The Shooting Party 2. William Hickey – Prizzi's Honor 3. Ian Holm – Wetherby, Brazil and Dance with a Stranger 4. Klaus Maria Brandauer – Out of Africa

Best Supporting Actress
1. Anjelica Huston – Prizzi's Honor 2. Mieko Harada – Ran

Best Screenplay
1. Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson – Lost in America 2. Woody Allen – The Purple Rose of Cairo 3. Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown – Brazil 3. Richard Condon and Janet Roach – Prizzi's Honor

Best Cinematography
1. Takao Saito, Masaharu Ueda and Asakazu Nakai – Ran 2. Kiyoshi Hasegawa – The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki) 3. Michael Ballhaus – After Hours

Best Documentary
1. Shoah 2. 28 Up 3. Streetwise